Chapter 97: Carnivorous Snow

The AC-130 plane flew in the southeast direction, and George took out a tablet in the fighting compartment and handed it to Wen Feng, "This is a video taken by the Mir orbital space station 30 years ago. He pointed to an asteroid captured by the Earth's gravity on the picture and said to Wen Feng, "At that time, everyone thought that this asteroid would burn up in the atmosphere, and even if any debris fell, it should fall into the North Pacific Ocean according to its orbit." ”

"Well, what's the problem?" Wen Feng looked at the tablet screen in his hand and asked.

"The theme is that when it is close to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere, it slows down, and not only does it slow down, but it changes its orbit." George looked at Wen Feng solemnly and said, "It fell to the South Pole, this is the location." ”

"Here...... If I'm not mistaken, isn't this the location of the International Antarctic Science City? Wen Feng looked at the location where the meteorite finally fell and said puzzled.

"Yes, that's it. In those days, it was one of the top secrets of that Red Empire. But since the empire was already in decline by that time and could not afford to send expeditions to Antarctica, the secret was kept until after the collapse of the empire before it was revealed to several major powers by their scientists. George said.

"Oh, this is the origin of Antarctic Science City, I want to get the secret of that meteorite, right?" He Baobao leaned on Wen Feng's shoulder and interjected.

"Hehe, beautiful young lady, you really know how to tell the truth." George smiled.

"Was this meteorite manipulated or was it a living form in its own right?" Wen Feng looked at the screen and thought.

"You keep looking down." George put his hands into fists on his jaw, looked at Wen Feng and said, "After observing the surface of the meteorite, we found snowflake-shaped fossil particles, which proves that this meteorite has been drifting in the universe for many years, and after in-depth study of these particles, it was found that they were generated 2 million years ago, and this is not the point, they were formed on the ancient earth." ”

"What did you say?" Wen Feng and He Baobao looked at George in surprise at the same time, "You said this meteorite is something on earth?" Is it home, you say? ”

"You can think so." George looked at the two and nodded. "As the research continues, just one month ago, a team of scientists discovered a secret, which seems to be related to three ice ages on our planet that destroyed almost all life."

Wen Feng fell into thoughts, he handed the tablet to He Baobao, and turned his head to look out the window of the plane. He muttered to himself, "It turns out that destruction will happen after all...... It's just a different way......"

"What are you nagging about?" He Baobao glanced at Wen Feng and said.

"Nothing?" Wen Feng turned his head and smiled at He Baobao.

"Oh my God! This...... This...... This snow is alive......" He Baobao said in shock as he looked at the tablet.

"Yes, they are alive, and these samples were found in the South Georgia region 20 days ago." George looked at He Baobao and said, "20 days ago, a group of field ecological investigators found a group of penguin ice sculptures there, they brought back samples of the ice sculptures, and found this among those ice sculptures, they are alive, they are alive, those so-called penguin ice sculptures are actually eaten by them and the remaining shells from them." ”

"Living snow is still a group of carnivores, hehe is very interesting." Wen Feng smiled and said, "What else?" ”

"They're slaves, and these creatures have an organization similar to that of ants or bees, and it's a kind of social biological organization." George said.

"Interesting, you're saying they're a kind of bug?" Wen Feng came to be interested.

"Not exactly, their molecular structure is more similar to water, and it can be said to be accurate that they are living ice." George said. "They can't survive above 0°C, and they exhibit the same physical and chemical phenomena as snow. It is likely that they are the most primitive forms of life, the origin of us and all life on this planet. ”

"Huh...... It's funny, it's true that our bodies are made up of 75 percent water, aren't they? Wen Feng said with a smile. What I want to know is how you say these things can't survive above 0°C, how do they penetrate the atmosphere without being burned to death by the heat? ”

"It's their shell, it's a shell wrapped in rock and ice, and through research it is believed that more than 99 percent of the life at that time was burned to death by the heat, but when the researchers opened the core of that meteorite 19 years ago, they found that the core was empty, and there was only a groove the size of a ❄ $1 coin in it, and the parent body was gone." George explained.

"How can you be sure it's gone, not vaporized?" Wen Feng continued to ask.

"Because there was a small hole in the kernel that had been dug, a kind of small hole that resembled an ant scar excavation, no one could give a reasonable explanation for this trace at the time, until the secret of the penguin ice sculpture was discovered. From that day on, the International Science City was surrounded by an unknown storm, and no one came out, and certainly no one was able to enter. George looked at Wen Feng and said.

"What about the information, can there be information transmitted in it?" He Baobao asked.

"From the beginning of the storm, all information was shielded by the storm's electronic layer. Three days ago, the four-nation joint search and rescue team ventured into the city of science within a 15-kilometer radius of this message. George said as he took out a voice recorder from his pocket and pressed the play button: "For the continuation of humanity...... Please leave immediately...... There is an opportunity to inform the outside world...... Sand...... Sand...... Launch thermonuclear weapons at us ......"

"Thermonuclear weapons? Are there nuclear weapons experts there? Wen Feng fell into deep thought again.

George took the tablet from He Baobao's hand, re-entered a password, and handed the tablet to Wen Feng's hand again, "This is the content of our conversation with it 2 days ago. ”

Looking at the tablet, Wen Feng didn't speak for a long time, he just replayed the video over and over again. "What do you mean to hand over the planet? Isn't this its homeland? After a moment, he looked at George and muttered to himself.

"What did you find?" George looked at Wen Feng and asked suspiciously.

"Didn't you notice anything? The creature was so smart, it was under control before, why would it let such important information be sent back? Why did he behave so calmly after knowing that this information had already been known to the higher echelons of the human race? Wen Feng looked at George and said, "Also, are there really nuclear physics experts in Science City?" ”

"Yes." George replied decisively, "There was an IAEA team of experts who went to Antarctica two months ago. ”

"What are they going to do?" Wen Feng looked at George and said, "Did you find a new vein of radioactive material there?" ”

"Yes, it's a plutonium mine, but it's bizarre, the plutonium in this vein has been used." George said.

"Then everything can be explained." Wen Feng suddenly said brightly, "It ate these veins." ”

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