Wang Wenxun and his men drove a truck across the glacier, wading through mountains and rivers. In peacetime, it took four hours to drive on the highway, but now it took three days to get there.
In the co-pilot seat, Wang Wenxun's subordinate sighed, "The temperature has risen, but fortunately the ice is thick and solid enough that it hasn't melted yet."
The temperature is now fluctuating around 0°C. The highest is 2°C and the lowest is -2°C, which is not enough to melt the ice on the road.
But if the temperature rises further, they will be finished. The ice sheet will turn into the sea, and there will be no going back.
"Captain Wang, we're almost there, right? According to what's been said on the radio at the First Base and the Sea Fort, the food supplier lives between the two bases!"
Wang Wenxun is the leader of the expedition team of the Fourth Base. This time he brought a small truck and six people to look for food.
Wang Wenxun turned the steering wheel and continued driving forward: "Well, try to arrive during the day."
In order to avoid sea monsters, they traveled during the day and hid in caves at night, and their journey was relatively safe.
Fortunately, summer has arrived, and now the sunrise times are getting longer and longer, so they have more time to travel and are getting closer and closer to their destination.
His brothers were a little nervous: "Captain Wang, does that food supplier really exist? Are we being fooled? What if they are making up a story and there is no such person? What should we do?"
Wang Wenxun paused, helpless: "What can we do? We can only accept our fate. We are short of food. If we don't find enough food sources, we will really face a famine."
Indeed, their fourth base was very short of food.
So when the Fourth Base heard on the radio that the First Base and the Sea Fort were both saying that an expert named "Teacher Qiao" was providing them with food, it became interested.
That happened during the extreme cold period.
After the extreme cold period passed and the temperature had stabilized, they discussed it within the base and decided to bring some local specialties to the food supplier, hoping to exchange them for some food back to the base.
"But can we really exchange this for food?"
They brought a truckload of red soil.
Wang Wenxun: "Didn't the radio station at the First Base say they needed nickel ore to make low-temperature steel? Come try your luck. Even if we can't find that food supplier, we can probably find the First Base to trade for some things."
The subordinates could not help but envy and admire: "This First Base is really amazing. Not only can they survive, but they can even make steel to make mechanical exoskeletons and cryogenic suits."
They were struggling just to stay alive.
But precisely because of this, most of the people who came this time actually didn't believe that anyone could really live so easily.
What about potatoes and pumpkins? It sounds like a fantasy story. The low-temperature clothes also sound fake.
Who knows if it's a fabrication? Just to trick the survivors into joining the cause? It's not impossible.
When they discussed it in a meeting, most people held this view.
But they had no choice but to take the risk.
But in fact, their base didn't have much hope, just trying it out. Only 6 people came this time.
Wang Wenxun: "Almost there, reporting to base headquarters."
"Yes!" The subordinate took out his communication equipment from under the seat, debugged it, and dialed the signal.
"Call headquarters, call headquarters."
"Headquarters received, please speak."
"We have penetrated deep into the mountainous area of Xiaokai Town, Gongzhou. We are approaching the residence of the food supplier."
The contact at headquarters sighed, "Okay, got it. Be careful. Is there any damage?"
"Not yet. We are very cautious and don't act rashly on the road. We are avoiding sea monsters."
"Is there enough food and water?"
"Enough. It'll last for another half a month."
"Okay," the headquarters responded, "If you can't find the food supplier, then come back early and don't waste time outside."
"good."
Headquarters: "Don't feel the urge to find them. After all, there's no evidence this so-called food supplier even exists. There's even a high probability that they don't exist."
"clear."
After the communication was completed, the signalman disconnected.
An hour later.
"According to what was said in the broadcast of the First Base recruiting survivors, it should be the mountains in front!" The subordinate suddenly looked at the mountains stretching in front of him through the inside of the windshield with some excitement.
Wang Wenxun nodded: "Yes, that's it."
"Oh my god, Captain Wang, look!"
I was a little far away just now, and my vision was obscured, so I couldn't see it clearly. Now looking at it, the mountain is extraordinary against the backdrop of the distant neighboring peaks on the east and west sides.
The peaks in other places are still covered with white ice, but the ice and snow on those mountains have melted and are even covered with green.
Wang Wenxun naturally saw it as well, and an expression of incredible surprise flashed across his eyes.
It’s not a snow mountain.
Although the temperature is rising now, the mountains they drove through are all snow-capped mountains.
The green mountains before us clearly show a lot of human activity and are carefully maintained, which is why the snow melts so quickly and plants grow all over the mountains.
He began to look forward to today's transaction. If the transaction failed, they could still pick some grass from their mountain and take it away.
"Get out of the car and let's walk over."
It’s very close now, and it will take about 20 to 30 minutes to walk there.
The back of the truck opened, and the four remaining people inside jumped out one after another: "Captain Wang, are we almost there?"
"Can we really find that food supplier?"
"I feel like there's someone who doesn't even exist... Eh!"
When they saw the scene clearly, they stopped and were stunned. This mountain was really unusual! There were actually plants growing on it!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
