Chapter 84 Snowstorm

After a long dark night, the dawn light came through the window. Su Wudeng was awakened by the dazzling sunlight and opened her eyes.

After a moment of confusion, she suddenly remembered the emperor penguin and the polar bear, and hurried to get up to check.

Amber and Obsidian were sleeping soundly, lying on their backs.

Su Wudeng wanted to step over carefully, but the two cubs were very sensitive and woke up and raised their heads.

"Ah~" Amber saw that it was Su Wudeng, and her eyes that were wide open suddenly closed, and she fell down and continued to sleep.

Obsidian lazily opened his eyes, watched Su Wudeng walk out of the room, and then began to comb Amber's hair.

Yingying and Aihua were still sleeping in the living room. Su Wudeng looked at the cute sleeping postures of the cubs and suddenly felt happy.

However, at this moment, a startled howl sounded -

"Oh no, it's the emperor penguin and the polar bear!"

Su Wudeng quickly opened the door of the cubs' ward.

...

The emperor penguin finally woke up.

It blinked confusedly and looked around.

Then after seeing the surrounding environment, its body froze on the bed.

"The smell of disinfectant, bright operating lights, silver-white medical instruments..."

"Woo--" The emperor penguin let out a very faint cry of grief, and its whole body was shaking.

It stumbled up from the hospital bed, dragged its weak body into a corner, and tightly protected itself with its wings.

The sound immediately awakened the still sleeping polar bear.

Almost as a conditioned reflex, it instinctively rushed in front of the emperor penguin, blocking it with its huge body, and baring its fangs at everything in the room.

"Ah!" The polar bear let out a low roar, its eyes full of anger and anxiety.

But more of it was the same fear as the emperor penguin.

This is what Su Wudeng saw when she opened the door. The polar bear was obviously afraid, but it was still protecting the emperor penguin behind it.

The medical equipment was reflected in its eyes, just like an enemy.

Her heart suddenly tightened. Such a reaction...

Her guess was right. This was post-traumatic stress.

Both cubs have a deep fear of these medical equipment. This is because they have experienced torture from these equipment in their previous lives.

In addition to the experimental scars left on their bodies, there are also psychological traumas that are deeply imprinted in their memories.

Just looking at it makes you feel uneasy and scared.

Su Wudeng felt distressed and quickly comforted her softly, "Don't be afraid, we don't need these equipment anymore, can I throw them away?"

She immediately threw all the medical equipment in the ward into the space.

"Emperor Penguin, look at your sister, do you still remember your sister?"

"It was your sister who brought you back, you promised."

The terrifying silver-white medical equipment disappeared, and the Emperor Penguin's trembling stopped slightly.

It poked its head out slightly, stared at Su Wudeng for a long time, and suddenly cried "wuwu", as if it recognized her.

It struggled to get up, but almost fell because of weakness.

The polar bear quickly turned around and supported it, and Su Wudeng also stepped forward subconsciously, "Be careful, the wound is not healed yet."

The emperor penguin suddenly threw himself into her arms, sobbing softly.

"Wuwuwu, sister, I thought... I thought I was back again."

"I don't want to, I don't want to go back again."

Su Wudeng was so distressed that she hugged the emperor penguin tightly and comforted it quickly: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, sister won't let you get hurt again."

"Don't go back, okay, just stay here."

"It's okay, it's okay~"

Su Wudeng comforted the emperor penguin over and over again, tirelessly.

Its tears soaked Su Wudeng's clothes. After a while, it finally hugged Su Wudeng, slowly calmed down, and stopped crying.

But the polar bear was obviously confused. What happened? Why is the emperor penguin so dependent on this human?

What happened when it was unconscious?

It seemed that... poachers suddenly came?

But there are no poachers around now, so she saved them?

It was still wary of Su Wudeng, but seeing the emperor penguin's reaction, its tense body relaxed a little.

"Are you hungry? Sister will take you to dinner, okay?" Su Wudeng patted the emperor penguin's belly, which was grumpy and obviously hungry.

The emperor penguin nodded with sobs, but still held her clothes tightly and refused to let go.

Su Wudeng gently wiped the tears from its face, "It's okay, sister is here and won't leave."

At this moment, the polar bear's stomach also made a gurgling sound.

It suddenly became a little embarrassed, and it felt a little unnatural to see the eyes of humans. It embarrassedly covered its face with its paws.

How embarrassing.

Su Wudeng chuckled, "Come, all the hungry cubs come and eat together."

She took out the food from the space, and the aroma immediately filled the whole room.

Fortunately, when she was on Neptune, she and Hai Lao bought a lot of pet food, and the small warehouse was restocked, otherwise so many cubs might not be full.

Clean, fresh food was placed on the table, and the soda lamp was divided into six portions. There

was a large portion in front of each cub, and a large bowl of water.

The emperor penguin's eyes lit up, so much, so fragrant!

The polar bear's nose also moved, but it still kept its distance and observed carefully.

Then it saw that Amber ate the fastest, and buried its head in eating crazily.

Obsidian was slow and leisurely, and Yingying and Aihua also ate happily.

She couldn't help it, her stomach was too hungry.

The emperor penguin has picked up a piece of meat and is eating it in small bites. Occasionally, he looks up at Sufog, as if to confirm whether she is still there.

But every time he sees his sister's gentle gaze looking back at him, he will reveal a shy smile.

The polar bear felt a little complicated when he saw this scene.

At this moment, his sister looked at him with an encouraging look.

He finally lowered his head to sniff the food and took a careful bite.

The aroma of the warm meat melted in his mouth, and the polar bear's eyes widened all of a sudden.

It has been too long since he had eaten such food.

In the laboratory, every meal is a torture, and you never know what terrible drugs will be added to it.

It is even more difficult to find suitable food on the ice field, and he can only eat some cold sea fish.

It turns out that meat can be so tender, soft and delicious!

Su Wudeng looked at it wolfing down its food, and felt a pang of sadness in her heart.

Among the cubs, the polar bear and the emperor penguin looked the worst, with scars crisscrossing their bodies, dry hair, and thin and emaciated bodies. They

were like stray puppies, exposed to the wind and rain, hungry and cold.

She reached out and gently stroked the polar bear's head, and this time, the polar bear did not dodge.

"Eat slowly, there are still a lot." She said softly, "There will be delicious food every day in the future."

"Okay?"

The polar bear did not speak, its eyes became wet, but it refused to lift them up to be seen.

If this is a dream, let it last a little longer...

The Emperor Penguin snuggled up to Su Wudeng, looked at the polar bear, and then looked at Su Wudeng, "Sister, you are so kind to us!"

...

After dinner, Su Wudeng cleaned the table, and the polar bear and the Emperor Penguin followed her closely.

"Why do I feel like I'm dreaming?" The Emperor Penguin whispered to the polar bear.

The polar bear stood there blankly, looking at Su Wudeng's back, thinking to himself, isn't this just a dream?

Warm lights, plenty of delicious food, a sister who likes them, and...

He looked at Amber and the other pets who were playing together.

They looked so happy.

This is a life they have never had before.

"I thought of them..." The polar bear's voice was a little trembling.

Only they ran out of the laboratory, but many of their friends were captured and are still suffering endless torture inside.

The two cubs looked at each other, with deep worry and sadness in their eyes.

The emperor penguin took a deep breath and looked at Su Wudeng.

Sister is so powerful, like a hero, she came down from the sky to save them, then can... can she also save its friends?

It walked over and asked in a low voice: "Sister, I want... I want to tell you our story, do you want to listen?"

Su Wudeng paused, and before she asked, the emperor penguin took the initiative to say it. This is really a big step forward!

She came over and hugged the emperor penguin, "Of course I want to hear your stories. I want to hear your stories."

...

The emperor penguin and the polar bear talked about their experiences one by one.

Su Wudeng guessed correctly that they were indeed captured by humans and taken to the laboratory for research.

In the laboratory, they did not have their own names, but only numbers.

The emperor penguin was P-0472, and the polar bear was B-0329

. These were the numbers engraved on their bodies.

Before entering the laboratory, the emperor penguin lived at the southernmost tip of the polar region.

The emperor penguin whispered, with nostalgia in his voice: "At that time, I was the best at finding food in the tribe. Every time I dived, I could always bring back the most fish. The little penguins all liked to follow me and learn..."

Its voice choked: "But one day, I found that several little penguins were captured. I wanted to save them, but I was also captured."

The polar bear gently patted its back with its paw.

"Later, they took me to the laboratory," the emperor penguin's wings trembled slightly, "surgery, transformation, injection of drugs again and again. Every time I woke up, I had new wounds on my body."

"It was the polar bear, it stayed with me through it all."

"Because only we survived the experiments again and again."

The polar bear lowered his head, a trace of pain flashed in his eyes.

It was also captured to protect its cubs.

The poachers broke into their territory, and they tried desperately to stop them, but were eventually shot with a tranquilizer gun.

When they woke up, they found themselves trapped in a laboratory.

"I wanted to save them, but I was too weak," the polar bear said in a low and hoarse voice.

The emperor penguin hugged the polar bear and comforted him, "That's not the case. Every time someone was taken for an experiment, you would be the first to come."

"If it weren't for your strong recovery ability, we would have..."

The emperor penguin continued, "We escaped during an experimental test."

"They wanted to test our reaction ability in extreme environments," a trace of fear flashed in the emperor penguin's eyes, "We were placed on the ice field, and then..."

The polar bear interrupted its memory: "Then we escaped."

"We were running away, and those poachers were chasing us."

"Until I met my sister."

Su Wudeng knew what happened next.

"But..." The emperor penguin shed tears, "There are still many pets locked up in there. Snow foxes, seals, polar foxes... they are still suffering..."

"Sister, can you please save them?"

The polar bear also tried to suppress his sobs: "They will die..."

Just like the countless pets it had sent away over the years, their tattered bodies were thrown on the ice.

No one knew.

Su Wudeng hugged them tightly: "I will, I will save them."

"We must save them all."

"Don't cry, don't be sad, okay?"

"Sister will not let the bad guys go unpunished."

She wiped away the emperor penguin's tears and gently caressed the polar bear's scars: "Sister will not let any of those people go."

...

After deciding to rescue, the next key point is to determine where the laboratory is.

However, although the emperor penguin and the polar bear have some memories, they were unconscious when they were taken to the laboratory, so they don't know clearly.

When they escaped, they were also extremely scared and only cared about escaping, and didn't pay attention to the surrounding environment at all.

Perhaps only by returning to that place again can we find clues.

But... Su Wudeng thought of the chip installed on the emperor penguin.

Since the chip can be tracked, it may be possible to reverse analyze and obtain the location of the receiving signal.

"Found it!" Su Wudeng stared at the screen with shining eyes.

The chip was finally cracked, and the source of the encrypted signal pointed to a coordinate deep in the ice field.

"It's here!"

Knowing the address, she prepared a lot of things. Half a day later, Su Wudeng and her cubs were ready to set off.

Time was tight, and she didn't dare to delay.

She didn't want to take the injured emperor penguin and polar bear with her, but -

the emperor penguin gently tugged at Su Wudeng's clothes: "Sister, we want to go too."

"Only we know what's going on in the lab."

The polar bear also stepped forward and nodded silently.

"It's too dangerous," Su Wudeng said distressedly, "Your injuries haven't healed yet..."

"But," the emperor penguin's eyes turned red, "They can't wait..."

Su Wudeng looked at their persistent eyes and finally nodded: "Okay, we'll go together."

At most, she could take them out immediately when it was dangerous.

...

In the extremely cold ice field, a blizzard suddenly came.

Yesterday was just the precursor of the blizzard, and it had swept the entire ice field overnight.

We followed the coordinates, but some roads were broken. A huge hole blocked the way ahead like a cliff.

If we took a detour...

Su Wudeng looked at the route. It would take at least one more day just to bypass the hole.

At this moment, the emperor penguin came up: "Sister, I'll lead the way!"

It took a deep breath, its wings glowed slightly, and a stream of cold air spurted out.

The surrounding ice blocks quickly solidified, forming an ice bridge, creating a safe passage.

Amber's eyes lit up and she exclaimed: "Amazing!"

This is building a road out of thin air!

The emperor penguin lowered his head shyly: "It's nothing..."

"My ability is to freeze the ice surface and form a freeze."

"Or create an ice storm so that the enemy can't see clearly."

Su Wudeng didn't expect the emperor penguin to be so powerful, but think about it, he must have a trick to escape from the laboratory and the poachers.

The ice field was originally rugged and difficult to walk on, but with the emperor penguin's hand to build a road out of thin air, their speed increased significantly.

However, as they went deeper into the ice field, the blizzard became more and more violent, and visibility dropped sharply.

The polar bear gathered everyone together, and then the hair on his body stood up, emitting a faint silver light.

A translucent shield formed around everyone.

"Whoosh--" The strong wind whistled past, but it could no longer hurt them at all.

Su Wudeng's eyes lit up: "Xiongxiong is also very powerful!"

"Thank you for your hard work." Su Wudeng touched the head of the polar bear.

The polar bear leaned towards her: "I'm not tired, sister, you come closer to me, the protection ability is stronger."

Su Wudeng heard the words and moved closer. Sure enough, she felt much more stable.

In the blizzard, the group walked forward with difficulty. It was unknown how long they had walked. The range of the shield and the effect of the ice bridge were gradually weakening.

This is inevitable. Mental strength is not endless.

"Are you okay? Xiongxiong, let's take a break." Su Wudeng asked worriedly.

The polar bear shook his head and walked forward stubbornly.

But its steps became obviously weak, and sweat beads appeared on its forehead.

"Sister, I want to hurry up. I can do it. I can recover."

Aihua stepped forward at this time: "I will lead the way. Xiongxiong, you take a rest."

"Don't be so stubborn. We don't know how long it will take behind."

The polar bear hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded. Aihua was right. If it exhausted its mental strength, it would become a burden to everyone.

Without the protection of the shield, everyone huddled together.

Aihua led the way in front, Obsidian and Amber walked on both sides, and Yingying was on guard at the back of the team.

On the white ice field, a group of people huddled together and moved forward little by little.

...

Seeing that the cubs were a little tired, Su Wudeng felt very distressed: "Take a rest first and recover your strength."

If this continues, they will all be exhausted.

After choosing to stay, she immediately built the tent she bought in a hurry, and took out food and water.

"Eat something, drink some water, and take a rest."

The cubs were starving and ate with relish.

Su Wudeng also ate dry food, which was unpalatable but had sufficient nutrition in the compressed form, and a small piece could fill her stomach.

After eating, she looked at the howling wind and snow outside, and the tent was shaking, and she felt a little worried.

According to the coordinates, the laboratory should be just ahead, but the exact location was disturbed by the snowstorm.

And the disadvantage is that this bad weather has greatly affected them, but has hardly affected the laboratory.

The laboratory has been here for who knows how many years, and has long adapted to this environment, with corresponding response measures and food reserves.

But their energy and physical strength are limited, so they have to fight as quickly as possible.

At this time, Amber suddenly called out: "Master, come here!"

"Look!"

Amber pointed to the ice under her feet: "There's something wrong here!"

She walked over and squatted down to observe carefully, and found that the ice layer under her feet was indeed a little strange, and it was shaking slightly, and it was a very regular vibration.

"This is..." Su Wudeng's eyes lit up, "It means something is running down there!"

It's probably some large equipment in the laboratory, which will generate large vibrations when running, and then be transmitted to the ice surface.

Su Wudeng immediately took out the detector and quickly extended the detection downwards, and then her face became solemn.

"There are probably three underground buildings... defense systems... and..." She frowned, "a lot of life reactions."

The detector can only roughly detect the situation below, but it is enough.

The polar bear's body trembled noticeably.

"But how do we get down?" The emperor penguin was a little anxious, "The ice here is too thick, and there is a blizzard outside, so it's not easy to dig..."

Su Wudeng looked at the ice in front of her and thought.

They didn't have an ice drill, and the noise was too loud and could easily alarm the people in the laboratory.

Wait...

She suddenly thought of poachers!

They work closely with the laboratory and often go out to hunt new pets. They must come here regularly to deliver pets.

"Then there must be a movable entrance," Su Wudeng analyzed, "Such a large laboratory needs to transport materials and personnel in and out regularly. It is impossible to break the ice every time. And..."

She looked around: "In such extreme weather, the entrance must have an insulation system, otherwise it will soon be blocked by ice and snow."

"Analyze the abnormal heat source."

She immediately adjusted the parameters of the detector, and the instrument made a slight buzzing sound, projecting a blue light curtain on the ice.

"Found it!" Su Wudeng pointed to a place not far away: "The temperature there is 0.3 degrees higher than the surrounding area."

"That's it!"

Polar Bear opened the protective shield, and everyone walked over immediately. On the surface, there was no difference between there and other places, all of which were thick layers of ice.

But when Su Wudeng got closer, he found a subtle detail.

"The ice pattern here is not very natural."

The ice pattern in that area showed a faint geometric shape, which was slightly different from the naturally formed ice pattern.

"It's a disguise," Hei Yao guessed, "It's very likely that the entrance was made into part of the ice surface."

Su Wudeng nodded: "Hei Yao is right, I think so too."

She was a little relieved. Although the blizzard blocked their way, it also affected the laboratory's monitoring equipment.

In such a heavy snowstorm, the surveillance camera technology here was not enough to continue working, but it gave them an opportunity.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, they would probably be discovered as soon as they reached the entrance.

After finding the abnormal ice surface, the next thing is easy. Su Wudeng said: "Emperor Penguin, try to move or break this ice surface." Emperor Penguin

nodded, activated his ability, and the ice surface was instantly solidified, and then broke, revealing something underneath.

It was a control panel with a password lock.

"That's it!"

Su Wudeng took out another device, a signal decoder, which was a necessary tool she prepared for exploring the laboratory. It could directly brute force various passwords.

Soon, a string of passwords appeared on the screen.

Su Wudeng directly entered the password, and the control panel made a slight buzzing sound, and then slowly opened, revealing the deep passage below.

An almost inaudible mechanical sound was heard, and the lifting platform deep inside slowly rose.

Warm air surged out from underground, melting the tiny ice crystals around it.

Su Wudeng didn't rush down, but took out some equipment.

According to the memories of the polar bear and the emperor penguin, the laboratory's defense system is very strict, with at least infrared, temperature detection, biometric identification and other technologies, and they implanted a chip in each experimental subject. Without a corresponding signal, approaching the laboratory will trigger an alarm.

So she prepared some interference, she took out a palm-sized device and gently pressed the button in the center.

A circle of faint blue light spread out, enveloping everyone, and then disappeared.

"The cloaking field," she explained, "can obscure all traces of our physical actions."

She then took out a small silver cube, and as she moved, countless tiny points of light floated out of the cube, floating in the air like fireflies.

These are micro jammers, each no bigger than the tip of a needle, but enough to disrupt all the monitoring systems in the laboratory. These micro jammers began to spread out, infiltrating into the ventilation system and sneaking into every corner along the circuit wiring.

Soon, the silver cube turned green, proving that all the jammers had worked.

The detection failed, and their traces could not be detected, and now the situation was reversed.

"Let's go down."

As the elevator slowly descended, the sound of the blizzard on the ground gradually faded away, replaced by the subtle mechanical operation sound of the underground facilities.

The platform continued to descend, and the lights in the passage lit up one by one, and then went out.

The elevator finally stopped, and a voice came from outside: "Huh? Why does it show that the elevator is running? Who turned it on?"

"I don't see anyone, is it a malfunction?"