Chapter 245
A few people turned around and saw a middle-aged man with a long beard and wearing a coat and three young men. Two of them were wearing coats with logos on them, indicating that they were from the Chinese scientific research team.
Chu Huaiqin recognized two of them, one was Professor Chen and the other was Chen Zhong, whom he had met in the residential area before.
"Brother, long time no see!" Chen Zhong walked forward, hugged Chu Huaiqin, and asked, "Everyone, step back. Don't get close to that dirt."
"What's wrong?" Chu Huaiqin listened and pulled Lin Zhinan back. Although the others were also confused, they also obediently stepped back a distance.
"That area is permafrost. We were recently conducting experiments here to test for methane leaks. This wolf suddenly collapsed here. We don't know what happened," Chen Zhong explained. Seeing other colleagues start to put on gas masks, he said, "I'm going to help. We'll talk later."
Chen Zhong ran to the team members, and they gathered together, not knowing what they were discussing. Then Professor Chen called for support.
"Permafrost, this name sounds familiar, where have you heard it before?" Wade said curiously, feeling that the answer was in his throat but he just couldn't spit it out.
"Permafrost refers to a layer of soil that has been frozen for many years, and it takes thousands or tens of thousands of years to form. The permafrost is divided into two layers, the upper and lower layers. The permafrost in the Arctic usually freezes in winter and melts in summer, forming an alternating pattern. However, if the temperature in the Arctic continues to rise, the upper permafrost soil will soften, and methane or viruses that have existed for thousands of years may be released." Chu Huaiqin did not expect that this was the legendary permafrost, which is indeed very dangerous.
"I didn't expect that after searching for so long, we would actually find this place." Franco was still frightened.
"By the way, why are you here?" After Chen Zhong finished chatting with Professor Chen and the others, he ran to Chu Huaiqin and the others.
"We're looking for the little cutie." Xia En said.
"Little cutie?" Chen Zhong was surprised. What kind of name was this?
"It's a polar bear. We haven't seen it for more than a month." Lin Zhinan replied and told them about their search for the little cutie.
Chen Zhong sighed after listening to this. It has become normal for polar bears to starve to death every summer. Some people predict that by 2050, there will be no winter in the Arctic, and polar bears will be extinct by 2100. Most of the deaths, including other creatures in the Arctic, will be caused by starvation, just like the emaciated Arctic wolf lying in the permafrost now. Chen Zhong thinks it is more likely that it fainted from hunger. After all, they have installed machines here. If there was really a methane leak, the alarm would have been sounded long ago.
When the other people heard what Chen Zhong said, they felt heavy-hearted instantly. They would be leaving here in about ten days. Bi Yukai also had some guesses, and this was the thing they feared most.
Live broadcast room
"I've heard about it too. It's terrifying! If the ancient virus is released, it will be a disaster for humanity!"
"The scariest thing is being near the Arctic. If something goes wrong, you'll be swept away by the water and you'll be finished."
"These scientists are great. They stay here all year round."
"While some people protect it, others destroy it. It's infuriating. Protect the environment, protect the environment, protect the environment. I say it three times because it's important."
"I hope the little cutie is okay."
“Pray together.”
Ten minutes later, another group of people came. They drove over, anesthetized the wolf from a distance, and carried it into the car and left.
Chu Huaiqin and his friends searched for a few more times with heavy hearts, but still failed to find the little cutie. Instead, they presented the current situation of Arctic animals in an extremely realistic way to tens of millions of viewers in the live broadcast room. These animals can be described in one word: thin.
The three teams searched for a few more days but still had no news of the little cutie. On this day, the director team announced that the thunderstorm season would officially arrive in three days.
"So?" Paige asked curiously.
"Store food." Chu Huaiqin replied. The weather in the Arctic has not been very good recently, and people are afraid to row their fishing boats far away. The amount of fish they catch is limited. Now it seems that they have to row far away for the sake of their breath.
"Anthony is so cruel." Alexander gritted his teeth in anger.
"Food is very important. Our tent can't withstand thunder and lightning or heavy rain." Xia En looked at Anthony's tent of about 20 to 30 square meters, thinking.
"Yes," Ali nodded in agreement. "Arctic thunderstorms are no joke. Not only are the lightning powerful, but the rain is also terrible. Our little tent can't withstand it at all."
"That's right. I'm afraid that if I fall asleep at night, I'll find it floating on the water when I wake up tomorrow." Caesar also felt that they had to find a way.
"We'll pick two people to ask the director team how to do it. If they don't make any arrangements, we'll do it ourselves." Alexander snapped his fingers so hard that the director who was following him felt a pain in his bones.
"Okay, I agree." Paige was eager to try.
"The little monk can take the lead, his kung fu is super powerful." Edward cheered for the little monk.
Now that the decision had been made, Alexander took Zorro, Franco, Liman and other guys with high fighting power to make the judgment. Edward, the little monk and Paige, the three guys who were so excited that they wanted to shout "Fight, fight", were dragged to go fishing.
Maybe it was the impending thunderstorm, but the water was still muggy, making the fishing surprisingly easy. Things weren't going so well for Alexander. They slammed the table and tried to talk to Anthony, but to no avail. Anthony simply said, "You're just too stupid."
"This won't work, Chu, you go." In Edward's eyes, Chu Huaiqin was the biggest killer.
"That's right, Chu, you don't have to argue with him. Just be cold and smile at him, just like how you looked at us before." Paige patted Chu Huaiqin's shoulder, thinking that the silent Chu Huaiqin was the most terrifying.
"I agree, Zhong Chu, go ahead!"
"Chu, come on."
"Brother, I believe it."
Chu Huaiqin: This is the first time I know that I am so popular. The reason is because of my sneer.
Since he was pushed forward, Chu Huaiqin took the responsibility without hesitation. The next day, he took Paige and Wade to negotiate. They were all assigned roles. Chu Huaiqin played the bad guy and was responsible for sneering, Wade was responsible for being the good guy in the negotiations, and Paige was responsible for being funny when the atmosphere was tense.
The three of them were pushed back to the tent to change their clothes.
Chu Huaiqin wore a formal black suit, a black ring on his little finger and sunglasses, which made him look two parts ostentatious, three parts ruthless, four parts cold and one part murderous.
Wade was wearing a pair of Martin boots, a leather jacket and sunglasses, and had a kind smile.
Peppa Pig wore Southeast Asian beachwear, slippers and sunglasses, looking unrestrained.
The three of them walked towards the director's team with full momentum, just like they were filming "The Godfather Part IV".
Live broadcast room
"Ahhh, scream, cheer for my brother"
"Ahhh, my dear brother is so handsome. I won't watch 'The Godfather 4' without my dear brother."
"I smashed up the movie theater because 'The Godfather 4' didn't have my brother."
"Hahaha, got it, this is the taste."
"Oh my god, these three are amazing. Make a movie for me, go ahead! I want to see it."
"Agreed, agreed, let's make a movie together, the three of us. I'm willing to spend the money."
"Anthony, I won't scold you anymore. Let's arrange it. Find a play suitable for the three of us!"
"Wade has that loyal dog vibe. A ruthless godfather versus a black-bellied loyal dog subordinate. I can handle it."
"He laughed, laughed, my dear brother with a rascally smile, I couldn't take it anymore."
"God, he's so A."
The live broadcast room was shocked by the three people's handsome outfits and shouted "Wow wow". Anthony watched them from a distance with an ambiguous look in his eyes. He sneered and sat back in the director's chair. When the three people came closer, he said coldly:
"When did a flock of black crows come?"
The three of them almost stepped on each other's feet and stumbled to the ground.
"What are you talking about? This is our eldest brother." Edward nodded heavily and pulled the little monk to quickly move chairs for the three of them to sit down.
But this chair is not very handsome, and the height is almost like squatting. However, the three of them still managed to create a sense of momentum!
"Ahem," Wade coughed twice and said, "Anthony, we're here to negotiate. You know, the Arctic thunderstorm season is not ordinary. You can't let us stay in this little tent!"
Anthony remained silent, crossing his arms.
"This is wilderness survival," the assistant director glanced at Anthony furtively. Seeing he didn't object, he continued, "When you encounter difficulties, of course you have to figure things out for yourself."
"This is a difficulty caused by 'force majeure'. I believe the assistant director knows what force majeure means." Chu Huaiqin said coldly, and the live broadcast room burst into laughter. The brother really got into the role.
"Bang, that's right, this is force majeure." Paige slapped her leg and winced in pain. There was no other way. There was no table in front of them. For the sake of momentum, she had to do this.
"Then you guys think of a solution! Why do you come to us when you haven't thought of a solution yet?" The assistant director had a headache.
"What can we do? Should we dig a hole?" Peppa said angrily.
"Don't lose your temper, don't lose your temper, talk slowly, talk slowly." Wade was startled by Paige's yelling voice.
Live broadcast room: "Pfft, aren't Paige and Wade's roles reversed? Their characters are messed up!"
Assistant Director: "That's up to you to figure out. Think about what you have around you that you can use."
Peppa Pig: "You want us to cut down trees? How can you do that? Don't you know that Arctic vegetation is very valuable?"
Assistant Director: "Don't talk nonsense, I didn't say that."
The assistant director had tried his best to give hints, but who knew Page would think the wrong way, and rubbed his head with a headache.
"Think of a way to deal with the only things around us?" Chu Huaiqin spoke again.
"Yes, that's right. Go back and think about it carefully." The assistant director nodded.
"Don't try to trick us. I don't believe you." Paige stood up with her hands on her hips. "The thunderstorm is coming the day after tomorrow. There's no time to think about it anymore."
"Yeah, I didn't expect there was anything around us that could block the heavy rain in the Arctic." Wade thought about the things around him and only thought of the tent. However, they asked the director team to rearrange it because the tent was too small and could not block the wind and rain.
Assistant Director: “This…”
Peppa Pig: "Come on, tell me whether we can have a new tent or not."
Edward: "That's right."
Anthony sneered.
The day's negotiations ultimately ended in disappointment. Everyone was worried and sleepless that night, with occasional thunder adding to their anxiety. After a restless night, everyone woke up early the next day and stepped out of their tents to see a dark sky, like a giant monster, ready to devour the ocean. The waves surged, crashing against the rocks on the shore.
"Are we still going out to sea?" Franco was very worried. With such big waves, their boat was too small and it would easily capsize.
"I'm not going out." Paige looked scared.
"Well, let's think about how to set up a tent." Chu Huaiqin also agreed not to go out. The waves were too terrible.
"How do we do this?" Liman frowned, then turned his gaze towards the director's tent and sneered, "I have an idea."
"What's the idea?" Xia En looked at Liman and guessed that it was not a good thing.
Liman: "Why not just move the director team over here?"
Alexander: “Agree.”
Franco: “Okay!”
Ali: "Chu, what are you doing?"
Just as everyone rolled up their sleeves and wanted to move to the director's tent, they saw Chu Huaiqin walking around the tent.
"Xia Entang, come and help." Chu Huaiqin squatted beside the tent and turned over the edge to confirm his thoughts.
"Chu, what are you doing?" Paige ran faster than Xia Entang and squatted down to take a closer look.
"I want to try to see if the tent can be put together." Chu Huaiqin started thinking about this problem yesterday.
Everyone was also surprised when they heard his words. How to spell?
While the others were still hesitating, the other members of Group A trusted Chu Huaiqin, and quickly moved the things out of the tents, and then began looking for a place to dismantle them. Surprisingly, they actually found it, and soon, the five tents of Group A were spliced together to form a large canvas.
"Let's go together. It's only a few days away anyway. Why don't we all live together?" Paige has become one with the little monk and Edward. The most important thing is that if she lives with Chu, she will have delicious food.
"Sure, Chu, what do you say?" Wade said.
"I'm fine." Chu Huaiqin didn't mind.
Since everyone agreed, other groups soon began to dismantle their tents, and the extra people looked for suitable places to pitch their tents.
The tent only covered the ground on all sides, so they had to dig drainage ditches to prevent anyone from entering the tent. Everyone worked furiously, and by 2:00 PM, they were finished. A large, comfortable tent had appeared. There were two girls in the team, and they had a separate compartment for their belongings. The beds were simple, too. When they'd lived in tents before, they'd had mattresses; they just spread them out on the ground.
"I finally understand why Anthony called us stupid. Hahaha, this big tent is great. It's even bigger than theirs." Paige put her hands on her hips and laughed.
Everyone: “…”
We were busy with the tent and no one had eaten today. We didn't have the energy to complain about Peppa Pig. Some people went fishing, and some started cooking. Unfortunately, before the food started cooking, the Arctic, which had been flashing thunder for several days, finally started to rain heavily. I was halfway there with my fishing rod and quickly ran back.
“Boom!”
Muffled thunder and rain fell at the same time, the sky suddenly became half dark, the wind picked up, and the tent was rustling!
"Didn't you say tomorrow?"
"Luckily we got the tent ready this morning."
"It's raining heavily and it's so cold."
Several people stretched their necks out of the big tent, looked at the rough waves not far away, and exclaimed in admiration. The sea water was pushed forward by the wind, and the small boat parked on the shore rose and fell with the sea water.
"Will the boat be okay?"
"It's very likely that the wind and rain are so strong that the boat rope can't hold it. We have to pull the boat up, otherwise the rope will loosen and it will drift into the sea."
"There's so much lightning in this damn weather. If we try to pull the boat, will it whip us to death?"
"Yeah, it's scary, don't go!"
"Yes, yes, it can also wade through water! Electricity can flow through water."
Edward, Paige and the little monk were almost hugging each other. Looking at the thunder and lightning outside, they didn't want to go out and get struck at all.
"Don't worry, we have a wide field of vision and see the lightning is close, it's still some distance away from us." Chu Huaiqin reassured everyone, "Don't worry about getting struck."
"That's right. Let's go and pull the boat ashore while the wind is not too strong!" Elijah agreed very much. If the boat drifted into the sea, both the boat and the things inside would become garbage.
"Okay." Chu Huaiqin took off his coat. It would get wet anyway if it got into the rain. Fortunately, the temperature has risen a little now.
Elijah and Chu Huaiqin walked into the rain first, and their clothes got wet instantly.
"Come a few more people." Xia Entang walked quickly into the rain.
With the three people demonstrating, the others quickly followed suit. It was such a cold day and the rain was heavy, so one more person meant more strength.
The audience in the live broadcast room was heartbroken
"I feel cold just looking at this rain. They are really patient."
"The camera can't even see the rain clearly. How much precipitation is there?"
"Oh my god, I'm still so worried. Even though the lightning looks far away, I have a feeling it will strike us soon."
"This kind of weather is really weird. Why are we doing this in the last ten days?"
Some viewers in the live broadcast room were worried, while others were silly:
"Fellow Daoist He Fang is here to overcome the tribulation. Please wait. After my brother pulls up the boat, I will ascend."
Foreign audiences: What language are you speaking? I don’t understand.
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