Chapter 11 Chapter Ten The Destruction of Everything

I smiled bitterly and said, "That was expected, but don't worry, Jefferson will come again, and he will never give up his 'power'." Zhang Jian turned around and said, "He can wait for three or four days to collect our corpses, but it doesn't take three days at all. In the case of minus 40 degrees, no one can support two days without increasing the body heat. Fourteen hours." I objected: "Then you are exaggerating. I once wandered on the ice field for seven days, wearing only a white bear's back." Zhang Jian hummed and said, "But you can catch seals and penguins, drink their blood, and eat their flesh. Now we are in this ice cave, what can you expect? I hope the penguins will come by spaceship." Visiting you?"

I couldn't help being very angry and said, "Zhang Jian, are you blaming me for not agreeing to Jefferson?" Zhang Jian was stunned for a moment: "Of course not, but what should we do now? You were injured, so are we just waiting to die here?" I held on to the ice wall and walked forward. When I reached the entrance of the cave, I looked up. The blue sky was just a thin line. And it is almost impossible to climb such an ice wall. Even with the most perfect ice climbing tools, it is difficult to achieve the goal, because the iceberg is always inclined to some extent, but this ice crevasse is straight up and down. .

I stood at the entrance of the cave, stunned for a while, and then suddenly remembered that we will not be in a desperate situation! Last time, when I came to this ice cave, I found a cardboard box full of green lumps like chocolate candies, which are the food for people on the green planet.At that time, I was so hungry that I didn't dare to touch them.But I remember that Jefferson once said that he also lived on this kind of food on the sky platform. I know that with this bag of food, we can at least survive in this ice cave.I came to the flat table, found the package of food, and threw a piece to Zhang Jian.

Zhang Jian took it in his hand and said, "What is this?" I said: "It's food, you have a taste, it may taste good, it can make us live here for a long time." As I said, I put such a thing into my mouth. As soon as I took it in, I felt an unpleasant grassy smell, which almost made me spit it out, but I bite the bullet and swallowed it.Because no matter what, it's better than eating bear meat raw.Moreover, now in the ice cave, survival bear meat is not available! After I swallowed the food, I saw Zhang Jian swallowing it with a sad face, I pretended to smile and looked at him, the grassy smell in my mouth also gradually faded away, replaced by a very sweet smell taste.

At the same time, I feel refreshed, as if I am full of confidence in everything in the future. The dejected look on Zhang Jian's face was also gradually diminishing.I knew immediately: that must be the magic of this food! This kind of food can not only solve hunger, but also make people full of energy, courageously enterprising, and not disappointed in the face of any difficult environment. I took a step forward, and Zhang Jian also took a step towards me. The two of us shook hands knowingly, and I even felt the pain on my shoulders eased a lot. Zhang Jian said: "We should try to contact Teng Qingquan and Robert. I believe there must be a direct connection between this place and the air platform."

I nodded, and Jefferson left in a rage. Of course, he went back to the sky platform. We must be one step ahead of him, and tell Teng Qingquan and Robert about his abnormality. I went to the computer, what looked like a radiotelephone, inspected it for a while, picked up a receiver, and suddenly, a piece of aluminum slid aside to reveal a TV screen. Light screen comes. There were beating bright spots on the screen, and within half a minute, I saw a room on the sky platform. Teng Qingquan was flipping through the materials, while Robert was pacing back and forth. I yelled at the cylinder: "Dr. Vine, Dr. Vine!"

I just yelled, and Dr. Vine and Robert came together in front of a machine similar to the one I use now, and I heard their voices at the same time. I know they saw us too.Robert's voice with a strong southern American accent came over, "Wesley, are you in that ice cave now?" I immediately said: "Rob, Doctor Vine, listen to me, Jefferson has returned, and he has become a madman." Robert's voice was full of doubts: "Madman? What does this mean──?" I hurriedly said, "It's hard for me to explain to you, but he must──" When I got here, I froze.Because I saw Jeff Sheng with a livid face, he had already barged in!

Dr. Vine and Robert turned around abruptly. In Jefferson's hand, there was another pistol, and he pulled the trigger almost without stopping. I don’t know how far apart the ice cave where Zhang Jian and I are, and the aerial platform where Jefferson and the others are, but because of the direct mutual transmission equipment on the TV, I can clearly hear the whistling sound of bullets. Robert was shot in the chest, and a very funny scene immediately appeared on his face. He put his hand on a table beside him and stood there for about ten seconds before slipping down. After he fell to the ground, he still had that funny look on his face, as if it happened because of something that was absolutely impossible, and it was a bit of an unexpected thrill.

Of course Robert died immediately, he was shot in the heart, and I silently wish him a painless death.Teng Qingquan stood up and pointed at Jefferson with trembling hands. Jefferson took a step forward: "Dr. Vine, I still need you, we can cooperate." Teng Qingquan still pointed at Jefferson, but he didn't speak, but the expression on his face made it unnecessary for him to speak, and others knew what he wanted to say. Jefferson said loudly: "Dr. Fuji, do you want to reject me? I can make you the emperor of Japan, you are too ignorant!" Teng Qingquan pointed at Jefferson's hand and lowered it: "I understand, you have found a way to increase the pressure and make the lava in the center of the earth erupt at the designated place, haven't you?"

Jefferson walked over and put his hands on Teng Qingquan's shoulders. Compared with Jefferson's tall body, Teng Qingquan is even shriveled and thin.However, the resolute and noble expression on Teng Qingquan's face, compared with Jefferson's slick and lustful expression, makes people feel that Teng Qingquan is infinitely greater than Jefferson. Jefferson said: "Yes, I have found that way, Dr. Vine, can you see how much wealth and power this can bring us?" Teng Qingquan said coldly: "Maybe I'm old, I can't tell." Jefferson took a step back. I couldn't go there to rescue Teng Qingquan, because although everything was vivid in my mind, in fact, we were extremely far apart.

I had to shout loudly: "Jefferson, if you want to kill Dr. Vine, I will destroy this computer." Jefferson turned his head. He must be grinning at the TV camera tube, because I can clearly see every muscle on his face beating.He lost his voice: "You won't, and you don't dare. If you destroy that computer, the earth will be finished in a hundred years." I sneered and said, "Why am I afraid? The earth may be destroyed in a hundred years, but it is also possible that in the last year, the scientists on earth will work hard to save the earth." Jefferson's complexion turned livid: "If you dare to touch that computer, I'll kill that old dog with the butt of a gun immediately!" Jefferson was clearly mad. He actually called a first-class scientist and respected scholar like Teng Qingquan an "old dog". I really wanted to punch him a few more times! Fuji Qingquan sat down and smiled bitterly: "Professor, has our work of saving the earth stopped?" Jefferson waved his hands: "Of course not, but I don't want to work for nothing, I want to get paid." I hurriedly said: "Jefferson, after we have accomplished the feat, we will announce this matter. All the honors in the world will definitely be concentrated on you." Jefferson yelled, "Fart, what's honor for?" Teng Qingquan looked at Jefferson for a while, as if nothing had happened at all, and buried his head in studying the documents again.Jefferson gave him a hard look, kicked Robert's body again, and walked out angrily. I hurriedly called out: "Dr. Vine, Dr. Vine." Teng Qingquan raised his head.I said, "Dr. Fuji, do you think there is any way to stop him?" Teng Qingquan shook his head silently, the extremely sad expression on his face made people feel sad. Teng Qingquan is the most outstanding scholar and an authority in seismology. He devoted his whole life to the research work of studying earthquakes, predicting earthquakes, and even preventing earthquakes, so as to benefit the people. But now there are people who want to use the earthquake to increase their status and power. How can this not make him sad? I sighed and comforted Teng Qingquan and said, "Dr. Teng, don't worry, we must try to stop Jefferson's rampage and follow the original plan to make the lava in the core of the earth erupt on the seabed near Iceland." Teng Qingquan was stunned for a while, then lowered his head to read the documents in front of him. I also know that my consolation is useless. For by this time Jefferson must have come to the ice cave again, and he had a weapon, and we had nothing but bare hands.He had killed Robert, and he didn't care about killing a few more. He can drive a spaceship and manipulate all complicated and difficult instruments. He can indeed become a demon king with the power to manipulate the fate of the world. How can we fight against him!We're lucky because those cyborgs have self-destructed.If those electric hand men were still there, we would have died long ago! I thought for a while before turning my head: "Zhang Jian, Jefferson is coming back again." Zhang Jian said: "What should we do? He has all the scientific achievements on other planets. Compared with him, we are like a primitive man meeting a tank." I quickly walked to the hole and looked down: "We can try to climb under the ice and prevent him from finding us." Zhang Jian also came to the entrance of the cave: "Can we climb down?" I smiled wryly and said, "It's extremely dangerous, but once Jefferson comes, we will definitely die, so it's worth the risk. Let's bring food so we won't starve to death in the ice crevasse." Zhang Jian took the box of food, and the two of us walked forward along the ice strip protruding only three inches from the crevice. The difficulty of this action can be imagined: there is ice under your feet, you can slide down if you are not careful, and there is ice beside you, there is absolutely no place for pickpockets. The other side is empty, and once it falls, even the bones don't know where it will go. We are moving forward almost inch by inch. By the time we moved seven or eight feet out, we could already hear the "hum" of the ship.Zhang Jian and I looked at each other in blank dismay.Where we are now, there is just a protruding ice, which separates us from the mouth of the ice cave. If Jefferson flew directly to the ice cave in his spaceship, he might not be able to find us. But if we are discovered by him, then our situation is really worse than a turtle in a jar, because we absolutely cannot escape Jefferson's attack. We all stopped, and we saw the spacecraft descend into that ice cave. Zhang Jian whispered: "Think of a way, think of a way!" I look around, what can I do to think about it?Surrounded by ice, if you want to find a way, you can only look on the ice, but on the ice, is there any way to escape? I replied in a low voice: "Calm down, Jefferson may not find us." My hand stroked the ice wall behind me, and my back was leaning against the ice tightly. Bursts came through my back, making my teeth chatter. In less than two minutes, Jefferson's almost roaring voice came from the mouth of the ice cave, shouting loudly: "Do you think you can escape? Do you think you can slip away?" Both Zhang Jian and I could see his figure flying with arms at the entrance of the cave through the big ice. At the same time, we can also see a very strange thing in his hand, which looks a bit like a hair dryer for a barber. Before I could figure out what it was, I heard a loud noise. It came out from the mouth of the ice cave. That loud noise, Zhang Jian and I, although our hearts were greatly shaken, we could bear it.However, because of the sonic shock caused by that loud noise, a huge force was formed in the ice crevice! That force hit the ice wall opposite us, but it immediately bounced back and hit us! We were in the situation at that time, and we could barely maintain our body's balance and not fall, which was already a matter of good luck.Not to mention that there was a strong force suddenly hitting us, even if only a wasp flew in front of us, we might not be able to stand still because of a slight movement of our bodies! That force came over with overwhelming force, we felt suffocated abruptly, first we leaned against the ice wall tightly, and then, the force that hit us turned into a huge one Attractiveness, the two of us, uttered a strange scream at the same time, and fell down! When Zhang Jian and I fell down, we could still hear Jefferson's strange laughter. Zhang Jian and I almost fell together, and I immediately grabbed his arm.Of course, this is useless, I can't say why I held his arm, maybe it's better for the two of us to fall to our death together, or maybe it's because of the fear in my heart. As soon as I grabbed Zhang Jian, Zhang Jian immediately grabbed my arm, and we both fell almost at the same time.The icy, minus 30-degree cold air passed over our faces at a very high speed, making our faces seem to be stabbed by countless sharp knives. Our eyesight is almost gone and we can't see anything.From Zhang Jian's throat, a strange noise kept coming out, and I'm afraid it won't be much better.I'm not a person who is afraid of death, but in the current situation where I don't even know where I'm going to die and how to die, I really can't help but be shocked. It was I who first saw two shadows floating below us.It looked like two ghosts. It really looked like two ghosts. When I saw those two ghosts for the first time, what I thought in my heart was that those two shadows were the bodies of me and Zhang Jian! I thought we were dead, our bodies continued to fall, but our souls were still wandering in the crevasses, looking for a destination. However, when we quickly approached those two groups of shadows, a glimmer of hope suddenly appeared in my heart. I have already seen that the two shadows are actually two people, two people floating in the ice crevice, and I can say that it is not the first time I have seen them. The reason why those two people were in the ice crevice was because I pushed them down.To put it more clearly, those two people floating in the ice crevasse are the two green people who died in the ice cave and were pushed down the ice crevice by me. I don't know why the bodies of those two dead green people don't just fall to the bottom, but float in the air. But I immediately thought, since "their" bodies have the power to float, can't we also be saved?I slammed Zhang Jian together and pushed Zhang Jian away. Perhaps it was because of our rapid fall that the air in the crevice of the ice formed a vortex, so the two green people floating in the air moved closer to us, and I shouted with all my strength, "Catch—" I After uttering only one word, he couldn't continue.A large amount of cold air rushed into my mouth, and my tongue immediately became stiff. But even though I only uttered one word, Zhang Jian already understood what I meant. He stretched out his arms and grabbed the body of a green man.And at the same time, I caught one of the two green men. When I just grabbed the green man's body, I was still sinking, but after sinking a little more, the momentum slowed down. Finally, our downward momentum stopped. Zhang Jian panted, and the breath he exhaled condensed into bursts of ice flowers in the icy air, and his frozen face showed an expression of extreme horror: "This...how did this happen?" What's going on?" Listen to his words and look at his expression, as if he doesn't believe that we can still be rescued under the current situation! I felt the same as him, and I wanted to answer him, but I couldn't speak, because my tongue was still as cold as a stone, as if I had a piece of ice in my mouth, and I had to shake my head. At this time, the two of us moved, almost no different from riding on those two green men. My vision gradually recovered, and I looked at the green man, and saw that under the chlorine gas cylinders on their backs, there was a belt, and on that belt was a row of finger-sized jet tubes. When I put my hand in front of this row of jet tubes, I only felt a very weak force spray out from those jet tubes.On the other side of the "belt" is a sealed metal box. I began to understand that the "belt" must be a personal flying machine. "Personal flying vehicle" is no secret to the people on earth. As early as a few years ago, the U.S. military has successfully manufactured it. Using the principle that action equals reaction, people can leave after carrying the "personal flying machine". flying. Of course, the aircraft on the earth is incomparable to the one on the green man. What I see now is not only small, but its fuel is clearly sealed in the metal box. What can be so small, emit so much power, and last so long?It is unimaginable. Zhang Jian floated beside me. He also found the "personal flying vehicle" around the waist of the green man, and he pulled one of the switches. His man backed up and hit the ice wall on the right again. Fortunately, this time The castration was not in a hurry, although he bumped it, he didn't feel any pain. He exclaimed with joy: "This can be manipulated." I nodded, and my tongue was able to move a little bit, and it made a sound that I couldn't recognize myself, and said bluntly: "Try...try...up...fly." Zhang Jian turned the other button again, and he sank down steeply, but immediately he floated up again, and he laughed, and the icicles on his eyebrows rustled down, calling: "Wonderful, very wonderful!" I said: "Let's try to install this aircraft on our body." Zhang Jian said: "Then we need to find a place to stand first." I looked around, and there seemed to be a piece of ice protruding in front of me. There was only room for one person to stand in such a small place. Zhang Jian flew over first, stood still on the ice, removed the flying machine from the green man, and surrounded him. own waist. The green man's body immediately fell straight down, while Zhang Jian was floating in the air, as if floating in water. The power generated by the aircraft just makes the gravity of the earth's center disappear, and our people lose weight at all. It is like a dream. I also surrounded the aircraft, and Zhang Jian suddenly said: "Wesley, no one has ever penetrated into the Antarctic ice crevasse, as deep as we are now, but we haven't reached the end yet—" I understood what Zhang Jian meant, he escaped with his life, and then I remembered his adventure again. I always say that exploration is his second life, and it can be said that I am not wrong at all.I shook my head and said, "No, let's go up and deal with Jefferson first." Zhang Jian looked down and said, "Wesley, this is a rare opportunity. Let's go down first and then go up. Compared with going up and then coming down, we can save a lot Is it time?" I have no interest in what is going on under the Antarctic ice crevasse, so I said: "You go down, and I will go up to find Jefferson. Don't forget that the wound on my shoulder still needs to be repaired." treat!" Zhang Jian hurriedly said: "Then I will go up with you, and I will take care of you." I smiled and said, "I'm not going to ask someone to take care of me, you can go down by yourself!" Zhang Jian's face was quite apologetic, he pressed his hand on a button at his waist, and he quickly sank down, while I rose up, and I rose quickly and kept moderately, about ten Minutes later, I had reached the side of the ice cave. I stopped at the entrance of the cave and looked into the cave. I saw Jefferson busy working in front of the computer, and never realized that I was behind him. He kept checking the gauges and manipulating the buttons.I took a step forward, put my feet on the ice, and stabilized my body. I turned a button lightly, and the force from the seven jet tubes disappeared. I walked forward slowly, trying not to make a sound, until I came to the back of Jefferson, and I stood still. He got up and called softly, "Professor Jefferson, hello." While Jefferson was busy, he suddenly stopped. But he didn't turn around, just shook his head vigorously, and started working. He must have thought that hearing my voice just now was just a problem with his ears. I amplified my voice a bit, and said again: "Professor Jefferson, how are you?" Like when I was a devil.I smiled at him. He took a sudden step and reached out to grab the weapon that made such a loud noise that Zhang Jian and I fell into the crack of the ice.But I was one step ahead of him. I stretched out my palm and slashed at his wrist, making him howl strangely. I grabbed the weapon in my hand and threw it out immediately. The thing fell on the ice, slid forward and out on the ice quickly, slid out of the hole, and fell. Jefferson held his wrists and said, "You...you...you..." I said coldly: "People will not sink in the ice crevices." Jefferson said, "There is no... this possibility." I said: "If you don't believe me, you can try it." I stretched out my hand and grabbed him, and he backed away. I quickly stretched out my hand and pushed him a step, causing him to fall on the ice . I was afraid that after he backed up, he would bump into those buttons again and cause another catastrophe. Jefferson fell on the ice and gasped for breath. I approached him step by step: "Have you already mastered this computer?" Jefferson said, "I understand, I already understand." I asked, "How is it manipulated?" Jefferson hesitated, and I shouted, "How is it manipulated?" Jefferson said: "The horizontal row of buttons represents the latitude of the earth, and the vertical row is the longitude. Press each button, and the intersection point is the pressure gap, which is where the magma in the earth's core vents." I turned my head to look at the computer, and the strange feeling in my heart is indescribable. Just imagine, the earth we live in can be destroyed at will with the push of a button. Who wouldn't feel amazing about this feeling. All of a sudden, I feel that I can be said to be the greatest person on earth. I control the life and death, existence and destruction of all people on the earth. With the touch of my finger, thousands of people, It will disappear on the earth, and even the great buildings will become ruins. Looking at the two rows of buttons, I seemed to feel that my body was expanding, expanding, as if it was too big to fit my body in this ice hole, and I suddenly had an urge to laugh out loud, how could I? Can you not laugh?Just think about it, from ancient to modern times, who can compare with me? Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Hitler, these people who once dreamed of conquering the world, and indeed once ruled half the world, what are they compared with me today? In the back of my mind, I knew that if I laughed, I'd be second to Jefferson. However, I still couldn't suppress it, and I laughed out loud, and I lost my shape with pride. At this moment, I received a heavy blow suddenly on the back of my head, and that blow made me I turned around and saw Jefferson standing in front of me. In my daze, I saw only Jefferson raised his arms, and then, I received another blow on the forehead, and my body fell back again, and I fell on the ice. I also felt a cold sting when my cheek touched the solid ice, but then I passed out. Jefferson knocked me out while I was thinking further and further away from the controlling computer, feeling my power growing and my ambition growing naturally. When I gradually woke up, I opened my eyes. My hands and feet were bound by belts, and Jefferson was standing in front of me with his hands on his hips, looking at me. I straightened up and jumped up, Jefferson punched me, I sideways to avoid his punch.But because my feet were bound together by the straps, I was between one side and I couldn't stand still, and I fell on the ice again. I rolled on the ice, leaned against the ice wall, swayed, and stood up. Jefferson grinned grimly: "Wesley, I don't need your help now, I can recruit other people, and I can even complete this great cause alone!" He slowly raised the gun in his hand and pointed it at me. Obviously he wanted to appreciate my expression before I died, so his movements were very slow.Or, he wants me to jump around on the ice, dodging his bullets, but finally die under his bullets! I tried my best to maintain my composure. I can escape, as long as I can activate the trigger of the "flying belt" around my waist. My hands were tied behind my back, so I had to turn sideways and rubbed against the ice wall. The ice wall was not flat but angular. With a click of a button, my whole body jumped into the air, slanted towards the hole, and shot out. That change was obviously unexpected by Jefferson. Although he has lived on that aerial platform for many years and learned many miracles that humans on earth cannot imagine, he has never seen those two green men, and of course he does not know that there is such a magical thing as a flying belt. . He looked at me with wide eyes, and he didn't fire his gun until I had flown out of the ice hole. After my body got out of the ice hole, I still flew out obliquely, so that I hit the ice wall of the ice crevasse. After hitting the ice wall, he stuck to the ice wall and went up, and in a blink of an eye, he was already out of the ice crevasse. After getting out of the ice crevasse, the function of the flight belt remained undiminished, and my body continued to rise. At this time, I also heard the sound of "click" from the ice crevice. Jefferson must have understood what was going on, and came after me in his spaceship. I struggled with both arms, Lord Jeffer bound my hands very tightly, but I am a person who has received strict Chinese martial arts training, I know how to retract my hands first, loosen the belt, and then make a sudden force earn. After struggling a few times, I had already freed my hands. Regardless of the redness and pain in my wrist, I quickly pressed a button on the flight belt, and my whole body almost fell like a shooting star. The sudden downward trend buried me deeply in the snow. And that's exactly what I want. Because although I surrounded the flight belt, I still couldn't resist Jefferson who was driving the spaceship. This is the most obvious truth, so I want to hide in the snow. I scraped away some snow and looked up, the spaceship was already in mid-air, circling and searching quickly.I saw a series of dazzling sparks erupting from all around the spaceship. It was obviously a very powerful light wave weapon. Because I saw that when that kind of bright light shines on the ice and snow, the ice and snow it touches immediately disappears, and a white steam rises up, adding a lot of depth to the ice field. Hole. The spaceship hovered in the air for a while, and then went up to the sky. Jefferson probably thought that I had already flown upwards.I still lay motionless in the snow, and not long after, the spaceship landed extremely fast again.The place where the spaceship landed is only thirteen or four steps away from my hiding place! I saw Jefferson coming out of the spaceship, holding on to the weapon, standing arrogantly on the snow, looking around. I thought about crawling through the snow to attack him, but before I could do anything, Jefferson got into the spaceship again and sank into the ice crevasse. I got out of the snow, screaming in my heart that it was dangerous. I also stood in the snow blankly, I was thinking about the change in my mood when I faced the computer controlling the computer just now.If Jefferson hadn't knocked me unconscious, what would I think if I continued to think about it?This is really too scary! It is very likely that I will go on the same road as Jefferson. People have common weaknesses, and I am just an ordinary person, so I really can't resist such a huge temptation. The control computer must be destroyed, I have already made up my mind, the problem is how to let the magma in the core of the earth vent out on the sea surface near Iceland before destroying the control computer. I thought for a while, and flew low to the side of the big ice crevasse, and then sank down again. I didn't want to attack Jefferson again at this time, I just wanted to meet up with Zhang Jian and think of a way together. When I was slowly sinking down in the crevice of ice, I suddenly saw a purple light curtain outside that I had never seen before.I startled and slowed down the sinking momentum. I saw that the purple light curtain was emitted from the top of the spaceship parked at the opening of the ice cave.The soft purple light shot upwards, met the ice, and then turned back, just covering the entire ice cave. I also saw that on the top of the ice cave, where the purple light shines, the solid ice is beginning to melt, and several huge and thick icicles have appeared. I don't know what that purple light is, but I know it must be a kind of radiant light that Jefferson used to seal the opening of the ice cave to prevent others from entering. I continued to sink down and crossed the ice cave. I hadn't found Zhang Jian yet, so I couldn't help but start to worry. My heart became more and more anxious, where did Zhang Jian go? Due to the refraction effect of the ice layer, it was not so dark when I went down, and I didn't know how deep I sank. I saw the sea water as blue as liquid air, and I also saw Zhang Jian. Zhang Jian was floating two or three feet above the sea, his face was like a demon, and when he saw me, he shouted: "Look, the sea is warm!" I reached out and touched the sea water, and it really felt very warm. In fact, the sea water may be close to zero degrees Celsius, but because the temperature in the ice crevice is too low, the sea water feels very warm instead. Zhang Jian raised his body a bit: "Wesley, I have discovered another crisis on the earth." I looked at him, not knowing what he meant.Zhang Jian said: "Look, there is sea water under the ice layer that is hundreds of feet deep. Wesley, what does this mean? This means that the entire Antarctic ice sheet is a huge ice block floating on the sea. This ice block is melting. , there will always be a day when it will be exhausted, and at that time, nine tenths of the land on the earth will be submerged, will human beings still have a way out?" I shrugged. Zhang Jian's theory may be correct, but it must be many, many years away.At that time, human beings may have abandoned the land at all, and built cities in the air, and the Antarctic ice sheet will melt, so what is there to be afraid of? I said: "Zhang Jian, don't worry about this, I almost knocked down Jefferson, but he turned the defeat into victory, and now, he has sealed the entrance of the ice cave with a very strange purple light, making it difficult for us to enter , what do you think we should do?" Zhang Jian thought for a while and said, "Let's discuss it with Dr. Teng." I smiled wryly and said, "It's easy for you to say, the aerial platform is at an altitude of 35,000 feet, how can we go up there?" Zhang Jian said, "Let's go to the top of the ice crevasse first." We went up together, and when passing through the ice cave, we saw Jefferson busy working in front of the computer through the purple light curtain. Zhang Jian didn't seem to believe that the purple light curtain could stop him, so he stretched out his finger to check. Poor Zhang Jian, I wanted to stop him, but it was too late. As soon as his finger came into contact with the very soft purple light, it suddenly disappeared. It was not bad at all. It disappeared suddenly. There was no sound, no puff of white smoke, and there was no unpleasant smell. smell comes out. I quickly pulled his arm, and the two of us rose a little more in that moment. Zhang Jian stared at his right hand that had lost his index finger, with a very funny expression on his face.This is indeed unbelievable, a finger disappeared in an instant. Moreover, judging from Zhang Jian's expression, it didn't look like he was in any special pain.I asked him in a low voice, "How do you feel?" His remaining four fingers stretched ridiculously, and he stuttered: "Where is my index finger? Where is my index finger?" 我苦笑了一下：“刚才，你用食指去试探那种紫色的光芒，你的食指消失了。” 张坚摇了摇头：“我怎么一点不觉得痛？这是可能的么？这会是事实么？” 我叹了一口气：“唉，张坚，这当然是事实，你要知道，目前杰弗生在利用的一切科学设备，都是来自另一个星球的高级生物的科学结晶，是来自另一个星体，我们地球人所从来不知道的另一星体的，我们实在是没有法子去想像，去瞭解它们的，在这样的情形下，甚么不可能的事，全变成可能的了。” 张坚的脸上，仍然维持著那种可笑的神情：“那么，我的食指是不会再生出来的了。” 我看他食指“断去”的部分，皮肤组织仍然十分完整，一点伤痕也没有，像是他这一生，右手根本就没有食指一样。 我心知那紫色的光芒，一定对我们地球人的人体细胞，有著彻底的毁灭作用，或者，它能使人体细胞在千分之一秒的时间内萎缩──体积缩小了几十万倍，那看来便等于不存在了。我无法解释出原因来，因为我也是地球人，对方另一个星体的东西，是无法了解，无法想像的。 我们两人，迅速地上升，不一会就出了冰缝，张坚仍是不停地注视著他缺了食指的右手，我劝了他几句，他抬起头来：“卫斯理，我不是感到难过，失去一只手指，对我今后的一生没有多大的影响，我又不是提琴家或铜琴家，我只是奇怪！” 我道：“那你就想得穿了，如今，杰弗主已经将那冰洞封了起来，我们还有甚么办法对付他呢？” 张坚道：“办法是有的，但是却已不是你我两人的力量所能做得到的了。” 我迟疑道：“你的意思是──” 张坚道：“去找我的探险队，我的探险队，是受十四个先进国家支持的，我们可以要求这些国家的政府，派军队、武器，来对付杰弗生。” 我摊了摊手，道：“只怕这十四个国家的武装力量还没有出发，它们的首都，便都见毁于地震了，你知道，杰弗生如今要造成一场地震，是多么容易？” 张坚望著我，他显然还不知道我这样说法是甚么意思，我便将我藉著飞行带的帮助，到那冰洞之中，和杰弗生相见的经过说了一遍。 张坚呆了半晌，才道：“那么你说，他如今是在做些甚么工作？” 我道：“谁知道，或许他正在撰写致各国元首的最后通牒。但不论如何，他是一定会制造几场由他事先指定的地震，来证明他是掌握著这种权力的。” 张坚大声道：“卫斯理，我们难道没有法子阻得住他么？他简直是疯了。” 我想起了我自己站在那具电脑控制器前，思想上所发生的变化，我摇了摇头：“当一个人被巨大的权力迷惑住的时候，是没有甚么力量能够劝得醒他，除非有一种比他所掌握的权力更大的力量，将他毁灭。” 张坚无可奈何地道：“我们上哪里去找那个能以毁灭杰弗生的巨大力量？” I have nothing to say. 因为我的确想不到，地球上还有甚么人，有比杰弗生有具有更大力量。 要有力量阻止杰弗生疯狂的行动，那除非是那个远在银河系之外的星球上的绿色人，再来地球，但这是可能的么？ 我想到了这一点，张坚也显然想到了这一点，因为我们两人，不约而同，一齐抬头向天上望去。 那时，我们离地约十来尺，正在向前飞行，就在我们抬头向上望去的时候，在我们的前方，天上突然出现了一团奇妙之极的光华。 那一团异光，在才一开始的时候，是耀目的白色。南极冰原上，本来就是白色，但天空却是异常的蔚蓝，所以，当那一大团白色，突然出现之际，像是天地忽然倒转了一样。 我和张坚两人，陡地一惊。 张坚立即失声道：“不好，反常的极光，磁性风暴将来了！” 张坚的话才一出口，那一大口白色的光芒，便已经开始转变为浅黄色，接著便是橙色、红色、便是浓紫色。张坚又道：“这不是极光。” 他一句话刚出口，只听得一下惊天动地的巨响，自空中传了下来。 那一下巨响的力量之大，令得我和张坚两人，从空中跌了下来。 而当我们跌到在冰雪上面之后，我们只觉得整个冰原都在蠕动著，像是整个南极冰原，正被一种极大的力量在筛动著一样。 我心中有一个所想到的念头，便是杰弗主已经在行使他所握有的权力了。 我勉强抬头向上望去，只见在一声巨响之后，天上又出现了奇景。 在刚才出现一大团光芒的地方，这时，各种各样的光芒，正如烟花一样，四下迸溅。 世界上没有那样多色彩的烟花，也没有那么巨大的烟花，更没有发出如此大的震撼力的烟花，那当然不是烟花。 因为，本来是平整的积雪，这时竟然因为震动，而变得具有波浪纹了！由此可见那一下震动力量，是何等巨大！ 我们都被高空中那种绚丽耀目的光彩慑住了。我已经看出，天空中的那许多四下飞射的光彩，全是许多碎成了片片的金属，带著高热在四下飞溅。那和烟花其实是一样，烟花便是利用各种金属粉末造成的。 但是，在那么高的高空之中，为甚么会突然有那么多的金属碎片呢？ 我陡地想到了那空中平台。 那是非常可笑的事情，我之所以突然想到了那空中平台，也是由于烟花的缘故。 烟花是利用各种金属粉末在高热中燃烧而构成各种夺目的色彩的。烟花的颜色很多，但它所发出的颜色，都是我们所熟悉的。 但这时，在高空中所发出的那种带光的色彩，却是近乎梦幻的，是我从来也未曾听见过，难以形容，甚至难以回忆的色彩！ 我立即想到，这种前所未见的色彩，一定是由一种不知名的、地球上所没有的金属，在燃烧中所发出来的，我由是想到了的空中平台。 我陡地站了起来，失声道：“那空中平台爆炸了，那空中平台毁了！” 张坚也站了起来，他神情失措：“那怎么会，好端端地怎么会？” 我想起了藤清泉博士来。 留在空中平台的两个人，罗勃·强脱已经死在杰弗生的抢下了，只有藤清泉一个人在，这倔强、高贵的老学者是知道已经发生了甚么事，和将要发生一些甚么事的了。他当然不会对杰弗生屈服的，但他也想到难以和杰弗生抗衡。 那么，在他而言，最好是做甚么呢？易地以处，我也会将那座空中平台毁去的。 我又失声道：“快留意，看是不是有飞船飞下来！”张坚以手遮额，向前看著，夺目的光彩渐渐消失，空中仍是一片澄蓝，甚么也没有留下。 我按动飞行带上的掣，想要向上飞去，可是我双足仍停在雪上，无法拔起。 张坚也在按动他的飞行带，但是他的飞行带也失灵了。我们相顾苦笑，我呆了片刻，才道：“如果我的估计不错，那是藤清泉毁去了空中平台，不知道此举是否能制止杰弗生的狂行，我们需要作最坏打算，所以我们仍要将这件事告诉世人，我们去找南极的探险队，将这消息传出去！” 张坚点了点头：“好，反正我们有的是粮食！”他所指的粮食，便是自那冰洞中取到的那盒绿色的朱吉力也似的物事，我们已经吃过，并且也知道这种东西，不但可以充饥，而且可以使人充满活力。 我和张坚两人，开始在南极冰原上步行，我们只求遇到任何一个探险队，但是整个南极冰原，纵横却有近四千公里，在那么大的面积上，要找十来个探险的据点，和大海捞针，也就差不许多了。 但这次在冰原中的流浪，却并不狼狈，因为我们有著那种食物在维持著体力，直到这种食物吃完，我们又吃了两天企鹅肉，我们才被直升机发现，那竟恰好是史谷脱的探险队。张坚的归来，使得举队欢欣若狂。我们不知在冰原上漂流了多久，因为在南极永恒的白天中，是没有法子计算日子的。 当我和张坚，谈起“前几天空中的异光”时，才知道并不是“前几天”，探险队中有著精细的记载，那是在五十四天之前。 我和张坚两人，向史谷脱队长和探险队员叙述了我们的遭遇，可是却被他们目为狂人，我们取出了飞行带作证，可是拆开飞行带一看，我以为放著超级燃料的地方，原来是十分普通的无线电波接收仪。我知道为甚么当空中平台爆炸的时候，我们的飞行带便失效了，原来飞行带的动力，也是来自空中平台的。 我们被史沙尔爵士下令休息，张坚既然回来，我谋杀张坚的罪名当然也不成立了。 我们无法说服众人，心中感到异常焦急。第二天，迟到的报纸送到了探险队的基地，我们在报纸中看到一则并不为人注意的新闻：在北极附近，冰岛近处的海底下，发生了地震，一座山从海面升起，形成一个新的海岛，那是挪威捕鲸船首先发现的。我和张坚两人，都知道这是怎么一回事。 但我们却难以知道这是怎么会发生的，我想到当我们离开那冰缝时，曾看到那封洞的光芒，正在溶化著坚冰。或许当杰弗生察觉时，洞口的坚冰已经化开，而将他封在洞内了！ 杰弗生当然是无法出来，所以才终于天良发现，将地心熔岩在适当的地点宣泄出来的。 然而，那只是我的猜想，事实的真相，究竟是不是那样，那却是没有法子知道的了。 (full text)