Greenland, the largest island in the world.

In the 22nd century, it is even colder, and the ice is much thicker than before.

"At a depth of 1,000 meters, the oxygen remaining is 88%."

"It was a deep-sea shark nearly seven meters long, an ancient and mysterious Greenland shark (1), and I guess it was more than 400 years old."

"Note (1): A deep-sea shark, the world's longest-lived vertebrate, has only grown one centimeter a year and did not begin to mate until more than 150 years ago, and the longest-lived Greenland shark on record is over 300 years old and up to 6 meters long."

The purpose of this deep-sea submersible, which is more than 150 meters long, is naturally in the name of scientific research such as biological and oceanographic research, but in fact it is to carry out resource surveys in this place that has been out of sight for nearly a century.

For example, the main search is for combustible ice, titanium APH ore, E carbon, etc., but this submersible did not find these three resources, but recorded many organisms, even some organisms that were once thought to be extinct or unknown for a long time.

"Uh, okay." Sika Mann was the one who was invited to join the submersible, and he was watching the sea illuminated by the lights on the big screen, and he was talking to another scientist next to him, "I don't think this Greenland shark meat is delicious." ”

"Greenland sharks are rarely seen here in groups, what is the reason for this?" The scientist, who is not a marine biologist but a nuclear power physics major, is only interested in this, "I have a bad feeling. ”

Sika looked at his side face with a smile, but without saying a word, began to walk towards the cabin hall.

He often felt that those scientific maniacs who studied advanced physics were neurotic, but he was too embarrassed to say that this was a thousand meters deep in the sea, and there could be no threat.

Moreover, this is a giant deep-sea underwater vehicle more than 150 meters long, and it is unlikely to be a threat to marine life.

Even if a Norwegian sea monster of the same length (2) appears, it is estimated that there is no way to deal with this huge steel monster, and this huge submarine is armed, although it is only an old-fashioned Tempest-style submersible missile (3), but its power is enough to deal with any kind of sea life, even a swarm.

"Note (2): The Norwegian sea monster refers to a legendary giant sea monster in Norse mythology (it is recorded that it is 150 meters long), and its English name translates to "Kraken", which is said to live off the coast of Norway and Greenland, and usually lie on the bottom of the sea. —Wikipedia in Chinese

Note (3): The Storm missile is an old-fashioned general-purpose missile, and although it is inferior to the newly developed advanced missile in terms of specific performance, it has retained its versatility and compatibility so well that by the middle of the 22 nd century, a large number of them were still retained in various countries and armed groups in various countries and armed groups."

In the early hours of the next morning, the submarine returned to the port of Greenland.

The port was built at great expense by Fiplos, and in order to meet the requirements of high-tech materials and components around the world, it had to try to explore new sources of minerals, so it was willing to do so.

Due to the harsh environment, there are very few ships that stay here for a long time, except for the three icebreakers, the largest is for military use, followed by commercial use, and the last one is for scientific exploration.

"The Greenland Sea Dragon 1 nuclear-powered icebreaker is on its way back."

"Deep Blue nuclear-powered submersible prepares to come out of the water to receive resupply ......"

There was a mess in the radio and communications at the port, but this was only for outsiders, in fact the resident population here had long been accustomed to it, and this was already the norm, for them.

On deck of the Greenland Sea Dragon 1 icebreaker————

"Major Shen, what kind of wine are you drinking?"

"This, the wine of the Tianshui Factory, produced by a company in Tianshui City, East Asian People's Republic, is great."

Shen Yihui sat directly on the cold deck in a blue-and-white winter suit, and a young man who was standing with him before also sat down.

He slowly looked at the harbor ahead, bored on the way back, and finally arrived at "home", so he was quite happy, at least the large signal transmitter there would allow him to communicate with the people he missed in the distance.

The Greenland Sea Dragon 1 nuclear-powered icebreaker has a total site of nearly 160 meters, a displacement of more than 30,000 tons, and is equipped with two nuclear energy reactors.

The thickness of the icebreaker can be up to 3 meters, it seems that this steel monster has the quality of three large destroyers, in fact, there is not much armament on this giant ship, although this is a military icebreaker, but the armament is really pitiful.

First of all, there are only four helicopter gunships that are equipped with polar equipment, and they are all old-fashioned, as well as multi-purpose Tempest missile launchers.

When Shen Yihui first took over the ship, what he was most worried about was not these, but the configuration and size of the motorized infantry.

The only one with a good configuration is only one second-generation motorized infantry, the Ice Crack Kraken HW (4), which was sold to the Hexagonal Star Mechanism by the old E Section in the past, and then repaired and improved and sent here to be put into use.

"Note (4): The Ice Crack Kraken HW is a second-and-a-half-generation motorized infantry manufactured by the former E-Coheitt Research Institute, which is specially designed to deal with ice fields and cold regions, and its mobility on the ice fields is very strong, but unfortunately this aircraft was not selected for the third-generation motorized infantry manufacturing program."

The non-commissioned officer who had been sitting here with Shen Yihui drinking the wine of the Tianshui Factory left, leaving him alone and looking around against the railing, and there were not many people on the ship.

Such a large ship, the sum of the total number of people is only about two hundred people in a company, and many operations are operated under the control of computer systems, and the benefit of automation is naturally to withdraw cash here, but it seems very deserted.

Although it is summer, the maximum ambient temperature in Greenland is 0 degrees Celsius, and it is even frozen all year round in the interior.

Luckily, the port is located in the Arctic Ocean, and although it is frozen and closed for most of the year, it can get quite busy during the short summer months.

Shen Yihui touched his pocket and took out the electronic board and opened it, all he looked at was a picture, it was obvious that this was what missing relatives and lovers should look like.

He stared at it for more than ten minutes, and then confirmed the time before turning off the electronic board, because it is easy to forget the existence of time in Greenland, so always pay attention to the timekeeping tools.

"Report to Major Shen, the ice on the tarmac has been cleared smoothly, should we play with the oxygen acetylene flame and burn something for the upcoming guests?"

"Come on, just prepare something to eat."

After Shen Yihui sent his subordinates, he walked directly to the de-icing tarmac and waited, found a place and sat down.

There was light snow in the sky, and since the impact was not very great, the members of the ship all visited the homes of people near the port, and naturally they basically knew each other, because the total population here was only two thousand.

He sat and waited on the tarmac for nearly two hours, and finally saw the lights of the three flying objects in the distance in the sky.

It was three heavy hammer transport helicopters (5), all of which were still carrying cargo boxes underneath, and Shen Yihui took a rough look, and he could guess what this person was doing.

"Note (5): The hammer gunship is a heavy-duty counter-driven armed aircraft in service with Phipros, which was officially in service in AD2142, and has been modified and improved a lot since then, and its performance and versatility, loading armament and carrying capacity are very good, so 8 years later, it is still one of the top armed helicopters in the world."

"The Philippoulos military is willing to spend so much money to call three advanced heavy hammer gunships, and they are also carrying cargo, do you think there will be such good intentions?"

"I don't know, let's follow the instructions first, and when the reception is over, the electromagnetic interference field generator will be activated, because the headquarters says that this involves confidentiality......"

Shen Yihui just said it casually, but he didn't expect the subordinates on the side to be able to answer, and what he said was quite reasonable.

When the three hammer gunships finished unloading their cargo, docked and began to refuel, they would soon return to the sea, which made the members here a little unhappy.

Of course, Shen Yihui waited not only for the goods that had not yet been opened, but also for someone he had not expected.

"Brother Shen, long time no see!"

"Xinyu?"

The two hugged each other, and Shen Yihui's wet cold-proof clothes also wet Xinyu's clothes, and the two of them were like old friends reuniting.

"I also brought a good part and a gift, guess what?" Xinyu smiled and walked to the tarmac on the other side, "Hehe, you'll definitely be happy." ”

"Xiaoyu?! How did you get here, what's going on? Shen Yihui looked at the person walking down from the cabin, he knew the face very well, and he was inevitably a little surprised when he saw it here, "Am I hallucinating?" ”

———— in the cabin of the Greenland Sea Dragon 1 nuclear-powered icebreaker

The central restaurant is beautifully furnished, but there are few people, and the only table full is Shen Yihui and others.

He didn't dare to say a word now, looking at Gu You, who had been smiling on his face, and Xinyu, who wanted to watch a good show, and Su Zhan, the young executive commissioner he had simply met when he first came.

"Why don't you eat it, the things in the Greenland Sea are obviously delicious, Major Shen is tired of eating, it's understandable, what's the matter with you two?" Xinyu couldn't wait any longer, so he decided to break the deadlock by himself, so he said in very polite words, "Sister Xiaoyou, why don't you say a word, didn't you say that you were going to come to monitor your husband who was fooling around outside, eat and drink something without talking?" ”

"Su Zhan, I order you, quickly say something to me." Xinyu felt something embarrassed, but even so, no one paid attention to him, so he planned to take Su to shabu, "Temporary worker, tell a story." ”

"Once upon a time, there was a young bird that did not grow full feathers, and was caught and trained by a new hunter, but the bird could not fly, and the hunter plucked the bird's feathers in a fit of rage, and then put it in a cage and prepared to send it to the cold area......" Su Zhan replied casually, he seemed to be inattentive, "I wanted to stew soup and eat it, but the bird was not frozen to death, and the person was frozen to death first." ”

"Poof." Gu You finally couldn't help laughing, she was really amused by Su Zhan's sarcastic story, and then calmed down and said, "Here's the thing, I have nothing to do during my summer vacation anyway, so I'll please see if I can come to you, I didn't expect the declaration to pass, but I didn't expect it to be approved in just three days, so I came, while enjoying the cultural scenery of Greenland, I will take a look at you by the way." ”

Shen Yihui pursed his lips and smiled, although he didn't want Gu You to come to this place where bad weather lasts forever, but it was all in front of him, and he quickly threw away his troubles and became much more cheerful all of a sudden.

After eating this big meal made of Greenland sea food, only Su Zhan and Xinyu were still drinking wine in the central restaurant, of course, the wine from Tianshui Factory, which Xinyu brought back by the way.

As for Shen Yihui and Gu You, Su Zhan and Xinyu don't want to disturb their old husband and wife talking about love, although they have only been married for a year, they look like loving old couples.

Shen Yihui also felt guilty in his heart, and left Gu You for Greenland, a damn place, three months after getting married, he sometimes hated this place and liked it again.

"Su Zhan, do you like this trip to Greenland, let me tell you, it's fun here." Xinyu is now full of drunkenness, "Think of me eight years ago, on the ice field of the Bering Strait, it was ......!" ”

"Xinyu senior, don't brag, you can't drink me at all, I only know that Sister Shalier has done it, you can't do it!"

"You bastard, I'll prove it to you today......"

"Tsk, if you have the ability, come."

Su Zhan sighed and looked helplessly at Xinyu who was drunk and lying on the table, he held the wine bottle in his hand, glanced at the empty Death Week, and then drank it alone.

…… ……

"July 15th, the first day of Greenland's nightmare."