withering day

The plane flew thousands of miles and came to the sky above the Weiling Plateau, where the grassland below was withered and yellow. Although the grassland here has not been eroded by withering, winter has come, and decay is normal.Looking down from the sky above the plane, golden waves piled on top of each other, rushing towards the distant wasteland like waves.The mountains at the end of the wilderness have been completely covered with snow, and the originally meandering rivers have also been frozen, like a jade belt coiled between the mountains.

Landing at the airport in Lahaier City, Han Mo, Shui Hanjiang, and Shen Mingxi felt very familiar. It hasn't been too long since the last time they traveled here, but the weather has changed now, and everyone is wearing clothes. The thick down jacket still couldn't stop the cold wind from blowing hard.

It takes two days and one night to drive from the Chiyan Basin in Lahaier, and the accompanying Si Han said that it is at least two days and one night. If there is bad weather, such as sudden heavy snowfall, it may take longer.Although the Chiyan Basin is deep in the arid wasteland, it is rare to see rain, but there may not be less snow in winter.

After several hours of slowing down at the airport, everyone, including Gu Changxi, gradually recovered. The Weiling plateau in winter is even more torturous!The off-road vehicle dedicated to the research institute drove the people who hadn't fully recovered out of La Haier City, and set off on the road again towards Chiyan Basin.

Gu Changxi was the weakest of them all, his face turned pale not long after getting in the car, and finally the group of people had to stop first, and wait for him to calm down completely.

From Lahaier City to the Chiyan Basin through grasslands and deserts, simple roads have been built on the grasslands. Once in the desert, there is no road at all. Drivers travel around these two places all year round, so generally they can Knowing the way, coupled with special satellite navigation, as long as there are no special circumstances, you will not get lost.

The sky gradually darkened, and Gu Changxi was a little better than when he got off the plane. He was a little groggy after taking the medicine, but Si Han kept reminding him not to fall asleep.The other people who accompanied them said that it is best not to hurry in the desert at night, so they stopped where they were, and planned to leave early tomorrow morning.

The Weiling plateau is very windy at night, especially in the desert, the cold wind blows the bonfire constantly, and sparks fly out.

Everyone sat around the campfire and ate simple food.Gu Changxi ate a little, and then lost his appetite, but his spirit was much better than when Gao started.

"It's so cold! It won't snow here, right?" Shen Mingxi huddled into a ball, squeezed between Han Mo and Shui Hanjiang.Just got into the arms of the two of them.

"Maybe, maybe..." The driver looked at the sky, "The weather here in winter is very strange. Sometimes it's sunny and sunny, and soon there will be heavy snowfall. You should be mentally prepared."

"And if the snow is too heavy, the car will not be able to drive in, and we can only walk." Si Han continued.

"No way!" Shen Mingxi almost jumped up from the ground.

After putting on the down jacket, the whole person said with a majesty like a big rock: "It's nothing, when I went to climb Weihai Mountain before, I hiked up, and the snow was as thick as my knees."

Han Mo glanced at him silently, isn't the majestic beggar almost reaching half of his thigh?Si Han's eyes lit up, as if she had found a bosom friend. She had also climbed Weihai Mountain before, and began to talk with Yan Wei about mountain climbing, while the others looked at each other in blank dismay.

"What are the relics of the Yan civilization?" Shui Hanjiang interrupted Si Han suddenly.

"Huh?" Si Han was startled for a moment.

"Will it be dangerous?" Shui Hanjiang continued.

Si Han was stunned, and then said with a serious face: "Actually, this information has not been exposed yet, the ruins of the Yan civilization are not on the ground..."

Everyone was shocked, Si Han paused, and continued: "Three years ago, when we used wave instruments to detect the Weiling Plateau, we found a huge hole [-] meters below the ground in the Chiyan Basin. , the entire space is nearly [-] square kilometers, which is very huge. After reporting to the country, the government allowed us to go to the field for investigation. It took us three years to find it, open a door leading to the underground space, and then found the flame inside. The remains of civilization. It is incredible that Yan civilization is the most complete when almost all civilizations have been destroyed, even their laboratories have been preserved, and we have discovered brand new super technology in it. "

Everyone was horrified and felt incredible.

"There is indeed danger there. We lost thousands of people in order to explore the void, and finally found the ruins. Now it should not be a big problem. We have hundreds of people stationed there, and we haven't encountered any dangerous situations so far. "

After a few minutes of silence, Han Mo suddenly remembered a legend, which was mentioned by the proprietress when he was traveling.Legend has it that there is a piece of pure land in the snow-capped mountains at the end of the desert. Longing for the wonderland, it is called Shangri-La!

"Shangri-La..." Han Mo couldn't help but say it.

When he suddenly woke up, everyone was looking at him with disbelief in their eyes.Especially Si Han, she stared at Han Mo for a long time, then sighed, and said: "Probably not, the legendary Shangri-La is deep in the snow-capped mountains, and the ruins are located in the Chiyan Basin. The distance of many kilometers..." She seemed to think of something when she said this, her face was shocked except for shock, and she was speechless for a long time.

"I said what's wrong with you? I should make it clear." Dai Li was a little anxious.

"The ruins..." Si Han's tone trembled, "That space also spread under the snow-capped mountains..." This conclusion, which should have been easy to think of, turned out to be something that so many people in the research institute have been struggling with for several years. It was a huge mistake.Although it does not mean that the ruins of the Yan civilization are the legendary Shangri-La, this inference can definitely shake the whole world.

"Maybe this action can unravel some mysteries..." Si Han said while looking at Han Mo.She got up and went back to the car, and he was going to pass the reasoning back.

It's not too early, and everyone is back in the car to sleep, ready to leave for the Chiyan Basin tomorrow. With Han Mo's deduction, everyone is looking forward to the ruins of the Yan civilization!

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was still gray and there was no sunlight. It has been like this since the beginning of Apocalypse, and the sky above the entire planet was shrouded in gray.After everyone got up and had breakfast, they confirmed that Gu Changxi was fine, and set off for Chiyan Basin.

There was no snow on the road, so it went smoothly. After two days and two nights of trekking, although it took a while, at least everyone reached the Chiyan Basin safely.

The first time I saw the Chiyan Basin, Han Mo felt like a huge basin upside down in the desert, a huge circle formed by the surrounding sand dunes, and a rare oasis in the basin.Because it is in the desert and there are no cities or villages around, the people of the research institute set up tents one by one in the oasis and stationed here.When they arrived, it happened to be the time for water and food to be transported, and many people were busy unloading food and water from the carts.

An enthusiastic young man received them. Si Han said that he was a college student in the Department of Archeology. Relics of Yan civilization.

"You are all exhausted, take a rest first, and we will go down in a few days." Wang Ziwen said to the crowd.

After resting in the tent for several hours, Han Mo really couldn't sleep anymore, because he had relatively high requirements for the sleeping environment, and it was difficult to sleep soundly during the day when there was light.He turned his head and saw that Shui Hanjiang and the others were resting, and he was embarrassed to wake them up, so he went out for a walk alone.

The supplies have been unloaded, and Wang Ziwen is counting. Seeing Han Mo approaching, he asked, "Why don't you rest?"

"I'm fine. I feel I've had enough sleep. I'm fine... How many people are there in your camp?" Anyway, there was nothing wrong, so Han Mo and Wang Ziwen started talking.

"There are more than 200 people, some of them are scientific researchers, they will go down to the ruins to investigate the situation during the day, and they will come up later, and some of them are soldiers, which are equivalent to our guards to ensure our safety."

"I heard that you are still a college student, why did you drop your studies and come to such a far place?"

At this time, Wang Ziwen had finished counting, took Han Mo to his tent, and made two cups of tea: "Because I like it, I like to study ancient things since I was a child. When I knew that I was admitted by the National Academy of Sciences At that time, I was so happy, and then it was said that there was an opportunity to learn about ancient civilizations, so I came, and it turned out that I was right, the world below is simply amazing!" He sighed, and looked at the entrance of the ruins with longing. direction.

"By the way, why did you come here? I heard from the people above that there are special personnel to receive them, but they didn't mention the reason why you came here. You don't look like scientific researchers anyway." Wang Ziwen asked in a flash.

Han Mo smiled mysteriously, but did not answer directly: "This is a secret, maybe you will know it after a while."

After resting in the camp in the Chiyan Basin for two days, Han Mo and his team got along well with the scientific researchers in the camp. Although the scientific researchers were very curious about why Han Mo and the others came here, after all, it involved high-level secrecy , didn't say much, just tried their best to introduce the situation of the underground space to them.

"The underground cavity is several kilometers deep from the ground. We need to take a special elevator to go down. The underground is very serious for electromagnetic interference, so it is not ruled out that the elevator may fail. You must be mentally prepared, but fortunately, once the elevator fails , the camp staff will do their best to repair it, so don't worry too much." Before entering the ruins, Wang Ziwen reminded.

"The underground space is also more complicated. After going down, you must follow us closely. If you lose it, it will be very troublesome." Wang Ziwen continued.

"Okay, we understand!" Han Mo and others nodded.

The elevator leading to the underground ruins is behind the oasis. Han Mo and his team followed the scientific research team through the center of the oasis, and saw a flat ground made of metal. The elevator can take twelve or three people at a time. Mo and the others went down as the first group.

Entering the elevator is like taking a ride in a building. Everyone didn't feel anything unusual. The only difference was that it took a long time to descend. After all, the destination was several kilometers underground.During a period of time, the elevator experienced several unstable vibrations. Wang Ziwen told everyone that this is a normal phenomenon that the elevator's power supply system receives electromagnetic interference, so don't pay too much attention to it.

The elevator descended for more than 20 minutes before stopping. When the elevator door opened, Han Mo saw that there was only darkness in front of him. Except for the lights in the elevator, he couldn't see anything around him, let alone the underground. How big is the void.

"We'll wait here for them to come down, there is still a distance from the ruins." Wang Ziwen lit up the lamp in his hand.

The light radiated out, and Han Mo was finally able to see part of the surrounding situation clearly. He couldn't see the surrounding space. The ground was very uneven, but the rocks here were not very large, and most of them were gravel. It's rather strange, it's all black, and it will reflect a little bit of shimmer under the light.

Probably because it is a thousand meters underground, it feels hotter here, but after only a few minutes down, Han Mo and the others began to take off the down jackets on their bodies.

"Because it's underground, the geothermal radiation can't radiate out, so the temperature will be much higher than that on the ground, and it's a very strange phenomenon. It's obviously thousands of meters underground, but there is actually flowing air, so we You can breathe freely here, the air composition here has been detected before, and the oxygen content is much higher than the air on the ground, and no harmful gas composition has been found yet.”

Han Mo carefully looked at the surrounding environment and found that the ground here is very strange. The soil is red and black as if stained with blood, and it also exudes a faint fragrance. If you don't pay attention, no one will notice it.

While everyone was waiting, the elevator shook violently, and their hearts suddenly became tense.

"It's nothing, it's just a relatively serious electromagnetic interference, maybe the elevator has a brief pause, the people above should have started repairing it, there is an oxygen generator in the elevator, don't worry about them... But it may take a while for them to come down, so Let's go there first and wait for them at the ruins." Wang Ziwen said to the crowd, of course they had no objections.

Under the leadership of Wang Ziwen, Han Mo and others began to walk deep into the dark space.

This road is still relatively difficult. There are many large and small pits on the ground in this space. Some pits can be crossed directly, but some larger ones can only go around and go forward. In addition, the terrain is uneven. Sometimes they climb up and sometimes they go down, making them feel like they are climbing a mountain.

It was very quiet in the dark space, except for their footsteps and breathing, there was no other movement at all.

After walking for about half an hour, Han Mo and the others finally saw lights flickering in the distance. Wang Ziwen explained that the ruins were approaching, and everyone involuntarily quickened their pace.