Chapter 4: Ice Ape

Style: Science Author: Wen Geng JunchiWords: 2422Update Time: 24/01/12 03:57:34
He Xin, Xiang Yu, and Shunpin went to the woods in the north together.

He Xin said: "Tang Jian was injured and resting at home. We helped him search. We can find the things marked by Tang Jian there."

Instantaneous said: "Why put something so far away?"

Xiang Yu said: "An electromagnetic device was detected."

He Xin said: "I didn't know what danger I encountered, and I fell."

Xiang Yu said: "Then if we come here now, wouldn't it be dangerous?"

"We brought heaters, heated the area around the device, removed the snow, and took the device back," Instant Video said.

You can see some sparse trees ahead, and a little further along, you will find red pine, larch, fir and other trees in abundance.

Fir, an evergreen tree with a straight trunk and whorled branches. The bark is gray or dark gray, split into irregular thin slices and fixed to the trunk. The inner bark is light red; the large branches extend diagonally upward, and the annual branches are light brown yellow, light gray yellow or light brown. There are sparse holes in the grooves between the leaf pillows. The branches are short-haired, and the second- and third-year-old branches are light brown-grey; the winter buds are spherical or oval, with resin. The cones are ovate and cylindrical, with a slightly wider base, a rounded and slightly concave top, short stems, and dark black when ripe.

Stepping on the snow made a crunching sound. It was quiet. But a huge figure appeared far ahead.

A huge white figure passed in front, taller than the pines and cypresses in the snow. As it passed the trees, the snow from the tops of the trees fell from the impact. He Xin and others did not dare to make a sound and hid behind the tree at first. The giant slowly approached. They had no choice but to lie down in the snow, with the snow sticking to their faces and the freezing cold.

Instantaneous said: "What is this? Have you encountered a monster?"

Xiang Yu said: "Maybe it's an ice ape."

Instantaneous said: "What, you have heard of it."

Xiang Yu said: "Tang Jian talked about it last time when he came here."

He Xin said: "This guy must be 4 meters tall."

Xiang Yu said: "It is estimated to be 2 stories high. A giant ice beast."

He Xin said: "Tang Jian lay in the snow pit to avoid this giant beast and suffered frostbite."

Shunpin said: "Then we will have the same experience here?"

He Xing said: "We are different. I know its weaknesses."

"Get some big light bulbs, mercury lamps, like a few torches."

"That's what Tang Jian said. It's just that his flashlight ran out of power in the end."

High-pressure mercury vapor lamps are gas discharge lamps. The working principle of gas discharge lamps is based on the collision between electrons, atoms, and ions in the discharge tube. The generation of lamp current depends on the ionization of atoms caused by electron collisions. The excitation of atoms or molecules leads to radiation of characteristic line spectra or bands. The radiation of continuous spectrum is mainly due to the recombination of electrons and ions. The main radiation spectral lines of mercury are in the ultraviolet, blue, green, and yellow light regions.

High-pressure mercury vapor lamps have high luminous efficiency, more ultraviolet light and less red light. The tube wall is coated with fluorescent material to produce white light, which can be used for lighting squares and streets.

Instantaneous said: "Don't you just take the torch?"

He Xin said: "It is not safe to hold a torch in the forest. I brought a mercury lamp."

Instantaneous said: "Then you have brought enough things. Mercury lamp, heater. What else?"

He Xin said: "Rope baskets and the like."

Xiang Yu said: "Let's see if the Ice Monkey comes by."

He Xin said: "It's been a while."

Xiang Yu said: "Then keep moving forward, it won't come back again."

Instantly, it looked like there was snow in front of me, but I missed the step and fell down.

"I saw snow in front of me. How does it look like a trap?"

Xiang Yu said: "Who dug this?"

He Xing said: "Maybe it's a thin layer of ice. Condensed ice. It doesn't have to melt, and other moisture doesn't have to continue to freeze on top."

Wearing gloves, they picked up the ice and spliced ​​it together. They kept it in their hands for a long time without melting. When splicing, just like building blocks, several pieces of ice can be put together. The ice cube and the water next to it were left for a period of time, but they did not continue to grow. Condensed ice does not merge with other ice formed by water.

"Try to see if you can melt it with a heater," Hessing said.

He just turned on the heater. Ice Monkey suddenly turned around and looked here, with dark brown eyes exposed in the middle of his long white hair. I stretched out my hand and felt it, maybe sensing the temperature. Then he ran over quickly.

Instantaneous said: "It was the heater that attracted it. It's better to run away quickly."

Xiang Yu said: "Maybe I can't outrun it."

He took out a mercury lamp and shined it on it. The Ice Monkey raised his palm and jumped up with a roar.

The ice monkey wanted to rush over, but the mercury lamp shone back and forth. It looked at the light beam in horror, growled a few more times, then turned around and ran away.

There was still a snowfield ahead, with no trees nearby.

Xiang Yu said: "Wait a minute, is there a lake below here? There are no other trees in this area."

Shunpin said: "If it were solid ice, it would be like many traps."

Pick up a few rocks to explore the path. A small stone was thrown up and fell on the snow, but nothing happened.

Throw another big stone, and it will fall in all of a sudden and make a "passing" sound. There may still be many holes underneath.

Hearing the creaking sound behind him, Xiang Yu looked back and saw the ice monkey running towards him again.

Shunpin said: "What should I do? Take out the mercury lamp and illuminate it again?"

He Xin said: "Let's run first, turn in a circle, and then turn when we reach the open space in front."

Instantaneous said: "Okay, let's run along the edge of this open space first."

They quickly started running, but once they stepped on it and pulled it out again, they couldn't increase their speed.

We had to stay close to the roots of these big trees to avoid sinking easily. Broken snowflakes flew up.

The Ice Monkey followed closely behind, running over on hands and feet, splashing large piles of snowflakes, hitting the branches, and the snowflakes flew in all directions.

They ran towards the clearing again. They originally wanted to turn suddenly, but they were too late. The ice monkey was behind them, so they had to rush forward.

Ice Monkey stretched out his hand, but had not yet touched them. The ice beneath their feet shattered and fell together.

The snowflakes nearby also fell, falling to the bottom of the pit.

The ice ape also fell down and stood up.

They thought the ice monkey would attack again, but the ice monkey did not pounce again. It pointed around, shook its hand, and then pointed upward, making a whining sound.

Instantaneous said: "What is it going to do?"

He Xin said: "They didn't attack us either. Maybe they didn't have any ill intentions towards us."

Xiang Yu said: "I guess it means we can't get up."

Instantaneous said: "As long as there is no malice. Let's think of a solution."

Looking around, it was a pit, measuring more than ten square meters. The area of ​​​​the open space was very large, and there were probably many pits.

He Xing said: "Who would make such a trap?"

Shunpin said: "I guess it is used to capture this ice ape."

Xiang Yu said: "Maybe it's to stop others."

He Xin said: "How do we get up there?"

Instantaneous said: "Is it useful to use a heater? Build a ramp to go up."

He Xin said: "That means using a shovel."

Xiang Yu said: "What do you see Bing Yuan doing?"

Ice Monkey stretched out his hand and pointed at his palm.

He Xin walked up cautiously.

Ice Ape lifted him out of the tunnel.

Then came the other two.

He Xin said: "Then what should you do?"

Shunbo said to Ice Monkey: "I'll go find some canes, and then you can come up."

They went to find a lot of canes nearby, connected them together, and tied one side to the trunk of the tree. Throw it into the hole.

The ice ape pulled the vine and climbed up.

Shunpin said: "What do you want to say to us when you come here?"

Xiang Yu said: "Do you mean there are many potholes here?"

Ice Monkey nodded and pointed in a distant direction.

Xiang Yu said, "What's in that place?"

Ice Monkey looked at them, growled in a low voice, and spoke in a language that he couldn't understand. After talking for a while, he turned and left.