My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome-Chapter 265 - 264 Setting Sail (Extra for the dozing

Chapter 265 -264 Setting Sail (Extra for the dozing Alliance Hierarch)

Chapter 265 -264 Setting Sail (Extra for the dozing Alliance Hierarch)

Splash.

The endless waves, carrying the ice, hit against the dock, spraying water accompanied by foam that retreated back to the sea, then repeated the cycle.

Several unidentified seabirds shuttled through the low lying clouds, emitting shrill cries.

“Does Antarctica also have a winter?” Shao Zifeng suddenly asked.

Cang Haiyuan’s entire body was tucked into his down jacket, the zipper pulled up high, only revealing his eyes.

He glanced at Shao Zifeng and retorted in a stuffy voice, “Don’t you know?”

Shao Zifeng shook his head, admitting that he really did not know much about Antarctica. In another dimension, as a homebody, his biggest interests besides attending class were playing the lottery and climbing with pets.

Antarctica was too remote for the likes of him, a mere mortal. In his rigid impression, Antarctica was always covered with thick layers of ice and snow—an impression hard to break without a deeper understanding.

Just like when he was young, he thought if he kept walking south, he would reach an endless desert. This rigid impression lasted until he got to know maps.

After pondering for a moment, Cang Haiyuan said, “From an astronomical perspective, Antarctica can be divided into four seasons. But in reality, there are only winter and summer. The period from December to June is the most suitable for scientific research, the summer season, when the outer circumference of the Antarctic Circle’s ice and snow melt with the rise in temperature, revealing parts of the land.”

“With sufficient sunlight and moist highlands, many mosses are able to grow. During this time, the outer circumference of the Antarctic Circle is the busiest time of the year, with large numbers of organisms reproducing their next generation; many predators can also have a feast, supplementing their consumption during the food-scarce winter, therefore, the summer in Antarctica is also known as the warm season.”

Shao Zifeng was somewhat surprised, “Antarctica… has a lot of different species? I thought, besides seals, penguins, and the like, very few other creatures could survive there, right?”

“I’ve been telling you about the outer circumference of the Antarctic Circle…” Cang Haiyuan looked at Shao Zifeng as if he was an idiot, then paused before continuing, “However, recent research has discovered that many ice-attribute mutant creatures have migrated inside the Antarctic Circle, and the variety of species has diversified. But because the polar regions are indeed dangerous, research teams from various countries have not carried out close-range observational studies.”

“It can be confirmed that the species in Antarctica, compared to a decade ago, have indeed become more diverse.”

“Yingying?”

At that moment, Qiuqiu pointed at the birds in the sky with its tiny claws, turned around, and hugged Shao Zifeng’s face, looking at him expectantly.

“That… should be seagulls, right?”

Shao Zifeng thought hard but, unfortunately, he did not know what kind of birds they were, so he casually said a familiar name to placate Qiuqiu and pressed its tiny head down with his finger.

Satisfied with the answer, Qiuqiu retracted back, its little claws clinging to his collar, revealing half of its tiny head, its eyes sparkling.

“What did you say?”

“Um…” Shao Zifeng pointed at Qiuqiu nestled in his arms and apologized with a smile.

Cang Haiyuan pursed his lips, driven to distraction by jealousy.

Due to Qiuqiu’s interruption, they both said nothing more. Qiuqiu was like a curious baby. Whatever it saw, it would turn its head and ask Shao Zifeng what it was.

The key point was that Shao Zifeng, who had been raised inland since childhood, did not recognize many things either, but he still had to maintain his great image in Qiuqiu’s mind.

So he decided to tell some well-intended fibs.

The two of them, one daring to speak, and the other believing readily.

Cang Haiyuan lay on the side, listening and laughing heartily.

Qiuqiu was not amused, its lips even starting to spit sparks.

“Professor Chen is here!”

Suddenly, a noisy commotion came from behind.

Turning their heads, they saw two RVs parked on the dock. Chen Yixin, wearing a long down coat, had just gotten out of the car. The wild wind at the shore blew her hair, and the bone-chilling damp cold made her hurriedly put on her hat.

A few assistants followed behind her, carrying instruments of various sizes.

From another vehicle, seven or eight young people clad in black uniforms dashed over; they encircled Chen Yixin’s team in the middle, their piercing gazes sweeping around vigilantly.

“Who are those people?” Shao Zifeng gestured towards the youths with his chin.

Cang Haiyuan craned his neck to look in that direction, and the next moment, he shrank back sincerely from the heart.

He glared at Shao Zifeng irritably, “Can’t you just look at the insignia on their arms?”

Upon hearing this, Shao Zifeng squinted his eyes…

It wasn’t to strike a pose, but simply because the wind was too strong; not squinting would make his eyes dry.

His gaze focused on the arm area of the few youngsters. Indeed, there was a grey patch on their arms. The outline of the patch resembled a shield shape, and at the center was a red bird pattern with outstretched wings ready to soar, tail feathers fanned out, surrounded by small text that was too far away to read clearly.

Shao Zifeng pondered for a moment: “What’s that, a security company’s logo?”

Hearing his words gave Cang Haiyuan quite a shock. He looked at Shao Zifeng as if he were seeing an alien, “Logo your uncle! That’s a military insignia, don’t tell me you don’t even know Fire Phoenix Army?”

“Cough…”

Shao Zifeng was also helpless, he had seen many military patches in another dimension, but the style was totally different from this one. Over there, they were swords, lightning bolts, ears of wheat, fighter planes and the like. This kind of direct use of an animal image didn’t at all connect with the military in his subconscious mind.

Noticing Shao Zifeng and Haiyuan’s gazes, a few soldiers looked over warily.

Chen Yixin noticed it was Shao Zifeng and nodded at him, signaling them to follow.

“Let’s go!”

Rising from the railing and stretching lazily, Shao Zifeng stuffed his hands into his pockets and followed the group towards the ship.

Standing on the deck of the Ice-breaking ship Xuelong, he only felt the sea breeze grow even fiercer and bone-chilling, and without lingering, Chen Yixin and the others proceeded into the ship’s cabin under escort.

“Wuu~~”

The loud sound of the ship’s horn resounded across Liaodong Harbor’s dock, signaling the departure of the Xuelong.

On the dock, a handful of sailors’ family members and some officials, holding banners, waved goodbye vigorously in the cold wind, their faces bearing pride and reluctance.

As it was moored within the dock, the icebreaker ship found it difficult to turn around and was towed along an already broken path away from the dock by several tugs.

Upon departure from the dock, the waves became even more violent, constantly slapping against the ship’s hull.

As an icebreaker ship with a displacement of over 20,000 tons, the Xuelong’s hull was relatively stable even amidst the wind and waves, with the splashing spray being swept up by the wild wind onto the deck and quickly turning into ice.

Shao Zifeng watched the gradually receding coastline, then turned to head back inside the cabin.

Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks and turned back to look at the other side of Liaodong Harbor’s dock.

Because of the gantry cranes, he hadn’t noticed that there was another icebreaker ship on the other side as well.

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That ship was in the process of loading materials, seemingly ready to depart at any moment.

While he was assessing that ship, a familiar figure appeared on its deck for a brief moment and then disappeared.

Shao Zifeng was slightly startled, thinking he might have been seeing things.

But after giving it some thought, amongst the group that boarded earlier…

It seemed Zhang Erya was indeed not among them.

You truly live up to your reputation.

No sooner had you sacrificed your teammate to the heavens than you infiltrated the enemy’s ranks.