OBS Chapter 160 Back to World 1: Cave
Chapter 160 Back to World 1: Cave
Xiao Minji took the fish out of the fish tank, took a towel and wiped the water off her tail while saying, "Don't worry, Ying Zhen and I have been arranging people to monitor Lu Qingshi."
"Okay." Although Chao Zhuyi felt a little disappointed, she still nodded. She could understand that it was not easy to find that mysterious man after all.
Xiao Minji carefully helped Chao Zhuyi to tidy up her hair. He first combed Chao Zhuyi's hair carefully and then gently put it into the wind hood. Then, he carefully put the wind hood on Chao Zhuyi's head. In less than a second, Chao Zhuyi's originally wet hair was dry. Xiao Minji took off the hood and combed her hair again.
Lying on the bed with Xiaoyu in his arms, Xiao Minji lowered his head and kissed her forehead, saying gently, "Tomorrow I need to go to the battlefield outside the district with the commander of another district."
Chao Zhuyi was so sleepy that she squinted her eyes. She yawned, rubbed her eyes, and asked, "How long will it take?"
"Half a month." Xiao Minji replied.
In addition to the 26 zones, there are many more unknown areas in the LETTER interstellar space. In such a vast universe, their exploration is endless. This time, they went outside the zone to rescue several trapped astronauts.
"Then take good care of yourself and be careful of Chi Guiyuan." Chao Zhuyi warned.
"Okay. You should also stay with Yin Zui and your teammates," Xiao Minji said gently. Yin Zui was the most reassuring, and as for the other three teammates, they also had the approval of the old executive officer and Marshal Yin, so he was confident in letting Chao Zhuyi stay with them.
"I understand." After saying this, Chao Zhuyi closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Xiao Minji hugged her tighter and had a good night's sleep.
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The first mission of the "Zui Bu Le Yi" team is to follow paleontologists to excavate the latest discovered mermaid remains, which was reported by Star Network not long ago.
The paleontologist is one of the experts at the Yichuan Institute of Biology, Professor Zhao Dongyang, whose name comes from his hometown Dongyang City, which is located in the eastern part of Zone C, on the coast of the Dongyang Sea.
Dongyang is another name for the ocean. Professor Zhao has been fascinated by the legendary mysterious and beautiful ocean since he was a child. After going to school, he specialized in professional knowledge related to ancient oceans and devoted himself to the restoration and protection of the marine ecological environment.
In the early days of LETTER interstellar technology, the world had just experienced a cruel baptism. Ocean pollution was particularly serious. The entire interstellar space was trying every means to research new technologies, ignoring nature, and environmental protection could not keep up with the pace of technological development.
Amidst the Cold War, hot wars, and threats from interstellar beasts, the interstellar people had no time to care about nature. Until nature got angry and all kinds of natural disasters came one after another, only then did the interstellar people realize their mistakes and began to protect nature.
But the damage has been done. The ocean, land, and air have not been spared. Now people have to carry oxygen bags when they go out, and they need to breathe oxygen every two hours at most. The price of oxygen is also extremely expensive, as sky-high as water.
On the back of a high mountain on the coast of the East China Sea, a team of five and Professor Zhao's assistant Xiao Zhou stood fully armed at the entrance of a cave. The ground and walls of the cave had been covered with concrete, and there was not a single flower or plant around, it was bare.
Xiao Zhou and the other five explained, "Originally, the experts intended to preserve the original ecology, but the soil became so loose that the cave entrance collapsed in an instant. Construction workers had to be dispatched to open up the cave. The task was so difficult that we lost three teams of construction robots and ten construction workers."
Xiao Zhou's expression was calm from beginning to end. Those losses and sacrifices were normal things for them. Nowadays, thousands of interstellar people die every day. In the current LETTER interstellar life, everyone knows that they can die at any time. Maybe they didn't buy water and oxygen today and died of thirst or suffocation, or they accidentally inhaled a cloud of mist and died of poisoning.
Chao Zhuyi looked at the concrete floor beneath his feet and asked in a low voice, "Are the mermaid's remains underground?"
Xiao Zhou looked at her strangely and said, "Yes." Didn't the task manual have an introduction? On second thought, he thought maybe these students didn't read the instructions, so he would just explain it again.
"The concrete work at our cave entrance only reaches three meters underground because the soil below is strong enough and to protect the original ruins underground. The mermaid remains are sealed in a crystal coffin, and the researchers dare not open it rashly."
Xiao Zhou walked ahead, explaining as he led the way. When they reached three meters underground, he pointed to the surrounding stone walls and explained to the five people, "From here, we can see that the walls under the cave are all made of stone. Archaeologists have studied them and found that these stone walls were built in ancient times."
Xiao Zhou stroked the stone wall with his hand, then pointed his finger at the crack in the stone and said softly, "Look carefully, there is no cement in the crack of the stone." Everyone came forward to check, and it was just as Xiao Zhou said.
Xiao Zhou continued to explain: "Rather than saying this is an underground cave, it's more like the tomb of the mermaid's remains." After that, he led a few people into the elevator and pressed the button leading to the lowest underground level.
"This cave has a total of fifty-one floors, and each floor has unique characteristics of the era. And we only recently excavated the remains of ancient mermaids." Xiao Zhou's tone was full of mystery and pride.
Qi Yi turned his smart bracelet to replace the oxygen, then asked sincerely, "If you keep digging like this, aren't you afraid of digging through the Letter Interstellar System? Also, is this hole really safe?"
They had already dug 51 stories underground, and Qi Yi was truly afraid they would be trapped there, with no one able to rescue them. After all, even the most advanced rescue technology in Area A could only reach the fifth floor.
Xiao Zhou looked at him with a strange smile on his face, "I've been through the eighteen levels of hell, do you think it's safe?"
Qi Yi was standing next to the elevator buttons. He looked at the bold red number on the screen, which had just stopped at 18. Coupled with Xiao Zhou's strange look and laughter, he instantly got goosebumps. Qi Yi suddenly jumped behind his brother Qi Le and buried his head in his shoulder.
Xiao Zhou continued with a sly smile and said, "Yeah, the Black and White Impermanence are at work."
The elevator stopped at the eighteenth floor underground. Someone was about to come in. Except for Qi Yi who didn't dare to look up, the other four people saw two people dressed as the Black and White Impermanence with pale faces and resentment floating in.
Qi Yi raised her head and took a quick glance, then screamed instantly and hugged her brother's neck tightly. Qi Le was suddenly choked, and with a grim face, he slapped the arm around his neck.
“Ahem…let…let go!”
"Bai Wuchang" hung his face and glanced at the two brothers listlessly.
Yin Zui looked at the black circles under the Black and White Impermanence's eyes curiously, "Are these two staff members?"
"That's right." Xiao Zhou stopped laughing and kicked each of the "Black and White Impermanence" on the buttocks. "I told you to wear work clothes during work hours. Look how scared the kids are."
"Black Impermanence" rubbed his butt, turned around and glared at Xiao Zhou, "What do you care about me? The freedom of clothing is my right. Besides, this outfit suits us very well."
"Bai Wuchang" also nodded in agreement, "That's right, eighteen floors underground, pale and weak, full of resentment, full of buffs, the chosen cosplayer."
"You don't even have one tenth of the work I do, so why are you so resentful?" Workaholic Xiao Zhou rolled his eyes at the two of them.
"What do you, a workaholic, know about the resentment of office workers?"
Two office workers and a workaholic started arguing, and if the elevator hadn't been running, they would have started a fight.
The team members stood aside and looked at each other. Even Qi Yi forgot his fear and stood beside his brother, staring at the three people quarreling with wide eyes.