Chapter 21: There Is a River!
Gong Feng didn't understand what Chang Fei's change was, so he only heard Lin Lin on the side say happily: "Grandpa Qian, let's ...... out."
Before Lin Lin finished speaking, she was stopped by Qian Shuxue waving her hand, fortunately, she has a good temperament, unlike Gong Feng, who is angry at every turn. Qian Shuxue knew that the old experts in these scientific research groups would definitely not be at the mercy of this little girl, and the order to set off could only be said by Qian Shuxue's own mouth.
Qian Shuxue summoned everyone to come over, instructed the scientific research team to continue to collect samples along the way as planned, and set off with two geological experts, Lin Lin and several members of the scientific research team to explore the thin line on the map.
Gong Feng hated Lin Lin very much, so he ordered his adjutant to take 10 members of the escort team with the team to protect Qian Shuxue and his party, and he took the remaining 10 team members to follow the scientific research team to collect samples.
Thirty minutes later, Qian Shuxue and his entourage arrived at the dirt slope marked on the map. When everyone climbed to the top of the dirt slope, they couldn't help but cry out excitedly. I saw a small trickle flowing between the two high earth slopes! The river was gurgling and making some noise from time to time.
Lin Lin ignored everyone, and first cheered and rushed down the valley. Feng Xian and Chang Fei hurriedly chased after them, shouting to slow down.
The duty of the armed team is to protect the safety of the members of the ship, and the responsibility of the scientific research team is to make the whole ship better survive and reproduce.
The team members followed Lin Lin down the high slope one after another, and even Qian Shuxue, who had always been calm, also supported the two geological experts with trembling hands and stumbled towards the river.
Lin Lin was the first to rush to the river, how could he care about the regulations of wearing protective gear, he directly reached into the river with his bare hands, picked up the water in his palm, and looked at it in front of him stupidly. Then he slammed the water into the air and screamed happily.
After the other scientific research team members ran to the river, they were not as presumptuous as Lin Lin, they put on isolation gloves before they came into contact with the water. After all, it's a new planet, and whether your hands pollute the water, or if the water infects the skin on your hands, it will become a problem. Lin Lin seems to be very firm in his heart that the environment here is essentially the same as that of the earth, so everything can be directly touched by flesh and blood, whether it is air, water, or food. If it weren't for Qian Shuxue's presence, she would have taken a sip directly regardless of the rules.
Some of the members of the scientific research team took out utensils to fill water, some took out scanners to detect underwater organisms, and some lay directly on the river, inserting various small detectors directly into the river to detect the composition of the river water, and they were very busy.
Qian Shuxue was the latest to arrive, but when he saw the constantly flowing liquid water, his two dry eyes emitted a essence light that was brighter than anyone else's. Lin Lin ran to Qian Shuxue's side, holding a transparent container and bottle filled with river water. Qian Shuxue took it solemnly, holding the bottle tightly with both hands, for fear that it would slip away.
The two geologists were also excited, but instead of going to the river to test the water quality, they looked into the distance to see the length and direction of the river. The two looked at each other for a while, seemed to come to the same conclusion, sat together, frowned and discussed in a low voice.
Lin Lin saw that these two people were sneaky, and proudly provoked on the side: "Two teachers, how about it, let me find the river!"
The two experts turned their heads, and the excitement of the first sight of the river had subsided, and both of them had a sad face. One of the experts looked at Lin Lin and said approvingly: "This time we found liquid water on the surface of the planet, Lin Lin, you have to remember a lot!"
Lin Lin had rarely seen these two experts praise people, and when he heard these words come out of the other party's mouth, he was very happy, and the previous provocation was swept away. But the expert continued: "But liquid water of this scale is not a river at all, at most it is a small river or a stream." After the expert finished speaking, he looked pity, and it didn't seem to be aimed at Lin Lin.
Another expert continued: "That's right, I just visually measured the whole river and the width of the whole river is only 5 meters at its widest, and this amount of water is very difficult to form a river." And judging from the map, it is not a tributary of a large river, because it is a canyon between two mountain slopes, and I think it is likely that the ground water overflowed from the low terrain. It is close to the sea, and it is cloudy and rainy that this small river is formed. In low-lying areas of the earth, it is easy to form springs. ”
Lin Lin listened to the analysis of the two experts, and she suddenly quieted down with excitement, because she knew very well that the analysis of these two experts was very reasonable, and it was very likely that there was really no river on the king star, only this kind of small river.
Lin Lin didn't want to believe this inference, she turned her head to look at the flowing river, and struggled: "No, no, ......no! If it is a groundwater overflow, it must form a wetland or a small lake, how can such a creek be formed? Yes, that's right, you can't see a single spring in the entire river, it must not be a groundwater overflow!" Lin Lin became more and more excited, but this was just her personal unwillingness to believe, this time, the truth was on the side of the two experts.
Qian Shuxue, who had been quietly listening to the three of them next to him, finally spoke: "The two experts said that it is very likely, but they can't make a conclusion now. Lin Lin, don't be too excited, I know you don't give up, why should I die!"
After Qian Shuxue finished speaking, he stood up and announced loudly to the whole scientific research group: "Give everyone 10 minutes to collect samples, and after 10 minutes, we will go upstream along this river to find the source!"
"Wow!" everyone cheered when they heard the team leader's decision. Compared to discovering a small river, it is definitely more exciting and meaningful to find its source. Everyone seized the time to collect samples of all kinds of river water, water's edge, and underwater, and after simple repairs, the large army set off again and marched towards the river.
On the way, Qian Shuxue kept comforting Lin Lin, who was crying and red-eyed: "Maybe these two experts are wrong, rain can only form small depressions, and even lakes are difficult to form, there is no lake here but there are such rivers, maybe the rivers on the king star are really not formed in big lakes and mountains like on the earth!"
Lin Lin listened to Qian Shuxue's words, and his heart was a little better. However, the convincing power of these words is obviously not as good as the analysis of the two experts just now.
Although the water volume of this small river is not large, the river is really long, and everyone walked slowly for about an hour, and there was still no sign of the end.
Suddenly, one of the guards in the front row let out an exclamation, and everyone slowed down. The escort pointed forward for the adjutant who led the team, and the adjutant immediately stopped and made a downward gesture, and the 10 escorts stopped together, and lowered their bodies, and the people in the scientific research team also squatted on the grass.
The escort's airtight helmet had a long-range look-out function, and the leading adjutant raised his head slightly, focusing on a high slope in the distance, and the field of vision was pulled in. On the high slope, I saw a small watchtower built out of tree trunks, and at the top of the watchtower, there was a dark-skinned and strange-looking dwarf.
At first glance, there is no difference between the dwarf and the human, the dwarf also has the same limbs as the human, the most obvious difference is the dwarf, and there seems to be a pair of horns on the head.
When the adjutant looked at the dwarf, the dwarf also saw this, after all, the large force of the scientific research group was large in number and the target was large, and it was difficult not to be discovered. Just as the adjutant hesitated to kill the dwarf in charge of the reconnaissance, the dwarf on the watchtower had already run down the platform quickly, and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
The adjutant hurriedly reported the situation to Gong Feng, and he didn't have to think about it to guess that Gong Feng must have scolded him for being a fool and being easily discovered. Then the order was conveyed: return the same way, do not go any further, and do not make contact with the natives on the king planet. Because the other two landing ships have already carried diplomats, specially to contact and communicate with the civilized creatures on the king planet.
The adjutant received the order and commanded the escort team to turn around, but was stopped by Qian Shuxue on the side!