Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 314 Siphon Tide

314 Chapter 314 Siphon Tide
Under the comfort of my brother, I gradually calmed down, and I started to feel dazed.

I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly, the little brother took one of my arms and swung it outward. I was suddenly startled. My eyes, which had been closed, immediately opened their eyelids, and my heart suddenly panicked.

Immediately afterwards, the little brother's arm hooked my waist like lightning, turned me to face him, hugged me and stood up.

This was so sudden that I was so nervous that I didn't know what to do. My hands instantly became cold. I was so shocked that I lay on my brother's chest motionless. Yun Cai stopped singing when he saw this.

As soon as the singing stopped, Wu Xie's state of mind was shaken. He quickly opened his eyes and saw Menyou Ping holding Xiaoxun in his arms and looking at the dark lake.

Several bored dogs lying on the side also raised their heads and looked in the same direction.

Wu Xie immediately noticed something was wrong, and turned to look at the fat man next to him. He found that Li Yue and Agui on the side had already felt something strange and were looking over there, but the fat man was not alert at all and was still closing his eyes to rest. , Wu Xie hurriedly patted him and said: "Fat guy, wake up, wake up, Fatty."

The fat man let out a long "Huh", looked at Wu Xie with misty eyes, then looked around, blinked a few times and woke up.

At the same time, I felt waves of cool wind blowing from the direction of the lake. If I listened carefully, I could see a strange "bah-bah-bah" sound coming from the lake.

In an instant, several well-trained hounds all stood up and stared in that direction warily. None of them barked, which was quite professional.

Wu Xie whispered softly: "What is this sound? It seems like there are several legs with very big soles walking towards the shore on the shallows of the lake." He and the fat man looked at each other, and the fat man said: " It can’t be a water monster.”

Wu Xie bared his teeth at him, and the fat man pointed to the flashlight on the side and asked Wu Xie to hand it to him, but Agui waved his hands to them and said, "Don't be nervous, sit down quietly first, it's okay, it seems The beast is licking the water.”

The fat man asked softly: "Beast? What kind of beast is it? Listen to this movement, this head is quite big."

Agui picked up the shotgun and said to them: "Stay here and don't move. I'll go over and take a look." As he said that, he touched the darkness with his bare feet, and the clouds immediately followed Agui.

The fat man looked like he couldn't hold himself back. He squeezed out a little mosquito sound from between his teeth and said, "It's time to hunt." He winked at Wu Xie and Li Yue. Wu Xie also wanted to take a look. After looking at Li Yue, Li Yue whispered: "Just go." After saying that, he put down the work at hand and stood up. After a few meters apart, the three of them secretly followed Agui to the lake.

The little brother hugged me tightly and pressed against him. I couldn’t see what was happening in the lake behind, so I listened to the sound carefully and whispered to the little brother: “Is this the sound of water lapping or something? ?”

As soon as I finished speaking, I heard the footsteps of Wu Xie and others walking slowly and gently.

Soon they arrived next to us. Liyue stood next to me and my brother. She tilted her head and looked at me who was a little confused in my brother's arms. I also looked at her and she smiled slightly and touched mine. The little head looked towards the lake.

Wu Xie found that we could vaguely see some of the lake surface from our position, so they began to look for the imaginary beast, but found nothing. They felt that the beast might just drink water and make a lot of noise, and it seemed not big.

They raised their flashlights and scanned the lake surface, searching for the sound. They still didn't see anything, but they found something else. Wu Xie said: "Listen carefully, the sound seems to come from all directions, and there is a rhythm. I don't think it's like that." It comes from animals.”

The fat man said "Yes" and said, "That was not made by a wild beast. What was that sound?"

The younger brother said calmly: "The sound of tide."

Wu Xie and the others looked at each other, feeling a little unbelievable, and followed Wu Xie and said, "Will such a small lake have tides?" He also looked up at the moon and said, "The moon doesn't seem to be particularly big, and you can't see it clearly. "

The little brother loosened his arm, held my arm and hugged me and turned to the lake. Agui also put down his gun. We all walked towards the lake. We walked near the waterline and took a look. Sure enough, the lake was moving rhythmically. It is undulating, and the sound feels like waves hitting the beach. The amplitude is not large. The water is hitting the rocks, making a sound like a beast licking the water.

I looked at the stone beach under my feet, which was all wet, and said, "The water level has dropped, and it has dropped a lot."

Wu Xie also looked back and forth and said, "We started from the wet line and walked to the water's edge, at least a dozen steps. In other words, while we were bragging and farting and the clouds were singing, the water level of the lake was constantly rising. has declined, and the decline has been dramatic.

The fat man put his hands on his hands and looked at it and said, "What's going on? Is the bottom of the lake leaking?"

Wu Xie said to him: "This is a geographical phenomenon. This is probably the siphon effect."

The fat man didn't understand very well and said: "What is siphon? Siphon Erguotou?"

Wu Xie smiled and began to explain to him: "This lake does seem to be connected to the underground river. There is probably a larger lake nearby that is connected to it. Under the influence of tides or air pressure, the lake here is connected. For example, small lakes and large lakes are both magnets, and assuming that the siphon effect is caused by the moon's gravity, then the moon is also a big magnet. The big lake must have a greater attraction, so a pressure difference will occur between the big and small lakes, and the water in the small lake will be If it is pumped into the big lake, the water level in the small lake will be lowered." He looked up at the sky and suddenly realized something.

I said softly: "That means that no matter what is on the shore, it will be sucked into the lake."

Wu Xie said "yes" and said, "Yes, no wonder we can't find any traces."

The fat man said "hehe": "This lake is just a giant toilet." Wu Xie said: "If there is a siphon effect here, and there is a siphon tide every night, then the corpses of that year may be sucked to the center of the lake by the siphon tide. Go, it's really the same principle as a flush toilet.

And everything in the lake will be pumped to the center of the lake. No wonder there are only stones on the edge of the lake.

The bottom of this lake has a large drop and is very steep. As long as you slide down, you will not be pushed back when the tide rises. If there is something on the shore and it is not held down by stones, it will definitely stay in the deepest part of the center of the lake. "

I pinched my brother and whispered: "This situation means that there is something strange at the bottom of the lake. It is very deep. It is similar to the situation at the Queen Mother's house before. It rained heavily and the accumulated water kept leaking underground. The lake will be so low that it will It won’t be just a certain entrance or something.”

The little brother seemed to think about something, and he looked at the lake quietly without saying anything for a long time, but my feeling is that it seems that he has to go into the water, but since the lake water can absorb everything that has been in it for decades, , then it must be unfathomable down there. I brought the equipment from Qilin City, so there will definitely be no problem entering the water this time. But, how do I make them not suspicious...

Wu Xie suddenly felt a little frustrated at this moment, because he thought that he didn't know how deep the lake was, and we didn't bring scuba. If the lake was too deep, then we could say that we had failed this time.

But when he thought about it again, he immediately became excited. In fact, if you dive with bare hands, you can dive to a depth of more than 100 meters. Although we don't have that kind of professional skills, it shouldn't be a big problem to dive to 30 to [-] meters.If the lake is not too deep, we can still go into the water to look for it, but we need people with good water skills.

It’s not easy to come here once. No matter what, everyone has to give it a try. If you swim to the middle of the lake, it won’t be difficult at all.

After Wu Xie thought about it, he asked us: "How long can you hold your breath?"

The fat man said: "I have big lungs and can hold my breath for 5 minutes."

Wu Xie immediately said: "Impossible, you are so big, the pressure you will experience when diving underwater is much greater than us. Generally, people who can hold it for 3 minutes are already gods. Don't try to show off, this thing It’s no joke.”

I said to Wu Xie, "I can guarantee you that Sister Liyue here is the best water-resistant one. She can hold it for at least seven or eight minutes." After saying that, I winked at him, which was quite sincere.

Wu Xie said "Ah" and said, "Seven or eight minutes?"

The fat man said, "Girl, I know your family is full of talented people, but you're not joking."

I smiled and said to him: "Of course I'm not kidding, she is quite professional in diving." I said to myself, it's not a problem for her to stay in the water all the time, but it can't be too exaggerated, right? It is said that human beings have received professional training Trained athletes and divers can usually hold their breath for about seven or eight minutes. I heard that the current record for human beings holding their breath underwater is about 8 minutes. Liyue is a water unicorn. I said seven or eight minutes is fine. Mainly Still need to highlight her professionalism?

Wu Xie was actually a little surprised when he heard this. Although he knew that all my brothers and sisters were masters, he didn't know Liyue very well. He thought that since Xiaoxun said so and Liyue didn't deny it, it should be true. He nodded, then thought for a while and said: "Then Fatty, Menyou Ping and I are all a bit watery, uh...Xiao Xun, just..."

I immediately said: "Oh, I can do it too, I..." Before I could say anything, the little brother held up half of my face and gently twisted it into his arms, pressing it with his thumb. On my lips, I frowned slightly and looked up at him, thinking in my heart, this time it really works...

The little brother pressed his thumb against my mouth and touched my face with the other four fingers. I guessed that he meant that he would not let me go into the water unless it was absolutely necessary.

The fat man chuckled and said, "Girl, with your watery nature, you have already provided a goddess to find her with us. Just stay on the shore."

My head was still controlled by the little brother, and my mouth was pressed by him, so I could only glance sideways at the fat man.

The fat man chuckled and said, "Why are you still glaring at me? You're not convinced. Look at your brother, he won't even let you go into the water. Just stay there."

Agui said: "I don't know how to dive. I can only swim. I can help you on the shore."

Yun Cai said: "I am very good at swimming, but I don't have a swimsuit, but I can help if necessary."

Wu Xiexin said, we can't let Yuncai help with diving while wearing a small vest. If that were the case, the fat man might not be in the mood to do anything.He said: "Okay, then you can all help on the shore. The few of us in the water are enough."

The fat man said: "There is a very important problem now. We are diving, but we don't have flippers. The dive is very slow. We may run out of air before reaching the bottom. We need to test the water in a shallow place first when we go down."

Wu Xie nodded and said, "Well, we are diving with bare hands this time, and we don't have any relevant equipment or protective measures.

The most important thing about deep water diving is people's psychological quality.In deep water, the surroundings are pitch black, as if you are in a void. At this time, people will panic unconsciously.Under water, you can't calm down when you panic, and things can easily happen.When you have scuba, your oxygen consumption will also increase significantly. Without scuba, you may directly suffocate psychologically.

There are certain dangers in going into the water, so you must be prepared. Someone told me before that free deep diving divers will do yoga meditation training, and it should be enough to find some substitutes for the equipment. "

The fat man said: "We only need to use stones to accelerate our descent when diving. The lake here may have been very deep before, but the water level cannot have dropped more than 100 meters over the years. I think 50 meters is the limit. Of course, before diving We have to explore it first.”

After that, they began to discuss some details. Wu Xie and the others were very excited. The younger brother would occasionally say a few technical words, and they were ready to start taking action the next day.

(End of this chapter)