Gu Ling and others, who had already gone down to the bottom of the lake, were walking along the stone wall to the other end at the moment, and the fat man said that they wanted to find out the overall situation at the bottom of the lake first, and they couldn't talk to each other, so they stood below and waited for me, and talked a lot about what this situation is only the most credible for me, I quickly waved my hand to let the fat man stop patting my ass, I told him that he should not be sloppy at this time, who knows if the lake that dried up overnight will suddenly come out again, and everyone can take care of it when they walk together.

"Fatty, let's go, let's go to the Gu Ling, after all, there is great power in numbers."

The fat man knew very well that what I said was not unreasonable, so he followed me in the direction of the ancient spirits, because the mud and sand under his feet itself is very fluid and adsorption, like a combination of quicksand and swamp, the fat man and I did not dare to walk directly over, so the two of them had to follow the ancient spirits and their appearance, walking against the stone wall.

Each stone wall in front of me is about one meter wide and two meters high, and there is a simple image of the beast-shaped pattern, there is a wolf with its head up and roaring at the moon, a wild leopard with a flying posture, and a wild eagle, I raised my head to take a closer look, the white and black lines in the light of the light actually seem to have a trace of deterrence, although the virtual and real levels do not seem to be scattered, fortunately, the blank and dense places are arranged more appropriately, the whole painting is a little lifelike.

The fat man and I quickly walked in front of them, but the closer we got to this side, the more docile and low the beast-shaped pattern on the stone wall became, and I walked forward and said to everyone: "The beast-shaped pattern on this stone wall seems to be nothing special, have you found anything after coming down for so long?" ”

Gu Ling said: "When I first walked here, only the mural in front of me was a little different, and two animals appeared. ”

Before I could speak, the fat man behind me stood up and said, "Don't you think it's strange that this mural has been at the bottom of the lake for so long, except for some inconspicuous places with traces of peeling, it can be said that there is no damage?" ”

As soon as I heard the fat man say this, I was in awe, but I didn't expect the fat man to come all the way and be silent, because I was thinking about this problem, the fat man's question is correct, after many years of underwater action, this black and white mural has not been corroded, and the preservation is quite complete, even if it is simply a carving technique, it has not been corroded after such a long time, it is difficult to believe, and the stone wall is still painted with paint.

You Hanshan on the side rubbed his hand on the mural, then put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, and said coldly: "This black is not paint, it is beast blood!" ”

I hurriedly asked, "What about the white ones?" ”

"Ordinary Paints"

I thought to myself that even if the black part was animal blood, and it would still fall off after being immersed in water for a long time, it should not be so well preserved, I thought that maybe there was something wrong with the stone wall, so I pulled out the saber at my waist and scratched the wall.

"Ordinary stone walls, no need to measure." Gu Lingdao.

At this time, Professor Zhou was also very puzzled, lowered his head and said softly: "Could it be that the bottom circle of stone walls is not in contact with the lake?" ”

When everyone heard Professor Zhou ask such a question, they all looked at him, and Professor Zhou saw that we who were originally discussing it instantly quieted down, so he raised his head and said: "This is just a bold assumption, but this is impossible, such a big lake, the amount of water is also very amazing, how can it be suspended, and it is still two meters high." ”

A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in my mind, "It's also possible, but it's hard to achieve," I glanced at everyone, and the fat man was a little itchy on the side, urging me: "What's possible, you can talk about it, don't sell it in front of the fat man!" ”

I glanced around the crowd and said, "When you came down, it was hot, wasn't it?" ”

Maybe it's because we came down for a while, and the temperature at the bottom of the lake gradually returned to normal, and there was no longer the scorching feeling at the beginning.

Professor Zhou said: "Yes, you don't say that I almost forgot, look at my memory, when we came down, we did feel that the temperature at the bottom of the lake was not normal, it was very hot at the time, but now it seems to be back to normal, but what does this have to do with what I just said?" ”

I nodded and continued: "I don't know if you have heard of the Leiden Frost effect, in 1756, there was a scientist named Leiden Frost who dropped a drop of water on a burning red iron spoon, the water droplet was suspended and lasted for tens of seconds, the reason why the drop of water can be suspended is that after it touches the hot iron spoon, a layer of water vapor is immediately formed at the bottom of the water droplet, which separates the water droplet from the iron spoon, making the water droplet suspended. The suspended water droplets can not absorb more heat for the time being, slowing down the vaporization rate, turning into an insulating gaseous protective layer, so the suspension can last for tens of seconds, if the temperature of the bottom of the lake reaches a level that can levitate the entire amount of water in the lake, whether it is the integrity of the mural or the unusual temperature of the bottom of the lake, it can be explained. ”

The fat man may not understand what I am saying, but Gu Ling, Professor Zhou and others have more or less come into contact with this word, and after hearing my analysis, Professor Zhou nodded slightly, feeling that there is some truth.

"If that's the case, then the lake should have disappeared around the day it appeared, in terms of the degree of preservation of the murals, these murals have been in a dry and semi-vacuum, that is to say, the temperature at the bottom of the lake has always remained the same, not to mention where the huge heat comes from, in terms of a single amount of water, the lake water that has been in an evaporating state cannot exist permanently." ”

Gu Ling looked up and looked up, "Maybe there is an underground river." ”

The fat man stood aside and listened in a fog, leaned against the stone wall and said, "You guys, don't just guess there, when you figure it out, it's going to be dark." ”

Although the fat man is just complaining, he is also very reasonable, even if we find the reason behind this, it seems to have no effect on the current situation, but simply solves the reason why the mural is so perfectly preserved.

Gu Ling looked at me and said, "Do you think the place we are looking for is intrinsically connected to this lake?" ”

"I don't know for the time being, this lake is not a beautiful area, although I have speculated before, that is also based on the situation of "must see its pool", now this lake is empty, completely does not have the previous conditions, only a further in-depth investigation can know. I turned my head to look at the mural on the wall and continued, "Is this mural you just said different from the others, just because the number is different from the other stone walls?" ”

The fat man listened a little impatiently, looked up at the painting on the stone wall, and said, "What is this painting, this is this, the previous painting still looks like a person, and this wall, full of potholes, why this painting only has a few lines." The fat man slowly stepped back, trying to make out what was painted on the stone wall.

"Be careful, you're trapped, but no one can pull you." I hurriedly said to the fat man.

The mural on this stone wall is indeed very different from the previous one, and there is a large blank space between the lines, which is extremely rough, and it looks like the outline of an animal is drawn.

"What's the matter, the painting on this stone wall looks like two camels." The fat man said not far behind the others.

I think maybe it's because I'm too close, and the mural is too abstract, so I didn't see what it was just a few times, and I heard the fat man say this, I and Gu Ling and other people also stepped back, a few steps away, the entire outline of the mural was all imprinted into the eye, two outlines one large and one small, the smaller one was in a kneeling state, and it was impossible to see anything with such a random outline, but the top of the two outlines was faintly raised two peak-like parts, Judging from the fact that the entire circle of murals at the bottom of the lake is made up of animals, it is clear that this should also be, and according to the characteristics of these two outlines, it is not difficult to judge that it is two camels.

Professor Zhou stood on the side and wondered: "Do you say that the camel on the stone wall is related to the record in "Cao Muzi" that Comrade He Xiao talked about before?" The smaller ones are the bigger cubs, and you see, the smaller camel is in a kneeling position, and although it has no head, it looks like it is bowing down to the other side from the neck orientation. ”

I looked at the paintings on the stone wall and said, "Professor Zhou has some truth in what he said, but why don't you draw their heads.......

Before I finished speaking, You Hanshan on the side suddenly said: "Wait a minute", and suddenly everyone turned their eyes to him, everyone was waiting for him to continue, but he waved one hand, signaling us not to ask, and after speaking, he walked straight back to the original stone wall, and then took out a black folding fan from the cloth bag on his waist.

The fat man saw that You Hanshan took out a folding fan at this moment, and couldn't help but smile at me: "What's the matter with him, he didn't fan when it was steaming just now, and now he takes out a fan, does he want to be cool against the wall?" Or do you want to be handsome? ”

Listening to the fat man's constant muttering, I was a little annoyed when I heard it, and then pressed my hand on the fat man's shoulder, signaling him to look at it and don't talk so much nonsense, the fat man pulled my hand away, and said unhappily: "Okay, then let's watch." ”

I saw You Hanshan's left hand twisted, the originally closed folding fan with the sound of "whoosh", instantly appeared in front of everyone's eyes, the black folding fan is semi-regular, seems to be made of iron, the background is pitch black, the light color is flooded, the fan bone is engraved with dark gold talismans and words, the low end is slightly hollowed out, and there is a fragrance faintly.

You Hanshan's left hand was horizontal, and his right palm was raised, and the top of the folding fan was drawn to the palm of his right hand, and in an instant, a red blood line gradually appeared in front of him, and then the bloody hand pointed to the stone wall in front of him, and countless blood droplets were scattered on the stone wall at the head position of the two camels.