Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 447 Lava Channel
"Please explain the process of the earthquake in detail." Ke Lan demanded.

"That started two months ago." Park Shangyou said, "After spending a lot of manpower and material resources, we finally determined the location of 'Yagunaktor' - it sank in the center of the molten fire mine area The bottom of the 'No. [-] Lava Lake'."

"It seems that the monitored data is still very accurate. Sure enough, the epicenter is in the 'No. [-] Magma Lake'..." Ke Lan whispered to himself, "One-sixth of the volume of the ark, plus the density of Nino alloy , the magnitude and intensity of this earthquake are considered conservative estimates.”

"Once we identified the location of 'Yagunaktor', we began to look for a way to enter the lava lake. At first, we planned to create a vehicle equipped with a large energy shield... er, my life-saving The cabin was originally intended to be used on this vehicle." Park Shangyou continued, "But after the calculations of the expert team, even if the vehicle is filled with top-quality energy crystals, it cannot meet the consumption of the energy shield. Even if you don't consider the return trip, it's not enough."

"Then can't you increase the cargo compartment of the vehicle? Isn't this problem directly solved?" The hound said as a matter of course.

"Things are not that simple. The expert group has naturally considered the plan of increasing the cargo hold, but the heat insulation layer and pressure-resistant layer of the vehicle itself need to be at least two meters thick. Every time the cargo hold space is expanded by one cubic meter, the overall The volume will be larger. In this way, not only will more shield generators need to be loaded, but the excessive volume will further slow down the speed of the vehicle traveling through the lava... The result of the calculation is that the gain outweighs the loss. "Park Sang-woo said.

"Indeed." Layton, who is equipped with armor, said thoughtfully, "Moving in the magma, the most troublesome problem is not the high temperature, but the terrifying pressure in the depths, which is much more terrifying than water pressure. ...Do you still remember the operation in the city under the sea? Ke Lan, you should have a deep understanding of the water pressure in the deep sea, right?"

Ke Lan nodded, and said to Park Shangyou: "Continue."

"After the self-made vehicle plan failed, we focused on the relics left by the Alpha civilization. The expert team believes that since the Alpha civilization can obtain the Nino alloy from 'Yagunaktor', then They must have the technology to go deep into the magma lake, as long as they can find the equipment they use to 'min' the Nino alloy, then the problem will naturally be solved."

Park Shangyou sighed: "This second plan failed in the end... In half a year, we investigated a total of 87 Alpha Civilization ruins in the Molten Mine Area, but we didn't find any clues. These ruins were not used to The factory that processes Nino alloy ingots is a laboratory that studies the formula of Nino alloy, and has nothing to do with mining operations."

"Until half a month ago, the special agent team stationed at No. [-] magma lake sent a message—a passage appeared on the edge of the magma lake."

"A passage? What passage?" asked the Hound.

"A lava channel." Park Shangyou replied.

"Are you kidding me? You mean...there is a passable... channel inside the magma?" The hound twitched the corner of his mouth, "To be honest, I can't even imagine this picture..."

"It's true, the magma there seems to be stretched by a force field that cannot be seen by the naked eye, and an oval channel with a diameter of about six meters appears... It's like throwing a bullet into the magma. It's the same as the magic weapon 'water-avoiding pearl' in Chinese mythology." Park Shangyou said convincingly.

"However, even if there is a passage, the person who jumps in will still be vaporized, right?" the hound muttered, "Besides, the water-avoiding beads cannot separate the magma, so it must be the fire-dispelling beads, right?"

"The problem of heat insulation has been solved during the implementation of the first plan. The real technical difficulty is to travel through the high-density and ultra-high pressure magma, but now there are ready-made passages in front of us, which means that we don't need to think about the load. It is extremely resistant to pressure..." Park Shangyou said, "We will immediately submit the report submitted by the Ark, hoping to get more material and technical support."

"Looking at the current situation, I'm afraid the report you submitted was intercepted by the heretic sect." Ke Lan said, "Otherwise, they wouldn't have rushed into the mining area like flies that smelled of carrion. coming."

"I'm not very clear about this...but at that time, Ark gave us a reply..." Park Shangyou murmured.

"Since you have said that heretic sects have excavated ruins, it is not surprising that they will find some equipment in the ruins of Alpha civilization that can intercept radio signals and camouflage them. Compared with Alpha civilization, human technology It’s all about being crushed.” Ke Lan glanced at the time at the corner of the head-up display, and now it has been more than 24 hours since they entered the mining area, and the supplies they carried with them can only support 72 hours at most.

After 72 hours, no matter whether the task is completed or not, they must withdraw from the mining area and return to the support base for resupply.

Ke Lan said to Park Shangyou: "I have read the records. During this period of time, Ark did not send any support to the molten mine area. No matter in terms of personnel, materials or technology, the only two or two logistics records are melting mines. The fire mining area transported the roughly processed Nino alloy back to the Ark, and then brought back a batch of daily supplies as usual. It can be seen that the Ark has not received your report at all."

"It was really intercepted by the heretic sect." The hound shrugged, "It seems that we should pay more attention to this aspect in the future."

"These bastards..." Park Shangyou gritted his teeth and cursed a curse word in Korean, "Xiba old horse!"

"Then what happened next? What happened again?" Ke Lan asked, "If you didn't receive the support from Ark, you should stay put and wait for orders. How could it cause an earthquake? Could it be that someone acted without authorization?"

"Yes, we originally planned to wait until the support from the Ark arrived before formulating a detailed exploration plan." Park Shangyou said, "But...the plan couldn't keep up with the changes, just when we were going to use the modified drone to attack the lava. When the passage was conducting a short-distance survey, the team staying at the entrance of the passage suddenly sent back news—”

"They found that the entrance of the channel is slowly shrinking, and the magma wall that was originally separated has also begun to show signs of instability. The entire expert team was anxious at once. We are worried that the channel will suddenly appear just like it appeared. Disappeared from our sight ... and we have no way of knowing whether it will reappear."

[PS Thanks to the villain in the villain for the 7000 starting point coins rewarded; thanks to Xu Ditai for the 1500 starting point coins rewarded. 】

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