Chapter 1102 – Professor Man

“Brother Qiang Zi, those old guys in the town engage in feudal superstitions and say things, do you also believe them?”

A trace of indignation appeared on Er Dan’s face, and after forcefully breaking away from Qiang Zi’s hand, he said loudly, “Brother Qiang Zi, I’ve checked on the internet, that’s not a devil city at all, but a natural quicksand phenomenon, as long as not everyone is plunged into it at the same time, there’s no fear of it.”

Erdan was more than ten years younger than Qiang Zi, after their generation was born, the old people seldom mentioned the tragedy that happened in the 70’s. Although they also knew about such a thing, but for one thing, they heard less about it, and secondly, these people who were born after 80’s were bold, and they didn’t really believe in the ghosts and gods.

Plus in this present era, even in this remote town, the internet has been connected, which can be used for people to check online for knowledge that they didn’t know before, making these young people not take the town’s legend seriously at all.

“Erdan, it’s not what you think, there really is a devil there, Uncle Scar said, they didn’t enter that place at the same time either, but the person who was trapped earlier and the camel, how could they not be rescued, and then Uncle Erdan used a rope to tie up a person, and then used the camel to try to pull that person out, who knows that after the person was pulled out, the person’s whole lower body was not was gone, and Uncle Errone was scared silly like that.”

Strong son did not want to see a town of young brothers to die, bitterly persuade up, when more than ten young adults went out, come back only two people, these things are from the mouth of Uncle Scar said out, as for the other one called Errongzi, is already scared of delirium, come back not a few years also died.

At that time, Qiangzi had already remembered things, and still remembered the situation of mourning in every house in the town at that time, so he was more inclined to believe in the legend that there were devils in the desert compared to Erdan.

“That’s a lie, can you believe what Erdan said? Uncle Scar was just bluffing you guys, he didn’t want you to go again.”

After hearing Qiangzi’s words, Erdan’s face turned a little white, after all, hearing such a bloody thing, and it happened in the place where he was planning to go, no matter how bold he was, his heart began to beat a little, and he could only use this way to increase his confidence.

Just when Er Dan and Qiang Zi couldn’t convince anyone, one of the people who came along with Er Dan, walked down from the camel, looked at Qiang Zi and opened his mouth and said: ”This gentleman, what you just said is actually not a devil cannibalism, and it is also a very normal geographic phenomenon of quicksand, because the surface of the quicksand once disturbed will be ‘liquefied ‘, and water is characterized by its buoyancy, so is quicksand. When a person or other objects into the quicksand, the sinking speed depends on the density of the object itself, the density of quicksand is generally 2 grams / ml, while the density of the human is 1 gram / ml, in this density, the human body sunk in quicksand, generally will not have a disaster, but if the human body in the quicksand struggle, it is the quicksand will be swallowed up.”

This person’s words made all the people present freeze, even Zhuang Rui, who only knew that quicksand was a geographical phenomenon, but could not dissect it so bluntly, could not help but look at that person and ask, “You are?”

Since the few people brought by Erdan were all sitting on camels just now, and had sarongs covering their faces, so Zhuang Rui and the others not only didn’t know the origins of these people, but couldn’t even tell if they were male or female.

Even now, it was only Erdan and this middle-aged man who came down from the camel, while the other two seemed to have no interest in this site, still sitting on the camel, with no intention of coming down.

“Hehe, my humble name is Man, serving in Lanzhou Agricultural College, this is my business card.”

The visitor smiled and lifted up the gauze scarf covering his face, revealing a slightly weathered face, from the lines at the corners of his eyes when he smiled, it could be seen that this person’s age was at least in the mid-forties.

“Man Jun? Professor at Lanzhou Agricultural College, Vice President of the National Desert Governance Foundation.”

After Zhuang Rui looked at the title on the other party’s business card, he suddenly felt respect, China currently has more than 2.6 million square kilometers of desertified land, which is still spreading at a rate of 3,000 square kilometers per year, and desert governance is a cause that deserves respect.

And desert management work is not sitting in the office open mouth on the line, must enter the desert, the need for practice in a large number of knowledge accumulation and technology accumulation, from the appearance of Professor Man can be seen, the other party is a person to do things.

“Prof. Man, if it was really like what you said, the tragic case of quicksand devouring the town’s residents wouldn’t have happened back then, perhaps it can be understood that those people were struggling resulting in being plunged into the depths of the quicksand, but that person that was plucked out, why is his entire lower body gone? Could it be that underneath the quicksand, there are still some wild beasts living?”

Zhuang Rui said these words, not questioning the meaning of Prof. Man, but sincerely asking him for advice, the desert and the deep sea are the same, in many places are the forbidden area for human beings, leaving a lot of mysteries that can’t be answered with science, and this kind of mystery, in turn, attracts human beings to explore to decipher.

“Young man, do you know why people caught in quicksand usually can’t move?”

Prof. Man was happy to answer Zhuang Rui’s question, and without waiting for Zhuang Rui to answer, he himself continued, “The sand after the increase in density, sticking to the lower part of the human body that falls into the quicksand, will form a great pressure on the human body, making it difficult for people to exert force. Even Hercules could hardly drag the trapped person out of the quicksand at once. In the United Kingdom, some researchers have made calculations and conducted tests, and if one foot of a stranded person is dragged out at a speed of one centimeter per second, it will require a force of almost 100,000 newtons, which is roughly the same as that required for lifting a medium-sized car. So unless there’s a crane to help, it’s very difficult to pull out a person who’s fallen into quicksand all at once, and of course, if it’s pulled raw, then the person’s body will have been ripped off by the powerful force before the quicksand ‘lets go’, so I’ve concluded that the person who was killed at the time was most likely in this situation.”

“Ripped off?”

This argument of Prof. Man’s made Zhuang Rui and the others a little stunned, they had once suspected that perhaps there were some unknown creatures under the quicksand, but they had never thought that the force of this sand could actually pull a living person off.

“Prof. Man, then what should one do if they get caught in the quicksand?”

Zhuang Rui at this time is out of a cold sweat, if in accordance with his previous approach, really if the exploration of that area after falling into the quicksand, maybe it will be a repeat of the tragic events of decades ago, think of the tragic separation of the body and head, Zhuang Rui can not help but be a little shudder.

Professor Man saw Zhuang Rui and other people’s appearance, his face showed a smile, said: “You do not have to be so afraid, escape quicksand method is still there, that is, caught in quicksand people, must not panic, to gently move both feet, let the water and sand as much as possible to penetrate into the squeeze out of the vacuum area, so that you can alleviate the pressure suffered by the body of the trapped person, and at the same time, let the sand slowly become loosened. At the same time, we should also try to keep our limbs as far apart as possible, because only the greater the surface area of the body touching the sand, the greater the buoyancy we will get, as long as the person caught in the quicksand has enough patience and moves gently enough, he will be able to get out of the trap slowly.”

Zhuang Rui listened and nodded repeatedly while carefully memorizing every word Professor Man said in his mind for fear of missing a point by mistake.

He still has some fear in his heart, this is not afraid of not understanding everything, but afraid of half-understanding, like Qiang Zi does not understand what quicksand is at all, and he does not dare to go to that area, so he will not suffer a loss, and like Zhuang Rui who thinks he knows the phenomenon of quicksand, maybe he will get trapped when he walks there!

This and the antique line of reasoning is the same, do not understand the antique collection of people, see some suspected antique objects, simply will not go out, there will be no eye on the pawn, and promote the antique cause of the mammoth development of those who often is to understand a half a scale, think that the eyesight of the people, but do not know to buy home objects are all forgeries.

“Thank you Professor Man for pointing out, otherwise we would have met quicksand and died without knowing how!”

Zhuang Rui’s thank you is very sincere, he also realized a truth from it, there are specialties in the art, even if there is aura in his eyes, it is only a little bit stronger than an ordinary person, being hit by a gun will certainly die, and getting stuck in the quicksand will not be able to fly out.

“How is it, brother Qiangzi, did you hear that, Mr. Man is a professor oh, he said so, it will be fine.”

Standing on the side of the two eggs although did not fully understand the words of Professor Man, but see Zhuang Rui’s appearance, but also know that the other party is very convinced, at the moment, his face showed a smug look.

All along, Qiang Zi was the best guide in the town and earned the most money, but now he dared to go to the area that Brother Qiang Zi didn’t dare to go to, and Qiang Zi was still dumbfounded by the expert, so that Erdan felt that he had already surpassed Qiang Zi and become the best guide in the town.

And this time the employer said, as long as he can bring him to find that temple lost in the desert, he will give him a one-time 100,000 RMB, which also made Second Egg turn into Fourth Egg, that adrenal glands are one to secrete hormones outwardly, to know that, even if Second Egg does not eat or drink three years of work, that is not able to earn 100,000 RMB.

“Professor Man, you are a scientific research team, right? If it’s convenient, can we head to the quicksand region together?”

Associated with Prof. Man’s profession, Zhuang Rui took them for granted as a research team and couldn’t help but think of joining them.

It should be known that these people who study the desert may not be as familiar with the geographic location as Mangzi and Erdan, but their study of the desert’s habits is definitely much stronger than these two tour guides.