Where is the end of the world
Different people have different worlds, and the answers will naturally be different.
In the eyes of the aunt who was the janitor of the old special steel factory cinema when she was a child, the end of the world was the provincial capital, because that was the farthest place she had ever been in her life.
No matter how much hardship a person has experienced in his life, he should never forget poetry and the distance.
Li Muye asked Margaret the same question, and her answer was Antarctica.
Smart people don’t necessarily know everything, but they definitely know the answers you want.
Li Muye was satisfied with her answer, and it seemed that it was time for her to leave the Vientiane Palace.
The last time E Lai came here, he was accompanied by two people from the Imperial Power Alliance. Li Muye thought of Margaret because she might have a map or secret method to enter the Antarctic underground city.
Antarctica is located at the southernmost point of the earth, surrounded by the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans. It is the continent with the highest geographical latitude in the world. Because it was the last continent that humans reached, it is also called the "Seventh Continent."
The White Dragon crossed the Tasman Sea, entered the Southern Ocean, and finally docked at a natural cliff pier near the Ross Islands in Luosi Bay.
Team members include Li Muye, Margaret, Bai Qi and E Lai, plus a Gambia. The staff on the ship built a passage ashore, first transported all-terrain equipment and fuel to the shore in batches, and then loaded all-terrain vehicles with a variety of dehydrated food that was enough for the team to eat for two years.
There are only five people in the entire team, but they have prepared six cartloads of supplies. Three ATVs, pulling three tractor trailers. All six vehicles are fully loaded, including power generation lighting equipment, electronic navigation equipment, and all-weather weapons and equipment.
Summer in Antarctica is also called the warm season, and winter is also called the cold season. In the warm season, the temperature in the coastal area is around minus 20 degrees Celsius.
The Gambia, who was born near the equator in Africa, had never seen such coldness before. The fat man with a jujube head and a water tank body complained incessantly from the moment he came out of the cabin.
Margaret didn't pay much attention to Li Muye along the way. She was still brooding over the last time Brother Xiaoye took her to the grassland and used her as bait. Although she learned something from Sun Shaoling, it was obviously not enough to calm her anger caused by being teased by Li Muye.
After getting off the boat, I saw the Baixia Waterfall frozen on top of the cliff, as if time had been frozen. The whole world is quiet, the air is pure and fresh, the antiseptic air is not of this world, and even the blue sky makes people inexplicably excited. Margaret's anger immediately dissipated a lot.
Margaret wore a cold-proof suit made of aviation materials. This multi-layer material made of nanotechnology may seem light and thin, but it actually has excellent cold resistance. It's just that the development cost is too high and it is definitely not affordable for ordinary people. Margaret knew that she and Li Muye would enter the Antarctic hinterland, so she asked a friend to airlift one from North America.
Li Muye's clothes were much simpler. The leather jacket was ordinary, and the clothes inside were all ordinary warm materials. For Ono, who has been able to self-regulate his body temperature and is almost invulnerable to cold and heat, the severe cold here is only relatively energy-consuming. As long as there is sufficient Yuan Qi, no matter how cold the environment is, it will not cause trouble.
Neither Bai Qi nor E Lai had such a Taoist realm, so the two brothers embarked on the journey fully armed. E Lai was responsible for driving the first all-terrain vehicle to the front based on the map provided by Margaret. Bai Qi rode in the same car with him and was responsible for chatting with him the whole time to relieve his boredom.
Li Muye and Margaret drove the third car together at the rear.
This all-terrain vehicle is huge, with triangular tracks on both sides. It is made of expensive special materials. It is light, strong, has stable metal properties, is resistant to low and high temperatures, and can adapt to any extreme environment. The body is made of aerospace engineering materials, which has excellent thermal insulation effect. The volume is about the size of two buses spliced together. The interior space is very large. Even if a lot of food and daily necessities are packed, there is still plenty of space for a living area. use.
There are beds, sofas in the living area, and even a washing device that automatically collects ice and snow and heats it.
Such a good thing is naturally expensive. Brother Ono will definitely not be able to come up with this money. Ye Bailong spent a huge sum of 30 million US dollars per vehicle to purchase it from the relevant departments of the Russian authorities. Just these six all-terrain vehicles cost Bailong Bodhisattva 180 million US dollars.
Li Muye has always been an avid cross-country fan, and has long been accustomed to a life where the road is at his feet and the poems are in the distance. And with Margaret, a white beauty with a quirky belly, by my side, the mood along the way was really like a vacation.
Xiao Cunde said that Antarctica is a continent surrounded by oceans. It is shaped like a steamed bun from the edge to the highest point. Therefore, katabatic winds blow all year round along the ice sheet and along the coast. In the hinterland of the ice sheet, the temperature is very low. The annual average in the center of Antarctica is The temperature is minus 58.5 degrees, making it the coldest place on earth.
Going deeper all the way, we are heading against the wind every day. The first section of the road is all traveling on the ice sheet. Because we must always pay attention to the movement of the ice sheet and beware of collapse and falling, we cannot go too fast.
If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. Well-prepared and well-equipped equipment makes this trip much easier. Except for the occasional small setbacks at the beginning, there were no major problems in the entire thousands-kilometer ice sheet area. Margaret even had the time to adopt an injured emperor penguin.
It wasn't until we left the ice cap area and entered the interior of Antarctica that we finally encountered the first test.
A sudden snowstorm reduced the visibility ahead, and the team had to stop and find a safe area to escape the wind and snow. They thought that the snowstorm would pass with just one blow, but what Li Muye and others didn't expect was that the snowstorm lasted for three days and three nights.
The romantic and leisure mood during the journey was suddenly blown away.
In this extremely cold environment, the heating equipment dare not stop running for even a moment. No matter how advanced the equipment is, there will be times when labor is needed. Margaret caught a cold while adding fuel, and due to the harsh Antarctic climate, she fell ill.
"Honey, we've been stuck in the storm for four days and have run out of food and fuel. It's too cold, minus 70 degrees, and we can't walk. I hope you can take some comfort that my death won't happen Too much pain, but my career has made the world look new." This was the last love letter written by British Antarctic explorer Robert Scott to his wife before his death in 1912.
Margaret had tears in her eyes as she recited it, as if imagining that she was terminally ill. Of course, Li Muye knew that she was moaning for nothing, and a mere cold and cold would not cause confusion to her. One hundred and one years have passed, but this love story that lacks romance but is magnificent and shocking can still touch her heart.
On the fourth day, E Lai and Bai Qi's car suddenly received a weak radio signal, which later turned out to be from an expedition team.
Li Muye originally had no intention of helping others. Helping others in such a ghostly place and weather was not only a test of his own kindness and ability, but also a test of the person being rescued. And human nature often cannot withstand tests. But I couldn't stand Margaret's insistence, saying that there is no difference between whites and yellows in this restricted area of life, only the differences between humans and penguins and seals. Life is precious. Since God has allowed us to receive a distress signal, we should not Do nothing to save him.
The wind and snow have weakened slightly, and there is visibility of three to five meters in front of us. According to the direction of the signal source displayed by the signal receiving device, Li Muye led a five-person expedition team and found another expedition team composed of six big white men at the foot of a high slope... (End of this chapter)