Big Islander 2

Chapter 595
Tang Jide and Xiao Xiami followed the pheasant and descended into the canyon. With their current abilities, they didn't need to climb rocks at all, and fell directly and slowly.After a few tens of meters, it was quite dark below, and then I heard the sound of rushing water, which was also mixed with the screams of pheasants: "Help, help—"

There is really water here——Tang Jide hastily threw out his rattan whip and fished out the pheasant a few meters away. It has now become a soaked chicken.It turned out that when it fell just now, it was so dark that it was hard to see clearly, and the pheasant was a little impatient, so it plunged directly into the water.

"What a surprise, if you are one step later, I will definitely be swallowed by the dragon—where is the big star, why didn't you hear its movement?" Pheasant asked while shaking its feathers.

Tang Jide didn't have time to chat with it, he directly stuffed the pheasant into the pitcher, and then jumped into the pool below.When he thought about it, according to the nature of the big star's water, it would definitely not be flooded. He was afraid that he would be knocked and knocked and fainted during the fall, which would be troublesome.

The size of the underground pool is not small, almost as big as a football field, and the pool water is very cool.I just experienced the scorching heat of the desert. If I take a bath here, I will definitely be so comfortable.

But now the first task is to search for the big star, so Tang Jide and Xiao Xiami touched around the surface of the water, but they still couldn't find the shadow of the big star, so they started to dive to look for it.

The water in the lake is much deeper than expected, and I have dived about 90 to [-] meters, but I still haven't reached the bottom.Tang Jide also searched more and more uncertain: If Da Xing really fell and fainted, I'm afraid this time it will be really dangerous.

In the process of diving, he finally saw that the "golden dragon" that Xiao Xiami called was actually a golden catfish with a completely degraded vision, and it could perceive the outside world only by the tentacles in front of its mouth.

Except for the golden catfish, no other creatures were found in the cave, so there was no need to worry about the danger of Daxing being eaten.As for the food of these golden catfish, there is no other source than the food dropped from the canyon.Because this is an underground river, the water is not natural precipitation, but fossil water that has existed for hundreds of millions of years, and there is not even plankton.

After diving for more than 100 meters, it was still bottomless, but Xiao Xiami raised his thumbs and gestured twice to signal Uncle Datou to return to the surface.Because she had a brief communication with the golden catfish just now, and learned that they did not have any newly discovered food, which also indirectly proved that Da Xing should not have fallen into this underground river.

After they reappeared on the surface of the water, Tang Jide called out to the big star a few times, and then heard the sound of clattering from above, and then with a bang, the big star fell from the sky and fell into the lake, splashing water everywhere.

Needless to say, it must be that when Daxing was falling, he stretched out his hand flexibly and grabbed the trees growing on the cliff.

Now that it's down, and it's still a big lake, we simply take a cold bath in it.Of course, before taking a bath, you should have a full meal first, so as not to drink the bath water for a while.In fact, such a large underground lake has such an abundance of water, even if you take a bath, it will definitely not pollute the entire lake.

Seeing the golden catfish in the lake, Daxing gestured to Brother Big Tou to catch a few and try them out.After all, it is quite rare to eat fresh fish in the desert.However, considering the rarity and preciousness of the golden catfish, Brother Big Head did not agree to its request.The most important thing is that it is not easy for golden catfish to survive here, they can only rely on the sky to eat, and people are reluctant to treat them as food no matter what.

Before taking a bath, Brother Big Head let the pheasant out and told it to report a letter to Qiao Nana first, so as not to worry about it, this guy can't take a bath in the water anyway.The remaining three were soaked in the water and didn't want to come out. After many days of drought, they were covered in dust and dust, and taking a comfortable bath would not be changed by a god.

"Shrimp, why don't we go to the bottom and see how deep it is?" The big head brother lay flat on the water, only his big head was exposed.At this time, Brother Big Tou finally knew why it was called the Dragon's Breath Cave. The main reason was that the water vapor in the ground evaporated, forming a stream of humid air rising.Maybe it won't be too obvious in other places, but in the desert, it's almost like a dragon's breath.

Xiao Xiami also has the same intention. A karst cave underground lake of this scale is not to mention the largest in the world. Now that it is here, of course we have to check it out.So leaving Big Star on the surface, Tang Jide and Xiao Xiami dived again.The further you go down, the lake water is almost transparent, and after reaching a certain depth, there are no more living things, just like a colorless and transparent gem, enclosing Tang Jide and the little shrimp inside.The cooler the lake, the more extreme the temperature after reaching more than 100 meters. If it were other divers, they would probably have been frozen to death.

However, the low temperature and darkness had no effect on Tang Jide and Xiao Xiami, and they could come and go freely on the seabed thousands of meters deep, let alone this kind of place.

Later, Tang Jide and Xiao Xiami didn't know how deep they dived or how long it took, but judging from the water pressure, they might have dived more than 1000 meters.Such depths are almost unimaginable for an underground lake.

Brother Big Tou also had to sigh in his heart: Who said there is no water in the desert? If the amount of water here can be used, it will be no problem to dig a river in the Kalahari Desert.The only worry is that since this is fossil water, I don't know if it can be replenished in a short time.If it is water without a source, it will definitely be gone when it is used up, and it is basically a non-renewable resource.

But if you drink it, the nearby residents will definitely have no problem drinking it for thousands of years.It seems that Hatch's tribe is not far from here, and there are several San settlements around, so it might be possible to transport water from here in the future.You know, the San people in the hinterland of the desert can only interact with the dewdrops that condense on the leaves of plants and trees.

Moreover, the rift is not deep, and the vertical distance from the top to the water surface is more than 40 meters, which is similar to that of a general deep well.The only more troublesome thing is that because the terrain is relatively tortuous, it is not possible to take water directly up and down.If mechanical power is used, there is no power supply here.

A more feasible way is to use solar energy to generate electricity, and then use the stored electric energy to drive water pumps to pump groundwater outside.At the same time, building a few more reservoirs can completely solve this problem.

The investment of all these is not too big, mainly because the place is too remote and it is difficult to transport materials.However, if Xiao Xiami can be asked to hire a herd of elephants to act as a transport team, then all problems can be easily solved.

If Brother Big Tou's idea can be realized, then the water problem in the hinterland of the desert can be completely solved. If the surrounding vegetation continues to grow in the future, it can definitely become an oasis in the desert.

When all the ideas were matured, Brother Big Tou and Xiao Xiami finally came to the end.The bottom of the water was covered with a layer of fine sand, which was extraordinarily soft to step on. The two simply stepped on the fine sand and prepared to thoroughly investigate the situation at the bottom of the water.

The bottom of the lake is wider than expected. It should be in the shape of an inverted funnel, and it becomes wider as it goes down. This also adds a bit of confidence to Brother Big Head's water source plan.

After walking for more than half an hour, there was a rock blocking the way in front of them. With nothing to do left and right, the two began to circle along the stone wall, wanting to find out how big the underground lake was.

As they walked, the two of them saw something shiny in the sand in front of them almost at the same time, which was particularly eye-catching in the yellow sand.Swimming to the front in a hurry, Brother Big Tou picked up the thing in his hand, it was only the size of a fingernail, showing a light blue color, so pure that it was almost transparent.

Is this a diamond!Brother Big Head subconsciously scratched the back of his head with the other hand, and then handed the crystal to Xiao Xiami. In this regard, the little girl has more say.

Soon, Little Xiami nodded towards Uncle Datou, confirming that this is a gem-level diamond. The only regret is that the color is too light. If it is dark blue, it will definitely be brighter than the sky after the rain after cutting. Be clear and be a diamond worthy of being named.You know, not all diamonds have this honor.

Even so, Brother Big Tou happily took it into his pocket, and he was picky about what he picked up for nothing, which would be too careless.

Unexpectedly, diamonds will appear in the depths of the underground lake, so does it mean that there is a diamond vein here?Anyway, Brother Big Tou thinks so, it is human nature to have to look forward to Shu.Therefore, the two of them put most of their energy on observing the stone wall, trying to make greater discoveries.

In Qingqing Grassland, they once found a diamond vein, and they are still producing diamonds continuously to provide funds for Peach Blossom Island's investment in Africa.

So they are no strangers to diamond veins, and the characteristics of kimberlite are not difficult to grasp.The hard work paid off. After searching for about half an hour, I finally found a diamond vein on the rock wall, which was also distributed in strips. The diameter of the exposed part of the vein was less than three meters.However, on the cliff, you can still see a stone containing blue diamonds.

Brother Datou groped around for a while, but he really couldn't find any convenient tools. After digging with his hands for a long time, his fingertips hurt so much that he couldn't get rid of the stone, presumably it was the hidden part bigger.

If you can see and touch but you can’t get it, isn’t that greedy?And because this ore vein is hidden deep underwater, if you want to mine it, unless Brother Big Tou and Xiao Xiami use manual digging, no one else will even think about it, so the significance of mining is not great.They can't spend all their time here just for a few diamonds.If you have the time, you might as well consider building a water source station on it.

Anyway, apart from them, no one will come to explore here for the time being, so let the diamonds be buried here quietly.

After making up his mind, Brother Big Head prepared to greet Xiao Xiami to return to the surface of the water, after all, the time to come down is not short.However, Xiao Xiami stuck his little hand on the diamond and couldn't bear to leave.

The little girl didn't seem to be such a money fan before. Could it be that as she got older, this kind of shiny stone became more and more attractive to her?Brother Datou was thinking cheerfully, when he saw Xiao Xiami gesticulating to him for a while, Brother Datou couldn't help being taken aback, and quickly put his palm on the ore vein, then held his breath and felt it quietly.A burst of ecstasy quickly flooded into his heart——

(End of this chapter)