Wasteland Survival Code

Chapter 939 Alaska
three hours later.

With the help of the submarine, Qi Lin and others successfully crossed the Bering Strait and landed in Alaska.

This piece of land used to belong to Russia, but in 1867, shortly after the end of the American Civil War, Alaska was sold to the United States by Russia for $720 million. This $720 million can be said to have successfully promoted the industrialization process of Russia at that time , and the United States also obtained this territory that occupies one-fifth of the country's land area.

Alaska is the largest state in the United States. More than one-third of the land is located within the Arctic Circle. The main landform is dominated by frozen tundra like Siberia. Qi Lin's landing point is located on the south bank of Norton Bay. Close to the mouth of the Yukon River, since most of the organization's search forces are concentrated over the strait and the Chukchi Peninsula, this direction is relatively safe.

Everyone dragged their bodies that were frozen in the sea and climbed onto the beach. They gathered behind a boulder leeward, took out dry food and water from their backpacks, and began to chew.

"To be honest..." Harveys swallowed a mouthful of food, and Qi Lin said, "I thought that even if we could come out this time, there would not be many people left in the end... I mean, we started from the Noah's Ark stronghold at the beginning. That's what I thought at the time...I didn't expect to survive so many."

Except for Cheng Yanqiu, who never showed up, and Bruce, who was killed by Qi Lin before the operation began, they only lost seven people in this operation—Lin Que, Jiang Shanyan, Aken, and Harveys' four subordinates, and they arrived in Alaska alive. There were as many as six people—Qi Lin, Lingkui, George, biochemical 0592, Harveys, and Qin who was rescued by them.

Considering the difficulty of this rescue operation, such a result is undoubtedly very successful...

only……

"We haven't really entered the safe area yet, and the operation is not over yet, so don't say this too early." Qi Lin stared at the compressed biscuit in his hand and said, "From the perspective of Qin's importance, Xia and the mastermind will not So easily give up the search, if they can't find us in Chukotka and the Bering Strait, they will definitely expand the search area, and soon, they will appear here as well."

"Then where are we going now? I don't know anything about the follow-up actions, but you should know more than us... The 'BOSS' claims that the response is not only such a small unmanned ship Submarine?" Harveys stared at Qi Lin and asked.

"To be honest, what is the specific support... I don't know, but I know the location of the safe stronghold in Alaska. I think we may have to go to that place by ourselves." Qi Lin said, spreading the waterproof map on the rock Apparently, most of their electronic equipment was lost or destroyed in the torrent of the vortex, and electronic maps were also included.

"so far?!"

Harveys only glanced at it, and his face turned ugly.

The safe base given by the mastermind is located in Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska, and Qi Lin and the others want to go here, that is, there are only two routes.

One is to walk south along the coastline and pass through the Alaska Peninsula, and the other is to climb the towering Alaska Mountains.

The first route is extremely dangerous, and the mastermind and organizations are likely to send drones to search along the coastline. The risk of being discovered in the coastal area is much higher than that in the inland area... and the second route, although relatively exposed The risk is lower, but it is very difficult to go.

The Alaska Mountains are one of the largest mountain ranges in North America, and Denali, the main peak of more than 6000 meters, is the highest peak in North America.

In the old days, due to the influence of the warm Pacific current, the snow line in the Denali Mountain area could be more than 800 meters high, but after the nuclear war passed, the global climate changed drastically, the warm current of the Pacific Ocean no longer passed through this area, and the radiation clouds It absorbed a large amount of heat that should have been projected from the sun to the ground, causing the average temperature in the Alaska region to be much lower than the level of the old era, and those places that should have been in the temperate zone are now completely showing the appearance of a polar region. appearance.

The temperature at the landing point of Qi Lin and the others was more than ten degrees below zero. Looking around, it was covered with snow as far as they could see. The Alaska Mountains that they must cross in this line.

"How many supplies do we have left?" Qi Lin asked, because of the energy-gathering vortex, he wasn't too afraid of the low temperature environment, and there was no such thing as a frost dragon in this area, so Qi Lin didn't suppress the energy-gathering vortex at all. It is necessary to be able to vortex, so even if he is wearing short-sleeved shorts, he can jump to his heart's content in the ice and snow... But the others are different. Escaping from the submarine prison has consumed a lot of their physical energy. It also took away a lot of heat. Although their combat uniforms can be used as diving suits and have good thermal insulation performance, in this case, they are indeed a little thin.

0592 has a temperature regulation system in his body, so the severe cold is not too bad for him, but Lingoi, Harveys, and George are already trembling slightly involuntarily at this time.

George turned into a werewolf, or Aoi used her mind to form a vacuum zone around her body. This is indeed an effective way to keep out the cold, but the consumption of this way of keeping out the cold is too exaggerated, and it is completely worth the candle...

"There are only three winter clothes..." In order to carry Qin on his back, Harvey lost his backpack when he was in the submarine prison, while the backpacks of Aoi and George were washed away in the vortex. Now Qi Lin and 0592 were the only ones still carrying backpacks. 0592's backpack was relatively large, and it contained twice the amount of supplies. Even so, they only made up three winter clothes.

One of them must be given to Qin who is in a coma. His body functions are in a state of near stagnation, and he has already left the life support cabin. If he does not take measures to keep warm, his body will be damaged. It will soon be necrotic due to the low temperature, and even if Qi Lin and the others reach the safe base, there is probably no way to wake them up.

As for the remaining two pieces, they were assigned to Harveys and George.

"Is your sister okay?" Harveys held the winter clothes in his hand, glanced at Lingoi and asked...Although he didn't know the real relationship between Lingoi and Qi Lin, it was obvious that the two had known each other before. And judging from the intimacy and tacit understanding shown between them, it is not appropriate to say that they are ordinary teammates and friends, and it is not appropriate to say that they are lovers...

Besides, Ling Kui looked like a junior high school student, and Qi Lin didn't seem like someone with that special hobby.

In view of this situation, Hawes subconsciously regarded Ling Kui as Qi Lin's younger sister, and Qi Lin and Ling Kui also acquiesced to his view.

"It's okay, I'll use her as a human body heater." Qi Lin said, Lingkui was already wrapped around Qi Lin's body like an octopus, her body was clinging to Qi Lin's chest and abdomen, relying on Qi Lin to gather energy The heat converted from the vortex maintains the body temperature.

Since Lingoi can use her mind to keep herself in a floating state, Qi Lin will not feel any extra burden, at most, holding someone on her chest will slightly affect her actions.

"Okay..." Harveys looked at them with a slightly strange look, and put on the thick winter clothes.

They have been resting here for half an hour. If they don't leave, the mastermind and the organization will probably expand the search area to here.

"Let's go, let's go." After glancing at Ling Kui, who huddled her head in her arms and closed her eyes, Qi Lin gave the order to move, wrapping around Ling Kui's waist with one hand, and holding an ice pick in the other. go.

"I don't want to stay in this wretched place any longer. To be honest, there is no shelter in this place. I feel really uneasy-I always feel that the pursuers will come from the sea at any time..." George followed closely Behind Qi Lin, he kept looking back at the sea and said.

0592 has never spoken much, and his language ability is still inferior to that of normal humans. In addition, in his thinking mode, he can stop talking if he can’t speak. The redundant and meaningless language is There is no need, especially in this case.

Qin's was transferred from Harveys's back to 0592's back... To be precise, it should be in 0592's backpack. The big backpack is much larger than other people's backpacks, not only can hold double the supplies And supplies are more than enough for one person.

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"This is Denali National Park, but to reach the foot of the mountain, you have to walk several kilometers." After passing through a rocky beach and an ice field, Qi Lin and the others finally came to a forest.

It's just... This is a dead forest. Even the hardy coniferous forest can't stand the extremely low temperature here, and the water in the permafrost has turned into solid ice, which cannot be absorbed by the roots of the trees at all. Absorbed, this forest had died a few years ago, leaving only countless crooked withered branches standing in the snow.

Denali National Park is the second largest park in the United States except for the famous Yellowstone Park. It used to have vast grasslands and lush forests, but it was destroyed by the nearly endless snowstorm and the extreme cold of tens of degrees below zero. After the sweep, these landscapes that attracted countless tourists back then are gone, leaving only ice, ice, and ice.

In order to prevent snow blindness, the team members all wore a pair of brown goggles and sled-like special snow footwear on their feet, and walked hard on a white snow field.

This kind of polar scenery cannot be said to be spectacular, but now, Qi Lin and the others are not in the mood to appreciate it at all.

The current weather can barely be regarded as sunny... But you know, blizzards are a common occurrence in this place, and they must rush to the foot of the mountain before the blizzard comes... Qin's state is not optimistic. The less likely it is to recover.

Qi Lin didn't want the person he brought out from that submarine prison with all his might...in the end, he would become a vegetative state that could never wake up—if this ended up like this, then all the previous efforts would be meaningless.

In addition to the blizzard, they also need to be careful of the predators hidden in the ice and snow-the low temperature killed most of the wild animals that used to live in Denali National Park, but those who survived became stronger...

During the war, Alaska once became the largest advance base of the American army located in the Arctic Circle. The military significance here is self-evident, and as a key target, hostile forces also poured a large number of nuclear bombs and dirty bombs on this land. On top of that... therefore, no one will be surprised what kind of mutated creature Qi Lin can evolve here... Of course, don't encounter things at the level of the Frost Dragon...

"It seems to be getting dark..." George walked, looked up at the sky, and saw that the leaden gray sky had become very close to black at this moment, although it was only around three o'clock in the afternoon Arrived, but night has already begun to fall on the wasteland.

In addition, it is close to the Arctic Circle. After the autumnal equinox, the days will be shorter every day, and the nights will be just the opposite.

"I suggest rest." 0592 said in a muffled voice, the night temperature on the wasteland is extremely low, and in this kind of ice field area, it can reach below minus [-] degrees casually. For some mutated creatures that like to come out at night, the night is obviously more dangerous than the day.

"I agree." Qi Lin nodded. Although Qin didn't have much time left, after weighing and comparing the risks of moving forward, Qi Lin decided to rest in place for one night and wait until the next morning to continue. Hurry up.

Although Harveys was a little reluctant, he also knew how risky it was to drive at night. He didn't say much, but took off the shovel behind his back and started digging in the snow.

A rectangular snow pit two meters deep, five meters long, and two meters wide was quickly dug out by several people. Qi Lin covered the snow pit with a piece of canvas. Spread a thick layer of snow and stamp it with your feet, and a temporary shelter has begun to take shape.

All six people got into this snow pit, where the body's heat loss rate will be greatly reduced, enough to support them through this fatal night.

The only remaining small marching pot was placed on the induction cooker. Qi Lin took out a few large pieces of chocolate that were as hard as rocks from his pocket and threw them into the pot. As the temperature rose, the chocolate began to melt slowly. , sending out an attractive fragrance.

"Huh... I can still drink a cup of hot cocoa at this time. It's not a loss." Although his body is very tired, George seems to be in a good mood now, and even Harveys' tense face is relaxed Quite a lot.

(End of this chapter)