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Chapter 774 Huh? Why are there so many?
A better idea?
The old geologist thought the idiot was trying to dodge his questions. He was about to press him for more information when he saw the boy absentmindedly lower his head and start scribbling rapidly in a crumpled notebook with a pencil, clearly his mind was elsewhere.
Seeing this, the old man could only smile helplessly, swallowing back the words that were about to come out, and turned his gaze back to the dirt road ahead, which was illuminated by car headlights and then thrown back into darkness.
By this time, the armored vehicle had moved some distance from the reference point. According to the pre-arranged plan, it needed to be activated again to measure the geomagnetic field data for comparison. Prioritizing key points was crucial. Although the old man was somewhat dissatisfied with Jiang Xia's evasiveness, his insistence on obtaining firsthand, on-site data ultimately prevailed.
The strange phenomenon of weakening geomagnetic field was like an invisible thorn stuck in his heart, its importance far exceeding the issue of ownership of a car.
As the machine began its deep humming and preheating was complete, the large red glowing digital display in the center of the panel came alive again, with numbers scrolling and jumping rapidly, dazzling the eyes.
Eventually, the rate of change slowed, stabilizing near a new value lower than the previous nT, and continued to drift downwards very slowly, with the downward trend appearing to be ongoing and stable.
Old Li immediately bent down and, using the car's interior light, neatly recorded the new coordinates and magnetic field strength values in his notebook, his brows furrowing even more deeply.
The old man was completely absorbed in analyzing and pondering the unusual data, trying to find possible explanations from geological theories in his memory and past exploration experience.
Completely unaware that what Jiang Xia was scribbling on the draft paper wasn't equipment debugging parameters at all, but a wildly imaginative plan for assembling a "field expedition team"!
Didn't Jiangxia already hand over the task of developing the "Land Cat Car" to Comrade Qiu Jiexin at the "Spark" base?
Since the "ground penetrating radar" platform based on a wheeled armored vehicle chassis can be developed so quickly, surely the "land cat car" with a simpler structure should also be in the works by now?
In his vision, the powerful V8-engine "Yellow River" JN150 heavy truck will serve as the framework! One truck will be converted into the main base vehicle, integrating accommodation cabins, a simple laboratory, a communication center, a material warehouse, and a generator, becoming a mobile scientific research base camp; the other truck will be specially equipped with transport vehicles, carrying folded "land cat cars" and "flying cat cars", responsible for regional mobility and aerial reconnaissance.
It's even possible to add another Yellow River Card to carry the small cannon and its various functional modules, depending on the theme of the mission.
Finally, this wheeled armored vehicle equipped with ground-penetrating radar is added to the mix, responsible for deep exploration of the core area.
A "geological exploration team"? No! This is practically a fully-equipped "mobile geological academy" capable of traversing the ends of the earth!
As for why you don't just go for a small powerhouse?
Aside from the little guy wanting to show the older folks the actual usefulness of the cat-themed vehicle, there's also the fact that the geological team goes to either deep mountains and dense forests or the Gobi Desert. Do you think there are any stragglers or lone guerrillas in those places?
The right approach is to use a "lightly armored mini-tank that can fly, swim, and climb hills"!
And the foundation of all this, of course, is money. If the lost gold could be found, the problem would be solved!
Thinking of this grand blueprint (in his own mind), the tuft of hair on Jiang Xia's head seemed to sense its owner's excitement, sticking up even higher with pride. He looked up, a smile playing on his lips, at the old geologist who was intently analyzing data, completely unaware of the "surprise" to come, and chuckled inwardly:
"Hehehe, Mr. Li, if you're not tempted by this 'gift package,' I'll change my name! But... if you don't agree to take a full roll of film with me, I'll have to 'speak up' about this caravan deal..."
The journey passed quietly amidst Jiangxia's silent, mischievous chuckles, the old geologist's contemplation of geomagnetic anomalies, and the ever-increasing notes in his notebook.
Outside the window, the night grew deeper, the wilderness was silent, with only the roar of engines and the sound of wheels rolling over the road.
The moonlight, as clear as water, draped the armored vehicle in a silvery glow. If the idiot boy, engrossed in building his "mobile geological academy," had a moment to glance out the window, he might just exclaim, "The moonlight is truly beautiful tonight."
The armored vehicle finally slowed down and came to a steady stop at the edge of a slightly elevated, shrub-covered waste disposal site. It cleverly used the shade of the back slope of an inconspicuous little hill to come to a quiet stop.
This location was carefully chosen, offering a panoramic view of the row of low-rise houses in the distance while also providing perfect concealment of the massive vehicle by taking advantage of the terrain and the piles of waste.
The headlights were completely switched off, leaving only the low rumble of the engine idling to ensure a power supply. The massive vehicle, like a lurking beast, coldly watched the silent, closed-door bungalow not far away in the moonlight.
"This guy really knows how to pick a spot!" Old Wang looked at the dark, single-story houses ahead. "If they were still in multi-story buildings, we probably would have been discovered long ago..."
"This is truly courting death!"
"Let's get started!" Jiang Xia handed his well-conceived "Mobile Geological Academy" plan to the old geologist.
He then began to operate the control panel, which was covered with toggle switches and knobs, at lightning speed.
"Main power on...vacuum tube preheating...probe array power supply self-test passed..."
"Set the transmission pulse frequency... Adjust the energy level to the preset value..."
"Polarization circuit ready...Start!"
As he pressed the last button, a deeper, more resonant hum that seemed to penetrate the car body rang out.
Invisible electromagnetic pulses of a specific frequency, like invisible ripples, spread out from the array antenna on the roof of the vehicle towards the row of bungalows and the area beneath them.
"The proton magnetic moments are aligning..." Engineer Chen stared at a slowly rotating analog dial. "Pulse cut-off...protons have begun precession, generating a secondary alternating signal..."
Logically speaking, this secondary alternating signal should be extremely weak, so weak that it could be completely drowned out by environmental noise.
However, the core of Jiangxia's modified system, "an ultra-narrowband phase-locked amplifier circuit based on the principle of coherent detection," began to play a role.
It acts like an extremely sensitive filter, precisely capturing, extracting, and amplifying that unique, faint signal representing the proton precession frequency from a vast ocean of background noise.
The pale red status indicator module in the center of the control panel emitted a steady, soft light. On the glowing digital tube above it, the numbers began to jump rapidly before finally stabilizing, displaying a value indicating the relative intensity change of the geomagnetic field.
"Signal acquisition is stable! The signal-to-noise ratio is within the expected range!" Jiang Xia's voice was filled with excitement. "Professor Li, please take a look at this real-time spectrum and waveform characteristics!"
The elderly geologist immediately bent down, his gray brows furrowed, carefully examining the signal waveform and spectrum analysis diagram displayed on the oscilloscope screen.
"The signal amplitude is abnormally high... the attenuation pattern is very unique... the phase lag is very obvious..." Old Li muttered to himself as he looked at it. "This is indeed a typical response characteristic of highly conductive metals, and it's quite large! The reaction pattern... is highly consistent with the feedback data of high-purity gold! Although we can't be 100% certain, the possibility is extremely high!"
"Good!" Jiang Xia's confidence soared after receiving Li Lao's initial confirmation. He began to slowly adjust the pointing angle of the rooftop antenna to perform scanning measurements. The pen of the paper tape recorder beside him traced an undulating curve on the uniformly moving paper tape, varying with the signal strength.
As the scan data accumulated, Jiang Xia picked up a pencil and a set square, quickly marked the magnetic field anomaly intensities measured at different locations on a coordinate paper, and began to connect points with similar values.
A few minutes later, a simple contour map appeared on the paper. However, everyone in the car was stunned when they saw the area that was finally circled on the map.
"There are four areas with strong abnormal signals!"