Chapter Forty-Eight: Cold Lake
Since Wu Qi was injured, and he didn't have to rush back, he recuperated in this almost abandoned research institute for a few days. This place is really a bit evil, living for so many days, although it is warm but uncomfortable, it always feels weird, sometimes you can hear footsteps, sometimes you can hear someone whispering in your ear, if you come to talk elegantly, then it can be said that this is a call from hell. Of course, this is all a joke, there is nothing strange about things in this world, and they can be explained clearly in the future, but this person is much more complicated, and he may not be able to explain it clearly.
Wu Qi didn't dare to wander around, so he stayed in his own room, and only after a few days did he know that this room was lived by Chen Yumiao, and the entire research institute was also under Chen Yumiao's responsibility, Li Huan actually borrowed a place from Chen Yumiao, and the black copper taro sandalwood project he was responsible for had been completed, and it was okay recently, so he had so much effort to "tease" Wu Qi to play.
When he thought that this room was lived by the cold-eyed Sister Miao, he suddenly felt a sense of awe, and he didn't dare to touch anything, but every time he saw a small mirror and a comb on the table next to the wall, he couldn't help but laugh too, no matter how strong Chen Yumiao was still a woman, women just had more things to do than men, and they could be regarded as beauty.
Wu Qi has basically been alone these days, and occasionally the person who came to bring him food could still talk to him, and sometimes Wu Qi felt that he was locked up. Wu Qi has never seen that guy again, I don't know where he went, and I haven't seen Li Huan, Wu Qi thought that maybe they were busy, so he didn't ask anything.
It is said that it is snowing outside again, and it is still the same kind of heavy snow, and it is a lot thicker on the original basis, and the scenery is really good, but this day it is cold and uncomfortable. The reason why the institute is warm. It is said that the cave leads all the way to the center of the volcano, and the closer you go inside, the closer you get to the hot flow of lava beneath the volcano, keeping the temperature of the surrounding walls very high, so no matter how cold it is outside, the inside of this closed laboratory is always the hottest time of summer.
After the blunt wound on his body healed, Wu Qi couldn't sit still, and he asked someone for a military coat and had to go out to take a look. It's very troublesome to open the door once, but it just so happens that those people are bored, and they plan to go out to play while Li Huan is not there, leaving one person to guard inside, and when they come back, they have to open the door for them.
When Wu Qi was dressed and stood behind the door, he watched the door in front of him slowly open outward, and when a slit was revealed in the middle that could be used for people to travel, it stopped, and Wu Qi and the other two people all got out. After coming out of the warm research institute, the cold outside instantly froze Wu Qi through. He even wanted to go back a little, but after seeing that the two people came out with him, he was embarrassed to say that he would go back, so Wu Qi stood at the door and asked them where they wanted to go, if there was anything interesting around here.
But as soon as he raised his eyes late, there was snow all around, and there was no primeval forest as far as the eye could see, so there was no place to play, but one of the two people said, "Where are we?" Changbai Mountain! And what's behind it? Tianchi! ”
Let him point out Wu Qi in a few words, by the way, if you don't look at Changbai Mountain, wouldn't the pond come in vain that day? None of them are chronic people. If you say go, you really go, and climb along the north slope to the mountain pass. They were going to Tianchi to take a look.
When it comes to Tianchi, most people will think of Changbai Mountain Tianchi, which is a mountain lake formed after the water accumulation in the mouth of a dormant active volcano, but there are actually two Tianchi in our country, and the other is a mountain lake halfway up the mountain under the Bogda Peak in Xinjiang. These two heavenly pools are far from each other, one east and one west. And the reasons for their formation are different, but they have a very mysterious commonality, that is, there were rumors of water monsters in the two heavenly pools.
In fact, the Tianchi Water Monster has been there for so many years, and it was not until the 80s that it was published in the newspaper for many people to know. There are many strange things in the old days. You said that there was something in Huboli, it was not unusual, and it was not strange that there was a dragon, so not many people paid attention to this kind of thing. After 60 years, this kind of thing is not allowed to be mentioned at all, saying that this thing is feudal superstition, what kind of water monster? Dry outcrop, take a cannonball, drag it out, and take a look! So it wasn't until it was opened that the water monster became known to the whole country. As for what this water monster is, it is estimated that no one can say clearly, but the most reasonable explanation is that the water monster should be a rare giant fish in the water, but some witnesses said that the thing is not a fish, but a long neck or something with big eyes, showing its head in the middle of the lake, that guy is very scary, and he doesn't dare to go to the lake to wander around, for fear that something will suddenly pop out of the water and catch it.
Under the cold wind, the three of them came to the Changbai Mountain Pass, there is a large piece of flat land on the north slope, standing very steady, you can find a place to go down to the edge of the Tianchi, but the higher the atmosphere, the lower the atmosphere, and the wind blows the people uncomfortable. Wu Qi's body was still a little weak, and he shivered when he was blown by the wind, but standing in the mountain pass and looking at the misty Tianchi, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he didn't react until the people around him pushed him, and he went down to find a place.
Before Tianchi was built into a scenic spot, it was still primitive and wild, the lake was unusually calm, when the sun was not seen in winter, the lake was gray and white and could not see the bottom, but after really walking in, it was found that the lake water was particularly clear, there were not many impurities in the water, and the lake was full of all kinds of strange stones, as well as small pebble ground like a beach, stepping on the crunch sound and mixed with the sound of snow, it felt strange.
Wu Qi talked with the two of them for a while while while climbing, and learned that these people were indeed sentinels, but they were not from Changbai Pass, but border guard sentries, and Wu Qi should have been the same before, and they were quite fateful. At first, I thought that they were also members of the Five Elements Group, but then I saw that their faces were more nervous, and told Wu Qi that they were not from the Five Elements Group, but were temporarily transferred to those people to help, dealing with some work that they couldn't show up or were on night duty.
As soon as Wu Qi said this, he understood, it seemed that not just anyone could join them, and these little soldiers obviously knew some things, but they probably didn't know too much, and they both had a full look at Li Huan and Liu Yan, what they said was more effective than their real leaders, Wu Qi couldn't help but have a little sense of success, and he also secretly laughed in his heart.
Tianchi is very calm from a distance, but when you actually walk to the lake, you can see the calm waves, and the lake is like the waves of the sea. The distance was shrouded in dense fog, and his vision was limited to the surroundings of the lake, looking at the somewhat choppy lake, it felt a bit like the seaside, but a cold wind blew, like a slap in the face, and woke Wu Qi up.
Before they came, they were quite excited, but after seeing it, they felt that it was like that, in fact, there was nothing to see, it was just water, and the fog was relatively large and could not see the whole picture of Tianchi, which also greatly reduced the scenery.
Wu Qi hugged his arms and legs were trembling by the wind, the cold air had already frozen through his pants, and his legs seemed to be stuck in the snow, making Wu Qi shiver and say: "Comrades, this is too cold, or let's go back, it's nothing to see, right?" ”
The two of them originally came with Wu Qi, and they were also freezing with runny nose, and when they heard Wu Qi say that they wanted to go back, they must have nodded quickly, and said that they would come back when the weather was better. After the three of them glanced at Tianchi again, they were about to turn around and leave, Wu Qi froze and turned slowly, and when the two people walked a few steps, he just turned around, and then he was suddenly stunned, blinked and turned back to look at the lake, there seemed to be a figure on the lake in the fog just now, but at this time there was nothing to look at carefully.
Wu Qi felt that he might be dazzled by the cold, and was about to withdraw his gaze and turn his head to follow, but he accidentally found something on the beach by the lake, and at first glance, he saw that it was a stone, but the surface was smooth and textured, and the shape was very strange. Just when Wu Qi was stunned, the lake water pushed up a little, and then retreated, and when the strange stone was washed by the lake, it actually cracked, like a shell, to reveal a puddle of brown things inside.
"Oops! What is this? Wu Qi couldn't hold back and shouted.
He called back the two men who were about to leave, and after looking at them for a long time, one of them said, "Oh, this seems to be a scallop!" The other glanced at him and said, "Are you stupid?" Where do you get the scallops that can freeze to death in this place? It's nice not to freeze it into ice, how can it be alive to open its mouth? ”
Listening to the two muttering, Wu Qi didn't listen much and walked over carefully, and when he got closer, it was even more strange to look at it, that thing was indeed a scallop, the size was like a car's tire, the shell was thicker than the palm of a person's hand, and the meat inside was still squirming slightly, Wu Qi walked closer and just wanted to reach out to touch it, the big shell suddenly closed, the closed one was tight, there was not even a crack around, and the size was scary.
The three of them were stunned at first, and then they were all excited, they thought they had found a treasure, and said that this was a mussel that had become a sperm, and there must be a big pearl in this meat! Move back and deduct the pearls, and then donate them to the country to make extra money!
But when the three of them came back excitedly carrying the big shell, they forgot about the cold, put the shell on the ground, and a few people surrounded the city to study it, and prepared to find something to pry it open. But who knew that the stuffy melon also came back from outside, and the people came back by car, and as soon as they came in, they saw their excited looks, Wu Qi hurriedly beckoned him over, and let him see the shell and tell him the origin. But after hearing this, the sullen melon suddenly sneered and said to Wu Qi: "Fool, there are no pearls here, there are so many in the lake, don't be so ignorant and lose us!" After speaking, they walked directly inside without looking at them, leaving a few people staring at each other. (To be continued......)