Chapter 49: Under the Nine Lands (3)
"Perpetual motion machine?" Hong Siniang finally woke up from the shock, opened her mouth slightly, and shook her head lightly: "Isn't it impossible to achieve in modern times?" ”
Jiang Xian said in a low voice: "I mean, its name is a perpetual motion machine, but its nature is not. To put it simply, it is called a non-perpetual motion machine. ”
Red Siniang and the eight-armed Arhat were stunned.
Ling Xiaozi took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "The idea of a perpetual motion machine appeared around 1200 AD. Initially in India, it later spread to the West. The perpetual motion machine that is currently on record was made by a man named Hennecault. And what we're seeing now, this one resembles a waterwheel. ”
"The principle is simple, the wheel is arranged in the center of the wheel, and movable rods are mounted on the edge of the wheels, and each rod is equipped with an iron ball at one end. The ball on the right is farther off the axis than the ball on the left, so the ball on the right produces a greater torque than the ball on the left. In this way, the wheel will never-ending turn in the direction indicated by the arrow and drive the machine to turn. However, he failed. ”
"No one has ever succeeded in replicating a perpetual motion machine based on this principle...... Dear, don't think it's irrelevant. This thing is taken out, which is enough to show that the theory of perpetual motion machine was first proposed by Huaguo! This will blow up the international archaeological community! ”
Hong Siniang and the eight-armed Arhat nodded, and just as they looked elsewhere, they found that Jiang Xian was still looking at the perpetual motion machine in a daze. Just as he was about to speak, Jiang Xian pressed his hand and took the lead in saying, "I figured out something. ”
"Guys, do you remember the first time we saw the Golden Wheel Lock? And the Houyi shooting sun map in the upper room? ”
Ling Xiaozi was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up: "You mean...... After those golden balls fell...... Is that how it got here? ”
After saying that, he immediately took a closer look. While looking at it and calculating, it was discovered that after more than ten seconds, these balls were really the same size as they had seen before!
"In other words, this perpetual motion machine has just been launched." Jiang Xian breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his waist and trotted to the edge of the waterhole. He looked at it and said, "Everyone, look! ”
Everyone immediately bent over and ran. Just after one glance, everyone's brows furrowed deeply.
There is not much water in the pool, about just over a meter, but the whole pool is two meters deep. You can vaguely see that the bottom of the pool is densely covered with calcified wood.
"Materials." Ling Xiaozi blinked, patted his forehead and said, "I understand...... This is a processing plant! After the timber is ready, they are fed into the channel from here and rushed to the bottom! ”
"That's not right!" Jiang Xian pinched his eyebrows and said slowly: "There is no place to use wood here. ”
"Look at the houses, and the ground, all of them are made of stones. And it is impossible for the stone to float to the surface. The method of transporting stones by river is not feasible. And they specially built several 100-meter ditches, apparently there was a large amount of timber to transport, where did the timber go? ”
Silent.
No one could answer.
Apparently, there was a shocking mega-project going on here, but as the ontology of the project, it disappeared.
"You say...... Is this river also for transporting that thing? Hong Siniang frowned and said, "Perhaps...... Is it a ship? ”
"Xu Fu is looking for the immortal ship!" This time, everyone said in unison. However, as soon as he finished speaking, everyone shook their heads.
"It's still not right, the historical record has recorded that Xu Fu Xunxian is a fleet. And, why was it built here? "That's right, it's too far from the coast, how do they get to the sea here?" "There is no need to go far and near...... But don't say it, such a ship can really hold 3,000 boys and girls and all kinds of supplies. ”
Silence again.
The river must have been designed to transport something, and that thing was obviously extremely large, otherwise it would not have cost more than a thousand meters of manpower to build a canal. But...... What is it?
"Let's go find Mozi." After a long time, Jiang Xian shook his head and said, "Only he has the answer." Let's go down first. ”
Everyone nodded, and the group carefully bent down and chose the bank opposite the ape crane.
Walking in such a magnificent underground palace, the silence is like a shadow. Every step is stepping on the dust of history, walking on the ladder of countless people's lives, and a sense of vicissitudes arises spontaneously.
Walking down the wide staircase made of white marble, a row of stone houses built against the wall stretches as far as the eye can see. Twenty meters away from the door, there is the vast canal. The sculptures of warding off evil spirits seem to tell the vicissitudes of time. And when they stepped down the stairs, they finally saw the unbelievably large ape crane.
It was about a few hundred meters away from them, and it didn't feel that there was an uninvited guest here, and slowly wagged its short tail, and its huge palm swept past it without slow. Some stone houses, which had long been unfortified, simply collapsed under this huge force, turning into stones several meters long and falling down.
But for this behemoth, it's just a watermelon.
"It's really a monster...... Ling Xiaozi's lips trembled: "Practiced Neidan, right?" ”
Shh Even if it all adds up, it's a slap in the face, and...... They can't break it.
I'm afraid that a bullet won't be able to hit this kind of monster. Once discovered...... You can only ask for more blessings.
Jiang Xian shook his head and forced himself to withdraw his gaze from the monster. With a wave of his hand, he rushed into a nearby room while the ape crane turned his head. That's when I looked back.
The underground waterfall is spectacular from this point of view.
The 100-meter waterfalls on both sides hang down huge curtains of water and rumble into the canal. A curtain of dusk water forty or fifty meters high was pulled, and below the waterfall, there was a huge cave.
That should be the place where the ancestors of the ape crane lived...... Jiang Xian looked at it for a moment, his brows furrowed slightly. Suddenly, he realized...... The shape of the hole is not quite right.
It is not like it is excavated by hand, but through the telescope, you can see that it is pitted and very wet. But...... Its incision is again rounded.
Seems...... What is it that arches out of the same?
At this moment, everyone entered the stone house. Jiang Xian retracted his gaze, pointed to the top of his head, and said, "I glanced at it a few times just now, and there are pulleys installed on the top of each stone house. And, you look here. ”
He pointed to the stone bed, where there is no wind, where there is no possibility of weathering the stone, and the stone house has not changed for more than 2,000 years. Bed, table you need. And right in bed...... No, there are even some white hairs left in many parts of the room. Most of them, though, have faded and turned into pale gold.
"It's ...... The home of the ape crane? Hong Siniang took a deep breath, then shook her head and said, "No, the body of the ape crane can't enter at all, this is built according to human proportions......"
"What if it's a baby ape?" Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Xian interrupted: "It is impossible for an ape crane to be so big as soon as it is born. Their diet is bats and zombie fish. And the zombie fish ...... I don't know how many are in this river, but their lethality to the little ape cranes is deadly. ”
Ling Xiaozi narrowed his eyes: "Do you think...... This is the nursery room of the ape and crane flock? ”
Jiang Xian nodded: "That's right, you look at the color of the coat, it has become light golden." At least for several years. Let's put it this way, the ape crane can't get in here. But...... We have to be careful, there are baby apes and cranes placed here. ”
Everyone took a deep breath and nodded solemnly.
The little ape crane is not scary, what is scary is ...... If it screams and attracts the monster, they won't be able to get out at all!
This kind of stone house is nothing for that monster, even if it doesn't dare to demolish it because of its scruples, but once it is blocked in the stone house, it is no different from waiting for death.
If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. Before proceeding to the final exploration, all the danger points must be identified. No one thought it was a waste of time, and only after everyone nodded did Jiang Xian take out a marker pen and draw on the ground casually: "Mozi's room should be in the middle section." ”
He drew two lines that were erected, referring to the canal, and dotted in the middle of the canal: "As a master builder of this vast project, he needs to be in a place where he can be informed in time." And, supposedly at the top, he had to overlook the works. ”
"The people's room is not exquisite. Moreover, these stone houses are built on top of each other like terraces. The road we have to go is the top! He drew four areas of varying heights on both sides, and focused on the highest point with a marker: "I roughly calculated, the highest place of the dwelling here is more than 30 meters, and this height is ...... Very good! ”
Ten meters, the ape crane can be seen casually. This is the height of secondary danger.
Twenty meters is exactly the height of the ape crane's ancestor, and it is within the range of its eyes. This is the most dangerous height!
And more than 30 meters belongs to the distance it can only see when it looks up. For such a huge creature, especially in an environment where food is relatively scarce, it will not do too many meaningless actions. Moreover, this is also a place where ordinary apes and cranes need to climb to reach it. If discovered, they will have some time to retreat.
It's dark under the lights.
Hong Siniang and the eight-armed Arhat immediately figured this out, and at the same time glanced at Jiang Xian with admiration, even they didn't think of such a detail. Don't look at the distance of only ten meters, it is likely to be the difference between life and death.
"It's amazing...... "Hong Siniang sighed faintly: "If I choose, I may go directly according to the ground house, and a generation of new people will replace the old people, cows." ”
"Just thinking a little more." Jiang Xian shook his head and said solemnly: "Don't act separately, take a break, and after ten minutes, start a comprehensive exploration!" ”
"Remember, we only have nine hours! Must go back to the room before dawn! ”