"At least that’s how I feel. I’ve tried during normal tis, but there’s not the slightest chance. Only during the monthly upheaval of the earth dragon, a large hole appears at the topmost place. However, that giant hole is at least two or three hundred ters above us. We simply have no ability to climb it, and even if we did, the upheaval of the earth dragon would shake us down."
Jing Shu frowned, feeling that the situation was a bit tricky.
If we could climb up directly and wait for the exit, that would be simple. But according to Xie Jian Country, even if we climbed up in advance, everything would be sent down again during the earth dragon’s upheaval. Unless it was the instant the opening appeared, and we rushed out.
Big Yellow Teeth exclaid, "So your aning is that everyone has to fly out the instant that hole opens? If we don’t fly out, we’ll be shaken down."
Xie Jian Country nodded and even thoughtfully made a taphor: "That’s what I an. If we compare this place to a monster, then we’re in the monster’s digestive stomach, where it’s dark as night, full of black mucus. No matter where you are, various gastric juices will drip from all around. Our only chance is once a month when the monster feeds, we go out through the mouth."
With Xie Jian Country’s explanation, everyone instantly understood much more.
Yang Yang pondered and quickly drew the diagram explained by Xie Jian Country, then said, "If one or two people can go out instantly, there might be a chance, but we have hundreds of people here, plus a lot of supplies and equipnt. It’s simply impossible to fly out in an instant."
Tan Ke scratched his head: "Then why not let the captain and a few people fly out first and then call for help??"
Yang Yang rolled his eyes: "Let them fly out and call who for help? They’re already the most elite force of Huaxia. Are you suggesting they call reinforcents to co bomb this Dark Energy, or send another wave of supplies? You need to understand what our purpose is."
Big Yellow Teeth patted Tan Ke’s head in anguish: "You, with such a big body but no brain. If the commander flies out, can he call for another team’s doctor? Give them a bunch of resources? Don’t forget, our main purpose is to understand this Dark Energy and recover it."
Tan Ke understood; many factions outside are watching, waiting for news to co and take a share of the cake. If they can’t complete the mission, Wu City’s Dark Energy might get divided among others.
Jing Shu, stroking her chin and pointing at Yang Yang’s drawing, said astonishingly: "Since you’re comparing this thing to a monster, needing to eat monthly, then rolling down many supplies, since it eats so much, it surely has to excrete. So, why don’t we just go out from its excretion point?"
Silence.
Everyone was stunned for three seconds.
Yang Yang’s expression was complex; truly, it’s you, Jing Shu!!
"Cough cough!" Xie Jian Country coughed a few tis, "Well, you do have a point. As long as we can get out, it doesn’t really matter from where... But, I’ve been here for so long, and I’ve never really seen this thing ’excrete’, nor have I seen any waste expelled. This is a tightly sealed ’stomach’.
Jing Shu: "Maybe there is? You just didn’t notice it. But since we’re here, let’s look for it. Anyway, let’s make that Plan B, while Plan A is to find a way out from the hole in the sky, and Plan B is to find the so-called excretion point."
Yang Yang nodded: "Alright, then let’s make a Plan C, to find the use of this Dark Energy. This plan will mainly be handled by Professor Chu. Understanding its function will help us understand it better, perhaps finding different perspectives on the problem."
Chu Zhuohua, along with a group and Huang Xiaoxiao’s team, are outside. It’s not that they don’t want to co in. Passing by the black mucus outside the entrance, they were already excited to experint.
For researchers, nothing is more exciting than a cave full of Dark Energy.
Fortunately, they didn’t follow in, or Xie Jian Country might have made them exhibit even more animalistic excitent.
Yang Yang, with these three target plans, started to supplent and refine plans ABC in detail, and then divide work and cooperate.
"Well, since Jing Shu proposed Plan B, you’ll be responsible for implenting it. Whether you find it or not, it’s a way out. If found, even better." Yang Yang said to Jing Shu.
Jing Shu: "..."
"Alright, I’ll look for it, and if I can’t find it, I’ll dig a way out."
Yang Yang started checking for gaps: "Right, Aliang and Ah Shan said before that the vast supplies we brought aren’t enough to eat because of this peculiar environnt? Does it an everyone’s food consumption has increased a hundredfold? Clearly, we ate plenty before coming down, but now we’re quite hungry."
Xie Jian Country said solemnly: "That’s the odd part of this place and also why I call it a ’stomach’, because everything brought in is being digested at a speed visible to the naked eye. Even if you bring in more food, it will dissolve and eventually disappear entirely into the air, including everyone in here—"
"No matter how much they eat, they seem never to get full. The food in their bodies is also rapidly vanishing. In here, you’ll always feel hungry! If you don’t consu the black mucus, even your bodies will quickly lose function."
Aliang and Ah Shan nodded: "Isn’t it weird? Whatever you eat won’t fill you, feeling desperately hungry. But it’s strange, as long as you eat this snot-like thing, you can survive again."
"They?" Yang Yang sensitively caught Xie Jian Country’s words, "They eat, you don’t?"
Xie Jian Country said ’uh-huh’ and then nodded, "Yes, I don’t eat. I’m not hungry. Strange, right?"
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