Chapter 18 The Weight of Life
The staff at Changshan Station did not know what it was for catching these animals, but Zhao Huasheng knew it very clearly in his heart.
This is preparing for the City of Life. If the solar radiation level remains uncontrollably reduced, until it is unbearable to humans, the City of Life will start. These animal specimens will follow the lucky two million humans to enter the City of Life and gain the opportunity to survive in this cold end of the world.
People were wearing heavy cold-proof clothes and climbing onto the rumbling snowmobile, all kinds of ropes, nets, cages, anesthesia guns and other things were all ready, and the convoy set off.
"Because the weather gets colder and the Arctic ice sheet extends, big guys like polar bears are walking south. Only when the ice surface is thinner there can you get food there. So we have to go south to catch them." A Changshan Station staff member explained to Zhao Huasheng. Zhao Huasheng nodded without saying a word.
The snowmobile was not moving very fast. Sitting in the carriage and through the window, Zhao Huasheng saw all the scenery of the desolate Arctic.
Cold, dead and desolate, this is the true portrayal of the North Pole. Zhao Huasheng felt that the coldness of the North Pole seemed to be eroding his mind, causing his mind, which was irritable and uneasy, and was always running at high speed and could not rest. This made Zhao Huasheng feel a sense of relaxation from the inside out.
"Perhaps, travel is really useful." Zhao Huasheng thought silently.
The staff at Changshan Station first checked out some traps arranged yesterday. Most of these traps have gained. The Arctic is too desolate, so the temptation of food is unstoppable for animals. Because of the ban and hunting policy implemented by humans in the Arctic, most of the animals here are not wary of traps or humans. It is very simple to catch prey through traps.
Before the polar bear was found, four Arctic foxes, two deer and three wolf were given anesthesia injections and threw them into the carriage. They would be temporarily kept in captivity and then transported to the City of Life by plane.
In comparison, polar bears are the most difficult animal to deal with. They are too big and too fierce. Zhao Huasheng estimated that only Meng Zhuo can fight against a polar bear. Relying on these staff alone, four or five of them will not be the opponents of the polar bears.
But it doesn't matter. The human science and technology system will show its irresistible power at this moment. Even Li Wei, who has the weakest physical strength, can independently knock down a polar bear after getting the anesthesia gun. So this time when hunting is not like performing a mission, but more like going out to hunt and play.
The convoy stopped, an Arctic biology expert got out of the car, searched the ground for a while, and said in a sure tone: "Look around, there must be a group of polar bears nearby. One big and three small, and the one big is a female bear."
"No need to be so troublesome." Meng Zhuo jumped out of the car and pulled down a deer weighing about 100 pounds from the rear car with just one hand. He took out a sharp black dagger from somewhere with the other hand and stabbed it directly into the reindeer's neck. The reindeer in the coma made a vague sound and died because of excessive blood loss.
"Polar bears have a very sensitive sense of smell, but the weather is too cold now, and it is difficult for them to obtain food, so they will definitely not let these prey go." Meng Zhuo said calmly, dragging the reindeer with his hands, walked behind an ice mound about 200 meters away from the convoy, and threw the reindeer's body there.
Meng Zhuo's actions shocked everyone. The Arctic biology expert stared at Meng Zhuo in disbelief, and until Meng Zhuo walked back from the ice hill, he shouted loudly: "Who gave you the authorization to kill an Arctic creature? Have you read the Arctic Ordinance before coming to the Arctic? I want to accuse you of poaching Arctic animals! You despicable bastard!"
Zhao Huasheng and Li Wei also jumped out of the car at this time. Meng Zhuo's coldness and cruelty to treat life as a grass made Zhao Huasheng feel very uncomfortable, and even Li Wei couldn't bear to watch this scene. But Zhao Huasheng and Li Wei knew more, so they also knew that there was nothing wrong with Meng Zhuo's approach.
It is enough to save a few genes in a organism, and too many are wasteful. Maintaining their survival requires additional resources, and if these resources are saved, a human will likely gain hope of survival.
Meng Zhuo glanced at the biology expert in a faint glance and turned his head, and wiped the blood from the sharp dagger with his left hand wearing gloves. The biology expert shouted for a while and closed his mouth in disappointment.
Everyone was waiting in silence for a moment, and the creaking sound of ice and snow being trampled in the distance came from the distance. Meng Zhuo waved and the staff followed Meng Zhuo. The biological expert shouted: "You executioner, you go to the back, we will solve this bear, and you don't need to intervene."
Meng Zhuo walked calmly to the rear of the team and followed slowly behind. Li Wei grabbed Zhao Huasheng's hand and shouted: "Let's go, let's go and have a look."
A hike and hunting activity in this distant and desolate Arctic seemed to drive away all the haze in Li Wei's heart and restored the already youthful girl to her lively nature. The long-lost smile reappeared on her face, and she jumped and even in a thick cold-proof suit, she looked like a jumping elf.
Several staff members hid behind the ice mound, aimed at the largest polar bear with anesthesia gun, and then pulled the trigger. The female bear roared and wanted to stand upright, but the rapid loss of power failed to make it do so. It eventually fell heavily to the ground and fell into a deep sleep. The three little bears following it were also in panic. They abandoned the food at their mouths and surrounded them all next to the fallen mother's body, screaming sadly.
"The bears have no attack power for the time being, so don't shoot anesthesia guns. With mothers here, they won't run away," said the biological expert. "The anesthesia guns may cause damage to their nervous system."
Several staff members nodded and walked over with the net. Behind them, someone drove the lifting machinery over.
Li Wei was very excited. She took Zhao Huasheng's hand and kept moving forward, and walked to a place less than ten meters away from the female bear. The three little bears had been caught by the net and struggled desperately. Li Wei even walked over and touched the bear's head, comforting them softly: "Be good, don't make trouble, we are saving you."
A kind of maternal glory emanated from Li Wei, causing some ripples in Zhao Huasheng's heart. Zhao Huasheng turned his head and stared at Li Wei in a daze. At this moment, Zhao Huasheng found that Li Wei was very beautiful, more beautiful than ever before.
But the female bear lying on the ground opened its eyes at some point. When she found that Li Wei was stroking the little bear, the female bear suddenly stood up, roared wildly, and rushed towards Li Wei.
The mother bear is less than ten meters away from Li Wei and Zhao Huasheng. The running speed of the polar bear with all its strength is faster than that of the human sprint world champion.
All this happened in the lightning, so fast that it was impossible to react. When the biological expert just shouted out the word "ansthetic gun", another staff member just grabbed the anesthetic gun in a hurry and before he could aim, Zhao Huasheng hugged Li Wei, faced the female bear with his back, and protected Li Wei in his arms.
All this came too fast and too suddenly. Zhao Huasheng had only time to protect Li Wei, and Li Wei had only time to let out a scream. Before the scream had fallen, a crisp gunshot came into everyone's ears. Zhao Huasheng hugged Li Wei tightly, waiting for the expected death and pain to arrive, but he never waited. Zhao Huasheng let go of Li Wei, turned around, and saw the female bear lying on the ground, with a blood hole in his head constantly bleeding. Behind, Meng Zhuo was still standing there plainly, with no fluctuations in his expression.
Obviously, at that critical moment just now, Meng Zhuo took out his gun, killed the female bear with one shot, and then put it away again. No one saw how Meng Zhuo pulled out the gun, how to shoot, and how to collect the gun later.
Everyone fell into silence, and only the three polar bear cubs made even more sad after discovering that their mother had died.
The biological expert began to tremble all over. He pointed at Meng Zhuo with his finger and said tremblingly: "You, you killed a polar bear... Why don't you use an anesthesia gun..."
Meng Zhuo glanced at him indifferently and said, "The lives of these two people are more important than a polar bear."
As he said that, Meng Zhuo walked past the biological expert, walked to the corpse of the mother bear, and said calmly: "I'm sorry, the hopes of mankind and the earth cannot be destroyed in your hands."
After saying this, Meng Zhuo snapped his fingers: "Let's go, the three little bears are enough."
Meng Zhuo has become the leader of this group of people invisibly. After Meng Zhuo issued the order, the group of people got on their own vehicles and set off on their way home.
"Thank you, Zhao Huasheng." In the carriage, Li Wei's expression changed, and after a while, she thanked Zhao Huasheng in a low voice. Zhao Huasheng's eyes were very distant, as if he heard it, but he didn't seem to hear it.
"We killed a mother, a mother who attacked the invaders in order to protect their cubs." Zhao Huasheng said sadly, "But this is the end of the world, and the end of the world is such cruelty."
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