Looking at the scene in front of him, Yang Tuo silently raised the camera hanging on his chest.
Since the scholar entered the Wai Xing'an Mountains, taking pictures has been one of his daily tasks.
In the past half a month, he has taken thousands of photos. Anyway, he usually shoots him, and no one pays attention to him.
But today this time, Wei Xingshan took a big step, came to his camera, and compared a pair of scissors.
This giant man, who was nearly two meters tall, even said "yeah".
Yang Tuo's finger on the shutter froze. He put down the camera with an unnatural expression.
"Take a picture for me." Wei Xingshan said with a smile, "This background is too awesome."
"It's useless." Lin Shuo said aside, "Even if you take a photo, others will say it's a PS."
"Yeah, who would believe that." Anne said softly.
At this moment, in front of the four of them, a huge lake appeared in the valley on the other side of the mountain.
The shape of this lake is like a crescent moon, narrow at both ends and wide in the middle, with rivers flowing into it at both ends.
One of the rivers is the one that everyone saw before, the one under the cave.
And the other one came from the opposite direction, going deep into this underground mountain range, with no end in sight.
This lake alone is of course not surprising.
But right in the middle of the lake, there is an island in the middle of the lake. On this island in the middle of the lake, there is a magma pool filled with billowing lava.
The shape of this magma pool, I don't know if it's a coincidence or something, it's exactly the same as the lake outside, it's also a crescent moon.
This is not only the shape of the magma pool, but also the shape of the island in the center of the lake.
The deep purple lake water, the turquoise land of the island in the center of the lake, and the bright red magma pool, this valley uses these three proportionally scaled parts to form three first quarter moons of different sizes but with the same shape.
As for the smallest magma pool, Yang Tuo estimated it with the focal length of the camera, and the area is about 500 meters square.
This magma pool exudes a bright red light, which is extremely bright. Among them, the waters near the island in the middle of the lake, because the water temperature is heated by the magma, the steam is steaming, and then illuminated by the light source of the magma pool, so that the whole valley is shrouded in a red mist, like a fairyland.
What they saw in front of them was so beautiful that it made Lin Shuo and the others linger, as if their feet had been welded, and they couldn't move.
Wei Xingshan pestered Yang Tuo to take some pictures for him, and then the man frowned.
In this beautiful scenery, the man smelled a hint of danger.
This lake contains an island in the middle of the lake and a magma pool. Although the scenery is beautiful from a distance, it also blocks everyone's way.
This lake is different from the previous river. The river below the entrance of the cave was only two meters deep, clear to the bottom, and the water was light blue.
But in this lake right now, under the red light source, the water is deep purple, which can be said to be unfathomable.
There are a lot of giant ants inhabiting the mountains by the lake, but what is there in this lake
"Old Lin, how did you get there?" Wei Xingshan looked at Lin Shuo beside him and asked softly.
"Go around." Lin Shuo said, "Do you still want to go into the water?"
"I don't want to." Wei Xingshan shook his head like a rattle.
The four began to descend the mountain.
"Hey, that's right." Wei Xingshan looked at Yang Tuo beside him as he walked, "Dr. Yang, aren't you going to collect samples? Why didn't you see any movement?"
"Inspect the terrain first." Yang Tuo said, "After seeing the group of giant ants, I knew that the biological collection work here would not be completed in a short time, and one trip would definitely not be enough."
"Why do you say that when you see ants, the work of biological collection is complicated?" Wei Xingshan asked curiously, "Is there any explanation in it?"
"Because every ecosystem has a niche system." Yang Tuo explained, "Or let's put it simply, Captain Wei, what role do you think those ants play here?"
"Cleaner." Wei Xingshan said.
"So, the ecological niche of these ants in this ecosystem, that is, their resource utilization, is relatively sufficient, and they can eat everything, right?" Yang Tuo said.
"Yes." Wei Xingshan nodded, "They don't even spare the corpses of their own kind."
"Then if you want to support the existence of the population of giant ants, it must have food and natural enemies. Without food, they cannot survive. Without natural enemies, their numbers will overflow and they will not find enough food, and then starve to death, right?" Yang Tuo asked rhetorically.
"That's the truth."
"And the number of ants is amazing, isn't it?"
"Yeah, it's too fucking much."
"Then do they need a lot of food?"
"right."
"Then their natural enemies are also very strong? There are so many ants, the natural enemies are not afraid, and they can kill the ants."
"That must be!" Wei Xingshan looked at Lin Shuo's back and nodded.
"So, as long as there are such characters as ants, and there are so many giant ants, the ecosystem here is a bit scary." Yang Tuo concluded, "For us humans, the species here are either very complicated. , or very powerful, the greatest possibility is both complex and powerful. So biological sampling is not a subject that I can solve alone.
My main purpose this time is to survey the terrain and design future inspection routes for the instructor.
If I am lucky enough to go back alive, I will give the terrain information to the instructor. If the instructor's health permits, I will lead a large investigation group to come here.
Captain Wei, you may have to bring a lot of people with you by then. "
"Let's forget it." Wei Xingshan quickly shook his head, "I signed an employment contract with the International Biological Research Association for this sale. In the future, I will not accept any such sale."
"Old Wei." Lin Shuo said at this time, "You are wrong. Since you are in this business, how can you choose business? Why don't you earn money?"
"Then you have to have a life flower!" Wei Xingshan rolled Lin Shuo's eyes, "Old Lin, don't talk sarcasticly, as if you don't pick a deal. When Ms. Anne and I went to Guangxi to invite you, you put on airs What happened when I forgot?"
"No way." Lin Shuo shook his head, "My craftsmanship is valuable."
"It's really valuable." Wei Xingshan sighed, "If your business is not too dangerous, I really want to hang out with you."
"Old Wei, your benefactor is still here, is it appropriate to say that?" Lin Shuo laughed angrily.
"It doesn't matter." Anne said at this time, "Since we can invite Mr. Lin out of the mountain this time, our International Biological Research Society will be regarded as a regular customer in the future, and there will be many opportunities for cooperation. When the time comes, Captain Wei will inevitably work with Mr. Lin."
The four of them walked and chatted in the beautiful scenery, and the atmosphere relaxed unconsciously.
However, half of Lin Shuo's ease is just pretending.
At this time, he was still constantly distinguishing the various smells in his nasal cavity.
He has almost recognized the smell of this crescent bud lake.
But now the four of them are by the lake, and the smell from the opposite side of the lake has already spread from afar.
Various odor factors in the nasal cavity are telling Lin Shuo that there is another world on the opposite side of this lake.
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There is a burst of autumn rain and a burst of coolness.
After several autumn rains, a horse farm at the foot of Yanshan Mountain in Beijing has been paved with autumn leaves.
The horse's hooves stepped on this layer of yellow leaves, rustling lightly, and finally stopped in front of a house.
A middle-aged fat man got off his horse, handed the whip in his hand to the servant who came up, and walked into the house slowly.
The middle-aged fat man walked through the courtyard three times before and after, and stopped in front of his study.
He looked to the left and right to confirm that there was no one around, then he pushed the wooden door of the study and walked in.
Sitting firmly in front of his desk, he took out a mobile phone from his pocket and clicked on an MMS message he had received ten minutes ago.
This is a photo of a pale cyan porcelain bowl.
Different from ordinary porcelain bowls, the bowl in the picture has a wavy mouth, like a lotus leaf being gathered into a bowl shape.
The more the middle-aged fat man looked at the bowl, the more dignified his expression became.
Judging from the glaze color and craftsmanship, this bowl may be a piece of Jun porcelain.
There is a saying in the antique industry, which is called: "A family with thousands of pieces is not as good as a piece of Jun porcelain."
Jun porcelain in the Northern Song Dynasty is invaluable today.
Thinking of the person who sent this MMS, the middle-aged fat man felt that it was probably true.
So, why did he send himself this MMS
At this moment, the phone trembled and a call came in.
The middle-aged fat man looked at the number, immediately pressed the connect button and put it to his ear:
"Old Cao, how are things?" On the other side of the phone was a very magnetic male voice.
"It looks okay, but whether it's true or not, I have to get started to know." The middle-aged fat man said.
"Heh, you're not in the antique business, so even if I wanted someone to appraise it, I wouldn't seek you." The other party said, "I've had this piece of Jun porcelain appraised a long time ago, and it's real."
"Then what do you mean by sending me this photo..."
"I just want to ask you if you like it."
"..." The middle-aged fat man frowned. He knew that this person would not be so boring, so he quietly waited for the other party to continue.
"Hehe." The man on the phone smiled, "If I remember correctly, there are three days left, and it will be your fiftieth birthday. This thing is my congratulatory gift to you."
"Tell me the truth." The middle-aged fat man named Cao Yusheng's tone sank, "How did you get this thing?"
"Why? Are you afraid that you came from a wrong path?"
"Based on your current status, I guess your salary is quite a lot. But I don't think you have the financial resources to afford this Jun porcelain lotus bowl." Cao Yusheng said, "Besides, you don't usually play with antiques, so it's impossible. Picking up such a big leak."
"Do you still remember the Dragon City we studied together when we were young?"
"You mean... the Dragon City under the Heilongjiang River? Isn't that only in legends?" Cao Yusheng was puzzled. "We searched all kinds of domestic historical materials back then, but we couldn't find any specific records."
"Yes, but here in the United States, I have made a new discovery." The other party said, "This piece of Jun porcelain is from Longcheng."
"What?" Cao Yusheng had a look of disbelief.
"It's not convenient for me to talk about the specific situation on the phone. You'd better come to the United States yourself."
"Okay, I'll make arrangements." Cao Yusheng didn't hesitate, "I'll come over as soon as possible."