The meeting has lasted for one or two hours. Director Jin, Professor Zhang, and several experts in the army are still discussing nervously.
Zi Yang slowly lost his mind. From morning till now, he hasn't rested. He sits a little bored at the big table with satellite maps, listening to their discussion in his ears, leaning his chin with one hand, and resting lightly on the table with the other. Tap lightly and rhythmically.
Suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he involuntarily said, "Huh? Strange..." The people who were discussing stopped and looked at him in surprise.
Professor Zhang asked kindly: "What did you find?"
The white light in Zi Yang's mind was fleeting, and he scratched his head embarrassedly: "Um... There are so many people in the village, will there be witnesses, or... victims, have you confirmed all of them?"
Instructor Jin said, “We checked one by one according to the household registration manual. Everyone was there except the village head who went out to work the other day.”
Zi Yang said "Ao" and stopped talking.
The scene suddenly cooled down. Professor Zhang stared at the photo and fell into deep thought. The general did not know which cigarette he had smoked. Instructor Jin walked back and forth with his hands on his chest. Zi Yang pretends to study the satellite map of the sample plot. Xiao Hei's eyes rolled around.
Old Wang looked down at his watch and shouted, "Damn it, it's only half past eight in the evening, it's time to eat!"
In the end, there was someone who was sensible. One sentence reminded the general that in fact, Zi Yang and others were already hungry, but everyone was embarrassed to say that only this idiot had no taboos.
"Look at me, look at me, just take care of things, and forget about it. Xiao Jin, teach them all day, and you arrange them to have a meal and rest. Anyway, the next batch of data will be out later-don’t just give them. Eat military rations and get something decent."
Professor Zhang said politely to the general: "No special treatment, we can do just like soldiers."
Director Jin took them to a few military tents and arranged for them to live in first. Zi Yang, Lao Wang, and Xiao Hei were together, the professor was with the glasses, and the female student was with the other female military doctors.
The tent was not big, and there were four camp beds. Zi Yang and the others threw their luggage on one of them and lay down and closed their eyes for a nap. They have not rested from 5 in the morning until now, and they are indeed a little tired.
In a short while, a soldier's meal tray was brought over with food, and Director Jin followed behind and bent over and said, "Isolation control is still being implemented, so the conditions are more difficult. You will do it."
Zi Yang said: "I'm causing you trouble, the conditions have been very preferential. I think there are soldiers camping outside-you have been busy for so long, shouldn't you eat?"
Director Jin looked at Zi Yang, thinking that this young man still knows some etiquette. Nodded, ordered the soldiers to put down the food, and then went out.
Zi Yang got up and watched Gui Jin leave, and turned around to find that Lao Wang and Xiao Hei were already sitting there eating and chewing.
There are a lot of food. It seems that it is nothing more than canned military food and rations, but there are indeed two fried vegetables with a lot of meat added to it.
Lao Wang stuffed a piece of meat in his mouth, and he was still able to speak: "Wipe, don't tell me, this military can tastes really good."
"Tsk tut, the fried meat is very tender, come, taste this green vegetable!"
The plate of stir-fried pork with vegetables was instantly dried up by Lao Wang and Xiao Hei, and Lao Wang probably felt embarrassed, so he took a green vegetable from the remaining soup and handed it to Zi Yang.
Zi Yang bent down and looked at Pharaoh with a smile: "How does the meat taste?"
Lao Wang sucked his teeth and said, "Yes, it's fresh and tender."
Zi Yang: "Think about it. Director Jin said that this place is still under quarantine control, so where does this fresh meat come from?"
Lao Wang immediately remembered the pile of dead cows and sheep on the slope today. He stretched his neck and retched. He raised his head and looked at Zi Yang with tears in his eyes: "I'm so shit on your face!"
After all, it was something to eat, and Pharaoh couldn't bear to vomit it out. The three of them swept away the remaining canned food and rations. At this time, looking at the watch, it was almost 10 o'clock. Zi Yang and the others were about to lie down and sleep for a while, when the curtain of the tent was lifted, Professor Zhang walked in.
Seeing the clean dinner plate being licked, the professor was stunned for a moment, and asked with a smile: "I have a bad appetite. There is still a lot of food left in the tent. Do you want to..."
Lao Wang's ass owed "I want—" thinking that the leftover meal might be "fresh meat" or something, he sat down slowly, "No, forget it..."
Professor Zhang sat down on the marching army opposite Zi Yang and looked at Zi Yang kindly.
Zi Yang was a little uncomfortable being stared at.
"When you were in the command center today, you studied the satellite map for a long time. Did you find anything?" Professor Zhang always spoke without rush, which made people feel like they were doing routine.
Zi Yang scratched the back of his head: "Well, so many expert authorities are there, I know what... I'm afraid of making jokes when I say it..."
"It’s okay. Let’s say it boldly. There is a saying that there is no end to learning. Even experts have their own shortcomings. Even students may have places beyond the reach of others. When we do academics, we must be the most taboo to make assertions. Brainstorm, learn from others..."
The professor is the professor. This kind of insulting teaching made Lao Wang very helpful: "I'll just say it. When it comes to this point, so many experts can't tell the truth. Why don't you listen to my personal opinions? I think. , This is an alien **..."
The professor ignored him and still looked at Zi Yang encouragingly: "Do you think there is a problem with the terrain of this village?"
Zi Yang was still hesitating. After hearing the professor's point, a piece of doubt in his heart immediately became clear, "You also found out? This valley is a huge Tai Chi layout!"
Seeing the professor’s affirmative gaze, Zi Yang was also excited, and took out a paper and pen from the table and chairs next to him and began to draw, “Look, from this satellite map, we can see that this mountain village is located in a huge mountain surrounded by mountains. In the basin. The pass we entered is exactly on the sunny side of the basin. All the farmers are scattered on the sunny side, while the shady side of the basin is separated by the river that runs through the valley, and the two sides are distinct."
"Well, that’s right. With the river as the boundary, all the singularity occurred on the dark side, but the sun side was not affected at all, and the most unusual thing is that although there is only a river boundary, there is no farmer on the dark side. "The professor is also supplementing Zi Yang.
Zi Yang nodded, and drew an arc in the circle on the paper. "If you look up close, there is nothing unusual about this river, but by referring to the satellite map, you can find the trend of the river. It winds down from the mountains on both sides, runs through the basin and merges into a pool in the middle. If other reference objects are removed, then this valley is a huge Tai Chi map with precise proportions."
Seeing the professor’s admiration, Zi Yang continued to add: “According to my observations when passing through the village during the day, apart from the fact that farmers are concentrated on the sun, the vegetation conditions on both sides of the Yin and Yang are also slightly different, plus all the biological deaths On the dark side—this is hard to explain by chance."
The professor throws out a leading question, "You mean there is a problem with this river?"
"We have tested the river water, and the composition is normal." At this time, a voice sounded outside the tent, and Jin directed a black face to appear at the door of the tent.
"Come in, come in. We are discussing this. Xiao Li has made a major discovery." Professor Zhang warmly invited Guidance Jin to come in.
Director Jin bent over and came in, Zi Yang's face was a little embarrassed, and he touched the back of his head and asked, "How much did you hear what we just said?"
"No more, no less, just right—since there was such a major discovery, I didn't explain it during the meeting just now?" Unlike the stern and solemn daytime, Director Jin's face was still dark, but his tone of voice had been greatly eased.
Zi Yang said embarrassedly, "This thing is too illusory, I'm afraid it will mess up your thoughts if you say it rashly."
Professor Zhang chuckled and rounded up the field with a smile, "Ah, this is out of the question, our thinking is already very messy, your discovery makes us look like another village!"
Lao Wang listened to the audience in a moment, and interrupted unwillingly: "What are the Yin, Yang, and Tai Chi Yang Chun noodles? What are you doing? Can you speak human words?"
Zi Yang explained patiently to Lao Wang, "We are in the northern hemisphere, and the sun is shining from south to north, so on the south side of the mountain, is it a place where the sun can directly shine? This is called the sun."
Zi Yang wrote, painted, and added gestures. Seeing that Lao Wang nodded and understood, he continued: "If the mountain is high enough and steep-like the position we are in today-then the sun will be blocked and the north side of the mountain will not shine. When it arrives, it becomes a shady side."
"Oh, I understand. The geography teacher said that the photosynthesis of plants will also be affected by different sunlight, so the growth of flowers, grass and trees will also be different, right?" If Lao Wang's biology teacher heard him say this It is estimated that he will be pissed to death.
Zi Yang said, "The theory is the same, but only a unique geographical situation like this mountain village will have a significant impact-but I have observed the vegetation and vegetation on the side of the river, and it is not only the cause of the sun, I found Some vegetation has turned yellow and seems to be dying."
Everyone thought of the "biological extinction" mentioned by Director Jin during the day and could not help but deepen their worries. Now it seems that the situation is indeed very serious.
Professor Zhang asked Gui, who was frowning, "How much do you know about the situation of the river?"
Director Jin seemed to be awakened from deep thought and replied, "This river converges from the mountains on both sides. The amount of water is not large or small. The narrow place is about 2 meters, and the wide place is only 4 or 5 meters. To the waterhole in the center of the valley, there is no other outlet."
Professor Zhang nodded and said, "At the bottom of the pool, there should be an underground river or something like that."
Director Jin nodded, "The pool is relatively deep, and our current equipment cannot support deep-water exploration."
Zi Yang asked, "How's the investigation done by the villagers? Did they mention this waterhole?"
Director Jin said, "I came here to talk to you about this. The old village chief who went out before came back. We can barely understand his Mandarin. He also reported to us an unexpected situation. Four people in the village were missing! "
Lao Wang got up from the march and grumbled, "Fuck me, I came in for a long time and said, "What a delay, what are you waiting for? Let's lead the way!" This Lao Wang really regards himself as a personal thing, the person instructed Jin actually I'm here to find Professor Zhang.
On the way to the command post, Director Jin briefly introduced the situation. The progress of the investigation with the villagers is very difficult. The dialect of this place does not belong to any contemporary language. It seems to be an ancient language. The language experts of the army are very difficult to translate. Apart from the language barrier, it seems that they are very resistant to follow up. Communication with outsiders.
When Zi Yang and the others were eating, the guards at the entrance of the village brought back a person who claimed to be the village chief. This person had a lot of communication with the outside world, and he was able to cope with it in Mandarin. After some communication, they discovered a huge loophole. When counting the number of people, they missed four people.
According to the introduction of the old village chief, these four people are not on the household register of the village. They are two college students who are going to school. Their household registration has been moved to school. During this time, they are playing at home during the summer vacation. Two days ago they told the villagers to go camping, and they have not come back yet—they have each brought a girlfriend. .
When I walked to the command post, I saw an elderly skinny old man communicating with the staff, and saw a group of people coming in anxiously shouting and making gestures. Zi Yang struggled to tell the difference before realizing that he was talking about "four children, four children!"
At this time, the general also hurried over with his clothes, his eyes bloodshot, and he didn't seem to have a good rest.
The staff soothed the old man's emotions, and Director Jin told him that he had already sent additional people to expand the search range to search and rescue. You can rest assured, as long as there is news, you will be notified as soon as possible, and we all put human life first.
"Now, I have a few questions to ask you." Director Jin looked at Professor Zhang.
Professor Zhang knew, and said kindly, "Brother, let me ask you something, how many years has this village been?"