The white fog disappeared to the naked eye, and the sky brightened, but in the screen of the detection instrument, there was still a piece of the lake under the surface of the obvious magnetic field is not right.
This is in fact the black fog finally stabilised in the 'door' on top of the cover. In the view of Henry and others, the whole process is the energy explosion after the white fog came, and then inexplicably appeared a circle of black, instantly disappeared with the white fog; and then is the bottom of the lake energy anomalies gradually narrowed the range, and finally fixed in a two-metre diameter of the class circle. The anomalous magnetic field persisted, but it had stabilised within the circle.
Eli now claimed that the 'black matter' was his power, and crushed the white mist after enclosing it. What about the energy at the bottom of the lake? Will the White Mist come back? These are the unknowns.
Eli and Middendorffi teamed up to tell a lie: 'The energy mass is steadily weakening, and should disappear completely after a while, so don't worry about it too much.'
The crowd asked, 'How long is "some time"?'
This was hard for even Middendorffi to say, and could only say, 'It's hard to say. But it won't be tens or hundreds of years.'
'So there's still a possibility that it could be a few years, a dozen years?'
'No.' Middendorffi re-estimated the speed, 'A few months short, nearly a year long, shouldn't be more than a year.'
'Gee, that's not really a short period of time.' Henry commented, 'But after laying out a decade and a century up front there, I can't believe I thought a year would be okay.'
Wong said, 'It doesn't matter if the energy is simply spilling out, the main problem is that the White Mist people will be attracted to this thing. That's a bit more dangerous.'
Eli said, 'It won't come. At least not at this lake.'
'Really?' The crowd asked him, 'How can you be so sure?'
-- because Middendorffi's black mist is here, and could swallow the white mist in a minute.
But Eli won't say so explicitly, just puts on the airs of a tall man, 'I just can be sure.'
As soon as he did so, the crowd realised that he would not continue to explain. After all, Eli is just a partner of the 'collector', to be precise, Middendorffi 'bolted' over, Eli does not want to pay attention to the 'collector', is really can be ignored. Eli could have ignored the Collector if he didn't want to.
Thinking about it, the group could only come up with one solution - to keep monitoring the lake until the anomalous magnetic field disappeared completely.
If that white mist person reappeared, they could only find another way to deal with it.
And there is definitely no way to have someone stationed at the site all the time for a long time monitoring, the collector can only replace it with field monitoring, with magnetic field monitoring, night vision function, and thermal imaging function. After that, come once a week to retrieve the video, to confirm the magnetic field changes. If there's no problem, continue monitoring, and if there's a problem, send someone to station at the site again.
This wild lake definitely still needs to be closed, but the mountain is after all a town asset, so it's not good to keep it closed. So the final decision, the mountain can be open, but the wild lake still have to be sealed with a cordon, set up a sign, is strictly prohibited to go into the water. After all, after re-opening, there may be how many love to come to the lake to play, can not condone part of the death of the stuff hard to the water.
Also, you can not come close to fishing, if you encounter the lake white fog, you must immediately withdraw, not to join in the fun.
The rules were finally drawn up by the Collector a week later, and Laura exclaimed at one point, 'Gee, that sounds like a rule book!'
Middendorffi didn't get it, 'What?'
Laura said, 'I'll have an AI voice read it to you.'
After that, a female AI voice sounded, 'Visitors, this small lake is an undeveloped attraction with unknown dangers. Please do not stay here, violators will be responsible for the consequences. If you must stay here, for your safety and health, please be sure to follow the following rules-
'I. Please do not cross the warning line, and it is strictly prohibited to break the warning line, violators will be held legally responsible;
'Two, going into the water is strictly prohibited, and all activities including swimming, diving, boat trips and other activities in contact with the lake are prohibited;
'Three, if you see white mist, white figures, etc. on the lake, please evacuate as soon as possible and return to your village to report to the townspeople;
'iv, never touch the white fog, if you come ashore in case of white fog, please abandon your large luggage and evacuate quickly, do not delay by packing your luggage and equipment; your luggage and equipment will not be eroded by the white fog, and you can return to pick up your belongings after it is safe to do so;
'Fifth, the time of appearance of white fog is uncertain, please be alert throughout the tour, please do not spend the night at the lake, and do not listen to the rumour that white fog only appears at dawn;
'Once again, please do not stay and leave as soon as possible, thank you for your co-operation.'
When the AI readout ended, Henry couldn't help but sigh, 'It does sound oddly oozy, is this going to be played on a loop at the site? Who dares to stay by the lake after hearing this is killing themselves.'
'Not reading it, just putting up a sign there.' Laura said, 'But I think this is something that might attract more good people to visit, right? You guys don't underestimate the hearts of death-defying humans.'
'There'll be other signs nailed up on the way to the wild lake, like 'no approach to the wild lake,' 'danger of playing in the water,' and 'no crossing the warning line' and stuff like that. ' Lupin said, 'If the deadbeats still insist on going to the lake, it's always kind of nice to have a more complete description there.'
Laura said meaningfully, 'It's not a kindness, it's a revenue generator for that town. Having that sign is a lot more appealing than just having a white mist that comes from who knows when.'
Middendorffi still didn't get it, 'Why?'
'Because there's some weird stuff, if you don't say anything, who knows if it's real or fake or if it's there; once you say what to do to protect against it, isn't that just sitting on the fact that it exists? Besides, the White Mist people have the live video to prove it.' Laura said, 'Some people, I guess, are just cheap. The more they're taught how to stay away from danger, the more they're going to go and see 'hey? What's the danger? I have to know,' just like the protagonist in a horror film.'
Middendorffi said, 'Humans are strange.'
Laura didn't think his comment was out of place, and sighed along, 'That's true? Humans are weird.'
'Enough of the poverty, Bear and Eli sign off and this mission is complete.' Lupin handed Middendorffi a pen and paper, 'You guys have worked hard for a week out there in the middle of nowhere, not being able to eat or drink. It's also been over a week, so it doesn't look like there's anything going on with this week's surveillance anyway, so there's no need for you guys to worry about it anymore. Whatever will change in the future, wait until it does.'
Middendorffi and Eli signed back and forth. Henry said from the side, 'Not to mention, even if Eli can keep up such a spirited appearance, Bear is quite capable of getting through it. We were all bearded when we first got back and Bear's quite white.'
Lupin spat at him, 'He's just a clean young man ...'
Middendorffi and Eli didn't make any more small talk with them and went home.
Just as he entered the house, Eli received a voice call - from Zhang Dao.
'Mr Jones, good afternoon.'
Zhang Dao's tone was quite respectful, but it was also his style of opening the door, 'I'm making this call to ask you about something - a spirit vein has appeared in Ueno Lake on XX Village Mountain, right?'
Eli wasn't surprised that these capable people could detect fluctuations in otherworldly energies.
When Middendorffi had asked him earlier what would happen if the energy kept leaking out, Eli had said that a spirit vein might form. Now that the door that was gushing out energy was still open, although Middendorffi's black mist was covering it, but two weeks had passed, and so many videos had come out in front of it, so the Green Mountain Cloud Hidden Sect should be a little bit aware of it.
Eli even think, the cloud hidden door should have been 'collectors' from the inside, actually know the bottom of the lake out of the abnormal energy.
But all of this, Eli would not put it out in the open, he just said, 'I will not answer your question.'
'Is Mr Jones not saying anything because of the 'Collector's' non-disclosure agreement?' Zhang Dao said, 'Actually, the Cloud Hidden Sect has already learnt the relevant information from the "Collector's" side, but after all, the words of the paper report are limited, so we still have some questions. You and Middendorffi are the ones who perceive and deal with spirit veins, so we would like to ask the two of you directly for advice. If it's convenient for you two, would you come to Cloud Hidden Gate for a few days in the next two days to rest and play? The Cloud Hidden Sect is much more comfortable than those restaurants outside.'
Hearing this, Eli glanced at Middendorffi who was sitting on the sofa playing with his mobile phone.
Middendorffi notices his gaze and raises his head to look back without asking, as if he's just waiting for Eli to say something.
But Eli did not ask Middendorffi's opinion, and returned straight away, 'No go.'
Zhang Dao said, 'Mr Jones, we have no ill intentions. If you want to take over the Spirit Vein, the Cloud Hidden Sect will never antagonise you, we can ...'
'There is no spirit vein, and there is no co-operation.' Eli responded coldly, 'That's it, hang up.'
After saying that, he pressed down the voice communication when he was serious.
Putting down the mobile phone and turning his head, Eli found first Middendorffi still looking at him, so he walked over to him, 'Did you hear my call?'
Middendorffi said, 'I don't deliberately listen to your calls. But when you say 'spirit chakra', do you mean that energy source?'
'Hmm. The Cloud Hidden Sect thought it was the Spirit Vein that had appeared, and called to ask for details, presumably to get a piece of the action.' EliMusk summarised, taking a seat beside him, 'I denied their request, but they'll probably still check out the site, or even probe your black mist. Be careful, don't let these people get you in the hole.'
'I understand.' Middendorffi paused and added, 'Last time I went to the Cloud Hidden Sect to look for you, they didn't find me either, the Cloud Hidden Sect isn't that powerful.'
'Of course I knew you were more powerful than them, so I just told you to be more careful, it's not like I told you to run fast.' Eli asked, 'But these past week or so, did you devour those energies okay? How does it feel?'
'It feels good.' Middendorffi held up her hand and looked at it, 'The gate is stable now and I'm eating energy at a steady rate. By the time I'm done absorbing and getting all the energy, I should have more than the 'mayfly'.'
'That sounds pretty good. When you're done eating this time, from now on, no matter which world we go to, you won't be afraid of getting hit hard when travelling through space, and you'll have the basic power to defend yourself when you get to the new world.' Eli took hold of his hand and pulled it over to have a closer look as well, 'How long until we can finish devouring the energy from the opposite side, can you estimate now?'
'Two weeks at the most.' Middendorffi said, 'The energy pouring out is already much less than before.'
He also asked, 'Are you sure you don't want some? I can still give you plenty, it's all pure energy.'
'Don't give it to me. Growing that much power for nothing increases the risk of getting lost, and could induce a heart attack.' Eli squeezed his hand, 'It's good that you're getting enough.'
Middendorffi said, 'After my encounter with you, my luck changed. Both before and now.'
'Then you don't have to repay me, you being well and by my side is the luckiest thing for me.' Eli flipped his palm over and held up a refined elixir, 'But since you're on a "feast" right now, do you still want a little snack from me?'
Middendorffi's eyes were fixed on the elixir, 'Eat!'
'Then open your mouth.' Eli held the elixir up to his mouth, 'This will fit in a human's mouth, chew it for me, no direct swallowing.'
Middendorffi nodded and obediently opened his mouth and took the potion, chewing and chewing with his simulated teeth. Although the elixir was able to fit into her mouth, it was actually not too small. as Middendorffi switched sides and chewed, her cheeks took turns bulging up like a hamster, and looking at it Eli couldn't help but smile.
Then reaches out and gives Middendorffi's cheeks a squeeze.
Middendorffi: ?????
He asks vaguely, 'Should I spit it out?'
Eli then drops his hand, 'No more teasing, eat it.'