Chapter 87 Banquet
After entering the scientific research station, Liu Yu saw that in addition to the supplies he had previously transported, there were many more things.
Those were chunks of meat.
In the cold, the meat had been frozen into ice blocks and piled there like bricks and stones, appearing to weigh hundreds of kilograms.
Sun Jianping sighed, "This thing hits really hard. It doesn't even run away when someone gets close to it. It doesn't recognize anyone at all. If I hadn't been able to carry it, I could have gotten at least 200 kilograms of meat yesterday."
Liu Yu sighed and said nothing.
After eating and resting, the three old men stayed again, while Zhang Jian and Liu Yu set out on their return journey.
Time passed bit by bit. Every morning, five people and five sleds would set out with supplies and equipment, and return in the afternoon.
Nothing seemed to have changed. The only thing that had changed was the decreasing number of dogs.
Five days later, one of the five sleds was left behind, and the dogs that were originally responsible for pulling this sled were dispersed among the other four sleds.
Because the remaining four sled dogs were not enough.
Two days later, there were only three sleds left, and finally only two.
There were dozens of snow piles of various sizes along the way and outside the scientific research station that served as a transit station.
Zhang Jian also became more and more silent. Apart from the necessary instructions, he seemed to have become a mute.
On this day, Liu Yu and Zhang Jian operated the last two sleds back to the research vessel, and they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The supplies that needed to be transported have finally been delivered. The next transportation needs can be handled by helicopter.
There were plenty of supplies on the research vessel, so the chef used all his life's knowledge to prepare a big meal.
Liu Yu came to the kennel and invited Zhang Jian to join them, but was rejected by him.
Zhang Jian sat on the ground leaning against the wall. Beside him, the remaining twenty or so dogs cuddled up to him motionlessly, like chicks huddled under a hen's wings.
The passion and excitement they had at the beginning no longer existed in their eyes; now there was only helplessness and confusion.
"I won't go to the banquet. If you can, please bring the food here so I can eat with the children."
Liu Yu thought for a moment, then stood up and shouted, "Bring the food over here!"
Exquisite dishes were brought in one after another and spread out on the floor of the kennel. Liu Yu, Huo Tao, and all the other leaders who remained on the boat all followed Zhang Jian's example and sat on the floor.
"Go, go."
Zhang Jian lovingly stroked the big dog beside him and said, "Go and eat. This is prepared for you."
The big dog hesitated for a moment, then finally grabbed a fat chicken and started tearing it into pieces.
Facing the encouraging gazes of Zhang Jian, Liu Yu and others, all the dogs finally came out together and began to happily shuttle between the different dishes, eating like a buffet.
Zhang Jian finally smiled. He also grabbed a chicken leg that the dog had gnawed on and stuffed it into his mouth to chew.
Liu Yu, Huo Tao and others also picked up their chopsticks and started feasting with the twenty or so dogs.
The kitchen was still busy, cooking one dish after another. In the kennel, if a dish was empty, it would be immediately replaced with the same dish.
Huo Tao picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and couldn't help muttering, "Old Li always fooled around before, but today he finally showed his skills."
Liu Yu nodded in agreement.
The dishes cooked by Chef Li today are indeed better than before.
The meal took a long time, until all twenty or so dogs had round stomachs and squatted there panting, unable to eat anymore.
The next morning, people put the dogs into cages again to keep them warm, and tied the five sleds together and tied them under the helicopter.
Things here are over, and it's time for Zhang Jian to leave.
Looking at Zhang Jian's old face, Liu Yu's tone was a bit complicated: "Uncle Zhang, are you really not going back to the cradle with us? There are all kinds of facilities there, and your illness can be well taken care of."
Zhang Jian shook his head: "No, no, just stay here. I'm used to it."
Liu Yu sighed and stopped trying to persuade him: "Okay. Then... take some more things. If you need anything, you can get it from here. There are plenty of supplies on the ship."
Zhang Jian patted the small box on his back and said, "These medicines are enough. I won't need anything else. Okay, let's go."
Zhang Jian turned around and boarded the helicopter.
The helicopter took off with a roar. In the air, Zhang Jian waved to the people on the boat, and the helicopter circled and flew into the distance, disappearing.
After Zhang Jian left, the scientific expedition team on the ship began the next stage of work.
Various equipment and supplies need to be sorted out one last time.
The work of drilling ice cores is about to begin.
At noon, the helicopter returned and immediately loaded the next batch of supplies and flew towards the transfer station.
It took another three days to gather all the personnel, supplies, and equipment needed for the expedition. Then, using the research station as a base, the helicopter took off again, flying towards the vaster, more desolate depths of the continent in the distance.
A helicopter roared down before a massive ice crack. People unloaded the massive, heavy machinery, installed all the necessary equipment, and, under the roar of the generator, the specially designed drill bit fiercely drilled downward.
Liu Yu and others were paying close attention to the data on the display screen.
Liu Yu pressed the stop button only after the drill bit had penetrated several dozen meters. Then a long ice core was extracted.
After removing the useless parts, the icicle carrying the air samples of the past hundreds and thousands of years was taken out.
Under the sunlight, the almost transparent icicles look like crystals, emitting brilliant light.
After carefully placing it in a special insulated box, a group of people were busy dismantling various equipment, moving it to a place dozens of meters away, and started drilling again.
At this survey point, people drilled through more than a dozen icicles before returning by helicopter.
The next day, people moved to another research site and drilled more than a dozen ice pillars.
In this way, they kept moving and changing locations, which took more than ten days and hundreds of helicopter trips back and forth before the polar scientific expedition team finally completed the mission.
"Let's go."
After taking a final look at the transit station where he had lived for a month, Sun Jianping locked the door again.
Equipment and supplies that were no longer needed were sealed inside.
The helicopter roared and took off, carrying the last group of people into the sky, and finally landed on the research vessel.
Woo——
The huge ship finally moved and began to sail towards warmer places.
In the laboratory, those precious specimens were also taken out.
Finally, we can analyze them.
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