Chapter 403 The Pagoda!
A big hole leaked into the swimming pool?
Several people were confused by Clark McCann's words. Even if it was an earthquake, the magnitude was not large, and there was no crack in the walls of the house. How could it be that a big hole was shaken out of the swimming pool?
After calming down his mind and confirming that the earthquake would no longer last, Yang Jing led the way toward the swimming pool.
Sure enough, the swimming pool full of clear water is now gone. In a corner of the swimming pool, a large hole with a diameter of about one and a half meters appeared, and it was dark, as if the demon was opening his mouth.
"What's going on? Is the underground here empty? We are halfway up the mountain!" Yang Jing asked in disbelief as he looked at the big hole.
John Bruno, who was standing beside him, said: "BOSS, it's hard to say. San Francisco itself is a hilly area. The geological structure here is very complicated. No one can tell what is going on under this land. Maybe there is a hole in the ground, and then the earthquake shakes open the upper layer of the hole."
Yang Jing shook his head and said, "That's not right. Before, earthquakes in San Francisco often occurred, so why didn't a big hole be shaken here?"
George Bruce nodded and said, "BOSS, what John said makes sense. This villa area was only developed in recent years. This house is also a new house. No one has lived in it before. After Mr. Zhao bought this villa and gave it to you, you were the first resident. So the swimming pool here has never been used. We only used this swimming pool after we came. Perhaps the hole itself is at a balance point, but we added so much water to the swimming pool. The hundreds of tons of water were in this position, and the earthquake suddenly destroyed the balance, so..." George Bruce spread his hands.
Yang Jing patted his head and said, "This is a swimming pool. What if this house is also located on this hollow? Wouldn't it be necessary to sink the house together when an earthquake occurs? That's a fatal matter! If not, this house cannot be taken, so I have to go back to the developer!"
Yang Jing’s words are not nonsense. No one can stand anyone who knows that his house is actually located on a big hole.
If this hole collapses, it will be a life-threatening thing.
Chris Patton took out a flashlight, squatted at the edge of the swimming pool and took pictures of the hole. He picked up a small stone and threw it down. He listened to the sound of the stone moving inside, and then said: "BOSS, the hole underneath should not be big, but it should be quite deep, and the hole does not seem to be straight up and down, and something seems to be blocking it in the middle."
Hearing Chris say this, the curiosity of several people was all aroused, and at least Yang Jing no longer complained.
Yang Jing leaned over, stretched his head and looked down. After looking for a long time, he couldn't see clearly what it looked like inside.
Chris used a flashlight to illuminate the surroundings of the big hole, then jumped directly under the swimming pool, squatted on the edge of the big hole, and looked down again.
"What's there?" Yang Jing asked.
"It seems...it seems like there is a passage leading to other directions six or seven meters below. John, come over with a strong flashlight. The flashlight is too weak to see clearly."
John Bruno quickly ran into the house, and soon ran over with a few strong flashlights. At the same time, the guy also carried a bundle of static ropes.
Yang Jing looked at the guy carrying a rope and asked in confusion: "John, do you still want to go down and take a look?"
John Bruno threw the rope, then handed a strong flashlight one by one, and said to Yang Jing with a smile: "BOSS, aren't you interested in the lower part? Anyway, I'm quite curious about the lower part. If the situation allows, I really want to go and have a look."
Yang Jing shook his head helplessly and gestured to this guy with a big thumb.
Chris changed the flashlight and looked at it, then said, "BOSS, this hole should not be formed naturally, it seems to be dug by hand. But for some reason, the hole was not dug to the end. However, there is also a passage at a distance of six or seven meters below, where you can see the steps inside."
After a pause, Chris continued, "You all come down. The hole should be very strong and there is no hole."
Hearing Chris' sure words, Yang Jing jumped down.
"BOSS, no wonder the earthquake shook a hole here. Look at the traces of the hole. In fact, the bottom of the swimming pool and the top of the hole are only a layer of rocks of more than 20 centimeters. This earthquake directly shakes the rocks open, and then under the pressure of the water, it becomes like this."
Yang Jing took the flashlight to illuminate the edge of the hole and nodded. His swimming pool is both for swimming and diving. The deepest end of the hole is 3.5 meters, and next to it is a three-meter-high jumping platform. The water is so deep, it is to prevent people from diving to the bottom of the swimming pool.
Through the reflection of the strong light flashlight, you can clearly see that there is a diagonal downward passage six or seven meters below the cave. The most important thing is that this diagonal downward passage actually has steps.
Seeing this scene, Yang Jing couldn't help but move. It's fake to say that he is not curious. Anyone who sees this situation probably wants to figure out what is below.
"Let's wait a moment and make sure there are no aftershocks. If you just go down, you might bury us all inside!" Although you are curious about what's underneath, Yang Jing shook his head and rejected it and went down immediately. There was an earthquake just now, and he was drilling into the ground at this time. This is not the old birthday boy who eats arsenic and thinks he has lived for a long time!
Chris looked at the big hole and asked, "Do you want to find something to cover the hole first?"
Yang Jing looked around and shook his head, "No, we have a unique courtyard here. There are so many trees around the courtyard, and people outside can't see it."
Several people returned to the house, and George Bruce called the local earthquake station to ask if there would be any aftershocks, while others helped Yang Jing pick up lunch.
After lunch and after confirming that there would be no aftershocks, the five people immediately got fully armed, and all the weapons, lighting, and life-saving supplies were prepared. Then they tied one master and two static ropes to the jumping platform next to the swimming pool, and then they drilled through the big hole.
Clark McCann was tall and big, and he had a lot of experience in drilling holes and other things, so he took the lead, John Bruno followed second, Yang Jing was in the middle, followed by Chris and George Bruce.
Clark McCann landed quickly on the stairway leading to the obliquely lower. After going down, he felt it a little, took off his gas mask and shouted to it: "Come down, there is no problem with the air. This passage should be connected to the outside world. You can feel the flow of air here."
After several people went down, Yang Jing said, "Let's not go down first, go to another direction first, and see where this passage leads to."
This passage is quite spacious, more than two meters high, even the tall and big Clark McCann can walk straight here. Hearing Yang Jing say this, Chris turned around and walked in another direction, but not long after walking, the passage ahead was completely cut off.
Some collapsed rocks and soil sealed the passage tightly, but judging from the direction and upward trend of the passage, this passage should lead directly to the ground, but I don’t know why it was blocked.
Clark pulled the rocks and looked closer for a while before saying, "It should have been a long time since the collapse here. Look, some of the roots have grown here."
"Then go back, don't waste time here." Yang Jing said, and several people immediately turned their heads and walked in the direction they came.
When he walked under the big hole, Chris felt it for a while and said, "There should be a passage to the outside below. The air is discharged from here, which is enough to illustrate this."
George Bruce squeaked his nose and said with a smile: "It smells like a fishy sea. Could it be that the following is a direct connection to the sea?"
Yang Jing also smiled and said, "It's better to lead directly to the Dragon Prince's Dragon Palace. Oh, by the way, you don't recognize the Dragon Prince, you recognize the sea god Poseidon."
Clark quipped: "Boss, we are atheists who identify, and we believe in Engels..." Several people burst into laughter.
While talking and laughing, they walked down carefully. As they walked, everyone realized that the downward passage was actually spiral, and as they walked down, everyone heard the sound of waves.
After walking down for several minutes, I guess I had already reached the bottom of the hill. A huge space finally appeared in front of everyone.
As George Bruno guessed just now, there is indeed sea water in this huge underground space. There should be a secret passage here connected to the Pacific Ocean outside. In addition, on the rock wall to the west of this space, some mottled light penetrated in. Obviously, this rock wall should be the cliff below Yang Jing's house.
When everyone concentrated the lights on the east and north of this space, several people couldn't help but take a breath.
I saw that on the east side of this space, there were dozens of totem poles of different shapes of various sizes. In the middle of these totem poles, there was a reduced version of the pyramid.
Although this pyramid is only seven or eight meters high, it is in the shape of a typical Mayan pyramid. On the rock wall behind this pyramid, there is an ornament similar to the sun.
The shape of the pyramid and the sun decoration are nothing. The most important thing is that when these two things are illuminated with light, they vaguely reflect a yellow metallic luster...
Clark said dumbly: "God Jesus, is this pyramid really built of gold?"
Chapter completed!