Chapter 349: The Expedition Station in the Dark
The scientific research station in front of everyone has obviously been abandoned for a long time, and many places have been covered by heavy snow, and it is only because of the hurricane that the heavy snow covered by the hurricane has been rolled up, making this deserted and obsolete scientific research station see the light of day again.
"This scientific research station ......"
Chen Yang frowned slightly, limited by the light, he couldn't see far, but the buildings he saw near were obviously not modern scientific research buildings.
It's like the old, old-fashioned research station camp of a few decades ago, with finished containers piled up.
In any case, it is only by going down and seeing for yourself that we can really know why.
However, it is already an eighth-level blizzard, and I am afraid that as soon as those team members go, they will be blown on the ground by the strong wind, let alone search, and even they will not be able to protect themselves.
"Wang Rui, you and Putem are just staying in the car."
Chen Yang's eyes gestured to the shadow, the shadow nodded, and jumped out of the car with Chen Yang without nonsense. As soon as he left the shelter of the snowmobile, Chen Yang's body shook a little, and it was like an iron pillar piercing the ground, no longer affected by the violent snowstorm at all. The shadow, on the other hand, is slightly lowered, and uses its body to press down to reduce the force surface to reduce the impact from the wind.
"Let's go."
In the noisy environment of strong wind and snow, Chen Yang's indifferent voice still clearly entered the shadow's ears.
The two began to trek through the snow at a depth of more than ten centimeters, quickly approaching the deserted camp. Approaching the camp closely, Chen Yang can feel the signs of the passage of time from the little traces, such an architectural style and dilapidated metal shell are by no means a scientific research camp made in the 21st century.
"Click."
Choosing a container-like room, Chen Yang walked up the steps, came to the door, and reached out to grab the doorknob. After finding that it had been locked, he simply used a force to slam the rusty doorknob off.
Although the door of this rotating lock cylinder itself is simple in structure, it is difficult to open it from the outside once it is locked. However, Chen Yang's cracking of this violent method is equivalent to breaking into the door, and the violence is extreme.
It's just that the effect of this is also very obvious, at least Chen Yang doesn't need to ask someone else to bring tools.
The shadow stood silently behind Chen Yang, not surprised by Chen Yang's monster-like appearance, but took it for granted, obviously Chen Yang's previous discussion with him made Shadow know one thing deeply, that is, no matter what appeared on Chen Yang, don't be surprised.
The two walked in one after the other. Chen Yang took out a tactical flashlight and glanced around.
Although there were no cobwebs, the air inside the room was very turbid, and the floor and tables were covered with a thin layer of dust, which looked very eerie and terrifying.
Judging from this environment, Chen Yang's guess was once again verified, and this place has indeed been abandoned for a long time......
"Hey, these things ......"
Stepping in, Chen Yang glanced left and right. It immediately became apparent that this layout was supposed to provide accommodation for personnel, with two iron beds on top and bottom. There was also a color-indistinguishable blanket on the bed, frozen by the icy temperature.
"Diary?"
On the green iron table next to it, there were some miscellaneous items, but a thick notebook in the middle attracted Chen Yang's attention.
Reaching out and grabbing the notebook, patting the dust on it, Chen Yang casually flipped through a few pages.
"Huh. Russian? ”
Chen Yang was surprised, on the paper inside the notebook, the words written with a fountain pen were in Russian!
For the Russian Chen Yang roughly learned to write a little fur, although he didn't dare to say anything to read and write unimpeded, but intermittently connected to the context. I can barely figure out the general meaning.
At this glance, he suddenly understood, no wonder this scientific research camp has an outdated appearance, and it is more than half covered by heavy snow, and it is actually an Antarctic scientific research station established in the former Soviet Union, which has been abandoned for more than 30 years!
The former Soviet Union? In the minds of ordinary people, it was already a memory of a long time ago, and now it is 2015, and many young people of the new generation have no memory of it at all.
Even though Chen Yang was born before the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the Soviet Union collapsed when he was not a few years old, so naturally he would not have any feelings and memories of the Soviet Union.
Chen Yang's memories and understanding of the Soviet Union still come from books and movies, and his memory is not profound...... But the strength and terror of the Soviet Union can be felt bit by bit from books.
The Soviet Union, one of the two superpowers at that time, brought terror to the world that no country in history could match, powerful and deterrent, and this was the first thought of everyone when they mentioned the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union, one of the hegemons in the world at that time, had established a scientific research station in Antarctica as early as 1956, and over the past few decades, there have been more than a dozen large and small research stations.
Yes, Chen Yang suddenly understood that this should be a scientific research station that was abandoned after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
It's just a coincidence that this research station is so close to this destination? Still is......
Chen Yang was silent, put the notebook away, and then checked the rest of the place, and after finding some useful clues, he and Shadow checked the rest of the room.
"The owner...... Over here. ”
The shadow appeared silently from the darkness, said softly, and walked inside with Chen Yang.
"Hmm, corpses?"
Under the direction of the shadow, a dried corpse in front of him lay next to the bed, and he didn't know how long it had been dead. If an ordinary person suddenly walked in, it was really possible to be frightened by this corpse.
"How?"
Chen Yang did not step forward, but shifted his gaze to the shadow.
"He had this ...... on him"
The shadow didn't hesitate, and spread out his palm, revealing a palm-sized silver-white carved metal box.
Box?
Seeing that the shape of this box is quite Russian ethnic customs, Chen Yang picked it up with one hand, looked left and right a few times, and found that he could directly open it, grabbed the index finger and thumb of both hands, and the lid of the box was opened.
I thought that there should be some memorable valuables inside, or souvenirs between lovers, etc., but to Chen Yang's surprise, what was lying quietly inside the box was not the necklace or diamond ring watch he imagined, but a ...... Stone?
Pitch black, angular stone!
Chen Yang confirmed that he was not mistaken, including the feeling of touching the stone with his hands, which proved that this was indeed a somewhat prickly stone.
What a strange thing it was to have a beautifully decorated silver-plated box containing a stone of its own insignificance.
Chen Yang picked up the stone, illuminated it a few times with a tactical flashlight, and looked left and right and found nothing noteworthy, it seemed that it was really just a simple stone.
But it's really strange, maybe it's a monumental stone?
Chen Yang didn't know, thought about it for a while, put the stone back into the box and put it in it, looked up and asked, "Is there anything else you found?" ”
The shadow shook its head, indicating that there were no other notable discoveries.
After working for more than half an hour, he also collected a lot of literary materials in this camp, but unfortunately, these literary materials were all written in Russian, and Chen Yang could only understand a little bit, and he couldn't do it accurately, so he had to go back to find someone to translate these documents.
"In that case, let's go back first."
Seeing that he didn't find any effective clues, Chen Yang could only think that this was just an abandoned scientific research station, and his focus should be on searching the surrounding area, so as to find the cause of the cube's abnormality as soon as possible, and to be able to leave this ice and snow purgatory as soon as possible.
The search was put into the snowmobile, and then the three snowmobiles split up and began to search the area for three or four kilometers.
Chen Yang didn't say what he was searching for, but said that if he saw an abnormal place, he would immediately contact him and inform him.
Three or four kilometers doesn't sound like a lot, but in fact, it's really hard to search, especially in this kind of weather.
The three cars searched for more than four hours, and they were busy until more than 12 o'clock in the evening, but they still found nothing.
In such a situation where the personnel are extremely tired, Chen Yang can only let everyone rest and wait for tomorrow to carry out a search.
Speaking of which, his luck is really not very good, if the cube is abnormal when it is last winter, then Antarctica is in the summer polar day, and there are fewer storms and snowstorms, in that case, it will obviously be dozens of times easier to find a target, where will it be as deadlock as it is now.
This time to set up a temporary rest tent camp, with the former Soviet Union's abandoned scientific research station, they don't need to set up tents anymore, first park three snowmobiles inside the scientific research station, and then send someone to clean up some construction units, just go in to stay and rest.
This was much easier than the time-consuming and laborious task of setting up a tent in the blizzard, and soon the twelve EMER team members packed up two building units for Chen Yang and the others to move in first.
After a busy day, Wang Rui and Putem fell asleep, and the shadow sat in the corner, holding the special knife in his hand, closing his eyes and recuperating but also staying vigilant at all times.
After Chen Yang drank a cup of tea, his heart moved, and he got up and walked towards the gate.
"You don't have to come along!"
Chen Yang didn't look back, and with a wave of his hand, he stopped the shadow that suddenly opened his eyes and was about to get up.
Opening the door and walking out, the dim sky outside was not the slightest light, and the sight of facing a blizzard was enough to panic anyone.
Chen Yang walked out without hesitation in the face of the blizzard, and quickly disappeared into the darkness step by step......
"Screwman, you're awake......"
The windbreaker was blown by the cold wind, and Chen Yang's hair and clothes couldn't last for a moment, and they were covered by heavy snow, as if he had turned into a snowman.
"Have you reached your destination?"
Said with his right hand.
"Well, here, it should be around here."
Chen Yang had a little headache: "But although it is nearby, it is also very troublesome to search for such weather, and it is estimated that it will take some more time." (To be continued......)