(17) The conjecture was confirmed.
It's getting more and more confusing.
Geomagnetic local positive anomaly, Chinese dragon, 2036, witnesses, lightning, lightning strikes, water splash, scales.
The more clues there are, the closer they are to the legend.
The legendary Chinese dragon not only really exists, but also has to be struck by lightning to become a real dragon?
So where are the dragons that turned into real dragons?
Obviously, myths and legends are just beautiful fantasies in people's hearts, and they cannot be justified as scientific basis.
Among these clues, the only one that has anything to do with "science" is "local anomalies in geomagnetic fields", which can obviously only be started from this direction.
The further you get to the center of the lake, the stronger the geomagnetic field.
Is there a strong magnetic field in that place, and what is the source of this strong magnetic field?
I asked Zhou Qing to consult Chinese literature to see if there were any similar accounts.
He instructed the staff on the site to continue digging and digging in the middle of the lake.
After digging for an afternoon, there was a harvest, and Li asked them happily carried another skeleton into the makeshift iron shed warehouse, "Another skeleton was found!" ”
Like the previous skeleton, the cow had the same skull, a long spine, and two detached horns.
It's just that this one is also much smaller, only about five meters long.
Zhou Qing found some information for me as a reference.
"The 1934 Yingkou Falling Dragon Incident." The old black-and-white photo, the bones taken are very similar to the two in front of you.
In 2008, China's Central Television revealed that the 1934 Yingkou Falling Dragon was the skeleton of a baleen whale, and the two horns on the skull were actually misspelled bones from other parts of the baleen whale. But then a large number of eyewitnesses appeared and disproved this account. Zhou Qing pointed to the information and said.
According to the information she found, I took the horn of the little dragon and put it in other positions.
"It's not like the bones of the other parts! But in my heart I really wish they were whale bones. ”
I sighed.
"Why do you want them to be whale bones?"
She was puzzled.
"If it is really the skeleton of a baleen whale, the testimony of the eyewitnesses will make sense!" I pointed to the large skeleton, "In 2036, this big whale somehow came to this lake, not adapted to the freshwater environment, and it was dying. During a thunderstorm, the blowholes on its back sprayed a column of water into the sky, causing lightning to hit it and cause its death, which is why witnesses saw long strips of monsters flying into the sky, and can also explain the eyewitnesses who provided us with dragon scales. In this direction, I guess that the dragon scale is actually a shell brought by a whale when it came from the sea! ”
"It's a few hundred kilometers from the nearest sea. If they were whales, how did they get out of the sea? ”
She questioned my reasoning.
"Maybe there's a big cave at the bottom of the lake that connects to the sea. They swim here through caves at the bottom of the lake. ”
I guess further.
"According to the principle of the communicator, if the bottom of the lake is connected to the sea, the water level will be at the same level as the sea on the other side due to the pressure effect. We have almost emptied the lake of water and have not seen a significant rise in the water level, which should be difficult to hold. What's more, it's still a few hundred kilometers from the sea! ”
She shook her head, explaining that my hypothesis didn't seem to hold up physically.
"There are some things that don't necessarily fit those theories. Check the salinity of the lake's water! ”
I am a little unwilling, and if it turns out that the saltiness of the lake is too high, it seems that it can explain that the lake is connected to the sea.
"Has the source of the magnetic field anomaly been found?"
Speaking of which, I am reminded of the geomagnetic anomaly.
She shook her head.
"Looks like we need to keep digging!"
I think if I keep digging, there will be more discoveries.
The other day I said I was going to make soup with big bones, and the people here almost did it. Obviously my words carry a lot of weight here.
I said dig it down, and the others had to do the same.
For the next few days, I spent the rest of my day in an iron shed by the lake.
Zhou Qing and I were like two older children fiddling with toys, possibly fiddling with the small mysterious skeleton.
We put together all sorts of weird patterns. I imitated the shapes, pretending to be a strange monster going to eat her, "I'm going to eat you!" I'm a monster! ”
She smiled and avoided me.
"Still playing! If we don't solve this case, we will continue to face these two big bones every day! ”
Chiqi blamed me.
I know that she doesn't want to face these two big bones, but she doesn't want to face Zhou Qing every day.
"What's so bad about facing them every day? It's a special place to work! ”
I deliberately her off.
"You're something special! The boss spends money on you to pick up girls, and you don't have to face the more than 100 big men in the building every day! Beauty and the Beast! How wonderful! ”
Chi Qi's words were pointed at Zhou Qing again.
Zhou Qing is a smart girl, so she naturally knows that Chi Qi's sneering attack is on herself, so she is busy with her own work.
Li Wen came in with the inspection report of the lake water, and did not report directly to me or Zhou Qing, but first ran to Chiqi, "Honey, how about having dinner together this afternoon?" ”
"Who is your dear? Don't talk nonsense! ”
Chi Qi pouted with a helpless expression.
"If you don't like me, don't enter, I'll become the type you like!"
Li asked to catch up with Chiqi.
"I like you don't pester me, you know? Like a heel! ”
Chi Qi has a tough attitude.
"Followers? Isn't that so? ”
Li Wen lay on the ground, imitating the movement of insects, still holding the test report in his hand.
"Oh my God! What the heck! ”
Chi Qi shook her head and left.
Zhou Qing and I couldn't stop laughing.
I hurriedly shouted at Li, "Okay, stop making trouble!" Is the salinity of the lake water detected? ”
"The salinity is 3.3 percent, which is almost as salty as the sea."
Li Wen got up and handed me the report.
"What am I talking about? It seems that the conjecture is valid! ”
I turned my head to look at Zhou Qing.
"Tell them to keep digging!"
Zhou Qing instructed Li to ask.
After digging for a few more days, more than a dozen bones of mysterious creatures with big laughs were unearthed one after another. The appearance is basically similar to the previous two skeletons.
"It's a graveyard of mysterious creatures!"
Zhou Qing sighed.
"The source of the geomagnetic anomaly has not been found, and the cave I guessed has not been found, and we have to continue digging!"
The source of the magnetic field anomaly has not been solved, and there should be something else down there, so I signaled that I would dig it down.
Professor William was the main person in charge of the excavation of the mysterious creature.
Unlike other people's compliments, Dr. William didn't like to talk to me much, he only communicated with Zhou Qing and Li Wen. Apparently he thinks that I am in league with "those guys in the government department", and that my existence is seen as a factor that interferes with his scientific research.
As we continued to dig to the bottom of the lake, the source of the strong magnetism was finally found!
"It's a huge meteorite!" Zhou Qing excitedly told me, the hole you guessed has also been found! It happened to be blocked by that meteorite! “
"It looks like these mysterious creatures may indeed come from the sea! All you have to do is find out where the hole is connected! ”
After so many years of investigative work, there are finally a few explanations.
"Report to the boss!"
I said to Chiqi.
Had lunch.
Chiki's cell phone rang, and she stepped back into the corner to answer the call.
"Our work here is over!"
After answering the phone, she said to me excitedly.
Apparently this call came from the Boss,
"Your job is coming to an end?"
Zhou Qing looked at me with lost eyes, as if persuading me to stay.
"Our job is just to investigate, and the finishing touches are always the boss's responsibility!"
The task is complete, it's time to separate, and you can see that she is frustrated.
"We can see each other more often after the work is over! By the way, when did you arrange for me to meet your mother? ”
I took the news of her mother to distract her from her frustration.
"Anytime!"
Zhou Qing looked at me affectionately.
The boss informs us that the work is over, and I think he's come to the conclusion that the bones of the mysterious life are indeed the bones of a pack of baleen whales.
The lake and the sea do figure it out, exactly as I guessed.
The source of the anomalous magnetic field was the meteorite that blocked the entrance to the cave.
The two horns are definitely not the skeletons of baleen whales elsewhere, but they should undoubtedly grow on the skull. As for why these whales have horns, we don't know if they continue to investigate.