Mu Ke spread out the black leather notebook for everyone to see. On the left side of the notebook was a fax report form clearly pasted.

Mu Ke pointed to the digital code signature on the lower left corner: "The number here is the year, month, and day. You should be familiar with this date."

"0807." Liu Jiayi read it out. She seemed to realize something and looked at Bai Liu. "This is the date when we entered this game."

Liu Jiayi was already somewhat familiar with this routine. She remembered the design of the previous game and became more certain of Bai Liu's speculation.

——The designer behind this game intentionally targeted Bai Liu and specially made a copy land in the real world related to him or the people around him after Bai Liu entered the game.

This feeling of being plotted against from behind... Liu Jiayi pursed her lips unhappily.

Bai Liu's eyes fell on the fax report from a year ago - the English words on it were relatively simple and he could understand them.

The fax was sent from another base. This base is called Taishan, which is obviously a Chinese name. This should be a fax sent from the domestic observation station to the Edmund base.

The general content of this fax is:

[We are very sorry that such a sad thing happened when our plane landed at an ice airport while transporting dangerous goods... The five escorts on the plane also died on the spot...]

[This ending is sad, but it is not beyond our expectations. Surviving in the ice and snow is a nightmare for everyone. ]

【The only reason we exist here is to study more about past and future meteorological development trajectories, slow down the rate of global warming, and strive for all of us to live in harmony with nature until we die. This is the meaning of life for every Antarctic person...】

[…When searching for the plane, everyone at the observation station participated. But when we counted, we found that there were three fewer sealed boxes in the warehouse of the crashed plane, which did not match the original number. Although I don’t want to speculate on you, in Antarctica, it is not easy for a dark metal box to disappear in the white land without human intervention…]

[I know that the researchers who have been in Antarctica for a long time have always maintained a strong curiosity about the mysterious foreign things in such an extremely boring environment. You always want to explore everything and analyze everything, and always feel that there is the key to saving humanity and delaying global warming...]

[Edmund, I have to warn you seriously, those are some very dangerous boxes. I can't tell you the inside story of the boxes, it's not allowed to be made public. I can only tell you that those boxes should have been buried under the "Untouchable Extreme" and not be touched by anyone...]

[But Edmund, there are always some dangerous things in this world that are worth our respect and not touching or studying. Not everything is just as harmful as the weather...]

[If you find any traces of the three missing boxes, please let me know. I need to seal them under Dome A immediately.]

The signature is [Your friend - Taishan Observation Station].

"This is a fax sent to all observatories. It should not just be sent to Edmund Observatory." Bai Liu concluded after reading it. He raised his eyes and looked around. "The three boxes should have been secretly hidden by researchers at other observatories."

"According to the main plot of this game, we should first find the box, and then find out the cause of global cooling based on this box. This Edmund Observatory should have one of them hidden."

Bai Liu looked at Mu Ke and said, "Mu Ke, you and Liu Jiayi stay at the original station and search to see if there are any other clues. Tang Er and I will go to other nearby observation stations to search for other boxes."

Everyone nodded in agreement and dispersed.

Bai Liu shifted his gaze to Tang Erda, who was silent and gloomy. "Captain Tang, please come over here. I want to talk to you alone."

Tang Er paused as he was about to turn around and leave. He turned around and silently followed Bai Liu into a cabin.

Bai Liu closed the door with his backhand.

In the cramped five-square-meter cabin, the two were silent for a while. Although Bai Liu said that he wanted to have a chat with Tang Erda, he had no intention of speaking first. He just crossed his arms and closed his eyes, as if waiting for Tang Erda to speak first.

So Tang Erda spoke first, his expression was dull and his voice was hoarse: "...I'm sorry, my judgment was wrong. I shouldn't have let you hand over the body to the Heretic Administration. I didn't expect it to..."

After hearing this apology, Bai Liu slowly answered Tang Er's call: "It's not all your fault. I made this decision after careful consideration. Objectively speaking, I don't have the perfect preservation conditions like the Heretic Administration, so I decided to put the body in the flower field and let the Heretic Administration dig it up and seal it."

But on a subjective level, although Bai Liu knew that this situation was driven by someone behind the scenes and was inevitable no matter what, the Heretic Management Bureau had already done its best.

However, when Bai Liu learned that Xie Ta's body had fallen into this state, he still felt a little unhappy.

Bai Liu originally intended to keep Xie Ta's body in the real world, but considering the influence of this body and the fact that Bai Liu did not have his own residence in reality and currently lived in a low-rent apartment, he finally compromised after discussing with Tang Erda and decided to leave the body where it was and let the Heretic Administration take over.

It can be considered as Bai Liu doing Tang Er a favor.

But I didn't expect to be slapped in the face so soon.

Tang Erda was worried about the five escorts in reality, and at the same time he accepted Bai Liu's seemingly nonchalant but actually serious questioning. For a moment, he was so depressed that he was almost absent-minded. He lowered his head with red eyes and said hoarsely: "...It's my fault, otherwise the five escorts wouldn't have lost their lives..."

"He may not be dead yet." Bai Liu calmly stopped Tang Er from talking.

Tang Erda couldn't help but raised his head suddenly. He looked straight at Bai Liu: "Do you have a solution?!"

Bai Liu felt that in an instant, Tang Erda's ears and tail stood up.

This Coach Tang was very harsh and stern to everyone during training, which made Bai Liu forget that this guy actually had a canine personality.

But after Tang Er hit him and blurted out such words, he seemed to be unable to hide his shame and turned his eyes away. He clenched his fists and changed the topic: "No, it's okay. I'll try to log out of the game first to see if I can stop the plane from taking off..."

In Tang Er's opinion, this situation was mainly caused by him, and Bai Liu could be considered a victim, but now he wanted this victim to help come up with ideas...

In short, it is not something Tang Erda can do.

Bai Liu had already had a fight with the person behind the scenes in "Rose Factory". Based on his understanding of this person, he didn't seem like the kind game designer who would leave them with loopholes.

He calmly extended his hand, stopped Tang Er, and pointed out the actions on his panel: "The plane has probably taken off. If you log out of the game and return to reality, it will only speed up the passage of time. It is better to complete the route in this game first and find out why things have developed to this point and how to save them."

Tang Erda slowly put down the panel: "Do you have any ideas for the game?"

Bai Liu nodded. "Yes, but I'm still missing some information. The game is designed based on the real-life background. You said before that you were trained in Antarctica in real life, so you should be relatively familiar with the situation here. Tell me more about it."

"Where do we start?" Tang Er asked.

Bai Liu opened his eyelids and said, "Tell me from the beginning, for example, why did you come here for training?"

Tang Erda took a deep breath and said, "...I have been here for a year and have been flying a helicopter for a while, implementing the Four Districts Plan."

Bai Liu raised an eyebrow: "Four Districts Plan?"

Tang Erda explained: "The Four Zones Plan is a plan to investigate whether the geographical environment of Antarctica is suitable for establishing a new heretic management zone. Because Antarctica is sparsely populated, it is very suitable for sealing up extremely dangerous heretics."

"Then why wasn't it built in the end?" Bai Liu asked back.

"Because of the large-scale construction here, it is very difficult to avoid the observers from other countries. The domestic observers know a little about the Four Districts Plan because they have been communicated with about the construction of the new district, but these foreign observers do not know anything about heresy."

Tang Er sighed: "In the summer, the permanent population of Antarctica is more than 5,000. We can't build a new district here and risk telling everyone about the existence of heresy. In the end, we gave up the "Four Districts Plan"."

Bai Liu asked indifferently, "Then why did his body make you restart this plan?"

"The data retained in the Four Districts Plan shows that if we want to seal up a highly dangerous heretic who is a source of mental pollution, this is the safest place to do so," said Tang Erda.

Bai Liu changed the subject and asked, "What's your impression of this Edmund Observatory?"

Tang Erda paused for a moment, thought deeply, and then answered: "No, there is no such observation station in the real world."

Bai Liu: "What about the Taishan Observatory?"

Tang Erda shook his head honestly: "If my memory is correct, the observation station in China is not called this name."

Bai Liu nodded as if he understood - it seemed that the situation was the same as in "The Last Train to the Explosion".

The people behind the scenes referred to reality, but did not completely substitute reality to design the game.

Bai Liu asked in a different way: "Do you remember any observation stations near the pole?"

Judging from the Antarctic map posted on the wall of Edmund Observatory in the game, Edmund Observatory is located 100 meters near the South Pole.

Tang Er frowned: "...Yes, there is an observation post of Country A right here."

Bai Liu then asked: "Then do you know what research they are mainly doing now?"

Tang Erda realized what Bai Liu wanted to ask, and he answered slowly and harshly: "...I don't know the details. What we told the public was the impact of special low-temperature animals on climate recovery. When I was here, I heard other team members tell me that these special low-temperature animals they studied included two forms, living and dead..."

"Bai Liu..." Mu Sicheng rushed in without knocking, holding a book of something in his hand. He panted and excitedly stuffed the thing in his hand into Bai Liu's arms, "Look at this!"

Bai Liu lowered his eyes and looked at the thing in his hand - it was a square package wrapped tightly with waterproof cloth, with a waterproof label on it.

The label reads in English: [Record of research on special cryogenic animal stump sections (cells still active) and changes in surface temperature].