Professor, your turtle!

Under Ji Fan's surprised gaze, the little golden ball gradually disappeared, and at the same time, a small red light spot lit up in the corner of the system map.

The flashing red dot was not far away from where they were. It flickered on and off, and a countdown label appeared next to it: 04:59:59.

Ji Fan froze for a moment, counting down to five hours?Looking at the location of this egg, it seems to be inside the scientific research station?

However, the heating at the Progress Station has long been stopped, and the temperature is almost the same as that of the outside world. No matter what kind of creature's egg is placed in this environment, it will freeze into a hard stone, right?

He was a little puzzled, and left the system directly, intending to find out what happened.

Just now, the little tortoise had been lying on Fu Mingyuan's head, and this deformation turned into an awkward position hanging on the other's back.

The question of whether to lose face is still secondary.If the heating system in the central area hadn't been restored to work, he would have turned into a humanoid | naked, and he would have frozen to death on the spot.

Fu Mingyuan skillfully caught him with his backhand, hugged him to his chest and put him down, then opened the duffel bag in his left hand, and found out a whole set of clothes from inside - cashmere sweater, thermal underwear, even underwear and socks.

Ji Fan looked at his movements, feeling a little embarrassed.

On the contrary, Fu Mingyuan has long been accustomed to it, and said while taking out, "Do you want me to help you?"

Ji Fan blushed, and kicked his calf lightly, signaling the other party to give him the clothes quickly.

However, Fu Mingyuan turned his head and held his ankle very smoothly.

The calf is straight, the skin is fair, the arcs of the joints are slightly concave, and the tentacles are cool and delicate, which can be fully grasped with only one hand.Fu Mingyuan looked down calmly, his eyebrows twitched slightly.

Ji Fan's left foot was forced off the ground, and he could only stand unsteadily on one leg. His whole body was flushed with shame, but he still couldn't speak, so he could only desperately use his hand to push the opponent's shoulder.

His own center of gravity is not stable, so he has no strength to push back, as if he is deliberately supporting someone.

Fu Mingyuan gave a low laugh, without relaxing his movements at all, lowered his head, and slowly helped him put on the stockings.

"It's cold on the ground." He said solemnly, and finally let go of the struggling little pet.

Ji Fan quickly snatched the clothes from his hand and quickly put them on.

The feeling of being held still remained at the ankle, and even wearing thick shoes and socks did not improve much.

This is really... He turned his head and glared at Fu Mingyuan, in exchange for a calm raised eyebrow.

"Egg? What egg?"

A few minutes later, Fu Mingyuan asked in surprise, his gaze moved down uncontrollably, from Ji Fan's face to his flat belly, showing an indescribably complex expression.

Ji Fan: "..." Where did you think of it? Hey!

He covered his stomach with one hand, and wrote with black lines all over his face: "It's not a turtle egg! It's a system reward!"

"Huh?" Fu Mingyuan answered casually, but he didn't move his eyes away, staring at Ji Fan's stomach all the time.I don't know what he thought of, his face turned a little suspicious red, "Well, egg..."

Ji Fan: "..." He didn't want to know what scene the other party imagined, he just wanted to hit his head with the notebook.

After explaining for a long time, the two finally reached a consensus.

Fu Mingyuan spread out the base map he got from somewhere.According to memory, Ji Fan circled a general location.

"That's the east wing." Fu Mingyuan said, "I haven't been to the east side yet, and based on the situation in the west wing, the other side must also have a power outage and heating... Are you sure it's a live egg? It's not some extra meal sent by the system ?”

Ji Fan: "..." The first prize in the lottery is accompanied by a scrambled egg, isn't that too insane?Although he secretly doubted it in his heart...

"Anyway," Fu Mingyuan rolled up the map, "We will go over there sooner or later, either tonight or tomorrow. Since there are mission requirements, let's go and have a look now."

Ji Fan nodded.

After a whole day of work, both of them were a little tired, but for this mysterious egg, they put on their cold-proof suits again and set off with their exploration tools.

The door leading to the east wing was firmly locked, Fu Mingyuan knocked on the door, and then felt around, and he had an estimate in his heart.He moved quickly, took out the electric drill, and violently removed the lock.

Ji Fan watched him perform the door-breaking method for 5 minutes, and suddenly felt sincerely that even if Professor Fu was laid off by the school one day, he would be unemployed and re-employed very quickly...

Before he could finish making up his mind, the heavy door was suddenly opened, and the two of them successfully entered the other side of this huge scientific research station.

Compared with the west area dominated by workshops, electrical stations and living areas, the east wing seems to be dominated by laboratories.

Glass doors lined the sides of the hallway, behind which the shutters of the laboratory were closed, and the light was dim and dead.

Ji Fan followed Fu Mingyuan and walked forward slowly. The further he went, the more he could feel the biting chill rushing towards his face, as if he had entered a huge freezer.

The rough ground is covered with finely shattered ice crystals, probably from a burst water pipe or some broken glass.The soles of the boots rustled when they stepped on it.

At the end of the corridor is another glass door.

The glass is covered with layers of frost, like a drink can taken out of the refrigerator in summer, chilling.

The ice blocked the line of sight, Ji Fan took a closer look, but he still couldn't see the situation on the other side of the door clearly.

The unknown is always scary.However, according to the building structure diagram, in order to reach the destination, you must continue to pass through this room.

The surrounding area was extremely quiet, only the sound of empty footsteps, and an occasional muffled echo from the depths of the corridor.

Ji Fan was a little flustered, and just about to say whether he should go back, he saw that Fu Mingyuan had already pulled out a bright red fire axe from the side.

The ax was also covered with icy edges, but it did not damage its sharpness at all.

Fu Mingyuan weighed the ax in one hand, stuffed the tool bag in Ji Fan's hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, and turned his head to look at the door in front of him.

In the next second, he swung his arm vigorously and smashed the glass hard.

The material of the glass door probably has undergone anti-shatter treatment, and when the ax is dropped, only a shallow crack appears.

Fu Mingyuan raised his eyebrows, took two steps back, and hit the four corners of the glass with an ax instead.

Again and again, cobweb-like cracks creaked and spread, and soon covered the entire glass.In the end, he gave another kick to the center, and the entire glass door collapsed completely.

The tempered glass shattered into small pearl-like pieces, bouncing and falling all over the ground, like a bead curtain with a thread broken.

The light became brighter, and Ji Fan subconsciously looked towards the light source. The scene he saw made him slightly widen his eyes - only to see, behind the glass splashed like a rain curtain, a huge greenhouse garden was exposed.

No, greenhouses might not be the right word.

The entire garden has been covered by frost and snow, becoming a veritable ice and snow garden.

Hydroponics, soil loading, nutrient pots, automatic drip irrigation system, all kinds of advanced planting tools are available.It's just that, along with their well-tended green leaves, everything in the room is frozen in time in the extreme cold.

A spider plant-like plant hangs from the roof, and the branches and leaves are crystal clear white. Through the frost, even the veins of the leaves are clearly visible.

Regardless of the fresh green buds, delicate flower buds, or dark brown branches, they are all covered with hoarfrost, like a fantasy scene.

The two walked through it, slowly advancing along the path in the center of the greenhouse, occasionally needing to lower their heads to avoid the overly long ice crystal vines on the ceiling.

It was supposed to be a vibrant subtropical garden, but now it has become a huge ice sculpture.

Ji Fan felt a little unspeakable fear, quickened his pace, stepped forward and grabbed the corner of Fu Mingyuan's clothes.Then, a warm hand tore off his clothes, held him backhanded, and led him forward.

"It's just a natural choice." Fu Mingyuan said lightly.

In just a moment, they had already passed the huge cemetery and set foot on another corridor again.

The position of the progress station is closer to the pole, so the polar night will come earlier.It is only April now, but the sky has turned gray, like a foggy evening.

Compared with the garden, the light in the corridor is even more dim, and he can't even see the road under his feet clearly. Ji Fan's night vision ability is very average, and he stumbles along the way, always tripping over the debris under his feet.

With a soft click, Fu Mingyuan turned on the flashlight.The warm flashlight illuminated the road ahead, and also reflected the tall figure in front of him. Ji Fan looked up, feeling a little relieved.

"Be careful." Fu Mingyuan led him to jump over a discarded cable.

At this moment, there was an electronic sound of "beep" not far away.The sound is very soft, but it can be placed in such a quiet and dark environment, but it is no less than a harsh alarm.

The two looked at each other, stopped in unison, and waited with bated breath.

"Drip—" There was another sound.

"Over there." Fu Mingyuan made a judgment immediately, pulled Ji Fan, and walked quickly towards a room at the end of the corridor.

Sure enough, as the two approached, the regular electronic sound became clearer.

Fu Mingyuan stopped at the door, waited quietly for a while, and after confirming that there was no problem, he gently turned the doorknob.

The bright flashlight cut through the darkness in the room, and Ji Fan looked over from Fu Mingyuan's side, and saw more than a dozen boxes with complex structures neatly arranged on the large experimental table.

The rest of the plastic boxes were all lifeless, except for the one in the deepest box, which had a beautiful breathing light flashing lightly and made a "beep" sound from time to time.

This is……?

Ji Fan became more courageous, let go of Fu Mingyuan, ran to the side of the table, picked up the box and looked inside.

This glance made him involuntarily open his mouth slightly, showing a surprised expression.I saw, separated by multiple layers of plexiglass, on the soft blanket inside the box, there was a big white egg placed upright.

Egg lay quietly, as if in deep sleep.

Fu Mingyuan also followed him, glanced at the Russian label on the side, and raised his eyebrows: "Emperor Penguin?"

Not only this one, but all the other boxes are labeled with various labels, covering almost all the existing penguin populations in Antarctica.

This laboratory is surprisingly a large polar animal nursery.

The box that Ji Fan is pressing is a new fully automatic incubator, designed with an emergency power-off device, once the power supply stops, it can last for several weeks on its own battery.

However, that's about it.

Most of the incubators stopped working one after another due to running out of power, and the unborn little penguins in the eggs also died in the cold.

Of the twenty incubators that are still operating normally, only this last one remains.

"It can last about three and a half hours." Fu Mingyuan glanced at the electronic panel, "The battery here is almost reaching its limit."

You know, there are penguins inside!Soft, fluffy, little penguin who walks and wags!

Ji Fan's eyes brightened slightly, and he turned to look at Fu Mingyuan.

Although unable to speak|communicate, Fu Mingyuan still accurately received his expectant eyes.

"Why, do you want to raise it? Let alone how low the hatching rate of the emperor penguin is, even if it hatches..." Fu Mingyuan paused for a moment, then frowned, "How do you plan to feed it? Where do we find fish and shrimp?"

What he said is not unreasonable. Even if the system helps them find suitable fish and shrimp meat, it is difficult for them to imitate the actions of the penguin father to feed the picky little penguins.

Ji Fan was a little disappointed, the tails of his eyes drooped slightly, and he reluctantly looked at the egg that was still sleeping soundly.

Could it be... Are you going to give it up like this?

Professor Fu was standing by the side, caught off guard by the poor dog's eyes, his breathing suddenly fluttered, and he coughed dryly and changed his words: "Well, actually, if you have to keep it, it's not impossible..."

Ji Fan immediately looked up at him, his dark eyes filled with anticipation.

Fu Mingyuan looked away unnaturally: "...Anyway, let's take the egg back first."

Hearing that Ji Fan stood up, Fu Mingyuan thought he was going to take the incubator, so he stepped aside half a step away.Unexpectedly, Ji Fan suddenly changed direction, opened his arms and threw himself into his arms.

The second time he encountered throwing himself into his arms, Fu Mingyuan was still defenseless, he stood there blankly, even his muscles were stiff.

The soft black buried in his chest moved, and the other party looked up, his beautiful peach eyes turned into crescent moons, and he mouthed to him with a smile: "Thank you."

Fu Mingyuan's Adam's apple rolled with difficulty, and he turned his face awkwardly: "What is there to thank for this?"

Ji Fan smiled again, let go of him, cheerfully picked up the small box containing the penguins, and walked back to him.

On the other side, Fu Mingyuan was still standing there in a daze, feeling the remaining soft touch in his embrace, a little red crept up on the back of his ear pinna.

"What's the point of this?" He was thinking wildly, "Let's not talk about penguins, even if you want to raise pandas! You must be able to feed them!"