This reservoir is really big enough.

Walking down the sloping passage, there were small lamps every few steps on either side of the passage that provided some illumination, and after about two minutes of walking, the turtledove and the insect came to a metal platform.

This is supposed to be the underground reservoir,—— the high curved dome, the whole structure of the building is like a deep well with a closed top, and they are standing in the middle of the deep well, stepping on a solid metal platform protruding from the wall, and can see the deepest "underground lake" through the gap in the grid under their feet.

From the metal platform where they were located to the surface of the "underground lake", there was a drop of about ten meters in the middle, which was not very high, but it was difficult to guarantee that they would be uninjured if they fell.

There are four "wooden wells" on the edge of the platform, and this thing is as much as it matches the surrounding environment here, and if you think about a place full of cement and iron nets, a few rough and primitive wood goods can appear out of thin air, can this feel good.

Needless to say, these four "wooden wells" are usually sent here by the town to fetch water, and it is true, as Rango said, that the water level of the underground reservoir has dropped so low that it is almost dry.

On the "wall of the well" below the level of the metal platform, the worm found many dark holes, about the size of a washbasin.

At first, she thought that the loopholes had leaked the water out of the reservoir, but when she looked closely, she realized that the inlets of the reservoir were not large, but there were still bits and pieces of clear water flowing out of the holes, along the smooth "well wall" into the "underground lake" at the bottom.

……

"Where did that water come from?"

The turtledove also saw the hole that existed as an inlet, and what he couldn't understand was why there was water flowing out of it, although the water flow in the hole was not large, but the turtledove could think that there must have been a lot of clear water flowing out of those holes before, otherwise how would a huge "underground lake" be filled.

"It should be the deep groundwater extracted," Xiao Worm thought for a moment and gave an answer that he had figured out, "We haven't seen any surface rivers near Huangsha Town, and even camel thorns don't grow here, and no camel thorns mean that there is no underground river, so I really can't think of any other answer than pumping deep groundwater." ”

Turtledove suddenly, little worm, she is really knowledgeable, just think about it can figure out the problem that she can't figure out no matter how she thinks, it seems that in addition to not knowing how to use the "hand knife", she has no obvious shortcomings.

Thinking of the knife just now, the turtledove couldn't help but laugh again.

The little insect didn't notice that the turtledove was secretly laughing at herself, she walked to the edge of the guardrail on the edge of the platform, grabbed the guardrail with both hands, and poked her neck to look down,—— the clear water shimmered with a pale blue glow, and the sparkling appearance looked beautiful and comfortable, and people couldn't help but want to jump in and take a bath.

"And where does all this water go?"

Xiao Worm looked at the water without blinking, she knew that this water was what the residents of Huangsha Town relied on for survival, of course she couldn't really jump in and take a bath, but seeing that there was not much water left in this reservoir, if she didn't investigate it clearly, Huangsha Town would be completely finished.

Without water, the residents of the town will either move out of the town, or die of thirst, I believe that reasonable people will not choose the latter, but in the vast desert, there can be several underground reservoirs like this, leaving Huangsha Town, it is estimated that most of the residents may not be able to find a suitable place to live, and are likely to die on the way to find a place to live.

……

"You two are really here."

Just as the worm was staring at the water in a daze, a voice came from the entrance at the end of the platform, and the turtledove instinctively pulled out the dagger, and when he saw who it was, he raised his eyebrows and put the dagger away.

Rango, the sheriff of Huangsha Town, stood there with helplessness written on his face, and the subtext was "You two young people are too disobedient too".

He himself was unwilling to provoke the forces of the mayor of Huangsha Town, nor did he want to watch the turtle dove and the little worm die, so he persuaded the two of them to leave Huangsha Town as soon as possible, but he didn't expect that what he said not only did not scare the turtle dove and the little worm away, but aroused their curiosity, so that these two young people who "don't know the height of the sky" came to spy on the underground reservoir late at night.

"Why do you need to do this," Rango said to Turtledove and Worm in a serious tone, "even if you find out what you can do, the mayor's reputation in Huangsha Town is still quite high, and no one will believe that he has anything to do with it." ”

"You're wrong, we're not just two people, plus your words there are three."

Worm turned around and leaned against the guardrail behind her with her arms outstretched, her expression very relaxed, not at all afraid that she would fall.

"I'll admit you're good marksmanship," Rango continued, "so how many opponents can you face at once, three?" Five? Ten? If you are involved in this matter, if you are not careful, you will become the enemy of the entire Huangsha Town, how many guns will be pointed at you, can you kill all of them? ”

What Lan Ge said is actually very reasonable, the underground reservoir is too important to the residents of Huangsha Town, and the mayor of the town is an actor, if he finds out that the turtle dove and the little worm have not left Huangsha Town, but are investigating the matter of the reservoir, in case he has a basin on the heads of these two people, things will be in trouble.

The mayor is so good at acting, he has a high reputation among the townspeople, and the turtledove and the worm are purely outsiders, and if there is a conflict between the two sides, then the residents will most likely trust the mayor and not outsiders.

So let's talk about it, why do turtledoves and insects have to wade into this troubled water, anyway, they have already got enough water, they can leave it alone and drive a modified pickup truck to re-embark on the road to the oasis, instead of "blindly delaying work" in Huangsha Town.

……

"Can you help?"

Who knew that the girl Worm was willful, and the turtledove had the world in mind and an ideal of "changing the world", so as soon as Rango finished speaking, Worm automatically ignored his big nonsense and went straight to the point.

"I don't want to die with you both," Rango's head still shook like a rattle, "and even more, I'm still dead, I'm still young, and I don't want to die yet." ”

"Then don't get in the way, big brother, I have important things to do with them."

As he passed by Rango's side, Turtledove smiled and patted him on the shoulder.