"Whew, it's time to go!" Chen Bin exhaled a white breath and walked with the others to the outside of the Yellow River Station, the day after they arrived at the "Arctic Village", and early in the morning the people who were going to Longyearbyen's City began to assemble on the grounds.

It is said to be morning, but there is no shadow of the early morning, the sky is still dotted with countless stars, and the nearby scenery is unobstructed under the starlight reflected by the snow, and the night does not look like night.

About seven and a half years ago, the Norwegian government officially proposed the "Noah's Ark World Seed Project" on the island of Spitsbergen, where the coal mining city of Longyearbyen, is located. The site was chosen because of its remote location from external threats, as well as the island's cold climate and permafrost, which is conducive to seed preservation.

Spitsbergen is a Norwegian territory, but it is located nearly 700 kilometers away from the coast of the northern continent of Norway, and the climate is very harsh. It is inaccessible, there are more polar bears than inhabitants, and the living conditions are very difficult for humans.

This trip required us to go east, pass through the Pilamiden (a Jeplois settlement and coal mining community) and then turn south, the road was not smooth, but fortunately, with Xia Yunli, an experienced professor, accompanying us all the way, we did not encounter any major problems.

With the exception of Piramiden, the convoy traveled to the area, which was originally founded by the Swedes, sold to Sue in 1927 and closed by the Jepsy government in 1998. A large number of buildings and facilities were abandoned in Piramiden, and after the departure of humans, it became a paradise for polar bears.

The first place to see the polar bear was near the Turpan Hotel, where a pair of polar bear mother and child flashed past the headlights, and then there was a lapping sound from the body of the leading Zhanyang Power all-terrain polar vehicle.

A soldier sitting by the door of the car was startled, and Xia Yunli asked Xu Yihang, who was the driver, to notify all the members of the convoy to stop.

"Don't open the door, just sit quietly in the car, there are polar bears nearby, let's not disturb them."

"Wait for them to leave us and then move on," Xia Yunli said to Xu Yihang.

Everyone waited quietly like this, Chen Bin heard Xu Yihang's voice from the liaison in the car, and then he knew that something had happened in front of the convoy, "Polar bear? Curious, he leaned over the window and peeked out.

"Eh, there's a small one!" Chen Bin saw not far away, a large polar bear leading a small one, and two bears were vigilantly staring at his convoy.

The lights inside the car went out, and the situation on the snow outside became clearer. It is said to be a market town, but it looks more like a large factory, and there is a large coal mine nearby, with a population of nearly 2,000 at its peak.

After a long wait for the convoy, the polar bear mother and son still refused to leave, they circled the convoy a few times, and then ran to the Arctic Trucks in the back to sniff.

"Let's pay for the toll," Xia Yunli rubbed his forehead, "These two polar bears should have happened to be foraging nearby so they bumped into us, seeing their unwilling appearance, we can only throw some frozen meat to them." ”

The expert spoke, Xu Yihang naturally would not object, and a soldier in the back seat took out a large piece of frozen fish meat from the reserve box and prepared to open the car door and go down.

"Don't open the door, just roll the window down." Xia Yunli reminded.

The soldier threw the frozen meat out, and then quickly closed the car window, and the polar bear mother and son heard the movement near the Zhanyang Power All-Terrain Polar Vehicle, and immediately ran over, its speed was very fast, but it rushed to the frozen meat and could brake the "car" just right.

"Don't look at it running so fast and stopping, if it rushes over and hits the door of our polar car, this iron door will also be recessed," Xia Yunli looked out the window, and saw the big polar bear biting the frozen meat and walking towards the little polar bear, and hurriedly beckoned Xu Yihang to start the car and "run away".

After the polar bear mother and son accepted the "toll", they did not chase it again, and the convoy also took the opportunity to pass through the Piramiden area.

"In front is the Pilamiden Harbor Container Guest ......House," Xia Yunli said The name suddenly stopped, his expression a little silent.

"What happened to the Piramiden Seaport Container Guest House? Professor. Xu Yihang asked.

"I've been there before and stayed for one night, and the environment there is not bad, there are showers and toilets, and you can cook your own meals." Xia Yunli said, "There have always been more than a dozen residents here, strictly speaking, it is not a ghost town after Jipros gave up on it, but now, these dozen or so residents are probably more than lucky." ”

Xu Yihang heard that Xia Yunli wanted to go around and take a look, so he nodded, "Let's go over and take a look, and if there are any survivors, bring them with us." ”

The Piramiden Seaport Container Guest House is about a kilometre east of the Turpan Hotel, and there are also taverns, sports grounds, cinemas and other buildings nearby. When the Gipros Akikugo coal mine was closed in 1998, almost everyone left Piramiden, and a dozen more stayed because according to Norwegian national law, if any country gave up land in Svalbard (the archipelago where Spitsbergen is located) for 10 years, it would return to the Norwegian government.

"Don't go too far south," Xia Yunli saw Xu Yihang turn the direction of the front of the car to the southeast, and quickly reminded him.

"How?" Xu Yihang readjusted his direction, although he didn't know why Xia Yunli asked him to change his direction, but he strictly implemented the instructions of this polar research expert.

"It's the sea over there, and you think it's land, but it's just because the sea is frozen at this time." Xia Yunli said, "Have you forgotten the name of the guest house I mentioned earlier?" It is a container guest house at the seaport of Piramiden. ”

Xia Yunli specially strengthened the tone of the words "Piramedon Harbor".

"I see," Xu Yihang nodded, comprehending what Xia Yunli meant.

"Professor," he said suddenly, "I remember you said that Longyearbyen is in the southern part of Spitsbergen, and it's also by the sea, and the bay is now covered with ice, and it might be risky for an icebreaker to go in, so can we walk over the ice?" ”

"No," Xia Yunli waved his hand, "The reason is the same as the icebreaker can't go in." The icebreaker can't go in because we don't know the thickness of the ice in the bay, and once the icebreaker is trapped inside, it will become isolated; And the convoy can't go over the ice, also because we don't know the thickness of the ice, the thickness of the ice in the bay is not the same, some places are thick, some places are thin, if the convoy gets trapped, it will be more dangerous than the icebreaker trapped in it, you must know that once the polar car falls into the sea water under the ice, the chance of life in the car is almost zero. ”

"Whew," Xu Yihang let out a sigh of relief, and said in his heart that this trip was really not a smooth road, but fortunately, Xia Yunli, an experienced expert, was in charge to avoid too many accidents.

The convoy stopped next to a row of buildings half-buried by snow, and there appeared to be a pier in the distance, but there were no ships in sight next to the pier.

"Let's go down a few people, everyone bring their guns, and briefly check the container guest house at Piramedon Seaport, and be careful not to stay for long." Xia Yunli said.

Xu Yihang arranged the order, and then told the other vehicles in the convoy to form an arc on the periphery to cover the people who got off the car.

Chen Bin and Da Fei followed down outside, as soon as the car door opened, a cold wind poured in, the temperature in the car seemed to drop by more than ten degrees in an instant, and the driver sitting in front couldn't help but shrink his neck.

"Wow, it's cold!" Although they had already experienced the extreme cold in the "Arctic Village" in New Ålsund before, the two of them still couldn't stand it the moment they got out of the car.

The other fighters were slightly better, because they would go out to exercise every day when they were in Chongming and Changxing, and they would exercise much outside in the harsh winter months.

"They went to find someone in that row of houses," Da Fei looked at Xia Yunli, Xu Yihang and the others walking towards the Piramiton Harbor Container Guest House, and said with some incomprehension, "After half a year, this disaster, and the polar bears outside or something, even if the supplies are sufficient, can the people inside hold on until now?" ”

"Do you believe in miracles?" Chen Bin did not answer Da Fei's inadvertent question positively, "I used to read a historical story of 'Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen' in the book, which tells the story of the Han Dynasty, when the state re-established the Western Regions Protectorate and appointed Geng Gong as the captain of Wu. As a result, when the main force of the Han Dynasty returned to the dynasty, the Xiongnu began to move, and they sent 20,000 troops to attack the Han Dynasty's vassal Cheshi, killing the Cheshi king, and besieging Geng Gong's Jinpu City. ”

"And then?" Da Fei suddenly became interested, he knew that Chen Bin would not mention this matter inexplicably.

"There were many Hun soldiers surrounding Gimpo City, and Geng Gong had already surveyed the terrain of Gimpo City, and he thought that it was not suitable for defense, so he took the opportunity of the night rain to lead his subordinates to break out of the siege and go to Shule City, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and hold on accordingly."

After that, the Huns besieged the city of Shule again, and sent an envoy to the city to persuade him to surrender, and Geng Gong killed the envoy; The Huns besieged the city and cut off the water, Geng Gong asked the soldiers to dig wells on the spot, and when there was a lack of water, everyone could only squeeze the water from the horse manure to quench their thirst. Later, the news of the death of the emperor of the Han Dynasty came from outside, and the people of the Cheshi Kingdom also rebelled, and a few months later, when the city ran out of food, Geng Gong boiled and ate the strings made of animal tendons on the bow and crossbow and the leather on the armor. ”

The soldiers died one by one, but the city of Shule was still not breached, the survivors would rather die than surrender, and the banner of the Han army was also flying high in the city. But just when Geng Gong and the others were sticking to the Western Regions, thousands of miles away in Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the newly enthroned emperor and his ministers were engaged in a heated debate - should they send rescue troops? ”