Chapter 384

At the same time, a huge water column shot up from the center of the whirlpool, reaching a height of over a hundred meters!

The whirlpool in the center of the lake expanded rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The original fifty-meter diameter increased to one hundred meters in an instant!

And it wasn't over yet!

One hundred and fifty meters!

Two hundred meters!

Three hundred meters!

But even so, it was still expanding.

Everyone who saw this scene turned pale with fear, and goosebumps broke out all over their bodies.

Because the large lake connected to the canal, a large number of large ships were docked along the shore.

When the diameter of the whirlpool expanded to four hundred meters, the water flowed in frantically, directly causing the water in the nearby canal to start flowing back into the lake as well.

Those large ships docked on the shore were pulled by this powerful current.

At this moment, the center of the whirlpool was like a black hole, attracting objects on the lake surface.

Whether it was ships or land.

Under such terrifying giant force, the anchor chains were no longer effective, the nearby land collapsed, and the small island in the center of the lake fell apart.

A large number of trees and ships rotated around the whirlpool, eventually falling into the abyss and never being seen again.

This scene left the netizens in the livestream stunned.

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——【My god, this destructive power is simply beyond my imagination. I don't know why, but ever since I was a child, whenever I see a whirlpool in a lake or the sea, I feel an inexplicable fear, always feeling like there's something terrifying below that will swallow me whole.】

——【Someone throw me in to liven things up. Okay, I'm joking. I reckon even if you threw me in, I wouldn't even make a splash. Such a big ship, even with anchors, was still sucked in. And this is just lake water; it's hard to imagine how terrifying a black hole in the universe is.】

——【You might not believe me, but I was once sucked into a whirlpool. I was sucked to the bottom of the water, then drifted for a while, and then floated out far downstream of the river. I didn't keep spinning in the whirlpool. But this whirlpool... it's thousands of meters deep; if you go down, you're dead for sure!】

——【Let me share a piece of knowledge: if you encounter a whirlpool, don't struggle. Struggling will consume a lot of physical strength. The correct way to save yourself is: hold your breath, relax your whole body, don't panic, and slowly find the feeling of sinking. That way, you'll float up on your own in a few days!】

Time passed second by second, and the whirlpool continued to expand until it stabilized at a diameter of about four hundred meters.

The Cameraman saw it most clearly through the camera and couldn't help but ask: "Brother, why is there such a big whirlpool, even swallowing large ships?"

Fang Yang's expression was solemn, he frowned, and slowly said: "Because of the salt mine below!"

"This salt mine has been mined for decades, and it's long been riddled with tunnels. If you connect their spaces together, the space is much larger than you imagine."

Li Dui, who was nearby, spoke up: "It is said that this salt mine has been mined to a depth of 3,000 meters underground. It's hard to imagine how people work at such a depth!"

Hiss~~

"3,000 meters?" The Cameraman gasped upon hearing this. At such a depth, even if there was only one mine tunnel, its water storage capacity would be beyond imagination.

Just as they were sighing, one of the police officers pointed at the canal in the distance and shouted in terror: "Captain, look, the canal is flowing backward!"

Everyone was shocked!

They immediately looked in the direction he was pointing.

At this look, everyone was dumbfounded.

The water in the canal originally flowed toward the sea!

But now, because of the lake water backflow, a large amount of water from the canal was flowing into the lake.

The speed of the water flow couldn't keep up with the speed of the backflow, which resulted in the front of the canal still flowing down, while the section near the sea was also flowing into the lake.

This meant the sea was starting to backflow!

This was terrifying!

This lake wasn't very big, but the salt mine below was unimaginably large.

If you wanted to fill the salt mine below, how much water would it need?

By then, the entire lake's ecosystem would probably be completely finished.

You have to know, this is a freshwater lake.

All living things and plants, including humans, rely on its freshwater resources to live.

Once the freshwater is gone, the ecosystem here will face a devastating disaster.

Except for humans who can rely on technology to survive, other animals and plants will definitely suffer a devastating blow.

This situation had caught everyone off guard.

At this rate, the moment the salt mine is filled with water will also be the day the freshwater lake becomes a saltwater lake.

Under the camera lens, two distinct polarizations formed at the gap in the large lake.

On one side was the yellowish floodwater flowing in from the canal, and on the other was the blue clear water backflowing from the sea.

Looking down from the sky, it was beautiful.

But such beauty was the scene of a disaster.

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——【It's too terrifying. Who would have thought that this accident was caused by just a tiny borehole! A hole the size of a thigh, and because it wasn't discovered in time, it led to an irreversible disaster. This is a painful lesson...】

——【After this incident, the entire lake is probably finished. It won't recover into a freshwater lake for at least a hundred years. Although it connects to the canal, don't forget the salt mine below. How many years it will take to completely settle and decompose is impossible to calculate.】

——【This is the first time I've seen seawater backflow; this scene is truly unforgettable. Especially that huge water column, it's hard to imagine it spraying up from underground. How high must it be?】

——【The most miserable ones are the fishermen. Look, their ships have all been sucked in. How much money is one ship worth? The economic loss caused by this incident will probably all have to be paid by that oil company. If I were their manager, I would hang the explorer up and beat him the first chance I got. Sitting at home, and disaster comes from the sky.】

After a while, the people at the scene began to evacuate gradually.

The whirlpool had been spinning for half an hour with no sign of stopping, and they were really afraid that the land would be torn apart.

Especially since a tunnel had just been dug nearby, which wasn't very sturdy to begin with.

Fang Yang had originally intended to watch the lake water backflow end, but after waiting for a long time, there was no sign of it stopping.

Thinking of the vast space of the salt mine underwater, he understood that it might not be filled even by tonight.

Rather than waiting here, he might as well go back.

The driver had been waiting at the intersection early on.

After saying goodbye to Li Dui, who was accompanying him, he left the scene.

The fans who had come to watch could only silently watch Fang Yang leave.

After returning to the hotel to rest for two hours, Fang Yang decided to go to the next city directly at night.

This also led to many people finding him and coming up empty-handed.

As for the lake where they had been working, it backflowed for a whole night before stopping.

And just as they had thought before, it had completely turned into a saltwater lake.

The original organisms in the lake had completely died out.

The shore was covered with dilapidated mud pits.

And in the center of the lake, because of the air pressure difference underground, a giant water column would erupt every once in a while.

This scene was very similar to the geyser they had dug up before.

But this water column was different from a geyser.

A geyser erupts because of hot steam evaporation and pressure expansion.

The water column here was due to air pressure difference.

In other words, it wouldn't last long; once the air below was completely filled and all the air in the hole was released,

then this fountain would also cease to exist.

That night, the fact that Fang Yang had dug up a national treasure-level cultural relic after a long time became a hot topic among netizens.

After all, during this recent period, Fang Yang was either having bad luck or on the way to having bad luck.

It was rare to see him dig up something rare.

Of course, every time he could save a large number of people was more important than digging up things, but it would be best if he didn't have to dig up such things.

Especially after the Cultural Relics Bureau posted photos of the Golden Hair Pagoda online that night.

All the netizens were stunned!

Under the strong light, the Golden Hair Pagoda radiated golden light, and the various gemstones were breathtakingly beautiful. ===== CHAPTER 385 =====