Chapter 545

Atmospheric pressure is the gentlest thing in the world, and also the most lethal.

Under normal circumstances, it is so gentle that you cannot feel its existence at all.

Yet at specific times, it becomes the most lethal killer!

For example, when Old Mi ascends rapidly from several hundred meters deep in the ocean, his body endures immense pressure.

Or take a fighter jet pilot; when flying at high speeds, they themselves also endure pressure several times higher than that of the human body.

Once the critical value is exceeded, it leads to fainting at best, and direct death at worst!

How great the power of atmospheric pressure is, experiments were conducted thousands of years ago.

The famous Magdeburg hemispheres experiment told the world that the power of atmospheric pressure is terrifying.

The force required to forcibly pull the iron spheres apart directly smashed the horses into a bloody mess!

This is a giant whose shape cannot be seen, possessing the most terrifying power!

If what supports this massive sea curtain is not glass, but atmospheric pressure, the theory is actually sound.

But the actual conditions for its formation are extremely harsh!

It can be said that this is simply a masterpiece of the gods, a height that human power cannot reach!

Does nature really possess such power to form such a natural wonder?

Most people believe it does; the uncanny workmanship of nature is simply beyond human imagination!

Although no one has ever seen a sea curtain, many believe that geological changes over hundreds of millions of years could form such a unique space; it is not an impossible thing!

Seeing that expressions of sudden realization had appeared on everyone's faces.

Professor Liu continued: "Regarding the sea curtain, my preliminary guess is that it is just like when Ban Jie Li used that pot to breathe underwater; it utilizes atmospheric pressure."

"There is, of course, air inside this undersea cave; otherwise, so many people could not survive!"

"This place is very likely a miracle formed by crustal movements hundreds of millions of years ago."

"The specific process was likely the formation of a large cave first, followed by a sudden influx of seawater!"

"The seawater sealed the air inside the cave, and the outside seawater was also blocked by the air and could not enter; this is what formed that strange and inexplicable sea curtain phenomenon!"

"Of course, this is just a very simple explanation; in reality, when it formed naturally, the situation must have been much more complex than it is now."

"Do you all remember when Ban Jie Li followed the funeral procession, the closer they got to the sea curtain, the narrower the passage became?"

"This terrain perfectly matches the conditions for forming a sea curtain!"

"If it were a wide-mouthed bottle placed straight into the water with the opening facing up, the air in the bottle would escape, and water would rush in!"

"But if it were a narrow-mouthed bottle, especially one where the neck is somewhat tortuous, and it was placed horizontally into the water, the air would remain in the bottle, which is enough to prevent water from rushing in through the opening!"

"Ban Jie Li's movement trajectory is very similar to this horizontally placed bottle!"

Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but start recalling the content of Zhang Lin's storytelling just now.

They discovered that it was indeed as Professor Liu said!

At the beginning, Ban Jie Li saw the crowd gathering from all directions.

This shows that the area far from the sea curtain was an open space, which is equivalent to the body of the bottle.

The closer to the sea curtain, the more compact the surrounding space; this is equivalent to the neck of the bottle!

Professor Liu's explanation basically reconstructed the situation of the undersea cave!

Seeing everyone nodding, Professor Liu continued: "If we first accept my hypothesis, and then look back at the situation Ban Jie Li encountered, many inexplicable mysteries can be easily solved!"

"For example, why is this place so dark? Because it is an undersea cave, hidden from the sun, so it is naturally extremely dark!"

"Another example, how could a sea curtain appear? Because the water was blocked there by the air, forming a large wall of water."

"Most importantly, there is the fundamental reason why the Forty-Two did not allow Ban Jie Li to light a fire!"

"No matter how large the cave is, the air sealed inside when it formed was limited."

"Fire not only consumes oxygen but also changes the air pressure that has been stable in the cave for many years!"

"If the air inside the cave decreases to a certain value, the sea curtain will collapse!"

"Everyone can imagine, once the sea curtain collapses, that is seawater directly flooding into this cave."

"Everyone inside will be drowned! This is a disaster comparable to a flood!"

Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but gasp.

Looking at it this way, fire becoming a taboo in this undersea cave world is protecting everyone's lives!

Once the ecological balance inside the cave is broken, what disappears will not just be the people here, but also that mysterious Sea God Palace within the sea curtain!

This guess by Professor Liu is of great significance!

Almost the moment Professor Liu finished speaking, the authorities issued a warning to the tomb raiders going to explore and dig for treasure.

Requiring that whether it is an individual or a group, if they successfully enter the undersea cave.

They must absolutely not light a fire inside the cave!

This cave has existed for hundreds of millions of years, and the tomb keepers have lived inside for nearly a thousand years.

No one knows when the ecological balance of this space will be broken!

Perhaps it will be when the very next person enters, consuming a little more oxygen, and that sea curtain wonder will collapse—no one can say for sure!

People will never know which one is the final straw that breaks the camel's back!

At this time, someone also began to ask a key question.

"Professor Liu, if this undersea cave is really as we guessed, then it proves that ten thousand Mongols live there; they may have lived inside for a thousand years—can anyone really live that long?"

Upon hearing this, Professor Liu shook his head and said: "I think these ten thousand people certainly did not live for a thousand years, but rather reproduced, passed down generation after generation!"

"Based on Ban Jie Li's encounter, one can even infer that the initial number of these tomb keepers should have been around a thousand!"

"They intermarried, causing the population to gradually exceed ten thousand, and the isolated environment also led to intermarriage between close relatives."

"This is also the reason why Ban Jie Li saw so many deformed people in the funeral procession!"

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