The walls of the sickroom were pale, and the air was quiet. Professor Qin lay flat on the bed in his hospital gown.
At that moment, Gu Jun was there to visit the old man before he left. After he proposed the idea yesterday evening, the organization agreed to it after some discussion. The five members of the joint team, including him, would head to Wrangel Island to participate in the work there. They would leave by plane in the afternoon.
"Ah Jun …" Professor Qin called out to him. This time, he recognized him.
After the lobotomy, the old man became somewhat dull. His memory deteriorated, and occasionally, he became delirious. The symptoms of multiple systems atrophy were also developing. However, compared to before, the old man's eyes seemed brighter, although he still looked haggard.
"Professor Qin." Gu Jun placed the thermos he was carrying on the bedside table. "I brought you some Lingnan soup. It was cooked by Cai Zixuan."
Some patients could return to their normal state after lobotomies. Seeing that Professor Qin had recovered, Gu Jun was slightly pleased.
"Cai Zixuan …" But Professor Qin's expression changed immediately. He could not remember who he was. "He is …"
"He is also from our medical department. He came in with me." Gu Jun sighed. Professor Qin remembered everyone in the past. He went forward to help the old man up. He poured the soup from the thermos into the lid and passed it to the old man. "Pork belly soup. It is said to be nourishing for postoperative patients."
"Okay, okay." Professor Qin accepted the lid with both hands. He was trembling like a Parkinson's disease, but he could still drink the soup by himself.
Gu Jun smelled the soup and watched Professor Qin enjoy it. He felt better.
He did not know whether the soup was nourishing or not, but it tasted good. He drank a few bowls, and Wu Shiyu fought for it.
It was also early in the morning when he bid farewell to his friends again. Wang Ruoxiang seemed to be able to tell that his life and death were uncertain on this trip, and there was a hint of reluctance in her eyes.
"The current situation … I've heard …" Professor Qin wanted to say something, but it was difficult for him to organize his words. "The situation … Ah Jun …"
"Things are fine now." Gu Jun said seriously, "We have found the direction. I will go on a mission in the afternoon. There should be a breakthrough."
Professor Qin took a long time to calm down before he said, "Okay, you guys have to take care … take care …"
Gu Jun nodded silently. He could sense more from the old man's face. It was a complicated expression of approval, expectation, and worry.
After visiting Elder Qin, Gu Jun went to another room not far away to visit Brother Qiang and then Surgeon Zhu. Even though they were short on manpower, the organization still believed in his words and decided to separate and isolate the patients. They were going to move out soon.
Their conditions were stable, but their mental state was so much worse than before. They were not the same person at all …
When he left the quarantine zone, Gu Jun wished he had the healing spell from the game. Once it was used, Professor Qin and the rest would recover completely. However, the spell page clearly stated that there was no such spell. Perhaps the more powerful existences had this power, but the foreign civilization did not.
The essence of a spell was to sacrifice something in exchange for power …
'Sacrifice …'
Gu Jun thought back to Lenton's note. 'How many more sacrifices do we have to make? Are we not sacrificing anything?
Everyone here is sacrificing themselves. '
"Doctor Gu, it's time to go," the Action Team member told him. There was still a team meeting to attend.
Gu Jun returned to the Nightmare Illness Research Center on the twelfth floor to participate in this multi-party meeting. Commander Yao, Tong Ye's group at the headquarters, the members of the joint team … No one doubted the existence of the dream world that Gu Jun mentioned, but they had no idea how to find it.
"We'll talk when we get there." Actually, Gu Jun did not have a detailed plan. "My ESP will only come into play when we're on the ground."
"It's cold there. The average temperature is negative twenty degrees every day." Even Tong Ye sighed. "Bring more clothes with you."
"Be careful." Yao Sinian looked at Gu Jun and Wu Shiyu before turning to the rest. "We will provide as much technical support as we can."
The atmosphere in the conference room was solemn and gloomy. Leaving aside the question of whether or not they could enter the Dream World, the Wrangel Island that they were looking for was no laughing matter.
The island had entered a long winter since November last month, and the long polar night had begun. There would be no sunlight for twenty-four hours.
The sky was dark, and the land was covered in ice. The northern wind was cold and strong, and the weather was harsh. There would be a blizzard every two days.
Wrangel Island was a large deserted island. When it was discovered by the Europeans, there were no natives. After it became the territory of Russia, the Russians tried to migrate some Inuits, or Eskimos, to the island. In the end, they failed because the island was not suitable for human life.
Wrangel Island had no human population. The Russians built a naval base near the Inuit village of Uhakovskoye. It was more of a built-up building than a base. If not for Phecda's incident, the Russians would not have stationed people there during the winter. They would have just planted a flag there.
Exploring Wrangel Island in this season was an extremely dangerous thing to do. It was not something that would be of much help even with the help of satellites.
Furthermore, the island was the territory of another country, and that placed certain restrictions on Phecda. Therefore, when Yao Sinian said that, he did not sound very confident.
"We'll do what we can," Gu Jun said. Whether his direction was right or wrong, he could only try.
Xue Ba, Lou Xiaoning, and Uncle Dan did not say anything but encouraged themselves. They had not faced such weather before, but after the banyan tree hole mission, they understood the meaning of difficulty, and they believed that difficulty could be overcome.
At that moment, Wu Shiyu, who sat next to Gu Jun, asked, "So, are there penguins there? I want to see them. "
"No, penguins are at the south pole, but there are polar bears there." Gu Jun answered her on behalf of the rest. "The last villager of Uhakovskoye was killed by a polar bear right in front of his house."
"Oh, that's fine." Wu Shiyu nodded as if thinking of something. "When I see a polar bear, I'll sense a penguin. It won't be that different."
'Does this girl think we're going on a holiday?' Gu Jun could not help but smile. The rest followed suit. They were infected by her enthusiasm, and the atmosphere in the room lightened.
Who would have thought the most enthusiastic person would be the one who was normally the most lazy?
After the meeting ended, the group headed to the airport. They planned to board a private jet to head to Russia's Messchmidt military base on the North Pole. The base was about two hundred kilometers away from Wrangel Island. They would arrive there first, and then they would wait for the right time to depart for Wrangel Island.
The weather at Eastern State was good that day. The sky was clear blue.
When the plane roared into the sky, everyone had different feelings.
But they all had the same belief. It might be cold over there, but there was still a warmth in their hearts.
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