"Stop ahead."
On the way, Chen Yixin's voice suddenly came from the headset.
More than a dozen all-terrain snowmobiles stopped in the lee of several snow-capped mountains one after another.
Today is the third day for the scientific research team to cross the Antarctic. At first, the enthusiasm for galloping in the polar region has gradually cooled down. Today, apart from the simple instructions from Chen Yixin, everyone is not even interested in chatting.
"Crack!"
At this time, a phoenix pheasant with a handsome posture, covered in red feathers, hovered and fell.
After the battle with the Holy Source Society, the seven phoenix pheasants of the Fire Phoenix Army took turns to carry out reconnaissance work.
Although in the weather like Antarctica, long-term flight reconnaissance is a great burden for them, but for the sake of everyone's safety, they can only be wronged first.
Looking at Zhao Li who was feeding the phoenix pheasants, Shao Zifeng wondered if he should let the little guys out. After all, it would be quite uncomfortable without them.
But after thinking about it, I gave up. Those little guys have just experienced the war, let them relax in the beast space.
"then."
At this time, the voice of Cang Haiyuan came from the headset, and Shao Zifeng subconsciously took the thing he threw.
"Thanks."
Shao Zifeng raised the army green packaging bag in his hand, but he was not polite.
"Looking at the fact that you eat compressed biscuits every day, those things are not nutritious. Could it be that you still need to lose weight?"
Cang Haiyuan walked over to Shao Zifeng with the military rations, sat down on the snow, opened the bag, grabbed a few pieces of snow from the ground and stuffed it inside.
After doing all this, Cang Haiyuan lay lazily on the ground, stretched out his hand to open his helmet and mask, shivered all over his body, and muttered, "It's so cold this damn weather."
"It's mainly because I'm afraid of trouble." Shao Zifeng sat next to him: "Besides, I'm not very picky about what I eat."
"Come on."
Cang Haiyuan tilted his head to look at him and curled his lips: "Isn't it the first time to be nervous in a place like this? You can bring more compressed biscuits because they take up less space, I understand."
Shao Zifeng didn't feel embarrassed when Cang Haiyuan broke his mind. In fact, he did have this concern in his heart.
Because of the long journey, except for necessities such as tents, the food space that each person can carry is strictly calculated.
The first time I came to the polar region, I was afraid of starving to death, so when Shao Zifeng chose the food, he chose compressed biscuits that were smaller in size and more convenient to carry.
"help me."
Seeing that Shao Zifeng didn't speak any more, Cang Haiyuan, who was wearing a thick protective suit, opened his pocket with one hand and propped on the ground with the other hand, turning sideways to face Shao Zifeng.
Shao Zifeng glanced at it, took out the iron box from his pocket and handed it to Cang Haiyuan: "What's so good about this thing."
Cang Haiyuan took the iron box, carefully patted off the snow on his gloves, took out one and put it under his nose and took a deep breath, closing his eyes with a satisfied expression.
"You don't understand, this is my life."
"It's a pity that there are few purchases in Zealand, and that's all that's left now."
Shao Zifeng shook his head. He still remembered that he took a puff when Qiuqiu was injured and almost choked to death that time.
He put the cigarette under his nose and smelled it for a while, and reluctantly put the cigarette back into the metal box and put it back into his pocket like a baby.
Picking up the swelled military ration bag, Cang Haiyuan took off his gloves and took out the food packaged in tinfoil.
"By the way, we're going to climb the mountain together later, this assorted fried rice is still so delicious."
"Up the mountain?"
"Aren't you going to continue on your way?"
"You Kangkang are so flustered"
Cang Haiyuan breathed in the heat while speaking inarticulately.
Shao Zifeng looked at it for a week.
Where.
Extremely.
However, the landform here is indeed a bit different from other places. It is not the rolling mountains that are common in the Antarctic continent, but independent snow peaks.
Perhaps because it is in the Antarctic summer, most of the snow peaks here are only covered with a thin layer of snow, and you can even see the dark brown mountain rocks below.
Seeing the doubts in Shao Zifeng's eyes, Cang Haiyuan opened another bag of pork belly with plums.
"I'm afraid it's not because I'm rushing to drive stupid, and forget what we're doing here?"
"Science test."
"Yeah, we're not here for sightseeing. Professor Chen said that the landforms here are unique, so maybe we can find something." Cang Haiyuan patted Shao Zifeng on the shoulder and said proudly, "Young man, light It’s not good to know how to fight, you have to learn more from your seniors.”
Shao Zifeng pouted, this man's eyes are really small.
It's been a long time and I still hold grudges.
Smelling the fragrance in the air, Shao Zifeng couldn't help taking a bite of the braised pork in his hand.
Fat but not greasy, the taste is slightly sweet, and the entrance is soft and melts.
So fragrant!
"Wait, you just need to dig through the rocks on the surface, and try not to damage the main body of the mountain with tools."
"There is basically no one in this kind of place. As long as you are careful, you will basically get something."
"Don't go that way, try to go to the leeward area."
Yang Qi walked in front of the two with a mountaineering pick and walked up.
Although it was exhausting, he still explained the precautions to the two impatiently over and over again.
He's a good person everywhere, but he has a bit of an old mother's personality.
Shao Zifeng looked back and found that they had come to the halfway up the mountain, and there was basically snow on the top.
On another mountain not far away, Chen Yixin and the others could be vaguely seen. Seven soldiers of the Fire Phoenix Army surrounded Chen Yixin and the others, and climbed up the low mountain at a turtle speed.
When they were grouping up before going up the mountain, Yixin wanted to pull Shao Zifeng together.
But it was because of the seven Fire Phoenix Army soldiers that he decisively accepted Cang Haiyuan's invitation.
The peaks they chose this time are not very high, and the slope is relatively gentle, but the stop-and-go is inevitably a lot slower.
"what."
At this time, Yang Qi, who was chattering, suddenly let out a small snort, and squatted down and fiddled with something on the ground with a mountaineering pick.
Shao Zifeng was a little curious about these ancient creatures. He hurried forward and stared at Yang Qi's movements curiously.
Yang Qi dug out a stone and studied it for a while, and knocked it with a mountaineering pick, and the whole stone was neatly separated from the side.
In the middle of the flat cut surface, there is a dark brown spiral object.
"Do you know what this is?"
Yang Qi pointed at the spiral object, just like a teacher.
Um.
Kind of like Ollie in the children's anime.
Shao Zifeng thought about it and decided not to speak his mind.
Cang Haiyuan didn't want to be here, his restless little hand hesitated between reaching into his pocket and not reaching it.
Yang Qi was not angry when he saw this, and said to himself: "This is an ammonite, a subclass of the cephalopod class of mollusks. It is an extinct marine invertebrate that lived in the Middle Ordovician. To the late Cretaceous ammonites are usually divided into 9 orders about 80 superfamilies, about 280 families and about 2000 genera, as well as many species and subspecies, etc. It is a close relative to the nautilus."
Shao Zifeng looked at the chatter, and Yang Qi, who seemed to be reciting the text, couldn't help but interrupt: "Can this fossil recover?"
"Uh" Yang Qi was taken aback by Shao Zifeng's question, and then explained: "With the current research progress of our team, we can only revive the frozen corpse for the time being, and the preservation of the corpse is almost impossible to achieve."
"Like a saber-toothed tiger that has been successfully revived, it is a complete frozen corpse."
"However, the next step of research has been started before, but it is temporarily put on hold because the saber-toothed tiger cannot grow on the ice sheet."
Shao Zifeng was a little puzzled when he heard the words.
"No, I found a fossil egg before, and Professor Chen said it can be recovered."
"You said this." Yang Qi nodded.
"Theoretically, a well-preserved fossil egg does have a high chance of reviving and hatching, but you need to know the difference between a fossil and a fossil egg." He pointed to the ammonite on his hand: "Just like this ammonite fossil , if you use the existing technology to revive, you will only get an ammonite shell, but it has no life, you understand?"
"Because the fossils are older, basically only bones, carapaces and the like are preserved."
"If the technology can break through again, then as long as there is DNA, it can be recovered, and then the fossils may be recovered."
Shao Zifeng nodded noncommittally.
In fact, it is right to think about it carefully. After all, the 'unknown recovery' has only been around for more than 20 years. Apart from the chaos and disorder in the first few years, it has not been long before all human beings have really vigorously studied mutant creatures, and many technologies are still being explored.
For example, the Hanchuan Iron Mine he discovered before, he has already passed away after dozens or hundreds of years, and many things have passed the time limit for keeping secrets. By then, Shao Shao may still be able to enter the history books.
The father of elemental weapons
Thinking about it that way, it makes me feel a little bit emotional.
At this time, he remembered the amber he had given to Chen Yixin and asked, "What about the amber? I remember that the creatures in the amber are sealed, and they can always be recovered."
"amber."
Yang Qi said with some uncertainty: "Amber should not work either. Although the origin of amber is resin, in academia, amber is classified as a special fossil."
"But in this way, the principle of amber is the same as that of fossil eggs. But if it is possible, why is our research topic not covered."
Yang Qi, who had been chattering, suddenly fell into silence, as if thinking about some problem.
Looking at Yang Qi who was in deep thought, Shao Zifeng said nothing.
The reason why he asked this was because he got energy feedback when he saw Amber.
Although I have never seen a frozen corpse of a creature, I guess it also contains energy to be successfully resuscitated.
This is something that fossils do not have.
zizi.
At this time, with the sound of electric current, Chen Yixin's voice sounded in the headset.
"Why don't you move, did you find anything?"
"Professor." Yang Qi suddenly came back to his senses: "I found an ammonite fossil, which is relatively complete and well preserved. I was just explaining the formation and classification of fossils to junior brother Zifeng. Professor Chen rest assured."
Hearing Chen Yixin's question, Yang Qi started chattering again.
Chen Yixin seemed to be accustomed to his character, and replied lightly, "Well, it's windy at the top of the mountain, so be careful."
"professor."
Just when Chen Yixin was about to cut off the call, Yang Qi suddenly stopped Chen Yixin.
"Anything else."
"That. I would like to ask why there is no amber-related research in our research topic."
"It stands to reason that the creatures sealed in the amber are more complete. I just thought about it. With the previous technical reserves, the research should not be very difficult."
Hearing Yang Qi's question, Chen Yixin did not answer immediately, and the headset was silent, which made Yang Qi a little flustered.
He had some regrets in his heart. In front of so many people asking directly, would the professor question whether he was questioning her.
At this time, he suddenly saw Shao Zifeng watching the play next to him, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"I didn't question the professor's intentions. The main reason is that Junior Brother Zifeng is more curious about this aspect, and I haven't been engaged in related topics, so I want to ask the professor if I can't answer it."
Shao Zifeng: ? ?
Do not.
I'm not curious.
But soon, Chen Yixin's answer came from the headset.
"Amber is indeed easier than directly attacking fossils."
"But you know, amber travels because of the resin, which makes it difficult to preserve the vast majority of creatures other than mosquitoes."
"To put it bluntly, the size is too small. The creatures inside are generally small insects such as mosquitoes. Occasionally, animal amber is mostly stumps, and there is not much research value."
"Also because my country is not the main producing area of amber, and the quality of amber produced is not very good, it is difficult for us to obtain a large number of high-quality research materials."
Speaking of this, Chen Yixin paused for a moment and continued: "However, if Xiaofeng is interested in this, it happens that I have the amber you sent here. We can try to carry out preliminary research when we have time."
At this time, Shao Zifeng was a little confused.
Although I am interested in ancient creatures, I am not interested in research itself!
Just looking at Yang Qi's expectant eyes, he couldn't refuse, so he pinched his nose and agreed.
"Since it's all right, let's continue to investigate, and find more fossil samples as a reserve."
"Good professor."
Yang Qi happily turned off the communication and put the ammonite into his backpack.
"Brother Zifeng, if you're bored, look around. We've found more fossils than anyone else." After speaking, he took the mountaineering pick and continued to bark without raising his head.
Ah.
childish.
Do you still think I'm a kid
game or something.
Fossil king, I am determined!
"Hey, Lao Cang, are you going?"
"You go, I want to think about life."
At this time, Cang Haiyuan, who had been offline for a long time, was finally defeated by desire. He impatiently took out the iron box from his pocket, sat on the ground and smelled it intoxicated.
Shao Zifeng twitched the corner of his mouth, picked up his climbing pick and walked to the top of the mountain.
Three hours later, Shao Zifeng looked at the few stones in front of him with a black line on his face.
It was identified that these were just ordinary stones.
Shao Zifeng unwillingly picked up a piece and put it in his hand.
These stones are common there, and the shape is obviously very curious and easy to cut.
Look at this, chubby.
Much like balls in a ball.
Maybe Qiuqiu's half-sister.
And this, isn't the texture on it mysterious
Crazy thought, picked up the stone and threw it aside.
Shao Zifeng, who was just about to leave, paused.
He looked down at his feet, and the expression on his face gradually became solemn.
Just next to the footprints of his hiking boots, there are a few more footprints.
This footprint was familiar to him.
Similar to birds, but thicker and thicker.
(End of this chapter)