Harry Potter and the Old Ones

Professor Woodwardwell and his team continued to walk through the narrow passage. The rotten smell in the air seemed to become thicker. The mixture of wetness and fishy smell weighed heavily on everyone's breathing.

The flashlights in the hands of everyone in the passage emit faint light, and the light of the flashlights casts silhouettes on the moss-covered rock walls, adding a somewhat mysterious and depressing atmosphere.

Everyone's footsteps and breathing echoed in the narrow space, and along with the occasional rustling of animals, the entire environment made people feel as if they were in a world forgotten by the past.

Professor Caldwell, who was walking at the front, stopped every once in a while to check the road conditions ahead, carefully assessing every possible danger.

Just when the nervousness of the scientific expedition team members almost reached its peak, the passage finally began to gradually become wider. The rocks on the wall gradually became smoother, and even the light in front seemed to slowly increase. Suddenly——

They came to a huge open space, as if they suddenly traveled from an underground earthworm hole to the vast world of the outside world.

As the team walked out of the passage step by step, a relieved smile appeared on everyone's face unconsciously.

They came to a huge natural cave with a skylight on the top, and natural light poured down from above, illuminating the entire cave. The center of the cave is a naturally formed circular site composed of limestone and other minerals, surrounded by various strange-shaped stone pillars.

Between the stone pillars, there is a small trickle that is clearly visible to the bottom. Obviously, this is spring water gushing from the underground river.

Although George Crater is located in a desert, desert does not mean that it is completely filled with sand from top to bottom, from sky to earth.

Deserts will also receive rainfall, and when there is rainfall, there will be underground rivers. If there are underground rivers and appropriate conditions, oases and ecosystems will be created.

The light above the skylight of the cave introduces sunlight into the cave, forming a patch of light that reflects on the quiet water surface of the cave, creating a dreamlike effect.

Even in such a dark cave, there is life because of these little bits of light and a few trickling streams.

After a long period of walking in oppressive and dark passages, being able to breathe in such a bright and free space is a huge relief for every team member.

What's more, when they arrived here, they saw the sunlight shining from the skylight of the cave, which also meant that they were about to approach the inner ring of the George Ring Mountains and were about to walk out of this dark and cramped corridor.

"Everyone, take a short rest here." Professor Caldwell ordered, "We will set off in a quarter of an hour."

"good!"

"yes!"

No one had any objection. Some people quickly squatted down to recover as much strength as possible, while others bent down and soaked their hands in the cold underground river water.

The river water here is not suitable for drinking. Many scientific research teams have previously tested the river water here and found that although the river water does not contain disease-causing heavy metal elements such as lead, chromium, nickel, and mercury, it does contain high levels of It contains sodium, potassium and iron and is not suitable for drinking directly.

Tiera was also very curious. She squatted down and reached into an underground river.

Feel the clear water flowing through your palms.

"Mr. Lockhart, are you still used to it?" Professor Caldwell rushed to Tiera's side while he was resting. Tiera also wanted to squat down and get close to her, but——

But he leaned back and fell over.

"Professor Cardwell!" Fortunately, Tiera had quick eyesight and reached out to give Professor Cardwell a hand, preventing him from falling down.

"Hahaha, old, old, hahahaha." Professor Caldwell laughed twice, as if trying to make up for himself, "But Mr. Lockhart seems to have Mongoloid ancestry?"

"Why do you say that?" Tiera raised her eyebrows and asked.

"Your squatting posture." Professor Caldwell pointed at Tiera's legs and said, "It is obviously an Asian squat."

"What? Is Professor Caldwell still a staunch racist?" Tiera asked half-jokingly.

"Oh no, no, no, please go. Don't get me wrong. It's just that it's rare to see Caucasian people squatting like this. Moreover," Professor Caldwell carefully observed his words, "and Mr. Lockhart is indeed There is no body odor. That’s why I asked of course, just out of curiosity, hahahaha, just out of curiosity, hahahaha.”

At the end of the smell, Professor Caldwell couldn't help but laugh awkwardly.

"Nothing, it's not a secret." Tiera chuckled and shook her head, "I am Asian."

This is indeed a "feature" of Tiera that was not considered.

Although "Gilderoy Lockhart" is a holster that I use very often, I am still somewhat lacking in the details of the disguise.

Because he possesses absolute power, many times his disguise is just to facilitate his actions——

For example, in this scientific examination project, it is always more convenient to participate in the scientific examination as a thirty-year-old, blond, blue-eyed, successful author of fantasy novels than as a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child.

Although most of these great professors and scholars are in it for the money of "Gilderoy Lockhart", at least they still maintain basic respect on the surface.

"Hahaha, so that's it." Professor Caldwell laughed awkwardly and said nothing more.

"By the way, don't you and your students need to take some samples back here?" Tiera asked.

"We don't need it here for the time being." Professor Caldwell replied immediately, "We can just pick it up when we get back."

"This area has been studied many times. Even if we collect relatively good samples, they can only be used as auxiliary research on the entire ecosystem of the George Crater Mountains." Professor Caldwell continued, "Our most recent The important purpose is, after all, the largest oasis in the center of the George Ring Mountains.”

"Very few people have visited that oasis. Even if they have arrived, they have only taken samples at the edge of the oasis to do some simple surveys. With your financial support this time, we hope to go deeper into the center of the oasis and do some more in-depth research." Professor Caldwell went on to explain,

After all, Tiera is her biggest benefactor, and she must let him know how his money has been spent.

"Oh, that's right." Tiera chuckled and nodded, "Then I wish Professor Cardwell can get blockbuster data!"