Chapter 488 The lake with a sharp drop in water level (4600 words)
The troll just now was made of a hill.
According to Qin Fu's description, just when he was about to leave the hilly resource area, a small hill with a height of more than ten meters at the edge suddenly shook!
Then, the mountain began to move, and then, a huge head lifted up from the ground!
"Wait a minute, what do you mean?" Zeng Tao looked confused and confused, "Raise your head from the ground? How to lift it up?"
"The low hills at the edge are actually the back of this troll." Qin Fu thought of the scene at that time and smiled bitterly, "This troll is actually equivalent to kneeling on the ground and kowtowing. Worship towards the center of the hilly resource area, which is the altar.”
"The real hills are only the small half of the hilltops on its back. This blood-striped troll seems to be pressed under the mountain."
"My position at that time was just in front of it. When it got up, half of the hills behind it turned into gravel and dust, scattered on the ground. And as soon as it got up, it took the stick that didn't know where it came from. Mace, eyes fixed on me."
"You all know what happened after that."
Qin Fu finished telling his experience simply and quickly, then leaned against the bed and closed his eyes.
Saying so many words made him, who was still in a weak state, even more tired.
He needs to continue to rest.
Xu Xin did not disturb him anymore and walked out of the second bedroom, taking Zeng Tao out as well, who wanted to ask for details.
"Hey!" Zeng Tao was now incapacitated and extremely light, so he was easily pulled out by Xu Xin.
"What are you doing? Let me ask him again!" Zeng Tao said with some dissatisfaction, "His consciousness is that the troll is disguised as a hill? What he said is too incredible, right?"
"He needs to rest now." Xu Xin shook his head, "His thoughts are not clear now. The description just now was too general. Let's wait until he recovers more to discuss the details."
"Okay..." Zeng Tao glanced at the closed door of the second bedroom with some reluctance, and then looked out the window, "If I hadn't been weak, I would have gone to the hilly resource area to take a look now!"
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For Zeng Tao, this kind of thing is indeed a bit unbelievable.
But it is different for Xu Xin.
He still remembers that during the heavy rain season, all the hills that originally existed to the northwest of his tree house disappeared.
He later asked Li Wenxi about it. Because there are many hills and mountains on Li Wenxi's side, you can even see them from the tree house.
"Of course you can see it. The water at that time was only five or six meters deep, right? How could it possibly have buried all those hills?"
This was Li Wenxi's reply at that time.
He knew then that those hills... were alive!
If they can disappear in a thunderstorm during the rainy season, they are definitely alive!
But now, Qin Fu's experience made him more certain of this idea.
It seems like...
The hills around the hilly resource area...couldn't they all be similar to the existence of trolls this time? !
...No way?
In the process of exploring the head of the giant who protects this world, he also explored the cave inside the hills that connected the city, and there was an underground river in it.
Wait...
Qin Fu just said that the posture of the troll was equivalent to thinking about what he was worshiping in the center of the hilly resource area.
If these hills are like trolls lying on the ground, then there may really be a cave-like passage inside the hills.
...Wouldn’t there be a troll pressing under those hills?
That's really outrageous...
Xu Xin immediately called Lou Fei'er: "Go to the hilly resource area in the northwest and see what's abnormal there. Be careful. You can only explore on the outside and don't go deep."
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"Is this the direction the troll came from? I understand." Lou Feier was ready to set off immediately.
"Try to be quick and come back before dark. The first night of hot summer may not be safe."
It's past six o'clock now, and the sky is still bright.
The daylight lengthened a lot in one day, making Xu Xin feel that the day passed so slowly.
Hilly resource area...
And this bronze dagger "Secret Key".
He had to find out what was going on.
Sighing, he looked at Zeng Tao, who was sitting on the sofa again and poking at Coco.
Seeing him looking over, Zeng Tao immediately raised her head and said, "I'll stay with you today. Aren't there a lot of people downstairs? I'm the only one left, right?"
In her current state, it was naturally impossible for Xu Xin to let her return to her tree house.
With her low tree house, if there was any danger tonight, she would be risking her own death.
"Why don't you go sleep with Lou Fei'er, she can still take care of you." Xu Xin suggested.
"I'm not going!" Zeng Tao flatly refused, "I'm not going to live with her!"
She said with an expression of gritted teeth: "If I weren't weak now, in my current state, she would definitely do all kinds of things to me and keep bullying me! It was like that last time! I won't go! I Stay here!”
All kinds of things? What's going on?
Xu Xin laughed: "Okay, but you can only live on the second floor."
"I know, you and Li Wenxi are going to do shameful things up there, right?" Zeng Tao stuck out her tongue at him, "Be careful to hollow yourself out!"
After saying that, she turned around and ran towards the second floor.
This little girl...
Xu Xin shook his head.
He didn't follow.
When they were assigned rooms, a few more were made, and there was no shortage of rooms for her. She could just go down and choose one.
Walking to the window, he opened it and felt a rush of hot air.
It was already very hot outside, but it was much better than in the afternoon.
At this rate of cooling, by the time it gets dark, it may even drop below 40 degrees.
The temperature dropped really quickly!
Maybe it’s because...
He looked at the sun, which was already approaching the horizon.
The sunlight is no longer very dazzling.
Half of the entire sky was dyed red, showing a very beautiful sunset picture.
It seems that compared to the annoying snowy nights in the cold winter, the hot summer nights at this stage are actually the most comfortable time of the day.
The most difficult time to survive is probably the period from noon to early afternoon.
At that time, the temperature in the jungle was around 60 degrees, making it a natural jjimjilbang!
That's right, it's a jjimjilbang, not a sauna, because in this hot summer stage, it's not the humid heat that accompanies rainfall, but dry heat!
The air now is extremely dry. After just opening the window for such a short period of time, Xu Xin could already feel that her throat and nasal cavity were beginning to dry out!
He wanted to look at the lake next to the tree house.
The scope of the lake has been greatly reduced, and the shallow water area has completely disappeared.
Even in the deep water area in the middle, from his current perspective, the water surface could no longer be seen, leaving only a huge black abyss hole.
He could see the dry, cracked stone walls of the abyss.
Those were all stone walls that were originally in water more than ten meters deep, but now they are completely exposed
This intense heat has evaporated a lot of the water temperature in the lake!
Um……?
Xu Xin's eyes suddenly lit up.
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The water level of the lake has gone down?
How far down has it gone?
Are those copper ores exposed?
If it is exposed, he can mine copper even without entering the lake!
By the way, is there still a crisis in the lake now?
If there is no danger for the time being, maybe you can go down and explore!
Although the temperature outside can reach up to 50 or 60 degrees Celsius, the temperature below the water surface will never be so high!
There is definitely something good down here!
After testing the temperature outside, he felt that the temperature was enough for activities outside, so he grabbed Coco who was napping on the sofa and swung down from the tree house.
"Uh-huh?" Before Coco woke up, a burst of hot air hit her face, causing her to claw at it with her little paws.
"Okay, Coco, help me see if the lake is safe."
Xu Xin walked to the original position by the lake, and then continued walking inside.
The shallow water has completely dried up.
The originally soft muddy bottom of the lake had been baked hard by the harsh sunlight and was completely dry and cracked.
He continued to walk forward, and within a few steps he reached the edge of the abyss.
...?
Xu Xin frowned slightly.
Has the size of this abyss pit expanded again?
He seemed to have felt that the size of the abyss pit had expanded before, but later because there were too many things, he didn't think about it again.
It seems now...
This huge pit of the abyss has expanded a lot...
He looked down into the huge pit.
At a glance, he saw the copper ore exposed on the rock wall.
A whole circle of copper ore!
The water level at this time was just less than two meters below the copper ore belt.
Copper ore is exposed!
The location of the copper ore was probably at a depth of about forty meters, right?
The water level of the lake actually dropped by a full forty meters due to the intense heat and exposure!
This is simply too exaggerated!
A normal lake with a depth of more than ten meters would probably dry up!
"Huh...?" Coco poked her little head out of his shoulder and looked down.
"How is it, Coco, is it dangerous?" Xu Xin asked, pointing downward.
"Huh." Coco shook her little head, indicating that she didn't feel any danger.
...Go down and have a look.
Xu Xin took out the hook he used to climb the snow-capped mountains before, grabbed the edge of the abyss pit, and then slowly lowered himself down.
The hook was only about twenty meters long. He lowered it halfway, grabbed the protruding stone on the rock wall, retracted the hook and grabbed it into the rock wall twenty meters deep, and continued to lower himself down.
This time, when the hook was extended to its longest position, he also descended into the copper ore circle.
A whole circle of copper ore is exposed!
many!
There are really many!
"Ugh..." Coco held his shoulders tightly and looked at the bottomless and extremely dark abyss water layer below.
"Is it dangerous?" Xu Xin asked, grabbing its big tail.
"Huh." Coco shook her little head again.
"No danger?"
"嘤!"
The little guy jumped directly from Xu Xin's shoulders into the water and flopped twice in the water.
Although the temperature is now much lower than before, it still started at 40 degrees. The little guy felt it was too hot and jumped directly into the water to cool off.
Since it dares to jump down, it means there should be no danger.
Only then did Xu Xin retract the hook with confidence.
He also thought that if there was danger, he would pull himself up quickly, but that shouldn't be necessary now.
Looking at Coco splashing in the water, he smiled and jumped into the water.
"Hiss——!"
As soon as he entered the water, the coolness made him gasp.
This water is so cold!
It's just like the cold mountain spring water flowing in the hot mountainous area. Even if the outside environment is hot, your feet will be frozen to the point of unconsciousness if you step into it!
The water in the abyss is not that cold. After all, it has been exposed to the harsh sunlight, and due to evaporation, the water level has dropped by a full forty meters.
But at this time, the water on the edge of the rock wall was no longer exposed to direct sunlight, and the temperature was only about ten degrees.
Compared with the temperature outside at this time, the temperature difference of more than 30 degrees directly made Xu Xin shiver.
"Huh?" Coco swam over with her little paws.
There is no danger, and the water is still so cool.
It seems that during this hot summer, we can finally explore the depths of the lake!
Of course, he was not the one who wanted to come here to explore.
Leave professional matters to professionals.
It's the turn of brothers Qin Yunlong and Qin Yunhu to show off their skills!
Xu Xin knocked two pieces of copper ore casually, grabbed the cocoa that was completely wet on his body, and easily returned to the ground with his hook.
At this time, the sun was already halfway below the horizon.
But despite this, the power of the sun is still very powerful. In just a few dozen seconds, the setting sun evaporates all the water on his body.
"...It's still very hot, let's go back first."
"嘤!"
When he returned to the tree house, Lou Fei'er happened to send him a voice call.
"I have already circled the hilly resource area, and there seems to be nothing worth noting." Lou Fei'er reported on her exploration, and then asked, "How about I go in and have a look?"
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"No need." Xu Xin refused immediately.
It's almost dark now. It's the first night of a new stage. It's better to stay calm.
"Is there really nothing discovered? Is there any change compared to before?"
"Probably...no?" Lou Fei'er said with some uncertainty, "At least there is nothing noteworthy. As for the changes...I don't seem to have been here much, right? I don't know if there have been any changes. ”
That being said, it seems to be true.
It seems that Lou Feier has really not been there since she was captured.
"The hills in that circle were basically connected before. Even if there was an entrance to the hilly resource area, the distance would be at most ten meters. Is this still the case now?" Xu Xin asked.
"Huh? That has indeed changed!" Lou Fei'er said immediately, and then heard her say to her mount, "Axue, stop for a moment."
"What's wrong? What changes?"
"My current position is at a gap that can enter the interior. The width of this gap... must be fifty or sixty meters, right?"
Big gap?
It seems that that location should be where the troll that he dismembered was.
The troll was blasted to the point where only one head was left, so that position was naturally vacant.
"You come back first." Xu Xin said.
If there is nothing to do tonight, then when the weather is cooler tomorrow, he will go there and take a look.
The sky turns dark and the temperature drops again.
The temperature finally dropped below 40 degrees!
Xu Xin glanced at the World Channel.
The number of people in other areas did not decrease much.
However, many people suffer from heat stroke due to the intense heat during the day, making them feel weak and uncomfortable.
There are also some people who are short of water and looking for water everywhere.
These people, if no further measures are taken, may not survive long.
Xu Xin didn't bother to help them anymore.
The last time I helped them, they had done their best. This time, they had to rely on themselves.
Even he himself has not yet figured out the current situation. The tree house has also been attacked by giant beasts, so he has no time to help others.
Li Wenxi soon returned with a large force.
This time, she gained a lot.
"Don't worry about saltpeter!"
Xu Xin asked her how much she had, and she only told him two words.
Enough!
Generally, when she says the word "enough", it means that the resources are very abundant.
Don’t ask, just asking is enough!
Xu Xin told her about the copper mine, and her eyes immediately lit up.
She almost immediately went to mine with the large army who had just returned from rest, but was stopped and pushed into the bathroom to let her take a shower.
Because now night has completely fallen.
Xu Xin contacted Qin Yunlong and informed him of the current situation of the lake.
Qin Yunlong immediately expressed his interest and even wanted to come over now.
Of course, Xu Xin also stopped him.
Perhaps because he had just experienced the troll attack, his sense of crisis began to increase.
He turned his head and glanced at the starry sky outside the window.
Hope nothing goes wrong tonight. Thanks to [Guanhe 1987] for the reward of 100 starting coins, and [Summer Love Zhihe] for the reward of 100 starting coins. Thank you both for your support, thank you!
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