Chapter 568 Underground

In the southeast corner of the Country of Wind, on the edge of a sand dune between Awaji Village and Kawano Country, several members of the Sunagakure Shadow Guard quietly looked at the sand floating in the sky in the distance. Gaara and Daimaru were standing Above, some relatively secret matters were discussed.

The two of them looked down at the huge sand pit below. Daimaru pointed to the center and said:

"The diameter is close to five kilometers, a regular circular pit, and the depth is close to two hundred meters, which is quite exaggerated..."

If it were not for the fissure lake naturally formed by plate fission, there would generally not be regular depressions of this size.

Most lakes actually only have an average water depth of tens of meters. Very few of the huge lake areas that can affect the pattern of the continent have this depth.

With this gap, the water surface is hundreds of kilometers in size.

No one with a little knowledge of geography would believe that there is such a small lake that is two hundred meters deep.

Yes, this is a lake, a well-hidden lake filled with a lot of sand.

After several months of investigation by the sand ninjas, it was confirmed that this lake was actually created by "human power".

There is very little precipitation in the Kingdom of Wind, but there is still some. It's just that the water on the surface was rapidly increased and penetrated deep into the ground. It spread in the water-bearing sand layer and was isolated by the thick sand. It remained. The underground water veins formed over many years are also considerable.

This water flows along the surface of the underground rock formations and collects in low-lying areas. This area, like a basin or a water pot, has become a treasure of the Kingdom of Wind.

"If I hadn't been looking for it specifically, I wouldn't have known that there are really surprising surprises underground in the Kingdom of Wind!"

Gaara nodded in agreement.

Through a large amount of empirical evidence, it can be confirmed that there is indeed a place where underground water gathers in the Kingdom of Wind.

If these underground water resources, which are covered by sand dunes and no one knows about, are spread across the entire Kingdom of Wind, even the cacti will probably die, but when they are gathered in some "lakes" with similar terrain, it becomes valuable.

To put it bluntly, this is where the essence of water veins in the entire Kingdom of Wind gathers, so it must be meaningful.

Ordinary people can't do anything with this deep water resource, but ninjas have the power to mine it.

"It's a pity, use a little less, don't overextract..."

Gaara reminded kindly.

Daimaru is still sober in his mind. The excessive consumption of groundwater has caused serious consequences. It is extremely difficult to recover naturally. He doesn't know how many years it will take.

In his previous life, the ancient desert city was abandoned after using karez to drain out the groundwater, as well as the shocking subsidence accident, which can make Daimaru alert.

"I understand that this kind of glimmer of hope left by God cannot be relied on. Desalination of seawater is the hope. What I rely on is not this groundwater, but this terrain, which gives me some ideas..."

Daimaru said softly,

"We now have a way to prepare fresh water. The difficulty is that the amount of natural volatilization is too high to be preserved. This natural 'reservoir' makes me think it is valuable to use..."

"You say, I listen..."

After thinking about it, Daimaru organized his words and said patiently:

"For example, we all know that growing flowers and grass requires pots, especially in the Kingdom of Wind. There is no artificial soil cultivation and watering. If you plant directly in the sand, the water will either evaporate or seep into the ground, and most of it will be wasted. If you think of the residential settlements of the Kingdom of Wind as 'green plants', and desalination of seawater is watering, this kind of water-bearing sand flower pot protected by thick sand is a God-given opportunity..."

"You mean..."

Gaara realizes something.

As Daimaru said, with the power of ninjas, it is indeed possible to use this natural terrain to achieve the purpose of storing water. In theory, most circular pits can become residential settlements after being transformed by ninjas.

Because the existing terrain is used, the cost of building a new settlement is not too high.

What excited Gaara even more was that it was a great inspiration.

The surface of the Kingdom of Wind is very unfriendly to most civilians, but the vast underground area is completely unused by the Sand Ninja.

Many secret bases and research institutes are underground, such as the retreat of Chiyo and Ebizo in Sunagakure Village, and the semi-underground biological research laboratory in Kawanoguni.

If possible, could the Sand Ninja further consider building several underground settlements? If it is feasible, how about choosing a suitable place and directly expanding the underground living space?

"Yunyin Village can build an aerial corridor on the top of the mountain, Yanyin Village can dig into the rock wall to build a village, and we can also try an underground city..."

For ninjas, what they lack is not ability and mobility, but imagination.

"In deserts that are short of water, there is no need to consider the problem of water seepage, the difficulty is relatively small, and there is almost no waterlogging disaster..."

As Daimaru spoke, he directly used the Blood Continent Limit and Magnetic Release, gathering the sand and iron into a huge rake, pushing away the top layer of sand, and then dug out the bottom layer of sand that was so wet that it was dripping, and placed it in front of the two of them.

Gaara stretched out his hand to hold the clumped sand, and with a little force, the muddy yellow sand and water flowed down from between his fingers.

"You can try it!"

There was a strange light in Gaara's eyes;

"Suitable above-ground settlements need to develop and grow. The underground is also our precious wealth. Why didn't we notice it before..."

Suppressing the heartbroken tone in his voice, the Kazekage Godaime was just a young man after all, and he couldn't yet express his emotions and anger.

Wind disasters, sandstorms, locust plagues, droughts, high temperatures, and scorching sun, just think about it and you will understand that if you can really open up an underground city suitable for most villagers to live, it will be able to feed many people.

"It's not to blame that our seniors haven't tried it. Ninjas are not infrastructure workers after all. Ordinary people can't accomplish such a feat, and... they can't find water..."

The replenishment of groundwater is definitely not as fast as human consumption. If the fresh water is exhausted, the local underground city will be abandoned. Is it possible to start over in another place?

This is obviously impossible.

Without the replenishment of living water from the source, all ideas are fanciful and the gain outweighs the gain.

But now, there are seawater desalination plants that are constantly expanding in scale and improving efficiency to provide huge amounts of water resources. Although the water quality is a little worse, a little tasteless, and the price is a little expensive, it is still fresh water of real value and can save countless lives. source of.

"You're right, Daimaru, you can't be impatient. We haven't reached that point yet..."

Gaara calmed down his surging thoughts and said calmly,

"Plan it first and move some research institutes, training bases and other organizations and departments here to try it out. Ninjas will go first, and then recruit villagers to follow..."

"That's the best thing you can think of!"

Daimaru breathed a sigh of relief. After all, his brother-in-law did not do anything for quick success.