The armored vehicle in front of Shen Qian was already at the front, and now, through the front window, a landscape with a strong sense of discontinuity came into Shen Qian's view.
The armored convoy remained amidst the swirling sandstorm, but just ten meters ahead lay a desolate expanse of ice and snow.
Snowflakes fell, grass and trees withered; it was a world completely frozen.
The sandstorm and the blizzard connect so abruptly, yet they do not interfere with each other. It is clear that stepping across would lead to another world, yet it is right before your eyes.
"Captain Sun, this ice and snow..."
Shen Qian vaguely sensed the problem, but still asked a question.
"Not before."
Sun Fang, the commander of the Changyou Battalion, frowned. He originally didn't want to pay attention to Shen Qian, but perhaps he knew Shen Qian's special status in Jingcheng, so he still said a few words.
“There were glaciers in the area between Mingcheng and Jingcheng, but not in this location, and only in a small area.”
Sun Fang turned to look at Song Ben, "How is it?"
Song Ben, holding the detection instrument, shook his head upon hearing this, "It's too vast, we can't see the boundaries... Team Nine just patrolled this area yesterday, and everything was normal then, it's a bit strange."
"Send teams three and five to explore along the left and right boundaries, with a 10-kilometer mark. If the boundary cannot be found, return."
Seeing Sun Fang and Song Ben busy, Shen Qianxian, who couldn't offer any help, quietly retreated.
"Shenqian, what happened?"
Why did the convoy stop?
Ouyang Fei and the others gathered around.
Shen Qian briefly explained the situation, and the crowd reacted differently, each crowding to the window to take a look and starting a heated discussion.
"I'd heard that the weather in the restricted area was unpredictable, but today I've truly witnessed it for myself!"
"Even with all the changes, it couldn't be this outrageous. A thousand miles frozen over overnight?"
"How do you know it's a thousand miles? What if it's just this small section ahead..."
"If you had more basic physics knowledge, you wouldn't say that. Look at the thickness of the ice and snow outside. How could that be formed by cooling in a small area?"
The people were talking about it, but most of their conversation was filled with excitement and curiosity.
Only Chen Qian remained silent.
He still vividly remembered the inexplicable agitation in the system earlier.
Unfortunately, after repeatedly asking questions in the chat window, all I got was the response, "The system is taking data..."
After pondering it for a moment, Chen Qian realized that this probably meant the system wasn't sure what the situation was either.
I glanced at the bracelet; there was no signal at all.
The weather inside the restricted area is chaotic, allowing only short-range communication, which is tantamount to cutting off the channels for transmitting information to the outside world.
The military has more advanced equipment, but it's unlikely they could directly contact Jingcheng before the sinking.
Shen Qian, who had been keeping an eye on Sun Fang's movements, heard the scout team's report over the walkie-talkie and quickly moved closer to listen.
"Team 3 reports: We have probed ten kilometers to the north and have not found the ice and snow boundary."
"Team Five reports: We have probed ten kilometers to the south and have not found the ice and snow boundary!"
The reports from the two teams came one after the other.
The fact that the armored vehicles were frowning and looking down meant that the road back to Jingcheng was blocked by ice and snow, and there was no way to get around it.
"Second Brother Song, can't we just cross the snow?" Shen Qian asked Song Ben.
“Generally speaking, we don’t easily venture into unknown terrain. Although multi-purpose armored vehicles can handle most situations, they can still run into problems in extreme weather.”
Song Ben explained, "Moreover, there may be unknown dangers lurking within."
He nodded knowingly.
After a moment's thought, Sun Fang ordered Song Ben, "Put on your protective suits and check the temperature ahead. If it's feasible, we should just go straight through."
Song Ben nodded, put on his protective gear, opened the car door, and jumped into the sandstorm.
Shen Qian leaned close to the car window to look, but Song Ben quickly turned back. After taking off his protective suit at the car door, Shen Qian saw his extremely solemn expression.
"There's something wrong with this ice and snow area. The temperature at the edge has already exceeded minus 100 degrees Celsius, and the core area... I can't even imagine!"
Sun Fang's expression changed, and he picked up the walkie-talkie without hesitation.
"Attention all vehicles, immediately turn around, change to Formation B, and return towards Mingcheng!"
This time, without needing to ask Shen Qian, Song Ben took the initiative to explain.
"Minus 100 degrees Celsius is an extremely rare temperature. Let me put it this way: the freezing point of gasoline in military armored transport vehicles is minus 80 degrees Celsius..."
Upon hearing this, Shen Qian immediately understood the reason for turning around.
In such frigid temperatures, the armored vehicles simply couldn't get through this sudden, bizarre patch of ice and snow; once the gasoline froze, the convoy would be trapped inside.
At this point, the group was not too far from Ming City, so turning back to investigate the situation before making any further plans was indeed the most sensible choice.
The armored vehicles began to turn around one after another, and the vehicle where Shen Qian and the others were located was now in the rear, so they could only wait.
Ouyang Fei and the others had already gone from the origin of ice and snow to the origin of the universe, and the topic was getting more and more outrageous, which made Shen Qian want to laugh.
He glanced at it casually, and his expression froze.
"Second Brother Song, is it just my imagination? Why do I feel like that patch of ice and snow is much closer?"
Upon hearing this, Song Ben turned his head and looked over, his pupils immediately shrinking. "Commander!"
Sun Fang and everyone else in the car crowded around the window.
The ice and snow that were originally ten meters away were now covering the sandstorm at a speed visible to the naked eye.
At this moment, the nearest armored vehicle was less than three meters away.
And the speed at which the ice and snow advanced was constantly accelerating.
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