Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 425
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The Undead Crew Association gave Ke Lan a total of three days to prepare. During these three days, Ke Lan almost memorized the entire map of the Molten Mine Area. Some materials have worked hard.

However, when they arrived at the outskirts of the mining area on the "Yu" class heavy cruiser seconded from the First Fleet, Ke Lan couldn't help but swear in his heart - the earthquake almost completely changed the terrain of the molten mine area As far as the landform is concerned, there is almost no place that can match the original map.

The undulating ground is covered with rifts like leaf veins, and the broken rocks are half-staggered. Bright magma is mooring and flowing at the bottom of the rifts, and highly toxic smoke containing sulfur is constantly gushing out from the cracks on the surface. , into the air.

The sky in the Molten Mine area is always gray. Looking out from the porthole of the battleship, the thick lead gray clouds seem to be pressing on their heads. The indescribable feeling of oppression makes everyone in the cabin feel a little bit I can't breathe - of course, the fact is that if you don't wear a breathing mask and enter the mining area, you will suffocate to death due to excessive inhalation of toxic fumes in minutes.

"My God, the power of this earthquake is too terrifying, right? The rock formations are cracked like this, it looks like biscuits dropped on the ground." Layton pressed his face against the porthole, exclaiming.

"The official information I got is that a strong earthquake of magnitude [-] or above was detected in the core area of ​​the mining area..." Ke Lan said.

"This is definitely more than level eight!" The hound clenched his fists vigorously. "This is only the outer area, and it has already been destroyed like this. I think the level of the epicenter must go above level ten!"

"If it was a magnitude [-] earthquake, the area where the Ark is located would also feel the tremors... But the information we know now is that only a few transfer stations near the mining area felt the strong tremors. The farther you are from the mines, the weaker the tremors are. The more obvious. The geological experts in our bureau have conducted a detailed analysis, and the intensity of the earthquake will not exceed [-] at most." Aya retorted, "As for the serious damage to the surface plate, could it be due to the melting fire? There are a lot of tiny cracks in the rock formations in the mining area, but this earthquake just enlarged these cracks?"

This is like the same building, one is a high-quality building built in strict accordance with earthquake resistance standards, while the other is a bean curd project that cut corners and materials. When an earthquake occurs, the latter will naturally be damaged more than the former.

As for the geological structure of the molten fire mining area, I am afraid that it is not even as strong as the tofu dregs project.

"It makes sense to say that. I have also read the analysis report of the Security Bureau, but I found a very critical problem." Ke Lan looked at Aya, "Experts say that the earthquake intensity will not exceed [-] at most. But in fact, the [-] level is already a conclusion drawn after exaggerating on the basis of actual data. I guess those experts should have seen the photos taken by the drone and felt that the level was low anyway. I will believe it... But according to the data detected by various transfer stations, the exact intensity of this earthquake should be around magnitude seven."

"Level [-]? Isn't that too low?" The hound asked suspiciously, "Look at that mountain, Ke Lan, it was torn apart from the middle. Can a magnitude [-] earthquake do this?"

"Yes, as long as the focal depth is shallow enough." Ke Lan nodded, "The shallower the focal point, the greater the destructive power to the surface, but the affected area is the smallest; and the deeper the focal point, the more seismic waves can be transmitted. The farther away, the larger the range of the earthquake, but the destructive ability to the surface is much smaller than that of shallow earthquakes of the same magnitude."

"In the old era, there were two major earthquakes in China that killed more than 7.8 people. One was a magnitude 8.0 earthquake and the other was a magnitude 7.8 earthquake—but in terms of destructive power, the magnitude 8.0 earthquake was more destructive than the 8.0 magnitude earthquake. The one with magnitude 14 was stronger because of the difference in focal depth, the magnitude 7.8 earthquake had its epicenter at 8 kilometers underground, while the magnitude [-] earthquake had its focal depth only half that, only [-] kilometers.”

(Due to the actual place names involved, I will not directly write the specific names of these two earthquakes in the book. I believe that as a member of the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, you will never forget these two major disasters just like me... ...may the dead rest in peace and the living rise.)
"I sent these data to a friend of mine, and asked him to contact a group of seismology experts to analyze the data." Ke Lan continued, "I told them, don't be bound by common sense and experience, just pursue the data The accuracy of the data, regardless of whether the data has practical reference value, guess what is the final conclusion?"

"What is it?" Hound and Aya asked in unison.

"The exact magnitude of the epicenter should be 6.6, and the depth of the epicenter...is only [-] kilometers."

"[-] kilometers?! However, the location of the epicenter should be a huge magma pool. The depth of this magma pool should be at least three kilometers, which is impossible!" Aya said.

"To be honest, I don't think this is an earthquake caused by the movement of the Alpha star plate, but more like an underground nuclear explosion..." Ke Lan pondered, "In other words... this is not a natural disaster , but a man-made disaster.”

"Nuclear explosion? Where did they get the nuclear bomb?" Zhuo Ligetu asked a little puzzled.

"It doesn't necessarily have to be a nuclear bomb, maybe some device left over from the Alpha civilization was triggered, just like the glacier ruins we explored back then, but half of the glacier sank into the ground, I think this time It shouldn’t be too difficult for the Alpha civilization to cause a [-] earthquake in the shallow layer of the earth, right?”

"I understand what you mean!" The hound clenched his fist with his right hand and slammed it hard on the palm of his left hand. "In that magma pool, at a depth of [-] kilometers, there is a ruin of an Alpha civilization. This ruin is The culprit of this earthquake!"

"Ninety-nine are inseparable." Ke Lan nodded, "But investigating the cause of the earthquake is not our main task. We must first find the lost garrison bases and the people in those bases."

"Tsk... I'm afraid this group of people is in danger. This is only the edge of the mining area, and there is almost no large and complete ground. I am afraid it will only be worse at the stationed base." The hound sighed and shook his head. road.

"At least you have to see people if you are alive, and you have to see corpses when you die. Even if there are only a few steel bars and a few sections of ruins left in the stationed base, we can take some photos and go back, and the task will be considered complete."

(End of this chapter)