Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Water Chemistry

I dripped the water on my pants, it was very cold, and I felt a little incontinent (of course not really incontinent).Fan Li was also very curious, so he reached into the treasure, touched it, and then sniffed the water.I followed his example and smelled it, but I didn't know it was so smelly that it almost killed me.However, Fan Li frowned and called the old man Lu Cheng to come over and let him smell it too. Unexpectedly, the old man was overjoyed, so happy that he almost called me daddy. "Monazite!" Professor Lu Cheng excitedly said, "It turns out that the bottom is the monazite!"

"Yeah." Fan Li didn't get too excited, but just nodded calmly. I was a little surprised, I didn't expect that there would be monazite in the rock and soil of Huoyanshan.Thinking about it again, I never knew the purpose of the expedition team's trip. Could it be that they just wanted to find the monazite?Later, I learned that they came here because on February 10, 1992, a criminal gang selling cultural relics was captured in Huating County, Pingliang City, Gansu Province.One of the seized cultural relics was a ceramic jug poured from the Huoyanshan area, and when the jug was being processed as cultural relics, radioactive elements-plutonium and uranium were detected on its inner wall!The water tank is used to hold water. Through testing, it has been determined that there are traces of radioactive elements in a certain section of the water source of the Huoyan Mountain.The radioactive ore body is so precious, so this trip is also extremely confidential, no wonder they have never told us three soldiers.

Here, to explain to you, what is water chemistry.Groundwater flows continuously underground, and when they come into contact with underground ore bodies, they will dissolve certain components of the ore body, resulting in a significant increase in the content of these components in groundwater.Thus forming an abnormal water halo that is different from the groundwater in other places.Such water halos, along with the circulation of groundwater, are often exposed on the surface.Geologists can use such water chemical anomalies to find ore bodies lurking underground.Water chemistry is the most convenient way to find blind mines, because blind mines are underground ore bodies without outcrops, and groundwater is flowing, so geological prospectors can easily find blind mines.

Originally, they were looking for ore bodies of radioactive elements in Shengjinkou by means of water chemistry, but because of an accident, they came to Tuyugou.Since they left their original destination, they did not look for radioactive ore bodies here, but they did not expect to find them by accident this time.Because mining will destroy the surface, and there are many historic sites here, an archaeological team was added. Here I have to be wordy again, because it is difficult for friends who are not geologists to understand what monazite is.The name monazite comes from the fact that it often exists as a single crystal. It is a phosphate mineral containing cerium and lanthanum. It is a rare earth mineral. Contains radioactive elements.And monazite will have a very smelly smell, and it also has the smell of pomegranate slightly, so it is easy to identify.When the old man Lu Cheng smelled the stench, he rolled his eyes in excitement and lost consciousness.After all, their mission on this trip has finally been completed, and they have finally found monazite that can be used in nuclear weapons.

I'm not interested in these, and urged them to leave. Anyway, I've found them, and they can't grow legs to run away.However, at this time, we felt a slight tremor in our feet again. Could it be another earthquake?Company Commander Wang carried Professor Lu Cheng on his back and immediately ran out of the basement, and we followed closely behind. But just as I was about to run out of the basement, an earthquake struck immediately, and the basement immediately collapsed with a bang.Although I was not injured, I was sealed in the basement. Maybe my horoscope really conflicts with this ghost place, or else I am always unlucky, and it is always me who deserves to suffer.My cat was in the corner and waited for a few seconds before the shock passed before I dared to stand up.The only exit was blocked, and I yelled loudly in anxiety, wanting to make sure that they had not abandoned me and fled shamelessly for their lives.Fortunately, as soon as I finished speaking, I heard Xu Shaode calling, which made me feel at ease.In fact, I know they won't abandon me, shouting just to relieve the tension.

The exit was tightly blocked, without leaving any gaps, and they were all huge rocks, which couldn't be blown apart without explosives, but it's no wonder that I wasn't blown to pieces when explosives were used.Company Commander Wang shouted loudly, telling me not to worry, they will find a solution immediately.The sealed basement was pitch black, and I couldn't see anything.Human nature is to be afraid of the dark, even if they talk to me outside, I still can't really calm down.In the dark, I sat on the ground and took the opportunity to rest, because it was at least five o'clock in the morning, and I was sore and tired.

I heard them moving stones all the time, and what was annoying was that old man Lu Cheng actually said don't waste time, let me sacrifice heroically, otherwise the soldiers summoned would not be able to fulfill their role.If it weren't for the lack of energy now, I would have quarreled with him long ago.I wanted to close my eyes and rest my mind, but I found some light in the place where the treasure was placed, and when my heart was excited, my whole body became energetic. Slowly moving over, he suddenly found a gleaming stone among the treasures.I didn't notice it just now, probably because there was a flashlight directly shining on it, so it's hard to spot if you don't pay attention.After reaching in and fishing for a while, a smooth, dimly glowing bead appeared in front of my eyes.I am a little excited, is this the legendary night pearl?It seems that there is still a little to be gained from this trip. I played with the Ye Mingzhu and waited for them to open the exit.

After playing for a while, my eyelids became heavy and I wanted to sleep very much.However, at that moment, I discovered that there seemed to be another mystery in Ye Mingzhu. There are many small three-dimensional fonts in the Ye Mingzhu. I was tired all night and stayed in a low-light environment. In addition, the fonts are very small, so no matter how hard I try, I can't see clearly what is in the Ye Mingzhu.The stones behind me showed signs of loosening. I knew they were trying to remove the blocked stones. It seemed that the situation was not as sad as I imagined. "Brother Wanzang, get out of the way, we are going to push the stone away." Xu Shaode shouted outside.

"Okay, you push." ​​I replied while stuffing Ye Mingzhu into my arms. The blocked exit was quickly opened by everyone, and the strength of the crowd is not just a bragging rights.Time was running out, and I didn't plan to say more words of thanks. Who knew that old man Lu Cheng suddenly had a sense of justice, and taught me to be ungrateful, and didn't even fart.When he said this, God actually made me feel like farting. How could I let this opportunity pass by, so I quickly squeezed the fart out, so angry that he almost rolled his eyes again. The fires on the ground were sporadic, and if it wasn't for Fan Li's flashlight, it would have been difficult for us to find Shihan so quickly.The dark cabinet where the stone letter is placed is very small, I can't see any mechanism, the walls are smooth, if there is a mechanism, I can detect it at a glance.Everyone looked at the dark pavilion anxiously, not knowing what to do.Xu Shaode was actually greedy for money in his heart, and seeing that he couldn't escape, he said, since he was going to die anyway, he had to keep all his treasures by his side.He stretched out his hand to lift the stone box up (this stone box has a diameter of 40 cm, a height of 18 cm, a depth of 5 cm inside, and a weight of 40 kg, so the word "lift" is not too much.), but, He had just carried Shi Han out of the secret pavilion, but all of us cried out in surprise.

The walls of the dark pavilion were smooth, and there was no place to hide the dark pavilion, but Xu Shaode lifted the stone letter out, and an obvious mechanism was exposed under the dark pavilion.The mechanism is a hoop handle, and there are some simple mechanism parts underneath.For those of us at Gongminjian, we knew at a glance that it was the organ that caused the movement of other parts, so I hurriedly told everyone to calm down, because when the iron ring was pulled, it was not clear where the moving part was, and this place had been destroyed badly. , what may happen next is not a good thing.

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Professor Lu Cheng didn't want to listen to my explanation. He might think that he was a big professor, and he wouldn't let the juniors show off in front of him. "Puaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa what) I am ashamed to say disrespectful words, I just muttered in my heart. "Professor, you can't do it indiscriminately. We can't afford the consequences. Let's wait." Fan Li persuaded softly. People who look like good students are popular, besides, Fan Li looks handsome, such a person will not worry about running out of food wherever he goes, no wonder his name is Fan Li.I was still holding the hoop in my hand, and I still hadn't made up my mind to pull it up.Qu Wentai must not have discovered this dark pavilion. Although he built it, there must be someone among the craftsmen who is looking for Princess Changle.Speaking of that mysterious woman, Qu Wentai is also considered infatuated, he let that woman paint that thousand-year-old portrait everywhere, and he is not jealous.For me, it might be difficult to do. I wanted to let go of my hand first, and then worry about it, but who knew that the floor shook again, and I accidentally pulled the hoop up.At this moment, my heart was in my throat. If the moving place is a place where gravel gathers, it will not kill us all.In the shock, everyone held their breath and remained motionless.What happened next was beyond everyone's expectations. It was the floor that was moving, which is what we guessed. Without the support of the floor, everyone fell down one after another.The most critical and unexpected place is what is under the slate.I didn't expect that there are ten stone balls that operate this mechanism, and now four of them are missing.In the middle is a dark vertical hole, very large, about ten meters wide.There is a ring next to it, which contains ten stone balls, each with a diameter of five meters, and the pattern engraved on the stone ball is the same as that of the Great Buddha Stone discovered by Mr. Huang Biwen.Originally, I didn't know how many stone balls there were, but there are ten grooves in the ring, and now four grooves are empty, so I deduced that there were originally ten stone balls. Another thing is very bad. The ring next to the black hole was originally surrounded by a mud wall to prevent the stone ball from rolling into the black hole. Now, the mud wall next to the four vacant grooves has completely collapsed.After we fell, we fell on the round stone ball. Unfortunately, the stone ball wobbled, and the mud wall seemed to be collapsing.No one knows what is going on in the black hole, what if it is a bottomless pit? There are six of us now, and all six of us landed on the same stone ball. We all felt that the stone ball was shaking badly, so we decided to climb down from the stone ball one by one.I didn't know that before I moved, the stone ball on the opposite side broke through the mud wall and rolled into the black hole.Suddenly, the earth shook and the sky shook, and we were covered in white sweat, and we didn't even dare to breathe. It turned out that the earthquake is such a thing!It was caused by the rolling of the stone ball!At the edge of the ditch back then, the earth shook and the sky shook for a while, and then a stone suddenly blocked the gap. I thought, that stone must be the stone ball here!In this way, there should be an exit where the stone ball rolls, at least it can leave this ghost place! Everyone carefully slid off the stone ball. Fan Li illuminated the black hole with a flashlight, but the light from the flashlight was reflected back.I took a closer look and found that there was still water underneath, no wonder it reflected light.The water surface is about six meters away from the stone ball.Say tall or not, say short or short.If I jumped down, it should be fine, but with two intellectuals, it would be difficult.I don't know how deep the water is. If it is less than one meter, it would be bad luck to jump in.Just when I was worried, Company Commander Wang jumped down first, which shocked me.Fortunately, the water was very deep, and Company Commander Wang was fine.Now the stone ball could roll down at any time, so we are very short on time.Since the water is deep, you won't lose an arm or break a leg if you jump down, so there is nothing to worry about, just jump. "Don't jump!" Company Commander Wang shouted suddenly, but this Company Commander Wang Ba was too unkind. I was already ready to jump, so he stopped me.Although I knew there might be danger underneath, I couldn't stop my movements and fell down with a plop. The water is icy cold, which is no surprise, because the water here is formed by the melting of ice and snow in the Tianshan Mountains.Could it be that Company Commander Wang is worried that I won't be able to stand the cold water? This shouldn't be possible. On a snowy day, he can't wait for us to take a bath in cold water.After I floated up from the water, with the help of Fan Li's flashlight, I realized that there were many Ranyi fish in the water.In fact, it was nothing out of the ordinary, because I was attacked by ranyi fish in the ditch water, and it injected eggs into my body because of it.Since this leads to the ditch, it is not surprising that there are Ran Yiyu here. "Wan Zang, catch it!" Fan Li took out the porcelain bottle in his arms, poured out two red pills, and then threw it down. After I caught it, I was suspicious for a second, and then shared the food with Company Commander Wang.Fan Li gave each of the others a pill. He said that as long as they ate these pills made from red boys, they would be able to make Ran Yiyu retreat three feet, just like snakes are afraid of realgar.Ranyi fishes swam around us, stretching out their tentacles and then stretching them back. Thinking of the disgusting scene of them parasitic in the human body, I couldn't help but gag. They jumped down one after another, but I noticed that Xu Shaode secretly stuffed the mirror of the Tang Dynasty into his bosom. He escaped for his life and never forgot to make a fortune. He is indeed a descendant of capitalism.In fact, I wanted to figure out the relationship between the person in the painting and me, and everything here seems to be related to that person, so I didn't expose Xu Shaode on the spot, but hoped that he could bring him back.It took a long time for the old man Lu Cheng to jump down, wasting a lot of time in vain, as soon as he jumped down, I told him to swim forward quickly, because if the stone ball rolled down, everyone would be crushed into meatloaf.The passage here can just pass through the stone ball, and there is no place to hide at all. Xu Shaode can't swim, so I kept him with me to prevent him from sinking to the bottom.There is a little majesty in the passage, which means that there is a way ahead, so we mustered up our strength and swam forward desperately.However, as soon as I started to swim forward, the stone ball on it made a gurgling sound, and an ominous feeling flooded my whole body.When I looked up, a stone ball with a diameter of five meters just fell down.This time it was not a joke, it was too late to avoid it, I didn't care whether Xu Shaode could swim or not, I pushed him forward immediately, but the stone ball fell towards me abruptly, and my eyes instantly turned black. The stone ball threw me into the water, I thought I would explain it here, but God knows, where I am, there is still a space under the water, and the stone ball is too big to touch, so I have a A place to hide temporarily.However, when the stone ball fell just now, my forehead was still hit hard, not to mention bleeding, and I was still dizzy.There is no air in the water, I was expecting the stone ball to roll away, but God suddenly closed his eyes again.But this time the stone ball didn't move at all, it insisted on sealing me under the water, and I was so anxious that I almost peed out. I pushed the stone ball hard, but it just didn't move. When it opened its mouth, water poured in quickly.The stone ball weighs several tons. With my human weight of more than 100 catties, how can I push it, let alone I am under the stone ball.Just when I gave up, the stone ball gradually moved away, and I immediately surfaced when I saw it, and then gasped for breath.It turned out that they found that I was behind, and Xu Shaode yelled in a hurry, and the others turned around and pushed the stone ball forward together.I was a little touched, after all, they didn't leave me to run for their lives, and now there is more hope of surviving every second.Fortunately, they pushed the stone ball from the other side, so when the stone ball rolled forward, it didn't crush us. The rolling of the stone ball made the water undulating, and we were like sitting in a bumpy car, going up and down, which felt weird.We swam forward frantically, but a miracle happened suddenly, because without my help, Xu Shaode actually swam faster than me.The environment can really force human beings to exert their latent abilities. I was dumbfounded and almost forgot that my life was at stake.After we swam a certain distance, a shaft appeared, but it was not connected to the ground, and the top of the shaft was still pitch black.The shaft is some distance from the water, but there is a small slope to go up, so it is not difficult to climb up. We climbed up one by one, and at this time, all the stone balls rolled down. This time the earthquake was stronger than the previous few times.The speed of the stone ball was extremely fast, and it was forced over in a blink of an eye. This time, Fan Li was in the rear, and he found that the stone ball was rolling over, and he did not feel panicked by me.I wanted to stretch out my hand to pull him up, but the clod suddenly loosened and I fell down.Fan Li quickly pulled me out of the water and pushed me back up, but he wasted precious time, because the big stone balls had all rolled towards him. "Hurry up and hide!" Fan Li yelled after throwing the flashlight to me, and then swam forward quickly. The stone ball is right in front of me, this is not a joke, I can only dodge with hatred, and leave Fan Li in the endless darkness.When the stone ball rolled over, the water was calm and there was no sound.I wanted to jump into the water and look for Fan Li, even if I only found the corpse, I couldn't let him stay here alone.However, the old man Lu Cheng yelled from above, telling people to bring up the flashlight quickly, he wanted to see the environment above.I didn't intend to pay attention to the old man, but Company Commander Wang was also shouting, and then Xu Shaode also shouted, and everyone shouted to use the flashlight.None of them knew that Fan Li's life or death was uncertain in order to save me. I could only hold back my tears and climbed up the shaft. The shaft is very strange, not as smooth as the shaft connecting the Karez. It has rows of copper steps on the side of the well, and it is easy to climb up.After going up, I sadly told about Fan Li's affairs, but everyone was silent.However, after the flashlight illuminated the surrounding area, they were very happy, and their emotions changed like face-changing kings.It is connected to a burial chamber. Looking at the layout of the cemetery, I feel familiar.By the way, the furnishings here are the same as the tomb I fell into at that time. Could it be that the location here is the group of tombs at that time? If this is a closed tomb, it would be difficult for us to escape. Fortunately, there is already a robbery hole here. Without it, it would be useless for us to come here.Looking at the robbery hole, I was so happy that I was finally going to see the sky.In my heart, I have never thanked the tomb robbers so much, and never thought that they also have a good side.When everyone climbed out of the robbery cave, the sky was gray and the sun was about to rise in the east, but at the moment it was so cold that we all hugged our shoulders and shivered non-stop.This is indeed a group of tombs. In this environment, it is a bit scary, but we are already thankful that we can survive, and there is no reason to be afraid. My heart is a little lost. After all, my best friend has been lost. The stone ball weighs several tons, and the speed is so fast. Fan Li may have... The few of us stumbled towards the village, and we all remained silent. We didn't expect that things would change overnight.I have been thinking about how to tell Ava Guli to her adoptive parents. After thinking about it for a long time, I didn't think of a single word.Also, so many team members died in one night, how should I explain to my superiors.When we passed the ditch in front of the village, we vaguely saw a person climbing up from the ditch, and when we took a closer look, that person was actually Fan Li!I wept with joy, I didn't expect that Fan Li was still alive, and he got rid of those big stone balls!Xu Shaode and I ran over excitedly, and then the three of us embraced. I never thought that losing a friend is so painful. "You are so strong!" I sighed, "I thought you..." "Think I'm dead?" Fan Li smiled, he seemed relaxed and not at all embarrassed, "I still have a lot of things to do, I won't just die like this." "Let's go back first." Company Commander Wang said wearily. "Boy, if you carry me on your back, I can't walk anymore." The old man Lu Cheng actually pointed at me and said. Company Commander Wang signaled me not to disobey Professor Lu Cheng's request. Since the old man agreed, I couldn't say anything more, so I had to hold my breath and carry Professor Lu Cheng on my back.On the way, Professor Lu Cheng and Professor He Kai both told us that this matter should be kept secret, and other matters will be handled by other departments, so just tell us not to publicize it everywhere.When I heard them say that, I finally felt at ease. I hope the dead rest in peace and the living are strong.It is not good for us as soldiers to intervene in other things. We only hope that they can really do a good job in the aftermath. Back in the village, I didn't dare to face Awagul's adoptive parents, so I stayed in another house and urged Company Commander Wang to take us back to the army all day long.Company Commander Wang just received a notice from his superiors to let us leave here quickly.I think what happened there is too sad, so I just want to escape as soon as possible. On the night of leaving, Xu Shaode was eating naan, I really didn't have any appetite, so I walked out of the house.Fan Li happened to be looking up at the sky outside, his eyes were deep and his face was full of thoughts.I remembered all his strange behaviors underground, so I walked over and immediately asked, "Do you have an arrow too?" "What?" Fan Li was puzzled, as if he didn't understand what I meant. I feel like I am making fun of myself, Fan Li is really good at pretending to be stupid, since he wants to pretend, if I want to expose it, it will be boring.So, I turned the topic aside and asked him if he had a girlfriend in college.After talking for a few minutes, I found it meaningless and decided to go back to the room to rest, but Fan Li stopped me. Fan Li looked at me sincerely, which made me very embarrassed, wondering what conspiracy he was thinking about. "I pierced that golden arrow." Unexpectedly, Fan Li said it himself. "What?" I don't understand. "You didn't see two stone slabs next to the black sarcophagus, but there was only one mummy, so I speculate that one of them survived the sacrifice. At the beginning, when you saw someone rushing down from above, I think it should be the one who was killed. The red boy killed by Ava Guli." "And then?" I asked down. "Then? Then I saw an arrow on the ground. I just picked it up, but the red boy who rushed down pushed me. Unexpectedly, the golden arrow pierced the tail of the snake. Later, the snake girl went after the red boy. The Black Snake Girl went crazy at the time, so I climbed outside the Xuanzang Pavilion to avoid getting hurt, but you didn't see me." Fan Li explained. Looking at Fan Li's appearance, his face was not red at all. If he didn't know what happened, he would think that what he said was the truth.In fact, what he said about stabbing the arrow at the tail of the black snake girl should be true.Because he once said that the black snake girl is kind, so it is impossible for him to take the initiative to hurt the black snake girl.But picking up the golden arrow on the ground is too far-fetched.That arrow must belong to him, there is no one who can pick it up casually, is my family heirloom worthless?The golden arrow disappeared from the neck of the black snake girl. I believe he must have secretly taken it back.But Fan Li has always taken good care of me and saved me many times, so even if he lied, I still believe that he is in good faith. "How do you know such details?" I asked back. "I can't help you if you don't believe me, but..." Fan Li didn't continue to speak, but looked at the dark night sky, and fell silent again. "I'm going back to the army tomorrow, you, it will take a few more years to pretend to be mysterious to me." I laughed. "Really?" Fan Li smiled strangely. The next day, Company Commander Wang returned to the army with Xu Shaode and me. "Master Xu, did you steal something back?" On the way back, I took the opportunity to blackmail Xu Shaode. "Where is it?" Xu Shaode's face was flushed, and it was clearly written on his face that I stole it! "Where's the mirror?" I smirked. "You know..." Xu Shaode was very surprised, "But Professor He took it back." As soon as I heard it, I felt very puzzled. I thought Xu Shaode had successfully stolen the mirror back, but I didn't know that he was a failed thief.That silk book was also left in her hands by Professor He Kai in the name of the country. Of course I had nothing to say, so I could only obediently give it to her.Unexpectedly, I didn't get any of the things in the underground world. How can I find out the relationship between that man and me?Now it is impossible to go home and ask my father directly. It was extremely luxurious to call home in those days, so it is impossible for me to call and ask about this matter. However, on the way back, I found a yellowed notebook in my clothes for no reason. When I opened it, I was shocked. This notebook is Awagul's diary, and there is a note in the diary, which reads: "Brother Wanzang, I don't know if this is your name, and I don't know if you still remember the little girl." I was at that time, but my gratitude to you over the past few years has been written in this diary." I opened the diary uneasily, and after several efforts, I persuaded myself to read the diary.However, the contents of the diary made me even more confused. Looking at the date of the diary, it was Ava Guli who began to narrate it ten years ago.However, what was said in the diary was all about a man who rescued her in Xuanzang Pavilion, and then took her away from the dark world, so she was always grateful and admired that man.The most frightening thing is that she said that this man was the same as the one in the painting, and she promised her that the man promised her and gave her the same thing, and that thing was in the body of the black snake girl, but he had to cut the black snake open For a woman's body, a golden arrow must be used.I was shocked, how could she know that there is such a golden arrow in the world.If I hadn't come here, I wouldn't have known the power of the golden arrow.As for what she wanted, it was not stated in the diary, but when I saw this, it suddenly dawned on me.At that time, Ava Guli ran back to the Black Snake Girl, and kept asking me for the golden arrow. It turned out that she saw the incident and wanted to get what she wanted immediately.It's just that man's calculation is not as good as the sky's calculation. When the boulder falls, everything returns to dust. However, during this trip, I still don't understand five points. First, what did that man do here twenty years ago? It shouldn't be to take away Awagul. There must be something else. Awagul, it should be a temporary decision.Second, what does that man have to do with me?Third, what is hidden in the silk scroll and bronze mirror?Fourth, who is the mysterious woman brought back to the Western Regions by Qu Wentai?Fifth, what is the secret behind Fan Li? (End of the first "Flame Mountain")