Closer and closer.
As the two of them walked off the gold-mining boat and onto the massive wooden stump, they appeared so minuscule.
The cross-section of the osmanthus tree was a terrifying seventy thousand square feet!
The two of them walking on it were no different from a termite.
It was truly hard to imagine how a tree could grow to such immense size!
[Holy crap!]
Xi Tong beside him suddenly exclaimed, and then her body lurched violently.
Fang Er subconsciously reached out and pulled her, helping her regain her balance.
[It's hollow underneath!]
Xi Tong, having regained her footing, pointed to the spot she had just stepped on, exclaiming in surprise.
Fang Er, a bit unconvinced, tentatively poked with his toe.
There, it looked no different from any other spot, just the color of brown wood under the light.
But when his toe probed, he felt no sensation of touching solid matter.
This damn thing, it was actually hollow...
He crouched down and touched it with his hand, confirming his judgment again.
The two exchanged a look and nodded tacitly.
Then they split up, exploring outwards from the hollow.
If they found anything unusual, they would leave a lit electric lamp as a marker.
Ten minutes later, Fang Er looked in shock at the path he had taken. It was a very smooth arc.
On the inner side of the arc, it was all that hollow feeling. Although it looked the same as the surroundings, when touched, it was empty.
It was as if the center of the osmanthus tree trunk had been hollowed out.
Looking at Xi Tong's side, it was the same situation.
The bright lamps, connected to the ones Fang Er had left, formed a semi-circle on the cross-section of the osmanthus tree!
This made Fang Er's brow furrow deeply.
Could this be the secret hidden on the dark side of the moon?
When the two of them met at another point, they stared at the giant ring of light before them, lost in deep contemplation.
It was a circular hollow with a diameter of over 200 meters, centered on the heart of the osmanthus tree, evenly distributed.
What would be inside the hole?
The light could not penetrate the interior of the hollow, and this feeling was extremely uncomfortable.
Knowing it was there but being unable to see it.
Even with divine sense!
[I'm going down to check!]
Xi Tong took out a rope from the warehouse, tucked one end into Fang Er's hand, and tied the other end to her waist.
"Are you stupid?"
Fang Er glared at her fiercely, then tossed the rope back into the warehouse and replaced it with a camera.
"They say pregnancy makes you foolish for three years. You haven't even conceived yet, and your brain is already going haywire?"
Xi Tong was not one to be bullied. She put her hands on her hips and pointed at Fang Er's nose, scolding him.
[Fang Da Bang! Who are you talking to! If you have the guts, then get me pregnant!]
Fang Er: ..........
"I'm not in the mood!"
He crouched down and mumbled perfunctorily.
This woman was too wild. If he didn't find something to do, she would definitely make him her business.
The fact that Chai Shao had died still lingered in his mind, and he really didn't have the heart for anything intimate.
Seeing this, Xi Tong, unusually, dropped the topic.
Looking at the footage transmitted to the phone connected to the camera, Fang Er immediately pulled her over.
"Look down quickly!"
He had originally thought that this osmanthus tree had merely been hollowed out.
But the reality far exceeded his expectations!
In the footage, there was a bottomless pit.
This was not the point. The point was that the walls of the pit showed signs of artificial modification and reinforcement with some material, making it look like a deep well.
"I'll go down and see. You stay here!"
Fang Er retrieved the rope he had just put away.
However, this time, it was tied to his own waist.
Xi Tong gave him a disgusted look, her face filled with mockery.
Didn't you just call me stupid?
If you have the ability, don't use the rope!
Fang Er shrugged helplessly, "Alright, the electric cable can't reach that deep..."
[Hmph! I'll go down with you!]
The two of them hammered steel stakes into the cut surface of the osmanthus tree and lowered themselves down with ropes.
After passing through the area blocking their vision, the view inside the hole opened up. The walls of the hole were very smooth, probably difficult for even a gecko to grip.
The two of them, holding onto the ropes, let the faint gravity pull them down. Their speed was not too fast, like a feather slowly falling to the ground.
It wasn't until three or four hours later that the surrounding environment began to change.
On the bare cave walls, some metal ladders appeared, as well as some compartments that looked like kilns, their purpose unknown.
Further down...
"Holy crap, this is bad!"
Fang Er looked down and immediately turned pale with shock.
Without hesitation, he took out a gold-mining boat and carried Xi Tong towards the compartments on the cave wall.
In that instant, he had seen the bottom of this giant pit!
There, it was a rotating wormhole!
The gold-mining boat stopped at the entrance of one of the compartments, and Fang Er pulled Xi Tong inside.
Looking at the wormhole below, he had some guesses about the mysterious fleets that had suddenly appeared earlier.
"Those scoundrels must have come through this wormhole!"
Fang Er stated with absolute certainty, pointing at the wormhole.
Xi Tong was silent for a moment, then frowned thoughtfully.
[The axis of the moon doesn't seem to be completely perpendicular to the Earth.]
"Huh?"
Fang Er was puzzled by her abrupt statement, not understanding what she meant.
But his confusion did not last long. He soon heard Xi Tong continue.
[Back then, when I was tracing time, I remember that after the moon detached from Earth, its axial angle shifted.]
[Since its axis is not at a 90-degree angle to the Earth, it means it cannot always have one side facing away from the Earth!]
Upon hearing this, a thought flashed through Fang Er's mind. He looked at Xi Tong with shock.
"You mean someone tampered with the moon?"
"The reason why one side of the moon always faces away from the Earth is actually to conceal this wormhole hidden beneath the osmanthus tree?"
He paused for a moment, and the shock on his face became even more intense.
"But if this speculation is true, then somewhere on the moon, there must be something that can affect the moon's rotational angle!"
He was completely bewildered!
Using external force to affect the rotation of a planet, just hearing it sounded impossible!
Xi Tong saw through his thoughts and pointed to their surroundings.
[Nothing is impossible. Don't forget, the moon back then was captured and transferred from somewhere else by the Yanhuang tribe!]
[Since someone has tampered with the moon, then this place is likely a forward operating base used by those people to monitor Earth!]