Chapter 5 Chapter 4 Adventures under the Ice Crack

Of course, in the cracks in the ice layer, the temperature is at least about minus fifteen degrees Celsius. Minus 15 degrees Celsius is severe cold, but it is much better than minus 30 to 40 degrees on the ice sheet, and more importantly, there is no cold wind blowing in the cracks, so the human body temperature will not dissipate quickly. I looked down, the crystal ice cubes played a good role in refraction and reflection, and I could clearly see the situation below, and I saw: the rope is almost at the end! Looking down, there is a gloomy cold light below, I don't know how deep it is, if I slip and fall, I will never be able to find the rope again.I tried my best to stop my downward slide.

However, the ice on the rope was half an inch thick and extremely slippery. I couldn't do this! Seeing that the rope under me is getting shorter and shorter, ten feet...eight feet...five feet...three feet...I must fall, but suddenly I see, at the end of the rope, there is a puck. I quickly bent my legs and stepped on the ice puck with both feet. Although the ice puck was also very slippery and there was no way to stand on it, my sliding momentum was always blocked by it. When my feet slipped away from the ice puck and I fell down again, the momentum was much slower. My hands held the rope tightly. When I slid onto the ice puck, I fell momentum, it stopped.

I was hanging in mid-air, and there was an unfathomable abyss below. My hands were already frozen stiff, but my ten fingers held the rope tightly.Human fingers are very useful, but they have never been as useful as I am now, because now, if the fingers cannot continue to grasp the rope, it means that I cannot live! I took a breath, and first I saw the puck at the end of the rope. It turned out that there was a knot at the end of the rope, and the ice had condensed on this knot. I secretly thanked the expedition team member who left the rope and tied a knot at the end of the rope. If it wasn’t for him, I would have fallen somewhere. The ice crevasse seemed to go straight to the center of the earth. deep.

I tried my best to gather my mind, I am not dead yet, which of course means that I can still strive for a better situation. Climb up?The ropes were covered with slippery ice, which was almost impossible. I had to look at the ice walls on both sides of the ice crevasse. The ice walls went straight up and down, extremely steep. The solid ice is almost transparent, shining with all kinds of indescribable and strange brilliance, which is a realm that can only be found in fairy tales.I looked around for a while, and found that two feet below my feet, there was a large piece of ice protruding from the ice wall.

If I fell lightly, I could stand still on the ice, which would be much better than hanging in mid-air, so I first let go of one hand, and then let go of the other hand, Keeping my body at the slowest speed, I fell down, and I stood still on this piece of ice. After I stood still, the first thing I did was to put my hands in front of my mouth and breathe continuously.But I didn't hold it for long, because in front of my eyes, there was a strange scene that I didn't expect. Just in front of the block of ice I was standing on, there was another very narrow crack, the crack was only five meters deep, and in front of it was an ice cave!

There is an ice hole in the ice wall, which is not surprising at all, because maybe when the ice layer formed hundreds of thousands of years ago, a mass of air happened to be frozen in the ice, forming a hole, and after several years Finally, the air rushes out due to the vibration of the earth's crust, forming an ice cave. But now, what amazes me is that when I look into the ice cave, I can actually see a figure in the ice cave! Although I can't see clearly yet, because of the refraction of the ice, there are many strange shadows that are almost hallucinatory in my vision, but I can be sure that I saw human figures!At that moment, the joy in my heart was really indescribable.

I rushed over, because the ice was too slippery, I took a step and fell, but my forward momentum was still there, I fell on the ice, and still slid forward, and in a blink of an eye, I was coming Into the ice cave. At that time, I saw not only people, but also other things. It was a big computer-like machine, lined up in front of an ice wall, like two big cabinets, in front of the big computer, were two chairs, a person was sitting on a chair, his back was facing My hand is still on a button on the computer. Another chair is empty, in front of the computer. Another person was standing.The man was not standing, his body just leaned on a joystick of the computer, so he could not fall down.

In front of the big computer, there is another platform with many messy things scattered on it: paper, pens, stacks of documents, and a few things that look like electric stoves, and a few large cardboard boxes . All this makes this ice cave look like a control room.What it controls, of course I have no way of knowing. I was stunned for a while, and looked at those two people. The two people were very short, with masks like divers on their heads. On their backs, they carried a row of tubes, as if they had some high explosives tied to their bodies. From their masks, there were throats leading to the tubes at the back, as if the row of tubes were filled with oxygen for supply. breathe.But in terms of my feelings at the time, I felt that the air in the ice cave was cold but very good.

My first impression is: these two people are dead. However, I couldn't help laughing immediately, because the appearance and shape of these two people were exactly the same as the robots I had seen on the aerial platform hosted by Professor Jefferson.A robot has no life at all, so what is life and death? Then, new fears and new disappointments arose in me, because after all these adventures, I still couldn't escape Professor Jefferson's control. , to laugh at my failure. I stand still.wait. And those two robots seemed to have absolutely no intention of moving. I looked at them for a while, and I felt that the two people in front of me were different from the robot on the aerial platform, that is, on their masks, there were steel pipes with throats facing their backs.

Assuming that the steel tubes on their backs are filled with compressed gas, that means: they need to breathe. Does a successful robot made of electronic tubes and complicated circuits need to breathe? My heart was pounding. It seemed that in front of me, the two small people sitting and standing were not robots. At that time, for some reason, I just subconsciously felt that if these two were not robots but living beings, then they must not be earthlings. I think there are two reasons why I suddenly had such an idea: first, I believe that the robots on the aerial platform were made by these two people, because the shape of the robots is exactly the same as them, short Man in rubber suit and copper hood.If humans on earth create the most sophisticated and dexterous robots, they must be shaped like humans on earth, and they will not have such a short stature.

The second reason why I think that way is because all of this is far beyond the achievements of science on earth.That big computer is something that already exists on the earth, but without electricity, the computer is useless. In the ice cave, I can't see the generator, and I can't find the power supply. That is to say, there is another This kind of energy is supplying the needs of computers. Have the people on earth advanced to this point? I stood there blankly for a long time before I said, "Gentlemen, I'm here, didn't you show any sign?" The two men remained in their original positions. My mind went back to my first thought when I first saw the two of them, they were dead. I boldly walked forward. I first came to the standing person and pushed it lightly. The person shook and fell on the ice with a bang. At this time, I also saw that the paper on the table was full of symbols that I absolutely could not understand.However, unexpectedly there is a large stack of English newspapers.The year of the English newspaper was 1906. I hurried over and doubled it. Almost all the newspapers are full of records of the great earthquake in San Francisco that year, with pictures and words, the kind of houses collapsed, the injured had broken legs and arms, and the dead were dug out of the rubble. The family members of the deceased and the lucky survivors cried out loudly. In short, all the tragic scenes made people feel extremely heavy. And there are several close-up shots, one is an old woman, and the other is a little girl. The age difference between the two is at least sixty years, but the expressions on their faces are the same, it is a kind of hopeless, A look of extreme pain! Seeing that expression makes people feel like they are in hell, the pressure on their hearts is extremely heavy, and they are extremely uncomfortable. I quickly put down the newspaper and stopped reading it. I don't understand why the two people here are so interested in the San Francisco earthquake that year, because this large stack of newspapers can be said to be after the San Francisco earthquake. The most complete information. I turned around again to look at the two men. At this time, because I was in front of the big flat table, when I turned around, I could touch the person sitting on the chair in front of the computer as soon as I reached out. I was thinking in my heart: Are they people from the earth? I then thought: This is very simple, I just need to take off their masks. People on other planets are somewhat different from people on the earth. I have to figure out who these two people are before I can figure out what are they doing here?I reached out and grabbed the copper mask of the person sitting on the chair, and lifted it upwards forcefully. Maybe it was because I pulled it off a little harder, maybe the pipe was too long in the cold air, so it became weak. When I pulled it off, the pipe broke, and a green gas came out. When I came out, I immediately smelled strong chlorine. I was taken aback and quickly backed away. It was chlorine, and its color and smell allowed me to judge with such certainty. And nitrogen is poisonous, so I quickly backed away. Chlorine gas is heavier than air, and after the green gas emerged from the throat, it sank downwards and moved outward on the ground. The chlorine gas was not too much, and after it gathered into a round piece, it stopped. So, I looked up at the man. When I saw that person's face, I was suddenly taken aback.Then, I couldn't help shouting: My God!I turned my head quickly, my heart was beating wildly! I wish I never took off that man's brass mask!What a horrible face that was!To this day, I have to describe it again, and it also gives me goosebumps and nausea. I can be sure that this is a "person". Here, I use the word "human" as a synonym for the most advanced creature on the planet—because he has the same facial features as people on earth.But his face was dark green! I believe that because he is dead, his complexion is more ugly, but if he is alive, his complexion must not be good, it may be bright green, because I know that they do not breathe oxygen like the earth people breathe, They breathe chlorine. The man's two eyes almost occupy more than half of the forehead, his mouth is small and pointed, he has ears, but they are similar to people on earth, it is a picture that can make you keep doing things in your life after looking at it. The terrible face of nightmares! At that time, I turned my head and couldn't turn it back for a long time. I really didn't have the courage to take a second look at such a strange face! I was thinking in my heart, this person must be from a distant planet, his appearance is similar to that of the earth, and what this "person" breathes is chlorine gas! I picked up a newspaper, covered my own face, took a step forward, and then covered the newspaper on the head of the "person", so that I could not look at the strange face, and then I breathed a sigh of relief . It was only then that I discovered that the man's hand (wearing a rubber glove) had seven fingers, long and slender, a bit like tentacles.I didn't have the guts to pry open the glove to see if it was the tentacles. Man is a creature on the earth, he can have the courage to face the most ferocious characters on the earth, but when you face a monster from other planets, there will be a mysterious and strange feeling that makes you become Cheng was timid and shuddered. I found that the "man" was holding a newspaper in his hand, and my fingers trembled involuntarily. I took the newspaper down, and the paper was full of curves that I couldn't understand.The curve is continuous, and after one line is finished, there is another line. There are as many as forty-seven lines in total. Below the forty-seven lines of curves are two lines of short curves. At first glance, the whole piece of paper looks like a letter, but the letter does not bear the signatures of the two people.However, who can understand what the irregular curves like triangles and circles with different heights represent? Of course, I can be sure that if this is not a letter, those curves must be an extremely progressive type of writing, because at first glance, it looks like scribbled English. I can also be sure that everything recorded on this paper must be extremely important. Because the "man" was holding the paper tightly to death, I had to forcefully open his tentacled fingers to remove it. I carefully folded the paper and put it in a pouch in my underwear -- that's where I keep my precious things. Then, I searched those two people, and found a photo in a pocket of the person who fell on the ground. I glanced at the photo and couldn't help but stare for a while. I know that if I describe the situation in that photo, I will definitely feel nauseated and horrified again, but if I don't describe it, I will be sorry to the readers. The photos were rolled into a roll and placed in the "person"'s pocket.I unfolded it, and what I saw had a high degree of three-dimensionality, not like the ordinary photos we can see. I saw a patch of green—all green, the only difference being the shade of green. The whole picture is all green, among the large amount of light green, there are many dark green things, which can be called "trees", and before those "trees", there are three "people". One was taller, with long dark green hair growing on his head, and the skin on his body was covered with shiny green scales—I couldn't be sure if it was clothes.As for "his" hands, there are seven tentacles-like things twisted together. Next to that "person" are two smaller "persons" about the same shape as the big "person".In the right corner of the photo, there are five very bright green circles, which are unknown. The whole photo becomes more three-dimensional the more you look at it, and everything in the photo seems to be constantly expanding, making the viewer feel as if they are in the green world. I quickly let go, and the photo rolled into a roll again. I couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief, and looked around. Fortunately, the ice around me was still crystal clear, not that suffocating green—the "green" on the planet full of green gas. Man" is no different from a "man" with extremely advanced science. Apart from other things, just the photo that has such a three-dimensional effect at first glance, and makes you feel as if you are in it when you look at it again, is not something that people on earth can do. I believe that the three "persons" in the photo are probably the family members of that person.I dragged the two "persons" outside and pushed down the ice crack. For a long time, I have never heard the sound of heavy objects hitting. The ice crack was so deep, which was beyond my expectation. ! I went back to that ice cave again. On the paper on the flat table were either strange curves or inexplicable symbols. , What I wear in the carton are all green things that are one inch square.Smell it, there is a strong smell of sea bath. I suddenly realized: this may be their food! The smell of the sea bath is not bad, much better than the smell of chlorine, can I live on this food?I picked up a piece and they were surprisingly heavy.Of course it was condensed and refined.I had already put that piece of food by my mouth, but I suddenly remembered that terrifying face, and I couldn't help but get two consecutive shocks: After I eat their food, will I become like them? Woolen cloth? I quickly put down the thing. I opened several boxes one after another, and they all contained the same thing.I was hungry, but I dared not taste them, because I could never imagine how I could live with my skin turning emerald green and my fingers growing like tentacles. I walked to the big computer again, opened a steel door, and inside was a TV with a huge screen. Bored, I twisted a switch under the screen and turned around.I twisted the trigger, which turned out to be a subconscious action, and I never expected any changes to happen. However, when my body was only turned halfway, I heard an earth-shattering booming sound behind me. That kind of booming sound is so amazing that I can't describe it in words now. The sound of the loudest fire bang I have ever heard is doubled, and it looks like there are tens of thousands of hundreds of millions of mountain-like monsters trampling on your head, more like all the drummers on the earth are gathered together, With the sound of their drums shaking your eardrums, it's like all the sea water has moved to the sky, and then poured down to the ground at a speed of one second. I was so startled by the sudden and amazing bang that I fell to the ground! I can barely keep my eyes open! Am I dreaming?I saw fire, no, I wasn't dreaming, I did see fire, and it wasn't just any fire, but a fire that was scorching white, turbulent, radiating an unimaginably bright light, and making such a loud noise , I instinctively backed away, fearing that the fire would burn my body and turn me into ashes within a tenth of a second. However, after I took two steps back, I found that the ice cave was still quite cold, and the breath I exhaled was still milky white. I stopped, I looked ahead carefully, and I realized that I was so flustered, the fire was not going to come to me at all, because it was just something on the color TV. I took a few steps forward, and hastily moved the switch just now, but the sound disappeared, but the tumbling fire on the screen continued to appear. I really can't figure out where such a thrilling picture was taken!It was like the inside of a steel furnace.You'll see something similar when you look inside a steelmaking furnace through blue pyrex glass. However, the interior of a steelmaking furnace is similar to the picture I see today, but not the same, because the size of them is too far apart. When you see a basin of sea water, you will think of the sea. , but how can a basin of sea water be compared with the sea? In the tumbling flames, white light burst out from time to time, that kind of light is really brighter than lightning! After staring at it for three minutes, I pressed another button, and the screen quickly turned to darkness, but my eyes were still red. After a long time, I could see everything around me clearly! It was only then that I was able to breathe a sigh of relief. I really didn't understand what the picture I saw just now was.I don't understand why the TV still works so well, and I don't understand what other functions are involved in the big computer. I know that there must be a highly secret place here.And I can be sure that there must be an extremely close connection between this place and the sky platform I have been to. Maybe that Professor Jefferson is a traitor on Earth bought by a weirdo from this planet. I made many assumptions, but to no avail. Of course, I must not stay in this ice cave for a long time. I want to climb up, hoping to be rescued. I searched in the ice cave and found a pair of pliers, which could help me knock off the solid ice that had condensed on the rope. Before I left, I couldn't help but turn on the TV and watch it for a few minutes. On the screen of the machine, there are still unimaginable and indescribable flames! I walked out of the ice cave, knocked off the ice on the rope with pliers, so that my hands could grab it, and then climbed up step by step.This is a truly difficult journey. My whole being has almost become mechanical and instinctive. The only thing in my mind is to climb up, climb up! I finally climbed up the ice crevasse and lay down on the ice field again. The reflection of the sun on the ice field caused severe pain in my eyes. I opened my eyes, grabbed two handfuls of snow, and stuffed them into my mouth. The stimulation made my mind a little clearer.I stood up and walked forward.At this time, I regretted why I didn't bring two boards out of the ice cave, which can be used as ice skids. Of course, I didn't have the strength to go down the ice crevasse. I just walked forward, walked... I don’t know how long it took, my sanity began to blur, and I had various hallucinations in front of my eyes. I saw many green monsters dancing and singing on the ice field in front of me, and I couldn’t hear what I was singing. He understood the strange tune, "Gajiga, Jijiga", it was extremely loud, and then, the green monster disappeared, and an extremely huge monster fell from the sky. The monster had a body like a fish, but it had a large wing on its back, which was spinning and descending slowly, producing a very strong wind. Jesus, that's not a monster, that's a helicopter! At that time, I suddenly realized that I was sleeping on the ice instead of standing up. It was strange when I fell to the ground. Didn’t I struggle to walk all the time?I managed to lift my head up, the helicopter stopped and someone got off. What came down was not some green monster, but an earthling like me. There were two of them, and they rushed to me quickly. I heard them shouting, "It's a human!" "It's impossible!" "He's a human!" Then, another person rushed over and shouted, "Hurry up and put him on the helicopter." My body was lifted up by them, and the man who lifted my feet said: "Is he dead?" I almost scolded him loudly, but my lips were frozen and I couldn't speak. Humanity: "Maybe he is not dead yet, look, his eyes are still looking at me!" My eyes were indeed on him as he lifted my head.It turned out that I looked almost dead!Then I must have froze and passed out on the ice field, and it was the sound of the helicopter landing that woke me up from the coma. Suddenly I thought: I am saved! I was saved, and I wanted to cry out loudly, but the muscles on my face were as stiff as fossils, and I couldn't make a sound. I just felt like I was being lifted onto the helicopter, and someone stuffed a bottle into my mouth.From the mouth of the bottle, a golden-yellow liquid with a tangy fragrance flowed into my mouth, which excited my spirit immediately—it was not jade liquid, nine-day fairy dew, but Is the most common brandy. I feel that I am gradually getting angry again, my lips have begun to tremble, but I still can't make a sound, and I feel that the clothes on my body have been roughly stripped off, and one piece is very rough. The blanket wrapped my body, and several people rubbed vigorously, making my already frozen body regenerate heat. After about five minutes, I was able to speak, I let out a groan, and beyond my own expectation, I uttered the following sentence: Please give me another sip of wine! I am by no means an alcoholic, but at this moment, I desperately need alcohol!