I plant a field in the last days
Chapter 285 - The Lava River in the Rift Valley
Three days later, in the middle of the valley floor of the Rift Valley.
Lu Yuan, Hei Zi and several other new researchers wearing heavy radiation-protective clothing, walking in the rugged mountain road at the bottom of the valley.
The surrounding air is filled with heavy smoke and dust, in this place every deep breath will be countless smoke and dust into the mouth, nose and lungs, if a person lives here for a long time, then certainly will suffer from serious lung disease.
Here is not only heavier soot, and the temperature is also particularly high, Lu Yuan a few people walking here, is already sweating, but the heavy radiation suit, there is no breathable device, only a filter in front of the mouth and nose.
Lu Yuan suddenly stopped in his tracks and shouted at the people behind him, "Stop first, it seems a little wrong here, how do I feel that it is getting hotter and hotter here, how many degrees is it now?"
A person walking not far behind Lu Yuan, hurriedly took out a portable temperature measuring instrument from his pocket, and took some measurements around.
"My God, it's already 60 degrees here! No wonder it's getting hotter and hotter as we go, what the hell is this place?"
At this point, several team members immediately gathered around, looking at each other's hands on that thermometer shows the temperature is still soaring, has risen from sixty degrees to sixty-three degrees.
Seeing this, Lu Yuan could not help but is towards the surrounding survey, the air is filled with heavy smoke and dust, visible distance is less than a hundred meters.
Suddenly another member of the team reached out and pointed not far away and exclaimed: "Lu seems to have black smoke coming from the front!"
When the words came out, everyone's eyes gathered in the direction of the other finger, only to see about a hundred meters in the range, the sky is already dark clouds, a heavy black smoke rose from nowhere, is slowly surging towards the direction of the crowd.
"Damn, what the hell is this thing? Everyone pull back first, hide in a safe place, and wait for this thick smoke to pass!"
Lu Yuan gathered his things while leading the team to run towards the depression nearby.
The crowd hid in the narrow depression section of the head to look into the distance, only to see the thick black smoke, covering the sky, constantly spreading towards the nearby air, faster and faster, and soon flooded just a place where the crowd.
"Old Qin, go to test to see if this fog contains poison, but do not be that ghost thing, if it really is, we must quickly leave!" Lu Yuan watched the black fog little by little approaching the place where the people are suddenly some panic.
After all, this place is still dozens of kilometers away from their mining camp, although separated by such a long distance, has been the speed of this poisonous fog has been spreading, basically does not take much time.
The old Qin hiding behind Lu Yuan heard these words, immediately shivered with fear, hesitantly did not dare to lean forward, after all, the incident of poisonous fog injury has been widely circulated in the mine, but the only people who have seen it were the workers who worked in the camp.
The thought of Lu Yuan to let himself go to see these poisonous fog, old Qin heart is a hundred reluctance, heart some timid, simply do not dare to lean forward, seems to feel behind the old Qin half a day no action, Lu Yuan is not only frowning, so a hand will be behind the other backpack to take down.
"Forget it, you stay here well!" Lu Yuan said while opening the backpack and took out from it the kind of toxic mist detection equipment specially made by Chen Yan.
Seeing Lu Yuan directly away, old Qin immediately regretted, he is a newcomer, he came here for the high wages and three meals per day supply.
This first time with the leader went out on a mission even goose, it seems that the road to future promotion is estimated to be difficult enough, but reached out two hands want to go forward, but the fear in the heart is always unable to overcome, the hand raised and again put down.
Slowly approaching the direction of the spread of black fog, Lu Yuan rely on their invulnerable body, gently waved two times in the black fog, immediately detecting equipment in the small jars have been filled with black smoke.
Only when close to here, a blazing hot breath immediately accompanied by smoke, Lu Yuan only feel their own coat clothing has crackled, apparently some can not withstand the high temperature of the fog.
After taking away these do not know what the smoke, Lu Yuan again returned to the depression, the start of the equipment after some testing, only to see the toxicity detection equipment is still on the green light, it is clear that the content of this black fog also does not carry pathogenic toxins.
After seeing this result, all of them are sent a sigh of relief, but Lu Yuan still did not let the people put down their guard.
"Now is not the time to be careless, this black fog in which although it is said that there is no poison, but indeed there is also extremely high temperature, just when I passed, the radiation suit on my body has been burned somewhat deformed, black, you help me to see if there are burned places on my body!"
Blackie nodded, and then the goggles to take off, is in Lu Yuan's body began to carry out a number of checks, but the good thing is that although the black fog is said to be higher temperature, but has not reached the ability to burn the radiation suit.
So the people can only be hiding in the depression waiting for the spread of this smoke past, looking a little closer to the people of the black fog, Lu Yuan hurriedly let the people to hide, to prevent the high temperature of the black fog burns.
But let the people did not expect is, in this black fog is about to approach the crowd, suddenly the distant ground sand and gravel was immediately rolled up, a gale wrapped in black fog began to blow in the opposite direction, and soon the air in the black fog began to slowly backward.
Mountains of black fog, is slowly fading at a very fast speed to the direction of just come, soon the sky again revealed the original gray color, visible distance also began to slowly and gradually widen, soon Lu Yuan will be found in the thick fog dispersed behind the black fog as if by something baked with a faint red light.
"Lu Yuan, there seems to be something in front of you, looking red and whistling!" Blackie took the binoculars and opened his mouth and said.
"Well, I see it, I do not know what it is! It looks like this black fog to come from the place!"
Lu Yuan also hurriedly took out the binoculars he carried, looked into the distance, the scale observed on the scale, about two kilometers from the crowd a place, but also really appeared a piece of red light like a river.
Although the impurity content in the air is particularly high, Lu Yuan can not see is something far away, but in the far out of something but let Lu Yuan heart for a shock, because from his telescope to see a red, and just black fog among the wrapped over extremely high temperature, let Lu Yuan is not only thought of a possibility.
"I think there should be a magma over there, is there any underground volcanic mountains near here?"
Next to a few team members hurriedly took out some maps in their hands, these maps are after some geological personnel after a long time of detection to come.
Although the map and some of the surrounding landmarks are not very clear, but the general appearance can still be seen clearly, where there are volcanoes where there are huge craters and rift valley places are marked in detail.
Several team members around the map observed for a period of time, and then compared the previous terrain, finally on the map a marked the location of the volcano, found the problem.
"Mr. Lu, the nearest place to our side is about five kilometers, there should be a volcano, but the last time several other geologists tested to draw the map, that volcano is still in a state of rest, has been underground, and did not spread out!"
Lu Yuan took the map and began to observe, and indeed there is indeed a volcano in that place, except that the title is written on the state of the dead volcano, although it is not yet named, but also marked that is a just formed volcanic zone.
Only still in the state of the eruption, but this scene in front of Lu Yuan can not help but think of a small earthquake occurred some time ago, although the intensity of the earthquake is only about four, did not cause too much damage, but Lu Yuan associates, this may have a lot to do with the distant volcano.
"Now the fog also dispersed past, we slowly leaned over to see if there is any volcanic eruption, if there really is a volcano, then it means that there must be something geothermal in the vicinity, to be able to us power generation role!"
People were immediately ecstatic, so they hurriedly packed up their things, slowly running towards the location of the volcano, but because just black fog is dispersed, but the surrounding temperature is still extremely high.
The temperature measuring instrument carried with him showed a temperature of about sixty degrees, several people walking on the road, only to feel a burst of fire on the soles of the feet, several people wearing heavy radiation suits, is already hot out of a sweat.
"Damn, this little bit of water are almost finished by me, sweat out than urine are more, feel like being steamed buns at the moment!" Blackie some can't carry, immediately the zipper of the trouser leg to pull open.
All of a sudden, a heavy sweat from the other side of the trouser leg flowed out, mixed with the body among the black ash sweat flowed out dripping on the ground immediately evaporated by high temperature, giving off a lot of white smoke.
"Everyone hold on, let's see, find the place we hurry back, the temperature here is too high!" Lu Yuan, although said to be invulnerable to all poisons, but for this kind of high temperature is still a little resistant, he accelerated his pace as much as possible, in order to prevent his body from sweating too much resulting in dehydration.
Just about two hundred meters away from the edge of the black fog is, the crowd only feel the ground beneath their feet has a kind of soft feeling.
When Blackie raised his feet again, the rubber-soled soles had been melted a bit, scaring him into hurriedly raising the tops of his feet.
"Fuck! The soles of the shoes are burning!"
Lu Yuan hurriedly raised his hand and shouted, "Stop, everyone return according to the original path, I go to the front to see the situation!"
Said Lu Yuan to go, at this time, standing not far away from the old Qin is a fast walk over and shouted: "Lu, I go with you a piece, I used ...... to be a thermal station inspector, more familiar with this geothermal energy!"
Lu Yuan looked back at the old Qin who followed him over and was full of smiles: "Good! Be careful! Do not fall, or you may not be able to get up!"
Old Qin nodded: "Don't worry Mr. Lu, I won't let you down this time!"
Then old Qin then took out the metal detector from his pocket and probed down to the ground, when the metal detector probe was in contact with the ground, it was instantly burned red, the temperature on the electronic display continued to soar, and soon came to more than three hundred degrees.
"Can't go further, the temperature here is too high, if we walk past it again, our shoes will be burned!" Lu Yuan wrinkled his brow and said.
Old Qin but thought for a moment and said: "Lu, I'll go forward again, the line of sight here is still not very good, should be close to the lava! A little further ahead should be able to see the situation in the distance!"
Said old Qin directly a quick step toward the front, Lu Yuan tried to stop the other side, but did not react, can only be watching the other side walk past.
After a short time, the old Qin a foot deep a foot shallow walk back, each step is to spend a great deal of physical strength.
Lu Yuan hurried to meet a hand to support the old Qin, looked down at each other's shoes, the soles have been completely melted, but the good thing is that the special shoes of the sole there is a piece of heat insulation pad blocked not burned.
So the two trotted all the way out of the lava river, back to the crowd, Lu Yuan hurriedly let old Qin sit on a stone to take off his shoes.
When the shoes off a moment, immediately there is blood dripping, old Qin's face with a painful expression but still firm.
"It's okay, Mr. Lu, just a little bit of injury, just go back and bandage it up!"
Seeing old Qin's strong face, Lu Yuan can only be a sigh: "A few of you hold old Qin, let's go back to the camp!"
Several people slowly from the retreat, trying to get around the nearby want to bypass the lava lake, but the entire road in the rift valley has no retreat, where there is only a narrow rift valley, want to pass, basically only from here through.
Old Qin limped along with the support of several people and said, "Lu, there should be an underground river here, I just used a probe to detect the humidity of the air, although the temperature there is very high, but the humidity is also particularly large, there should be an underground river here!"
Old Qin's words immediately let all the people came to the spirit, because the inner city and the outer city jointly launched a water and electricity cut-off action against them, even Lu Yuan searched for too many relations can not find extra water, the entire team among the water source is looking at an emergency, Lu Yuan knows that the water problem is not solved, then it may really be a human life.