Chapter 85 Old Friend
The voice was hoarse and low, with a slightly strange tone.
After hearing this voice, Sun Jianping's body trembled slightly, then he rushed over and put the headphones on his head.
"Lao Zhang, you're not dead? Over."
"Alive and well, I can't die even if you die, over."
A smile from the heart appeared on Sun Jianping's face.
"Where are you now? Over."
"Still in the same place."
"Wait, I'll be there right away. I'll probably be there in three or four hours."
The helicopter took off with a roar, and under the control of the pilot, it flew forward carrying Sun Jianping and Liu Yu.
In the cabin, Liu Yu stared at the sea in a trance.
At first, the number of ice floes was small, but soon, the ice floes became dense, and later even connected together, completely covering the ocean like a white continent.
Desolate, dead silent, with no living creatures in sight. It felt as if this place was no longer Earth, but an alien world.
After flying for a long time, Liu Yu finally saw some round, black and white animals scattered across the vast ice field, struggling to make their way through the wind and snow.
After flying for a while, we finally saw some traces of civilization.
It was a two-story building with a fully enclosed exterior. It didn't look very big. But Liu Yu knew that this was just the surface building. Underground, there was a basement that was even larger than the surface building.
The helicopter roared down. The door to the second-floor building opened, and an elderly man with a slightly hunched back, unkempt hair and beard, and dressed in heavy clothes, walked out.
The cabin door opened, and Sun Jianping, as if he had become decades younger, jumped out of the plane first and walked quickly towards the man.
"Hahahaha, Lao Zhang, you're really alive. I thought you were dead a long time ago."
"You, a drunkard, didn't die, so how could I die?"
The two held hands tightly, talking excitedly. After a long while, Zhang Jian seemed to have just remembered something and hurriedly called out to Liu Yu and the pilot, "Come in, come in."
As you enter the room, a warm air instantly surrounds you.
The room wasn't big, but it was very tidy, and you couldn't tell it was where an elderly man lived. However, many of the utensils were worn out and had signs of repairs.
Woof woof woof...
Liu Yu turned around and saw a kennel next to him separated by railings. It was about a hundred square meters and was packed with dogs of all sizes and colors, dozens of them in total.
Seeing strangers coming, the dogs started barking, but their voices were not fierce, and their tails kept wagging, as if they were trying to show goodwill to the strangers.
Liu Yu and the driver sat next to each other, quietly listening to the two old friends who had not seen each other for twenty years reminiscing about the past.
After chatting for a long time, Zhang Jian finally asked, "Old Sun, what on earth do you want to see me about?"
Sun Jianping looked at Liu Yu. Liu Yu leaned forward slightly and said respectfully, "Uncle Zhang, it's like this..."
Liu Yu recounted the predicament they were currently facing. After hearing Zhang Jian's request that Liu Yu send his dogs to help transport supplies for the expedition team, the smile on his face and the excitement of reuniting with an old friend gradually faded.
He looked out the window and saw that it was just past noon and the sun was just beginning to set.
"It's getting late. You should go back quickly. If you go any later, it will be dark and accidents may happen."
Liu Yu was stunned.
Sun Jianping was unhappy: "Old Zhang, are you going to kick us out now?"
"Let's go, let's go, it will be dark if we don't leave now..."
Zhang Jian repeated this sentence mutteredly as if he didn't hear it, stood up and turned around.
"Uncle Zhang, this matter is very important to us and to civilization. You..."
"I told you to leave. Are you deaf? Leave now! You are not welcome here! Big Yellow! Little Black! Sharp Fang!"
Following Zhang Jian's roar, the dogs, which had been kind and even wagging their tails, suddenly became ferocious. For a moment, barking filled the entire room.
"Old Zhang, how can you turn against me so easily?"
“Go, go, go!”
Zhang Jian walked straight forward and pushed Sun Jianping impatiently.
The three were pushed out of the room and the door slammed shut.
Sun Jianping slammed the door in frustration: "Lao Zhang, come out here, Lao Zhang!"
"It's been cold lately, and you won't be able to leave after dark."
Zhang Jian's deep voice rang out: "If you're willing to freeze to death outside, go ahead."
Liu Yu sighed, walked forward and pulled Sun Jianping: "Uncle Sun, forget it, let's go."
In the twilight years of humankind, everyone makes their own choices. Some choose to stand up and fight bravely, while others choose to stay out of it and refuse to get involved. Liu Yu disagrees with this, but he can't force it.
At the moment, the only option was to return to the temperate zone and find a cradle to resupply. Even if this meant a significant delay and the possibility of many more variables, there was nothing that could be done.
Sun Jianping glared at the door hatefully and walked towards the helicopter angrily.
But at this moment, the closed door opened again.
"return!"
Sun Jianping cursed, "You said you'd go back? Who do you think you are? I won't serve you anymore!"
Liu Yu quickly grabbed him: "Uncle Sun, Uncle Sun!"
Even after sitting back on the sofa, Sun Jianping was still indignant: "If it weren't for Xiao Liu's face, I wouldn't bother to come back."
Zhang Jian ignored him and looked at Liu Yu: "How much supplies do you need to transport? How far do you need to transport them?"
Liu Yu whispered, "About eight tons, and it needs to be transported... two hundred kilometers."
After removing this part of the supplies, the remaining supplies and equipment can be transported by helicopter, and there will be enough fuel.
"Eight tons..."
Zhang Jian pondered for a moment and said, "Not counting the food, how much is left?"
Liu Yu calculated and said, "A little over six tons."
"That's fine. Then don't carry the food. Let's go."
Liu Yu looked up at him in shock. "Uncle Zhang, you agreed? Uh... if we don't transport food, what will we eat?"
Zhang Jian glanced at her and said, "Eat whatever you can get. Eat whatever you catch."
Liu Yu was stunned, and instantly understood what he meant, and subconsciously wanted to refute.
But before she could say anything, she controlled herself and nodded silently.
"Yeah, it's already this late, I can't care about so many things..."
After inexplicably rejecting him before and inexplicably agreeing to him now, Zhang Jian drove the dozens of dogs, big and small, into a cage.
A few more sleds were dug out, tied up, and fixed under the helicopter. The helicopter then took off with a roar, carrying these things to the research vessel hundreds of kilometers away.
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