Dragon Raja 5; Chapter 54: Whale Song (23)

Dragon Raja 5

This shows the cautious side of the former president of the Lionheart Society. Greenland is indeed in the Arctic Ocean, but this does not mean that any Dragon King-level target appearing in the Arctic Ocean must be the target in the Greenland incident.

“Cold,” EVA replied. “Under the influence of the greenhouse effect, the Arctic Ocean’s ice sheet is melting rapidly. Most climate experts believe that the Arctic Ocean will lose its entire ice sheet before 2050. But this summer, the Arctic Ocean is strangely frozen, and the edge of the ice sheet extends all the way to the Bering Strait.”

“In summer, the Bering Strait is frozen?” Abbas pondered.

“Climatologists around the world are panicking about this bizarre phenomenon, which means their climate change models have completely failed,” EVA continued. “They’re holding a conference in Stockholm, and some experts say this phenomenon could mean the Earth is entering a new ice age. Some even predict that the entire ocean will freeze over.”

Abbas nodded slightly. Extreme cold was indeed the characteristic of the unknown target in the Greenland incident.

The Dragon King does have the ability to cause drastic climate changes. If the highest spirit of Norton, the King of Bronze and Fire, “Zhulong” Burning Blaze successfully released, it can cause the Three Gorges Reservoir to boil.

“In addition, the Arctic Circle has always been a paradise for whales, but according to monitoring, it has been difficult to monitor the activities of whale groups in the Arctic Circle since spring. Some whale groups equipped with global positioning devices are withdrawing from the Arctic. It is extremely rare in history that there are no whale activities in the Arctic Circle in summer.” EVA added.

“Whales are very sensitive creatures,” Caesar said. “The appearance of a dragon king would frighten them, just like when a new large predator suddenly appears in a forest, the prey would be wary and avoid it.”

“Dragon power.” Abbas added.

That is the fear of dragons deeply rooted in the bloodlines of other creatures. After all, dragons were once the hunters of all creatures on Earth.

“Any witnesses?” Caesar asked.

It is not the practice of Cassell Academy to issue an alarm for the invasion of the Dragon King based solely on the extreme cold. Moreover, the cold summer has lasted for some time, but the alarm has just been issued, which seems to mean that more conclusive evidence has emerged.

“There are no witnesses, but just now, a meteorological expedition team that entered the Arctic Circle sent back a video.”

The projection of the earth disappears, replaced by a picture of snow and ice. The camera is slightly shaky, and it seems to be shot with a handheld camera. Someone is speaking in Russian and Finnish.

In the distance, a silver hot air balloon had just taken off. People in scientific expedition uniforms were setting up tripods, while others were busy drilling holes and setting up tents on the ice.

“Due to unusually low temperatures in the Arctic this summer, the Finnish-Russian joint expedition has decided to withdraw from the Russian research station inside the Arctic Circle. Their plan is to travel approximately 300 nautical miles across the ice using snowmobiles and carrying their supplies to rendezvous with a Russian icebreaker,” EVA explained. “These are well-trained scientific expedition members, recording temperatures and wind directions along the way and collecting seawater and ice samples. The video you’re watching was filmed 15 minutes ago. They arrived near Franz Josef Land and set up camp there. Normally, the sea there is navigable in the summer, but this year it’s completely frozen.”

All the work is proceeding in an orderly manner. In the Arctic in summer, it is the polar day. The sky always clear and bright. The dazzling white sun hangs low above the horizon, but it never sets.

If you ignore the horribly low temperatures in the area, this scene is very soothing and melodious, bringing peace to the heart.

But suddenly the people who had been working in an orderly manner became agitated, all looking in the same direction. The person holding the camera also immediately turned in that direction, the direction of the sun. However, there was nothing but the sun, not even a breath of wind, only a light dust of snow near the horizon.

Something stirred the snow dust, and the ice surface vibrated slightly, but unlike the expected object, something suddenly appeared through the snow dust. Suddenly, the expedition team panicked. Some dropped their work and ran, some roared, some muttered something, and crossed themselves.

Those who didn’t run could never run again. They stood quietly on the ice, turning into waxy white sculptures. Tiny white hairs grew on the surface of their skin, which were condensed ice crystals.

Those who ran only lived for a moment longer. They froze as they ran. Some turned into sculptures in running postures, while others fell down. Their limbs seemed to be cast in plaster and broke when they hit the ice, but no blood flowed out.

The camera was still working. This equipment, specially prepared for polar photography, can work in extremely low temperatures, but the person holding it had lost his life.

The last image it captured was of the silver hot air balloon, used to measure high-altitude temperatures, plummeting to pieces on the ice.

All life disappeared within 30 seconds. The dazzling white sun was still hanging in the sky, and snow dust was spreading at the horizon. The stirring disappeared, and the ice surface no longer shook. No one knew what happened. It was as if an invisible dead god passed by, but his ethereal singing still lingered in the air.

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