"We're leaving right now, it's not very safe here."
Shao Zifeng's words made the atmosphere in the camp stagnate, and he looked at the dusty figure in astonishment.
The flames in the bonfire beat.
Blowing by the cold wind, many sparks flew out and made a crackling sound.
"Hey!"
A streamer with tail flames flashed, and the racket beat the flame dragon wings and threw into Shao Zifeng's arms, raising his small fists and thumping them.
Shao Zifeng's face turned pale, his serious expression instantly broke, and he grinned and coaxed Qiuqiu.
Darling, this little guy beat him too hard.
If the three-piece suit is not thick enough, this time it will be a red one.
The deer glanced at him and narrowed his eyes gloatingly.
"Ow~"
The little icefield saber-toothed tiger immediately became interested when he saw the bone, stumbled over and threw himself on the bone, biting it in a decent manner.
"Xiaofeng, is this?"
Chen Yixin picked up the fierce saber-toothed tiger, looked at the pile of bones in the snow and asked suspiciously.
The eyes of other people also looked over, obviously they were also very curious about the origin of these bones.
"I found this on the mountain, there are many more there." Shao Zifeng stopped Qiu Qiuai's small fist, turned and pointed to the snowy mountain not far from the camp: "I roughly dug it with a climbing pick, except for the thick pile of piles. In addition to the thick bones, there is a lot of feces buried under the snow next to it."
"According to my speculation, there should be a long-term habitat for mutant creatures."
Shao Zifeng's words made everyone's face change slightly, but some people put forward the opposite opinion.
"Impossible, how can there be long-term nesting creatures in the Antarctic environment, even if there are individual mutant creatures that can survive here for a short time, how should those long-term survival food be solved."
A chubby young man among the researchers pushed his black-rimmed glasses and retorted.
His name is Wang Hongcai. When he was on the Xuelong, he didn't like to be in contact with people. Some of them were very self-respecting. He liked to sit in the leisure area and read books by himself.
Seeing the unhappy expression on Chen Yixin's face, Yang Qi quickly touched him with his shoulder: "Hongcai, the professor said yesterday that everything is possible in the world now, you should listen to Junior Brother Zifeng to finish."
"But that doesn't violate the laws of nature. Any creature that wants to survive for a long time must have a complete biological chain." Wang Hongcai argued with his neck stuck, "Besides, even if that creature really existed yesterday, it stole us. The food means that there is no biological chain here."
"What does he, a non-research student of war training, know?"
"enough!"
Chen Yixin's face became more and more ugly. She knew that Wang Hongcai had a high self-esteem, but she thought that yesterday's lesson could make him make some changes, but she didn't expect to be so stubborn.
This man is sick.
Shao Zifeng was a little upset.
After all, what are you doing to diss me.
But in order not to make it difficult for Chen Yixin, Shao Zifeng forcibly restrained his temper.
"The above is just my own judgment. I'm really not a professional. I can't tell what kind of creature these bones belong to, and how long ago they were eaten, so I brought back a few bones of different depths for you to see."
The atmosphere at the scene was a little subtle for a while, and they all felt that what Wang Hongcai said just now was a little too much. Anyway, Shao Zifeng was kind.
"Hey!"
Qiuqiu also realized that the fat man was questioning his own balls. The little guy glared at Wang Hongcai viciously, sparks shot from the corner of his mouth.
If it wasn't for the comfort of being held by Ball, it would have to blow that guy's head off.
Chen Yixin suppressed the displeasure in her heart, and said to the people beside Wang Hongcai with a cold face: "Wei Yibo, examine these bones."
"Good professor."
The young man named Wei Yibo was of medium build, with a face that did not match his age.
Because he usually has a good relationship with Wang Hongcai, he gave Wang Hongcai a look and told him to stop.
Wang Hongcai also woke up at this time, knowing that what he said just now made the professor unhappy, but as a researcher, how could he bow his head to a college student because of his arrogance.
Seeing this, Wei Yibo sighed, squatted down and started busy with his own business.
He first took a bone about the thickness of a wrist and looked at it carefully.
In addition to the tooth marks on the dull-colored bones, there is still a lot of muscle and tendon tissue on the bones and at both ends. He put the bones under his nose and sniffed, and pressed his fingers on the remaining muscles.
Then he picked up another one and went back and forth to check all the bones that Shao Zifeng brought.
"How long ago was the last time there was sunlight in this area?"
Yang Qi quickly took out his specially equipped mobile phone and checked: "About seven days ago."
Wei Yibo nodded: "In this environment, the identification of frozen corpses must be combined with the environment and weather. If the environment where the frozen corpses are kept at low temperature, it is difficult to distinguish the time limit of death of the corpses."
"But fortunately, it is summer in Antarctica. Under the constant sunlight of the polar day, the snow on the mountains will slowly melt, and the body will be exposed to the sun and bacteria will start to grow."
"Although the short time is not enough to spoil the meat, it is difficult to distinguish on the surface, but the difference of melted can still be found by smell and pressing."
"Like these two." He held two bones together and pressed his fingers at the same time, only to see that the minced meat on one of the bones slowly rebounded after pressing down, while the other seemed to be in Press the rotten flesh that is destroyed inside.
"It can be judged from this that the internal structure of the one on the left has undergone repeated thawing and thawing, and it is obviously a corpse from a long time ago."
"The muscle on the right is still elastic. Judging from the smell, this muscle has obviously not experienced sun exposure."
"So." He got up and said to Chen Yixin, "Professor, judging from this bone, this bone will not exceed seven days, and the time may be shorter."
"Well." Chen Yixin glanced at Wang Hongcai and said to Wei Yibo, "There's more."
"This." Wei Yibo knew what Professor Chen wanted him to say. He glanced at his good friend and said helplessly: "Judging from these bones from different periods, the time span of these bones may be more than a year. Except for individual bones Besides. They all belong to the same kind of creature, which means that the mutant creature nest mentioned by Junior Brother Zifeng can basically be judged to have a stable source of food."
As soon as his words came out, Wang Hongcai couldn't hold his face, he wanted to refute, but he knew Wei Yibo's level, and continuing to refute would only make people laugh.
"Mr. Wei, can you see anything else?" Zhao Li asked quickly after listening.
Their focus is different from others. In addition to the time of these bones, there is also the strength of the bones.
Judging from the bones, these are large creatures, and according to the law of 'big is stronger', the strength of these creatures should not be underestimated.
And the ability to hunt these large creatures as food can be imagined.
Seemingly seeing everyone's nervousness, Wei Yibo said again: "Don't be nervous, everyone. Judging from the tooth marks on the bones, the individual strength of this creature should not be very strong, and it is most likely a group creature that is good at hunting."
Not to mention, it's okay, everyone's faces in the Fire Phoenix Army are even darker.
Brother, do you understand
Is it more troublesome for group creatures with hunting habits
If there are only one or two, they can sacrifice themselves to save the large army if necessary.
but ethnic
Are you all sitting and waiting to play together
Without thinking about anything else, Zhao Li said quickly, "Professor Chen, we must leave here as soon as possible."
"I know, don't worry." Chen Yixin said calmly: "Although I don't know what kind of biological group it is, generally this kind of ethnic creature will not easily attack creatures other than their recipes. Even if it is to attack , will also observe for many days in advance, and will only act after confirming that there is no threat."
"And it is inferred from the description that the scale of this group is not very large, and even if there is a high probability of food shortage, it will not dare to attack us."
"Of course, unless we kill their offspring, they will become immortal." Chen Yixin smiled and looked at Shao Zifeng: "I don't think Xiaofeng would do such a thing?"
"How is that possible." Shao Zifeng quickly waved his hand: "That's an open space, I haven't seen any living things except these bones."
After listening to Chen Yixin's words, everyone's nervousness calmed down a lot.
"What I'm worried about now is the journey down below."
"Judging from what happened in the past two days, the danger of Antarctica may not only be a harsh environment, but it is very likely to be an alternative African continent."
The crowd fell silent.
Africa is famous for its variety and abundance of wild animals, with more than 90 large ungulate mammals and more than 2,000 freshwater fish, more than any other continent. There are about 3,000 species of fish, about 238 kinds of amphibians, 58 kinds of reptiles, 589 kinds of birds, and 1,100 kinds of mammals. It is called a paradise for wild animals.
Of course, before the 'unknown recovery event', Africa's development was relatively backward, and more than 60 countries and regions had constant conflicts.
Except for South Africa, where hunger and poverty are the main themes, after the 'unknown recovery event' broke out, African countries were powerless to stop them. Only Qiuqiu's hometown, South Africa, was still surviving. Biological paradise.
They had just set off from the new station on the third day, and they encountered two different mutant creatures on the periphery. If it is as Chen Yixin guessed, this is an alternative Africa, and the ghost knows what mutant creatures will exist next.
Without giving everyone too much time to think, Chen Yixin continued: "In order to deal with possible mutant creatures, in the next trip, whether it is investigation or prevention, you must be cautious."
"This matter will be very hard, and I will leave it to you."
Zhao Li and the others hurriedly stood at attention and saluted, "Yes. Professor, please rest assured."
"Also, in addition to the original route, we have to adjust the route as much as possible. If the original route is dangerous, change it to another route immediately."
"This matter is left to Cang Haiyuan, Yang Qi and Wei Yibo."
"Professor Chen, don't worry." Cang Haiyuan's chest clapped: "I may not be as good as someone in a fight, but this is my specialty."
Shao Zifeng pouted, this man's heart is really small.
Unlike him, he is a big-hearted man.
Glancing at Wang Hongcai, he saw his worried expression because he was ignored.
Shao · Broad-minded · Zifeng's heart is even more broad-minded.
Comfortable.
After making these arrangements, Chen Yixin did not appear very relaxed, but her face became more and more solemn.
"The detection of mutant creatures in the air and on land is handed over to the Phoenix Army, but if there are mutant creatures underground, we will be very passive."
The Antarctic continent is different from other places. Some are covered with flat snow, but there are actually countless ravines hidden.
If you just pass by, it’s fine, because these ravines are basically covered with ice melt water and ice layers, and snowmobiles of several hundred kilograms can be driven directly by replacing them with tracks. It’s scary that there are some mutant creatures hidden in these ravines.
That would be an absolute disaster for them.
"Let me do it."
Just when everyone was at a loss, Shao Zifeng suddenly said: "My mutant creatures have perception skills. When the time comes, I will be at the front of the convoy. If there are mutant creatures underground, I can find them immediately."
"Xiaofeng, but" Chen Yixin, who was still vigorous just now, showed hesitation on her face.
"Sister Yixin, don't worry."
"Hey!"
Qiuqiu waved his little paws, although he didn't understand what they were talking about, Eggy was the best!
"It's not that I don't believe you, it's just."
"Professor, I can attest to this."
Cang Haiyuan suddenly interrupted Chen Yixin's words, he recalled several experiences with Shao Zifeng, this guy always seemed to be able to sense danger one step ahead.
Of course, it wasn't that she didn't believe Shao Zifeng, but she just didn't want him to take risks out of selfishness. She had to know that in addition to the possible attacks of mutant creatures, there were holes under the snow.
But as a team leader, there are some things that are hard to say clearly.
At this point, she has no reason to stop. Thinking of this, Chen Yixin glared at Cang Haiyuan.
Cang Haiyuan touched his nose and felt a little wronged.
"In that case, Zhao Li, arrange for two people to detect around, to prevent those mutant creatures from coming back suddenly, and others to pack up tents and other items as soon as possible."
"Yes!"
"Crack!"
Two phoenix pheasants screamed and quickly lifted into the air, and the red figures hovered over the camp with their tail flames.
After a busy time, everyone in the scientific expedition team dressed up and stepped on the all-terrain snowmobile.
At this time, the wind and snow outside were heavier.
"Set off!"
"Crack!"
In the roar, under the leadership of the phoenix pheasant, a group of teams slowly disappeared into the wind and snow.
The original lively camp area left only messy car marks and bonfires that had been extinguished.
The cold wind is raging with snowflakes, and it will be covered with snow again soon, as if no one has ever been here.
boom!
Suddenly, a small figure fell from the mountain.
The snow that tumbled along with it buried it below, and a snow pack swelled up.
After a while, the small head, which was covered with snow, poked out of the snow.
It quickly shook its head and flung the snow off its head,
At the same time, the fresh blood from the corner of its mouth was thrown away.
The little head turned, and the amber vertical pupils looked anxiously at the disappearing tent.
It lowered its body and sniffed the smell of the snow, then strode on its two strong hind legs and chased into the wind and snow.
(End of this chapter)