It is January 16th of the third year of the calendar year at the end of the wasteland, and there are only two days left before the gambling battle begins.

Northern Ice Sheet Plate.

As the least popular section of the New World, after the autumn harvest, it even lost its sense of existence.

Even in the chat channel, it is rare to see topics discussing the north, including the nearly 10 million people living in the northern plate, and they don't feel that there is anything worth talking about where they are.

As late autumn approaches, the average temperature in the northern plate has dropped to about minus 15 degrees Celsius.

When the cold rain in other places arrived here, it immediately turned into fluffy snow.

Once the heavy snow layer covers the area, the scope of human activities is greatly restricted. Residents have to huddle in warm indoors and rely on fires and electric heating equipment to maintain the normal operation of life.

Even high-level route takers can only move within two hundred kilometers of their territory. Once the distance is too long, they are very likely to die in the ice and snow due to long-term hypothermia.

The industrial production that could be carried out had to be stopped due to the cooling.

As the temperature drops sharply, the operation of many equipment becomes extremely difficult and even malfunctions occur.

Especially for power transmission, when it snows and there is no solar energy, a territory with tens of millions of people in the north has to face the dilemma of being without power for several days.

It has to be said that in the eyes of the Southern Fire Territory, even a small and medium-sized territory with only a few hundred thousand people, this is still a very outrageous thing.

After all, every time industrial production is shut down, it takes several days just to prepare for it to resume again.

Frequent power outages are equivalent to repeating the process from zero to one, and it is impossible to achieve scale.

Workers also have to face the terrible situation of having work today but not working tomorrow.

As time went by, the industrial capacity could not keep up, and the overall combat effectiveness fell behind. Naturally, the need for discussion in the northern border was lost.

But today, the northern plate finally broke its long silence and ushered in an unprecedented spectacle.

On the vast, sparkling Dragon Fairy River, thousands of roll-on-roll-off ships form a spectacular fleet, like a giant dragon, winding forward on the river, connected end to end, stretching for dozens of miles, forming a

A breathtaking landscape.

The ships are of various shapes and sizes, some are hundreds of meters long and tens of meters wide, like floating castles, while others are small and exquisite, able to flexibly shuttle between large ships and sail at will.

Each ship is engraved with exquisite flag patterns.

There are entrenched dragons, soaring golden eagles, blooming lotuses, and unfolded swords and shields.

Excited people stood on both sides of the Xianjiang River. Whenever a fleet of boats with different patterns passed by, they would burst into cheers, as if they were welcoming a grand celebration.

And in the central main city of the Northern Alliance, Jibing City.

Standing beside the huge pier, Kanekirov loosened his collar in excitement, his face flushed.

Next to them stood the managers of the Northern Alliance, hundreds of them.

"The speed is too fast. It was expected to take another week to arrive, but I didn't expect that we would be able to dock today!"

"This is also due to the fact that we opened the river channel in advance, otherwise the passage of ships will definitely be hindered."

"Fortunately, we are here now. If the temperature continues to drop in a few days, it will be difficult to walk on the river."

"How are you preparing? Let's go down and check again. Make sure nothing goes wrong when we dock."

"What, Tianyuan's ship is already sixty kilometers away from us. This is great."

"Arrange, make arrangements quickly, Tianyuan's friends are coming!"

Hearing the discussion among the people around him, Carnekilov couldn't help but feel his mouth going dry.

The northern border is in great need of external material support.

Not only food materials are needed, but also some scarce materials that can help industrial production proceed smoothly.

Especially energy.

Before arriving this time, Tianyuan Territory explained to him the materials inside, including important energy supply facilities, through secret communication channels.

It is not solar energy, nor is it photo-storage power generation, nor is it thermal power, chemical methods, etc.

It is a special energy acquisition method that has never been seen on earth and was developed in the wasteland.

Named: Energy Stone!

Just place it outdoors to continuously obtain natural energy for development.

And this method does not depend on weather conditions. Low temperature will only reduce the performance of the energy stone.

According to Tian Yuan's description, forming a certain amount of energy stone power generation array is enough to supply the operation of hundreds of factories in the north.

It sounds like this number is very small for the tens of millions of people in the north, but this is only the first batch of support from Tianyuan.

As long as the results are good, Carnekilov will definitely place a huge order without hesitation.

After all, Tianyuan's current help can definitely be regarded as a timely help. It not only alleviates the huge dilemma in the north, but also allows him, the leader of the alliance, to continue to maintain his position.

"Coming!"

More than an hour passed, and no matter how cold the weather was, no one on the dock went back to the house to rest.

From afar, they saw a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship with a blooming lotus logo, slowly sailing closer carrying dozens of huge cargo boxes, and everyone became excited.

These ro-ro cargo ships are, strictly speaking, the fourth generation ships of Tianyuan Shipyard.

After absorbing the technology brought back by Sumo from the asynchronous space, it not only achieved leapfrog progress in technical capabilities, but also set a new benchmark in design and performance.

Now each cargo ship has a length of 200 meters, a width of 35 meters, a depth of 18 meters, and a designed draft of up to 12 meters, ensuring that it can maintain stable navigation in various water conditions.

It retains the original material advantages of the hull, and adds high-strength, low-weight alloy materials. It is not only corrosion-resistant and strong in wind and wave resistance, but also significantly reduces the weight of the hull and improves economic efficiency.

The exterior of the hull is coated with advanced antifouling paint, which effectively reduces the adhesion of organisms in the water, keeps the hull smooth, and extends the maintenance cycle during long-distance voyages.

In terms of power system, the cargo ship is equipped with the latest generation of energy stone engines. Compared with the previous generation, it has made significant progress in energy efficiency ratio, which has increased by a full 30%, greatly reducing navigation costs.

Including the internal structure of the cargo ship, there have been huge changes due to the innovation of the Nengshi engine.

Now every cargo ship has three decks, each deck can carry dozens of standard containers, and the total cargo capacity exceeds 30,000 tons.

At a glance, there are nearly a hundred ro-ro cargo ships, bringing more than 5 million tons of supplies at one time.

In the next few hours, under the detailed arrangements of the staff, hundreds of cargo ships were properly arranged.

Considering the transportation of such a huge amount of goods, it is completely insufficient to rely solely on the manpower provided by the Northern Alliance.

The cargo ship also brought some loading and unloading machinery with it, and they disembarked first to get ready.

"Captain Liu, Tianyuan is too troublesome this time. He not only needs to support us, but also helps us unload the cargo."

The person in charge of Tianyuan stepped off the boat, and Carnekilov quickly greeted him.

The person in charge is Liu Peiqiang.

As the first resident to undergo extensive prosthetic transformation, Liu Peiqiang's loyalty is unquestionable.

However, only a few people know that after adding the route ability buffs, his current strength has already reached a level that ordinary people cannot understand at all.

Taking running as an example, Liu Peiqiang, who has modified legs, can run at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour for twelve hours, achieving the true meaning of walking a thousand miles a day.

In terms of strength, even if he punches casually, the power of his punch fluctuates around five tons.

Taking Somo as a super star human as a comparison, the two are almost equal in strength, and you can see how abnormal Liu Peiqiang's current abilities are.

Naturally, this time the task of escorting the ship was successfully handed over to him.

"Mr. Kanekilov is too polite. This is the responsibility our Tianyuan Territory should fulfill when providing support."

Liu Peiqiang's Mao dialect sounded a little lame, but it was not a big problem. Everyone present gave him a kind smile.

Coupled with the fact that the Mao people are already outgoing, the relationship between the two parties quickly became closer after some conversation.

"Captain Liu, please come with me. It's too cold outside. Eat something warm to make you sweat."

Carnekilov warmly invited.

Unexpectedly, Liu Peiqiang smiled and shook his head, and changed the topic in a somewhat old-fashioned way:

"Mr. Kanekilov, when I came here, I saw that the ice thickness in most areas of the northern ice sheet had reached more than fifty centimeters, but before we communicated in the communication, it was only more than ten centimeters. It took more than a month.

Has it risen forty centimeters?"

"What do you mean?" Carnegielov frowned.

He didn't know much about this, but fortunately there were managers nearby who were more familiar with this aspect.

"Captain Liu, I, Mu Wenxin, have been appointed as the geological survey officers of the Northern Alliance."

The person who walked out was a Chinese man, tall and thin, probably in his early forties.

"We have indeed been paying attention to the issue you mentioned recently. The current inference is that the rise of the ice layer is affected by both rainfall and low temperature, so it rises faster."

"No, it shouldn't be. Even if it rains every day, a rise of forty centimeters a month is too shocking."

Liu Peiqiang immediately retorted.

This is not his opinion, but a question raised by the institute after the situation was reported to the territory.

"According to this increase, the terrain of the northern border will rise by at least five meters after one year. Once the temperature changes and the ice begins to melt, it will have an extremely huge impact."

"The ice is melting? How is this possible?"
To be continued...