My travels can open treasure chests

Chapter 406 No Birth and Death

After leaving the small town, he entered a world of ice and snow.

The warmth of Longyearbyen is created by the surrounding three snow-capped mountains. After leaving the shelter of the snow-capped mountains, it has to face the wind blowing from the sea, and the temperature drops a few degrees. '

The car circled the mountain and gradually went up. Han Qi thought of the moment when he rode a bicycle across the high-altitude snow-capped mountains. Compared with the two scenes, the environment was similar, but the sky looked different. The sky here is very high and far away. It feels like the sky in Tibet is very close.

The snow on the side of the road is getting deeper and deeper.

It may take an hour to walk and drive there soon. Lisa parked the car at the door of the seed bank.

The Seed Vault appears to be an underground bomb shelter.

"Is this the Doomsday Seed Vault?" Han Qi asked after getting off the car and looking at the building in front of him.

A square arch, the height of an ordinary city wall, surrounded by snow, is a deep underground building.

"Well, here it is." Lisa said.

Lisa told Han Qi that she was her admirer in the car, and Han Qi was caught off guard by this outspoken style of speaking. After all, Ingrid was still by her side, and her little face collapsed in an instant.

Perhaps Smollett would never have thought that the high-cold girl he had been chasing for a long time would say such things when meeting Han Qi for the first time.

But after all, she just expressed such an idea with Han Qi, did not do anything, did not ask for a phone number, did not ask for an email address, and drove the two of them to the seed bank smoothly, and Ingrid was also relieved. He breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't want to let Han Qi out of his sight.

This girl is too courageous, she dared to say that she likes Han Qi in front of her, who knows what she will do when she is not around.

So she held Han Qi tightly.

Lisa smiled, not paying attention to the small movements of the two, and walked towards the seed vault.

"You have to take off your shoes when you enter here, or you have to take off your shoes when you are a guest at the residents of Longyearbyen. This is a handed down etiquette."

Han Qi said: "Isn't this a bit like an island country?"

"Island country? Ah, it seems to be." Lisa didn't know the customs of the island country very well, so she didn't have the confidence when she said this.

At this moment, Han Qi suddenly said, "Are you keeping the car door open?"

The three of them had been down for a long time, and Han Qi had never heard the sound of the car door closing. Lisa was going to take them in now, so Han Qi wanted to remind her.

"The car doors are not closed here. Although it is not an express provision written in the law, there will not be any car on the entire island that will lock the door."

"Why? The law and order here is so good?"

Ingrid knocked Han Qi on the head: "How stupid! Of course it is to prevent polar bears. There are more polar bears here than people. If they encounter one, the victim can hide in the car. It's not obvious. ?"

"There is such a thing?" Han Qi was surprised.

There were still a few cars parked here, probably owned by the workers in the seed bank, so Han Qi drove them out of curiosity.

The first car can be opened, and the second car can also be opened.

Apparently all cars don't have locked doors.

"Really."

"Of course it's true. Come on, let's go down, it's not fun." Ingrid urged, and they went back to the hotel after visiting the seed bank earlier, away from Lisa.

Huh, Russians.

Oh, the way she looks at Han Qi is so hateful.

Ingrid led Han Qi in again, took off her shoes, and walked in along the floor. The people in the seed bank heard the voice and some people came out to look. After finding out that it was Lisa, she said in a relaxed tone:
"Lisa, are you bringing friends to play?"

"Well, the tourists outside are curious and want to take a look."

Ingrid whispered in Han Qi's ear, "It's so cold here."

Outside, the temperature is minus ten degrees. There are not many places where people can live in Svalbard. Most of the places are very cold. The place where the seed bank is established must be selected because of its freezing properties. the coldest regions.

If it was the temperature outside, Ingrid would not have said that. What's more, the temperature plummeted as soon as she entered.

Han Qi nodded to Ingrid, and asked the man who was greeting Lisa: "Sir, what is the temperature here, it seems to be colder than outside."

"Oh, the temperature in the seed bank is minus [-] degrees all the year round, whether it's too much or not, if you feel cold, come with me first, there are some coats we used for work in front, unworn, very clean. "

Han Qi glanced at Ingrid, her eyes showed rejection.

But after thinking about it, of course I can bear the cold. What if Ingrid's little body gets sick?The medical care in Longyearbyen is not very good. The entire hospital has only eight beds, and the treatment of patients is a bit harsh. If it is not serious, they cannot be hospitalized, but if it is too serious, they must be sent to Longyearbyen.

Birth and death are not allowed in the city, and anyone who is too sick or too old is sent out of Longyearbyen.

"Thank you, we really need it."

The four of them walked along this cold corridor to the depths of the seed bank. Han Qi always felt that there was a huge ice bank in front of him. They were all walking into the ice bank step by step, and then thinking of some western horror movies, it was like Even Han Qi felt shuddering.

Horror movies in Europe and America are different from Asians. They don't follow the stream of consciousness, and more of them are like this now, giving people a sense of horror.

In the depths of this corridor are several side-by-side independent cold storage rooms. The man gave three white overcoats to several people in a workshop. The straps can tie the sides together for better warmth retention.

"There are [-] million seeds of food from all over the world preserved here. We are not alarmist. In short, the environment is getting worse and worse. We must take precautions. The seeds preserved here can ensure that large-scale disasters will not happen. Lost a plant forever."

Both Han Qi and Ingrid nodded.

Now it's starting to get messy again, the newly appointed old man from Meiguo is just messing around, making everyone nervous.

Han Qi went in and took a look inside.

It's just a sorted seed storage base. The magazines are a bit exaggerated. There is not much artistry and practicality here. It is a simple place to store plant seeds.

But no one can deny the importance of this seed bank.

Just like what this man said, no one can guarantee whether there will be any large-scale natural disasters, and if it is true that human beings will become extinct because of aliens, viruses, or other reasons, at least this seed bank It will show future generations that the human race once existed.

Going to see the cold steel gate of the seed bank, it seems to be an alien world in a science fiction movie.

Walking out of this seed bank, several people actually felt warm.

Yes, although they are all below zero, there is still a significant difference between minus eighteen degrees and minus ten degrees.

The man sent a few people out and said: "I am very glad that you can come to visit the seed bank. I will give you this jacket. It is all the best Norwegian wool. It should be the best thing our seed bank staff can give away. gone."

He said it so well, it must be very expensive, Han Qi didn't want to take it off and was about to take it off, the man said: "Master Han Qi, Princess Ingrid, right?"

"you……"

Only the eyes are exposed, can this be recognized?
The man smiled: "Lisa is a loyal fan of Mrs. Han Qi, and the whole Longyearbyen University knows about it, and they often come here for inspections, haha, except for you coming in person, I can hardly believe who she would So enthusiastic."

Han Qi looked at Lisa, she lowered her head, wearing a mask, I don't know if it was because she was shy.

Ingrid was holding a white coat, which looked very handsome in a cape-like coat, and she said, "It's us, then thank you, I like this dress very much."

"As long as you like it, I wish you a pleasant trip."

Both Han Qi and Ingrid nodded, and waved goodbye to the man.

When he returned to the seed bank, Han Qi and the others turned around, and he said, "I finally got out, how about looking around?"

"Huh? It's so dangerous outside, there are polar bears."

"It's good to be close to the city, and didn't you come to Longyearbyen just to see polar bears?" Han Qi rubbed Ingrid's head, but it was not so comfortable to rub it with a hat, so he gave up and smiled Said: "Do you know what Ye Gong is a good dragon? It's just like you."

"I remember you said it." Ingrid fell into memory.

But she felt that the Russian woman beside her was the vicious polar bear, how could she date with such a light bulb.

Lisa looked at the two with envious faces, and really hoped that she could also have such feelings. It would be great if her future boyfriend was as handsome as Han Qi. Unfortunately, the two Chinese-Americans in the school lived out of the ordinary. Staying in the dormitory all day without classes, she doesn't have the charm of Han Qi at all.

Also, Han Qi is irreplaceable.

She looked at Han Qi with even more admiration.

There was no snow, and there was still some time before the sun set. After discussing it, the three of them decided to let Lisa lead the way and take a stroll around.

Lisa is a student of Longyearbyen University, and she often goes out with her classmates to investigate. Knowing which places tourists like most, she took the two of them to a snow-capped mountain behind Longyearbyen. Han Qi really wanted to go far. A little, but the equipment doesn't quite allow it.

In a world of ice and snow like Svalbard, where the snow is often several feet thick, the use of cars is usually limited to the surrounding area of ​​Longyearbyen, and dog sleds can only bring people into a limited area. Lisa can drive to the deepest place. The place is on the snow-capped mountains behind the city.

But here is also very good, Han Qi took out the camera and started shooting as soon as he got out of the car.

Under the snow-capped mountains, there are rows of wooden houses with pointed roofs, which are cute and exquisite.On the opposite side of the port, separated by a narrow strait, stands majestically an earth-colored mountain, the top of which is covered with white snow and hangs with looming clouds.

However, looking down from a high place, you can also see that Longyearbyen is small and cramped, full of a lonely atmosphere.

The northernmost city in the world, Han Qi thought while taking pictures.

Ingrid asked Lisa: "If we want to see polar bears, is there a chance?"

"Yes." Lisa nodded and said, "There are tour groups in the city that take tourists to see polar bears. Because there are too many people who want to see polar bears, three groups of tourists can go out every day. And the opportunity to see bears is It changes with the seasons, which I didn't understand."

Han Qi suddenly said: "I want to go deeper into this island, what do I need?"

He didn't come here specifically to see polar bears, but mainly to see the scenery that he had never seen before. He and his wife went to Greenland once before. Although it was shocking, the scenery was not as good as Longyearbyen.

From the photos he took just now, he felt that there must be more beautiful scenery in other parts of the island.

Moreover, didn't Ingrid want to see the bear, killing two birds with one stone.

Still have to be safe, he thought.

"You can't drive into the island by car. The snow is too thick. If you want to go, you have to join a tour group. There is also a special tour group in the city. Members must be able to drive snowmobiles. You can join that."

Han Qi and Ingrid looked at each other, their eyes intertwined.

Both think it's okay.

Both Han Qi and Ingrid can drive snowmobiles, and it's not his first trip to Northern Europe. He has lived in Norway for so long, and he has already learned how to drive snowmobiles.

Lisa drove the two back, and Ingrid was playing with her mobile phone.

The WiFi signal in Longyearbyen is quite good. Han Qi didn't expect this before coming here. Anyway, he can connect to the Internet around Longyearbyen, and he doesn't know if it is further away.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the car was a bit dull, Han Qi said, "Is Longyearbyen really named after a beautiful Chinese?"

Lisa nodded and said:
"Yeah, there were no people in Longyearbyen in the past, at least there were no aborigines. Polar bears, elk, walruses, and birds were the owners of this land. It was only in the last century that someone discovered coal here, and gradually people came here. Live here, and Longyearbyen was the first beautiful countryman to open a coal company here."

"Is anyone still in the coal yard now?"

"It's gone for a long time." Lisa said, "Northern Europe protects the environment very well, and people will not be allowed to mine coal freely here. Moreover, although this place is under the jurisdiction of Norway, the customs and laws are different from those in Norway. The protection of the environment is more stringent."

Han Qi looked at Ingrid, and Ingrid nodded in agreement.

But since there is coal here, it means that there were many forests here in ancient times, no wonder there are so many animals here.In addition to polar bears and reindeer, there are also animals such as arctic foxes and kittiwakes. Naturally, seals are indispensable for polar bears.

When we talked about seals, Han Qi remembered the photos he took last year, so he dug them out and showed them to Ingrid.

Lisa was envious again.

Back in Longyearbyen, Lisa parked her car outside a shop called (Netherlands Snowmobile Tours),
"This is the place I was talking about. It only accepts tourists who can snowmobile. The price is a bit more expensive than other travel agencies, but they can go to more places. If you ask, they can even take you to the other side of the island."

After the introduction, everyone got out of the car, and Lisa called Han Qi again.

"Mr. Han Qi, this is my phone number and E-mail. If you travel to Russia in the future, you must come to me."

Hearing these words, Ingrid's hair stood up all over, but Han Qi still wrote down Lisa's contact information,
Entering the store, Han Qi said, "You don't believe me?"

Ingrid looked aggrieved: "I just don't like the way she looks at you, of course I believe you."

Han Qi tapped Ingrid's head with a bent index finger, and said with a smile: "That's it, what's going on in your little head all day long? Let's go, let's find the polar bear you want to see. "

(End of this chapter)