Chapter 175: Kunlun Station and the Anomaly
The snowmobile went all the way in the dark, the searchlight on the car illuminated the road ahead, every time they walked a section, Bai Yujing and others would get out of the car to determine the location, and then move forward again, although the wind was a little strong, but it did not reach the level of a blizzard, so the weather was not bad.
Because there was only one snowmobile left, seven people were crammed into a small space, Bai Yujing sat in the co-pilot seat, Zhu Wei could only sit on him, and everyone was crowded together.
After more than 30 hours of continuous driving, Li Xiang was driving a snowmobile at this moment, and everyone else was resting in a small snowmobile, although they were all a little sleepy, but no one dared to fall asleep, and the bonus of polar night and ice and snow to cold has reached a limit.
In addition, Ice Dome, which is about to reach the peak of the ice sheet and is about to reach the highest point in the entire Antarctic, has also relatively experienced the climate change of the plateau, so the surrounding air has become thinner and drier, and everyone's state is not very good, and the cold can't be stopped even through the car window.
After Li Xiang went down a steep slope and advanced for some distance, he shouted behind him: "Wen Feng, Wen Feng, look at it, is it here!"
Wen Feng sat up in a daze, and immediately brought up the bangs that were squeezed together with him, and the bangs suddenly hit the chair in front of him: "Wen Feng, you move smaller!"
Liu Hai immediately looked at Wen Feng reproachfully, Wen Feng apologized to him embarrassedly, and Bai Yujing immediately said: "Okay, don't worry about a little thing, Wen Feng, come and see, is this Kunlun Station, why don't you see the building?"
Bai Yujing searched everywhere with a flashlight, only to see snow everywhere, although the terrain here is gentle, there are still many potholes, Wen Feng came down to take a look, and immediately nodded: "That's right, this is it!"
After that, Wen Feng took the flashlight and shone on the raised hill bag in front of him: "It should be Kunlun Station, I've been here, but it seems to be buried in snow!"
Bai Yujing immediately looked at the small mountain bag, and sure enough, he found that the top of the red was leaking from it, and a large amount of snow was piled up below, accumulating several meters high, Liu Xinwu nodded, and used his gloved hand to push away the university under his feet, leaking a stone underneath.
"That's right, look at this!" Liu Xinwu made a discovery and immediately asked everyone to come and see.
Bai Yujing looked at Liu Xinwu's hand, and immediately saw a stone tablet that leaked out, everyone threw it with their hands, and immediately revealed the upper half of the stone tablet, Bai Yujing shone it with a flashlight, and immediately found a line of red words.
"Kunlun Station in Antarctica, China!"
Bai Yujing nodded: "That's right, this is it, we have finally arrived at our destination, we can rest in the base today!"
Hearing Bai Yujing say this, everyone cheered, even Liu Xinwu, who has always maintained this calm and stable military heart, has a smile on his face at this moment, Bai Yujing led everyone towards the base, the ice and snow and the cold wind are blowing, and there is a darkness that cannot be seen everywhere, but everyone's hearts feel hot.
Under the leadership of Wen Feng, Bai Yujing found a few shovels in the warehouse at the back of the base, and everyone began to dig towards the entrance.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
"Hurry up and dig it, you can go to the base to sleep right away, eat and drink well, and there is a heater to blow!"
But after moving a few times, Li Xiang was a little out of breath, "No, this place is so stuffy, I always feel that my lungs are not breathing smoothly!"
Bai Yujing nodded: "Li Xiang, you have worked hard, go back to the car to rest first, you are driving the car all the way, the air on this plateau is thin, you may not be in a suitable situation, there is oxygen supply in the base, your body should get used to this situation in a few days." ”
Liu Hai also raised his hand at this time: "I also feel a little uncomfortable, white-collar team, can I go back and rest!"
Bai Yujing frowned, this bangs are very negative on the road, always this problem and that problem, Bai Yujing is very unaccustomed to it, but it has always been Bai Yujing and Liu Xinwu who control the overall situation, and the two of them have always had a unified attitude, so Liu Hai didn't dare to say anything.
"Okay, you can go back to the car and rest!" Bai Yujing didn't know if he was pretending, but the work of digging out the base gate was not heavy, no more than him, no less than him.
Sure enough, it didn't take long to find the gate of the base, the area of Kunlun Station is not large, a total of only a few hundred square meters, like a few large containers, the outside is red and white, Bai Yujing took out the key that Nan Yong, the stationmaster of Zhongshan Station, gave himself before leaving, opened the gate of Kunlun Station, and suddenly saw the wind and snow outside swishing into it.
After everyone came in, Liu Xinwu closed the door, the sealing of the gate was very good, the door was closed, isolated from the wind chill effect, and suddenly felt that the temperature had risen by ten degrees, just outside that blowing, the low temperature of more than forty degrees below zero, everyone felt a numbness in their legs and feet, and everyone's nose was red.
Liu Xinwu pressed the switch of the light, but found that there was no response, Wen Feng immediately said: "You have to go to the generator room to turn on the generator, otherwise the equipment will not work, I know where the generator room is, Zhou Jun, you go with me." ”
Wen Feng walked in with Zhou Jun from the other side, and it didn't take long to see that the entire base was bright, and Bai Yujing immediately saw that this was an activity room, with a long table, sports equipment, and sofas, and a five-star red flag hanging on the wall, and two small glass windows in front and back, which were blocked by snow.
This is the third Antarctic research station established by China, Kunlun Station, although it is not big, but it is only 7.3 kilometers away from Ice Dome A, the highest point of the Antarctic ice sheet, scientists by drilling deep ice cores, through the ice that has been frozen here for tens of thousands of years to extract bubbles, to study global climate change.
In addition, the establishment of an astronomical observatory here is equivalent to observing astronomy in a space station, which is helpful for the study of dark matter and dark energy, and there are very few in the world that can establish a scientific research station in this kind of place, and there is even only this one near Ice Dome A, which is not a big place, but it makes Bai Yujing, Liu Xinwu and Zhou Jun who came here proud.
After the heating was turned on, Zhou Jun and Liu Xinwu began to go to the kitchen to prepare food, Bai Yujing took a look, the food reserves were very sufficient, but most of them were easy-to-store food, and it was a very luxurious thing to eat fresh vegetables and fruits here.
Everyone gathered in the activity room, eating hot food, drinking high-concentration wine, the body suddenly felt warm, took off the down jacket on the body, everyone wore sweaters, warm underwear, and cheered in the base.
Liu Xinwu said: "It's still comfortable in the base, these days, I feel that my body is hot for the first time!"
Wen Feng also expressed his opinion: "I also said that some time ago, when I repaired the car, I felt that my whole body was frozen and unconscious, and I had a blister on my feet, fortunately it was not chilblains, I was scared enough at that time!"
Li Xiang was unhappy: "You also said that it was obviously a car that I repaired, and I stayed in it for half an hour, so you were next to me to help me hold the wrench, so I was embarrassed to say." ”
Although everyone was complaining, they said that they were in a very good mood, and almost everyone didn't talk much in the previous paragraph, which meant that there was something wrong with the psychological situation, and now Bai Yujing was relieved.
"Okay, everyone have a good rest today, there are warm beds and quilts, there is no limit to five hours to get up, everyone has a good night's sleep!"
"Whoa, whoa!"
"Hooray!"
Before, we traveled for 16 hours every day, plus camped and cooked, and we were able to rest for less than five hours a day, and we had two meals a day.
At this time, Liu Hai said to Bai Yujing: "White leader, I'll go to the car to get something!
Bai Yujing nodded: "Okay, you get the things and come back quickly, don't stay outside for long, it's more than forty degrees below zero outside!"
"Howler!"
After bangs went out, he didn't go to the snowmobile, but took a flashlight to shine around, and then climbed onto the roof of the base, fixed a cylinder in the crack on the top, bangs pulled out an antenna from the top of the cylinder, and a few tentacles protruding from below were stubbornly absorbed.
Bangs pressed the button, and there was a dripping sound on it, and then it turned around, and then there was no movement, and at this time Bangs sneakily climbed off the roof and returned to the inside of the base.