Escape the Library

【Ice Age-02】

Large areas of glaciers cover the earth, and the world continues to have low temperatures. Such an environment is countless times worse than the air pollution in the Environmental Institute. No matter how poor the living conditions of the Environmental Academy are, there are at least humans and supermarkets. They can even buy protective clothing, masks and other tools produced by humans.

What could the ice age be?

The endless glacier can't even see a person, let alone a supermarket.

In the supermarket of the School of Environment, Chinese cabbage for hundreds of dollars is very expensive, at least they can still buy it! But in the ice age, don't even think about grapes, cabbage, tomatoes, etc. Millions of years ago, in a world without humans, what could there be to eat?

Ke Shaobin sighed: "We can't eat ice for 10 days in a row!"

Qin Lugan smiled and said, "That's not true. In the Ice Age, although there was no human civilization, there were still animals. We might be able to hunt and eat barbecue? However, during that time, all the animals and plants on the earth that liked warmth became extinct. , those who survived are relatively powerful animals, such as sawtooth tigers, cheetahs, cave bears, saber-toothed elephants, plate-toothed rhinos, giant apes and so on.”

Qin Miao added: "Giant apes are the ancestors of our ancestors. At that time, they had not evolved intelligence. It was also the arrival of the Ice Age that made the giant apes go down and gradually learned to walk upright."

The more people listened, the more frightened they became.

These animals sound very difficult to deal with!

Yue Xingwen took a deep breath and quickly calmed down: "In the Ice Age, most of the animals that can survive have strong attack power and adaptability, and their skin is rough and fleshy, and they are more resistant to cold. But we have supernatural powers, and Not without a chance."

Liu Zhaoqing complained: "Fortunately, there are supernatural abilities, otherwise, if you throw 12 ordinary humans into the Ice Age, wouldn't you send everyone to be food for those beasts!"

With abilities in hand, they don't need to be afraid of those beasts, but they can still be dissolved with sulfuric acid rain.

Yue Xingwen glanced at his teammates and said quickly: "Anyway, we still have to bite the bullet in this class. Since it is a survival class, we must guarantee two points. The first is diet and drinking water. Distilling bottles, ice was everywhere in the Ice Age, dig some and make them fresh in stills, so you don’t have to worry about water resources. For food, you can only use local materials, hunt and kill some wild animals to eat, don’t think about vegetables and fruits.”

He looked at Ke Shaobin, who immediately nodded and said, "It's fine, I can walk out of this class alive, I'm not picky eaters. Besides, we don't really lack fruit, Xingwen can rain oranges."

Yue Xingwen nodded and continued: "The second point is also the most critical - temperature."

When everyone heard the word "temperature", they always felt a chill on their backs.

Jiang Pingce said calmly: "Qin Miao said just now that the giant apes had not evolved into humans at that time, and their bodies were covered with thick fur, which could withstand extremely cold weather, but we have evolved millions of years later. Humans with no fur on their bodies throw us into the Ice Age and freeze to death within half an hour."

Ke Shaobin was stunned for a while, and said, "What's even more depressing is that neither the library supermarket nor the clothing store sells down jackets!"

Everyone: "..."

This just makes things worse.

Without down jackets, they went to the Ice Age in summer clothes? It's scary to think about.

Liu Zhaoqing shook his head helplessly: "My gauze can heal wounds, but it can't keep out the cold. So, the best way is to hunt down some beasts as soon as we go to the Ice Age, and peel off their skins to make clothes. There are surgical needles and sutures that can be made to order.”

Jiang Pingce looked at Xin Yan: "What is the cooling time of your alcohol lamp?"

Xin Yan said: "30 minutes, but I can summon hundreds of alcohol lamps at a time. As long as the alcohol does not burn out, it can keep on, so theoretically, the alcohol lamps can be infinitely cycled."

Yue Xingwen looked at Lin Manluo: "Sister Manluo's vines and green trees can be used as fuel. If it really doesn't work, we will let Xin Yan set fire to cut down Sister Manluo's tree into wood and burn it for warmth."

Lin Manluo nodded and said, "No problem, my green trees can be burned for a long time after being cut down for fuel. After 24 hours, I can continue to summon. With the fire source, everyone should be able to withstand the severe cold weather."

After discussing the next countermeasures, Yue Xingwen said, "Everyone, get ready and choose courses."

Yue Xingwen pressed the "Confirm Course Selection" button on the globe.

The familiar cold mechanical voice sounded in everyone's ears: "Congratulations to the C183 research group for successfully selecting the course, the "Ice Age" course exam of the School of Geography is about to start, please get ready..."

After the 10-second countdown, everyone's eyes were black at the same time——

Once again, the vision was restored, and everyone found that the place where they entered the eye was a vast white glacier.

The hard glaciers stretch for hundreds of kilometers, and the whole world is snow-white, not to mention plants, not even an animal. And the 12 of them are in the center of this white glacier, as if they were abandoned by the whole world.

The extreme low temperature caused Yue Xingwen to sneeze wildly, and the hot air he exhaled when he spoke instantly condensed into frost, and his teeth were chattering: "What's the temperature now, how many degrees?"

Ke Shaobin released a small picture, and the small picture quickly reported the result: "The current temperature is minus 30 degrees."

This is similar to the coldest winter in the north. The key is that in real winter, they will wear thermal underwear, cashmere sweaters, down jackets, wrap themselves tightly when they go out, and have heating in the house when they get home.

But now, they are all wearing thin short sleeves!

Clothing stores and supermarkets in the library only sell summer clothes, which is a big hole.

Everyone's hands were so painful that they stuffed their hands into their pockets. Yue Xingwen's ears instantly turned red. His teeth chattered as he said, "Make a fire!"

Lin Manluo immediately summoned a green tree. Her tree is now a second-level tree. The trunk is as thick as an adult's arms, with lush branches and green trees. When she stays under the tree, she immediately feels that the surrounding air is much fresher. .

Liu Zhaoqing quickly took out the chainsaw and sawed off the trunk as wood, and Xin Yan lit the wood with an alcohol lamp. The biting cold wind was blowing in the head, and the alcohol lamp was used to light the fire. The speed was too slow. Xin Yan simply smashed two alcohol lamps and sprinkled the alcohol on the wood to help it burn, and the wood was successfully ignited.

The burning wood radiated heat, and everyone stretched out their hands to surround the fire.

However, this doesn't help.

Imagine the coldest winter in the north, what's the use of wearing short sleeves and going outside for a fire? The clothes on his body are too thin, the surrounding temperature is so low, and the cold wind is constant, and it is impossible to keep warm at all.

Liu Zhaoqing resisted the urge to curse, and said tremblingly, "Can you dig a base? We stay in a room with walls, it's better than blowing the wind outside? This cold wind blows my soul out of my body. ."

In the past, no matter how cold it was, down jackets were worn, but now it's easy. In the winter, they wear short sleeves that are so ripped. What's the difference between running naked in the snow?

Zhang Xiaonian looked at Qin Lu: "I'm not sure if I can dig the foundation. I used to dig on the ground. This is the ice layer. If there is water under the ice layer, I can't build an underground castle."

Qin Lu looked into the distance and frowned: "I remember the Quaternary Great Ice Age, when about one-third of the earth's land was covered by an ice layer more than 200 meters thick. It's probably more than 200 meters too."

A 33-storey building is only more than 100 meters high, and the ice layer more than 200 meters thick is also terrible.

Zhang Xiaonian said with a bitter face: "My excavator can't dig through the ice layer more than 200 meters thick. I have to find normal land to build an underground castle." He looked around, "This white glacier is a piece of ice. , where are we going to find land?"

Lan Yarong analyzed: "Lulu said that one-third of the earth's land is covered by glaciers, so there are still two-thirds of animals that survive, right? As long as we find animals, we can follow the path and find the land. ."

Qin Lu nodded: "That's the truth. Except for very few animals that can survive on ice, there are many beasts that lived on land in the Ice Age. If we want to survive, we must first find land."

However, in which direction should the endless glacier go?

Yue Xingwen said: "Ignition with wood, even if we stay by the fire, it won't last long. If we go in the wrong direction, we are likely to get frostbite halfway, or even freeze to death."

Humans are the least cold-resistant animals. The long-term evolution has caused humans to lose their fur and use external tools such as "clothes" to resist the cold. They are now wearing short sleeves and walking on the glaciers at minus 30 degrees. "Frostbite, freeze to death" mentioned in the text is not an exaggeration.

A few minutes or half an hour may be able to persist, but what is wrong? With such a large area of ​​​​glaciers, there is not even a reference point around, and they are very likely to get lost.

Jiang Pingce was silent for a moment, then said, "Staying still is nothing but chronic death. It is daytime, and the temperature is already minus 30 degrees Celsius. Once the temperature drops at night, let alone 10 days, we may all survive. But today."

Everyone fell silent.

The cold temperature made everyone shiver and sneeze constantly. Some classmates have started to runny nose uncontrollably. Everyone's brains seem to be numb from the freezing, and their thinking has become rigid.

At this moment, Qin Lu suddenly said: "I have an idea, the center of the Quaternary Ice Age was in the great ice sheet area of ​​the Americas and Eurasia. Covered, we go southeast and we should find normal land without glaciers."

When everyone heard this, they immediately had a goal.

Liu Zhaoqing said: "It's good to determine the direction. But, southeast, how to locate it?"

Qin Lu took out the globe and said, "My globe can locate the latitude and longitude. Let me take a look."

Every time she uses the "Plate Transposition" skill, a direction icon will appear on the globe. The globe suspended in Qin Lu's hand really began to rotate, and soon, she determined the southeast direction and pointed to the distance: "Go over there."

Yue Xingwen stood up immediately: "Everyone hurry up and use all kinds of displacement skills. Before it gets dark, you must find land and build a base to prevent cold. We can't spend the night on this ice, it's too cold at night, I don't want to. Frozen to death!"