The Science Fiction World of Xueba

Chapter 67 Olympic Games

"It's absolutely impossible. I'm so busy all day long that I don't have time to participate in the Olympics! I'll find someone to remove the registration form tomorrow!"

Pang Xuelin said.

"Brother, can't you accompany me for a while?"

Yao Bingxia stared at Pang Xuelin with watery eyes without blinking, looking pitiful.

Pang Xuelin had a headache and said, "Xiao Xia, it's not that you don't know the importance of my work. No matter how fast you signed up for the sled race, it would take at least a few months. How can I have so much free time?"

Yao Bingxia smiled and said: "Brother, you don't have to worry about work. I have already asked President Du to ask for leave in advance. President Du also said that high-purity single-walled carbon nanotubes have been mass-produced, and the graphene industry chain It has been gradually improved, and most of your energy is now devoted to management, and it is okay to be absent for a few months."

"Besides, the fact that I signed up for you was personally arranged by Principal Du. He said that you have been too tired for the past few years, so you should take this opportunity to take a good rest and adjust! You are a member of the Science and Technology Committee of the China District. Without the approval of the above, you think I If you put your name up, will you be able to successfully sign up?"

Yao Bingxia said triumphantly.

"Smelly girl, you..."

Pang Xuelin was dumbfounded.

...

A month later, Pang Xuelin and Yao Bingxia drove a heavy-duty electric all-terrain truck with the equipment and supplies for the ice sled race, and set off from the Jiangcheng No. 1 engine to Shanghai.

The two of them are no strangers to this journey. Every October, Pang Xuelin would drive Yao Bingxia out of the underground city to pay respects to his parents in Shanghai.

When he went there for the first time, Du Jiaxiang was worried and even sent someone to follow him.

It was later discovered that Pang Xuelin's survival skills in the ground environment were even better than those sent to protect him, so in the second year, Pang Xuelin was allowed to take Yao Bingxia on a trip alone.

But this time is different from the past. In previous years, they would stay on the ground for a few days at most before going back.

This time, Shanghai is just the starting point for the two. They will cross the Pacific Ocean and the North American continent, arrive in New York, and then take a plane back to Jiangcheng.

Now is the fifth revolution period of the earth around the sun after it set sail. At present, the earth has left the orbit of Mars and is expected to reach the aphelion point in three months, and will pass through the asteroid belt in the sixth revolution period.

Although a planetary engine ejected scorching plasma beams to heat the atmosphere, the surface temperature still dropped to more than minus 60 degrees, and the Pacific Ocean was completely frozen. Ordinary people had to wear thermal clothing to move around the surface.

It took nearly four hours for Pang Xuelin and Yao Bingxia to arrive in Shanghai.

The Pudong New Area has become an ice field. Landmarks such as the Oriental Pearl Tower, the World Financial Center, and the Shanghai Tower have only a few tens of meters of top exposed outside the ice field. Within the ice field, thousands of bodies can be vaguely seen Open your arms upwards, as if you are holding something.

These are the victims who died in the tsunami. After the earth set sail, the ground froze, and this ice field became the eternal tombstone of these victims.

Pang Xuelin and Yao Bingxia worshiped their parents on the ice field first, and then went to the assembly point designated by the Olympic Committee to gather.

The main reason why the coalition government decided to re-host the Olympic Games is that in the past forty years, human life has been too depressing. In the era of building dungeons and planetary engines, in order to ensure the smooth completion of the project, the coalition government has to Do not suppress cultural and recreational activities, and increase the working hours of all human beings as much as possible.

Now, the most difficult moment has passed. After moving into the dungeon, the work of human beings is no longer as heavy as before, and people who are unemployed and receiving benefits are gradually appearing. Coupled with the haze caused by the solar helium flash crisis, in recent years However, the law and order environment in the dungeon has a tendency to deteriorate.

therefore,

The re-hosting of the Olympic Games after more than 40 years can be regarded as a great party for mankind, boosting the morale of the whole people.

Pang Xuelin and Yao Bingxia stayed in Shanghai for three days, waiting for the players from all over the world to participate in the sled race.

Finally, a starting gun was fired, and thousands of electric sleds, pulling their respective supplies, started this long journey at a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour.

Within a day or two, Pang Xuelin and Yao Bingxia could still see the contestants, but after three days, they were no longer visible.

As the blue plasma light emitted by the planetary engine on the Asian continent gradually faded away, the two of them entered the eternal night completely, leaving only the vast starry sky and the infinitely extending ice sheets on all sides, as if their destination was ending. is the end of the universe.

An unprecedented sense of loneliness swept over the two of them, Pang Xuelin was fine, he had already experienced this kind of experience on Mars, but it was Yao Bingxia who experienced such a journey for the first time, and the freshness of the first few days gradually faded away After that, the girl soon became a little abnormal.

The most obvious manifestation of this abnormality is the growing attachment to Pang Xuelin.

That night, the two camped to rest.

Not long after Pang Xuelin lay down, the tent made of graphene airgel material was slapped.

Pang Xuelin wrapped his body with a sleeping bag, only half of his head was exposed, opened the tent, and saw Yao Bingxia standing at the entrance of the tent trembling with his sleeping bag and blankets in his arms.

Pang Xuelin couldn't help shivering as the bitter cold wind entered the tent.

"Brother, I'm scared by myself, can I squeeze with you at night?"

"Xiao Xia, you..."

Yao Bingxia sighed at Bai Qi and said, "Brother, can I go in first, I'm about to freeze to death!"

Pang Xuelin had no choice but to let her in first, and then pull up the tent again.

"whee!"

Yao Bingxia put the sleeping bag next to Pang Xuelin's sleeping bag, then took off his coat and got in, covered with a blanket, looked at Pang Xuelin with a smile on his head.

"Xiao Xia, didn't we agree that each person would have a tent?"

Pang Xuelin said helplessly.

Yao Bingxia said: "But I'm scared alone! The ice field is dark and cold, and the wind is strong outside, so you just have to bear with me staying in the tent alone. Besides, the tent is so spacious that two people can sleep without being crowded."

"..."

Well, you talk a lot, and you are right.

"Okay, okay, I can't say no to you, go to sleep, we have to get up early and set off tomorrow!"

"oh!"

Yao Bingxia responded a little aggrieved.

Pang Xuelin closed his eyes.

But for some reason, suddenly there was an extra person in the tent, and Pang Xuelin himself couldn't fall asleep.

His mind was in a mess, and all kinds of thoughts grew wildly in his mind like weeds.

It was cold and windy outside, but inside the tent it was as warm as spring, and there was a faint scent that seemed to be Xiaoxia's body.

Yao Bingxia also seemed a little uncomfortable, tossed and turned for a while, and then said:

"elder brother!"

"Um?"