doomsday exile

The drizzle washed the windows, and the sky was gray.

The weather this year is obviously a bit abnormal. It's already mid-March, and Shangdu still has to wear a thick coat.

It made Lu Di, who had been confused because of sleeping too long, even more confused whether it was February or March.

"It snowed in Yanjing yesterday!"

Chen Yan carried his luggage and walked towards the plane in the distance.

This plane is definitely the most beautiful boy on the airport, with a dark black shell, it looks like a saucer from a distance.

The sci-fi feel disappears when you look closely, because it is big and heavy, like a cymbal that has been magnified many times.

"We all call this a UFO behind our backs! Not only because it looks like it, but it can also hover near the surface of the sea."

Chen Yan said excitedly, as if he really wanted to touch the outer shell of the plane.

"It has the performance of a supersonic aircraft, and it can also travel through storm circles. It has a strong shell and can resist electromagnetic wave interference... Let's put it this way, it can travel through lightning, of course, the time can't be too long. Generally, this kind of aircraft is used Observing hurricanes and typhoons."

Chen Yan once wanted to be a fighter pilot, but was dismissed halfway, but still maintained his love for all aircraft, and immediately counted the performances for Lu Di.

Lu Di: "..."

It's not that he doesn't want to answer the call, it's that he can't.

This situation is like being in a parking lot in a bustling business district. My colleague is a luxury car enthusiast. Although he can’t afford it or drive it, he is familiar with the models of luxury cars, and he can still talk about the differences in performance and configuration. , and Lu Di couldn't even recognize the car brand symbols.

How can this be a pleasant chat?

"I thought you would be interested in going to Antarctica." Lu Di said in a low voice.

"Brother Lu, I'm not you. I'm not afraid of the cold. Antarctica is much colder than the Kunlun base. It's one thing to perform a mission, but another to be interested."

Chen Yan looked around and whispered to Lu Di.

After all, if Yuan Zhongxia knew this, Chen Yan would be criticized.

Lu Di couldn't figure it out and asked: "Then when Captain Yuan was picking people, you volunteered again?"

"I wanted to go on a mission with Little Brother Lu and Instructor Yan Long, but I didn't know I was going to the South Pole." Chen Yan scratched his head, then lowered his voice again, "Don't mention this matter again, otherwise I really want to write checked."

Another executive team member next to him sneered, apparently hearing it.

Everyone trotted forward in the rain without an umbrella.

The first batch of Antarctic scientific research station incident investigation teams led by Yanjing had only [-] people, mainly because the space of the saucer-shaped aircraft was limited.

"That box...is it a mechanical exoskeleton?" Lu Di stared at the loading crane next to him, his eyes sparkling.

Chen Yan also looked in this direction, when the ground crew began to urge them.

So I didn't have time to take a closer look, and hurriedly climbed onto the plane with the back cover open-it was like the back hatch of the Deep Sea Surveyor.

Yan Long stood at the door waiting for them.

"Shangdu Third Special Executive Team Liu Chang, Chen Yan, and Lu Di report!"

Compared with the other two, Lu Di's standing posture is not so standard, but he doesn't need to salute.

"The two empty seats on the right are yours, Lu Di, come with me." Yan Long led him into the plane.

The inside of this plane looks very ordinary, or in other words, the dashboards of China's self-made things all have the same set of placement habits and look similar.

This is convenient for pilots to operate different types of aircraft. If the inside is as tall as a UFO, with silver lights shining everywhere, and you can’t see any familiar things, then it can indeed prevent spies, but it is estimated that the researchers will have to trouble themselves. It's time to fly.

The plane landed in Shangdu, refueled, and then crossed the ocean to arrive at Huaxia Antarctic Zhongshan Station in one breath.

What happened this time was that the Taoyuan Scientific Research Station was established only ten years ago, and Zhongshan Station is the closest one among the other scientific research stations.

The rest of the investigation team came from Yanjing. Of course, Lu Di didn’t know any of them, but he was already familiar with this kind of team configuration—a combination of scientists + soldiers, but this time he was going to the polar regions. They all appear to be physically strong, and none of them are over 50 years old.

The whole team feels young, ranging from 20s to 40s.

With Yan Long around, Lu Di didn't have to bother to introduce himself, or rack his brains to say something.

——Actually, Xianyu is not used to such a serious occasion.

Yesterday, I issued a ticket to the illegal laboratory set up by a cosmetics company in Banggang, and today I took a plane to Antarctica for rescue. The span is too big. If Yan Long hadn’t made it clear last night, Lu Di would definitely be as confused as Chen Yan today. lock up.

To be honest, Antarctica is really too far away, as far away as Mars.

The main thing is that you basically don’t go there to perform missions, and you don’t meet people who have been to Antarctica. Isn’t it just like an alien?

Chen Yan's eyes widened when he knew that the mission he volunteered for was Antarctica.

He didn't receive the specific content of the mission until he got on the plane, which is the normal procedure.

The leader of the investigation team this time is Lieutenant Colonel He, a scientist with a military rank. He has a very ordinary appearance, and his tone of voice is short and forceful. It seems that he is a person who is strict with his subordinates and assistants. Lu Di has also figured out the rules. The more you don't like bureaucratic accents, the less you will see others procrastinating.

After Lieutenant Colonel He said a few words with a straight face, he asked Yan Long to introduce the mission situation, and he and the others continued to study the information at hand.

One of the assistants was obviously very curious about Lu Di and Yan Long, and his eyes couldn't help slipping over. After repeating it three times, he was reprimanded by Colonel He.

Lu Di silently avoided behind Yan Long.

"...Taoyuan Scientific Research Station is located in the middle of Lake Vostok, and the closest to it is the Earth Federation Skati Station and Russia's Vostok Station."

The information appeared on the computer terminal screen in unison.

Yan Long is in charge of explaining to the new members at the rear. He and Lu Di have no seats, or they can act as flight attendants. There is a small cubicle without curtains. good.

Airplane seats are arranged at a recline and can be adjusted appropriately.Because the flight time is relatively long, everyone can go to the cargo area for activities.

The lower half of the plane is twice as large as the upper half, and the loading capacity is huge. After all, there is a shortage of everything in Antarctica.

"It's already mid-March. Once the autumn in Antarctica is over, the weather and environment will become particularly harsh... In fact, most scientific expedition personnel will gradually evacuate from Antarctica during this season, and only some permanent stations still have staff , this year's situation is special, and the number of personnel from various countries on Antarctica has reached the lowest."

If a meteorite comes, hiding in Antarctica is useless.

If you don't come back in time, without the transportation and supply of materials, it will be difficult for ordinary people to survive in Antarctica.

"I read from the information that the Taoyuan station was attacked by monsters... To be fair, there are only penguins and seals in Antarctica? Neither of these seem to be able to attack the scientific research station."

This is not only Lu Di's question, but also other people's.

Can it be said that the North Pole encountered a polar bear, or an iceberg cracked, a ship was hit by a large whale, or a scientific research station in the inland area of ​​Antarctica encountered monsters?

"Wouldn't it be like the Kunlun base, where someone made a sneak attack of some kind of snow monster savage mutant?"

"No, there is no such test condition in Antarctica."

Yan Long shook his head. Many countries are secretly doing the cultivation and transformation of biological weapons, but it is really unnecessary to do it in Antarctica. There are not many uninhabited areas in the world, and most of them are more convenient than Antarctica. , The establishment cost of the laboratory is also low!

"The monster is just a description. The main structure of Taoyuan Station has been severely damaged. Looking at the pictures, it doesn't look like it was attacked by weapons. From the photos taken by the satellite, you can see that there are several deep marks on the alloy material on this side. It seems to be left by claws or sharp teeth... Of course, other possibilities are not ruled out."

"Wait, why so much water?"

Lu Di stared at the picture and found that the ruins seemed to be soaked in water.

"Taoyuan station is conducting drilling research on Lake Vostok below. Now the workstation is destroyed and the drilling research point is out of control, so water is sprayed out. Under the thick ice sheet in Antarctica, there are actually many ice lakes. .”

"..."

Lu Di's expression twisted momentarily, he wanted to say something, but held back.

Chen Yan didn't hold back. He can't be blamed for this, mainly because the sci-fi movies about Antarctica are either related to aliens or prehistoric civilization.

"It can't be a monster emerging from the water, right?"

"The ice layer below Taoyuan Station is 500 meters thick, and the hole drilled is no bigger than a fist. What do you think?"

Chen Yan immediately shut his mouth.

"There are three staff members at the Taoyuan Scientific Research Station, all of whom have lost contact. People from the Federal Scati Station ventured into the periphery of the collapse, but no remains were found. They also provided instrument data. When they arrived, the surrounding ruins and nearby There are no signs of life and heat to show."

The house at the scientific research station is like a container, with very good insulation and sealing. People will not wear a full set of thermal clothing in the house. That is to say, once the house collapses or the system fails to lose temperature, the probability of survival of people under the ruins is very small. .

Although these houses can be disassembled, their sturdiness cannot be underestimated, and they can withstand the harsh weather of Antarctica.

Now that the house has been destroyed to such an extent, it is definitely not easy to do.

"Any suspects?"

Lu Di just asked casually, but Yan Long really answered: "Yes, do you still remember Hoss?"

Lu Di blinked, and found this guy out of his mind.

It was his first mission abroad, he protected the diplomatic mission to visit the factory, became a master of human body sketching, and opened a blind box, which turned out to be a transformed werewolf.Hoss was the one who planned the attack this time. He brought a group of researchers and a few mercenaries to trap China's biological AI Ji Li.

The plan is good, but the AI ​​that protects the convoy is not Ji Li but Yan Long, and it is the ghost spirit body not the biological AI that finds Hoth.

In the end, Huos was stunned to the ground aggrieved, and was dragged away by Yuan Zhongxia's men.

The werewolf was left to the Federal Secret Service. Lu Di never asked what happened to the captive.

"Remember, the consultant of the Qifang Group! It is said that his origin is a mystery, and he has some connection with a foreign consortium. Why? Did you dig out some dry goods from him?" Lu Di asked with interest.

"He belongs to Professor Mars."

According to Howes, the Antarctic scientific research project that Professor Mars participated in was the Vostok Lake Exploration Project led by the Earth Federation.

"Uh, can I ask what is in this lake?" Lu Di looked at the map, good guy, the scientific research stations established in the past 20 years basically revolve around this lake, like there is gold under the lake—— Sample.

Yan Long opened another document and said seriously: "Antarctica has not always been in this position. It has drifted here due to plate activity and geomagnetic changes over the long years. This continent may have been in the temperate zone before, but As it got closer to the poles, there was less life on it."

But this is just like the Ice Age. It seems that the creatures are extinct, but they are actually still hidden underground.

Lake Vostok, which is completely covered by ice at an altitude of nearly 4000 meters, does indeed have life. The bacteria found in this subglacial lake indicate that the ecosystem inside is very stable, and there may be a large number of ancient microorganisms and single-celled animals. .

"It doesn't matter what the ancient organisms in Lake Vostok have. What matters is the wonderful environment of the Antarctic subglacial lake. Planets with an environment similar to subglacial lakes have been found in the inner solar system. The appearance is thick solid ice. It is liquid water... If the research on the ecological environment of Lake Vostok is successful, it will prove that there is life on such a planet, but we cannot 'see' it."

Is permafrost the atmosphere?

Lu Di clicked his tongue a little.

"Mars disappeared during the scientific expedition seven years ago, and then reappeared inexplicably. According to Hoss, Mars was supported by a mysterious force when he disappeared... Hoss once wanted to find out who was behind Mars After following Mars to South America, he lost track. There was no suspicious connection between Mars’s computer and communication equipment, as if they did not communicate through modern equipment at all. He also installed a very Hidden locator, last signal was on King George Island..."

After Yan Long finished speaking, he pointed to the map.

"Are you going to say that Delta's headquarters is in Antarctica?" Lu Di asked in disbelief.

"Not sure, but we need to be more vigilant."

The author has something to say: Taoyuan Station is a made-up name and does not exist

Skadi, the goddess of winter in Norse mythology

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The Vostok subglacial lake is true. The Antarctic subglacial lake discovered by the former Soviet experts was also drilled by the Russians later.

It was found that the bacteria in the lake were not only in the cold environment, but also thermophilic bacteria, so it is suspected that there are hot spring holes with crustal activity at the bottom of the lake and a stable ecosystem

It's definitely bacteria

So the creatures in the lake other than bacteria are all made up by the author (hello)