What happened at the construction site in the dark day, Li Huan didn't know that the Orca had just left the port, and everything seemed so calm.

In fact, from the port of Bergen to the Arctic Circle, the straight-line distance is only more than 1,000 nautical miles, but the Atlantic Ocean at the end of June has actually entered a storm period, and icebreakers exist to break ice, and the wind resistance is even much worse than that of ordinary ships, so they can only walk slowly along the continental shelf. At first, Li Huan and Shangguan Qing were still curious about the scenery on the sea, but at night, the two of them didn't feel much about the scenery, no matter how beautiful the ocean was, they felt insensitive after seeing too much, so they went back to the room in advance.

No matter how beautiful the scenery is, the sea water is always the same color.

The conditions of the Orca are very good, after all, this is a scientific research ship, and those who are qualified to come up are some well-known scientists and related experts, and it is not a matter of one or two days to go to the polar regions, and the shortest is a quarter. To take care of these specialists during a long voyage, the cabin of the Orca cannot be shabby.

Li Huan, as the gold owner, naturally seized the largest cabin.

The shipbuilding on the deck has a total of five floors, and Li Huan and Shangguan Qing's cabin is on the fourth floor. Andre was very thoughtful when he built the ship, and every expedition team had a financier, and if the goldmaker went to sea with him, it would be even more important to take care of it. Li Huan and Shangguan Qing's cabin is a large single suite, which is equipped with extremely luxurious facilities, large-screen TV, stereo, massage chair, jacuzzi, and a large bed with a velvet quilt. In front of the big bed, there is a 180-degree heat-insulated bulletproof glass, which can be seen from the window, but it is absolutely impossible to see from the outside, and the privacy is good, which is not worse than the presidential suite of the cruise ship.

In particular, the large bed with a velvet quilt is a mattress handmade by European craftsmen, and it is elastic and comfortable. After going to sea, Shangguan Qing seemed to be interested, pulling Li Huan to do his best to be charming, and also making Li Huan live happily.

At night, the sky outside the floor-to-ceiling glass window was already blood-red, and after the clouds changed to sunset, the two of them got up from the bed.

Today is the first day of sailing, Li Huan asked Andre to arrange a dinner party, so that everyone can get to know each other, and he also wants to know other people. On the Orca, there are law enforcement officers from the Sea Hunters Guild, sailors found by Andre, chefs who specialize in serving on the ship, etc., everyone doesn't know each other, and after a meal, everyone will definitely be able to get closer.

The two got dressed and walked hand in hand to the restaurant on the third floor.

Orcas can carry up to 130 people when fully loaded, so the size of the individual restaurant is not small. However, this time there were only about 30 people, so the restaurant was sparsely seated. Andre thought very thoughtfully, the restaurant was also specially equipped with two chefs, considering the nationality of his boss, there was even a Chinese chef.

When everyone saw Li Huan and Shangguan Qing appear, the cheers almost overturned the upper deck.

In fact, before Li Huan came down, everyone was already familiar with each other under the effect of food, and they had already started eating.

"Mr. Li, you're here! Come quickly, everyone is waiting for you!" Andre saw Li Huan and Shangguan Qing coming down arm in arm, greeted him warmly, and kept scolding: "Don't fucking move, why haven't you seen delicious food? How did I find you bastards! It's a shame for me!"

"Captain, you just ate yourself!" muttered a sailor.

"Fart!" Andre was annoyed.

Li Huan and Shangguan Qing glanced at each other and smiled dumbly.

In fact, even the law enforcement officers of the Sivir team have traces of sauce on the corners of their mouths.

"Okay, today is the first day everyone has met, it's good for everyone to be happy, I hope the Orca will be as happy as this every day in the future. Li Huan glanced around: "It seems that I don't introduce everyone to each other, and everyone knows each other." I would like to say that I will not be stingy with what I can offer you, and I hope that you will be able to show your part at a critical moment. Since we're in the same boat, let's not separate from each other. ”

After speaking, Li Huan looked at Shangguan Qing: "Do you want to say a few words?"

Shangguan Qingwan smiled: "Then I'll say a few words...... Everyone eats and drinks and eats and drinks, but they have to stay on duty. Okay, I'm done, everyone!"

The restaurant suddenly became lively again.

Because today is the first day that everyone has eaten on the ship, in order to get acquainted with each other, today's dinner is extremely rich and luxurious.

Li Huan prepared supplies regardless of the cost, which made the chefs on the ship sigh with emotion. They used to serve on cruise ships, and although there was also a lot of emphasis on food on cruise ships, most of them were ordinary food. Look at the things prepared on this icebreaker, what you know is that Li Huan ordered such preparations, but if you don't know, you think it was the President of the United States on board.

Norway is the richest country in all of Europe, and any top-quality ingredient can be bought as long as you have the money.

For example, a barbecue veal steak, according to Li Huan's request, Andre purchased the top Wagyu beef.

Wagyu beef, with its marbled flesh, delicate and delicious, and cereal aroma, is an indispensable delicacy for a top-notch feast. Of course, the price of such a delicious thing is not low, and each kilogram can be sold for a sky-high price of 700 US dollars. For example, the ham used as a side dish, even if it is a top cruise ship, it is enough to use ordinary American ham, and Andre purchases Iberian black-footed pig ham from Spain.

This kind of black-footed pig, and the blood source of wild boar is close, small size, fat and meaty, moist and delicious, according to the regulations must be used in the semi-wild way to be stocked in the oak forest, do not feed feed, only eat oak seeds. Black-footed pigs can grow marbled oil flowers comparable to Matsusaka steaks, and after the pork legs are marinated, they are dried and aged for more than 16 months before they are marketed, almost to the point of melting in the mouth.

Of course, deliciousness comes at a price, and a kilogram of this ham can fetch tens of thousands of dollars.

There is also caviar from Russia, turkey meat from Mexico, matsutake mushrooms from Italy, etc., and of course, Norway's local bluefin tuna is not spared, and the price of a bluefin tuna is more than 300,000 yuan, which is not something that ordinary diners can afford.

With ingredients like this, Andre bought nearly one million dollars of supplies at one time at the instigation of Li Huan's "not bad money".

In addition to the ingredients, there are also a lot of drinks on the ship, Li Huan thinks so, under the premise that money is not a problem, don't suffer your appetite when you go out, especially when you go out. Everyone followed him and pinned their heads to the waistband of their trousers, and tried to satisfy them when they could eat and drink.

Although there is a special chef, today's meal made everyone a barbecue buffet.

Large chunks of Wagyu beef are placed on the barbecue, and the charcoal fire licks the beef with a sizzling sound.

Using Wagyu beef to make barbecue, probably all gourmets will point at Li Huan's nose and scold the tyrannical things, but there is no way, this is called rich and capricious.

It wasn't the chef who roasted the beef, it was the sheriff of the Sivir team, and a few of the crew members that Andre had called. The two chefs are mainly making exquisite desserts and cold meals. Li Huan said it well, since everyone is in the same boat, it is in the same boat, although everyone didn't know each other before, but since they are in the same boat, don't be so clear.

Later, the crew began to warmly invite Li Huan and Shangguan Qing to drink together.

In addition to the food, of course, there is also good wine. Seafarers have a characteristic, that is, they can drink, and generally on the icebreaker, except for the people on duty every day, other people can drink, so Andre purchased nearly a ton of various alcohol.

Under the backdrop of food and wine, the atmosphere is very good, and for Li Huan, a bold local tyrant, the seafarers expressed their willingness to work for Li Huan for a lifetime. Although Andre told the seafarers in advance that the destination of this trip was a bit dangerous, where was there anything that was not dangerous when going to sea? Moreover, Li Huan's salary was not low, even more than five times the salary of seafarers on scientific research ships on the market.

So if it's dangerous or not, no one will mention it, at least no one will mention it today.

Because no one, whether it's the law enforcement officer of the Sea Hunters Guild or the seafarers hired by Andre, no one wants to live with delicious wine.

Since Li Huan didn't stop it, everyone simply let go of Hi, and the carnival lasted until more than eleven o'clock in the evening, and many people who didn't have to be on duty at night drank too much, including the law enforcement officer of the Xiwei team, many people hooked their shoulders and went back to rest. Li Huan and Shangguan Qing also drank a lot, but both of them were not mortals, but they felt a little dizzy.

Li Huan and Shangguan Qing returned to their rooms, took a shower, and it was another night of huh.

......

In this way, the happy days of the Orca lasted for five full days. On the morning of the sixth day, Li Huan and Shangguan Qing were already accustomed to sleeping lazily and getting up to eat, and the two slept soundly in the most luxurious suite on the whole ship, when they were suddenly awakened by a muffled sound of "dong".

Both of them were very vigilant people, and they sat up from the bed at the moment and looked at the sky outside, which was still dark.

It's not far from the dark construction site anymore, and you can't go underground like this every day.

Sure enough, there was no such joyous atmosphere on the Orca today, and everyone looked a little nervous.

On the deck, five or six crew members were scattered on the side of the ship, holding walkie-talkies in their hands, reporting on the situation. Sivir was standing on a high place, also talking something on the walkie-talkie, she saw Li Huan come out, and showed a smile: "Director Li, let's enter the place where the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean meet...... You were woken up by the collision you just had? From today onwards, that sound will be there a lot, it's an ice floe on the sea. ”

"Oh, there is ice floe on the sea at this time?" Li Huan was stunned: "Didn't you say that the ** month will start to freeze?"

"Theoretically, these ice floes are coming from the Arctic Ocean side, but June is the regular navigation time, so there will be no problems and it won't affect the speed of our progress. Xavier explained: "Director Li, please rest assured, we are not good at fighting, but the sailors we and Captain Andre invited are the best crew members in the world, but you have to be vigilant these days, and you can't sleep lazy every day." ”

"I didn't wake up early, either. Li Huan smiled.

"Where is it early, it's already ten o'clock in the morning. Xavier grinned: "From today onwards, we have been affected by the polar night situation, you look at your watch, is it ten o'clock." ”

Li Huan raised his hand and looked, sure enough, ten thirteen.

"It's the polar night!

In fact, Li Huan also has a subtle feeling these days, the daytime time is getting shorter and shorter, especially after entering the North Atlantic, the sun in the sky is like not having enough to eat, always dangling on the sea horizon for a while, and always falling again before climbing into the air. The moon was getting more and more industrious, and hung over its head for almost twenty hours.

The further north you go, the more noticeable this becomes.

At the same time, the temperature has also begun to drop, even if it is the season when dogs are reluctant to go out in Li Huan's hometown of Shancheng, but here, the sea breeze in the morning and evening has brought a biting chill.

Today, there is even more ice floe in the sea.

Li Huan hadn't seen the polar night phenomenon, so he simply stayed on the deck and warned everyone about the ice floes in the sea, and a few hours later, the sun was hanging lazily in the air as if he hadn't eaten enough, and Li Huan found that the sea here was completely different from the sea he had seen. The sea Li Huan has seen is azure or dark blue, and it is remarkable that during the storm, the sea surface will appear dark black.

At this time, the sea surface presents an eerie splendor.

It was supposed to be a blue sea, but it was cut off by a piece of "mirror".

In fact, this is not a mirror, but a thin layer of ice floating on the surface of the sea. This layer of ice is not thick, only about centimeters, even an ordinary cruise ship can run over it, not to mention that the Orca is a good icebreaker, and it is very easy to deal with a few centimeters of ice. Even if the ice gets denser, the most it will do is slow down the orca a little.

Moreover, Andre is an extremely experienced captain, and with the law enforcement officers who monitor the sea conditions at all times, the voyage went smoothly.

After another day, the ice thickened slightly, and the sea was a strange sight, floating on the dark blue surface as calm as a velvet cloth, revealing huge ice blocks of more than ten meters above the sea surface. These ice cubes are not white in the ordinary sense, but have a refreshing turquoise color throughout, comparable to the finest gemstones.

Li Huan and Shangguan Qing had never seen this kind of battle, and Xiwei saw that the two were curious, and very consciously made a cameo appearance as a tour guide to introduce the two of them, these ice cubes were all shed from various ice layers in the Arctic Circle, and then floated down the ocean current. The reason why it looks turquoise is because the frozen water is very pure and there are almost no bubbles, so the reflective colors look brilliant and abnormal.

Although the floating iceberg is gorgeous, it is indeed an out-and-out ship killer, its hardness is extremely high, and the most famous shipwreck in human history, the sinking of the Titanic, is because it hit the iceberg.

Since the appearance of floating ice, Andrei began to order all sailors to closely monitor the sea conditions. Although the Orca is an icebreaker, it is also shy away from this kind of thing. Fortunately, the Orca's equipment is modern enough, and in order to monitor the surrounding sea conditions, the ship's radar has never been turned off, which can detect icebergs hidden under the surface in time and then issue warnings.

Li Huan and Shangguan Qing stood at the bow of the boat and watched for a long time, watching the floating icebergs slowly flow on the water, both of them sighing at the power of nature.

Don't say anything about qi refiners going against the sky, the magic trick is invincible, just blast out a safe road. So far, the radar has found the largest piece of underwater dark ice, with a mass of 200,000 tons, and the aircraft carrier crashing into it is also a shipwreck.

Li Huan is now very glad that he has found such a professional captain as Andre, otherwise let alone going to the construction site in the dark sun, it would be good to sink without touching the ice here. Li Huan can drive a boat, and his skills are very exquisite, but it is far from enough to be able to sail here, he doesn't know how to read the sea conditions and predict the current, and the shipwreck is a matter of minutes.

As the Orca got closer to the Arctic Circle and the sea conditions became more and more difficult, the speed of the Orca also decreased suddenly.

Soon, the sea narrowed into a strait, and you could even see the shores of the gorge on both sides.

Andrey informs everyone through the ship's announcement system that he has reached the Drek Strait, which enters the Arctic Ocean, and after passing through the strait, there is the whale graveyard and the real Arctic Ocean. Unlike the previous ones, which controlled ships to avoid icebergs in the vast waters, this strait is extremely narrow, at its narrowest point, only about a thousand meters. And the fragmented icebergs that drift out of the Arctic Ocean also flow out of this strait, and when navigating in this strait, you must be careful and careful.

Li Huan's heart moved, if the dark sun was ambushed here, then it would be a big problem.

There doesn't need to be a lot of people, just two opponents of the level of Lei Dao people can completely seal a strait.

After entering the Gurut Strait, half a foot into the Arctic Circle, the sky and sea here are like the face of a child, and it is not at all mentally prepared to say that change is to change. It's as if the sky was still clear blue just now, and the stubborn sun broke through the clouds and shone warmly on people, Li Huan, Shangguan Qing, including Xiwei and others, were all enjoying the precious polar sunshine on the deck, but after just one meal, the sky changed color.

The originally warm sunlight turned into a knife-like cold wind in an instant, the clear blue turned into leaden black clouds, and the clouds rolled fiercely across the sky under the impetus of the roaring hurricane.

Before the wind stopped, the blizzard smashed down on the head and face.

This is a real blizzard, the so-called goose feather snow, which is simply weak here.

Li Huan swears that he is also well-informed, but he has never seen such a large snowflake in his life, and he has never even heard of it, the snowflakes the size of A4 paper simply broke through the limit of imagination, and the snowflakes quickly covered the icebreaker several meters higher out of thin air. Xiao Fei's hand-picked machine sensed the temperature, from the sun to the blizzard wind, and now the temperature outside the ship has plummeted to minus 40 degrees.

A super blizzard, without anyone being prepared, came suddenly.

This snowstorm slightly dispelled Li Huan's vigilance.

If Dark Sun wants to ambush himself in this place, then there is no need to trouble them, and this kind of intelligence should not be a bad person.

minus forty degrees, huge snow flakes, knife-like cold wind, not to mention the eighth layer of qi refining, Jindan Avenue is thrown here, without protection, only relying on one's own cultivation to resist, at most half a day is a death. Nature's Tianwei is not something that any creature can challenge, whether it is Li Huan or Dark Sun, if there is any hatred or hatred, it must be put down in front of the real Tianwei.

Because of the blizzard, the visibility suddenly decreased to only a pitiful few hundred meters, and Andrei simply ordered the whole ship to be closed and anchored for safety.

Although the Orca is an icebreaker, it is not omnipotent. Sailing in such sea conditions is tantamount to finding yourself unhappy, and if you encounter an ice floe that is blown by the wind, you don't know how to die. After Andrew ordered the cabin to be closed and stopped, everyone gathered in the captain's room, and they couldn't help but be moved when they looked at the world outside, which had become invisible.

"I didn't expect such a strong snowstorm, I've seen it for a long time. This is not yet the Arctic Circle, what kind of bad weather will it be after entering the Arctic Circle!" Li Huan sighed.

"If we hadn't stopped the boat earlier, we would have hit the mountain by now. Andrei was so surprised: "This is not the most violent snowstorm I have encountered, more than ten years ago, I encountered a snowstorm, five minutes, the sea was covered with snow, and it was too late to melt!"

Li Huan and Shangguan Qing smacked their tongues.

"That's fine, at least we can rest assured. In this kind of weather, no one in this sea area will come out. Even if the people of the dark sun have always sneak attacked, it is estimated that we will not be needed, and the weather here can kill all enemies. Li Huan sighed, flipped through the chart, and saw that there was still a distance of more than 200 nautical miles, the weather here was already very bad, and then 200 nautical miles ahead, the construction site in the dark would definitely be a disaster now.

Andrei smiled and said, "I don't know who you mean by enemy, but I know they are stupid. Set up a construction site in that kind of place, and don't want to dig up anything in your life. The ice was harder than steel, and a blizzard would fill everything they had dug up. Besides, it's the time of the polar night, and staying on an unprotected construction site is a dead end. ”

"It's best that way, we can pick up ready-made. Li Huan nodded.

As soon as Li Huan's words fell, Andre suddenly patted the radar screen and pointed to the radar, which was full of noise because of the snowflakes: "It seems that something is approaching us...... Is it a boat? In this kind of hellish weather, there are still people driving boats?"

Li Huan's heart suddenly jumped!

Just now, I was still saying that if the dark sun comes out at this time, it is a problem with the brain, and under a snowstorm like this, what are you doing when you come to the door? Looking for trouble in the face of a snowstorm is no different from asking for a dead end. But if it weren't for the dark sun, who else would appear at this time?

"Everyone be on alert!" Li Huan shouted, grabbed the maritime walkie-talkie in the captain's room and shouted: "This is the icebreaker Orca, the ship in front is stopped, please identify yourself!"

Multiply......

There was a long sound of electricity, and there seemed to be no echo from there.

"Is it the dark sun?" Xiwei and the others looked nervous, and the tragic scene after Li Huan and the Lei Dao people fought was still hovering in their minds. If you encounter an enemy like the Lei Dao people in this weather, and then blow yourself up, no one in this boat will survive except Li Huan.

Li Huan obviously thought of this problem too, he looked at the radar and struggled for a long time, and finally made up his mind: "I'll go and see, before I come back, Andre still closed the whole ship." Shangguan, I'll give a flare, and if it's safe, I'll fire a flare. ”

Everyone felt that Li Huan was going out to die, and persuaded him again and again, but seeing that the ship was getting closer and closer to the Orca, Li Huan made up his mind to take a look, and no one could stop him. Besides, as soon as the ship appeared on the edge of the radar, it was approaching the Orca at a fast and slow speed, the strait was so wide, and there were countless flowing dark ice around it, and the two ships collided, and the consequences were unimaginable.

In the end, Li Huan still went.

The Orca is a polar research ship, so it naturally has relevant cold-proof equipment. Li Huan put on a winter jacket, put on goggles, and spread the aura all over his body, estimating that there would be no problem in holding it outside for an hour or two.

"If it's dangerous, don't hold it up, it's a big deal and we'll sink it!" Shangguan Qing said with concern.

"Don't worry, with my strength, it's not a big problem to hold on for an hour or two. Li Huan grinned, this girl is a little too violent, even if she suspects that the other party may be a ship in the dark sun, she can't say that she will sink without evidence: "You guys are on guard in the captain's room, everyone is ready for battle, I will use signal flares to send signals to everyone." ”

After speaking, Li Huan checked his whole body equipment again, went down to the deck level, and opened the hatch.

As soon as the hatch opened, an extremely cold air stream blew in with snowflakes. Li Huan didn't react, he was poured into his stomach by a cold and cold wind, and he shivered suddenly. The blizzard in the Arctic Circle is no joke, at first he thought he could last for an hour or two, but now it seems that even if he lifts the whole body aura as protection, under the blizzard in the Arctic Circle, he can support the sky for half an hour.

Li Huan connected the virtual screen to the ship's radar, roughly figured out the direction of the incoming ship, and jumped off the boat.

Under the combination of thermal observation and infrared observation modes, Li Huan can vaguely see the outline of the ship in the distance.

He began to take advantage of Xiao Fei's keen observation and slowly leaned towards the other party.

At this time, on the cliff on the side of the strait, in a cave that can shelter from the wind, there are groups of bats with thousands of eyes flashing red Li Huan guessed very right, it is true that no "creature" can survive under this kind of blizzard, but if it is not a "creature", it is naturally not afraid of the cold.

Among the many bats, there was one of the largest, red-fluffy bats all over his body, quietly watching Li Huan get farther and farther away from the ship with echolocation.

"The guy who killed the Lei Dao people is really interesting, he can move on the ice in the blizzard...... "The big bat's eyes flashed: "Go, go, when you come back, all the people on the ship have become my blood slaves." ”