Chapter 712 A Lone Tree Becomes a Forest
In Edaluo Town, Menghai, Xishuangbanna, there is an old banyan tree that is famous all over the world. This old banyan tree is more than 900 years old!
The reason why this tree is famous is not because of its age. It has many ancient trees that are more than 900 years old. There are many ancient trees that are more than 1,000 years old or even 2,000 years old.
The reason why this old banyan tree is famous is because this old banyan tree is so big!
As the saying goes, "A single thread cannot make a thread, and a single number cannot make a forest", but this old banyan tree breaks the saying. Because in addition to the main trunk, this old banyan tree more than 50 meters tall also has as many as thirty-four aerial roots, and the area covered by the canopy is as high as more than 2,000 square meters, which is three acres of land!
The numerous aerial roots and huge tree canopies make the tree look like a small forest at all. Therefore, in this old banyan tree, people finally saw what it means to be a "one-some forest"!
The old banyan tree in Xishuangbanna is famous all over the world, so many people spend money to see the old banyan tree every year.
Originally, Yang Jing wanted to take the time to take the princess there and see the magical old banyan tree, but he didn't expect to see an equally huge old banyan tree in this primitive jungle on Mindulo Island, Philippines!
The main part of the old banyan tree in front of me was probably a dozen adults to hug her. On the branches of this old banyan tree, there were so many thicker roots growing downwards. These roots were much thicker than ordinary trees, and some of the thickest roots had to be hugged by at least three people!
There are dozens of these aerial roots, densely hanging to the ground and penetrate deeply into the ground, forming a "forest" in this area with a radius of three or four acres!
"Oh Maiga! This tree is so big!" Even the mature and experienced Chris looked like a ghost when he saw this tree. Clark and Kevin Martin, who were lively and active, took out their phones and started taking selfies...
Kevin Martin took several photos in a row and put away his cell phone, smiled and said to Yang Jing, "Boss, my eyes are pretty good? I just saw something wrong on that tree. This tree is too big and is much higher than the surrounding trees. I didn't expect to see such a magical tree when I came over. Oh Maiga, Mark and Sean were so pitiful. I couldn't see such a rare wonder. When I go back, I will use these photos to make them envious!"
Yang Jing smiled and pointed at Kevin Martin, then posed for a pose and said, "Come on, take two photos for me."
When several bodyguards saw that the boss was also posing, they immediately took out their phones to start taking pictures. In less than ten seconds, Yang Jing estimated that these gangsters had to take at least fifty photos of themselves.
When I came, my boring and bored mood was relieved a lot after such a play. After the trouble, a few people got into this forest of trees and began to look for unusual places inside.
Not to mention, this search really makes me find a unique place.
This place is not in the woods formed by the old banyan tree alone, but in a jungle about thirty meters away from the old banyan tree. It is the place discovered by Morris.
Although this place is a mountainous area, the ground is not very undulating. But in the rainforest about 30 meters away from the old banyan tree, a large mound of soil suddenly appeared, which seemed to be a grave.
This large mound is 100 square meters in radius and is about three meters high. However, this large mound is hidden deep in the rain forest. If you don’t walk in front of you, you will almost never find this large mound.
"Boss, this mound is indeed a bit abnormal. In this mountainous area, such a mound should not appear. This should be man-made. Look at the trees and shrubs on this mound, especially those trees. It is obvious that the trees are not very old, not even a hundred years old. The trees around the mound are at least two or three hundred years old. Therefore, the trees on this mound should have grown up later." George Bruce stood beside Yang Jing and analyzed carefully.
Yang Jing nodded, "That's right, the vegetation on this large mound is indeed a bit different from the surrounding vegetation."
"Boss, there is a big stone here, it seems something is wrong. Come and take a look?" Carl Morris's scream sounded on the other side of the mound. Yang Jing immediately pulled the vine above his head and walked quickly to the other side.
"Boss, there is a big stone here, and it doesn't seem like it was rushed down from the mountain, but it seems like someone was transporting it here specially." Morris said, pointing to a big stone wrapped in vines and moss on his body.
This stone is as long as one person and is about 1.7 meters wide. It lies across the ground and is wrapped in various vegetation. I don’t know how thick it is.
Chris stood beside Yang Jing and looked at the huge rock that had been cut off many vines by Morris with a saber and said, "From the surrounding terrain and environment, this stone should not appear here. First, there is no river here, so this stone cannot be rushed down from the mountain. Second, the vegetation here is lush and the soil is very thick. The rocks in the mountain should not be exposed. Therefore, this rock should have been transported by someone else."
Yang Jing nodded while touching his chin, and then asked, "Guys, is there any way to move this stone away?"
Chris said in a little embarrassedly: "Boss, this stone probably has to be at least seven or eight tons. We don't have the right tools, so it's difficult to move this stone away."
"Then dig it to see what's underneath this stone! This stone appears here, and there is a large mound of soil next to it, which is obviously very abnormal. Guys, dig it! Let's dig it out!"
Compared to moving this huge rock apart, the soil here is relatively soft, so digging is a relatively easy thing.
Although Chris and the others did not bring tools to move the huge rock away, they still carried the convenient and lightweight engineer shovels. So after Yang Jing's order, several people immediately danced the engineer shovels in their hands and dug them on the side of the huge rock.
The soil was very soft, so these sharp engineer shovels were almost no difficulty and quickly dug up to a depth of more than one meter.
Accompanied by a crisp "ding", I don't know whose engineer shoveled to the hard object under the soil.
Chapter completed!