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Chapter 373 [The Voice Under the Ice] (Big Chapter~)

Chapter 360 Seven [Sounds Under the Ice]

This is hard to do.

Ke Luo, an old bastard who doesn't recognize his six relatives and has no brains, Chen Nuo really couldn't communicate with him.

This guy decided that the chosen person can't go out - what is the specific reason, but he didn't say anything.

At the same time, this guy was also cheated by the last picker who was here with him.Created a more bad impression of him on the elector.

So no matter how Chen Nuo communicates with him now, he just doesn't listen and doesn't recognize him.

·
Antarctica.

The location of the red circle base of the octopus monster, five kilometers northwest.

A team is marching on the ice field.

In August, the Antarctic climate is still at the level of challenging human limits.

A snowstorm had just finished, and although the wind had stopped, the visibility on the ice sheet was still very low.

This forward team is obviously not a scientific expedition team, but more like an expedition team that has been challenging to the extreme.

There were only two snowmobiles in the team, but all of them looked well-equipped.Snow boots, winter clothing, and a sled stocked with equipment.

The team moved forward slowly.

This is a private private expedition team composed of one or several rich people - it seems that rich people in Europe and America are particularly keen to play this kind of thing, exploration, extreme challenges and so on.

This folk expedition team aims to go to the South Pole.

It's just that after being hit by a storm on the way forward not long ago, the team waited for five days at a supply point along the way, consuming a lot of supplies.

Most importantly, in the process, the team lost a snowmobile, making the team's current load a little problematic.

Of course, the problem is not that big.

Follow the advice of the guide dispatched by the professional polar expedition service company in the team to retreat.It's just that the few gold owners in the team can't stand it and continue to move forward - these rich people have spent a lot of money and preparation time for this Antarctic expedition.

Now that I have come here, but I have to go back, where can I be willing?
Moreover, after assessing the risks, the guide also believes that the danger of continuing to advance is not great. After contacting the rear, the forecast of the future weather, as well as the mobility of the team, the reserve of supplies, the physical condition of the personnel, etc. After doing the evaluation, the request to move forward was agreed.

It's just that after losing a snowmobile, the team's load-carrying capacity was crushed to a critical point.

"If there is another accident, we will have to look back. This time there is absolutely no room for negotiation."

The guide solemnly announced to the three gold masters in the team: "No amount of money can buy life. I will do my best to serve you, and try my best to ensure that you complete the goal of this polar expedition.

But life comes first! "

"As long as you try your best, even if you fail, I will increase your reward by 15.00%." ​​An expedition member in the team, a wealthy boss, made a promise very readily: "If you succeed, then I will personally increase the reward." Pay you a fee—you don't have to take the company's account."

The guide looked at this wealthy client in his 40s and sighed: "No need, I'm a partner of the company and I don't accept private remuneration. If you want, you can transfer all the money to the company."

"OK!"

Since there is no problem, the team naturally continues to move forward.

The guide always pays attention to correcting the direction of progress, and has to contact the logistics base in the rear more than three times a day to determine the weather changes.

And always pay attention to the coordinates of satellite positioning and so on.

In fact, my heart is still full of complaints about these rich customers.

But for the sake of money... Forget it, I just eat this line of work.

Also, this time the clientele was not bad.At least they all have the habit of exercising all year round, and they also have a lot of experience in outdoor adventures.Not a noob.

This guide is most afraid of meeting the kind of completely naive customers.

The kind of customers who are rich, but want to seek excitement and travel to Antarctica are the most troublesome, arrogant, lack of self-awareness, lack of pre-judgment and vigilance of danger, but relying on their wealth, they think that the whole world To revolve around him.

Bringing that kind of client is the hardest and most tiring.

Fortunately, the three customers this time are still reasonable.

At least……

No stupid questions like "Why don't you see polar bears here?"

It's not a joke, this kind of question, this guide has really heard from a stupid customer before.

Those were a few so-called rich and famous people from the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York, Country M, probably because their days of feasting, feasting and money were too much, and they came here to seek some excitement, mainly to take photos and videos, and then go back to the same circle. The people in it show off and give themselves a new and advanced character design.

·
Looking at the sky, looking at the time, and most importantly, looking at the change in temperature, the guide frowned.

"We're going a bit slow!" After finding his deputy, the guide whispered to the deputy, "It's difficult for us to go to the next supply point today, we need something."

"Yes, there are still several devices that need batteries, and the power may not last for our return trip. When the snowmobile we lost earlier fell into the ice crevice, some spare batteries were inside." The deputy used his hand Blocking the wind, he quickly said in the ear of the guide: "I just said we should go back!"

"The client is unwilling, and they are willing to pay more." The guide glanced at the assistant: "Don't you need money recently?"

"Okay! Let's hope it doesn't get any worse."

"The current situation is not bad, not the worst, but I have encountered a worse situation." The guide smiled confidently.

As an experienced gold medal guide in the industry, with rich experience in Antarctic expeditions, he is confident that he can still complete the trip this time - and take the opportunity to make more money.

"We can combine the devices to save power, and turn off the devices except when they need to be contacted. As for the determination of satellite coordinates... We have traveled this way too many times, and we just need to find a few times a day to turn on the device to check. Just look at the coordinates.

In this way, we can save a lot of electricity and let the battery last until the end of the return journey. "

The lieutenant came up with a workable solution.

The guide thought for a moment, nodded, and agreed with the suggestion.

But he suddenly moved in his heart: "I have a better idea."

Deputy: "?"

"I have a friend, the one who had a drink and fight with us last time on King George Island. Do you remember him?"

"……Remember."

"He is a person from a large company specializing in the sales and supply of polar materials, and I have been dealing with him for more than ten years!
The last time I heard him say a piece of news, saying that a large scientific research institution set up a monitoring point here, and that monitoring point was abandoned after a blizzard.

But a lot of equipment was left behind...they bought a lot of monitors there, but those monitoring equipment should have completed their mission later!

We can go over there, pick up some of the equipment they left there, remove the backup battery inside, and maybe get some supplies! "

Having said that, the guide took his deputy to the back of a snowmobile, took out the map with his back to the wind, and quickly drew a circle at a position on it with a pencil.

"I remember he said last time, it's probably at this location! It's not far from where we are now! If you walk past, you can walk there today!"

The deputy glanced at the map: "It will take a little detour and walk for a few more hours."

"It's better for us to find the battery." The guide insisted on his own idea: "It's better for safety to keep the equipment running."

After thinking about it for a while, I probably felt that taking a few more hours of detours is not a big deal, and on the map, it seems that the nearby area is not dangerous, and the weather forecast shows nothing bad.

So the deputy nodded: "Okay, you are the boss, you have the final say."

·
a few hours later.

Outside the original red circle base, the expedition team has slowly approached.

After checking the map and coordinates several times, and looking at the two iconic hillsides, the guide was sure that he was in the right place.

The original building of the red circle base has completely disappeared, and it seems that there are no traces at all. After the underground glacier collapsed due to the original explosion, what is even more amazing is that after the event, the Octopus Monster Company conducted surveys and excavations, and also searched for it. Less than the slightest residue - even underground.

It seems that this place has been such a landform since ancient times, and there are no traces left by any artificial buildings at all.

·
"Why did we come here? We seem to have deviated from the itinerary?"

One of the golden explorers in the group began to have questions.

"Look for some supplies here. Don't worry, everything is under control."

The configuration of this expedition is four to three.Four expedition company jobs, three paid explorers.

A general guide with three assistants.Three assistants are responsible for one-to-one service for a gold master.The guide is the leader.

The search results near the red circle only found a few survey instruments left after the evacuation of the octopus monsters.

But after more than ten months, these instruments stopped working long ago.

Another satellite signal transmitter has also stopped working.

"Anything useful?"

"I found some, they are all good things, but I don't know if they will work. Eckert is dismantling them to see if there are spare batteries in them. If we are lucky, we may be able to get some."

The guide and his subordinates were busy for a while, and then the commander continued to search along the place where the monitoring instrument was found.

The sky was originally very dark, but at this moment, the open area between the two hillsides just happened to be a slightly sheltered environment.

"We're going to rest here today." After looking at the time and judging the distance of everyone's walking, the guide believed that the human strength in the team had reached a critical point and made a decision.

After the three gold master explorers discussed it, they recommended one who seemed to be the strongest to come over to negotiate with the guide.

"Did we have any problems?"

In the face of the questioning of the sponsor, the guide only gave comfort: "Don't worry, there is no problem, we are just looking for some usable materials here. This is an abandoned monitoring point left by a scientific research institution. something to use...

We had some spare batteries in the snowmobile we lost, and now we're missing those things. "

The gold master asked a few more questions, all of which were appeased by the guide, and then left with satisfaction.

Everyone started to build the tent together, and it was completed soon. There were also sleeping bags- these things, the sponsors obviously also have good quality, they can complete it by themselves, they have also received some training, and they have made them themselves along the way.

There is also a gold owner who took out his camera and took pictures everywhere. These photos are good materials to show off to friends after returning home.

The era of 2002 is not yet the era of social media more than ten years later. There is no need to die, no INS, but you can still show off if you want to show off.

For example, this guy who took pictures, in addition to being an upstart financial capital, is usually an amateur photography hobby enthusiast, and his photography skills are quite good - as far as ordinary people are concerned.

He has already thought about it. After returning this time, he plans to select some of the photos taken in Antarctica, and then fund it himself to hold a small photography exhibition for himself.

On the one hand, he is showing off his photography skills, and on the other hand, he is also showing off his Antarctic expedition.

Well, rich people are just that wayward.

In another tent, the gold lord who was in charge of negotiating with the guide just got into the tent and tore off the goggles on his face, revealing a face full of beards and a warm smile.

"Hi Linda, I just got down and talked to them..."

In the tent, the only woman among the three golden-guest passengers of the expedition was boiling water there.

What was put in the pot was crushed ice, which was slowly melting.

The woman knelt down on the sleeping bag. Although she was wearing cold-proof clothing, she could still vaguely see her tall and straight body and the slender curves of her hips and legs.

It looks full of the combination of two temperaments of fitness and softness.

Especially the woman's face, with a hint of Latin flavor and deep eyebrows and eyes - this kind of face is very in line with European and American aesthetic standards.

After listening to this companion's remarks, the woman did not react too much. After quietly adjusting the flame under the stove, she turned around and nodded.

"Well, there's nothing wrong with that."

The bearded man looked like he had nothing to say: "Your tent is well done. I was thinking of coming over to help you."

"I don't need help." The woman shook her head.

Well, the bearded man is a little embarrassed.

In fact, after entering this "group" rich expedition, the bearded man has always looked down on the guy who likes photography among the two companions in this trip.

But he was very passionate about this woman.

He is beautiful, has a hot body, and has a Latin flair.

The most important thing is... Those who can join this group and can afford the money must also have money and status.

It just perfectly fits all of my mate selection criteria.

The bearded man is also a rich man, a standard businessman from country M. He is 41 years old this year and is in the prime of his life. He just ended his second marriage three years ago.

In the process of this adventure, after meeting this beautiful woman named Linda, he suddenly felt as if God had once again released a signal of guidance for him.

After joining the team, Beard made good friends to Linda many times. From training at the logistics base on King George Island, to walking along the way, Beard will find opportunities to get close to women if he has something to do.But this woman seems to be very cold, taciturn and does not like to talk too much.

Moreover, it can be seen from the action that this woman's hands-on ability is obviously more than one grade stronger than her own.

Whether it's walking, snow trekking, or resting in a camp, she has shown that she is not inferior to men in terms of physical fitness and hands-on ability, and she is not even better than those guides.

This made the bearded man who originally planned to use help to attract the idea of ​​​​beautiful girls, and he didn't know where to start.

In a few conversations, the women also responded indifferently to the bearded man who brought the topic to himself and boasted about what he had seen and heard while traveling all over the world.

Even once, the bearded man deliberately told a story he heard from a friend. An explorer encountered a crossfire of terrorists in the Middle East, and then how to escape with the refugees...

After the big beard added fuel to the matter, he boasted that it was his own personal experience.

I remember at that time, when I talked about how I bravely ran out of the hail of bullets...

Only then did the beauty show a smile to herself.

The bearded man was quite proud at the time.

But I don't know why, but when I think about it later, I always feel that there is a faint trace of this woman's smile to her...

mocking?

At this moment, when Beard was thinking about how to find another topic...

Suddenly, the woman sat up straight and frowned.

"Did you hear that?"

"what?"

The woman stood up abruptly, quickly took out an ice axe wrapped with a rope from the sleeping bag, and then quickly sprang out of the tent, moving vigorously and sharply, like a female leopard!
·
The expedition team is a simple campsite, with snowmobiles around the outermost periphery and a few tents in the middle.

The bearded man, who followed the woman out of the tent, also heard the sound from the wind.

Sharp whistle!
This is the equipment sent to everyone by the expedition team. In the snowy polar regions, in case of danger, loud calls are difficult to reach far away, and in case of danger and injuries, there may not be any The strength to cry out for help.

At this time, blowing the whistle is the way to call for help.

At this moment, I heard exactly this kind of whistle!

Before the bearded man could react, the woman had already run out.

Bearded has a feeling: this Linda, running so fast...

·
The one in distress was the guide's second-in-command.

He is also the second deputy leader among the four staff members of Expedition Services.

Arranged by ability and seniority.

In the event of an accident with the lead guide, according to the rules, this deputy is qualified to take over and act as the commander to lead everyone.

He is also a very capable and experienced polar explorer.

This guy had an unfortunate accident.

When receiving the order of the guide and looking for survey equipment nearby, during the walking process, I accidentally walked over a piece of ground, and the floating snow on the ground blocked a crack in the ground.

As a result, when he walked over, the floating snow collapsed, and he fell directly!
Fortunately, this ground seam is very tortuous, and the direct vertical distance is not very high. After falling, the ice layer blocked it several times, which slowed down the force of the fall.

And this guy is very experienced. When walking and searching, he was tied with a safety rope, and the rope was hung on the far end of the ice axe on the ground.

So when it fell, the body finally hung in the air in the crack of the ground.Then after the ice axe fell off, he fell, which weakened a lot.

When it was discovered, the guide and two of his men arrived first, followed by the woman named Linda.

Bearded and photographer explorers were the last to arrive.

"All back!! Back first!!"

The guide quickly made a decision. He didn't know the condition of the ground in this place. It would be bad if there was another collapse.

Ensure the safety of ground personnel first.

Then, after the guide started to check the ground situation with two subordinates, one of them was lying on the ground and the deputy who fell below shouted loudly.

Fortunately, there is nothing serious about a person, that is, when he fell, this guy was unlucky to hang in the air, and the force of the fall caused him to be sprained or strained, and he was unable to exert his strength.

Then, simply putting down the rope and letting him climb up by himself is definitely not enough.

Someone has to go down and get him up.

"No fractures, he checked himself. It should be a strain or sprain."

The subordinates who were in charge of the ground seam mouth and shouted below told the guide the news.

"But there is a problem... when he fell from this seam just now, the ice layer collapsed, and after some parts were peeled off, it got stuck on the seam, causing a little blockage, and the entrance and exit were very narrow.

We're on the ground now, and it's not a straight line from his position.

There is a protruding point where the middle ground seam is stuck, and it becomes a curve...

And the opening is very narrow..."

The burly man looked at the two similarly burly companions, frowned and said nothing.

The guide frowned tightly.

"Are you trying to clear the entrance and exit?"

"It will take a while, I can go down and clean up, but without the equipment, I can only try a little bit, it may take a few hours or more."

"Find a way to send him something down first. He needs to add heat and loosen some medicine. Let's clean the hole. Make a bigger hole." The guide whispered to his subordinates.

at this time.

"Why don't I try it?"

The woman named Linda suddenly spoke.

"..."

"..."

"..."

Everyone was stunned.

The guide looked at the female gold owner in his team in surprise, but did not react.

It was the bearded man who responded the quickest: "Linda? Stop joking! This is not a joke! It's not the time to show your courage... You'd better step back and wait in a safe area.

Professional things are left to professional people to do! "

"The gap between the ground and the ground has a raised area, so it's not good to abseil, right?

The opening is too small, you can't get in, right? "

Linda squinted and looked at everyone: "I'm an expert climber, even if I don't need a rope, I can climb down with my bare hands! And I'm smaller than you all, so I can go down through that gap.

If you wait for you to clear the hole, I don't know how long it will take.

I have also learned first aid, so I can go down and check his injuries first. "

The guide was obviously tempted, but still shook his head: "No, you are our customer, we need to ensure your safety..."

"But I'm also an explorer. According to the rescue rules of the expedition team, I don't look at any identity or client."

"Linda, you're a woman, don't take risks, leave professional matters to..." Beard still wanted to persuade.

"Shut up, explorers don't differentiate between men and women." Linda turned her head and glanced at the bearded man, then stared at the guide and said solemnly: "I insist! Now I am the best candidate!
And, when it comes to rock climbing, none of you are probably better than me. "

After speaking, the woman has quickly started to organize the safety rope.

Seeing her skillfully playing the figure-eight button, the guide hesitated for a while, and finally nodded: "Okay, you can give it a try, bring a whistle, if you have any problems, don't be stubborn, we will pull you up immediately!"

"Hey!" The bearded man still wanted to object, stared at the guide and shouted, "We pay for it... How can you..."

"This is my business, it has nothing to do with you." Linda suddenly stood up, stared at the beard coldly, and said slowly in a cold tone: "If you don't want to help, don't get in the way!"

·
The speed and movement of this woman's sew is far faster and more professional than several people expected!
Her sturdy figure is really like a female leopard, full of bodybuilding strength.

Seeing that she quickly descended to the raised area of ​​the ground seam, and then quickly drilled down, the guide let out a long breath.

In my heart, I began to think... How could such a customer find an expedition company like us that specializes in serving the rich?

Her ability is enough to join a professional expedition team.

·
Linda quickly fell to the ground.

The position where she landed was no more than four or five meters away from the falling unlucky ghost.

But after landing, the woman did not run over immediately, but checked the ground first, and then walked over carefully.

"How are you?"

"Why did you come down?" The deputy sighed and said slowly: "I'm fine, the bones are not broken, I checked it, but the left shoulder muscle is strained, and there is a waist, so I can't use the strength."

Linda knelt down beside her deputy, first checked the guy's body, pinched the main parts of his torso, and then opened his eyelids to look at his eyes.

"Indeed, you're lucky, no fractures. No bloodshot eyeballs... sane, no signs of cerebral hemorrhage.

Well, if you have a strain, I'll tie the injured part tightly for you first, and then... your body is very thin, so you should be able to pass through the blocked entrance.We can try it.

Can you stand up? "

"It's okay to sit up, but if I stand up, I can't do it myself, I need you to help me up." The deputy gritted his teeth.

Obviously still forcibly enduring the pain of the strain.

"Ok."

The woman took out an energy bar from her pocket, tore it open, and handed it over.

"Eat it, replenish your strength, and then we will rest for 5 minutes and start to act."

After speaking, the woman turned around, but curiously looked towards the bottom of the seam.

This is obviously an underground glacier zone, where the glacier and the frozen soil combine, and the outline of the huge underground glacier can be faintly seen...

Under the faint blue glacier, it looks like a crystal palace.

The woman's eyes were very complicated. She stared at the depths of the glacier for a long time, but suddenly she turned away from the wounded man who was chewing on the energy bar on the ground, walked carefully to the edge, and continued to look down.

Pick up the flashlight in your hand and look down.

"Hey, be careful not to get too close, it's dangerous here," the deputy reminded.

The woman seemed to turn a deaf ear, and even took out a light stick from her pocket, folded it, lit it up, and threw it down.

The faint light slowly falls with the light of the glow stick...

The woman's face suddenly changed!
She turned her head and stared at the deputy, and walked over.

Deputy: "Huh?"

The woman squinted her eyes and whispered, "There's something down there, I'll take a look!"

"What?! You're not kidding!!!" The deputy was anxious.

The woman glanced at him indifferently: "Be honest here and wait for me to come back, I will take you up."

After speaking, ignoring the repeated calls of the deputy, the woman quickly checked her safety rope. After closing it, she fixed it on the ground with an ice axe, and after chiseling a few wedges, she slowly leaned over and left. The rock wall that broke the ground, but continued to climb towards the bottom...

"Fake!!" The deputy's face turned pale!

·
After a while, in a bulge under the glacier, the woman's feet were supported, but because the length of the rope was exhausted, she clenched her fists angrily!

However, she can already observe the blurry shadow she just saw more clearly!

The expression on his face is also getting more and more excited, more and more excited...

Taking a deep breath, the woman made a crazy move after weighing it for a while!

She untied the rope around her waist, and quickly took off her bloated winter clothes. She only wore a close-fitting winter clothes, but she showed her hot body curves even more.

As if she was not afraid of the cold at all, she gritted her teeth hard, took a deep breath, and continued to climb down with her bare hands!
Visually measuring the distance of about ten meters, when the woman finally climbed to a place that was closest to the target she observed, she carefully chose the foothold, and then...

Looking at the ice layer, there is an indistinct, but clearly human-shaped figure...

The woman's eyes widened and her mouth opened wide!
"God... it really is you!! I finally found you!! You bloody bastard..."

There was excitement and excitement in the woman's eyes, and more shock and gratitude.

There was a resolute smile on the corner of his mouth, but there was a hint of sadness and mockery in his eyes involuntarily.

"Didn't you ever ask me to drill into the woods with you...you guy...

No, how am I supposed to get you out... dammit..."

Well, this female leopard-like woman, of course, is not called Linda.

Her true identity is a mercenary, Selina!
One of the members who explored and adventured together in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil!

·
When she reached out and touched the ice sheet...

Something unexpected happened.

The hard ice layer, the tentacles feel, is as soft as water waves!
When Selina's hand pressed in, it seemed to touch or break some kind of balance...

Suddenly, the thick layer of ice suddenly dissipated like a stream of water...

Seeing that the figure inside was crooked down with the "water flow", and it was about to fall...

Selina gritted her teeth hard, and suddenly hooked one hand on the rock wall, and half of her body quickly reached out, and then she grabbed the figure...

s hair!
"Fake!"

The female mercenary cursed, the heavy weight made her almost fall down, her fingers clasped tightly against the rock wall, and she barely managed to hold on.

Forcefully dragged the figure up, and then hugged this breathless guy...

This person, wearing a cold-proof suit, is already riddled with holes... but his body is still intact.

It doesn't seem like it's under the ice, but it seems that I don't know what kind of power is used to maintain the state of the body.

Just breathless.

That familiar face was clearly a certain dog-like guy!

Selina gasped, hugged the guy, and laid it flat on the footing, in the narrow footing where she could only hold the bastard on her lap.

(Hell...is this dead or alive?)
According to the information and information I got, this guy should have been missing for ten months!

In ten months, even in places like Antarctica, even if the body is frozen and not rotten, it should not be like this!

It's not that Selina hasn't seen a frozen corpse.

It should be because the skin is blue and black, and the body is also hard.

But the guy he was holding at the moment had a natural skin color, even with a hint of blood.The tentacles also feel soft and elastic.

It doesn't look like it's been frozen for ten months at all!
In addition to having no breath, it is completely the appearance of a big living person.

Unable to bear the subconscious action, Selina reached out and patted Chen Nuo's face gently: "Hey! Are you dead or alive?!
The price of death is not the same as the price of life! "

It was a completely subconscious move, but seeing Chen Nuo's physical condition was really weird, so Selina just patted it subconsciously and said such a sentence.

Don't expect to get an answer either.

But rather...

A faint voice responded.

"living."

"..." Selina suddenly stood up, and she blurted out, "Fuuuuuuuck!!!!!!"

With a shake of his hand, he almost threw Chen Nuo's body off the glacier!
Because this "alive" answer was not sent by Chen Nuo in his arms!
But...

The voice from behind!
(End of this chapter)