Chapter 8: Doubts

Out of Kunlun Station, we thought about the coordinates given to us by Li Yu and walked forward slowly. Today's wind was very strong, much stronger than yesterday, and the sky was a little overcast, with scattered snowflakes from time to time. Now Antarctica is in the temperate zone, and it is still summer, so it is snowing. It seems that if the ice sheet here does not melt in a day, there will be no rain, and no matter how heavy the rain is, it will turn into snowflakes before it lands. Even if it weren't snow, I'm afraid it would be frozen. Today's temperature is minus 49 degrees, 12 degrees lower than yesterday. I really don't know what is going on today, but we all have a sense of foreboding. There must be a reason why things are not normal, although I don't know what the reason is, but it is certainly not a good thing.

I looked at everyone and said, "Be careful, I think there must be something abnormal happening when the temperature difference is too big, although I don't know what it is, but we all have to be cautious, and try to avoid rushing when danger occurs." Everyone nodded, this temperature was indeed too abnormal, and everyone had already raised their vigilance.

We are nearly 500 kilometers away from the non-freezing lake that Russia is exploring, and judging by the speed at which we are traveling, it is estimated that it will take at least half a month to get there. In recent years, under the influence of the global warming effect, although the glaciers of the Antarctic continent have not melted much, these are superficial, in fact, there are countless cracks under the glaciers, which are produced by the global greenhouse effect, at least there is snow cover on it, and you can't notice it if you don't go there, and when you realize it, ordinary people will fall down. Now that Antarctica has become temperate again, this crack is even more dense, not only under the snow, but also not a small number exposed. Fortunately, we all use ropes, everyone is connected, and it doesn't matter if one or two people fall, and the people behind pull the people who fell down with a force. Be that as it may. But the person who fell was still frightened and didn't dare to leave quickly.

Actually, these are not the most important things, the important thing is that after I fell, I found that there was a dark river underneath. I didn't expect that there was a dark river under this ice and snow continent, which was a big event. If you fall into a crack in the ice, you will be fine if you pull it out, but if you fall into the underground river. I'm afraid that after people come out, they will turn into ice sculptures in less than a minute.

Ye Simin frowned and said: "I have long heard that the bottom of the glacier is not static, but flowing, and now seeing this scene, I know that the bottom of the glacier can really flow." The underground river here is probably the root cause of the flow under the glacier. I didn't expect it to be so cold here, but there was an underground river that could flow under the glacier continent. Haha, I was still skeptical that Russia said that there was a lake that did not freeze, and now I finally believe that it is true. ”

Zhang Qian smiled and said: "What are these, have you forgotten what the boss said, the river that does not freeze in the Kunlun Labyrinth?" The boss can say that the water in the river is more than ten degrees below zero. Although this is an underground river. It may not be minus 10 degrees. You know, the temperature of the water under the ice is above zero, you just look at those winter swimmers. Also, if it weren't for the protection of the ice caps, would there still be fish alive? ”

I shook my head and said, "Zhang Qian, that's not what you say, every place has its own characteristics. It's not set in stone. Without entering that underground river, we can't make assumptions. Alas. This expedition is not easy, don't look at the ice crevasse just now and was pulled up suddenly, just now it was only a Xiaoice crevice, but it was only more than a meter wide. If you do encounter a large ice crevasse, especially one that hides under the snow and doesn't break all at once. Do you think we'll get away with it so easily? ”

Ye Simin shook his head and said first: "I'm afraid it's not that easy." If there really is any kind of ice crevasse, I'm afraid everyone will be pulled into the ice crevasse. There are too many people falling, and I'm afraid the people above won't be able to pull it. ”

I smiled wryly and said, "What do you think we should do if that happens?" ”

"This ......," Ye Simin said, "This situation ...... Difficult...... Difficult ......"

Leng Feng looked at everyone and said, "If that situation really happens. Maybe it's better for us to go down together. It's just that when you go down, just be careful. If the ice crevasse could lead to that secret base in the center of Antarctica, I'd rather walk through the ice crevasse, maybe it would be safer. ”

Gao Gao Ping also said: "I agree with my sister-in-law's words, this is not a bad way, at least it will not be blown by the cold wind like now." I believe it could be much warmer inside the ice crevasse than it is here. Of course, if there is no water. ”

Li Meiting leaned into Lu Liang's arms and said, "Not bad." It's the first time I've grown up and come to such a cold place, I can't imagine that the cold will be so sinful, I really don't know why so many people rush to come, I really don't understand. ”

I was stunned, yes, so many people, so I didn't meet one? We've just come out, but aren't they here a long time ago? There won't be a team passing through here, right? When he came out, Li Yu didn't say that there really was no team passing through here. If there were, Li Yu would have told us.

Ye Manqing said softly in my ear: "Husband, it's a little abnormal, I have a bad premonition, it will be dangerous to move forward further, there may be someone ...... Alas......"

Hearing her sigh, I was shocked, so fast? How far has this gone? Less than twenty kilometers from Kunlun Station, such a short distance? If there were people who would be sacrificed in this way, wouldn't Kunlun Station have already been occupied by those aliens? Why did you wait until now?

I patted my head with a headache, uh, a headache.

Leng Feng looked at me and patted his head, hurriedly came over and grabbed my hand and asked, "Husband, what's wrong?" Is there anything you are embarrassed about? Saying that, she looked at Ye Manqing, because she saw Ye Manqing talking in my ear, I made such an action.

Facing Leng Feng's gaze full of reproach and doubt, Ye Manqing shook his head lightly and did not speak. Leng Feng frowned, she also understood the seriousness of the matter, and knew why I patted my head. This is helplessness, this is annoyance, this is a helpless worry. Alas, responsibility.

Everyone noticed our movements and looked at us. I whispered, "I'm fine, just a little annoyed." ”

Ye Simin said: "Professor Shui, let's talk about it, the things that can make you annoy will definitely not be ordinary, look at so many people, I don't know if there is anything that can be solved, but there are always people who will have a better way." At this time, we can't put it all on you. As you know, we were all prepared to sacrifice before we set off, and if this exploration was unsuccessful, we would become benevolent, and everyone knew this. So, don't do everything alone. Although you are the captain, we are not children anymore, right, there is something to discuss. In that case, even if something happens, I think you will feel better and not feel so guilty. After all, human intelligence is also limited, and it is normal to be ill-considered. Didn't they all say that the three stinkers beat Zhuge Liang? ”

I nodded lightly, and my heart relaxed a little, but Ye Manqing's words were still not good, I just reminded me in my own words, and it was not good not to cause panic at this time: "I'm thinking, we have left Kunlun Station for more than twenty kilometers, although it is not much, but it is also approaching the center of Antarctica." Think about it, where should the people who came in more than a month before us be? Isn't there a team close to Kunlun Station? Even if they didn't, where should they be now? Although we are still far from the secret base of the Mayans, there are at least more than a thousand people in the team of more than a hundred countries, why haven't we seen a single person since we entered by plane from the Snow Dragon. Now that I've walked more than 20 kilometers, I'm always uneasy, worried about what will happen. ”

When I said this, everyone fell silent, and no one knew what to say. Such a thing itself is full of strangeness, more than 120 countries, at least more than 1,000 people, maybe more than 2,000 people. If some underground organizations intervene, then there will be more people, and we didn't see a single person after we entered, which is weird. Although we all know that Antarctica is vast, and it is normal not to meet people, but this time there are a lot of people who come in, especially gathering towards one place. Even if they had entered from the periphery of Antarctica, they would have been around here for more than a month. In that case, not only would we not be blind to people, but we would have met a lot of people.

Wang Zongjun said: "Boss, I guess they are still ahead of us. You see, although we are not far from the center of Antarctica, if we draw a circle around the center, it is possible that no one will be touched in this circle with a radius of 500 kilometers. After all, we're still far from that secret base, and we may not see anyone until two or three days forward. ”

I thought about it for a while, although Ye Manqing said that there was danger ahead, and there might be sacrifices, but we had to go, this is our mission. If you don't get to the secret base of the Mayans, what you got before is useless. How to save the sun, how to implement it, and what to do next...... All of this requires the assistance of the Mayans, or rather the assistance of us. Although we don't know what they think of the earth and how they see us, we have to ask for help, after all, the earth is our place to live, if the sun is really finished, how many of us can escape from the earth? Even if you escape from Earth, who can guarantee that you will survive? (To be continued......)