Chapter 1177: 1177. Critical (1/5)

Chapter 1177 1177. Critical (15)

Mr. Li felt that it was unlucky. These meteorite hunters seemed to hate the rich, or because of the Ford brothers, they hated the house and the black. These people didn't like him either.

After all, the hunters have been in Antarctica for a while, and according to Steve, the Ford brothers came over after the end of the Antarctic polar night season this year, but there was nothing to gain.

Normally, the Ford brothers were dissatisfied with these hunters.

Now that Steve has only been here for a few days, Li Du helped him harvest a Universiade meteorite. The Ford brothers must be even more dissatisfied with the hunters, and they probably talked about them a lot.

It was for this reason that the hunters hated Li Du a little. After all, the main reason they were accused in the past two days was that Li Du discovered the meteorite.

This is his idea, but it is not that simple. Another reason is that due to the harsh climate in Antarctica, meteorite hunters are rare. These people come here and regard the surrounding meteorites as their own dishes.

Now, the biggest piece of meat on the plate was taken away by Li Du, how could they have a good impression of him?

Facing the hostile eyes of the hunters, Li Du slapped his mouth and said, "You seem to have misunderstood me? We are companions, shouldn't we be more enthusiastic about our companions?"

The bearded hunter sneered at him, waved his hands and said, "Don't say that, noble rich people, we are wage earners, you spend money, we work, we are not companions."

Brother Wolf frowned and said in a low voice, "Boss, give them some color?"

Li Du shook his head and said with a smile: "No, I know it well."

The rebelliousness of these people reminded him of Obradovic, Holiday and others who stayed in Lightning Ridge to dig opals for him. They were not bad people, they were just rude, and relatively speaking, they were better friends than the Ford brothers.

But making friends with them requires means. First, we must dispel their hostility.

The place where Li Du found the meteorite was very close to the sea, where some emperor penguins lived. According to the plan, they first had to search along the sea.

He noticed where the meteorite pickers were, and he picked up a coil of rope from the sleigh cart and put it on his shoulders.

A young hunter next to him noticed his behavior and laughed in a low voice: "Are you planning to go down the mine? Then you have to be sorry, the Antarctic meteorite is not in the mine or the pit."

Meteorites hitting the ground will inevitably produce craters. Some craters have been smoothed out by time and wind and water, while some are still preserved. Going down the craters to find meteorites is the focus of this work.

Li Du looked at him and said, "Why are you so hostile to me? Can't you be more friendly?"

The young hunter snorted and said, "Fuck you, please give me the meteorite you got yesterday, and I will be more friendly to you."

Li Du smiled and said: "Wishful thinking, what you do will only make me despise you, understand? If you have an opinion on me, you can raise it loudly. Why are you so sneaky? Like a mouse."

The young hunter was angry, but he didn't lose his temper. He glared at Li Du and left angrily holding his breath.

The bearded man was right. After all, they were workers hired by the Ford brothers. There was a class gap between the two sides, and they dared not go too far.

Hunters have a lot of tools, the most common is a metal detector, which is a bit like a mine detector in military films. Li Du has seen engineers use this to find landmines in movies and TV.

In terms of working principle, the two tools are very similar. They both rely on the current in the coil to generate a magnetic field. Once metal impurities enter the magnetic field area and the magnetic field is disturbed, an alarm signal will be issued.

However, these people are more advanced. The detector can automatically reject non-target signals. It has an additional detector. There are three sets of coils distributed inside the detector. The central transmitting coil is connected to an oscillator, which can generate a high-frequency variable magnetic field. Different metals have different effects on the magnetic field. It will reject the changing magnetic field and only sense the predetermined magnetic field.

Meteorites are often rich in metals such as iron and nickel, and the content is different, which has different effects on the current and magnetic fields.

Some hunters moved out a radar vibrator, which works by sending radar waves down from the surface through micro-vibrations and receiving feedback.

Because vibrations have different feedbacks as they travel through ice, ground, rocks, and meteorites, the feedback signals can be used to determine what's underground.

Li Du was empty-handed, except for a coil of rope on his shoulders.

Seeing this, the meteorite hunters showed mocking expressions.

The strong bearded man walked past him and said, "What do you use to find meteorites? I guess you have clairvoyant eyes and can see through ice caps, right?"

The meteorite hunters laughed, and Newman-Ford shouted: "Okay, guys, stop making jokes, can you work hard? Can you find a meteorite?"

Myron Ford came over and put his arms around Li Du's shoulders and said, "You still have the face to laugh at my friend? He really doesn't have the same set of tools as yours, but he found a meteorite. How can you face him?!"

The expressions of the hunters became gloomy, and they looked at Li Du even more unfriendly.

Li Du kept smiling and said nothing. The Ford brothers were not as kind as Steve.

The Ford brothers seemed to be standing up for him. In fact, the two of them pulled and beat him to roast him on the fire and push him out to urge the hunters to work, just like whips for cattle and horses.

The cows and horses must not have a good attitude towards the whip, which is why the hunters are so hostile to him.

But he doesn't care, he is waiting for the opportunity.

This opportunity soon appeared. The hunters walked along the seashore. When the warm season arrived, the ice on the seaside melted and exposed the land, but some places have not yet reached this point, and the sea is still covered by ice.

The bearded man walked to a protruding part of the ice layer, and he put the detector deep into the water to see if he could find anything.

Seeing this, Li Du immediately released small flying insects to absorb the time energy in the ice layer under his feet.

These ice layers have already melted a lot, and the carrying capacity has dropped sharply. In addition, the small flying insects have absorbed the time energy in it, and soon become fragile.

Big Beard weighs at least 120 kilograms. Once he walks on it, the ice layer can no longer bear his weight.

There was only a crisp sound of 'click', the ice layer broke, and the bearded man had no time to jump to the side, he let out a cry of surprise, and then fell into the ice water with a 'bang'.

Although it is a warm season, it is the coldest Antarctica on earth after all, and falling into the sea is no joke.

The people next to him dodged subconsciously, and then yelled to help: "Come here, Hankway fell into the water!"

The bearded man reached out to grab the ice and wanted to climb up, but the ice was very slippery, so he didn't use any strength.

In addition, the ice layer is very fragile. He stuck a crack in the ice with his hand and tried to use his strength, but the ice layer was pulled away.

The hunters who wanted to go up to help were shocked when they saw this scene, they subconsciously stopped and became hesitant.

Seeing that the situation was getting more and more critical, a rope flew out and landed precisely in front of the bearded man.