Chapter 463: Wreckage (2)
Kasia flipped the shell over and examined it several times, carefully avoiding the gunpowder that had shaken out, and even wrapped the cement powder in snow. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info Although I know in my heart that there will be no accidents, a few people around me are always not very reassured.
"It's just a shell that has been buried for a long time. The two captains were a little disappointed, thinking they had found something useful, "Everyone continue to look around, the snow may have buried everything." Especially on these ancient trees, take a closer look to see if there are any traces of similar craters. ”
After hearing this, the other soldiers continued to spread out in the surrounding area, further expanding the scope of the search.
"It looks like we're the first team to get here. One of the captains looked around and said with certainty.
"That's how it should be. The other captain chimed in, and there were really no obvious clues around, except for the endless snow, only the ancient trees that stood tall.
Kasia stood beside them and listened, but didn't respond a word. In the strange eyes of the two captains, he took out a strong flashlight from his backpack, roughly adjusted the power to medium, and the beam shot out, and the small snow on this side was illuminated a little in an instant. The woods are getting a little dark now.
"What's the matter, there's something wrong with that shell?" the two captains looked over as well. Under the lights, nothing seems to have changed. It's just a clumpy, slightly wet red rust, and its color is a little more vivid.
"There are no problems with the shells. Kasia replied, a flashlight striking at his feet, "It's just that there's something wrong with the dirt." ”
"Look at it, it's not exactly solid dirt. There's a big hollow space down there. "Kasia was a little unsure. The rusty shell had been pulled out of the dirt, creating a hole in the ground about the size of two adult waists. Now that Kasia turned on the flashlight, the light shone directly into the hole, not touching the bottom, and it seemed to be a little deep underneath.
"Only here is this?" said Kasia, shaking her flashlight slightly. Under the bright light, you can see another scene underground through the hole created by pulling out the shell.
In the dirt beneath the three of them, there was indeed a hollow area. Under the light, you can clearly see the dense roots of the tree hanging down, of varying thickness, as if a waterfall composed of tree roots has formed there. It's been a long time since I've seen sunlight, and the skin of the roots is yellowish.
A piece of tangled tree roots, Kassia they did not see mold, it was the presence of some fluorescent moss.
"The air below seems to be dry all the time. Kasia judged. Immediately, there were two more flashlights in the corner of his eyes, and the two captains seemed to be interested in the hollow area under their feet, and each took out their own bright flashlights to see what was underneath.
The pitch-black space is illuminated by three flashlights. Many, many tree roots, this is the most intuitive impression of the three of them. Inside the light, under their sharp gaze, something else was quickly discovered. It was an equally large number of copper pipes, and the first time Kasia saw them, she could see their effect by the color and the thickness of the walls.
"It's all lines for transporting steam, and it's all the classic design and standard model that the empire has continued to this day. Almost 100 years have passed, but until now, this classic design and standard, as well as the treatment of materials, still apply to all aspects of steam power. "Judging by how distorted they are by their roots, I think what remains below them is much older than the great trees that grow on them," explained the two captains. ”
The two captains' eyes widened at this point, and the beam of the flashlight slowly spread out along the roots of the tree. Little by little, they looked at the rest of the subterranean space.
But the hole formed by pulling out the cannonball did seem a little small at this time. It seems impossible to catch all the scenes in the dark space below without widening the hole.
Kasia asked the two captains to help him with his flashlight, and when he didn't have any useful tools around him, he used his own hands to wrench away the dirt piece by piece. In the cold weather, the soil almost froze into ice, losing its flexibility and becoming extremely brittle, which made it easier for Kasia to expand the holes.
But Kasia and the other two captains had overlooked something of great significance at this point, probably because they hadn't looked at anything else and had focused on the cavern of the underground.
They remember that they were the surgeons, but at this point they completely forgot about their weight. Kasia, in particular, was obese among the surgeons, and he weighed much more than the two captains.
When they started to pull away the hard dirt under their feet one by one, a crisp "click" suddenly sounded from under the feet of the three people. Kasia reacted immediately, he knew what was happening, the dirt under his feet should not be able to bear their weight, and it reached the critical point of collapse.
"Don't push too hard, or you'll only accelerate the collapse of the place. It was only when Kasia thought about this that she realized that she was thinking too much. The ground in a small area burst open with several huge cracks, and he only felt his body become lighter, and then he fell sharply downward.
Kasia immediately stretched out his arms and grabbed the ground on both sides of the ground that had not collapsed to prevent him from falling. But there was a chain reaction, and Kasia's palms were placed on the ground on either side, and the place was immediately covered with dense cracks, and then it was like glass, completely shattering into a shape.
His body fell inexorably to the height of most of an adult, and just as he was trying to figure out how deep he was below and how to land on the ground to reduce the damage, he felt his shoulders being gripped tightly by a broad palm.
It's two captains, and their reflexes are just as impressive. At that moment they reached out and grabbed Kasia, ready to pull him out of the gaping hole.
"You should lose weight. The two captains felt the incredible weight of Kasia as they pulled him up, and said, "Look at your thin body, but I didn't expect it to be so weighty that doesn't fit your shape." ”
Kasia smiled helplessly, his body had just undergone a major blood exchange, and his weight had lost a lot at this time. When he was in full condition, he weighed a little more than at this time.
"Thank you、、、" Before Kasia could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a few other crisp cracking sounds. The ground beneath the two captains was also full of cracks at this point. The three of them only had time to glance at each other, and with a thud and a crashing sound, the bodies of the three of them slammed down and fell.