Chapter 180 180 "Price and Outcome."

Chapter 180 180· “Price and Ending.”

January 13, 2025, 13:30 pm - nearly half a month has passed since the start of the polar night disaster.

Antarctic continent.

The world was shrouded in pitch-black night, with even the light of the stars and moon stripped away. The only light came from a few spots of light on the ice.

The ice and snow on the ground reflected a faint light, imprinted with a silvery brilliance.

The cold atmosphere circulated silently, and the slightly salty smell of sea water in the air was intertwined with the crisp cold air.

In this moment of extreme silence, the huge breathing sound of a giant white whale can occasionally be heard in the distance, and the tenacious life will shine at any time - the sparse penguin population is still trying to reproduce here, and a few seabirds are confused in the darkness. 's circling.

A French fries was thrown up high, and the seabirds quickly pounced on the food, fighting for it and eating it wholeheartedly.

Their desire for food made them forcibly suppress their fear of humans of strange species. They stopped on the ground next to them, tilted their heads, and looked at the humans in front of them, as if expecting the next wave of food to arrive.

Lin Li, who was in the freezing cold of Blue Star, was dressed like autumn. He squatted down and stretched out his hand to these seabirds. Only one flapping its wings in fear to avoid it, but most of the others did not move and let them go. Lin Li stroked their feathers.

His eyes were staring straight at the box containing French fries on Lin Li's other palm.

"Eat, you guys, come to the dock and order some fries."

Lin Li smiled, took out the fries, and threw them one by one at the group of seabirds, which may be seagulls or albatrosses.

Seeing the same kind eating, the seabird that flew away in fear just now flew back again, stopped in the distance, and tentatively moved forward here step by step.

"You're so thin, you're new here, come here and eat something." Lin Li threw the food in his hand at this seabird, which was a little thinner compared to other seabirds, and the bird immediately started gobbling it up.

"It's a pity that I have to leave. This may be the last human food you can eat." This time, the other person who focused on eating did not refuse Lin Li's touch anymore. Lin Li sighed softly.

"In the era of natural disasters, life is not easy for everyone."

While these seabirds were eating, Lin Li stood up and looked at the group of penguins who were neither close nor far away from the camp. He used a few freshly caught fish to use a power that was almost impossible for ordinary people - the ice type " The increase of "Hope" potion at low temperatures and the increase of "exotic stone" were directly thrown next to the ethnic group.

Faced with this scene that looked a bit like an attack, the penguins were used to it and immediately broke away from huddled together for warmth and rushed up to eat.

After doing all this, Lin Li suddenly laughed: "Yu: Damn it, it's not easy for a penguin to live. Is it easy for me to live?"

"Boom!" There was a slight sound of heavy objects colliding with the ice behind him. Lin Li turned his head. It was the team members who were packing and sorting things.

A lamppost's power cord was disconnected, and a star point on the Antarctic continent went out.

In the polar night, any light is conspicuous and dazzling. The surrounding animals seem to feel all this, and they all look up at the camp.

The Antarctic continent actually has a few months of polar night every year, but facing the extreme darkness of the natural disaster era, the creatures here are not used to it.

After all, during the polar nights in the past, there were stars and moonlight shining at night, but at this moment, even these were completely blocked by the thick clouds.

After the only remaining light disappeared, it had a great impact on their lives. For example, it became more difficult to hunt for food, and there were also problems with their ability to judge their location.

Most animals are phototactic, and the light from Dongguo's "Strange Stone" collection camp became the only light in this darkness, causing the few surviving animals on this continent to subconsciously gather here. With.

After discovering that he could get some food here, he decisively chose to settle nearby. Those seabirds that did not avoid Lin Li's touch were probably cooked by him in the past half month.

Therefore, their body shape is slightly better than that of the newcomer.

In addition to the penguin group, Lin Li has seen several whales in the past half month.

If Lin Li wanted to, he could also hear the low-frequency sounds of whales communicating, but he just couldn't understand or speak them.

In fact, there are still animals that are ignorant, such as the restrained seal a week ago. Although it is also very interested in food, the problem is that it regards Lin Li as food.

As for the result of its attack, Lin Li commented that the seal meat tasted quite good, with a smell similar to beef.

"Captain, we're almost done sorting it out, you can start storing it."

He Pingzhi, who was wearing relatively thick clothes, came to Lin Li's side and said.

"Okay." Lin Li nodded, preparing to lie down on the ice and act as a warehouse with peace of mind.

Now is not the extremely cold weather of the Ice Disaster. At the same time, the number of "Xinhuo" teams is increasing every day. In addition, there are several ready-made scientific research stations in Antarctica. Most of them no longer have their owners and can provide temporary residences. .

Under these preconditions, not only the troops who took the "Hope" potion, but also a large number of regular scientific researchers and troops were sent to the Antarctic continent this time, totaling tens of thousands of people.

These regular troops, led by members of the "Xinhuo" and "Hope" teams, are scattered in the central part of the Antarctic continent and the nearby seas. After performing their duties, they collect "exotic stones".

The Antarctic continent is uninhabited and the surface is icy, making the collection process of "exotic rocks" very smooth. Although this continent will also experience ice earthquakes during earthquakes, the situation is much better.

To date, all plans have been basically completed, and the harvest has been fruitful. At the current consumption rate, it is enough to support Dongguo's needs for a long time in the future - as for scientific research, this is a bottomless pit, and it has never really met the demand.

After completing the task, everyone was ready to recover the available materials and return to the East Kingdom, which is what they have to do now.

When he saw the iron cone that represented the completion of storage appearing in the inner space, Lin Li opened his eyes, stood up and stretched his muscles, looked at the camp that seemed to have been looted by thieves, and asked:

"You didn't leave anything behind, right? Even damaged tools must be taken away to prevent the evolution of alien species."

In Lin Li's memory, when he died, the alien species had only had pure beast instincts from the beginning, to the point where they could use 'tools' like sea otters opening shells. Although Lin Li didn't know whether the Antarctic continent would produce alien species, since it would produce "Strange stones" should be judged as if they will appear.

Therefore, after learning that alien species have the characteristic of 'evolution', all 'tools' that contribute to their evolutionary behavior must not be left behind.

This is the inference drawn by Dongguo.

"Captain, except for the equipment used to monitor and track the Antarctic continent, we have recovered all the other tools and technologies and have not omitted anything." He Pingzhi replied very seriously.

"Okay, that's fine." Lin Li nodded.

It seemed that the Antarctic animals surrounding the camp also sensed that Lin Li was about to leave, and they were all moving closer at this moment.

It's just that because there are natural enemies between them, they don't dare to get too close.

"I hope you are reluctant to part with me, rather than reluctant to part with my food." Lin Li looked at this scene, laughed and teased, and then said with relief: "You can only rely on yourselves for the rest, but don't worry, the alien species is a psychotic species Only interested in humans.

Even if they appear here next month, they won't do anything to you. If they don't come to us, maybe one day we will come back to kill them, so we might have a chance to see them again. "

The animals do not understand human language, they just make their own chirping sounds.

"Captain, here we come." He Pingzhi interrupted Lin Li's emotional 'communication' with the animals, looked up at the dim space, and said.

Lin Li also raised his head after hearing this. In the distant sky, a large number of dense "stars" appeared - aircraft navigation and strobe lights.

To undertake the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, a few planes were naturally not enough, so Dongguo sent a whole group.

Countless scattered flashing lights formed a special 'aurora' in this extreme darkness.

"Attention 'Airport', attention 'Airport', the national plane has arrived over Antarctica and is about to land. If something unexpected happens during the landing, please contact me at any time."

Lin Li lowered his head, picked up the walkie-talkie, and spoke on the exclusive channel.

"'Airport' received, 'Airport' received." The walkie-talkie quickly responded.

The Antarctic continent actually has a landing strip, usually made of compacted snow or ice, called a blue ice runway.

The surface of this kind of runway is very smooth, which places high requirements on the aircraft's braking and maneuvering capabilities. Of course, with the technical help of "Island", the temporary runway built is more safe and effective, and these requirements are greatly reduced, and it can Make sure the plane lands without incident.

When the plane gradually approached and landed, the huge noise caused by the giant object frightened all the animals away. Lin Li and the "Hope" team he led did not move, but listened to the news from the walkie-talkie - just like the early days of an earthquake disaster. As always, Lin Li was responsible for the smooth progress of all actions at this time. If an accident occurred, it would be up to him, the 'warehouse', to remedy the situation.

But fortunately, there were no mistakes in the repeated deduction process. A few hours later, these planes that had just landed took turns to take off again, drawing a skyline in the sky of the Blue Star.

Lin Li and his team members naturally took the last flight. After watching the Antarctic continent gradually recede, Lin Li looked ahead with some confusion.

"The president of the Black Alliance is dead." He Pingzhi, who was sitting next to Lin Li, suddenly said after the plane started flying smoothly, he took out his tablet to browse.

Lin Li turned around and looked over when he heard this, and asked:

"Which president? The one who threatened us with nuclear weapons to give them concessions?"

"Yes, the Black Alliance is in the Seventh Alliance... Now after the Sixth Alliance meeting, a new president was re-elected on the second day only. According to the news, the original president died three days ago. According to the Black Alliance, he committed suicide out of fear of crime."

He Pingzhi streamlined the internal intelligence.

"Suicide... haha, did we do it?" Lin Li, knowing that he probably had something to do, also took out his tablet and began to become familiar with Blue Star's situation in half a month.

"Captain, if I know the information, you must know it. But the people we sent to the Black Alliance are also members of our "Hope" team. When we gave them instructions, the country will not deliberately skip you, so it should have nothing to do with us. relation. "

He Pingzhi thought for a while and then replied.

"The new president of the Black Alliance is very self-aware and puts his position very low." Lin Li looked at the information and said, "Those team members... may have directly 'joined' the Black Alliance, and they probably won't be able to come back for a while." I'm coming."

Now that the Black Alliance has rejoined the Alliance, of course, this does not mean that nothing will happen after changing the president and they can join directly.

How could such a serious threat be treated like nothing happened?

The new president of the Black Alliance first took almost all the surviving leadership to apologize to the East Kingdom, admit his mistakes to the Blue Star Alliance, and denounced the previous theory of mutual destruction. At the same time, he also said, "It has nothing to do with him, it is all the previous president's thoughts." This way, you put the blame on your ex.

But the seriousness of this matter cannot be easily solved with a so-called sincere apology.

If an apology is helpful, what else should the police do?

The actual price paid by the Black Alliance in the end was to disclose all its existing nuclear information to the Blue Star Alliance, including available quantities, locations, and specific information...

Almost all the pants were stripped off.

And the dynamic password that he wants to activate the core in the future is no longer in his own hands. Dongguo and Heilian each hold half of it. If it needs to be activated, the two parties need to reach an agreement before they can get the complete code. password.

This means that neither party can unilaterally activate these nuclear weapons.

Regarding nuclear information, once it is concealed and discovered, the Black Alliance will usher in its darkest moment and be isolated and even hostile to all the countries of the Blue Star Anti-Alien Alliance. Therefore, Lin Li does not think that they dare to hide this information.

However, the so-called dynamic password was determined by both parties. Lin Li felt that the Black Alliance might have a backhand.

What Lin Li could think of, Dong Guo had naturally thought of as well, and it seemed that he had already dispatched a commissioner to ensure the implementation of this point.

However, in this way, the Black Alliance has indeed basically given up its nuclear sovereignty and eliminated the possibility of dying with other countries. This is the key price for him to rejoin the Alliance.

"Well deserved." He Pingzhi relaxed his shoulders and commented.

"When you make this choice, you have to bear the price behind this choice. It is a mercy to let them in again."

"It's not surprising that people who violate humanity are exterminated by humanity."

"Indeed, we didn't even disclose the whole process of this matter to their people, so we saved them enough face." Lin Li nodded, and he thought it was nothing.