Chapter 175

After hearing Lu Chen's words, finger showed a surprised look on his face, "really?"

Lu Chen nodded and looked serious. "Really, but elder martial brother, are you sure you won't go? Although I don't know what happened before, that place has a great impact on you?"

Lu Chen himself said that if he could, he didn't want to take anyone. Nibelungen is very complex and full of changes. Although he plans to find Nibelungen, he will find a way to let senior brother finger and brother Chu go out first, and take care of the rest by himself.

But in reality, many things will not go as planned. Going to the Arctic with him is definitely a high-risk task.

After listening to Lu Chen's words, finger also put away the cheap expression on his face, "it seems that the headmaster told you, but younger martial brother, what kind of person do you think I am? Will I be the kind of person who is full of revenge and wants to risk his life and find out the truth of that year?"

Lu Chen stared at finger's eyes. They looked at each other for a few seconds. Lu Chen nodded and said, "I think so."

He always looks at people very accurately. Although elder martial brother finger is usually very out of tune and seems to have no lower limit, in fact, the other party is by no means a real waste wood.

"Well, well, I surrendered. If I can be praised by level s junior brother, what if I walk with you for a while."

Finger raised his hand, then put on a cheap expression and said, "but junior brother, you should protect me. Senior brother, I'm very weak."

"Senior brother, you'd better weigh yourself first. You're still weak."

Lu Chen looked at finger's strong body and was definitely a great general in ancient times.

"Don't worry about weighing. By the way, younger martial brother, can you take me with you tonight?"

Finger smiled flatteringly and opened world of Warcraft. He still needed two pieces of equipment.

Lu Chen smiled, "then walk."

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Boom——

Boom——

The glaciers over the years disintegrated at the feet of the steel giants, sank into the water and floated a corner. The impact sound is reminiscent of the thunder in summer, but it can never touch the hot summer.

Gulfaxi is the name of this steel beast. It is said that it is the mount of the Frost Giant helanganier.

Gulfaksi is 134 meters long, 30 meters wide, with a displacement of 23000 tons. It is equipped with two reactors, which can be used in deep-water waters in the Arctic Circle, and the ice breaking thickness is 2 meters.

This is an ARKTIKA class icebreaker, produced by the former Soviet Union, and there are only five in the world. It seems that the college has indeed made a lot of money for this mission.

Lu Chen stood in front of the deck, looking at the endless snow field and feeling the fierce cold wind from the pavement.

Only when we really come to this place can we appreciate the ruthlessness of nature. The endless frost covers everything and turns heaven and earth into a snow-white, like purifying the dirt in the world.

Lu Chen exhaled, the white water vapor rose to half, and then gradually sank. In an environment of more than minus 30 degrees, the water mist will be condensed instantly.

"Younger martial brother, would you like a bite?"

Finger trembled and walked to Lu Chen. He was wearing a warm down jacket, a thickened military coat and a cashmere hat on his head, which basically covered his ears.

He held a bottle of vodka in his hand and looked at Lu Chen as if he were looking at a monster, because the other party only wore ordinary casual clothes and only thin autumn clothes and trousers. The other party wore them in college and still wore them when he came to the North Pole!

Lu Chen took the vodka handed by finger and didn't mind that the other party had just drunk it. He took a sip of the bottle, put the hot liquor down and raised a heating. The cold feeling brought by the severe cold was dispelled.

"Where's brother Chu?"

Lu Chen returned the bottle to finger.

"Younger martial brother Chu is mending Inuit in the room, because if we step on the permafrost, we will only have Inuit as guides."

Finger rubbed his hands tremblingly.

"It's really like brother Chu's style."

Lu Chen smiled and said that he wanted to learn an unpopular language in a few days. It is estimated that only people like Chu Zihang have the strength and patience to do it.

This is the third day of their departure. The ship traveled from the port in the north of Greenland and went all the way into the Arctic circle.

"Lu Xiaodong."

At this time, Captain Augustus of gulfaxi came to Lu Chen and saluted respectfully.

"Just call me by name, or call me commissioner. I don't like this title very much."

Lu Chen has stressed it many times these days, but some people still call it wrong.

"Commissioner Lu, with the power and configuration of the ship, we can move forward for another 50 kilometers. We can't go any further at about 19 o'clock."

Captain Augustus reported respectfully that even if the young man in front of him did not have the status of honorary school manager, he still paid high tribute to him.

The other party is not only a new legendary dragon butcher, but also the target of this mission may be the first generation of class one opponents. You can see the young man's calm look at this time, which makes their logistics team full of confidence.

"Are the supplies ready?"

Lu Chen wants to confirm.

"Food, fuel, camping and other equipment have been prepared, but there are some small problems now."

Speaking of this, Captain Augustus was a little embarrassed.

"What's the problem?"

Lu Chen frowned. The execution department should have arranged everything. This is a serious task and there can be no difference.

"The Inuit changed his mind temporarily. He said that we can't go in this direction. He said that there are man eating demons in front of the snow field, and those who set foot on this land will also be condemned by the gods."

Captain Augustus is a rare commissioner who knows Inuit and has many years of naval experience. Therefore, although his blood is only class B, the college still arranges him to be the captain of the gulfax.

"Younger martial brother, you see, I tell you to believe what the local people say. There are many myths and legends. Why don't we go?"

Finger counselled again.

Lu Chen pondered for a moment, looked up and said, "tell them to double the original reward. We only need to take us 50 kilometers deep to turn back. If they don't want to, we'll leave the sled dog and go by ourselves."

Lu Chen doesn't have the habit of forcing others to do things. These Inuit people are just ordinary people. The college didn't intend to let the Inuit people take them deep.

At this time, another crew member ran and said something in captain Augustus's ear. Then Augustus looked up and said, "it has been settled. The reward has been doubled eight times and will take us 50 kilometers deep."

Lu Chen turned around and waved to finger, "go back and have a rest first. I'm afraid there won't be such a comfortable environment to sleep in the next few days."

After entering the cabin, he saw Chu Zihang talking to a man he didn't understand.

The other party was a man in a heavy leather jacket. He was not tall, with a wide nose and black and straight hair. He was an Inuit.

In fact, there are Eskimos, but the Inuit don't like people to call them "Eskimos", because this statement comes from their enemy, the language of the Indian Algonquin tribe, which means "people who eat raw meat", and "Inuit" is their self claim, which means "human".

At this time, the man also took a little girl's hand on his left hand, which made Lu Chen confused and looked at captain Augustus.

"Because these people have no fixed residence, and this gentleman lost his wife in his early years and has only such a daughter, so he has to take it everywhere. We calculate the money according to people. At first, he was happy, but now he is also unhappy, because he doesn't want his daughter to take risks with himself."

Augustus explained aside.

"Then let the children stay. We all know what we are going to do. We can't take risks with children."

Lu Chen looked at the girl with a hairy hat and only a small face. She was about nine or ten years old. She was a little short and boyish in her eyebrows. It is estimated that she was also wild in personality at ordinary times.

At this time, Chu Zihang seemed to have finished communicating with each other and came to Lu Chen. "After discussion, they will take us in-depth, guide the direction, and then return."

"Well, let's have a rest first. In the evening... There seems to be no night here at the moment. We expect to start at 19 o'clock."

Lu Chen knows that Chu Zihang has little sleep in recent days.

The icebreaker continued to move forward, but the speed was getting slower and slower. Lu Chen slept on the heating in the cabin and got up to start.

"Woof, woof -"

More than thirty Alaskans were released from the cabin by the Inuit

These large dogs are taken off the ship by their owners and roll happily on the snow. Their fluffy fur and thick fat layer can make them adapt to the ice and snow environment. On the contrary, they don't adapt well in the warm cabin.

Then, with the help of the commissioners, many supplies were transported to the sled. The high calorie food was enough for four people to eat in the snow for half a month, and the fuel could keep them warm during their rest.

The Inuit picked up his daughter and said something. Then Lu Chen saw that the little girl was a little lost, but she obediently returned to the ship.

The Alaskans were tied one by one in front of the sledge, and the trained animals immediately quieted down and waited for their master's instructions.

Chu Zihang checked his belongings and took a sled. Finger teased these big dogs with a novel look, and then took another sled. All kinds of materials were bound on their sleds.

Another sled is the widest. There are 16 sled dogs in front. The bottom of the sled has been widened to balance the stress surface. This sled does not sit on people, but only pulls a black box like a coffin.

Lu Chen stepped off the ship with a pair of knives, and the commissioners behind him saluted one after another.

He went to Chu Zihang, took a sled with the other party and said, "let's go."

Originally, sled dogs were enough to pull four or five sleds, but because heixuan was too heavy, he was pulled out alone.

Lu Chen originally wanted to go directly with heixuan on his back. Anyway, he has plenty of energy. It's nothing to travel long distances on the snow field, but there are some places where the snow is very thick. He carries too much weight with heixuan on his back and will get into trouble.

With the cry of the Inuit people, Alaskans ran happily, and sledges galloped on the ice.

After traveling for more than an hour, the Inuit man asked the Alaskans to stop and said something Lu Chen didn't understand.

"He said the dogs needed rest."

Chu Zihang translated.

Lu Chen looked back and pulled the black Xuan group of Alaska panting. Some of them couldn't run. It was really difficult for them.

So several people stopped to make a fire, and the Inuit took out the food and water from the car and fed it to Alaska.

After all this, he went to Lu Chen and said a string of words. He knew that this was the person of the "scientific examination".

To be honest, the man has always been surprised. In his opinion, the scientific research group is very suspicious. The people on the ship are not like scientists, but like soldiers. What's more suspicious is that after arriving at the destination, they actually asked several young people to investigate.

Chu Zihang translated: "he is introducing himself. His name is verus."

"Verus?"

Lu Chen feels that the name is very strange.

"In Inuit, it means fluff and warmth. They are very particular about their names, which will give future generations a better vision."

Chu Zihang explained, and then verus spoke again.

"He said that we had to rest for more than half an hour before we could start. We expected to reach the longest distance he was willing to go deep at about zero."

Chu Zihang continued to translate.

"You tell him that when you go deep enough, you can return in his sleigh. We won't force him to lead the way."

Lu Chen gave verus a wide and gentle smile, but the other party shrunk his neck.

After a few people had a rest, they set out again. At first, Lu Chen enjoyed the scenery of the snow field and felt very novel, but he also felt a little tired after watching it for a long time.

There is white snow everywhere. In the season after the spring equinox, there is a polar day in the depths of the Arctic Circle, that is, there is basically no night here, but it is not always a bright day, but a dull white.

After watching for a long time, you will feel that this snow field is like a creeping beast, hiding some turbulent crisis, which can be eaten by people.

Until eleven o'clock in the evening, when there were seven or eight kilometers left from the agreed distance, verus shouted again to stop the Alaskans.

"He didn't want to go any further. He said there was a devil in front of him, and according to his experience, there would be a snowstorm ahead."

After Chu Zihang translated, he looked at Lu Chen and waited for the other party to make a decision.

"That's it. It's not difficult for him. We go the rest of the way by ourselves. We say we are guides. In fact, it's not necessary. We just have dogs."

Lu Chen is ready to let verus turn back. He also asked Chu Zihang about the devil verus said. It is said to be a myth spread in their small Inuit tribe.

Their tribe handed down from generation to generation that there was a God on this permafrost, who protected all living beings. It is said that the place protected by the God is warm and snow free, but later human beings angered the God and were abandoned by the God. Since then, demons have come on this land and devoured all those who dare to look for a warm hometown.