Chapter 21: Step by Step Crisis
Leng Feng shook his head, tears streaming down his cheeks. ~ I hurriedly comforted: "Wife, what's wrong, isn't there anything still with me, don't cry, I'll accompany you." β
Zhang Qian said on the side: "Boss, you better take a look first." β
I looked back and asked, "What's wrong?" "I looked at the place where Zhang Qian pointed out, there was a corpse in the lake, and Bai Lingling's bones looked very new. I asked suspiciously, "Hey, wasn't it ...... when we watched it just now" I suddenly understood, and quickly looked back, there was no Zhang Qiang in the woman. I was surprised and said, "This is Zhang Qiang?" β
Everyone nodded silently. I was surprised and said, "This water ...... The problem with these waters? β
Ye Simin gently plunged a saber into the water, and the saber disappeared after a while. This is, sulfuric acid? The titanium alloy saber will be so fast under the corrosion of sulfuric acid, is this pool all sulfuric acid? But sulfuric acid is not this color, is there anything else in it? Leng Feng looked at my surprised look and said softly: "There is still sulfur in it, so it is yellow." The hot springs are almost all of this color. β
I patted my head with a headache, I couldn't even remember such basic common sense. The whole thing was so shocking that I secretly blamed myself for making Zhang Qiang's body disappear with a hasty decision just now. Watching Zhang Qiang's bones slowly melt, I felt even more uncomfortable. If I had tried that thing just now, this thing wouldn't have happened, why was it so negligent just now? I rubbed my forehead in pain.
Leng Feng hugged me gently and said, "Husband, we don't want to be like this, this matter is unpredictable, and we didn't expect that the hot spring here would be a sulfuric acid lake, if we had known earlier, this situation would not have happened." It was my negligence. It's that I didn't give it a try with a silver hairpin. It's not your fault, don't blame yourself like this, you still have to lead us to the Mayan base. You're also on a mission to save the planet. Didn't Ye Manqing say that we would die seven or eight times this time when we came, we are all mentally prepared, aren't you also ready to sacrifice at any time. Brace yourself. No one will blame you. β
Ye Simin came over and patted me on the shoulder and said, "Professor Shui." Don't put too much pressure on yourself, we didn't plan to go back alive this time, although several people are dead, do you think the living people will be safe and sound? We don't know who will disappear tomorrow, it could be you or it could be me. Now the situation is to live one day at a time. Don't think too much about it. Now it's not as simple as when we searched for the answer, now we are in direct confrontation with the Maya. Alas, everyone knows, how can we be opponents? β
Listening to Ye Simin's lonely words. I'm also a little bit better. yes, I don't know what tomorrow will be. I have to take it one step at a time. I straightened up and said, "I don't want to say anything more, everyone has seen the danger here." We've lost three of our teammates here, but we haven't even seen the Mayans. I know there will be people who will continue to sacrifice in the future, but there is no room for us to back down. We can only move forward, all I can do is tell again. Be careful. Be careful. β
Everyone nodded silently, in this case. Everyone understands their situation, and no one will be stupid to ask. We cautiously leaned against the ice wall and slowly walked towards the opposite side of the lake. The lake is very large, with a diameter of seventy or eighty meters. Combined with the ice on both sides, this cave is definitely over a hundred meters in diameter. It is absolutely rare that there will be such a large cave under the ice of Antarctica, which is more than 200 meters deep. Plus the sulphuric acid lake in the middle. I guess there's only one one on the planet.
With more than 100 meters to pass, we can open fewer roads, which is the distance of six or seven passages. Looking at the ice wall in front of me, I motioned for Wang Zongjun to step forward and plant the explosives. With the roaring sound, the sulfuric acid lake also vibrate. The sulphuric acid waves crashed against the shore, causing us to get closer to the ice wall and try to get as far away as possible.
The sulfuric acid gurgled sound, and the pressure of several springs at the bottom of the lake became more and more intense, spewing sulfuric acid like Baotu Spring. Not good, it's a sign that it's going to break out. I hurriedly asked Wang Zongjun to plant explosives and prepare to break through. If we don't leave, in case of a sulfuric acid explosion, we won't be able to leave. The sound of the sulphuric acid lake grew louder and louder, and a faint smell of sulfur began to permeate the air. Damn, this can't be a crater, is it? If this is really a volcanic crater, you can see why there is a non-freezing lake in the center of Antarctica.
The smell of sulfur is getting bigger and bigger, Wang Zongjun hasn't exploded the ice wall yet, and if he can't blow up the passage again, we will be suffocated here. No wonder there is so much sulfuric acid, which is a compound of sulfur vapor and water. The pungent smell of sulfur has begun to irritate our nasal cavity and throat, and the feeling of spicy and dry is very uncomfortable. Another piece of explosives exploded, splashing ice on the ice wall, but the sulphuric acid lake suddenly burst into flames. The raging fire pressed everyone even closer, and a sense of despair permeated the whole body and mind.
A breath of cool air came out, and the pressure ice wall had been blown through, and there was really a passage on the other side. We were ecstatic to see this passage, and this time we were finally saved. The joy had not yet disappeared, but the fire in the sulfuric acid lake had suddenly become larger, and the few people walking behind had already been consumed by the fire. We rushed over and pushed them over, pushing them to roll on the ground. By the time the fire was extinguished, Li Hua and Gao Gaoping had already suffered extensive burns. Li Meiting and Yu Qian hurriedly went over to give them medicine.
Ye Simin pointed to the passage and said, "If it hadn't been blown up through the passage, the fire wouldn't have been so big." The sudden increase in oxygen made the flames even more intense, which is why we were so embarrassed by the defenselessness. Looking at my and Ye Simin's burned hands, I shook my head and said, "It's a great blessing that no one dies, so we should be satisfied." β
Li Meiting said suddenly: "Boss, Li Hua and Gao Gao Ping have both been poisoned by fire and burned their lungs, although there are anti-inflammatory drugs, but there are no special medicines, I'm afraid they will get better very slowly." β
I nodded and said, "Okay, it's okay to slow down, as long as people are okay." I thought about it, frowned, and asked, "Slow, how slow?" Gao Gao Ping is our main main force, Zhang Qiang is gone, if something happens to Gao Gao Ping, we will not have anyone who knows Mayan writing. β
Li Meiting shook her head, and said in a hurry: "Not so fast, I mean...... I would like to say...... It's good to survive, okay...... It's all good...... It's hard to ......."
I shook my head helplessly, why are there so many disasters, Zhang Qiang just died, but Li Hua and Gao Gao Ping fell into a coma immediately after, isn't this my life? What's the way down here? Alas.
I shook my hand weakly and said, "Carry them and we'll get out of here." "I didn't have a skateboard when I came this time, but I did bring a few portable stretchers. It's just that the two on Liu Qiang and Wang Zhiqiang are missing, and now the remaining two of them are just enough. Looking at the hands that Ye Simin and I wrapped like zongzi, I still felt emotional.
The sulphuric acid lake on the other side shook even more, and we couldn't stand still in the passage. "Hurry up, let's get out of here." I hurriedly said, "Damn, there's going to be a volcanic eruption here, why is it shaking so badly?" β
Lu Liang said: "Boss, I remember reading in previous books that the Mayans liked to use volcanic energy. You think this is the energy center of their base? It's all ice, and there's not much solar energy to use. I don't know if they have nuclear energy, this volcanic energy is the most suitable. β
I nodded and said, "Yes, the conversion of heat energy into electrical energy is the most direct and the easiest. Since the Mayans have been here for so many years, electricity is indispensable. If you use nuclear energy, it's not a long-term solution, and the waste generated by nuclear energy is very difficult to dispose of, so I also think that volcanic energy is the most likely way for them to use. β
We stumbled along under the vibration of the passage, and the only thought in our minds was to get out of here as soon as possible. There's no need to make any right-angle turns now, and the farther away from here, the better. It didn't take long for us to come to the side of the glacier again, which was still a wide glacier, and we still couldn't get past it. But it is impossible for us to go back, and we dare not go back. I pointed to the ice wall on the side and said, "Wang Zongjun, keep going." When the explosives run out, let's talk about it. We can't wait to die here. β
After opening the road, we continued to transfer, and opened three more passages one after another, Wang Zongjun said with a sad face: "Boss, I only have two explosives left here." We need an average of three explosives to open a passage, which is no longer enough. β
Leng Feng said: "It's okay, I still have a lot of grenades here, we use grenades when we don't have explosives, except that the power is a little less, the rest are the same." Besides, there are hammers and chisels in Xinyue, and at most we have to work a little hard. Before Leng Feng finished speaking, he saw that the glacier had also changed, no longer in a calm appearance, and the surging ice and snow kept splashing out. At this time, the ice wall of the passage was also a little distorted, and I pointed to the passage and said, "Hurry up, get out of the glacier quickly." Where did everyone dare to stay, and hurriedly ran into the passage. Even if the passage collapses, it will not necessarily die, but if it falls into the glacier, it will die. If you look at it, the volcano could erupt at any time. (To be continued.) )
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