Chapter 171: The expedition begins
"Let's go!"
At Bai Yujing's shout, everyone boarded the snowmobile and began this journey to the Antarctic continent, where they will go to the coldest part of the Antarctic to complete a special mission.
The snowmobile is very different from the usual car, it is a crawler, which can ensure that it can climb steep slopes, and can advance and retreat freely in various terrains, the snowmobile is white throughout, and is divided into two compartments, which can seat two people in front and back, and can accommodate a lot of materials and instruments and equipment.
After saying goodbye to the members of the base, a group of seven people embarked on a journey together, with Li Xiang and Liu Xinwu as the drivers, Liu Xinwu, Bai Yujing, Wen Feng, and Zhu Wei sitting in a car in front, and the other three sitting in a car behind.
The speed of the snowmobile seems to be faster than Bai Yujing imagined, the first part of the road is relatively flat, and the walk along the way is also very fast, gradually away from the coastline, the route becomes not so gentle, there are many steep slopes Bai Yujing could still worry about whether this snowmobile can climb up, but it turns out that the horsepower of this snowmobile exceeds Bai Yujing's imagination, and the road is stable and gentle.
"Wen Feng, make sure there is no problem with the route you have made, if we get lost here, we really have no choice, and after gradually getting closer to the inland circle, the communication equipment will also become ineffective!" Bai Yujing sat in the passenger seat and looked at Wen Feng behind him.
Wen Feng took a topographic map that seemed to be labeled with this large amount of data, and said to Bai Yujing: "No problem, if I am not sure about other places, I have been to Kunlun Station several times, and I must be familiar with the route!"
"But I haven't been to Kunlun Station in winter, at the beginning, we walked for more than 20 days, and there were a lot of delays due to many problems in the middle, but this time I chose the fastest route, and I was sure that I should be able to reach Kunlun Station in half a month. ”
Bai Yujing nodded, half a month, it will be at least a month back and forth, plus the time it takes to find Atlantis, it will take at least a month and a half, this is still very smooth, in a place like Antarctica, no one knows what will happen.
However, Bai Yujing still made a very confident look: "Very good, Wenfeng, you have worked hard, I told you before, about the area of the Atlantis ruins, do you have a local topographic map!"
Wen Feng immediately took out a map from his backpack: "I checked it overnight yesterday, and the local area is a very rarely entered area, deserted and inaccessible, so there are really not many relevant records, only a rough map, which is not very accurate!"
Bai Yujing also had a general understanding of this situation, nodded, and didn't say anything more.
The first day's trip was still very smooth, before dark, Bai Yujing and others found a habitat, ready to rest here tonight, the sky will be dark, the cold in the air has become condensed, Bai Yujing felt that the moment he got out of the car, his brows were going to be frozen, and the air breathed in his nostrils was directly frozen into his throat.
"It's so cold!" Bai Yujing immediately brought the gloves in his pocket.
Liu Xinwu also shouted: "Everyone moves, shake your hands, try to warm up your body, tell me immediately if you have any frostbite, and now let's set up a tent together!"
Because there is a woman, but at this time there are not so many differences, a total of two tents, everyone is divided into two groups to build, it is not a very easy thing to set up a tent, skilled people may be able to set up in more than ten minutes, unskilled may take an hour or two, in a place like Antarctica, you can set up a tent earlier, you can avoid the cold earlier, warm your body, out of danger.
Fortunately, Bai Yujing spent eighty points to exchange for a wilderness survival skill before setting off, because the corresponding knowledge range is very wide, so this skill is also not cheap, two hundred and twenty points instantly fell to one hundred and forty points, so at this moment Bai Yujing set up a tent, it seemed very fast, and Liu Xinwu partnered, and it took ten minutes to complete.
Although the group on the other side was a little slower, because Zhou Jun survived in the wild as an adult, he was also familiar with this kind of thing, although the other two were a little bit of a drag, but it was completed in less than twenty minutes.
Then Bai Yujing shoveled snow on the tent's fixed feet to fix several corners, and then dug a neat pit inside the tent, which not only expanded the space of the tent, but also made the tent warmer, the tent was large, enough to accommodate four people and more.
Bai Yujing came out of the tent with a shovel, and found that it was windy outside, and the sky became dark, and the cold wind blew the face painfully, while Liu Xinwu and Zhu Wei boiled water on the side, took out dehydrated food from the sack on the car, and prepared today's dinner.
As soon as Bai Yujing came out, Li Xiang took a cup and handed it over: "Come, drink water, take a breath, and warm up!"
With gloves on their hands, everyone formed a circle around the fire, and two cars blocked the cold wind next to them, although everyone did not speak, but they could feel that everyone was a little tired, at this time a cup of hot water, a bowl of hot food, can make people feel real happiness, everyone is gobbling up.
After eating, Liu Hai asked, "Didn't you say that the South Pole divides the polar day and the polar night? Why don't we see this situation here?"
Bai Yujing's knowledge of survival in the wild happened to be in this question, and Bai Yujing answered it: "After the vernal equinox, there will be a polar night near the South Pole, and after the autumn equinox, there will be a polar day near the South Pole, and it is about to enter the polar night period, but at present, the scope of the polar night is near the South Pole, and it is slowly expanding, and it has not yet expanded here.
Bangs immediately said: "Then we don't have to find this place in the dark, the difficulty will be doubled all of a sudden!"
Liu Xinwu was immediately unhappy: "As long as you talk a lot, who doesn't know that this is the case for the people who come here, what's wrong with the difficulties?
Liu Xinwu was born in the army, and his speech was still very murderous, as soon as he spoke, Liu Hai immediately didn't dare to speak, Bai Yujing immediately said: "That's right, everyone knows that the difficulty of this mission is very great, to be honest, I am not sure that I can really come back alive, now if anyone wants to quit, just tell me, anyway, this is not far from Zhongshan Station, and it is too late to regret it now!"
Bai Yujing looked at everyone, all of them were silent, Bai Yujing immediately said: "No one speaks, right, then it means that everyone still wants to complete this task, if you choose, don't regret it, and then no one will say anything about difficulties." ”
After eating, everyone had their own thoughts, plus they had to get up early tomorrow and hurry, so they returned to the tent early, Bai Yujing walked outside the car and turned directly onto the roof of the car, the cold wind was biting, but Bai Yujing was more calm and figured out what he should do after he figured it out.
Raising his head, he suddenly saw the night sky of Antarctica, Bai Yujing was stunned for a moment, Bai Yujing was sure that it was the first time he had seen such a beautiful starry sky, the stars in the sky were twinkling, and the whole galaxy seemed to be pulling out a belt, pure without the slightest flaw, and the light of the stars still had a slight halo, this scene, the beauty seemed to be able to purify people's hearts.
At this time, Bai Yujing saw a person running out from under the car, Bai Yujing looked at it, but it was Zhu Wei, the young geology professor didn't know why he also ran out, Bai Yujing stretched out his hand and pulled her up, "It's windy up there, it's so cold, why don't you rest?"
Zhu Wei looked at Bai Yujing: "Then what are you doing here?"
Bai Yujing was stunned for a moment and said: "I think about something, after all, I am the team leader this time, and I must think about many things in all aspects, not only for myself, but also for everyone!"
Zhu Wei turned her head to look at the starry sky: "It's so beautiful, you said that you, you are young, you want money, money, and fame, why do you want to take this mission and come to this extremely cold and wild place to suffer this crime?"
Bai Yujing smiled, maybe it was the beautiful starry sky, maybe it was Zhu Wei who said his heart, Bai Yujing also said the truth in his heart: "After people meet their material desires, they will naturally find ways to satisfy their spiritual desires, just like those rich people, money is just a number, and it can't be spent in ten lifetimes, why do you have to earn money, the desire for power, the desire for money, I also have my own desires, explore these unknowns, and leave my own name, it is my desire!"
"You are sincere!" Zhu Wei glanced at Bai Yujing deeply, and jumped off the roof of the car, this height is not low, but she landed steadily, and her skills seem to be really good!