Chapter 1337 - 1336: Kunlun Station’s Long-Term Mission
For a whole hour, the blizzard swept through the convoy’s location, then moved towards the Northeast.
The weather cleared up again, white clouds reappeared.
Inside the convoy, no one spoke over the intercom, everything was quiet.
Everyone stayed silent, observing the chaos around them and the neatness at the center of the vehicles.
Even though the position still seemed somewhat scattered, many sled cars and cargo containers were covered with ice and snowflakes, and some boxes even showed wind-tearing deformations.
However, they were now securely fixed on the sled cars, as if they had never endured the blizzard.
The two people in each car looked at each other.
No one had blurred vision, and no one saw "green" from hunger.
This unscientific phenomenon has surpassed the realm of natural events and scientific explanations.
The Antarctic Continent, of course, does not fall under King Yama’s jurisdiction, coupled with the influence of previous Hollywood movies, it was hard not to suspect aliens.
Meteorological weapons?
Precise control?
Transportation through space?
Do aliens also possess humanitarian spirit?
"We’re not caught up in a battle between the Iron Blood Warrior and the Alien, are we?"
A small, young man on car No. 3 shrank his neck and timidly said.
"Can you think of something positive!" The burly driver next to him angrily retorted, "Even encountering a Krypton spaceship would be better!"
At this moment, someone on car No. 2 murmured, "I think the Transformers would be the most beneficial to our technology."
Everyone: "..."
The middle-aged man in car No. 1 couldn’t help but tap the intercom, just as he was about to speak, a burst of static sounded in everyone’s earpiece.
"Zzzla... Zzzla..."
Everyone’s heart skipped a beat, were aliens about to communicate with them through the radio?
Some stared intently outside, others fixed their gaze on the car radio, everyone’s heartbeat slowed, muscles tense and ready to respond at any moment.
"Zhongshan Station calling Ice Tiger Formation! Calling Ice Tiger Formation! Ice Tiger Formation, please respond!"
After the sound of static, the call from Zhongshan Station came through.
"Phew! Scared me to death!"
Someone couldn’t help but collapse into their seat, cold sweat pouring from their forehead.
The middle-aged man subconsciously let out a breath and replied, "Ice Tiger 001 received!"
"Satellite images show the blizzard has passed, are you all alright?"
"No, no issues."
After exhaling a breath, the middle-aged man instinctively tensed again, responding while keeping a keen eye on the outside.
"Your voice sounds off, is there any damage to the supplies? Do you need assistance? Can you continue the transportation task?"
The middle-aged man licked his lips, frowning at the calm scene outside.
Not just when the Chapter happened, but even after the blizzard had passed, ten minutes later.
No incidents had occurred.
So the middle-aged man shook his head and said, "No damage to the supplies, no assistance needed, Ice Tiger Formation can continue the transportation task."
"Good, looks like you’re pretty lucky, wish you a safe journey!"
The middle-aged man finished the conversation and then addressed the entire convoy, "Everyone!"
"Present!"
"The recent occurrence must not be mentioned to anyone. I will report to the station chief upon returning to Zhongshan Station, and everyone will have a separate conversation then."
The middle-aged man said solemnly, "Record the coordinates here, everyone must comply with the confidentiality protocol."
"Understood!"
...
Meanwhile, Lu Zheng and the other two had arrived at Kunlun Station.
"The four most important points in Antarctica are the South Pole, Ice Point, Geomagnetic Pole, and the highest point."
Lu Zheng was sharing scientific knowledge with the two women.
"The South Pole is now occupied by the Lighthouse Country, the Ice Point by Gaul, the Geomagnetic Pole by the Great Goose Country, and as for the highest point, Ice Dome A..."
Shen Ying asked with a smile, "Is it right here?"
Lu Zheng nodded, "Yes, right here."
Shen Ying couldn’t help but laugh, "The countries on Blue Star really have some tacit understanding."
Dai Ying and the Lighthouse Country are like family, and the four big bullies divided the four important spots.
Whether by coincidence or not, the result is as it is, making it hard not to imagine a tacit understanding at play.
Lu Zheng scratched his head, not quite sure if it’s tacit understanding.
But that’s not important.
What’s important is that among the five big bully seats, Hua Country has one, and among the four important Antarctic locations, Hua Country holds one as well.
While those in small countries like Xiaoxiba, Husky, and Brother San can only watch.
Lu Zheng chuckled, "Let’s go see what research they’re conducting."
After having played with penguins and seals, and enjoyed the Antarctic scenery, Si Lingxi and Shen Ying accompanied Lu Zheng to observe the daily life of their country’s scientific researchers.
"The transport convoy encountered a blizzard on the way here, luckily everything went smoothly, and none of the supplies were lost, so it won’t cause delays."
"That’s good, it won’t delay our next drilling operation."
In the meeting room, a few people had just received news from Zhongshan Station and were having a meeting.
"The ice cap is becoming increasingly difficult to penetrate, I wonder how deep the new drill bit will go?" someone sighed.
"Hopefully, it’ll break through the kilometer mark?"
"Difficult, we’ve been stuck at over 900 meters for a long time, every meter down is a challenging task."
"I wonder if in my lifetime, I’ll see us reach 3,200 meters and obtain ancient ice cores from a million years ago."
"Hahaha, surely not an issue for you, you’re still young, but for us old folks, maybe not."
"Hehe, by then you’ll be at the rear supporting us, waiting for us to deliver the materials to you."
"Good kid, already thinking of relegating us to the back and taking control at the front, are you?"
"Hehe, it’s just that considering your age, I thought you might want to return home and enjoy life."
"Get lost! I’m staying here unless we get those 2,000-meter deep ice cores, I’m not leaving, so that you get impatient!"
After the meeting, everyone left.
Some continued their research, some returned to their rooms for a nap, others prepared for a workout, and some returned to their rooms to call their families.
Then Lu Zheng discovered he had a signal on his phone.
"Not bad, they even installed 5G at Kunlun Station."
Lu Zheng nodded in approval and then received a message from Lin Wan.
Lin Wan: Seoul’s housing prices continue to drop, but the rate has slowed, apparently, just less than a month of smog isn’t enough to impact Seoul’s housing prices.
Lin Wan: Keep up the effort (ง˙o˙)ง
Lu Zheng was at a loss for words and sent a selfie of them at Kunlun Station to Lin Wan.
Lu Zheng: I see the scientific researchers at Kunlun Station are quite hardworking, ask the Ancient Culture Archival Room if helping them drill to 5,000 meters would have any negative impact?