Explore Changbai Mountain

Chapter 289 Four Days of Excavation

Due to the special relationship between Chen Ziyang and Yang Lei's identities, these two became the two most idle people in the entire team.Except for the two of them, everyone else in the convoy performed their duties and were busy, but they were the only two who lay down in the gaps in the canvas of the carriage and looked out every day.

On the first day of excavation, all personnel of the entire convoy have been assigned tasks.Instructor Liu has a very strong overall planning ability, and also has a certain leadership ability. Under his arrangement, the excavation work of the entire team is proceeding in an orderly manner.

However, because of arranging various things and installing equipment took a lot of time, the excavation work on the first day did not achieve any actual results.The two large-scale excavation equipment only dug up the floating soil on the surface of the desert.

Although the excavation did not make any substantial progress, Chen Ziyang found that Instructor Liu was in a particularly good mood that day. The place explained a few words, but no matter where Instructor Liu went, he always had a smile on his face, not the long dead donkey face that saw him and Yang Lei.

The next day, the overall situation was still about the same.Two large crawler excavators have already dug very deep. Chen Ziyang inspected it visually. Each of these two excavators has dug a deep pit with an area of ​​several thousand square meters, and the depth of this deep pit is It's almost seven or eight meters long.However, the depth of seven or eight meters can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket in the desert.

Although Chen Ziyang didn't know how deep the ruins of this ancient country were buried, but relying on the Wenzi formula that was barely useful here, Chen Ziyang made a rough judgment.Using the sand grains on the surrounding tall sand dunes as a comparison and reference, Chen Ziyang estimated that if there are large-scale buildings buried under the desert here, then these buildings should be buried at least four to fifty meters below the sand surface. place.

But all of this is just Chen Ziyang's rough guess, because Wenzi Jue is of very little use in the desert, the wind and sand in the desert change very quickly, and at the same time, the sand and gravel in the desert all look the same. The age of these gravels cannot be distinguished from the gravel, so the role of Wenzi Jue is greatly limited here.

Although Chen Ziyang saw that there was still no progress in the excavation work of the convoy, he saw that instructor Liu was still in such a good mood today, and even he and Yoshioka Yuu found a shady place. Sit there and drink tea with a portable tea set.

Seeing that Instructor Liu looked confident, Chen Ziyang curled his lips. He felt that Instructor Liu was a little careless this time.From the excavation situation of the entire convoy, Chen Ziyang roughly judged that it is very likely that the place that Instructor Liu is digging is completely wrong, and there should be no ruins of the ancient country below.

The reason why Chen Ziyang was so sure was that the groups of people who used the Luoyang shovel were based on his judgment.Chen Ziyang used the Luoyang shovel for the first time when he was exploring the tomb in the villa.It is precisely because of the use of Luoyang shovel this time that he raised his understanding of Luoyang shovel from the theoretical level to a higher level.

Chen Ziyang has one advantage, that is, he has a special mind, and he can draw inferences from one instance. To use the old-fashioned words, he does not follow the rules.Even though Chen Ziyang only used the Luoyang shovel once, this use allowed him to sum up a lot of experience.After using it this time, Chen Ziyang can be said to have a very good understanding of Luoyang shovel.

While watching, Chen Ziyang kept staring at those who used the Luoyang shovel.Instructor Liu divided several groups, each group ranging from 3 to 5 people. These people were all using Luoyang shovels, but none of them gained much.

And Chen Ziyang also noticed the style of the Luoyang shovel they used.Although the Luoyang shovels they used were not as exquisite as the custom-made ones, they had all the functions they should have.

Moreover, Chen Ziyang noticed that the Luoyang shovels used by these people were also combined, but the ones they used were much rougher. Each combined steel pipe was about three or four meters long.

Here is located in the desert, the sand in the desert is very soft, and the gaps between the sand grains are very large, so it is very labor-saving to use a Luoyang shovel to shovel here.

And Chen Ziyang saw that these people had already planted many shovels around the two excavators. The depth of each shovel ranged from 30 to 40 meters. These guys never brought anything out with their shovels.

The sand in the desert is relatively loose, and it is difficult for the Luoyang shovel to bring out the sand from the desert, because when the shovel is lifted up, most of the sand flows down the hollow part of the shovel, so basically the shovel is How to get down, how to get up.

But there is only one exception, that is, when these shovels hit some hard objects with relatively high density, such as clay pots, or wooden boards, if the Luoyang shovel passes through such things, it will rise upwards. When the shovel is used, these things will get stuck in the middle of the Luoyang shovel and will be brought out together.

But after watching for nearly two days, Chen Ziyang found that all the people who went to Luoyang to shovel got nothing.Even if the ruins of this ancient city are buried 50 meters below the ground, what is this place?This is the desert.It takes time for the desert to cover the ancient city, and it needs little movement of the sand.

When the sand slowly covered the ancient city, some lighter and smaller objects in the ancient city would move slowly under the drive of the wind and sand.In other words, if the ancient city is buried 50 meters below the ground, there should be many small objects left in the ancient city within the range of 30 to 50 meters below the ground.

The smaller and lighter the object, the closer these objects will be to the surface of the desert, and the desert is very dry, and the sand also isolates the air, which means that these small objects buried under the sand should be preserved. Very good and does not rot easily.

However, in these two days, these groups of people who used Luoyang shovels did not even bring up anything, that is to say, in the sand layer at a distance of 30 to 40 meters below the surface here, except for sand, Nothing at all.Through this point, Chen Ziyang can be almost [-]% sure that there are no ruins of the ancient city below.

Originally, Chen Ziyang wanted to tell instructor Liu and Yoshioka Xiong about this situation. After all, the bloody diamond once told him that he could heal his sucked left arm in the ruins of this ancient city. From this point of view, Chen Ziyang Ziyang didn't want instructor Liu and the others to return without success.If they missed the one-month period when the diamond key was opened because they dug in the wrong place, then their left arm would be completely useless.

But after seeing instructor Liu's haughty look, Chen Ziyang knew that even if he told him now, he would only get merciless ridicule and abuse.Instructor Liu's character, Chen Ziyang, has already figured out the nature of this person. He will do what he believes in until the end, and he will not turn back if he doesn't hit the south wall. This kid is a stubborn master.Taking this into consideration, Chen Ziyang decided to wait a few days before talking.

On the morning of the third day, the first thing Chen Ziyang did when he woke up was to get out of the carriage and look towards the two excavating equipment.Now these two excavation equipment are basically invisible, only the tail of the equipment can be seen on the edge of the deep pit dug by the two equipment, and the pit has been dug relatively deep.

Shovel after shovel after shovel of sand was continuously conveyed out of the deep pit by these two devices.Chen Ziyang combined the current inclination angle of the equipment and the length of the equipment in his previous memory, and roughly calculated that these equipment had been dug to a depth of more than 40 meters below the surface.

At this time, Chen Ziyang also saw that Instructor Liu was no longer as comfortable as he was two days ago.With a straight face and hands behind his back, he paced back and forth over the edge of a huge pit dug by a piece of excavation equipment.And Yoshioka Yu looked down carefully from the edge of another deep pit.Although Chen Ziyang couldn't see Yoshioka's expression now, he could tell from Yoshioka's actions that this kid must also be anxious.

The impatience shown by Instructor Liu and Yushi Yoshioka let Chen Ziyang know that the two of them also found that something was wrong, but it is still not the time to talk about these things with the two of them.So Chen Ziyang was patient and continued to exercise in the carriage.

During these three days, because the convoy stopped driving and there were no bumps on the road, Chen Ziyang actually felt that his injuries recovered very quickly, and his physical strength also recovered a lot.After all, more than ten days have passed since the injury. Normally speaking, the wound should have healed long ago, but the bumps along the way slowed down the healing speed of Chen Ziyang's wound.

During these three days, Chen Ziyang felt that the wound on his chest was itchy from time to time, which was a sign that the wound was about to heal, and after resting for the past few days, he felt that he was no longer dizzy His brain was swollen, and it seemed that the blood essence that had been sucked away by the bloody diamond had basically been replenished.In addition, Chen Ziyang has adapted to his withered left arm, so in his spare time, Chen Ziyang has already started to do simple restorative exercises.

On the morning of the fourth day, Chen Ziyang discovered that the positions of the two excavators had all changed, and had moved to a position a certain distance from the previous excavation site.Such a large piece of equipment has been moved so far. It seems that instructor Liu and Yoshioka Yuki had already given the order in the middle of last night, and they should have noticed something was wrong.

There is a very deadly point in digging in the desert, that is, the surrounding soft sand will continuously flow down into the dug deep ditch.Therefore, if you want to dig deeper in the desert, you must use inverted conical excavation. The closer to the surface, the larger the area that needs to be excavated.

Moreover, the entire excavation surface is not vertical, but extends slowly downward at a certain angle, so that the gravel on the excavation surface will not flow to the bottom.However, there is also a very big disadvantage in this way, that is, a large amount of engineering is virtually increased.

If you want to dig out a circle with a diameter of ten meters in the end, it is very likely that a circle with a diameter of 100 meters will be dug out at the place where the conical shape contacts the ground.Because of this, the two excavating equipment previously dug a deep pit of several thousand square meters, but in fact, when the deep pit extended to a distance of more than 40 meters below the surface, the excavated area was not very large.

Seeing that the two excavation equipment hadn't dug anything at all, Instructor Liu became a little anxious, so he ordered the two excavation equipment to move a large piece to the side, and then continued digging along the edge of the original deep pit dug, so that If the sub is used, only a small amount of work is required, and the excavation area of ​​more than 40 meters below the surface can be increased.

Chen Ziyang judged that the reason why Instructor Liu did this was because he still felt that his excavation site was correct, but it was because the error was too large, and at the same time, the excavated area of ​​more than 40 meters below the surface was very small. That's why I didn't see the ruins of the ancient city.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang knew that his chance was coming soon, but today was still not the time. Only when Instructor Liu enlarged the area of ​​the deep pit and found that there was still nothing below the deep pit, he could realize that this time was the time. Only when you are completely wrong can you listen to your own words.

But Chen Ziyang was also a little strange. Logically speaking, this instructor Liu should not have made such a mistake. He should have strictly followed the set of formulas for searching for the ancient country. In addition, he has the ability to observe stars. Adding these items together, instructor Liu had that confident expression on his face a few days ago.

But a person who is so capable and has mastered the formula of finding the ancient country is all wrong. Where did this mistake come from.Is it because there is too much error in judging the location of the ancient country through stargazing?Or did Instructor Liu misunderstand a certain sentence in the formula?Or maybe the depth of the excavation was not enough, and the ruins of this ancient country are actually hundreds of meters below the surface?

Originally, Chen Ziyang wanted to use the fact that Instructor Liu dug the wrong place to get the formula from Instructor Liu, but now he hesitated a little. A smart person like Instructor Liu has mastered this formula. The formulas have lasted for more than ten years, and he may make mistakes. Even if he knows these formulas, what is the use?
Chen Ziyang doesn't think he is smarter than Instructor Liu, nor does he think he has the perseverance of Instructor Liu. Now his only advantage is that he opened the bloody diamond key of the ancient country by himself, but this Instructor Liu has been digging to no avail. Under the circumstances, he still didn't allow himself to open the key. It seems that there are still many secrets that he doesn't know.

"Tomorrow, I will have a good talk with him tomorrow, otherwise it may be too late." Chen Ziyang thought in his heart.

(End of this chapter)