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Geocentric Adventure

In the remote town of Northern Europe, Jensen is an ordinary postman. On this day,

By AliceParsonPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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Geocentric Adventure
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In the remote town of Northern Europe, Jensen is an ordinary postman. On this day, he was introduced by a friend, to meet with Professor K, and join him in that crazy adventure.

Professor K well-built, often with a serious smile on his face, looks the same as ever.

After the two introduced each other, Professor K unhurriedly said the end of the journey - the heart of the earth! J was stunned, but after a little thought, he readily agreed. Then embarking on this journey with Professor K is destined to be full of danger but also very exciting.

The two came to the south of Iceland on top of an active volcano. The sun was shining in the west, its afterglow still bathed the world in winter. The two brought the rope, tied to the waist, the other end hanging on the crater. They slid down the rope. At first, the speed is fast, not much time, they have descended 600 meters.

Continue to descend, descending ...... According to the timer brought, it is now late afternoon. The two took a short break on a rocky outcrop in the inner wall of the volcano. And then down to find a cave where they can rest, ready to spend the night here.

After eating food and resting for the night, they continued their descent.

When descending to 1000 meters, the air pressure gradually rose. But they did not have any discomfort, only a slight pain in the ear. Professor K said that it was because the air below was too dense, just speed up the breathing will be fine.

For the next few days, they continued to descend according to the previous method, water is getting less and less, and helpless, the two can only ration water. When descending to about 10,000 meters, there was only half a jug of water left and not much food. Y kept walking around, and now and then let out a few sighs. Professor K aside, but calmly, as if nothing had happened.

Descending to 15,000 meters, they have experienced several days and nights, not a drop of water, the two thirsty can only rely on the few remaining bottles of beer to quench their thirst. Jensen lay weakly by the rock wall, the hot feeling seemed to spread from the throat to the whole body, he felt his head in a blaze of fire.

And at that moment, the beautiful stalactites and granite through the ages suddenly came into the sight of two. Despite the extreme lack of water, Professor K continued to observe and study.

After a few more days, there were no more than a few drops of beer left that they had brought with them. But the rate of decline of the two men was not affected in any way. Professor K's kind of steady sitting calmness infected Y , and Y's kind spirit of not giving up in the face of danger also inspired Professor K. The two of them inspired each other and motivated each other, and in this way, they kept moving toward the center of the earth.

The descent to 24,000 meters was too memorable. While cutting a granite wall with a hoe, Y chiseled through an underground river. A column of water gushed out. The mood of the two men, along with the boiling water, surged to the extreme, and the conviction of reaching the center of the earth, also became stronger.

Descending to 30,000 meters, the food was already only enough for two people to eat a meal. The water that was filled up was also running low. Magma also began to come up from the ground, not good, is it a volcanic eruption? Yes began to worry, but Professor K did not move, and Y after a full meal, all told his plan.

It turns out that Professor K sat with Y on a rock, when the rock in the volcano eruption, they have to erupt together with the volcano, leaving the volcano! This plan is crazy!

Said, they looked for a larger rock, sitting on it, the huge air pressure, so that the rocks continue to rise, in this huge shock, Professor K and Y, both black eyes, fainted.

When the two woke up, they had returned to the ground. The sun shone on the earth, the sky was still blue, the river was still clear, and the clouds were still white. They returned to the world they were familiar with, vibrant.

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