On the top of Shennong, after turning over another mountain, a huge pit appeared in front of Lin Shuo and his party.
What Xiaoba said before was correct, the valley between the two peaks and the mountainsides on both sides collapsed all at once.
The reason why it is not called a rift valley is because no matter how steep the slope of the rift valley is, it is only straight up and down, and there are obvious fracture marks on both sides, which are long strips.
In the geological structure that everyone sees before them, the shape of the opening on the top is similar to an ellipse, with a small opening and a large middle abdomen, and the bottom is obviously even more spacious.
This kind of terrain, meteorites can't hit this effect, it can only be the product of long-term geological movement, called Tiankeng.
In geology, this is a term for karst landforms, and it is also one of the few terms in the world that is named after Chinese pinyin. It is called "tiankeng" in English.
As far as Lin Shuo knows, there are quite a few tiankengs in China.
According to international standards, if the depth and width exceed 500 meters, it will be called a super tiankeng.
At present, there are only three super tiankengs known in the world, and one of them is in China, not too far from here.
Go southwest from here and pass Wushan Small Three Gorges, Chongqing Fengjie, and Xiaozhai Tiankeng.
The diameter of the pit mouth is more than 600 meters, and the depth is also more than 600 meters.
As for the unknown "Shennongding Tiankeng" that appeared in front of Lin Shuo, Lin Shuo roughly checked it with his own eyes, and it can hold at least five Xiaozhai Tiankengs.
The weather was fine today, and everyone observed it on the top of the mountain for a while, and they were all amazed.
The pit is so deep that the bottom of the pit cannot be seen from this angle, only the upper half of the pit wall can be seen.
It is early spring now, although the temperature is still very low, but the snow on the mountain is slowly melting.
At this moment, the flow of snowmelt is not strong, and it seeps down slowly along the mouth of the tiankeng.
The water seeped through the thick moss on the wall of the pit and disappeared.
Although we haven't seen how deep the pit is yet, Lin Shuo already has a basic judgment at this moment.
There must be a river below here, otherwise this should not be a tiankeng, but a lake.
If there is no river channel to let the water flow out, just the meltwater on the mountain every year, no matter how big the pit is, it will be filled with water.
So going down should not be a desperate situation.
Even in the worst case, people can't get up, but since the water can go out, people can go out along the waterway.
On the road from the top of the mountain to the edge of the tiankeng, Lin Shuo followed at the rear, and Wei Xingshan and He Yongchang opened the way ahead.
As a result, Wei Xingshan walked up to Lin Shuo when he was driving on the road, and he didn't dare to take a step like an old lady with small feet.
"What's the matter with you?" Lin Shuo glanced at him.
"Usually I'll fall if I fall. I, Wei Xingshan, have a solid skin, so it's not a big problem. This time I can't afford to fall. Maybe people will roll down the hillside and fall into the tiankeng." Wei Xingshan looked a little embarrassed, "Be careful For the sake of it, Liu Qing is still waiting for me to go back."
Lin Shuo smiled: "The more you think about it, the more accidents will happen."
"Bah, bah, bah! There is no limit to childish words!" Wei Xingshan said hastily.
"Okay, don't go down after a while." Lin Shuo said.
"That's not right!" Wei Xingshan stared, "Old Lin, my brother and I have gone through fire and water more than once or twice. Although I'm a hind leg, I haven't fallen off the chain much, have I?"
"That's true." Lin Shuo nodded, "You are at least less worried than Anne and Zhang Jin."
"That's right!" Wei Xingshan said, "I am strong because I know how much I am. In this kind of wilderness, no matter where I am, I am not safe. The only thing that is safest is being with you."
The corner of Lin Shuo's mouth twitched, and then he said: "It was good to put it in the past, but the situation is different this time.
I can already smell the smell, Ma Yixian and the nine guardians are all down there, and there are many beasts of different species.
No matter how big the space below is, it is still a relatively closed space, and the opponent is not at the level of Nie's female assassin.
It will be neither safe nor worthwhile for you to follow me down.
The most suitable position for you at present is to set up a gun at the mouth of the pit and make it a long-range firepower point.
You Wei Xingshan, you must let me count on you once, right? "
"Since you've said that, then I'm fine." Wei Xingshan approved the arrangement, and then asked, "But I'm the only one ambush up there? You should at least give me a cover, right?"
"Of course you are not the only one." Lin Shuo said, "Zhou Lingshi is with you."
"Oh, I understand." Wei Xingshan nodded, "You are afraid that I will be hungry, so you assigned me a cook."
"Senior brother, please speak up." Zhou Lingshi protested, "Why am I just a cook? I am a hunter with a seven-inch ability."
"Seven-inch hunter is a cook here." Wei Xingshan gave Zhou Lingshi a blank look, and then said to Lin Shuo, "Old Lin, you should leave me a decent one."
Lin Shuo looked around, then stopped his gaze on Miao Chengyun.
Miao Chengyun glared at Lin Shuo, "What do you think I'm doing, I'm a disabled person, I can't even take care of myself, I can't be a nanny."
Lin Shuo smiled and asked, "Then what do you say?"
Miao Chengyun said firmly: "Add more money!"
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After the hunting team had allocated their manpower, the tiankeng arrived.
Miao Chengyun, Zhou Lingshi, and Wei Xingshan stayed on top, while Lin Shuo, Miao Xueping, and He Yongchang went down to the tiankeng.
Leaving three people on it has two functions.
One is that Wei Xingshan can set up a gun at the mouth of the pit.
With this sniper rifle set up, at least the current area at the bottom of the tiankeng can be taken care of.
This is equivalent to setting up a safety zone for Lin Shuo and the others at the bottom of the tiankeng.
Once there is any situation inside, they will retreat first, with Wei Xingshan, a former special forces sniper, covering them.
The second effect is that Lin Shuo and the others have also seen how deep the tiankeng is.
Wei Xingshan hit it with the laser ruler he carried in his backpack, good guy, it's 1,532 meters.
If he jumped directly from this height, Lin Shuo could do it, and there was a pit wall beside him to borrow strength from.
Miao Xueping can do it too, she can borrow things from Dzogchen up and down freely.
He Yongchang was a little vague, he had never acted like this before.
So you have to slide down with a rope.
No one would have imagined that there was such a deep pit here. The ropes were brought, but when all the ropes in everyone's backpacks were connected, the length would only be 1,500 meters.
It's less than 30 meters away from the bottom.
But at this height, He Yongchang is no longer a problem. With a swing, as long as the feet can rely on the strength of the pit wall, they can go down smoothly.
This rope is now tied to the tree trunk next to the mouth of the pit, and it will be needed when going back up.
This is the way out and cannot be broken.
So someone has to watch.
He Yongchang went down the rope first. The Patriarch of the He family overslept last night. He woke up refreshed and embarrassed at the same time. He wanted to be a pioneer in whatever he said today.
After He Yongchang went down, he shook the rope before the last leap, but Miao Xueping ignored the signal and jumped down directly.
Before Lin Shuo went down the pit, he patted Miao Chengyun on the shoulder: "Two people on one rope, this is your task, remember to watch it."
Miao Chengyun shook his head, with a displeased expression on his face: "Anyway, I'm short of arms and legs now, let's do my best, and if something happens to me that I can't handle, I will definitely run away."
Lin Shuo smiled: "The most powerful ones are all below, and you should be able to handle the rest."
After saying this, Lin Shuo lay back and fell into the sinkhole.
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Although the He family's hunting ground has existed in name only, the He family's hunters still abide by the rules passed down from their ancestors.
Taking turns patrolling in the forest area, it was previously to control the territory of the wild beasts in the hunting grounds, so as not to let them overlap with the human activity area.
Now this kind of control is naturally out of the question, so this kind of inspection has another meaning, which is to protect the mountain people who enter the forest area to engage in production activities.
Although the effect of this protection is not very good, it is better than nothing.
This kind of inspection is carried out in small teams. A nine-inch hunter from the He family leads six or seven seven-inch hunters, and they are divided into three teams to take turns on duty.
Each team stays in the forest area for three days, and then comes out to hand over.
For the past two days, He Yongnian was in Bachi Village, busy hosting a funeral for Ku, who was under the special care of the leader of the Liemen.
So only two teams, He Yongfeng and He Yongrui, were left to take turns patrolling.
Normally, the handover location for this kind of inspection is Hejiazhuang in Fang County.
But this morning, the handover location was moved to Dalongtan under Shennongding.
The number is also wrong, not two teams, but only two people.
He Yongfeng, He Yongrui.
He Yongfeng is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a sallow face and beardless. Compared with the lean second brother He Yongrui, his eldest brother has a more burly figure, but he is somewhat similar to He Yongchang.
He had sent his team members back to Fang County a long time ago, and he stayed here all night, waiting for his brother He Yongrui to come over.
The two brothers met at the edge of the Great Dragon Pool, and He Yongrui asked softly, "Brother, how is the situation ahead?"
"Qianglong is crossing the border, don't dare to get too close." He Yongfeng shook his head, "Brother, I think, we can't act rashly in this matter. This boss is not an ordinary person. If you fight against him, you have to think about the consequences. .”
He Yongrui stomped his feet: "Brother, you are so confused! The matter of the hunting ground has come to this point, we can no longer turn back!
He Yongchang is smart!
Originally we pushed him up to take the place of the dead ghost, but he was lucky enough to go to the Red Desert without making a sound, and now he has a fierce fight with the chief executive.
News came from the peer alliance ceremony that this kid was already Miao Xueping's godson.
Who is Miao Xueping, the leader's aunt, they are now a family!
Now that the hunting ground is such a big thing, does anyone have to take responsibility
Then this scapegoat, are we committed? "
"Isn't this a scapegoat?" He Yongfeng scratched his head, "It seems that it is indeed our responsibility."
"It's none of our business!" He Yongrui scolded, "This is not something passed down from our ancestors, what can we do?"
"That's Ma Yixian's responsibility." He Yongfeng nodded, "If it weren't for this old man's interference, the hunting ground would not have come to this."
"Brother, don't judge." He Yongrui shook his head, "You can listen to me on this matter."
"Brother, tell me."
"The third brother stole my account book, this person can no longer be counted on. The foundation of our ancestors, at this point, can't be kept no matter what." He Yongrui sighed, "Now this difficulty, only you and me Brothers live together, let's leave the chief here."
"ah?"
"Ma Yixian has already made an appointment with me, and he will cooperate with us."
"But even with Ma Yixian's help, will we be able to keep the leader and the others?" He Yongfeng said, "The leader plus Senior Miao Xueping, this is the strongest fighting force in our Liemen, at our level , isn’t it courting death to go up?”
"It's okay." He Yongrui said, "The boss and his group don't know our intentions at the moment, so approach them first, pretend to cooperate, and then look for an opportunity to attack."
"Brother, even if we leave the leader behind, what will we do next? Doesn't the country care about the situation in Shennongjia?" He Yongfeng said, "When the country really takes action, what will we do then?"
"So we have to get rid of the insider before the incident happens, and then we will fly away." He Yongrui said, "I have left a sum of money, which is enough for you and my brother to live comfortably for the rest of our lives."
"Brother, we are inheritance hunters. Others can leave, but we cannot." He Yongfeng shook his head, "Why do we patrol the mountains every day? Isn't it to keep one side safe
The hunting ground has come to this point, and it has long been hard to return.
The leader is not an unreasonable person, he may not be... "
Having said that, He Yongfeng only felt a blur in front of his eyes, and then lowered his head, looking at the tip of the knife protruding from his chest, with an expression of disbelief.
He Yongrui emerged from behind He Yongfeng, with red eye circles, supported his brother's majestic body with both hands, and slowly put him down:
"Brother, I know you won't listen to persuasion. Even if you do, with your upright character, you won't be able to hide it from the chief executive. Don't blame brother for being cruel. This is the end of the matter, and I can only survive with my arms broken."
He Yongfeng was lying on the ground, with blood gushing from his nose and mouth.
This knife in the heart cut off all his vitality.
Knowing that there was no possibility of surviving, the elder of the He family coughed a few times as he was dying, coughing up the blood in his trachea, and then said with a wry smile:
"Yongrui, your own heart is black, and you think that others are also black.
That's okay, so our house is completely separated from Yongchang's second house.
The He family can survive.
I'm waiting for you in front, it shouldn't take long... "
After saying these words, the nine-inch hunter had exhausted his breath, and his eyes lost their luster.
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