Xixia dead book

Chapter 142 The Decisive Battle at the Peak of Helan (27)
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"Be careful, Tang Feng!" Makarov suddenly shouted.

Tang Feng came to his senses at this moment, quickly withdrew his hand, and said incoherently with excitement: "This...so, unexpectedly...it turned out to be a pool full of treasures."

"Tang Feng, wake up. If this is King Hao's treasures, why didn't the group who came in before us take them away?" Makarov was still well trained to maintain a clear mind.

"Yes!" Tang Feng came to his senses after hearing Makarov's words, "Old Ma, thank you for reminding me. Judging from the ruins in front, that group should have been to the Hall of Light, but they didn't take these treasures away. Is... could it be mercury in this pool, that's why those people didn't take these treasures?" Tang Feng suddenly thought of the previous pool of mercury.

Makarov squatted down, closely observed the edge of the pool, and finally shook his head, saying, "It doesn't look like mercury, it's just a pool of stagnant water."

"Then how to explain the group of people who broke in before?" Tang Feng felt even more confused.

"This..." Makarov couldn't answer this question either.

Tang Feng bravely leaned out and lay down by the pool.Looking at the thick green moss beside the pool, he felt dizzy for a while, and really wanted to see through the thick fog and pierce the bottom of the pool.But he couldn't see what the bottom looked like, because above it was a mountain of jewels and muddy green water.

"I'm really afraid that a monster will suddenly jump out of the pool and eat me up in an instant!" Makarov's words shocked Tang Feng.

Tang Feng turned around and saw that Makarov was lying beside the pool, observing the movement in the pool.

"Old Ma, why did you say that?" Tang Feng looked at Makarov in puzzlement.

Makarov climbed up from the edge of the pool, leaned on the steps by the edge of the pool, and said slowly: "Because I have encountered a pool that can eat people."

"Oh? A pool that can eat people?" Tang Feng's heart sank suddenly.

"Yes! A pool that can eat people, or a water bubble." Makarov said with certainty.

"Hubbles that eat people? Is there really such a thing in this world? Is it your experience in the KGB again?"

"Well, all my bizarre ghost encounters are thanks to the KGB!"

"Old Ma, your experience in the KGB is too bizarre! You can write a book."

"I've thought about it too, but many of my experiences still belong to unclassified archives. For example, the man-eating blob I encountered at the forward base." Makarov's tone was surprisingly calm.

"Advance base again?!" Tang Feng was astonished, "Haven't you finished talking about the base? How could there be such a bizarre encounter?"

"There are many strange encounters in the forward base. Compared with the bizarre encounter in the scientific expedition team, the bizarre experience in the forward base is more lasting and more! That happened after Burtenko took me to the Wild Wolf Valley. At that time, there was a shortage of water in the base..." Makarov recalled a past event at the forward base.

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Not long after returning from Wolf Valley, Makarov encountered another difficult matter.The most important thing to survive in the Gobi desert is the water source, but this time the water source has become a big problem for the forward base.

Buldenko walked into Makarov's room and complained rarely: "Our water source is dying."

"What do you mean it's about to die?" Makarov didn't understand what he meant.

"It's about to die, it's about to cut off the water! Don't you realize that the quality of the water we drink has dropped significantly in the past few days. Although it has been disinfected, the water is turbid and there are fine sand in it."

"I've noticed a change in water quality, but this has happened before, so it's not like the water is cut off!" Makarov was skeptical.

"Before we came, the base used the large well outside the base for water. Over the past few years, so many people have been added to the base, and no new water source has been found. The well has long been overwhelmed. I just went to check it. , this well will definitely not last long, and if we don’t find a new water source, we will really have to cut off the water.”

"It's so serious? How long can this well last?" Makarov was a little surprised.

"At most one month." Buldenko stared at Makarov for a long time, and then said, "I have suggested to you a long time ago, dig another well as soon as possible, but you always say that the base is short of funds, and if it is enough, it will not be enough. It’s time to make a new one. Now it’s ready, the fire is imminent!”

Makarov knew he was in the wrong, so he couldn't say anything. He began to regret that he didn't listen to Buldenko at first, "Then what should we do now?"

"I'm just digging a well right now, and I'm afraid it won't be enough in a month. You don't know the geological conditions here. It's extremely dry. It doesn't mean that you can get water when you drill deep."

"I understand that the geological structure here is very complicated, and water cannot be produced everywhere. So, what should we do if there is no water within a month?" Makarov panicked.

"Yes! There are so many people in the base, if there is no water, we will not be able to persist here." Brdenko said here, thinking for a while and then said, "But it is not impossible, before the well is drilled, We can ask the rear to send us a helicopter to carry water, but..."

"But what?"

"However, it will cost a lot of money. I roughly estimated that the water needed by our base for a day must be transported by at least two sorties of Mi-8 helicopters. If it takes two months to pump out the water, then the total needs 120 sorties of helicopter transportation. Do the math, how much is the oil cost of the helicopter alone? The water transported in this way is very precious!” Buldenko made a shocking calculation for Makarov.

Makarov remained silent.Buldenko added: "This is still the most optimistic calculation. If there is no water for two months, and if there is any accident on the way to deliver the water, the cost of delivering water will be immeasurable."

Buldenko's words made Makarov startled.Makarov knew very well that if it was true what Buldenko said, then he would not be far from being dismissed and investigated.

"Then there is no other way?" Makarov asked in a pleading tone.

Bultenko shrugged, "Unfortunately, I really can't think of any other good way."

Although Buldenko said that there was no way, Makarov knew very well in his heart that Buldenko must have a way. He just needs to beg him himself, which is a small revenge or balance for what happened to A711209 last time.

"I think you will find a way." Makarov pleaded.

Buldenko stared at the roof, thought for a while, and said, "There is no way, but it's just a matter of chance."

"Try your luck..." Makarov immediately thought of what he meant, "Your solution is to go out and look for water?"

"We can ask the rear to send people to dig wells, and at the same time look for temporary water sources near the base."

"After we came, we also searched for water sources nearby, but we didn't even see a single drop of water!" Makarov expressed disappointment at Buldenko's approach.

"We used to search for water sources near the base, within a radius of ten kilometers, and there are still many places we haven't visited. This time we will expand the scope of the survey, centering on the base, and search for areas within a diameter of [-] kilometers."

"Fifty kilometers in diameter? It's so far away. Even if we find a water source, we still have to transport it to the base by car. The cost of use is still too high." Makarov has no confidence in Buldenko's method.

"Isn't this temporary? When the well is dug, we won't need it. Besides, we might not have to go far to find the source of water."

Makarov thought about it all night, and in the end he had no other good solution but to adopt Buldenko's method.On the one hand, he asked the rear to send people to find water sources to dig wells near the base, and on the other hand, he sent personnel from the base to search for temporary water sources within a radius of [-] kilometers around the base.

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Thirty kilometers was set by Makarov.After a week, as expected by Bultenko, all the people who went out to look for water sources came back and reported that no water sources were found.

"Well, I told you earlier that within a radius of [-] kilometers around the base, you can't find a source of water." Burdenko said with a hint of schadenfreude.

"Okay, Comrade Buldenko, let's not go around in circles. You are more familiar with this area than I am. Is there any water source?" Makarov was a little anxious.

"To tell you the truth, there is a source of water within a radius of [-] kilometers." Seeing that Makarov was in a hurry, Buldenko changed his tone.

"Why didn't you say it earlier!" Makarov was a little annoyed.

"Because this water source is difficult to use." Buldenko was not in a hurry.

"What does it mean to be difficult to use?" Makarov asked.

"Because that water source is close to Wild Wolf Valley."

"Wild Wolf Valley?!" Makarov immediately fell silent.

"Or that water source is in the Wild Wolf Valley!" Burdenko added.

After a long time, Makarov seemed to have made up his mind, and said seriously, "No matter where it is, go and have a look first."

Makarov insisted on going, but Buldenko had to drive him to the vicinity of Wild Wolf Valley.However, this time Buldenko did not take him to the red valley full of bones last time, but came to another strange valley.

Makarov found that the place was very open, not like a valley at all, and the mountains on both sides were also very low, but he couldn't see behind the mountains.Not long after the car drove in, Makarov noticed a little bit of green in the soft sand, and the further he went into the valley, the more green appeared.

"Where is this? It doesn't seem to be the Wolf Valley we came to last time." Makarov asked Burdenko loudly.

Bultenko was not in a hurry to answer, but drove the car to a wide green grassland, parked the car, and then answered Makarov's question: "I heard from the old herdsman that the so-called wild Wolf Valley actually does not refer to a specific valley, but refers to the many large and small valleys hidden in this red mountain range."

"So that's what you mean! No wonder you said last time that Genghis Khan's army was attacking Xixia from the Wild Wolf Valley. If it was such a small valley last time, how could it accommodate Genghis Khan's army? How can such a barren and terrifying valley be filled with people and animals? Walk?" Makarov said.

"No! You are wrong. The old herdsman said that Genghis Khan's army passed through the narrow and long valley you saw last time. And don't think that the valley we came to today looks good and has green plants. There is no danger. The old herdsman told me that there is danger in every valley around here," Burdenko warned Makarov.

"Every valley is dangerous?" Makarov was a little surprised.

"Yes! Every valley is dangerous, that's why I haven't mentioned this source of water to you. You must know that when a person encounters a source of water suddenly in the vast sea of ​​sand, first of all, he should not be happy, but should be careful, and should be careful. It is clear why there is no water source in other places in the vast sand sea, but here is."

"Like here?"

"Yes! I have been to several valleys here. There is no green in the other valleys. Only this valley has a large area of ​​plants, which is very unusual."

"So you suspect that the water here can't be used?! Anyway, you have to believe in science. We can bring some water samples back and ask experts to test them." Makarov looked at the green everywhere, and seemed very confident that he could get here. Find a source of water.

"Okay! You let your science test it! Let's go." Burdenko jumped out of the car.

Makarov also jumped out of the car, and he found that besides Achnatherum splendens, Cistanche, and chamaejasma, there was also a green plant that he couldn't name.This kind of plant is not tall, but its vitality is very tenacious. It clings to the ground tightly and covers the entire valley.

Makarov stepped on the unknown green plant and followed Buldenko.He felt that the terrain under their feet seemed to be higher, and it didn't take long before they turned over a small sand dune.Under the sand dunes, under the cover of some reeds, a water bubble appeared in front of the two of them.

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Excitedly, Makarov rushed to the bubble, pushed aside the reeds and leaned over. Just as he was about to hold the water in the bubble with his hands, Buldenko shouted behind him: "Be careful!"

Makarov withdrew his hand abruptly and looked back at Buldenko.Brdenko was hidden in the shadows with his back to the sun. "Look beside you." Buldenko's words made Makarov feel a chill.

Makarov hurriedly looked to the side, and found a pile of white bones in the reeds beside him. "This..." Makarov recognized the skeleton of a cow.Immediately afterwards, he found more bones in the reeds beside Suipaozi, including cattle, sheep, and the bones of large mammals that he could not name.Of course, what scares Makarov even more is the two human skeletons.

"Why are there so many bones here?" Makarov's voice was full of horror.

"That's why I tell you to be careful!"

"Is this water poisonous? These people and animals fell on the shore forever after drinking the water?"

"I don't know if it's poisonous or not, but this is indeed a cannibalism! You see, we didn't find any bones in this valley. All the bones appeared next to the water bubble. The bones, what does this mean?" Buldenko speculated.

Makarov leaned forward and looked into the water, and sure enough, under the not-so-clear water surface, a pile of scattered bones appeared vaguely.He couldn't tell whether it was a human bone or an animal bone, he just felt dizzy and suddenly felt dizzy.Makarov thought it was bad, and wanted to retreat, but his body fell forward unconsciously.The moment he lost his balance, a powerful hand grabbed him.He collapsed on the shore, panting heavily.He knew that it was Burtenko who had held him back just now.

"This water...the bubbles are really dangerous!" Makarov gasped.

"I'm not lying to you, either there's something wrong with the water, or there's something wrong with the bubble, maybe there's some kind of monster living in it!"

"Monster?" Makarov looked at the small water, pretending that Buldenko was joking again.

Seeing that Makarov didn't believe it, Buldenko explained: "The old herdsman also told me that there lived a ferocious monster in this water bubble, and it only ate people and animals passing by. However, this monster will not come up. Attacking people and animals, it only eats those people and animals who can't help being thirsty and come to the side of the water bubble to drink water."

"Don't scare me anymore, how can such a small paozi live in a monster?"

"I don't know, that's what the old herdsman told me. I didn't believe it at first, but the old herdsman said that although the water bubble is not big, it is deep, bottomless, and far away from here. It is connected to the Great Lakes of China." Buldenko said so clearly that Makarov couldn't believe it.

Makarov stood up again, looked at the calm water, and reckoned that the water in the bubble was at least enough to last the base for two months.Although Makarov was afraid in his heart, he was still unwilling.He leaned out cautiously again and looked under the bubble.There was another round of dizziness, and he couldn't bear it anymore, and once again sat down on the reeds on the bank.He began to believe the words of the old herdsman.

After resting for a while, Makarov recovered.He didn't dare to look at the water bubble again, for fear that the monster would suddenly emerge from the water and drag him into the quagmire.

"Is...is there no other water source here?" Makarov asked again after a long time.

Buldenko looked in front of Shuipaozi for a long time, then shook his head, "I haven't been there before, because that's the border. So far, I've only found such a Shuipaozi within a radius of tens of kilometers. .Maybe there will be more in the future, but for us, it is meaningless.”

"Yes! It's pointless." Makarov muttered, and Buldenko returned to the car.When the car started, Makarov looked back at the small sand dune in disappointment, but he could no longer see the man-eating water bubble.

(End of this chapter)