Alien Relic Hunter

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The Undead Crew Association gave Ke Lan a total of three days to prepare. During these three days, Ke Lan almost memorized the entire map of the molten mine area - unable to obtain the latest information, he could only find out the latest information. Some materials have been worked on.

However, when they arrived at the outskirts of the mining area aboard the "Yu" class heavy cruiser seconded from the First Fleet, Ke Lan couldn't help but cursed in his heart - the earthquake almost completely changed the terrain of the molten mining area. As far as he could see, there was almost no place that could still match the original map.

The undulating ground is covered with rifts that look like leaf veins. Half of the broken rocks are intertwined. Bright magma is flowing at the bottom of the rifts, and sulfur-containing toxic smoke is constantly spewing out from the cracks on the surface. , rising into the air.

The sky in the molten mine area is always gray. Looking out from the portholes of the battleship, the heavy lead-gray clouds seem to be pressing on their heads. The indescribable sense of depression makes everyone in the cabin feel a little... Being unable to breathe - of course, this is also true. If you enter the mining area without wearing a breathing mask, you will suffocate to death from inhaling excessive amounts of toxic fumes in minutes.

"Oh my god, isn't the power of this earthquake too terrifying? The rock formations are cracked like this, looking like biscuits that fell to the ground." Layton pressed his face against the porthole and exclaimed.

"The official information I received is that a strong earthquake of magnitude 8 or above was detected in the core area of ​​the mining area..." Ke Lan said.

"This is definitely more than level eight!" Hound clenched his fists hard, "This is only the outer area, but it has already been destroyed like this. I think the level of the epicenter must be above level ten!"

"If it is a magnitude 10 earthquake, the area where Ark is located will also be clearly felt... But the information we know now is that only a few transfer stations near the mining area felt the strong earthquake. The farther away from the mining area, the weaker the earthquake will be. The more obvious it is. Our bureau's geological experts have conducted detailed analysis and found that the earthquake intensity will not exceed 8.5 magnitude at most." Aya retorted, "As for the surface plate being seriously damaged, would it be due to melting fire? There are already a lot of tiny cracks in the rock formations in the mining area, and this earthquake just expanded these cracks?"

This is like the same building. One is a high-quality building built in strict accordance with earthquake-resistant standards, while the other is a shoddy project that cut corners. When an earthquake occurs, the latter will naturally be damaged more than the former.

As for the geological structure of the molten mine area, I am afraid that it cannot even compare with the strength of the tofu project.

"That makes sense. I have also read the analysis report of the Security Bureau, but I found a very critical problem." Ke Lan looked at Aya, "Experts say that the earthquake intensity will not exceed 8.5 magnitude at most. But in fact, the level of 8.5 is already an exaggerated conclusion based on actual data. I guess those experts must have seen the photos taken by the drone and felt that the level was too low anyway. I will believe it...but according to the data detected by various transfer stations, the accurate intensity of this earthquake should be around magnitude seven."

"Level 7? Is this too low?" Hound asked suspiciously, "Ke Lan, look at that mountain, it was torn directly from the middle. Can a magnitude 7 earthquake do this?"

"Yes, as long as the earthquake source is shallow enough." Ke Lan nodded, "The shallower the earthquake source, the greater the destructive power on the surface, but the scope of the impact is the smallest; and the deeper the earthquake source, the seismic waves can be transmitted The farther away the earthquake is, the wider its reach will be, but its destructive power on the surface will be much smaller than shallow earthquakes of the same magnitude."

"In the old era, China had two major earthquakes with more than 10,000 victims, one with a magnitude of 7.8 and one with a magnitude of 8.0 - but in terms of destructive power, the earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 was more destructive than the one with a magnitude of 8.0 The one with magnitude 7.8 is stronger because the focal depth is different. The focal point of the magnitude 8.0 earthquake is located 14 kilometers underground, while the focal depth of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake is only half that of the former, only 8 kilometers."

(Because it involves real place names, I will not write the specific names of these two earthquakes directly in the book. I believe that as a member of the descendants of Yan and Huang, you, like me, will definitely not forget these two major disasters... …May the deceased rest in peace and the living may work hard.)

"I sent these data to a friend of mine and asked him to contact a group of seismology experts to analyze the data." Ke Lan continued, "I told them not to be bound by common sense and experience, and just pursue the data. It is accurate without considering whether the data has practical reference value. Guess what is the final conclusion?"

"What is it?" Hound and Aya asked in unison.

"The accurate intensity of the epicenter should be 6.6, and the focal depth... is only 0.9 kilometers."

"Zero.9 kilometers?! However, the epicenter should be a giant magma pool. The depth of this magma pool is at least three kilometers. This is impossible!" Aya said.

"To be honest, I don't think this is an earthquake caused by the plate movement of Alpha Planet, but more like an underground nuclear explosion..." Ke Lan pondered, "In other words... this is not a natural disaster. , but a man-made disaster.”

"Nuclear explosion? Where did they get the nuclear bomb?" Zhuoligetu asked in confusion.

"It's not necessarily a nuclear bomb. Maybe some of the devices left behind by the Alpha civilization were triggered, just like the remains of the glacier we explored. Half of the glacier sank into the ground. I think this time It shouldn’t be too difficult for the Alpha civilization to trigger a 6.6 earthquake in the shallow layers of the earth, right?”

"I understand what you mean!" The hound made a fist with his right hand and smashed it hard on the palm of his left hand. "In that magma pool, at a depth of 0.9 kilometers, there is the ruins of the Alpha civilization. This ruins is The main culprit of this earthquake!”

"It's almost the same." Ke Lan nodded, "But investigating the cause of the earthquake is not our main task. We first have to find the missing base and the people in it."

"Tsk... I'm afraid this group of people is in trouble. This is only the edge of the mining area. There is almost no larger and complete ground. I'm afraid it will only be worse at the garrison base." Hound sighed and shook his head. road.

"At least you want to see people alive, and you want to see corpses when you die. Even if there are only a few steel bars and sections of ruins left in the garrison base, if we take some photos and go back, we have completed the mission."