Professor Vernal and Schulz weren't the only ones who survived.
The large group marching along another spacious passage also encountered the "earthquake" that almost destroyed the entire ruins.
Wang Peng struggled to get up from the ground. He gritted his teeth and removed the stone that was pressing down on his leg. If this was on Earth, his leg would have been cold. Fortunately, the gravity of Mars was only 0.37 times that of Earth. Other than a little pain, it didn't affect him much.
He pulled out the flashlight hanging under the muzzle and threw the broken rifle in his hand aside. He walked to the side and pulled out Fan Tong, who was buried under the rubble.
"I've told you before … cough cough … that thing is useless."
"It doesn't matter if it's useful or not, it's broken."
After checking the operation of the various equipment on the spacesuit, Fan Tong, who was relieved, leaned against the rock wall next to him.
"Where are the others?"
"I don't know …"
Aubrey and Lomonov fell behind when they escaped and were forced to rush into another fork in the road. It was unknown whether they were alive or dead, so Wang Peng didn't bother to worry about it.
What really made him anxious was that Lu Zhou was also separated!
"Damn it!"
He slammed his fist on the rock wall next to him, and debris fell from the top of his head.
Wang Peng's action startled Fan Tong, who was standing next to him. He quickly reached out and grabbed him.
"Brother, don't get excited … The situation has become like this, let's think of another way."
After all, he was born in the special forces.
After taking a deep breath, Wang Peng quickly calmed himself down.
"I'm going to find him."
Fan Tong said, "How are you going to find him? Can you blow up this rock wall? "
The corners of Wang Peng's mouth twitched. He didn't speak.
If the conditions allowed it, he would consider doing so, but unfortunately, he didn't have anything like explosives on hand, and a broken gun wouldn't be of any use at all.
Fan Tong looked at Wang Peng, who clenched his fists, and continued in a low voice.
"I've said it before, the tunnel here will undergo earth-shattering changes every two hours. However, no matter how it changes, I think its destination is the same. If … he's still alive, we'll definitely be able to meet up ahead. "
"No matter what, we can only move forward!"
…
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Lomonov rested his hands on his knees and leaned against the rock wall to catch his breath.
Not far from him, the right hand that was buried in the gravel moved, and then a weak cry came from the communication channel.
"Damn it … Give me a hand, I think I'm stuck."
Lomonov took a deep breath and walked forward patiently. He reached out and pulled the buried American astrophysicist out of the pile of sand and stones.
"I shouldn't have bothered with you!" Lomonov looked at Professor Aubrey and complained. "This is bad, we've completely fallen behind."
"We just fell behind, don't be so agitated …" After coughing twice, Aubrey took a deep breath and looked around. "Aren't we still alive?"
"He's just alive!"
In the entire team, the two of them were probably the most useless in terms of underground survival. Now Lomonov began to regret his efforts to get this opportunity from Mosca. He didn't know if it was worth it.
Compared to Lomonov's pessimism, Professor Aubrey's mood was relatively stable.
After he finally caught his breath, he straightened up and observed the surrounding situation. After thinking for a moment, he spoke.
After thinking for a moment, he said, "This doesn't look like normal tectonic movement … No, it shouldn't even be normal mechanical movement."
Lomonov glanced at him.
Although he didn't think this discovery would help change the situation, he still asked casually.
"How did you come to this conclusion?"
"Conclusion? Are you kidding me? " As if he heard a funny question, Aubrey looked at the Russian aerospace engineering expert. "Millions of tons or even tens of millions of tons of rock mass in eternal motion? Large-scale geological movement every two hours? Okay, maybe this is possible, but where does the energy come from? "
Lomonov frowned.
Obviously, he was aware of this as well.
Aubrey looked at his teammate who was deep in thought. He gulped and continued.
"… By relying on the already cooled Earth's core? And the closed tunnels, if they really collided because of the movement of the ground, then there is no doubt that the huge inertia alone is enough to raze this mountain range to the ground. "
Lomonov frowned and said, "If it's not mechanical movement … Then what do you think it is? Magic? "
"Not magic, but this kind of technology is probably no different from magic to us."
Professor Aubrey sighed and sat down against the rock wall.
He looked at Lomonov, who signaled him to continue. He paused for a second and continued.
"… Of course, this is just a guess."
"Have you heard of the standard Euclidean space?"
…
Inside the spacious grotto.
Apart from the pervasive dust and the person standing in the dust, there was nothing else around.
Lu Zhou felt his heartbeat gradually stabilize. He slowly opened his eyes and put down his arms.
He looked at the surrounding situation. His gaze finally fell on the giant arch in front of him, which was about the height of five people. A thoughtful expression appeared on his face.
"I see.
"It seems that I guessed right."
After listening to Dr. Fan Tong's description, he had a similar idea. Everything he saw now seemed to prove this point.
There were no earthquakes here at all.
These tunnels had never changed.
It was just that the order of the tunnels was disrupted!
In short, the area where the ruins were located was not a three-dimensional space in the traditional sense. Instead, it was an expanded standard Euclidean space.
In this space, there were fragments of four-dimensional space or higher-dimensional space scattered like bubbles. They were hidden in corners that were invisible to three-dimensional creatures, and they had integrated with the entire ruins.
This explanation might be a bit difficult to understand.
In other words, everything in the ruins he was in at the moment, including the intricate tunnels and himself walking through the tunnels, was like a jigsaw puzzle.
On the surface, it seemed that geological movements caused the collapse and formation of the old and new tunnels, but in fact, it was an invisible hand that disrupted these jigsaw puzzles and reassembled them.
Everything here had never changed.
It was the kind that had lasted for billions of years.
After realizing all this, Lu Zhou immediately made a decision. When the earthquake occurred, he deliberately avoided other people and took the initiative to let the "collapsed" tunnel engulf him.
Now it seemed that he was right.
Otherwise, he would have been squashed into minced meat by now, and he wouldn't be standing here.
"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the place where the Holy Relic is kept …"
After taking a deep breath, Lu Zhou didn't hesitate. He walked toward the arch.
Almost as soon as he stepped into the space behind the arched door, the originally empty communication channel instantly lit up with a green light.
Then, a hoarse voice that sounded like a series of electric currents swept across his ears.
"… You're here."
(Everyone, don't forget to compare Professor Lu with mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Especially Xiao Ai. If you reach two stars, you can celebrate your character's birthday! The character's gift is a commemorative pillow. You can receive it by joining the book group ~)
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