Chapter 334 [Instant Low Temperature Kill] (Part 2)
Chapter 334 [Instant low temperature kill] (Part 2)
Nolan took a deep breath and said slowly: "We don't know the reason, we don't know what happened, and we don't know what the process is.
But the result is that this base suddenly lost all contact with us.
After losing contact, our company immediately launched an emergency plan, and then obtained some information about the scene..."
Photo switching on screen.
This time it became a close-up shot.
Outside a huge modular tent with a square dome base, visible to the naked eye, the tent is covered with a thick layer of ice.
Then the photo switches.
Below are three or four photos from different angles, all taken in the camp. The buildings, photos, and some instruments in the camp are all incredibly frozen.
"The buildings you see include laboratories, logistics material warehouses, survey material warehouses, staff living areas, security areas, etc...
As you can see, all the buildings seem to be frozen, with visible ice on them, as if... frozen.
Then...we could only take some measures to investigate..."
Kaka.
Photos switch again.
The photos this time are a bit scary!
A modular tent has a small opening cut into the outer wall, and the photo was taken at the location of the small opening.
The shooting sight and field of view are limited, but from the limited perspective, some scenes inside can still be seen.
In front of a table covered with drawings and information, there are also coffee cups and other things on the table.
There are four people sitting at the table...
However, these four people were all frozen into ice zombies!
On everyone's face, the surface skin has turned blue-white, and the ice layer on the skin is still icy.
The strangest thing is that it can be vaguely seen that the faces of these four deceased people still maintain the expressions and even movements they had when they were alive.
A person is reaching out to grab something on the table. Judging from the direction of his hand, he may be reaching for drawings.
There was also a person who even held a coffee cup in his hand and even had a trace of a relaxed smile on his face.
"Instant freezing?" A person with abilities blurted out: "Did all the heating equipment in the base fail in an instant, and then everyone was frozen to death by the severe cold?"
"It's impossible. Although Antarctica is cold, it's not cold enough to freeze everyone indoors in an instant. Even if the heating equipment is damaged, the loss of heat will take time." Another cannon fodder answered.
"Sorry, can I ask a question?"
The man next to Chen Nuo, Shenzong Ichiro, suddenly spoke. He stood up and nodded to Nolan.
"……sure."
"I found that none of the corpses in the photos were wearing cold-proof clothing. For example, some of the bodies in the pictures were wearing sweaters and puffy coats... Apparently they were wearing normal daily clothes for indoor work when they were indoors before they died.
In other words, before they died, the heating equipment in the base was operating normally, so they could dress like this indoors, right?"
Nolan smiled and nodded: "Mr. Kamizou Ichiro, your speculation is very consistent with the truth. According to our preliminary testing, the shutdown time of the heating equipment is basically consistent with the time of loss of contact.
In other words, the heating equipment was operating normally until they died.
Then, in an instant, due to a special reason, the base's heating equipment and all equipment froze in an instant. Both indoors and outdoors instantly entered a terrible low-temperature cold state, killing all living things in the base at ultra-low temperatures.
in the severe cold.”
Instant low temperature kill!
Everyone in the room fell silent.
"Excuse me, how did you take these photos? Have you sent people to the scene to check them?"
It was Chen Nuo who spoke.
He was not worried about the identity issue.
In this mission, the resume of every ability user who participated has been reported to the octopus monster.
His vest, Anderson, clearly states on his resume that he is a senior investigator in the Abyss organization. He has excellent analytical and logical abilities and plays a role similar to that of a wise man in the Abyss organization.
"No, I'm sorry, Mr. Anderson, our personnel were not able to arrive at the scene." Nolan shook his head and said: "The photos you see now were all completed by us using robots.
In order to complete the investigation as soon as possible, we mobilized three operating robots that can withstand extreme climate and extreme conditions, transported them to the vicinity of the red circle, and then let the robots enter the red circle...
By the way, please believe that our robots are the same model as the Mars rover robots currently used by NASA."
That’s awesome, no wonder it’s so awesome.
"But why don't you send someone in?" Chen Nuo asked.
"Because it can't be done." Nolan sighed.
His eyes lingered on Chen Nuo's face for a moment, and then he quickly looked at everyone again: "We originally wanted to send a team of operators to the scene for investigation and inspection as soon as possible, but... we encountered someone who had never seen anyone before.
Strange phenomena I encountered.
The red circle is our base.
With the base as the center, it formed an area with a diameter of about five kilometers...
It turned into a strange ultra-low temperature area! Very strange!”
After a pause, Nolan's tone also had a hint of a wry smile, even a hint of absurdity: "The strange thing is that our satellite remote sensing detection shows that... there is a jaw-dropping strange phenomenon in the difference in temperature.
With the red circle base as the center, covering an area of one kilometer in diameter, it has become an ultra-low temperature area!
In the ultra-low temperature area, according to our satellite surveys, the temperature has reached surprising...
minus 185 degrees.
This is the peak of low temperatures.
However, just outside the area, the temperature is only minus 50 degrees.
Everyone, minus 50 degrees is the normal temperature in Antarctica.
One hundred and eighty-five degrees below zero is not! Such a low-temperature environment cannot and should not exist anywhere on the earth.
However, it just happened and appeared.
And the weird thing is...
The dividing line is only a very narrow dividing line!
Within one step, it’s minus 185 degrees!
One step away, it’s minus 50 degrees!
A temperature difference of up to 135 degrees!
And this temperature difference lasted for a very long time.
Let me put it this way...
Our base seems to be locked in a special freezer, and the dividing line of temperature difference is very clear, even accurate!
The area is a circular area with a diameter of five kilometers and a height of one thousand meters in the air.
It's like an invisible frozen cover holding this place underneath.
With such low temperatures, we had no way to send people in, so we had to send robots that could work under extreme conditions."
Everyone present is capable and strong.
It is clear without any nonsense that this kind of thing will never happen under normal conditions.
"Some kind of special energy instantly created a standard-shaped low-temperature space that enveloped the base and killed all living creatures in the base?"
The one who spoke was the wizard, or to be precise, Lao Yinbi was talking to himself.
"So, has the low temperature in the base dissipated now? Can we enter?" Lilian, another big boss, asked.
"After the incident, we have been closely monitoring the temperature in the red circle.
The strange low temperature persisted at first, but then gradually changed.
The temperature in the red circle started to show strange fluctuations.
The low temperature situation has eased, from a peak of minus 185 degrees to a peak of minus 106 degrees.
However, this temperature is not constant.
According to monitoring every 24 hours, there is a temperature difference in the temperature in the red circle area.
After a period of monitoring, we have grasped some rules of temperature difference changes.
In other words, there are some "windows" in low temperatures.
During the window period, the temperature can rise to about minus 60 degrees. However, this window period is very short. It takes about every 27 hours for the temperature to rise to minus 60 degrees. Then, during this window period, there is only about one
In about half an hour, the temperature will drop rapidly again, dropping to the terrifying minus 106 degrees.
Everyone, every 27 hours, there is a half-hour window.
During this one and a half hour window, we can send people in.
This is the content of this mission that we will sign for everyone to participate in. We need you to enter the red circle during this one-and-a-half-hour window, and then search for all the clues that can be found in it!"
There was silence for a while.
Even the person in control cannot guarantee that he or she will survive at minus 106 degrees Celsius!
Because there is no such low temperature on the earth, and no one has tried it.
"Why not use a spacesuit?" Chen Nuo asked: "You can even get NASA's Mars exploration robot, so it shouldn't be difficult to get a spacesuit.
The low temperature resistance of the spacesuit can reach about minus 180 degrees, just send some people in the spacesuit. You don’t have to worry about the window period at all.”
"Because this is the ground, not space.
In the weightless state of space, astronauts can work wearing spacesuits weighing dozens of kilograms.
But under the gravity conditions of the earth's surface... let an ordinary person wear a spacesuit weighing dozens of kilograms on the ground...
And don’t forget, the freezing range of the red circle is five kilometers!
Under such terrible ultra-low temperatures, our existing transportation vehicles, whether they are snowmobiles or cold-proof transport vehicles, cannot operate. If you want to get in, you can only wear a spacesuit and walk.
Ordinary people wear spacesuits weighing dozens of kilograms under extremely cold temperatures and walk five kilometers under such extreme conditions...
I'm afraid this is an impossible task."
Yes, the spacesuit only weighs tens of kilograms. Although, carrying a load of tens of kilograms and walking several kilometers sounds like some ordinary special forces soldiers can do it...
But! In addition to these, people who enter the survey will definitely need to bring other supplies, as well as some tools and equipment.
It is indeed difficult for ordinary people to do it.
"What about the window period? Have you not sent people in to try it during the window period?" Chen Nuo quickly calculated: "The window period is one and a half hours, and the temperature is relatively consistent with the normal temperature in Antarctica. You can send people in and drive the snow
The subway cars and transport trucks go in, do a quick search and inspection, and then come out...
I think it can definitely be done.”
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Nolan.
On the one hand, you want to earn benefits by completing the octopus monster's tasks.
But to die is another matter.
"First of all, I must clarify that regarding the calculation of the window period, we have just recently figured out the rules. This is through long-term monitoring of temperature changes and figuring out the rules, and then we finally determined the time period of the window period." Nolan
Explaining quickly:
"Secondly, Mr. Anderson, you are indeed right. After figuring out the window period, within an hour and a half, the temperature returned to the normal temperature in Antarctica. Logically speaking, we will indeed send people in first...
And that’s exactly what we did.”
Chen Nuo sighed and nodded: "It seems that something went wrong."
"Yes, something went wrong." Nolan said calmly: "After repeatedly calculating the window period rules, we only had time to send people in once.
Just sent it once.
That time we sent a team of twenty elites to enter the red circle by taking advantage of the window of rising temperatures.
Then……
None of them came back."
"Dead?" This time it was Lilian who asked.
The woman frowned and asked, "Are they all dead?"
"all."
Nolan waved his hand and said seriously: "So, this is the next part I want to tell you about the risks of the mission.
We can be sure of one thing: within the red circle, there is something that is our enemy!
We don't know who it is, we don't even know what it is.
But we know that it killed someone in one of our bases, and then easily killed a bunch of investigators we sent in.
We also know that it can use a miraculous and precise ability to control the temperature in an area, causing extreme changes.
Therefore, in addition to this search mission, there is another part...
No matter who this thing is, no matter what it is.
Find it! Grab it!
If it doesn't work, kill it! Bring it back!"
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[Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, I am spending time with my family today, so I won’t add more chapters. I will continue to add more chapters tomorrow.]