North pole.

Endless snowfields covered with solid ice covering the winding coastline.

This is a forbidden area for human civilization, a world of ice and snow under the magic of nature.

Since the polar day of March, the earth has been shrouded in daylight, but the wind is still biting on the body, and the cold sun does not seem to have any temperature, and the difference from day to day is nothing more than cold and colder.

In the vast white, a helicopter stopped on the ice, which was particularly abrupt.

Not far from the helicopter, a group of people were busy using professional tools to boil water and cook, a total of four people, all staying near the stove, enjoying the rare warmth.

A middle-aged man with slightly dark skin and a gray beard, while roasting his hands at the moment, said in English:

"We've been drilling for more than two months, and we've collected dozens of ice samples, which should be enough for testing. It just so happens that the funds given by the university are running out, especially for you, Cao, I didn't expect that renting a helicopter would be so expensive. ”

This is a delegation from Chula University, Thailand's oldest and most prestigious university, and the middle-aged man who spoke is the vice president of the Institute of Environmental Studies.

Among them, in addition to the middle-aged people, there are two men and one woman, both of whom are relatively young.

A young man with blond hair and blue eyes was sprinkling seasoning on the grilled fish at this time, and the young woman next to him was tall and had short hair, even if she was exposed to the arctic wind and sun for more than two months, she was not dressed up at all, and she still couldn't hide that beauty, and there was a kind of natural intellectual beauty.

After staying in the Arctic for too long, the weather was freezing, and the three young men all looked tired from the vicissitudes of life.

The middle-aged vice president, the young white man, and the short-haired girl are from Jura University.

As for the one surnamed Cao, his full name is Cao Lei, 27 years old this year, in fact, he used to be a helicopter pilot engaged in the tourism industry, due to the lack of talents in this area in the team, he was temporarily hired by high salaries, and has little to do with the small scientific research team of three people.

For more than two months, Cao Lei has been together for so long, and Cao Lei has a good relationship with the vice president named Di Junranara, he said with a smile in English: "I receive a salary every day, and the flight time is calculated separately, mainly because you have run too many places, nearly 200 hours of flight time, which is hard money." ”

Di Junranara shook his head and said happily: "One hundred dollars an hour, you have earned a lot this time, I will recommend you in the future for similar activities, the technique is indeed very good, I heard that you have worked in the army?" ”

"Yes, transport plane pilot, as soon as the country trained me, I had an operation, recuperated for more than a year, and simply transferred to retirement. In this kind of place, I will fly with my head with my head, the weather will change, and some people want to earn my money, but the technology is not enough, and those who have enough technology may not be willing to accompany you to run so far, watching the wind and snow all day long, and digging holes everywhere. ”

After Cao Lei finished speaking, he lifted the kettle that was bubbling with white mist and poured some boiling water into his cup.

The short-haired girl next to her also stretched out her hand, and she still had some tea in her thermos cup, and she was a person who knew how to enjoy.

In the past two months, Cao Lei has not communicated with her much, only known as Min Min (Miinmiin), surnamed Shen, Thai-Chinese, if it weren't for a while, saying that she was a star Cao Lei would believe that it is rare to see such a beautiful beauty researcher.

Men have a love for beauty, and Cao Lei is no exception.

However, whenever he thought that a stranger found him before leaving, he opened his mouth to pay a deposit of 10,000 US dollars, and he could get 20,000 US dollars afterwards, just to quietly protect this chick and not make a mistake, he understood that he had probably met the master who experienced life.

After all, I have heard the vice president mention before, this time the equipment is donated by Minmin, it seems that there is a trust under his name, those who have deposits are not necessarily rich, but most of those who have trusts are very rich, and those scattered information are pieced together, which is enough for Cao Lei to understand that this girl is probably not possible with herself.

Thinking that after this trip, the total income could be 60,000 or 70,000 US dollars, which was equivalent to the income of the past two years, Cao Lei's heart was hot, and he happily helped her add some tea.

When the blonde young man who always licked Min Min like a dog in his daily life also stretched out his hand, he directly pretended not to see, and put the pot back on the stove, and the driver was not a servant, so he didn't have the heart to serve......

After eating a hot meal, the body warmed up.

Cao Lei walked far away to find a place to release water, and inadvertently looked into the distance, and could vaguely see that in the distance, there was a patch of purple in his eyes.

Rare good weather, not only is it windy, but it hasn't snowed yet.

I saw too much white, and suddenly I saw a deep purple, which was hard to ignore, but it was just a few more glances.

grabbed a handful of snow and wiped his hands, the wilderness is not so particular, people have three urgencies, and the kind of thing that is frozen by the Arctic wind and snow has also been experienced many times.

Fortunately, this season is a good time for the North Pole, Cao Lei checked the information before coming to the North Pole this time, and heard that some residents near the Arctic Circle must carry a small wooden stick with them when they go to the toilet in winter, because after the legs are frozen, they can use this small wooden stick to knock their legs in time to promote blood flow.

All in all, after this trip, Cao Lei has learned it, and he is a little tired of seeing too much ice and snow, and there is nowhere to spend the money he earns.

I have secretly made up my mind that unless I give a high price in the future, I will not be too lazy to suffer again, and I am thinking that when I go back, I must go to the restaurant to eat a Chinese meal and order some roast mutton.

He walked back to the rest area and saw Shen Minmin packing up the garbage to take away, and asked casually: "I just saw a purple thing in the north, it looks like a big tent, are there other camps around here?" ”

"Tents? No, we are the only ice drifting station nearby, the nearest one should be 90 kilometers away, and it has long been abandoned. ”

As soon as Shen Minmin's words fell, a blonde young man named Arthur sneered: "You shouldn't be colorblind and use the sea as a tent, right?" ”

Cao Lei didn't take the salary from this guy, of course he wouldn't give a good face when he heard the words, and retorted on the spot: "I fly a helicopter, my eyes must be better than yours, saying that purple is purple, I remember that you brought some beef jerky, otherwise take it as a bet?" ”

Arthur Williams replied, "It's long gone." ”

The purpose of the vice president's visit was to investigate the effects of Arctic pollution and global warming, and he dreamed of finding some new discoveries to facilitate the completion of his thesis, but unfortunately there were no bright spots for more than two months, and he was worried that his plans to go to Antarctica next year would be blocked.

Hearing that there was something unusual nearby, Vice President Di Jun Lanara got up and said, "It's almost time today, let's go back to the No. 37 ice floe station, don't argue, when we return, go to the place Cao said to see if it's clear, maybe it's a purple ship?" ”

Cao Lei glanced at his watch, it was only three o'clock in the afternoon, which ended earlier than before, and it was of course a good thing to end work early.

He got up and said, "Possibly, I still remember the direction, take a look by the way, it won't take a few minutes, I'll help you pack up your tools." ”

The small drilling machine, tent, stove, etc., were packed up and put into the helicopter, and soon Cao Lei sat in the cockpit and took off with ease.

Unlike the Antarctic continent, there is very little land in the Arctic, and this season, as the snow melts, there are not many large areas of ice floe on the sea, and many places are broken into small pieces, and helicopters cannot be parked.

And the place where they stayed this time was one of the largest and hardest ice fles in the vicinity, more than 150 kilometers long.

Wangshan ran a dead horse.

Originally, Cao Lei thought that the distance was very close, but when he really got closer, he found that it was much farther than expected, and from the air, the purple was more obvious, and the volume seemed to be quite large.

The old helicopter is in difficult conditions, and if you don't wear a soundproof headset, the noise is so noisy that it makes people headaches.

At this moment, Vice President Di Junranara, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, said in a surprised tone: "It's really abnormal, Minmin!" Give me the binoculars in your bag, what the hell is that?! ”

"It can't be a secret military base, you know, this is Russian territory, they have a lot of weird research, will we be caught?" Arthur Williams was not very bold and was clearly brainwashed by various conspiracy theories.

Cao Lei heard it through the soundproof headset, and just smiled at it, thinking that graduate students are not necessarily smart.

As the helicopter approached, it still did not arrive after a few minutes.

Getting closer and closer, the group gradually changed from casual to frightened.

Cao Lei, who thinks he is more courageous, still has a ghost-like look when he sees a purple object with a length of two or three kilometers that does not conform to common sense in front of him, although he doesn't know what this thing is, but it is definitely not normal.

If I had to describe it, it would be like cutting a dark purple glass ball in half through the middle and placing half of it on the ice.

It is a very well-proportioned semicircle, with a flow of brilliance and a deep purple, which makes people unable to take their eyes off.

Cao Lei, who had goosebumps on his back, had the urge to turn around and leave, but Vice Dean Di Junranara was excitedly asking him to take a look around.

Thinking about not getting too close, and having enough fuel, Cao Lei simply didn't refuse, interrupted the conversation between the three, and asked, "You guys are well-informed, is it normal for this thing to appear in the North Pole?" ”

"Of course it's not normal, I've never seen it in any literature, although I can't figure out what it is, but it looks like it's worth researching, it definitely won't be a man-made building, if there is such a project, I'm sure I've heard of it!"

Vice President Di Junranara was like a chicken, and his already dark face seemed to be darker with excitement at the moment.

He analyzed seriously: "If it is not man-made, it is some kind of magical natural phenomenon, it feels like a cloud of mist, how beautiful it is under the sun!" Maybe it's because of the air pressure or something that makes it take on such a regular hemispherical shape, you don't look like a bowl on the ice? ”

Although he was a little curious, Cao Lei accompanied him to go out to earn money, and he did not have the intellectual curiosity of Vice President Di Junlanara.

Shen Minmin was holding the camera in her hand, clicking and taking pictures frantically, she said at the moment: "The diameter seems to be about two kilometers, I have heard of flying saucer clouds, hanging globulus clouds and the like, but why is it on the ground, and it shows this color?" ”

"Closer! Cao! ”

Vice Dean Di Junranara was impatient and continued to mutter: "Maybe it's a new direction that no one has studied, we can collect more information, use it to write a thesis, and now we need to collect some samples of that purple color!" ”

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