72° north latitude, Greenland Sea.

"The navigator reports that we are sailing in Greenland at a depth of 1,200 meters, 234 nautical miles from the North Pole!"

"The weatherman reports that the weather continues to deteriorate! Visibility 800 meters! The temperature is minus 30 degrees Celsius, and the sea ice thickens significantly! ”

In the cockpit, shouts rang out one after another, and the crew carefully steered the giant ship.

Now, in this bad weather, there are very few ships that dare to go so deep into the North Pole, and the distance between them is hundreds of nautical miles, to say the least.

This meant that if they were shipwrecked, the first rescue ship would have to wait up to ten hours for it to arrive.

The YAMAL, oh no, it should be called "Gulfaxi" by now, is the horse of the giant "Herlangenir" in Norse mythology.

Hrangenir used to race with Gulfaxi, Odin's eight-legged Pegasus Slebnir.

The name was also given by the second group of nerves in the Armament Department, the same as the Gulfstream G550 called "Sleibnir".

The academy did spend a lot of money for this mission, and bought this icebreaker from the original owner, just to ensure that there would be no accidents on the mission.

The only thing is this name, Chu Zihang feels a little unlucky.

In Norse mythology, "Hrangenir" lost to "Thor", the son of Odin.

Maybe those guys think that Odin is just a fictional character in mythology, but Chu Zihang has clearly seen that arrogant god.

He stood quietly at the top of the cabin, wiping the cold demon knife in his hand.

It was evident that he had been standing here for a long time, and the sea fog had formed a thin crust of salt on the surface of his winter suit.

"Take a bite?"

Jiang Shouyun walked to Chu Zihang's side, still holding a bottle of vodka in his hand.

Chu Zihang silently took the vodka he handed over, and didn't pretend to mind whether the other party had drunk it or not, and blew on the bottle.

The scorching warm current flowed down his throat, causing a wave of warmth to rise in his body, which seemed to dispel the cold in his body.

The two of them stood at the front of the deck, looking at the endless snowfield, feeling the cold wind blowing in their faces, and feeling the ruthlessness and horror of nature.

The ice-floed waves crashed against the ship's side with a thunderous sound.

The endless frost covered everything, turning the heavens and the earth into a snow-white white, as if purifying the dirt of this world.

The raging sea fog swept across the sea, and the mist carried tiny grains of salt, and if you didn't wear a mask, you would be covered in blood in a matter of moments.

Fortunately, Chu Zihang's words and spirits have their own baby-warming effect, and Jiang Shouyun's spiritual pressure forms a barrier around him, perfectly resisting the cold wind.

"Ahhh

When Jiang Shouyun felt something, a certain fengou pounced on him with a handful of snot and tears, as if he wanted to cry and hug Jiang Shouyun's thigh.

"What's wrong with you?"

Jiang Shouyun quietly turned sideways, causing Fingal to pounce in the air.

"Teacher Jiang, I absolutely agree with you saving the world, you were born to do great things, but why do you carry such a burden on your back to do great things!"

"Is there something Xiaofen did that didn't suit your liking? Tell me, I'll change, can't I change it? ”

Fingal sat on the ground, like a betrayed woman, looking up at him with a mournful look in his eyes, and almost rolled on the ground.

"The candidate for this task was selected by Professor Schneider, and the president made a decision, so it's useless for you to tell me." Jiang Shouyun spread his hands, "Why don't you swim back by yourself?" I promise I won't stop you. ”

Hearing this, Fingal looked down at the underside of the giant ship.

Click! Click!

The ice floe crumbled under the steel behemoth, and the ice sank into the water and only floated a corner, leaving behind a blue-black channel dozens of meters wide.

The crisp sound made Fingal's bones hurt, and he thought of the scene where he fed the fish with fat.

"Ahh O iniquity! It's unreasonable! This time I'm going to slay the dragon, and there is a high probability that it will be a secondary or even a primary species! ”

Fingal pretended to wipe tears from his eyes and wept, and said, "You are good hunters, but I am not even a good hunting dog, I am a pet at best!" ”

"You have to take a pet dog with you to do a big thing, have you ever considered the idea of a dog? The Animal Protection Society will condemn you! ”

It was not the first time that Chu Zihang had been refreshed by Fingal, but he couldn't help but glance at him when he heard such a sharp and true complaint.

This guy really complains about white nonsense without a draft, just open his mouth and come.

The last person who surprised him by complaining was someone who was far away in China.

If these two people get together, they can talk about cross talk, but it's hard to distinguish who is funny and who is funny.

"I have a friend who has a good relationship with you, you must be very topical."

Jiang Shouyun obviously thought of a certain decrepit boy, and said with a smile: "You may be able to make your debut on a talk show, the name of the group is 'Lost Dog Group', I'm sure you will be popular all over the country." ”

Animal Protection Society?

They also don't protect the "lost dogs".

Chu Zihang nodded very approvingly.

is worthy of Jiang Shouyun, what he thinks about is thoughtful.

Talk shows are indeed more suitable for them than cross talk.

"Okay, it's not necessarily that you will be asked to cut down the Dragon King, as long as this mission is over, your GPA will be enough to graduate, and you won't become an unprecedented F-level in the academy."

Jiang Shouyun interrupted Fingal's spell casting without sincerity, ignoring his muttering that he would rather be a carefree mule at the Academy.

His eyes have always been very accurate, and Fingal is usually very out of tune, seemingly a waste material with no lower limit, but he always feels that he has too many things to hide.

And Jiang Shouyun also learned a detail.

Eleven years ago, in the Greenland incident, the mysterious creature suspected of being an ancient dragon froze the entire sea, and the only survivor was Professor Schneider.

Although he survived, his face and respiratory system were still destroyed by the extreme cold, making others no one and no one, and he had to wear a respirator for the rest of his life.

But what made him even more painful were the students who sacrificed, most of the students who followed him on the mission at that time were students under his name, Schneider was very keen on education, and was always surrounded by excellent students.

After that, his personality changed drastically, completely put down his education work, transferred to the executive department, and in the battle against dragons, he was extremely tough.

This was not atonement but revenge, and it was for this reason that Schneider received strong support from the headmaster, Angers.

Schneider's health has deteriorated over the years, and the school board has recommended several changes to the top head of the executive department, but a suitable replacement has not yet been found.

If memory serves, Fingal seems to have been a student of that class.

"You're all here."

Just as Jiang Shouyun was thinking, Caesar's voice came from far and near, mixed with the cold wind.

He walked to Chu Zihang's side, picked up the bottle of vodka, and took a big sip, and the blonde hair was like a flying battle flag in the headwind.

"Don't you dislike vodka?" Jiang Shouyun raised his eyebrows, "Your account is frozen?" It seems that your negotiation with your family did not go well. ”

Chu Zihang looked at Caesar with the eyes of a good baby, making the big golden retriever wipe his mouth with some annoyance.

It feels like a child who has made a mistake and has been stopped by his parents for his pocket money, and he can't hold his head up in front of his friends.

Of course, there are people in this world who dare to freeze the account of his noble son Gattuso, and his huge expenses have always been from the family's appropriation, and his father or uncle has the right to suspend or close his account forever.

No matter how fiercely he confronted those guys, no matter how thick the anger was written on their faces, he didn't think about freezing his account.

For years, he had been challenging his uncle and the old guys, and Frost Gattuso had never punished his nephew, no matter how blazing his anger.

In this respect alone, the family's love for Caesar was as wide as the Gulf of Genoa.

Only this time did he find the pain point that made the old guys jump off the wall.

"It doesn't matter, that's all they can do." He shook his head and said in a contemptuous tone, "If those old guys were so lenient, maybe I would reconsider changing my surname to Gulveig." ”

From the moment he claimed on the phone that he was considering changing his surname to "Gulveig", there was a moment of silence on the other side of the phone, and after a few moments of anger, the angry voices of several old guys came from the other side.

"How can there be such a ridiculous idea?"

"That's a lowly last name!"

"You can rebel against everything, but you can't rebel against the bloodline!"

Caesar could even imagine the angry old faces on the phone.

I didn't feel fear, but I thought it was really interesting.

"Aren't you afraid of losing that never-ending account, saying goodbye to the high society of luxury sports cars, top hotels, and well-dressed sideburns?"

Jiang Shouyun turned his head to look at the rebellious middle two boy beside him, smiled and asked with some curiosity.

Caesar liked everything that the nobleman liked, and his favorite sailing sport was the sport of the aristocracy, and he also raised a falcon named "Anthony", and the money for raising the falcon was undoubtedly a large expense.

If he really loses the family supply, he can't even afford to raise his own Saker Falcon.

“…… I can't say that I don't care. Caesar was silent for a moment, stretched out his hand, let the ice and snow fall into the palm of his hand, and said indifferently, "But there are always some things that are more important, aren't they?" ”

Just like he loves sailing, because of his extremely powerful rowing arms, he fights the icy waves again and again.

At this time, Caesar felt like an arrow gliding through the water.

Nothing could stop him.

The waves, the family, and even the father.

Because he's sharp enough.

He could raise his arms high and shout to the sky with all his might.

Let the falcon named "Anthony" fly higher and fly to the highest place.

In the black night sky torn by lightning, let it chirp and rise.

Click! Click!!

While the four of them were talking, there was a sudden and noticeable shaking on the deck, and the hull of the ship shook and tilted violently, and their bodies were unstable.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Fingal glared and scrambled to hold on to the railing.

The steel beast under its feet rushed to the ice with full speed, every inch of skin roaring, and the crisp sound of the ice breaking spread from below, and the cracking sound was numbing.

Chu Zihang suddenly thought of the sound of bones being crushed by the wheels.

It seems to be as crisp as that.

Obviously, the current thickness of the ice is no longer able to rely on the power of the propeller to push the bow of the ship to smash with continuous impact.

This method of icebreaking is only suitable for ice below three meters, and the current ice is seven meters thick according to the naked eye.

But the giant ship was clearly not out of danger, but from the turbulence and shaking more violently.

"Did you hear that?" Caesar said suddenly.

"What? What do you hear? Fingal looked at him with a bewildered expression.

"Voice." Caesar whispered, "I heard some strange sound, some in a trance, and I wasn't sure if I had heard it wrong, or if I had confused the sounds of the environment. ”

"Icebreaker, huh?" Fingal glanced sideways at the scene below, fearful.

As far as the eye can see, there are icebergs of different sizes, and one gully seems to be dormant on a glacier.

The roaring steel behemoth retracted its minions, and the nuclear-powered engines seemed to stop working.

"No, it's the sound of freezing." Jiang Shouyun glanced back, and the hem of his windbreaker was blown to the hem.

In addition to the impact of a heavy object, he also heard the sound of freezing on the water.

At this moment, the red warning lights on the ship suddenly flashed.

Without hesitation, the three of them walked back to the cabin, and Fingal was stunned for a moment before he cursed and followed.

At this time, the captain's room had been converted into a temporary combat command room, and Schneider stood in front of the computer, the screen displaying images transmitted back by the radar.

Normally, with the poor physical condition of the head of the executive department, he should not have risked coming here with them.

Even if he just stayed on this ship and commanded from afar, even if he was "disabled and strong", he could not describe his actions.

"Professor Schneider." Jiang Shouyun said hello and looked at the radar image.

Ahead is an endless ice field, the whole world is in the wind and snow, as if it is about to be buried, and this huge icebreaker is like that tombstone.

"It looks like they're all together." Schneider glanced back at them and said succinctly, "What force has frozen the YAMAAL, and the speed at which we break through the ice is far less than the speed at which it freezes. ”

"Spirits?" Chu Zihang frowned.

"It's not certain yet." Schneider said with a blank face, "But most likely yes." ”

This sudden change in the sky is very strange, and what is even more strange is that according to Norma's prediction of the weather, the ice is thickening at a very fast rate.

Jiang Shouyun noticed the fluctuation in his tone, and his stagnant iron gray eyes were already rippling.

Oh, and this guy next to him.

"Spirits?" Fingal repeated, but Schneider ignored him.

Before Jiang Shouyun could say anything, the person monitoring the radar suddenly opened his mouth wide and looked at the radar image with an incredulous expression.

"What's that?"

His anomalous behavior attracted everyone's attention.

Schneider shifted the sonar image to a 3D projection, and he could see that directly below the YAMAAL was the center, with hundreds of points of light moving rapidly under the ice.

Their speed is already comparable to that of torpedoes.

(End of chapter)