Chapter 52: Hellfire in the Caverns
The huge mine was silent, and there was not even a single light, only the mining lamp above the head of the cow foreman swept back and forth, with the sound of "squeaky" mine cars, which was a bit mad.
Foreman Niu looked at the two old and the young, and was curious, in the current mine, he, an old bachelor who has been working for decades, is a little hairy, but these three have no reaction. It doesn't matter if the man is not nervous, the little girl's face is as heavy as water, and she is not even the slightest afraid.
"Sure enough, it's an expert, and the professional is different!" Foreman Niu secretly praised in his heart, in his mind, Hua Hongying should be a professor of archaeology, specializing in digging ancient tombs, and those two teenagers should be his protΓ©gΓ©s, and only professional talents are completely indifferent.
I have to say that he guessed completely wrong......
"Experts, how much do you think that thing can sell for?" There was still some time before he slid to the bottom of the pit, and the cow foreman asked tentatively, estimating that he had been dreaming of making a fortune for a long time.
Hua Hongying remained silent, "Let's talk about it specifically." β
When Foreman Niu heard this, he recalled that this guy should usually be a talker, but now he is asking for advice from "experts", he doesn't dare to exaggerate in the slightest, and after recalling it carefully, he said it carefully.
"I've been working in the mine all my life, and I've never seen anything like this, there, thousands of meters underground, who would have thought that thing would be dug up!" Recalling that scene, Foreman Niu couldn't contain his emotions and became excited.
"After we took over, we quickly found out that there was a very good quality mica ore layer under this quartz mine, so ...... It is said that it is quartz ore, but in fact, what we have been mining is mica, and Boss Zhou can make a lot of money! β
Mica is an excellent thermal insulation refractory material, and the highest quality can even be used as a handicraft, and the price is naturally not comparable to ordinary quartz. According to the cow foreman's account, after discovering a high-quality mica vein underground, they immediately stopped quartz mining, and concentrated on digging down, and less than a month ago, finally dug up the thing.
"It's a whole carved mica ship, and it's hard for anyone who has never seen it to imagine how exquisite it is!" Foreman Niu's eyes began to glow, "And the mica statue on the ship, just like a real person, is still wearing a colorful mica robe." β
"When did the craft ship come about?" Hua Hongying interrupted him and asked, "I mean...... What is the approximate age? β
Foreman Niu shook his head, "I don't know, but the rock formations here have not been mined before, that is to say, this ship is definitely not artificially put down, I also have to correct you a little older, that boat is not a handicraft, but a real ship, my father is an old boatman on the Sichuan River, I know very well about the boat, the boat can be opened in the water." β
The three of them were shocked when they heard this, thousands of meters underground, not a handicraft, a real mica ship, what kind of concept is this? In addition, the year he said is also incredible, such a deep rock formation, the formation age is hundreds of millions, and there were no mammals at that time, which makes no sense at all.
After pondering for a while, Guo Yunxiang had a lively brain, and suddenly thought: "Since it is a real ship, could it be floating from somewhere else?" β
Hearing this, Hua Hongying and Ding Xiaocong glanced at her, how could it be possible to sail underground? However, when Foreman Niu heard this, he patted his head and exclaimed, "Sure enough, it's an expert!" How could we not have thought of this ship before...... I don't know if it's really floating! β
Hua Hongying was taken aback and asked first: "How do you say this?" β
As soon as he asked, the minecart went down to the bottom of the mine and began to slow down slowly, and the cow foreman waved his hand, "I can't tell, but when we get to the place, the three of us will understand at a glance." β
At the bottom of the mine was a rock-made building that looked like a turret, and the minecart slid into the house and came to a complete stop, leaving it dark all around.
The chief of the cattle mine jumped down and fumbled around, when a halogen headlamp lit up, and the building immediately lit up as day.
"In order to prevent outsiders from discovering that we are mining mica, we built this house...... "The head of the cattle mine stopped talking, and everyone understood the meaning.
After getting off the minecart, the cattle mine manager began to distribute the equipment to everyone, and the three of them realized that the equipment was not a simple miner's uniform, but a very strange wide clothes, and each person was equipped with a respirator.
"It's too hot down there, I can't go down without this, this is a German product, and it can withstand extremely high temperatures." The cow foreman introduced and dressed the big guys.
It is estimated that many people have worn this thing, and it has not been washed, and it smells strange when it is worn on the body, even if it is two big men, Guo Yunxiang has been holding her mouth when she wears it, and she is about to cry when she looks at the posture.
Finally put it on, Ding Xiaocong grinned at the time, this thing is completely breathable, and when worn on the body, it is like wearing a stove, and he immediately sweats. Where is this heat insulation, it is clearly heat making. However, after listening to what the cow foreman said, they didn't dare to take it off, as long as they held on.
There was a roar of machinery, and there was a shaft in the middle of the building, on which a steel frame was erected, and a rudimentary iron frame rose up, which was a mining elevator.
Ding Xiaocong thought about it and was not at ease, so he put his sister Xiaolan down and asked her to wait on it.
Under the leadership of Foreman Niu, the three of them entered the elevator and began to descend rapidly.
No sooner had they left than Xiaolan sensed something, spat out the door, turned and swam down the edge of the mine, entrenched in the shadows. Immediately after that, a figure flashed at the edge of the mine, and a short, thin middle-aged man walked over, lowered his head and looked down, and then beckoned back.
With the sound of footsteps, a large group of people walked in, led by the bespectacled young man, looking down at the rumbling mine.
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It is hard to imagine that this mine cave will be so deep, and the mining elevator is much faster than the civil elevator, but after a few minutes have passed, it still has not gone down to the end.
Ding Xiaocong was so hot that he wanted to pull his clothes apart for some ventilation, but as soon as he opened them, a wave of heat immediately burned his skin, which frightened him and closed it tightly again.
"It's hot down here, the further down it gets, it's okay now, don't open the protective suit when you get down." After Foreman Niu waited for Ding Xiaocong to suffer a loss, he said slowly that some people don't suffer losses and don't have a long memory, and he did it on purpose.
The three of them looked at each other, never expecting that the temperature down there would be so high. At the same time, I was also amazed that although the clothes were dirty, they were really black technology, and I couldn't feel the high temperature of the outside world at all.
Finally, with a "clang", the rude pier of the mining elevator went down to the bottom.
Below this was a large space, littered with rocks and glowing red. There are still no lights, but there is a natural light source of unknown origin, reflected in the crystals of the rock formations, and although the light is hazy, it is enough to see the scene.
"It's already over 300 degrees Celsius." Foreman Niu advised: "Don't open your clothes, follow me, don't walk around." β
After telling the three of them, Foreman Niu walked out of the elevator first.