Kuang Qianli wiped his face and asked in confusion: "What? Is it colder than yesterday?"
The temperature dropped to -57℃ yesterday, and the warmest temperature during the day was -53℃.
It's already very cold.
-55°C was the lowest temperature the meteorological experts had explicitly predicted. Although they said they would be prepared for even lower temperatures, they didn't give a lower forecast.
Kuang Qianli said, "When I went there yesterday, I felt like my toes were going to freeze off. But when I got to the base, it was okay. It was over 10 degrees Celsius inside. It's much warmer than our living room."
Their shelter only has heating in the small compartments and a few bedrooms, not in the living room. However, because the shelter itself is well insulated, the daily temperature is maintained at around -10°C, and the lowest is no lower than -20°C.
After he finished washing, he wrung out the towel and hung it up, then he was ready to go out and experience it himself: "I'll go out and take a look."
Qiao Xuejun reminded him: "Put on your hat and gloves before you go."
Kuang Qianli: "I'll try it, it will be more obvious this way."
He didn't listen and just walked out of the cubicle.
Zhao Linlin sat by the stove and glanced in his direction curiously. "I felt really cold when I went out yesterday. Our carpenter left the base this morning to get materials from the warehouse next door without a mask. When he came back, this place—"
She pointed to the tip of her nose and said, "The skin on this nose has turned completely white. The area covered by my pinky nail is as white as snow."
Qiao Xuejun frowned: "Frostbite?"
Zhao Linlin nodded. "Yes. I went to the medical department and applied some frostbite medicine. It took quite a while to get the medicine."
Qiao Xuejun: "Medical resources are tight. Frostbite medicine is in short supply right now."
The ice-harvesting team was also working yesterday, but their warming measures have always been in place and no frostbite occurred.
"Fuck!" Not long after, Kuang Qianli's voice was heard from outside, and he exclaimed, "I'm freezing to death!"
He ran in: "Look!"
He held a shovel in his hand, and the shovel was covered with snow.
But only half of the shovel was left.
Kuang Qianli demonstrated to the two people: "I walked to the door, picked up the shovel and went out to shovel the snow at the door. I stretched out the shovel and shoveled the snow, then stepped on it and pushed it down, and the shovel broke!"
The iron part was broken in the middle and had several cracks, looking like it had been violently damaged.
Qiao Xuejun took a look and said, "Steel is cold and brittle. It's minus 70 degrees Celsius outside right now."
The young carpenter asked, "Cold and brittle?"
Qiao Xuejun replied, "The temperature is so low that it exceeds its tolerance. If it is lightly bumped or knocked, it will shatter like glass."
She looked at Kuang Qianli: "There are only a few shovels to begin with, why are you kicking it?"
Kuang Qianli felt guilty: "The snow was too thick and I couldn't shovel it in, so I just kicked it."
He said, "It can't be helped. We are from the north. When we see snow at our doorstep and have a shovel at hand, it's very convenient."
It has been snowing heavily these days and he has been shoveling snow, so he puts the shovel by the door and picks it up before going out.
Qiao Xuejun stood up and said, "I'll go pick up the broken metal and see if I can find someone to repair it after I take it to the First Base."
Kuang Qianli: "I'll go, I'll go. You definitely can't see where it is."
He turned to go out, but came back and said, "I'll put on my hat and gloves first. I just went out and I was freezing. The breeze made my face and hands hurt like needles."
Qiao Xuejun also started to put on her clothes: "I'll go take a look too."
She knew today's temperature from the system and hadn't gone out to experience it yet.
Zhao Linlin also stood up: "I'll go too."
After the three men were fully armed, they walked towards the gate and walked out of the house.
Outside the house, it was all white as usual. Even though the sun hadn't risen yet, the snow reflected a unique luster, occupying the entire field of vision.
The wind was very strong outside, howling and rushing through the mountains and forests.
Just as he stepped out of the door, Zhao Linlin shuddered and took a big step back: "I'm going back now. Goodbye."
The warmth I had just brought out of the cubicle was instantly blown away.
Just like a weak dandelion, it was eaten away by a not-so-strong cold wind, leaving nothing behind.
Zhao Linlin looked outside and said, "It looks pretty much the same as yesterday, just a vast expanse of white."
Qiao Xuejun: "The snow is thick. It must have snowed for a while last night, but not heavily."
They wore thick cotton masks and spoke in muffled voices.
After saying that, Zhao Linlin said, "It feels like breathing is pricking my throat."
Even with a mask.
Kuang Qianli, who shovels snow every day, looks at the snow at the door and becomes worried: "We can't even shovel this snow. What if it gets thick and buries us all?"
He went to pick up the remains of the shovel, which had broken into several small pieces in the snow pile: "It's all broken into pieces."
Qiao Xuejun couldn't help but shudder: "Let's go back to the house."
It's minus 70 degrees Celsius, it feels like it's not a place where humans can live.
The world is like a giant freezer.
When a person is left outside, it is like putting a bottle of mineral water into a freezing chamber. No matter how thick the plastic of the bottle is, after a long time, it will eventually be frozen into a bottle of ice.
The three of them were dressed very warmly, but after staying outside for less than 2 minutes, they still felt that the temperature of their blood was almost taken away and their whole bodies were cold.
He immediately closed the door and went into the house.
Kuang Qianli went in and out twice, his face blue with cold: "I don't know what the situation is at the base. Fortunately, Juanfeng doesn't have to go out."
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