Chapter 5: Snowy

Style: Science Author: Wen Geng JunchiWords: 1854Update Time: 24/01/12 03:57:34
What are these potholes used for? There are some thin layers of ice covering them.

Whether it is used for storage. What is it used to store?

Many polar regions preserve food in caves in the snow or in caches in the ice. Features a large freezer to strategically store large amounts of food for emergency use. Some organizations store seeds at minus 18 degrees Celsius to prepare for the extinction of plant species. Preserved seeds are more often of agricultural crops or rare species.

Freezing can only slow down the spoilage process of food and stop the growth of microorganisms, but it cannot kill them. Because freezing only slows down enzyme reactions, food manufacturers bleach foods or add chemicals to stop enzyme reactions before freezing.

I didn't see any food in these potholes or nearby.

Why are there so many potholes? Are they stored separately?

So what exactly can be preserved in extremely low temperature environments? It might be food, or some special materials.

Is it an underground experiment?

Xiang Yu said: "Is it to study the durability of the device in cold climates?"

He Xin said: "Maybe the temperature was too high after the device was started. I was afraid it would burn out, so I put it in a natural space to cool down."

Why are there blocks of earth separating the different potholes? Maybe it's insulation.

Look at the ice layer above, it is relatively thin. This really seems like a trap. Is it used to catch ice monkeys?

Xiang Yu said: "What do you think these clods of soil are used for?"

Shunpin said: "I think they are catching ice apes. Ice apes will fall when they step on the ice, so surround them with these blocks of earth. If the holes are connected together, the ice will collapse. Now separate them , destroying one layer of ice at a time."

Xiang Yu said: "Look, there are some holes here."

He Xin said: "What is this for?"

Xiang Yu said: "This hole is used to observe this place."

They climbed through the holes in the wall.

After passing a few more holes, there is a slope in front of which you can climb.

They climbed the dirt slope, with thin ice in front and behind.

Xiang Yu said: "This is still troublesome."

He Xing said: "According to the position of the mark, the machine should still be in front."

Instantaneous said: "What kind of animal do you think that is?"

There is a white and vigorous figure walking on the ice. Maybe it is very light and the ice has not collapsed. It turned to look. It seems that such an animal has never been seen before. Not a rabbit, not a fox. Rather, it looks a bit like a lion. But smaller than a lion.

Xiang Yu said: "This is Xue Ni. It has a light body and nimble movements."

Shunpin said: "No wonder it had to fall."

Xiang Yu said: "It is a carnivore. But it will not attack humans."

Shunpin said: "Then give it some food. See if it can do us a favor?"

He opened the can of meat and threw a piece of food over.

It slowly walked over, smelled the food, and then picked it up.

He Xin took out the electromagnetic device and let it smell.

He Xin said: "Have you seen this thing?"

It looked at him, turned around, and walked away slowly.

Instantaneous said: "Are you just leaving? Does it know what you are talking about?"

Xiang Yu said: "It should know. It is very smart."

Instantaneous said: "But even if it knows, can it find another electromagnetic device?"

He Xin said: "Not necessarily. Let's look around here again."

They walked carefully along the edge of the earthen wall.

He Xin said: "This is really like walking on a single-plank bridge."

Xiang Yu said: "Yeah, be careful, don't step on the thin ice next to you. If you fall, no one can pull you up."

He Xin said: "Didn't you bring a rope?"

Xiang Yu said: "I'm afraid that when I pull the rope, I will pull down the person on top as well."

He Xin said: "This doesn't look good. From a distance, it's all white."

Shunpin said: "It may be due to the high temperature below. Where there is thin ice, the snow is not thick. Where there is no thin ice, the snow is thick."

He Xin said: "Then walk along the place with thick snow."

Reached the edge of the clearing. Several people jumped near the tree trunk. Walking forward again, I saw Xue Yang standing there. In front is a cave with a door below. Several people walked down the slope to the door, which had no switch.

Instantaneous said: "Look around. At least there is a sound switch, a password switch or something."

They looked around and saw a suspension bridge on the ground. I don’t know where this suspension bridge came from.

There is a hillside next to which you can go up.

After going up, you can see a pavilion in the front, a glass craft on the table in the middle, and a large plum blossom pattern in the back.

"Why is there no road here?"

There may have been a suspension bridge, but the suspension bridge collapsed due to the weight of the snow.

Shunpin said: "It turns out that you can reach the pavilion opposite. There are no other buildings nearby. I guess there is a switch in the pavilion."

Xiang Yu said, "Can we send Xue Ni up to have a look?"

Xiang Yu went down and saw Xue Ni still at the door. Pointing to the pavilion above, he said, "Can you climb up and have a look? I don't know if there is any mechanism there."

Xue Yang looked at the pavilion above and the road next to it. First climb a cedar tree, follow the tree to the top of the tree, then lie down on the hillside to reach the pavilion. It sniffed everywhere and finally pointed at the plum blossom pattern on the wall.

He Xin said: "Can you see what's in the plum blossom pattern?"

Instantaneous said: "It pointed there, there must be some electromagnetic matter."

He Xing said: "There are some glass fragments on several edges of the plum blossom."

"What's that glass artifact in the middle?"

Instantaneous said: "I don't know, I'll use a mercury lamp to shine it over and have a look."

The mercury lamp is turned on and irradiated. The glass craft is a multiple prism. After the light is refracted, it irradiates the inside of the glass at the edge of the plum blossom pattern. There may be a photoelectric switch at the back.

Xiang Yu said: "The door below is open!" Xiang Yu said from below.

He Xing said: "It seems that this place is indeed where the switch is placed."