With a clear goal, everyone in the base became full of energy.
Although the inventory was sufficient, the planting area was still full of grain and vegetables. In view of the deliciousness of watermelon, at Zhao Fei's request, Zhang Le planted watermelons in Xu Lang's surge power generation laboratory.
Zhang Le went to the icebreaker several times again, carefully photographed the various structures of the icebreaker, and determined the location of the battery generator after everyone's unanimous discussion.
Zhang Le had to work hard again, and he specially brought a small bucket of diesel to test.
As expected, after the battery was charged, the electronic control system of the icebreaker finally started working again.
What surprised a group of men was that Zhao Fei and Cha Xiaoxia also learned to fly.
Others were envious and jealous, only Zhuge Chen understood the truth. But Zhuge Chen had no jealousy at all, because she was also very satisfied with her current physical condition. She not only strengthened her agility, but also strengthened her recovery. What's important is that her agility and recovery enhancement are more thoroughly integrated than the visual system enhancement she had in China. Because of the recovery enhancement, the physical discomfort caused by the original visual system enhancement also disappeared without a trace.
Three months later, the Ice Dragon Base harvested the first batch of grain and the second batch of vegetables.
This is the hottest weather in the Arctic. The range of the Arctic ice layer is shrinking rapidly, and it is less than five kilometers away from the location of the icebreaker. The ice layer at the location of the icebreaker is about one meter. The three fastest birdmen in the base are responsible for driving the icebreaker out of the frozen area.
This world-leading nuclear-powered icebreaker really lived up to expectations. The six huge icebreakers are powerful, and the one-meter-thick ice layer has almost no effect on the low-speed navigation of the icebreaker.
The operating platform is intelligent. Zhao Fei translated all the basic instructions of the operating system into Chinese. Even Cha Xiaoxia learned to drive this icebreaker.
The high-spirited Zhao Fei named himself the captain and named this giant ship, Litchi, after one of her favorite fruits.
Although Zhang Le complained that the title was too careless and not domineering, he still had to spend most of the day changing the hull number "Moscow" to the Chinese word "litchi", and also drew a strange-looking litchi fruit next to the name.
The "litchi" icebreaker has an advanced detection system that can measure the thickness of the ice within a range of 20 kilometers. After three days, the icebreaker, which had been wandering on the edge of the ice, finally found a safe route to reach a location seven kilometers away from the Ice Dragon Base.
The summer in the Arctic is very short, only more than 20 days, and the temperature occasionally reaches above zero degrees.
Time is very tight, the cable is too short to meet the requirements, and the carbon fiber rope is very useful. The people left behind at the base have already made preparations and brought anything that affects the towing to the base, including the giant anchor fixed under the ice, surge power generation equipment, and some too high equipment, such as solar collectors and their masts, and wind turbines. Unfortunately, the geothermal equipment could not be put away, so it had to be abandoned.
The entire base was dismantled into four large pieces and towed away separately. Things went unexpectedly smoothly. Except for the collapse of a house in the Natural Science Department, nothing was damaged. Of course, this statement is not entirely accurate. Zhang Houde complained that many dishes in the kitchen were broken.
On the sea, the Ice Dragon Base was reassembled into a whole and connected to the "Lizhi" icebreaker by two giant cables.
When the icebreaker steadily dragged the Ice Dragon Base away from the Arctic ice, everyone cheered at the bow.
The Ice Dragon Base is located in the eastern waters of Greenland. The temperature of the ocean nearby is still very low. There is occasionally thin ice at night, and icebergs drift by from time to time.
Due to the towing of the huge Ice Dragon Base and the complex marine environment, the "Lizhi" icebreaker is traveling very slowly. No one has experience in driving a ship. Fortunately, this icebreaker has an intelligent operating system and an advanced detection system to prevent the ship from hitting icebergs and reefs.
The personnel of the Ice Dragon Base are fed up with the cold weather and want to go to the warm south, so the ship's course is as straight as possible to the south.
Three days later, the "Litchi" passed the northern tip of Norway, turned west without stopping, and continued to head south. After leaving the life forbidden zone of the North Pole, everyone finally returned to the colorful world of life.
Although the temperature was still very low, there were already seabirds such as petrels and seagulls in the sky, and there were also schools of fish swimming in the sea. If it weren't for the thick smoke from the volcanic eruption in the distance, everyone would almost think they were on vacation.
The radiation level in the seawater is still above the standard, but the personnel of the Ice Dragon Base don't have to worry about this problem at all. Before departure, Zhao Fei forced the remaining personnel to be injected with anti-radiation vaccines and recovery gene injections.
With Zhao Fei, an expert, the fat man Zhang Houde also survived the fat rejection reaction of the anti-radiation vaccine.
The raw materials for the recovery gene medicine were all obtained from Ouyang Ji, and there were plenty of them, but Zhao Fei didn't use the fusion agent, and Li Jun and the others suffered a lot.
The walking route proposed by Zhao Fei was to stay as far away from the coast as possible, not to take the narrow sea routes such as the Suez Canal and the Strait of Malacca, but to go south through the Atlantic Ocean, turn east from the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, cross the Indian Ocean and the Indonesian archipelago, return to the South China Sea, and go directly to China.
After walking for another day, the temperature had reached five or six degrees above zero. The sea surface began to become no longer calm, and strange fish swam around from time to time, two-headed fish, fish with fins all over their bodies, three-eyed fish, etc., all of which were deformed fish, larger than the normal sea fish seen before.
What's more terrifying is that there are often strange-looking big fish fighting in the sea, tossing huge waves. As soon as the fish that lost the fight floated to the surface, they were swarmed by a group of giant insects, and the fish were eaten clean, leaving only the skeleton sinking into the depths of the sea.
Several girls were about to vomit when they saw it. Ouyang Ji said calmly, "It looks a bit like the Antarctic giant worm, a scavenger. I didn't expect that there are similar ones in the Arctic. They can grow so big and even eat living things. In my opinion, only a few of the food chains on the entire earth have not mutated."
The consequences of the nuclear war began to appear. Most of the surviving creatures began to mutate under the stimulation of radiation. The mutation is random, which may lead to death, deformity, weakness, or strength. However, it is not a good thing overall. Naturally optimized genes are the real direction of evolution. Mutations forcibly stimulated by the outside world are terrible.
Even if it is a creature that has not been exposed to nuclear radiation, as long as it is on the food chain, it is likely to be affected.
Zhang Le said nervously: "Not good, if these disgusting bugs and strange fish climb up to the base, it will be terrible."
Zhao Fei's face changed when she heard this, and she immediately commanded: "Li Jun, Wang Daqing, Zhang Le, Chen Zhiming, Wang Zhigao, you guys go to the base first, raise the base's protective wall, and turn on the power grid."
The deck of the "Lizhi" icebreaker is 16.5 meters above the waterline, and the side of the ship is extremely smooth, so there is no need to worry about these mutant animals climbing up.
The Ice Dragon Base is different. Under normal circumstances, it is surrounded by only a half-meter high low wall. Even a dolphin can jump into the Ice Dragon Base with a leap.
Zhang Le's worries have partially become a reality. Although no bugs crawled in, many strange little fish jumped into the Ice Dragon Base.
At the edge of the low wall at the edge of the Ice Dragon Base, there is a leaking area every few miles. It is composed of leaking holes with a diameter of about one centimeter. After the waves hit the base, the seawater can flow away through the leaking holes, and at the same time, the seawater can also enter the base with the ups and downs of the waves. The foundation surface of the base is two meters thick, and the waterline is about 1.2 meters. The leaking area is 0.5 meters lower than the foundation surface, and the distance between the sea surface and the leaking area is only 0.3 meters. Even a small wave can pour in seawater, but the seawater cannot reach the foundation surface.
The sea fish that jumped in all rolled down the slope to the 0.5-meter-deep leaking area. Zhang Le and his group installed high walls along the edge of the base while throwing out the small fish in the leaking area. Among them, there are many mutated small fish, the most are strange fish with multiple fins, and there are also many fish with scales mutated into thorns, and there are also fish with tentacles, etc., all of which are weird.
Although Zhang Le has only a superficial understanding of biological mutation, in this kind of large-scale mutation activity worldwide, there is always a certain proportion of super-strong species. I wonder if this is good or bad for nature?
Even a big man would get goose bumps when seeing these strange-looking mutant fish. The height of the newly added protective wall is 3 meters, plus 0.8 meters above the basic waterline, a total of 3.8 meters above sea level, which can withstand the waves caused by winds of level 6 or 7.
The mutant fish scared Chen Zhiming, the young master, so under Chen Zhiming's strong suggestion, Zhang Le and his group simply blocked the leaking area.
Although the leak was only 1 cm, many small fish and shrimps got in. Li Jun also found a huge leech creature during the cleaning process.
Although they were busy all day, everyone felt relieved when looking at the tall protective wall and high-voltage power grid. Now located in the northern hemisphere with sufficient sunshine, the solar panels of the Ice Dragon Base have started working, which is enough to provide sufficient protective energy.
It is August 2026, the hottest time of the year in the northern hemisphere. The "Litchi" icebreaker arrived in the waters between Iceland and Norway.
Since the icebreaker has been sailing in the deep sea and is not close to any land, everyone knows nothing about the situation on the shore. But the strange thing is that after sailing for more than a thousand kilometers, the Lizhi did not see any ships.
Although it can be understood that this is still the eastern waters of Greenland, and the temperature is only around 5 degrees Celsius, are there no fishermen here? Wang Daqing was the first to raise this question.
Chen Zhiming winked and said, "The sea is full of mutant fish and bugs. Even a fool would not come to fish!" Chen Zhiming was indeed frightened by these strange things in the sea. His facial expression was a little distorted recently, and he was no longer willing to return to the Ice Dragon Base and only wanted to stay on the icebreaker.