Be a real Phoenix man

The snow on Mount Everest has gradually shown its cold and cruel true colors since Shigatse.

On the plateau with an altitude of more than 4000 meters, even the air is thin. Looking up, it is azure blue like a smudged sky, as if it is only a few feet away from the top of the person's head, and it seems to be so far away that it penetrates the atmosphere. There is a glimmer of cosmic light revealed.

In fact, looking from a distance, Mount Everest is not as majestic and precipitous as imagined.Although it has the highest altitude in the world, because its base is too high and surrounded by high-altitude mountains, it does not show its own uniqueness.

It is not even as good as Mount Tai, which rises from the plains and stands tall like a high hanging cliff, which makes people daunting.

Mount Everest uses its thin air and icy breath to make tourists who come from thousands of miles feel its solemnity and sublime.

This group of young scientists was extremely exhausted on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, Lhasa, and here. However, as soon as they saw Mount Everest, their exhaustion disappeared. Summoning is like baptism, looking at the holy mountain bathed in the morning light with piercing eyes.

Xie Canglin saw that something was gradually lighting up in Li Feihua's eyes, just like when he was young, the whole person was like a rising sun.

The young people cheered for a while, planning to take a rest and supplies in the nearby village, and then headed towards Mount Everest.

In the 90s of the last century, many people abroad have begun to climb Mount Everest, leaving behind many stories about Mount Everest.Beauty, loneliness and sublime are bound to be accompanied by fear, cold and torture.The more beautiful the story, the more eerie the meaning behind it.

But nothing can stop the pace of science.

The scientists discussed for a while and decided not to climb Mount Everest from the usual route.The reason why an ordinary route becomes a climbing route is that it is not so difficult and dangerous, and the more difficult and dangerous the place is, the more likely there are well-preserved remains of ancient organisms.

Xie Canglin agreed with the plan.Now that you are here, you must make some discoveries before going back.

The next day was still a sunny day.It seems that in this place so close to the sky, haze and wind and rain never come.

Li Feihua took the lead, Xie Canglin was behind, a few young people in the middle were chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere of the whole team was particularly joyful.

It's just that the air is getting colder and colder, and the altitude has reached 500 meters.They put on the thickest down jackets, covered their faces completely, but still showed their hands, holding instruments to detect and measure on the snow wall.

The snow on Mount Everest has been accumulated, squeezed and covered year after year, just like the annual rings of trees, each layer records the wind and frost of that period of time.

A young man named Tao Jun was measuring with an instrument, and suddenly exclaimed: "Oh!" Everyone came together.

"Why, did you find a dinosaur egg??"

Tao Jun touched the back of his head and smiled sheepishly: "No, no, they are ancient microorganisms. I was surprised to find that they still have signs of life activities under the snow cover."

Hearing this, the others let out a long sigh, shook their heads in disappointment and walked away.

But Xie Canglin stopped.Although they had previously discovered the existence of many ancient microorganisms in the rock formations of inland mountainous landforms, this was the first time in the snowy plateau.The purity and enclosure of the snowy region should preserve the energy of life for a longer period of time than the inland regions.

He stopped Tao Jun and asked him to continue measuring.After a while, he asked him how he could more accurately calculate the age of these ancient microbes under different layers of snow.

Of course, it is not easy to find an ancient microbe by accident.

"Look, the one you found, based on the time when this snow cover was formed, it has survived at least... 800 million years! 800 million years, it is longer than the ancient microbes we discovered before, Tao Jun, you have already made a major discovery during this trip, and if you take this whole piece of snow cover back and preserve it for research, and then write it into a paper, you will definitely win an award." Xie Canglin sighed as he said, "800 million years ago, it really lived. It's been too long, if we didn't discover it today, it must have lived under the cover of this snow for a longer time, and it will witness the changes of the earth for a longer time than humans..."

When several young people saw Xie Canglin teaching Tao Jun to estimate his age, they all turned around and surrounded him curiously. Now that they heard Xie Canglin's exclamation, they were immersed in the reverie of this long time for a while, unable to extricate themselves.

Several people helped Tao Jun chisel off the snow cover intact and store it in a sealed box that he carried.This airtight box is manufactured using the most advanced refrigeration and sealing technology, which can keep the snow cover intact for decades.

After finishing, Li Feihua recalled Xie Canglin's words just now, and couldn't help but move.

"This is only 800 million years of snow cover. We chiseled it out and found that there is still a thick snow wall inside. Why can't we continue to detect it? Of course the age of the snow cover further inside is longer, maybe there will be some snow inside." What about more ancient microbes?"

As he said that, several young people began to be eager to try.Xie Canglin disagreed somewhat.

"We must also protect the ecology when we do scientific research. Enough is enough. Don't go fishing out of the water. You can chisel off a piece of snow cover, which will not have any impact on the entire ecosystem of Mount Everest. But if the entire snow wall is chiseled through, it will be hard to say."

Li Feihua was a little embarrassed when he heard the instruction, but he was still not reconciled: "Teacher, just this time, we have all come here, we can't just stop at 800 million years, the dinosaur egg is something tens of millions of years ago. , 800 million is not enough."

"Besides, we won't dig the snow wall this time, but only detect it. If there is really something underneath, we will dig out a small piece and never penetrate it!"

The others heard this, and they all came over to persuade them. Xie Canglin couldn't stand it when these young people started arguing one by one. After being persuaded by such nonsense, he waved his hands angrily and amusedly, and said: " Do whatever you want. However, you must be careful when detecting, although our instruments are already the least harmful, they still carry a small amount of heat, so you must be careful not to destroy this snow wall."

Li Feihua and Tao Jun agreed without hesitation, and started to explore with great interest.

Every two inches down may mean the accumulation of millions of years, which makes Li Feihua feel extremely excited. Every time the detector detects something, it makes him feel a kind of wonder like traveling through time and space.

Suddenly, a red line lit up on the detector's screen. That red line was completely different from the previous calm and waveless detection data. It was a symbol of strong vital signs!

"Oh my god!" Li Feihua exclaimed suddenly: "Look quickly!"

The companions were startled by the voice, and hurried over to see it, and then they all screamed.

"Oh my god, is there any animal buried here? But how is this possible? Even if it is covered by snow, it is impossible for any animal to live longer than 800 million years!"

Such strong vital signs have far exceeded the frequency fluctuations of ancient microorganisms.It's like one is just a slight wave of a leaf falling on the lake, and the other is the turbulent waves of the lake when the tide is high.

Tao Jun's voice trembled a little: "Could it be... Could it be that there's a living dinosaur hidden inside?"

This sentence caused everyone to be in an uproar, Xie Canglin also frowned, and walked over to have a look.

Li Feihua listened, but his eyes suddenly turned to look at Tao Jun, as if two torches were hidden inside.He stared at Tao Jun for a while, then turned to Xie Canglin: "Teacher, I..."

Xie Canglin Zheng nodded: "Be careful." Then he went to help Li Feihua himself.

Both of them moved very carefully, little by little, for fear of destroying this miraculous vital sign.And then, finally, getting closer to that goal.

In such a cold place, sweat dripped from Li Feihua's forehead, it was the sweat of excitement and nervousness.

The last obstacle was cleared, Li Feihua stretched out his hand and took out the thing.

It should be an egg.The egg is covered with a layer of uneven snow cover, and the original shape, size and color of the egg cannot be seen.On the whole, this egg is as big as a small watermelon in Li Feihua's hands.

Just like this, Li Feihua was holding a white "little watermelon" and giggling beside the white snow wall.

Xie Canglin patted him on the shoulder helplessly, and said: "Look at what you have done to this snow wall, fill it up quickly. And this thing, put it in a sealed box quickly."

The egg has no name yet, and it is not even sure whether it is a dinosaur egg. They call it "this thing" for the time being.

After finishing the treatment, they all felt satisfied, and after climbing for a whole morning, they were a little tired, so they decided to find a flat place or a cave, take a short rest, and then go down the mountain.

But at this moment, the accident happened.

They were caught in an avalanche.The continuous torrent of snowballs falling from the sky is like a murderous murder in the beauty, overwhelming the sky.