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Chapter 253 The Reason for Extreme Cold

DAY156

Two days before December, Gu Nanfeng finally made up her mind to go into space for observation. Since Lu Yuan also had no experience in space, Gu Nanfeng ultimately decided to go alone with Lu Yuan.

This was the first time anyone at the South China Base had ever seen Lu Yuan's starship in person. Compared to the spaceship that Gu Nanfeng and the others had seen, Lu Yuan's starship was much smaller, but hovering above the South China Base, its shadow still covered most of the base.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen." Gu Nanfeng nodded to Pei Sihao, who had come to see him off.

"I'm not worried at all." The two who had confessed their feelings seemed to get along no different from before, but this time it was a life-or-death separation. Although Pei Sihao said he wasn't worried, he was still a little worried in his heart.

"Lu Xiaoyuan, I actually wanted to go with you." Yang Xiao held Lu Yuan's hand beside him. He was telling the truth, after all, who wouldn't want to go to space and see it?

"There will be other opportunities in the future." Lu Yuan ruffled Yang Xiao's hair. Yang Xiao used to always ruffle his hair, but this time he finally got the first chance. And it actually felt pretty good.

After obtaining advanced authorization, Gu Nanfeng entered Lu Yuan's starship, which was a mobile villa. In addition to the central control area, there were work areas and living areas on the left and right sides, filled with daily necessities, and it was clear that it was full of the atmosphere of another Lu Yuan's life.

"Let's go, Brother Gu." After greeting Gu Nanfeng, Lu Yuan instructed the system to control the starship to begin its ascent.

While Pei Sihao and his men were at the base, they could only see the starship getting smaller and smaller until it was no longer visible to the naked eye.

"What a pity." Inside the starship, a system with a physical sphere circled around Gu Nanfeng several times, muttering incessantly.

"You are the system?" Gu Nanfeng hadn't expected that the system could actually materialize inside the starship.

"Where...where did you come from?" Lu Yuan was also surprised.

"Now that I'm a Level 1 system, of course I can materialize." The system ball's voice suddenly changed, becoming Gu Nanfeng's voice.

"Wait, why is your voice back?" Lu Yuan didn't expect that this damn system could actually bring up Gu Nanfeng's voice.

"Isn't this just trying to show off in front of me?" The system ball switched back to the mechanical voice that Lu Yuan was familiar with.

"So it seems I created this system?" Gu Nanfeng reacted quickly.

"I think so." Lu Yuan awkwardly touched his nose. He was really embarrassed to say that it was done by Lu Yuan's fiancé, and that fiancé was indeed Gu Nanfeng.

“That Lu Yuan and the other me must have a special relationship.” Judging from Lu Yuan’s expression, Gu Nanfeng could roughly guess what he was embarrassed about.

The starship quickly entered the atmosphere, and the slight vibration interrupted the awkward silence between the two, but fortunately it didn't have much of an impact.

However, just when Lu Yuan thought they were about to break out of the atmosphere and enter the space world he had imagined, the starship suddenly stopped.

"What's going on? Is the power insufficient?" This was Lu Yuan's first reaction. He had been spending a lot of time on the starship recently, and the starship's energy source was not the kind known on Earth, so his first thought was that it was all over.

"Warning! Warning! Alien creature detected... Warning! Warning..." The system's voice repeated frantically inside the starship, and the red alarm light kept flashing after it came on, almost blinding Lu Yuan.

"Retreat to the safe zone and obtain alien biological data." Gu Nanfeng was calmer than Lu Yuan. With advanced authorization, he directly issued the order to the system.

After Gu Nanfeng's command arrived, the starship descended rapidly, and at the same time, a huge white, writhing object appeared on the observation screen.

"What is this?" Lu Yuan felt a little nauseous when he saw the wriggling white object, but he still held back and asked the system.

"Dr. Lu, this is a life form from Galaxy X—a worm. Its body continuously emits cold energy." The system replied while displaying the worm's data card in front of Lu Yuan and Gu Nanfeng.

"This may be the reason why Earth has entered extreme cold." Gu Nanfeng glanced at the introduction of the "worm". This kind of alien creature itself is not aggressive, but it can be easily controlled by aggressive alien groups. It is a commonly used biological weapon in interstellar combat.

"So this is what the 'Star Project' brought about." Thinking of the "Star Project," Lu Yuan gritted his teeth. These crazy researchers, why did they have to go and challenge alien creatures?

"It should be." Gu Nanfeng shook his head. They can't even finish dealing with the zombies on the ground, let alone start an interstellar war to drive away these alien creatures.

"I really wish those old guys who worked on 'Project Star' could come and see for themselves." Lu Yuan was frustrated but also helpless; they could only return to the South China base.

Gu Nanfeng and Lu Yuan's trip was brief; they were saying goodbye in the morning and returning in the afternoon.

They encountered no danger, but their actions led to a result that left everyone feeling helpless. Even if a vaccine is successfully developed, the zombie virus is controlled, or even all zombies are eliminated, humanity will still have to endure the extreme cold until it is able to eradicate that giant "worm."

"Damn it, are those people who came up with the 'Project Star' out of their minds?" Yang Xiao was furious when he heard this.

“Most importantly, this group of people may also be the ones who proposed the ‘Return to Earth’ plan.” Pei Sihao sighed. Ever since Lu Yuan mentioned the “Return to Earth” plan, Pei Sihao had thought of this.

“You make a lot of sense.” Wei Cheng nodded in agreement.

"Who would have thought that one day, a giant refrigeration machine would be hanging next to Earth?" Li Minze clicked his tongue. "Even science fiction movies wouldn't dare to film something like this."

Because of this discovery, Gu Nanfeng's previous judgment that there was still extreme cold could be basically confirmed. According to the Earth's rotation and revolution, the Northern Hemisphere should have entered winter. With this additional factor, it would definitely be colder, but it might not be as cold as he initially expected. This was the only good news.

The observation results from the South China base were quickly synchronized with the four major bases in China, and bases in other countries and private bases within the country that could be contacted also received cold-weather warnings. However, to be honest, the ambient temperature is already very cold. Large bases are fine, as they can still reinforce themselves, but some smaller bases either moved to nearby larger bases or adopted a "let's just get by" attitude.