Chapter 170 169 The Golden Toad Swallows Its Breath, and the Poor Figure Sees It!
On the fast-speeding polar off-road vehicle, Chen Jue looked at the white world outside the window. The cold wind blowing through the ice and snow could clearly see the wind marks formed by the snowflakes. He could hear the whining wind in his ears. Although it was still morning, the temperature nearby It has dropped to minus 18℃.
As for Linglong, she and Zhao Zhen chatted wordlessly in the carriage.
"Miss Linglong, do you really not like my type?"
"I don't have any characteristics, but my only advantage is that I am sincere to others and never tell lies. If you are willing to agree to date me, I promise to hand over all your salary and income in the future and will not lie to you."
"I believe love at first sight exists in this world! I found that I have fallen in love with Miss Linglong!" Zhao Zhen turned the steering wheel, his face flushed, and his eyes glanced at Linglong in the car from time to time.
Chen, who was acting like a lightbulb, was determined to complain about this mixed-race foreigner's bold advances.
"Never tell lies?" Linglong raised her eyebrows.
"Yes! My Chinese name was given to me by my grandpa. The reason why it is called 'Zhen' is because sincerity can impress most people and things in the world."
"As the saying goes, sincerity is the key to success. I hope to use my sincerity to impress you, Miss Linglong." Zhao Zhen said with a blushing face.
"Since you can't lie, can you tell me whether the father-son relationship between you and Tom is true? Although you two look somewhat similar, I can't see the deep father-son love between you. ." Linglong blinked and asked bluntly.
"So Miss Linglong, this is what you care about!"
"Daddy Tom and I are indeed biologically related as father and son, but I was not born through natural conception, but through in vitro fertilization through artificial insemination."
"Maybe it's for this reason that I haven't been close to Father Tom since I was born. In addition, he has been exploring the polar regions all year round. There is basically no shadow of him in my childhood and growth, so..." Zhao Zhen looked somewhat sincere. With a look of color, he slowly explained.
"test tube baby?"
"So that's it! It seems that you also had a very unpleasant growth experience." Linglong nodded thoughtfully.
"Miss Linglong, what do you mean, did you have the same bumpy growth experience as me? That's such a coincidence! This is the fate given to us by God! Let me just tell you, why did I... I fell in love with you, it turns out that we can form a spiritual resonance between you and me." Zhao Zhen said and became a little excited.
I guess it’s because I have practiced Mahamudra yoga a lot, and like Buddhists, I believe that everything arises by chance and meets fate.
When Chen Jue heard this, he looked at Zhao Zhen rather strangely and thought to himself: "In terms of ups and downs, I guess a yoga master like you is still not as good as Linglong who walked out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood."
Linglong smiled noncommittally and did not take up the topic of love. Instead, she asked about exploration-related matters and how to find the meteorite fragments. Chen Jue also pricked up his ears and listened.
"Miss Linglong, Mr. Chen Jue, I think you should also know that the energy radiation emitted from the meteorite fragments does not have any radiation frequency known to mankind. So far, there is no detection instrument that can capture its signal."
“The reason why our extreme sports association was able to find it is also thanks to the set of experiences summed up by my grandfather and father.”
"Each team that goes out for exploration must have at least one yoga master who has practiced Mahamudra and understood Bodhi, that is, a master of the realm of Zhenren Leiyin, as you call it in the Taoist classics of the Flower Planting Family."
"It's just that those of us who practice yoga Mahamudra focus on the soul, and we can't be as strong as you in martial arts."
"On the other hand, after understanding Bodhi, you can use your body's awakened sixth sense to capture the energy radiation emitted by meteorite fragments." Zhao Zhen revealed.
When Chen Jue heard this, he and Linglong looked at each other, their eyes full of surprise.
"Is there a guru in each group?" Linglong asked.
"Yes, I am also a yoga master who has realized Bodhi. I have stronger physical strength and endurance than ordinary people, so I can barely carry out in-depth adventures in Antarctica." Zhao Zhen turned around and smiled, took off the glove on his right hand, and raised his hand. He made a heart seal gesture in his palm, and his palm was filled with blood quickly like a balloon.
The rushing sound of Qi and blood fell on Chen Jue and Linglong's ears very calmly, and the beatings coming from his handprints were like the heartbeat when dark energy was strong.
“Yoga Mahamudra?”
"It is rumored that if you practice this kung fu to a great extent, you can have the power of Buddha to throw elephants. I don't know whether it is true or not." Linglong looked at Zhao Zhen with a deep look and said.
"Miss Linglong, throwing elephants is an exaggerated description in Buddhist scriptures. The smallest newborn elephant weighs more than 100 kilograms, let alone throwing an adult elephant weighing several tons into the air and staying there for three days! Then! It’s an exaggerated legend! Just like the legendary Buddha’s earth-touching mudra, all demons are subdued. The earth-touching mudra in Mahamudra is just a skill similar to one-finger meditation. The body is supported in the air with one finger. Many special Any monk who practices Yi Finger Zen can do it, practice makes perfect." Zhao Zhen explained.
As for Chen Jue, he smiled unnaturally after hearing this allusion.
He didn't know whether Buddha had ever thrown an elephant, but Chen Jue had indeed thrown two adult elephants away.
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The polar off-road vehicle drove farther and farther, and after driving for two hours, it stopped at the edge of a glacier fault. The three people put on masks and got out of the vehicle, and walked step by step to the edge of the glacier, which had a drop of about a hundred kilometers. Top of the ice.
"Mr. Chen Jue, Miss Linglong, this is your first time setting foot in Antarctica. With your skills, it stands to reason that there won't be any accidents."
"But to be on the safe side, I'll walk you through the polar expedition process today." Zhao Zhen said as he took the tools out of the car.
The long rock climbing rope was tied to the car at one end and dropped into the ice valley. Then he took out a special outdoor climbing pickaxe. Zhao Zhen began to slide down the rope little by little, with extremely smooth movements.
After climbing to the bottom, Zhao Zhen waved to the two of them and motioned them to come down.
After that, Chen Jue and Linglong followed his instructions and imitated them. Both of them were masters of Dan Jie, so they learned this rock climbing movement very quickly.
After climbing up and down three times, Zhao Zhen led the two of them to explore the deeper areas.
On the way, they passed a simple supply station with Hongmu's logo on it. The three of them got out of the car and went in to take a rest and eat some scribbled food to replenish their energy.
Looking at the frozen cabinets and floors in the supply station, Chen Jue couldn't help but sigh at the harsh environment of Antarctica.
"Mr. Chen Jue, do you know what is the most terrifying thing about Antarctica?" Seeing Chen Jue's thoughtful look, Zhao Zhen, who was heating water on the stove, suddenly asked.
"Is it low temperature?" Chen Jue asked.
"No! It's time!"
"Whether it's Antarctica or outside, the most terrifying thing is time."
"Time is the fairest to everyone, but it is the cruelest to everyone. Once something happens during an Antarctic expedition, if the rescue is not timely, they will be buried in this world of ice and snow forever."
"Before you came, two teams from the Extreme Sports Association had lost contact during the expedition. When we found the distress signals they sent, they ended up freezing to death in such a crude supply station."
"If there is a snowstorm, no one can endure the long time here. No matter which supply station you set off from to the scientific research station, you will have to go through several hours or even days in the middle. Once the fuel in the supply station is exhausted, If we run out, we will just have to wait for death. Therefore, most of us explorers will not use up all the supplies in a supply station unless it is absolutely necessary. This may leave a way for the next group of explorers to survive. "Zhao Zhen stared at the hot water in the pot calmly and introduced expressionlessly.
After listening to it, Chen Jue and Linglong were both thoughtful.
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Afterwards, the three of them simulated the exploration process in a nearby polar environment and drove all the way back to the scientific research station.
The expedition drill on the first day only covered a distance of two hundred kilometers, which was considered a safe distance for this group of people who came to Antarctica for adventure.
After Chen Jue returned to the scientific research station, he spent most of his time resting and practicing.
In the next few days, each time I went out, I walked farther and farther, and the terrain I set foot on varied from glacier faults to frozen valleys and undercurrents under the ice.
The temperature also plummeted from minus 12℃ when we first arrived to minus 52℃.
At this time, if the skin is exposed to the air without any protection, a layer of skin will freeze off within a few minutes.
But what makes Chen Jue feel strange is that he has been traveling to and from the Hongmu Scientific Research Station for several days, but he has not met the other three expedition groups, as if he has been delayed.
I know that these three groups of nine people exist, but I have never encountered them face to face in the scientific research station.
When a week passed, John, who had stayed at the station for several days, also took a private jet and left.
As for Chen Jue's Wudang Golden Toad Kung Fu, he had perfected it to level 3 in the past few days of water-milling kung fu, and he had awakened a new bonus state of [Golden Toad Swallowing Qi].
It is probably because this skill was enhanced by [Lu Zu Enlightenment], plus Chen Jue had already trained his strength into his internal organs, and was affected by the thin environment of Antarctic air, that he improved very quickly.
[Golden toad swallows Qi]: The toad in the well wants to swallow the sky, the iron lung and the steel heart are strong.
State description: Affected by this state, it can greatly enhance the breathing capacity of the lungs, the blood supply capacity of the heart, and accelerate the peristalsis and digestion of the gastrointestinal tract.
In addition, the Hidden Dragon Sleeping Pill Technique was also upgraded to Level 3 by Chen Jue. However, the level of this Taoist Sleeping Pill Technique is higher than that of the Golden Toad Technique, and Level 3 is not yet complete.
The two exercises improved Chen Jue's physical fitness by 0.12 and his strength sensitivity by 0.05, and his health index also climbed to 212%.
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The day after sending John off, Chen Jue was told that starting today, he would begin to advance to some untouched restricted areas for humans in central Antarctica.
Behind the polar off-road vehicle driven by Zhao Zhen, a simple supply box with a sled was also started to be towed.
The three people set off at 6 a.m. and drove all the way, refueling several times along the way. They arrived at a simple supply point more than a thousand kilometers away from the scientific research station at around 9 p.m.
"There will be no supply points further forward. If we want to rest after that, we can only stay in the car or go back here." Zhao Zhen's face became serious.
In this world of ice and snow covering 13.9 million square kilometers, it is very difficult to establish such a closed supply station. Being able to penetrate more than a thousand kilometers is the limit of what humans can do.
Even the Hongmu Group, with its wealth and wealth, cannot advance further into the depths of Antarctica. One can imagine the cost of building a supply point in such a place.
The three of them were silent all night in the supply point. After many days of exploration and study, Chen Jue also learned that it is best to keep silent in such a polar environment, so as to maintain the body's heat and water from being easily lost.
It was only in the middle of the night that the temperature outside the supply point began to drop to minus 60 degrees Celsius. The whining wind began to sound like a demon with its teeth and claws. It blew the entire outer wall of the supply point and made a crackling sound. It was the sound of ice and snow hitting. Only then did Chen Jue see the power of Antarctica.
"Facing such a harsh environment, if human beings have no shelter, they will freeze into popsicles in a short time." Chen Jue thought to himself.
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After hiding in sleeping bags and resting for the night, the three of them drove the off-road vehicle deeper into the area again the next day.
This exploration lasted for seven days. During this period, we frequently traveled to and from the last supply point for repairs. The map data brought out from the scientific research station were also marked with crosses during these seven days, eliminating one unexplored area after another. terrain.
In order to find those meteorites, the Hongmu Group spent a lot of money to take a complete set of high-magnification photos of the Antarctic continent from satellites.
Coupled with decades of exploration, some easily accessible places have already been explored. What was left for Chen Jue and Linglong were the worst and most remote routes.
On this day, when the vehicle came to an endless stretch of ice, Chen Jue suddenly sensed a faint wave of innate energy coming from below.
As for Linglong and Zhao Zhen, they were probably not as advanced as Chen Jue, so they didn't react at all when they passed by.
"Zhao Zhen, stop here!"
"I sensed something down there." Chen Jue reminded him.
After half a month of getting along, Chen Jue has roughly figured out the personality and temperament of the group leader, and has established a good friendship with him.
"Mr. Chen Jue, are you so perceptive?" Zhao Zhen hurriedly stepped on the brakes and looked back at Chen Jue in surprise.
During this period of time together, Chen Jue was very discreet. Linglong was the one playing the role of dealing with Zhao Zhen throughout the whole process. Even Zhao Zhen almost ignored Chen Jue's role.
Unexpectedly, in a twist of events, the first person to sense the energy radiation from the meteorite would be Chen Jue!
"It should feel like it's not far from us, right under your feet." Chen Jue laughed, but did not admit it. Even Linglong looked at Chen Jue in surprise.
Then the three of them got out of the car, took out tools, drilled a hole in the thick ice under their feet, and lowered a leash camera with night vision function.
These are industrial-grade wide-temperature equipment. Ordinary electronic equipment cannot even be turned on in such a low-temperature environment.
While observing the scene captured by the camera, Zhao Zhen exclaimed: "Found it! There is a natural crater below!"
Chen was determined to say that "hard work pays off", and Linglong looked at each other, and then cooperated with Zhao Zhen to start chipping away at the ice layer by bit, digging a hole that could accommodate several people.
Using rope equipment, the three of them descended into the crater below.
The crater is more than 100 meters deep, and is blocked by a layer of sharp ice above it. It is impossible to tell that there is such a magical inner space underneath by taking satellite photos.
At the bottom of the pit, a huge stone with a pitch black surface, about half a person tall, appeared in front of the three of them.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Zhen took out his mountaineering pick and knocked off a piece of the stone, exposing a large area of dark golden lines inside the stone.
The innate Qi emanating from the stone was so strong that Chen Jue, Linglong and Zhao Zhen all showed a hint of intoxication.
It's as if the pores all over the body are open and all the cells in the body are jumping for joy!
"How many carats does this have to be?"
"It weighs at least half a ton!" Chen Jue visually inspected the size of the meteorite and couldn't help but marvel.
I didn't expect that I would find such a huge meteorite just by sensing it. If John said five million green coins per carat, this meteorite alone would be enough to buy a country!
"Such a big impact crater! There must be scattered debris nearby!" Zhao Zhen shouted, his eyes full of enthusiasm. The three of them searched around the crater again and found several pieces of palm-sized debris. Meteorite fragments.
Unfortunately, the innate energy content of these fragments is obviously not as good as the one at the bottom of the pit.
It is estimated that this huge meteorite of over half a ton is the core of an asteroid, and it contains a very high concentration of innate energy.
I just found this meteorite, but it's a problem to bring it up. After all, the bottom of the pit is more than a hundred meters away from the ice layer above.
If this meteorite is broken bit by bit, the innate energy inside will probably escape very quickly.
Chen Jue didn't want to expose his strength too much, so he could carry the meteorite with one hand.
"I'm going to notify the scientific research station! Let's try using the winch of the polar car to see if we can drag it up!" Zhao Zhen seemed a little excited and hurriedly climbed up the rope and started climbing up.
Linglong gave Chen Jue a warning look and signaled Chen Jue to stay here. She probably didn't trust Zhao Zhen, so she also followed the rope and climbed up.
Seeing the two people starting to climb up at the same time, Chen Jue showed a strange look on his face. With a thought in his mind, he walked to the edge of the big meteorite, took off his gloves, and put his hand on the mountain climber when no one was around. The gap in the meteorite opened by a pickaxe.
The reason why the innate energy contained in this kind of meteorite can maintain tens of millions without spilling is because it forms a thick weathered crust after falling.
But as soon as Zhao Zhen opened it, the innate energy in the meteorite began to slowly spread out.
"It's a waste anyway, you might as well be absorbed by me."
With this thought, Chen Jue took out a few energy bars from his pocket and stuffed them into his mouth, chewed and swallowed them quickly. He put one hand on the exposed dark gold pattern of the meteorite's breach, while mobilizing the free attribute points, and began to use The minimal point-adding method of exchanging 0.01 attributes for 10 proficiency points gives [Big and Small Weekly Operation Lv1 (5/200)] a little.
"Buzz!"
Chen Jue felt that as soon as he added a little more, the blood all over his body began to circulate rapidly. Through [inner vision], he found that the cells in his body began to rapidly transform and evolve under the support of the innate energy.
With the addition of the siphon effect induced by this Daoist technique, the innate Qi transported by the meteorite was completely calmed down.
After the 10 proficiency level was completed, Chen Jue found that all attributes had increased sharply, and the dark gold lines in the meteorite's breach quickly dimmed at this moment.
"Continue!" Chen Jue raised his head and glanced at Linglong and Zhao Zhen who had disappeared. With five fingers spread out, the bonus effect of the Golden Needle Pointing Skill [Peel Through Stone Like Rot] burst out. His fingers dug into the interior of the meteorite like a drill, and then 10 The method of adding proficiency points will promote the rapid improvement of [big and small weekly operations] little by little.
After Zhao Zhen and Linglong shouted from the hole above and dropped a winch wire rope and a canvas bag for carrying the meteorite, Chen Jue withdrew his fingers without hesitation, and pinched the place where he inserted them. broken pieces.
After taking a look at Zhou Tian's skill, he found that it was stuck at [Lv1 (195/200)]. Chen Jue thought to himself, "What a pity." It was just a short step away from reaching the next level for this skill.
But now Zhao Zhen and Linglong came down the rope again. In front of two outsiders, Chen Jue couldn't continue to make breakthroughs, so he had to cooperate with the two to bandage the meteorite.
However, when Linglong and Zhao Zhen saw that a corner of the meteorite seemed to be missing, and the golden lines on its head were much darker, they both looked at Chen Jue with a bit of confusion.
Chen Jue didn't show anything. He smiled and cooperated with the two to lift the meteorite onto the canvas bag. When the three of them climbed out of the ice along the rope, Zhao Zhen began to control the winch device on the polar vehicle and began to control it bit by bit. More than 500 kilograms of meteorites were dragged upwards and out of the ice.
The entire lifting and dragging process took nearly half an hour. Fortunately, there was no danger during the entire process. With the help of modern equipment, the meteorite was successfully lifted out of the crater below.
As long as he reaches the ice and waits for the support from the scientific research station to arrive, Chen Jue's trip will be considered complete.
And according to the exploration agreement previously signed with the Hongmu Group, no matter how many meteorites are found, Chen Jue and Linglong are eligible to share half of them.
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After wrapping the meteorite and placing it on the ice, the three of them got on the polar off-road vehicle. Zhao Zhen had already sent a request for support to the scientific research station through the vehicle-mounted satellite communication equipment the first time he went on the ice.
If it weren't for the fact that the off-road vehicle was running out of fuel, all three of them would have just thrown away the supplies being dragged behind them and loaded the meteorite directly into the vehicle and transported it away.
This place is nearly two thousand kilometers away from the scientific research station, and support will not arrive soon. The three of them chatted while waiting on the off-road vehicle.
Every half hour, a noisy reminder will sound from the car's audio system, indicating that support from the scientific research station is getting closer.
After waiting for three hours, there was a roar like an airplane engine in the sky. The three of them heard the sound and got out of the car. When they looked up, they saw a small ship with the Hongmu logo printed on it in the blue sky. The plane roared past, and nine blurry black dots jumped from the side of the plane.
Chen Jue narrowed his eyes and recognized the figures from a distance. They should have suddenly landed through extreme sports such as wingsuit flying. The plane was circling in the distance, presumably planning to make an emergency landing on the nearby ice.
Zhao Zhen cheered and waved to the sky, while he slowly moved to the location where the meteorite was placed.
Chen Jue and Linglong noticed this subtle move and also leaned over. However, before they were halfway there, they heard several whirring sounds coming from above their heads.
A huge heart palpitation suddenly surged into their hearts. The hairs on both of their bodies suddenly stood up, and they each used their body skills to fly forward.
The next second, nine loud sounds of "Boom, boom, boom!" were heard, and nine metal objects that looked like gray iron spears plunged straight down from above, shooting down the people in front of them like bullets. The ice pierced a row of straight holes.
Then a loud sound of ice cracking was heard on the ice layer. The force caused by the series of cracks in the row of holes actually opened a gap in the entire ice shelf. The gap became bigger and bigger, and it continued to spread, as if At this moment, a natural barrier was formed, separating Chen Jue, Linglong, and the polar off-road vehicle from Zhao Zhen and the meteorite.
The winch wire dragging the meteorite was also interrupted by the falling iron spear just now.
As for the nine figures flying in wingsuits from the plane, they had opened their parachutes and slowly floated to Zhao Zhen's side.
Chen Jue, who had recovered from the shock just now, saw clearly from a distance of tens of meters that one of the figures lifted off the cold mask on his face, revealing a face that was very similar to that of Father Tom.
I have been writing this chapter all afternoon. If I were to break it down and write it, it would be too watery, so I put it together and posted it together.
There should be another chapter of about 4,000 words in the evening~