Homo sapiens.

Chapter 517
Unknowingly, the time came to the May of Xinghe 2.

The ice and snow in the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere finally began to subside, but this time the sudden severe cold had very bad negative effects.

Winter wheat in the North American Great Plains, as well as spring crops, have lost more than 72%. Except for Texas and Florida in the south, other regions have suffered heavy agricultural losses.

The California region, which could have been shielded by the Rocky Mountains, was spared, but because of a sudden earthquake, it was impossible to resume normal agricultural production in the first quarter of this year.

It is expected that the North American agricultural output will decrease by 30-40% this year.

Lucia, at a higher latitude, was not much better.

Due to the delay, the planting of spring wheat, sugar beets and sunflowers in the agricultural area of ​​the Don River Plain, which was supposed to start in April, can only be extended until May.

If that's all it is, then Lucia won't be hurt. The problem is that another situation has appeared now, that is, the arable latitude has declined.

For example, the northern plains of the Volga River, the southern plains of Western Xianberia, the southern mountains of Central Xianberia, and the plains of the Amur River. These areas have not completely thawed yet.

In this case, there is definitely no way to sow seeds.

It is estimated that the area of ​​arable land in Lucia will decrease by 3000-4000 million hectares, and the frost-free period of the remaining arable land will be reduced by about one month.

Also in the high-latitude Maple Leaf Country, she and Lucia are in the same boat.

The decline in agricultural production in the northern hemisphere is a foregone conclusion.

The southern hemisphere is not optimistic either.

The floods in the Pampas destroyed 27 small towns and 173 farms and pastures, causing heavy losses of cattle and sheep on local pastures.

In the Transvaal region of southern Africa, ice and snow disasters also seriously affected local agricultural production.

The drought continues in Kangaroo Country.

The industry that used to produce fuel alcohol from ABCD and American corn was also forced to stop production.

Because the four major forces found that if they continue to produce bio-fuel alcohol and bio-diesel, people will almost have nothing to eat, in order to stabilize the inside.

America quickly took action, shutting down all the biofuel factories, using the genetically modified corn for feed, and at the same time squeezed out some grain to give to the younger brothers of the free association.

Gritting its teeth, the Europa Consortium chopped off a batch of small shrimps that were hyped for food, vegetables and fruits, and forced agricultural suppliers to maintain low prices, barely suppressing the rise in prices.

The four major forces each showed their special abilities and helped each other to cope with this cold wave crisis.

Homo sapiens, which sits firmly on Diaoyutai, has restarted about 35% of its underground dull farms, and the supply and price of internal food are still at a very stable level.

Just now.

Antarctica.

This ice and snow world, which has been almost forgotten by human beings, has also begun to enter winter.

Near Wilkes Land-Cape Gray in the southeastern region of Antarctica, there are two scientific research stations next to each other.

The two scientific research stations are the Dimondiville Station in France and the Seal Station of the Homo sapiens company.

The two scientific research stations are close to each other, to what extent?The closest distance is less than 50 meters.

And what made the Gauls at the Dimondiville Station break the defense was that the scale of the Seal Station was hundreds of times larger than their scientific research station.

If viewed from a high altitude, Dimondiville Station looks like a part of the Seal Station.

In the previous period of time, the Gauls at the Dimondiville station had very strong opinions on these new humans.

But at this time they had to be thankful that they were standing beside the seal station.

Ma Wen, the person in charge of the Dimondiville Station, and Vichy, the captain of the scientific expedition team, looked at the ice and snow outside, only dignified and helpless remained on their faces.

Vichy flipped through several survey reports: "The surrounding sea area is not only frozen in advance, but also the thickness of the ice layer continues to increase. If this continues, I suspect that the continental ice shelf will expand outward."

"According to the latest satellite remote sensing data, the liquid sea surface closest to our site is 37 kilometers away, and this distance is expanding."

Marvin rubbed his temples: "We can only rent the icebreaker from Kangaroo Country now, but according to their reply, it will take at least a week for the icebreaker to arrive here. By the way, doctor, how thick is the surrounding ice layer?"

“5公里以内，4～6米厚度，超过5公里，大概1～3米左右。”

"This situation is not good!" Marvin was worried.

Because icebreakers have a limit on the thickness of the ice layer, ordinary icebreakers can only deal with ice layers with a thickness of 1 to 2 meters. If the ice layer thickness exceeds 2 meters, a large professional icebreaker is required.

If the ice layer exceeds 3 meters, currently only a few specific icebreakers of a few factions can open the waterway, such as Lucia's nuclear-powered icebreaker, America's large icebreaker, Serris' Xuelong 2, and the like.

And if the ice layer exceeds 4 meters, only Lucia's nuclear-powered icebreaker can barely open the channel.

Obviously, Kangaroo Country does not have icebreakers of this level.

Dr. Vichy suggested: "Marvin, why don't you report to the higher-ups and ask them to communicate with Homo sapiens, can you buy a batch of living supplies from them?"

"This..." Marvin was caught in a tangle.

Of course he knew that in the seal station next door, dozens of people's daily necessities could be supplied casually, but the problem was the consequences of doing so.

Cooperating with the Homo sapiens company now is a very wrong thing within the Europa Consortium, and it is easy to be troubled by some bewildered people.

However, considering that the internal supplies of the scientific research station can only last for a month and a half at most, Marvin can only think of a way now.

He did not directly say that he would purchase from Homo sapiens, but made indirect remarks, saying that the scientific research station is running out of food, and the icebreaker rented from Kangaroo Country may not be able to break through the ice. He hopes that the Europa Consortium will find a way quickly.

Marvin's report did attract the attention of Paris.

Although they didn't want to cooperate with Homo sapiens company, they were not able to do it themselves, so they took the initiative to contact Homo sapiens company, used gold to several scientific research stations such as Dimondiville Station, purchased a batch of living materials, and entrusted Homo sapiens company Transport over.

For the sake of gold, Homo sapiens agreed to the purchase contract.

a few hours later.

Under the illumination of the aurora, a convoy of snowmobiles drove a batch of daily necessities to the gate of Dimondiville Station.

Ma Wen, who was packed tightly, saw the convoy at the door, and hurriedly led the expedition team members out to move things.

"Let's count!" The escorted new humans handed over a list of supplies to Marvin.

"Hoo hoo..." Ma Wen saw the new human beings in very thin clothes, and a hint of envy flashed in his eyes, but he still hurriedly took the list and counted all kinds of things.

Mainly vegetables and fruits, nuts and mushrooms, meat, eggs, milk, grains and condiments, as well as some emergency food and cooking bags with their own heating packs.

Then there are some common consumables for experiments, and some daily necessities, such as shampoo, shower gel, antifreeze, baby warmer, paper towels and the like.

Marvin raised his head: "Excuse me, why is there no fuel?"

"Our scientific research station doesn't use fuel. You can consider pulling wires from our side, otherwise we can't do anything." Maung Dan, who led the team, spread his hands.

"..." Marvin had no choice but to accept this plan.

After all, this is Antarctica, and you can live for three or four days without food. If there is no heating, it may turn into a popsicle in a few hours.

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