Pollution throughout the territory

After some contact, Xia Ren briefly understood the other party's situation.

This is a rescue team composed of eleven people. In this ice and snow polar region, mechanical equipment is very prone to malfunction, and because of the ice crystal storm that will appear at any time, no matter what kind of aircraft, it is impossible to fly on the huge ice. It was too long to travel under the clouds, so they took sleds, eight of them in total, loaded with various supplies and even some scientific research equipment, and pulled by 60 energetic huskies.

The leader of the team is a professor in his fifties, surnamed Qin. Under his thick thermal insulation suit, his gray beard is exposed, and he looks unkind.

After hearing Xia Ren and Lanaya explain what happened to them, Professor Qin did not hide his disgust:

"Do you think this place is a child's play?"

He yelled in the cold wind.

Lanaya was startled by his reaction and leaned closer to Xia Ren unconsciously.

Although Xia Ren didn't understand why the old man was so angry with a stranger, the hope that they could survive now rested on each other. He just smiled apologetically and explained: "We didn't see the mirage clearly either. I was chased here by the storm. Fortunately, I met you, otherwise I really don’t know what to do.”

In just a short while, Xia Ren and his current wife Lanaya were so cold that they could not help but tremble, and a thin layer of ice crystals fell on their hair.

Professor Qin's expression softened a lot. He glanced at his surroundings and then at his companions behind him. He frowned and said, "You can't go back now, can you?"

Being able to ask this sentence means that he has the idea of ​​​​helping the two of them.

Xia Ren nodded repeatedly: "Yes, our car cannot start normally, and we have nothing to control the direction. We have been trapped for several hours."

When she said this, because of the cold, Lanaya had already taken the initiative to come closer, took his arm, hugged him in her arms, and echoed: "If you can, can you please help us, no matter how much money we have It’s all acceptable!”

The wind seemed to be getting stronger, and with every breath, the cold air poured into the lungs, bringing strong stimulation. When they came out, they were only wearing ordinary cotton clothes, and now they can no longer bear it.

Professor Qin lowered his head and hesitated for a while, then said loudly: "It is not easy for us to prepare for this operation. We cannot return because of you!"

"But……"

Ranaya said anxiously.

Professor Qin continued: "It's impossible to send you back, but I can let you follow the team and go inside together. If you don't agree, no matter how merciful I am, I can only leave you behind. Decide, You only have two minutes to think about it.”

If you stay where you are, you will only die. If you follow this rescue team, you can still have a chance to survive. The situation cannot help Xia Ren and the others choose. He agreed without thinking: "No problem!"

"Okay. Since you have decided to follow the team, you must have agreed in advance that everything must be obeyed by me. If you dare to disobey orders and act without permission, I will still leave you behind!"

Professor Qin probably appreciated Xia Ren's decisiveness, and waved to the team members behind him, saying: "Xiao Wen, find them two sets of clothes and shoes, and explain some precautions. I don't want them to slow down the team's progress! "

The matter was settled like this. A team member named Xiaowen dug out two sets of specially-made clothing for them from the supplies on the sled. There were five or six layers of underwear, thermal clothing, coats, and thick coats, including shoes, etc. Wait, there are a lot of things that need to be worn, but the team is all men, the underwear is much thicker than ordinary ones, and there are no women's ones, they are all big pants.

Although it was an emergency and one could not care about so many details, Lanaya was a woman after all, so she could not change her clothes in front of everyone.

Xia Ren and her returned to the car and changed their clothes. Lanaya also stuffed the three packets of biscuits into the pockets of her inner clothes before coming out.

Afterwards, the team headed towards the depths of the Wuji Icefield!

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"Husband, please eat half of my portion too."

In the tent, Lanaya handed the can still steaming slightly to Xia Ren.

Xia Ren looked at the can in her hand and her weak face, hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand to scratch the bridge of her nose. In his memory, this was a frequent interaction between Lin Xiao and her.

"You are not feeling well these days. If you can't eat, then I will feed you."

According to Lin Xiao's original memory, Lanaya's menstrual period was also in these days. When setting up camp tonight, she insisted on living in a tent with her alone. It can be seen that in order to save resources, they all Five or six people slept together. Professor Qin was a cold-faced and kind-hearted person. He saw it and agreed.

The two of them had been following the team for two days and had seen nothing but the vast expanse of ice and snow.

It is not easy to adapt to the cold weather, and as members of the team, they also need to help with work, which also aggravates Ranaya's discomfort.

There was no such thing as sanitary napkins in the team, so Lanaya could only use the torn clothes she had changed out of before to pad them. You can imagine how uncomfortable she felt.

Under Xia Ren's supervision, Lanaya finished the remaining cans. Xia Ren took the underwear she had changed and walked out of the tent. There was no hot water here, so he could only wash it with snow. After a while, his hands were frozen. It was red, as if it was not his own.

There was still a thick layer of ice clouds above the head, and there was no starlight. The husky beside him was still full of energy after a hard day's work, playing in the snow.

A husky suddenly raised its head, faced the sky, and let out a wolf howl.

"Ouch——"

Soon, other huskies followed suit.

In the biting cold wind, dogs howled one after another, bringing a breath of life to this desolate ice field.

"Go to sleep."

Xia Ren returned to the tent, touched Lanaya's head, and found that she had no fever, so she huddled into her sleeping bag with confidence.

The lights went out, but he couldn't fall asleep for a while.

In the past two days, he has slowly figured out who the rescue target of this team is. By the way, he also recalled a major historical event that the teacher mentioned in his geography class when he was in school.

Due to the extreme climate environment and huge area, the Wuji Icefield has always been shrouded in a mysterious veil in front of the world. It is rumored that there are countless ancient biological fossils and rich minerals sealed in the ice. However, through the ages, almost all those who dare to take risks have All because the ice cloud above the head buried the bones here.

As human science and technology developed, until 1040, organized by the Supreme Alliance Government, a large number of scientific research experts from various professions gathered together to find out.

This includes paleontologists, geologists, physicists, meteorologists... No matter which one is taken individually, they are all leading figures in the academic world. So it is conceivable that when these people come together, What an uproar it would cause.

Even though the danger was extremely high, countless scholars still signed up to participate in this exploratory operation. However, in the end, only eight professors and twenty assistants were left. Eighteen of these twenty assistants were able to Driving most vehicles including airplanes and ships, 16 people are proficient in various equipment, 8 people have professional wilderness survival knowledge, and 3 people are competent in communication issues, etc.

Among the equipment they carry are two assembled aircraft designed and manufactured by Sonic Company's turnstiles. Each aircraft can carry two people flying together and has the most advanced vertical lift technology. It does not require a runway and can also be used in polar environments. . In addition, there are drilling machines and various detectors used to detect mineral veins and fossils, communication base stations that do not rely on satellites to ensure communication, and various camp materials. They enter the interior of the ice sheet through a two-stage journey - - Even if you use two special trucks weighing 20 tons to carry equipment for a long distance, one of them will carry the equipment and the other will be full of fuel, and then leave enough fuel for the return trip, abandon the vehicle, and convert it into a sled Bring the equipment and move on, abandon the fuel truck and most of the unnecessary load when you come back, and return only with the results.

Just gathering these people took the Supreme Alliance Government more than half a year. Such a rigorous plan is almost foolproof.

Initially, everything went smoothly. The team moved forward while installing the communication base station, and finally arrived at a mountain range. But then, the scientific research team lost contact with the outside world, and the communication base station was destroyed for unknown reasons.

According to the news Xia Ren received in the past two days, this famous scientific research team set off two months ago and has been out of contact for half a month.

The rescue team he is currently with does not belong to the official government, but was personally prepared by Professor Qin, a geologist. The official rescue team will take another week to set off, and he cannot wait that long.

Because one of the researchers is Professor Qin’s wife, Qu Langzhi, a biologist who is one of the eight scientists.

There are three members of this team who are students of Professor Qin. As they said, when Master Qu wanted to participate, Professor Qin strongly opposed it.

Because the situation of the Wuji Icefield is so special, even if global warming has continued for two hundred years and the average temperature of the entire Blue Star has increased by nearly one degree, the Wuji Icefield has not been affected at all. This means that at its center, absolutely There is an environment that can affect a wide range of temperatures. Before humans can fully understand the cause, any attempt will be absolutely dangerous.

This is probably why Professor Qin was angry with the two of them in the first place.

Facts have proved that Professor Qin is right, because now, more than sixty years later, the Wuji Icefield is still shrouded in ice clouds, and humans have no record of successful exploration until now.

In history, this scientific research team, which once represented the top scientific and technological power of mankind, was permanently frozen in the Wuji Icefield.

In the following five years, the Supreme Alliance Government conducted a total of eight rescues, and there were countless private rescues of various sizes, but the results were always the same.

No one survived.

Professor Qin's team is one of countless failed teams.

Thanks to Colorful Cotton for the 2,000 points! Thanks to Kongcheng Yeyu, book friend 15061231712312, and Wu Xianxi for the reward! Today, when everyone has dug so deeply into the Cthulhu mythology, it is really not easy to write one of the legendary scripts and come up with new ideas. The amount of information required is not only the mountains of madness, but also I reviewed the other old gods, the old rulers, and their dependents, the ancient races. This copy has about 40,000 to 50,000 words, which is a bit long, but don’t worry, it’s very interesting to read as a side story. In addition, you can look at the character cards, there are surprises~