"The original mother tree gave birth to four fruits... The four fruits turned into the Four Ancient Gods... They were the earliest humans - strictly speaking, they were 'new life with the standard appearance of today's humans'."
"From that moment on, this appearance will become the king of the era for future generations - this is already destined!"
"Whether you are a tree person or something else, if you want to transform into a new image favored by the Mother Tree, the Ancient Gods, and Harwin, and you want to integrate into the society of the Mother Tree's followers with this new image, you must abide by and respect this rule."
"You can't decide what the human form looks like yourself."
"I mean the most standard human form, which is a complete transformation."
“It’s random, but it’s random according to your identity.”
"This rule cannot be broken. At least it is an iron rule in Namibia!"
"I reserve my opinion." Heidi said suddenly.
"Heidi..."
"Don't try to persuade me, Hitzfeld. I know you trust this girl. I just heard you even call her 'mentor'."
"I'm not saying you're wrong, but I... this is just her one-sided statement after all. I'm not saying she's definitely wrong, but is it possible... she herself doesn't know if this is absolutely correct? She may have mistakenly believed that this is the truth, but in fact there is another explanation for this matter?"
I've said this much and you still don't believe it?
The Blood Crystal Crow wanted to laugh at this stupid tree man, but the next moment Xia Yibing grabbed her by the wings and took her away cursing.
——A hint from Hitzfeld.
She doesn't want to escalate the conflict further.
Hitzfeld thought Heidi's behavior was understandable.
After all, it is about her own life experience, and it also involves something very important to her, that is, why did Nian Lun, whom she regarded as a relative, keep lying to her.
"Let's find a place to go up first."
The girl set the tone for the conversation with one word.
"That's about enough for this discussion."
"There's a deeper cavity below, and there's no way out. Let's go up and look for someone first."
Naturally, everyone else listened to her.
The three men took a dog and a crow and started walking inside the ice cave tunnel.
This was not the only tunnel they could choose, there was also the one they slid down. But the problem was that the top of that road was likely to have collapsed, and there would be snow and broken ice blocking some of the corners, so it was not easy to clear them and climb up.
It is also very dangerous. I don’t know if it will cause a secondary collapse.
As for the road below, although it is unknown where it leads to, the fact that the "sound of wind" can be heard inside means that it must be connected to a tunnel, and that the tunnel must lead to the surface.
On the way, they shared some dry food and drank some boiled ice water to replenish their physical energy.
Then they began to discuss the original topic - what exactly was the green light on the ice wall.
Yes, there are some in this tunnel too.
Blue-green, gradient, swaying, watery.
You can't tell where it's coming from, as if it's been refracted all the way through the tunnel, but its trajectory isn't obvious and staring at it doesn't trigger anything unusual.
"This thing is weird..."
Xia Yibing held on to the vines that Heidi extended from her, climbing the hill while panting.
"It's not like I haven't played in the snowy mountains before..."
"But I've never seen ..."
"There will be light inside the cave..."
"It's just normal aurora refraction, right?"
Heidi frowned.
"Maybe the problematic light bands have disappeared. This is the real aurora, shining down from the sky, hitting the gaps in the ice wall, and then reflecting down little by little."
"…Do you believe it yourself?"
Heidi was silent now.
She really didn't believe it.
If you are a mirror - the entire tunnel is formed by mirrors, and the light source is very strong, then she thinks it is possible.
But this place is pure natural.
Can these conditions be compared?
It's definitely not like ordinary light.
Either it's not ordinary light, or it's not ordinary ice. Anyway, one of these two must be problematic.
After finally climbing up the steep slope and bringing up the screaming Lily, they soon encountered new problems.
Fork in the road.
How to put it... There were four forks in the road in front of them. Although they were slightly divided into front and back, they really looked like the branch blood vessels of the heart.
How to choose this?
Instinctively, everyone looked at Hitzfeld first.
Hitzfeld frowned slightly. She wanted to try to find the real exit by listening to the wind.
No use.
There was wind sound in all four tunnels, and they were all equally weak, making it impossible to tell which one was stronger.
"Choose one at random?"
Xia Yibing suggested.
"Just calculate the angle..."
"As long as you don't walk all the way to the seaside cliffs, it feels like they all connect."
Hitzfeld didn't say anything. He asked her for a small flashlight and shone it carefully on the ice walls of the four tunnels.
She actually found a clue - there was a tunnel. After going seven or eight meters deep into it, Hitzfeld saw a dark shadow on the surface of its ice wall.
"what is this?"
Others gathered around to watch.
"It seems to be some kind of rock formation..."
Heidi frowned.
"This shadow is actually very common... It's not a complete cavity under the ice. It has a land base. It should be close to a vertebral line."
Hitzfeld remained silent.
The others gradually realized that the atmosphere was not right, and they all shut up and listened to her decision.
"summer."
After watching for a while, the girl finally gave the order.
"Cut this ice open. I want to see what's inside."
Xia Yibing did as she was told, cut a small opening on it with three knives, and pulled out a small ice cone.
In this way, Hitzfeld had a gap to touch the shadow inside.
She first reached forward with her gloved fingers, pinched a part of the raised shadow and tried to apply force.
Very hard.
I could only use a long Xia knife to chisel out some powder.
Hitzfeld began to study the powder carefully.
And under the puzzled gazes of her companions, she took out from her pocket the lucky stone that Lulum had given her before they set out.
Chapter 35: Survivors (Two in One)
The small black stone was about the same size as the small stones on the riverbank in the memory of the previous life, with a diameter of just over 3 centimeters and a bumpy surface.
At first glance, I thought it was carbon. But after a closer look, I knew it was not true. It was much harder than carbon and a bit like a new material that Hitzfeld had heard of in his previous life - graphene.
But how could it be graphene?
As soon as Hitzfeld saw this thing for the first time, he felt that the thought that arose in his mind was absurd.
Even a layman like her could probably understand how important materials science is in modern industry. Even though she had not systematically learned any professional knowledge about materials science, she knew from news and legends that many technologies were stuck because the materials were not strong enough.
In this kind of environment, no one would question whether materials science has multiple volumes.
With government funding and sponsorship from chaebols, countless people around the world who had nothing to do thought about "alchemy", and eventually discovered so many new materials...including graphene.
But what about Namibia?
How can the conditions here compare to those on Earth?
That’s not right either…
After holding the small stone and looking at it for a long time, Hitzfeld felt that he had fallen into some kind of misconception.
Not all new materials are discovered in a laboratory.
There are also some that were discovered outside the laboratory. They were born out of coincidences caused by natural wonders. After they were discovered and found, they were replicated by tracing back to the causes of the environment they were in, and then reversing and simulating the process in the laboratory.
Is graphene such a material?
Graphene was originally just graphite, and graphite is crystalline carbon. Carbon should be common and widespread in nature. That is to say, as long as a mutation occurs in the environment where crystalline carbon exists in nature, it happens to meet the conditions for the formation of a new material such as graphene, and its appearance is natural and not worth making a fuss about.
Thinking about it this way, Hitzfeld is more inclined to believe that this thing is graphene.
Not only the small stone in her hand is graphene, but also the large shadow behind the ice layer is also graphene.
But it's not certain.
A small experiment is needed.
"Do we have pencils?" Hitzfeld turned and stared at Xia Yibing. The light in his eyes scared her.
"Ah...oh...it seems so..."
Xia Yibing's bag contains everything. I thought she was crazy at first, but I didn't expect it to come in handy now.
"Find me one, I can use it."
Since it was Aisuen's request... Xia Yibing immediately took out a few unsharpened pencils from her bag, and then approached with a flattering look: "Do you want a knife?"
"Need not."
Summon the dead bone ice needle, use its physical form to drill into the gap between the pencil lead and the grip, and then pry it gently, and a complete graphite lead will be taken out.
"It's a little too cold in here," Hitzfeld said. "I need to warm up."
"Well...we have a pocket stove..." Xia Yibing looked at Heidi's bag, "but we are running low on matches."
I just used the stove to boil ice water. This damn place is still extremely cold even in the underground without wind, and liquids freeze very easily.
"If she thinks it's worthwhile, I have no problem with that."
Heidi understood what was happening and immediately took out her pocket oven, lit it and placed it in the middle of the tunnel.
Hitzfeld nodded, took off his thick gloves that were inconvenient to operate, unbuttoned his collar, and took out a short test tube from the abyss of his chest.
After all, it's too cold.
If you don't want this thing to freeze, you have to put it in a place that can maintain the temperature.
"Strong developer?"
Everyone else recognized what it was and frowned.
What does she want to do?
It looks like they're planning to do some material experiments...but it seems like this potion can only be used on humans, right?
"ignorance!"
The Blood Crystal Crow stood above Lily's head and snorted.
