The wind and snow flashed out of the window, as if entering a strange fairy tale world, the sky covered by ice and snow obscured the view, the obscured sky, where the eye entered, a vast.

July was originally a scorching summer, but for this special region, it happened to be the harshest winter.

At this moment, the lights in the cabin are like day, Zhang Yaoyang is wearing a brown tweed coat, looking out of the porthole at a snowy background and slightly distracted, in front of his dining table, a cup of coffee has changed from a steaming state to a cold state.

On this expedition, Zhang Yaoyang decided to follow the whole process, not for any sightseeing, he was not so boring, the key was that he was looking for a way to continue to improve the SAN value.

Zhang Yaoyang will not fail to understand that the SAN value can be counted as another life of his own, the higher the SAN value, the more he can keep a clear mind in the face of those abnormal phenomena, and a clear mind is how important it is to save his life.

However, since the SAN value reached 200, he seemed to have fallen into some kind of bottleneck, and no matter how much he exercised his will, such as will training, wanton use of consciousness puppet abilities and recidivism, he did not let his SAN value increase in the slightest.

Could it be that 200 is already my limit?

"Your Excellency, Commander."

Just as Zhang Yaoyang was frowning and pondering, Ba Song suddenly walked up to Zhang Yaoyang and whispered, "We are close to our destination, and we will arrive at McMurdo Station in about half an hour." ”

"Got it." Zhang Yaoyang looked at the night that was getting dark, and said casually.

"BOSS, this is Miss Maria, who worked at Captain Arturo Platt's research station, and she offered to be the guide of this trip."

At this moment, a thin young man walked over, the young man had the most ordinary public face, it cannot be said that he was ugly, but even if he was an acquaintance, as long as he was placed in the crowd, almost no one could recognize him again.

This young man is Zhang Xun, the head of the Biochemistry Department, who, like Zhang Ran, belongs to one of the consciousness groups in the second batch of clones who mainly focus on business management.

Behind the young man, followed by a blonde and blue-eyed Yanma, it seems that because it is difficult to receive sunlight all year round, her skin is as white as snow, and her age is about twenty-four or five years old, which is the peak of her appearance.

"Chileans?" Zhang Yaoyang retracted his gaze at this time, and he shook hands with the other party politely, "I heard that many Chilean girls are called Maria. ”

"Mr. Zhang really has a good eye." Yanmar pulled his hair with a smile and showed his bright and sexy face, "We Chileans like to deal with Chinese people very much, and I hope we can cooperate happily this time." ”

Zhang Yaoyang nodded, turned his head to look at Zhang Xun on the side, and suddenly asked in Chinese, "Why don't you find a man?" ”

"BOSS, because we're in such a hurry, I can't find a guide who meets the standards more than her." Zhang Xun said helplessly, "But it doesn't matter, after we get to the camp, we can find it again, and the two guides are always safer." ”

"Uh, let me guess, you're probably talking about my gender, right?" Maria hurriedly interrupted the conversation between the two, and she stared at Zhang Yaoyang narrowly, "Please don't underestimate every Chilean woman, I dare to guarantee that I am absolutely worthy of your salary of 100,000 US dollars." ”

"Really?" Zhang Yaoyang narrowed his eyes at this time, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "You should already know that we need to reach Markham Peak from McMurdo Station, are you sure that your physical strength can support this journey of hundreds of kilometers?" ”

"Of course!" Maria was taken aback by Zhang Yaoyang's eyes, she really hadn't seen anyone who said that she would turn her face, but in the next second, she straightened her chest and showed a stubborn look, "Besides, don't you still have a helicopter?" ”

Zhang Yaoyang withdrew his gaze and turned to sit back in his chair.

Maria pursed her lips, secretly lamenting that the other party was not easy to fool, originally in her opinion, the other party was just a rich kid who came to Antarctica to play, as long as there was a slight fork in the way, she cried and shouted to go home, so that she could easily earn a salary of 100,000 US dollars, but she didn't expect that the guy in front of her was so demanding.

It seems that this trip will not be too easy.

However, this money is at least two years' salary, and the other party has already paid 20% of the deposit, so it is impossible for her to back down in public or private.

Soon, there was another jolt from the plane, and everyone who was still standing in the aisle returned to their original positions and fastened their seat belts, but half a minute later, the plane made a sharp turn and descended towards the ground.

Zhang Yaoyang looked from the porthole, only to see that the ground was getting deeper and deeper, gradually revealing rows of lighted camps and airports, where was the relay station of this trip, McMurdo Station.

Completed in 1956, McMurdo Station is the largest scientific research center in Antarctica with more than 200 buildings, home to more than 1,500 residents, and is often referred to as the "First City of Antarctica".

Although it was noon, except for the ubiquitous street lights, it was already dark around McMurdo Station.

Winter in Antarctica is bleak and gloomy.

The sky is dark, close to indigo, as the winter of Antarctica, it is the peak time of the polar night, located at 77 degrees south latitude, McMurdo station, is close to the pole zone of 90 degrees south latitude, the polar night is even longer, almost all day in the middle of the night.

Ten minutes later, the plane gradually stopped, Zhang Yaoyang put on a down jacket half a foot thick, and walked off the plane with everyone.

As soon as he got out of the cabin, Zhang Yaoyang felt a strong chill coming, in the low temperature of minus 25 degrees, Zhang Yaoyang subconsciously tightened his down jacket, opened his mouth and let out a cloud of white mist, but found that the white mist directly formed into fine ice crystals, which quickly dispersed with the howling wind.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" Beside him, there was a sudden laughter from Maria, "To be honest, I'm curious why you chose this time to come to Antarctica, under the polar night effect, we will not see the sun for many days in a row, the harsh natural environment will make people feel a sense of psychological loneliness, and because of the lack of sunlight, we may also have symptoms of calcium deficiency and vitamin deficiency, if we go out during this period, we will face a double test of psychology and physiology." ”

"That's your mission." Zhang Yaoyang stepped off the plane and said lightly, "Didn't we hire you just to deal with this situation?" ”

"All right......," Mary sighed and muttered in a low voice, "I hope we will have a safe trip." ”

After getting off the plane, a group of people with their own luggage walked towards the hotel that had already been booked. W· T soldiers, this does not include civilian and technical personnel like Zhang Xun, if you add them all, his group alone, there are thirty people.

Behind them, a huge transport plane also opened the back compartment and used a truck to move out pieces of electronic equipment, all of which were dismantled into parts of the air purification device, which Zhang Yaoyang will use to transport to Markham Peak by helicopter.

At the camp, Zhang Xun had already booked a helicopter, a Paramount Marauder, and a dozen snowmobiles in advance to prepare for the trip to explore Markham Peak.

It didn't take long to delay, and after a night of recuperation, the next morning, everyone set out immediately.