Chapter 15 The Far North
Inside the Arctic Circle, Greenland Sea.
Under the sky at the extreme night, an icebreaker painted in red paint broke through the hard ice surface and sailed slowly towards Greenland.
The nuclear-powered icebreaker of the Cruciator belongs to the Royal Navy. As a secret ship that has never been disclosed to the outside world, it is undoubtedly the most powerful icebreaker in the world today. This behemoth can easily break through 6 meters of ice and 10 meters of floating icebergs, leaving behind a 30-meter-wide waterway wherever it goes.
At this moment, the Northern Hemisphere timing is August. The average temperature in the Arctic Circle in previous years was around minus 20 degrees Celsius, which is relatively "warm". But I don't know what happened recently. At this time, the temperature in the Arctic Circle showed that it was minus 60 degrees Celsius, which had fallen below the lowest temperature in the Arctic in history. All countries are paying close attention to this.
Because of the extremely cold climate, most aircraft cannot fly for a long time under this extremely cold temperature. The Osprey transport helicopter deployed by the Oroin family in Iceland could not fly directly to Greenland. Before entering the Arctic Circle, the Cruciator stopped in Iceland and replenished supplies and fuel, and also brought the Osprey transport helicopter.
Chang Hao stood on the stern deck wrapped in a thick down jacket, looking at the outline of Iceland gradually fading away, and suddenly sighed that fate was so magical. More than a month ago, he was an ordinary sophomore at Xiacheng University. After only one month, he not only learned about his legendary life experience, but also saw Hogwarts, who should have only existed in movie novels, but now he has transformed himself into a combat consultant of the Royal Special Air Service Corps of the United Kingdom. Every time he thinks of it, he can't believe it.
"What are you doing? Looking at the sea every day, aren't you tired of watching it? Look, Coke."
Chang Hao suddenly felt an ice on his cheek, and it was a bottle of air-conditioned Coke. He turned his head and looked, wrapping himself tightly with Chang Ge, who was like a little lamb, was giggling at him.
Chang Hao took the Coke and sent it to his mouth and joked: "Grandpa used to complain to me that your outfit was so cool. Several pairs of hot pants were almost short enough to cover their butts. In addition, your figure was furious, so it would inevitably attract some bad eyes. Now that you are so thick, he will definitely be satisfied with it when he sees it."
"Of course you have to show your figure, otherwise it would be a pity." Chang Ge hummed and pouted. She had always been very confident about her figure. At that time, Xiacheng University also asked for her own consent and hanged a picture of her without any PS on the admissions website. So the report of the freshman that year was so crowded that year. She also "fighted the gods" on the school's post bar forum, becoming the beauty of Xiacheng University and the beautiful girl of heaven in the eyes of countless people.
Now it seems that those people are indeed very sensible. What else can this daughter of the Jiuzhou Human Emperor, if she is not a beautiful girl from heaven? She has a lot of gold.
"Captain, those brothers and sisters... are the tactical consultants for this trip?" On the other side of the stern deck, a burly tough guy looked at the young man and woman playing not far away, and asked the man wearing a wide-brimmed hat beside him in a questioning tone.
The top-secret mission to Greenland this time was explained very clearly. Even the battle-hardened royal special forces still had an extremely high combat loss rate. They had information on the scientific research station in Greenland. Judging from the previous situation where the three elite troops were wiped out, they were at most fearless and calm in the face of danger. But if two young people with unknown origins and seem to be inexperienced in the world, how could they care about the safety of the crane?
"Chris, do you think I'm dizzy or my brain is not working?" The wide-brimmed hat slowly raised, and Price lightly bites the cigar and spits out a smoke ring.
Chris, who was responsible for the position of deputy captain, was slightly stunned and quickly said, "Captain, I don't mean that..."
"The origin and energy of these brothers and sisters are beyond your imagination. After that, when they arrive inside the scientific research station, they will not speak. As long as they speak, everyone will obey their orders, whether it is their brother or sister, this is the iron rule!"
Price's pupils reflected the shimmer of cigars burning, and the texture of his tone was like an iceberg. Until now, the half-old man who was formerly Thavi's personal bodyguard finally returned to his familiar battlefield, like a general wearing armor and riding a war horse.
"Yes!" Chris didn't dare to ask more, and lowered his head deeply.
At noon the next day, the Cruciator finally sailed near Greenland, but the sun was still below the horizon, and today it was still an extreme night.
Moreover, as the Jianjingzhe became closer to the direction of the scientific research station, the bone-bone cold became more and more obvious. Although the data on the temperature meter was still stable at minus 60 degrees, everyone had the strange illusion that the temperature was still falling.
Vehicles that take off and land in the polar regions are equipped with anti-freezing aviation fuel. An Osprey transport helicopter can transport 16 special forces soldiers, Chang Hao and others directly to the destination.
It was more than ten kilometers from the temporary anchor point of the icebreaker along the ice surface to the scientific research station. It was a very cold climate that was fully armed and hiked so far, which was no different from murder.
Every sas special forces soldier on the transport plane had already learned yesterday that the two young men in front of him were tactical consultants for the trip. Although everyone had more or less doubts and doubts in their hearts, they did not write them on their faces. Instead, Chang Hao took the initiative to talk to them. Only then did they unexpectedly find out from the young man's conversation that he seemed to be much more reliable than expected. Soon everyone started to communicate with each other.
The Osprey transport aircraft has been specially modified for anti-freeze, but in this extremely cold situation, not long after taking off from the deck of the Brave Clawer, the tilted rotors on both sides quickly began to make unsettling sounds, and ice crystals visible to the naked eye were spreading rapidly.
The co-pilot activated the defrost device, but the effect was minimal because the temperature was too low.
Chang Hao frowned. The engine was in the rotating wing. No one would want to try what it would be like to crash in the snow. He wanted to use the sword energy to transform to remove the ice crystals on the rotating wing, but because it was too cold, his hands exposed to the cold wind were trembling and he could not use this sword technique that required slight details.
Fortunately, Hathaway had expected this to happen in advance.
"Great Vulcan God Hephaestus, please listen to my call and dispel the frost." She was sitting in a corner of the cabin and chanted a spell, and a light lit up on her body. Inside the rotating wing of the transport plane, layers of subtle flames woven into an orange "thin blanket". The "thin blanket" was spread on the ice crystals. The high temperature quickly melted the ice crystals, and the rotating wings immediately returned to normal.
Hathaway let out a light breath, and Chang Hao gave her a clear thumbs up. From her pretty good face, this level of magic didn't consume much. She stood up, looked through the porthole, and said in a deep voice: "We're here."
Chang Hao looked up and saw that the flow of time seemed to be frozen in this moment.
Amid the white wind and snow and the roar of the osprey's rotating wings, the outline of the scientific research station established beside the mountains finally appeared in the field of view. Under the dark night, the towering snow-capped mountains seemed like an ancient tomb, luring them, the living, to sink into it.
Chapter completed!