Chemistry

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5 Miles - 32 Degrees Zero, Deadhose

Twelve hours later, the official first day was dawned. As soon as I woke up in a container house near Deadhose Airport, I looked out the window.

The sunlight reflected over the white plains was very intense.

“There is no cloud. It'll be warm.”

However, the saint who slept in the bedside next to him revealed information that greatly trampled the expectations of such friendship.

“It's 32 degrees below freezing in the morning. ”

“Phew.”

I thought you were dead from the news that you might be colder than yesterday.

After washing briefly, I came out of the house. Of the dozens of vehicles in the vast parking lot, a familiar bus was noticed.

“I didn't expect to bring the mobile lab here. ”

“Director Yoon Jae-gil has pushed hard. Especially if Jungwoo is willing and able to use it, he will be able to get several chemicals that are useful for extreme life. ”

“You must really be up to something. ”

Jungwoo's muttering made the saint smile.

As you climb inside the mobile lab, you see your team sitting down for the meeting. Sitting in the chair until Jungwoo, Joo Hana, who was watching the monitor, opened her mouth immediately.

“Did everyone sleep well? The initial section will run as four teams as originally planned. Pay particular attention to movement, as it is mostly snow. ”

One drone team, two metal detection teams, one data collection and repair team. A total of nine people and today's projected travel point came to mind on the monitor.

The intelligence of Detection Team 1 pointed out.

“Master Chief. When I poked the ground, the ground was frozen solid, and I don't know if the wand will fit properly. ”

At his concern, Joo Hana turns her head to Jungwoo.

“How many degrees of zero-length can you use a Megatone Potion? ”

“Huh? You brought that, too? ”

The surprised Jungwoo glanced at me, nodding his head as if it were natural.

Jungwoo pondered the formula of the snowmaking he made last winter, and asked Joo Hana.

“The antifreeze protein that the mobile lab has, it's extracted from polar bacteria, right? Maybe the bacteria's ceiling temperature is at its peak. ”

One week, after searching the database, he said.

“It's minus 25 degrees. ”

When I was thinking about having to use a field shovel for news that it can't be used in the same weather today, Jung said,

“All you have to do is punch a hole enough to fit a detection rod. Why don't we have a heat reaction that will melt the decision? ”

“What do you mean? ”

“using perchlorate compounds. Appropriately combining potassium and magnesium to cause a high-speed ignition reaction. ”

Following Jungwoo's explanation, everyone's eyes widened. I wondered if Joo Hana was wrong.

“· · · You want to make a bomb? ”

“No. To cause a significant flame reaction called a bomb, you have to mix naphthenic acid and aluminum salts with petroleum to make a thickener. But it doesn't have to be five meters in diameter. ”

The satellite I was listening to, "Five centimeters is enough.” I said. One week, however, at the end of Jungwoo, he anticipated the end of the day and allowed the mobile laboratory to use the compound.

“As long as it's just enough to melt the ground, try to make it. ”

“Yep.”

After finishing organizing the search intervals between each other, Joo Hana finally opened her mouth.

“As we felt yesterday, we have less awareness than other companies. TAPS is backed up by more than two companies. But I'm confident that if we show our level here, their discrimination will turn into shame. Everyone will be cold, but cheer up. ”

“I understand.”

“Come on!”

“Let's go!”

The prepared team walks out to prepare.

Jungwoo opened the glass door and entered the liver lab. Wolf entered the mobile lab while wearing protective glasses with gloves on both hands.

Main Team Leader. I'm thinking of setting up base camp near [second pump station]. Spread the word that we can be back before sundown.

I'll send you a radio.

Do you have a long-distance team today?

The drone team will probably go the farthest.

"Yes? A drone is Mr. Han, right? Where · · · ·

Wolf's gaze is toward the inside of the glass door, given the Lord's gesture.

What are you doing?

I'm building a pyrotechnic compound that will melt the earth.

Wolf folds his arms and watches Jungwoo interestingly.

In 20 minutes.

Jungwoo walks out with a barrel full of white coin-shaped crystals.

“Here.”

“Are you done already? ”

Satellite was surprised by the acceptance of the barrel.

“I like the facilities. ”

And the answer, of course, was in parallel with the synthesis of manipulating free electrons in the molecular world. Those who were distracted didn't notice that the red aura that flashed in Jungwoo's eyes gradually sank.

“How to use · · · ·”

Jungwoo quickly explained, taking off his glasses.

“Place the hole in the opening and light a fire with flint and you'll burn yourself. ”

“It's that simple? ”

He made a convincing expression, "It hurts my mouth when I think of the reaction of anti-Semitism."

“By the way, Jungwoo will be able to make anything just by talking. ”

“Well, if that's chemistry, ”

Wolf approaches beside Jungwoo, smiling shyly.

Is Mr. Han from the EOD in the Korean military?

Yes?

You shake your head at Wolf's words referring to the explosives disposal unit.

I was a rifleman, and I shoveled a lot.

Amazing. Any soldier in 20 minutes would be greedy enough to make a miniature pebble. If you ever want to join a war, make sure you get sick and straight. It's gonna be great power.

A compliment from Wolf, a survivor from SAS, from a special unit in the UK. The movement of the satellite's arm that I liked, shaking the barrel, became stiff.

8: 30 a.m.

The wind didn't blow, so it wasn't as cold as I thought.

Three football fields found a ton of local trucks that could hardly match the mysterious atmosphere of the Arctic Circle that they were building in the corner of the parking lot.

“Did you bring this from Korea as well? ”

“Transportation costs less than renting a car with a rechargeable generator locally. ”

It was a blue truck that looked like it had to be begged to be a good farmer this year. "The sacred killer removes the warm sack covering the cargo compartment, revealing the generator and a large box of drones.

“We even have satellite communication equipment that looks like this. You can call directly to Korea. ”

The antenna raises its thumb in awe of the shape of a phone with a thick pipe of iron.

“I'll start with the ignition. ”

The saint sat in the driver's seat.

Jungwoo, carrying his backpack in his luggage, suddenly looks up at the other bag and turns his head.

A blonde girl in a silver skigoggle waves her hand.

Kaya?

You said you were going away from Base Camp.

Ah · · Yes.

It's unlikely, but they want me to meet a wild animal.

Kaya, who mentioned Wolf, suddenly turns her head.

My dad asked Mr. Hahn to get me a boulder, and you're kidding, right?

Jungwoo pauses and nods. I had to explain to the satellite for a long time that it wasn't a bomb like that. Eventually, I left in relief after demonstrating outside.

“Jungwoo, here comes the heater. · · Huh? Kaya, hi! ”

The saint, who raised his head through the driver's window, found Kaya and smiled with a happy smile. Kaya waved her hands brightly to say hello.

Jungwoo points to the truck.

This car has a small seat.

Small, spacious. The city bus in Kathmandu has 30 people on it. If you hang on to the roof for eight hours, it's paradise.

Kaya opens the passenger seat door and sits in the middle and smiles.

Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal. Jungwoo wondered what the wild experience of eighteen girls who had been to Everest was. I don't know, but it was clearly because of Wolf Instructor's early education.

Boo.

With a very familiar engine sound, the truck starts running down the road through the snow. Above the snow, where the brown unpaved road was drawn as a picture, it looked very cozy with the sunlight.

43 Miles - 33 Degrees, Arctic Tundra

Everywhere I looked, there was a drone roaming alone above the vast land of snow and rocks.

A cowboy hat was caught on the camera lens of a moving drone while filming a silver pipeline leading to a zigzag.

Two miles each.

Rustguard corrosion specialists walking comfortably, checking for black pools or wet ground in the fierce cold, appeared in the lens, and then entered the view of the jungle controlling the drone five miles out.

‘They went through a lot of trouble to check it out. Ugh, it's cold. ’

I thought it would be less cold by day, but after the wind started to blow, Jung continued to shiver.

The holy man standing by the truck, answering the satellite phone, opens his mouth.

“Jungwoo! The head of the main team is asking how long we're going to do today. Rust Guard is 45 and Baker Hughes is 50 miles away. ”

“We · · · ·”

The drone's maximum travel radius is five miles. It takes 30 minutes to stand at a point in the pipeline and shoot a drone in both directions. When you calculate the time to move the vehicle to the next point, you find that it is approximately 10 miles per hour.

“I think I can do 70 miles. ”

The holy man who put down the satellite phone after the report came closer.

“Wow, this will all be over in two weeks. ”

“I don't know yet. We have to do video analysis, and the mountain ranges are going to be a lot slower. ”

It was hard to predict how long it would take for the Brooks Mountains to overcome the hurdles 140 miles ahead.

“There's a lot of wrinkles all over the tube. You hit a rock.I think we should make this an emergency renovation point. ”

“Where?”

Because the drone had already crossed that point, the Holy Father kicked his tongue and turned the recording back.

“Ah, goddess. Wait a minute."

Jungwoo, who was looking at the recording laptop connected to the drone, noticed unusual marks on a high-intensity type H beam bearing the pipeline.

It's a scratch, right? ’

As soon as I was curious, my vision expanded to the molecular world.

You see traces of animal hair in the sharp crevices of a split iron. I also noticed a section of the hair that was barely damaged by the cold and wind. It was a very recent trace.

Though these marks had no effect on the corrosion of the pipes, they seemed to have something to check. Jungwoo turns his head to the roof of the truck.

Kaya

Kaya, who was observing everywhere with binoculars on Jungwoo's call, looked down.

Why?

Are there any wild animals in this area that would leave a 10-centimeter-long nail print on an iron pillar?

If you scratch the iron, you can suspect a polar bear.

You live in a place like this? You don't just float around in the ice and live in seals, do you?

If it's a food problem, we have reindeer or arctic rabbits, and we go further inland from Tundra in the summer.

I swallowed the groaning of hearing that polar bears could appear.

So which direction are you going?

Jungwoo recalls the drone's passing coordinates. Kaya's binoculars point in that direction.

Are you sure you want to meet him? ’

When I meet you in front of my nose, the only thing I've seen in TV commercials is Coke. It won't go away.

I stubbed my waist and looked at the spray for no reason.

A drone with a five-mile search is seated next to the truck.

While the Divine Killer was replacing the batteries, Jung approached Kaya.

What do you see?

Yes. A bear.

She answered so comfortably, I doubted her ears at the moment I fixed her.

Really?

Kaya gestures to Jungwoo. Jungwoo climbs onto the truck and raises his binoculars in the direction Kaya pointed.

You open your mouth to the appearance of a wriggling, heavy buttocks. An adult polar bear, 2.5 metres long, is walking through the snow.

Nothing to be nervous about. He didn't recognize us. He's got enough distance.

I wouldn't come here, but · · · · · · · · · ·.

Jungwoo recalls a drone passing by, moving his binoculars. He sees a cowboy hat 40 miles from the sewer.

I think I'm pretty close to that cowboy. Shouldn't we tell him?

Is there a way to get in touch?

Should I yell?

Kaya laughs as she thinks it's a joke.

There is very little chance that a bear running around alone will attack a person. He's probably avoiding himself.

What if I'm not alone?

"There's nothing more dangerous than a wild animal guarding its young.

I lowered my binoculars and closed my eyes.

Looking at the infrared view, the temperature of the polar bear was clearly revealed in the whole white world. I noticed a round space that felt warm with Jungwoo's eyes looking around.

A cave in the snow. The thickness of the eyes was dramatically adjusted so that the temperature remained close to zero degrees, with two cubs twitching their small buttocks and mothers.

"That was his father's bear.

How do you know that?

Jungwoo points with his finger to where the oyster is. Kaya, who took her binoculars and looked carefully around the cave, spits out elasticity. Two cubs stagger out of the cave.

I heard you've never seen a wildlife like this before.

Thanks to you.

Kaya glanced at Jungwoo quietly.

I don't remember teaching you.

"If you learn one, you must be a feverish student.

"Ha. I knew you weren't a humble student.

Jungwoo pulled out a short-range radio with a maximum range of three miles from his waistline.

Hold on, I'll warn you first.

Were you sharing a wireless channel with other companies?

After smiling silently at Kaya's question, Jungwoo puts his hands on the batteries on the radio. The distance was fairly far, but it was clear of obstacles, so it was possible to transmit sound waves.

Jung, who gathered a bunch of dust stars in his hand, opened his mouth as if he was going to radio.

Ah. Rustguard. Come out of the Russguard.

A sound wave extending straight out. Far away, the cowboy hat looks puzzled and looks around.

Two of the Detection Team, who were actively walking through the snow while looking at the GPS, finally arrived at the location indicated on the map and breathed.

“Oh, I'm dying. ”

I noticed a competitor who was standing nearby with his gaze on the satellite.

“Sangha, I think he's here to check the pipes too. ”

Lee Jae-sung's head turned.

“The Russguard's way of doing things is like going crazy. ”

“You don't have to look so sad. You know how much those corrosion engineers make on average? $100,000. ”

“Big.”

The two men who took their breaths moved.

The pipeline sewing paper, Jigsaw, was standing on the ground slightly exposed in the snow, and the metal detector behind his back sweeped the floor and took a picture.

“If it wasn't for Jungwoo, he would have been digging all day. That's the spirit.”

Underground pipelines cannot be inspected by drones. This uses a unique method of total-care team that measures thickness and degree of corrosion by installing the probe rod in contact with the pipe and spilling current.

Rustguard's employees were also poking through the ground to see if they could do something similar. The sound of a thud echoes through the soil, and the satellite that was watching him struggle at a glance fills his tongue.

“It's a lot of work. ”

Wisdom was placed at the location indicated by Jungwoo's special compound and fried with flint.

Saaaak.

The white crystal that ignited the flame with a soft burning sound began digging through the floor with a hole in the 500-won coin.

You plunged a metal probe into the hole.

The Russguard staff muttered “What the · · ·” and gave a frightening look. He started watching as if he had been seduced by the work of two people who had finished installing the probe in 30 seconds.

Evening at the end of the first day of screening with external vendors. The entire situation room of the Prudo Bay TAPS Management Office was busy returning to radio traffic from all over.

Neogi, who opened his office door, turns his eyes to David, the team leader of Baker Hughes, who is talking like he's fighting a radio.

Pressure Sensor Causes Malfunction? Then you should have fixed it in advance! Send the mechanic to the second pump station. Why is the pulse analysis so slow?

David smiles, not to worry when Neogi's eyes meet.

Neogi turns his head to Leilan, and he tilts his head. He was speechless and silent.

Is something wrong?

Ah, Master. That's why.

Leilan, a bitter face, said.

We planned 45 miles, but we barely checked the basement, so we stopped 38 miles. I didn't know the ice sheets were so hard, but they're going to last longer than 12 days.

Neo felt disappointed and looked on the last side of the company with a rather hopeless sound coming from all over. He only accesses satellite networks with a blank face and receives data.

I had no idea if things were going well or not.

In an hour.

Reporting time by business is approaching.

This is a 50-mile pipe interior wall reviewed by our Baker Hughes. The damage, the pulse, caught about a dozen.

The monitor emerged with an analysis of potential corrosives.

Rustguard Found 20 Aging Parts just 38 miles away. Thicker pipes here, 16 miles away, looked particularly dangerous.

Although the search distance was short, David laughed and said in Railan's report that there were many more scratches and cracks with manual magnetic field measurements.

If you examine it like that? Will it take three months?

There should be an inner room in the examination. What kind of corrosion do you want to find with a machine?

While the two were arguing, Joo Hana put the data on the monitor.

Eugene Chemical's inspection report. We tested 85 miles today, and there were 102 locations that required repairs. We've listed 40 locations that require urgent repairs. Recesses and creases in pipe interior walls, poor welding, abnormal curvature, small holes, partial corrosion, etc. · ·

I was embarrassed by David and Railan's gaze, turning their heads to the voice of Joo Joon, who was spitting out like liquefied oil.

85 miles.

It was too long to say that it had been reviewed in one day, so the accuracy was doubtful. However, the risks found by Baker Hughes and Russguard remained unclear in Eugene Chemical's report, so the two of them were unable to make a move.

Faster, more precise measurements.

The team leaders of the two companies who did not care about Eugene Chemical were forced to look at that little Asian woman with frightening eyes.

· · · More than. Tomorrow we have more underground correlations, so we've scheduled a checkpoint for [third pump base].

Neo manipulated the keyboard himself and ran through the report several times, expressing his satisfaction.

That's really great. Total-care? I thought you were supposed to be a bridge management specialist, but I didn't think it was this bad.

Melted pipes, bridges, or wherever there's oxidation.

He checked the manager's satisfaction and added a dummy.

TAPS Transportation will make it easier for us to support snowmobile vehicles.

"Frozen Tea? Of course I can support you. I'll give you two personal snowmobiles. Ah, Railan.

Yes?

Please return two Snowmobiles to the team.

Leilan looks downcast as he is deprived of his support equipment because he can't work better than Eugene Chemical. With a smile on David's face, Neo turns to him.

Starting tomorrow, a moving maintenance car will be used with Eugene Chemical.

What · · · What is there to use electronic equipment for?

This team analyzed 70 miles by drone patrol today. They even found traces of polar bears.

Railan chuckles at this voice.

That's right. Was it Mr. Han? That drone scout even warned our linewalkers to avoid polar bears.

Neo looked at tomorrow's agenda and said:

I don't think you need to examine the point where Eugene Chemical has finished the inspection. Baker Hughes and Rust Guard are 85 miles out.

The team leaders of the two companies kept their mouths shut because they were not sure they would be able to inspect more clearly than the Korean team.

After that, Neo repeatedly asked only one question and left the management office. That's how the evening report ended.

Railan approaches the side of the week, preparing to return to his quarters.

Low · · · · · · · · · ·. Team Leader, Hana Joo.

What's the matter?

Leilan gives a very polite tone to the horse, but he looks away. Railan scratches his moustache, looking at Lord Joo's attention and carefully disappearing.

A subterranean probe. That spark your team is using. Can you tell me where I can get one? Every linewalker's in a frenzy asking for backup.

It can only be done with developer's permission.

Developer · · · · · · · · · ·.

Limited Woo.

A familiar name pops up and Leilan flicks his fingers.

Ah, a drone? Was it made by a developer on your team? If so, I will make a formal purchase as a contractor.

He put on his protective clothing carefully, then said while wearing goggles.

You seem to be mistaken about Mr. Han. He's actually an outsider who qualified as a corrosion detection consultant. Let's talk.

Why would a corrosion specialist, such as Eugene Chemical, consult?

Leilan stares at one of the weeks with an eye that he doesn't understand. Joo said, opening the management office door.

It's weird not to be together. People with that kind of chemical intuition are the best in the world.

The door closes and she disappears.

With Leilan and David listening to the conversation next to him, he notices who Lim Wu really is.

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