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Chapter 1708 Antarctic Space City (rd update, please subscribe)
The plane slowly lowered its altitude.

Bai Zhicheng looked down at the land below through the porthole.

The vast ice field shone with dazzling white light under the sun, like an endless silver ocean. The cold wind blew up the tiny snow particles, forming white vortices in the air, like ghosts dancing on the ice field.

In this land of ice and snow, a huge glass dome stands out like a crystal ball inlaid in a silver world. The glass surface of the dome reflects the sunlight, emitting a brilliant light, which forms a sharp contrast with the surrounding ice and snow. Inside the dome, high-rise buildings, green trees and winding roads can be vaguely seen, as if it is a miniature city in an ice and snow crystal ball.

Bai Zhicheng stared at the dome with his eyes wide open, unable to believe what he saw.

He remembered Yinglong when he left - a small seaside town with howling cold winds and waves beating against the rocks on the shore. It was always covered with ice and snow all year round.

And now?

But now, what appeared before his eyes was a place covered by a glass dome, like a city of the future, forming a sharp contrast with the icy and snowy Antarctic outside.

In fact, before this, he had learned from his father's letter that Yinglong
Compared with the past, great changes have taken place. The entire Yinglong has become a huge laboratory covered by a large glass cover.

Listening to his father's description, Bai Zhicheng thought that Yinglong had become a huge greenhouse, because there was a greenhouse here before leaving Yinglong, so it was not unfamiliar with greenhouses.

But who would have thought that this dome was so big and there were even tall buildings inside.

"Dad really can't take pictures!"

Looking at the dome in front of him, Bai Zhicheng only had this thought in his mind. In the past few years, his father would take photos and send them to him every year, but he had never taken a photo of the entire dome, so he was so surprised.
In fact, even if you see it in a photo, what does it matter? The difference between the photo and the real thing is still very big.

“That’s Yinglong.”

Chen Fangkai, who was sitting next to him, pointed to the dome outside the window and said with a bit of pride in his tone. He was also a passenger on the plane and a participant in the construction of Yinglong.

Bai Zhicheng nodded, although his heart was filled with a sense of strangeness.

"I know, but my Yinglong is not here. He was originally at the seaside."

He never thought that the place where he was born would become such a futuristic place. But this is not where he was born - because it is inland, more than ten kilometers away from the sea.

There is ice and snow here all year round.

The plane continued to descend and landed at an ice and snow airport one kilometer away from the dome city.

Bai Zhicheng put on a heavy down jacket and followed Chen Fangkai and other passengers down the plane. The cold wind blew in his face, and he couldn't help shrinking his neck, but his eyes never left the huge glass dome.

"Let's go, the car is waiting there."

Chen Fangkai said, taking him towards the parking lot.

The vehicle was the tracked snowmobile that Bai Zhicheng had seen in the past. The expedition team used it to cross the Antarctic continent for the first time. After the crossing, they gave the vehicle to Yinglong.

However, this is clearly not one of those old cars.

Bai Zhicheng nodded and got into the car with Chen Fangkai and the crew members. The driver was Uncle Dong, but he obviously did not recognize Bai Zhicheng. After all, he was only 10 years old when he left that year.

The car started slowly and drove towards the dome. As the distance got closer, the details of the dome became clearer. He saw that the glass surface of the dome was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the surrounding ice and snow, like a huge crystal palace, wrapping the entire town.

The details of the dome gradually became clear, and he saw the buildings and trees hidden inside the dome.

“It’s like a greenhouse.”

Bai Zhicheng murmured to himself, his tone full of emotion.

Chen Fangkai smiled and patted his shoulder:

"Young man, you'll know when you get in. It's even more magical inside."

The car stopped under the parking shed outside the dome, and the driver, Uncle Dong, reminded everyone to get off the car and switch to electric cars. "You can't use fuel cars in the dome. The cars inside are all electric."

Uncle Dong explained.

"Also, all of us need to change clothes and disinfect. Our personal belongings need to be packed and sterilized before we can enter Yinglong."

Is it still necessary to kill?

Bai Zhicheng's face was full of questions. What was going on?

Everything was like something out of a science fiction movie. Bai Zhicheng, like everyone else, entered the transfer room, showered, disinfected, and changed his clothes. Then, he followed everyone else into the transfer passage.

The tunnel was warm like spring, in stark contrast to the ice and snow outside. When they passed through the tunnel and entered the dome, they were disinfected again, just like passing through the isolation of a space capsule. After the disinfection was completed, they left the tunnel.

Got on an electric car.

The car slowly drove into the dome, and Bai Zhicheng's eyes widened. The scene in front of him completely stunned him - there were several tall buildings on both sides of the road, and there were steel columns on the roofs to support the dome. Obviously, those buildings also served as a support. There were green trees, electric cars driving on the road quietly and orderly, and the air was filled with a faint floral scent. It felt like being in a tropical city, not the Antarctic ice field.

The car stopped in front of a building. After the passengers got off, Bai Zhilong stood on the street in a daze, looking at everything around him.

"This... is this still Yinglong?" Bai Zhicheng muttered to himself, his tone full of disbelief.

What is the difference between here and the mainland?

If there is one thing I must say, it is that most of the trees here are fruit trees.

"What the hell is this place?"

At this moment, a boy of about seven or eight years old suddenly ran up to him, looked up at him for a while, and then shouted excitedly: "Brother! You must be my brother!"

Bai Zhicheng was stunned for a moment, then he recognized the boy in front of him - this was his younger brother, Bai Zhijie, who was born after he left. He bent down and picked up his brother, and a warm feeling surged in his heart.

"Zhijie, you've grown so big."

Bai Zhicheng said with a smile. When he stood up, he saw a man standing not far away. It was his father. His father was wearing a T-shirt with a gentle smile on his face. This was the first time Bai Zhicheng saw his father dressed like this - after all, in the past, Yinglong was bitterly cold even in summer.

"Dad, I'm back."

Bai Zhicheng walked forward, his voice choked with sobs.

Bai Dapeng patted his shoulder, his eyes full of relief:
"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back. Come on, I'll take you home. Our home is different from the past..."

He looked up at the dome. Through the glass, he could see the icy and snowy Antarctic outside, but inside the dome, it was warm like spring and full of vitality.

"This is really... incredible." Bai Zhicheng murmured.

The father smiled and patted him on the shoulder:

"Let's go, let's go home. Your...Auntie is still waiting for you."

Bai Zhicheng nodded and followed his father and brother towards home.

Bai Zhicheng's return caused quite a stir in Yinglong.

After all, he was one of the first children in the town to leave for school, and he was the first to come back. Neighbors gathered around him, wanting to know about their children's recent situation. While answering everyone's questions, Bai Zhicheng told them that the gifts they asked him to bring were now being disinfected and would be distributed to the neighbors after they received them.

When the neighbors gradually dispersed, Bai Zhicheng finally had a chance to take a closer look at the new Yinglong. He noticed that this was not just a small town covered by a dome, but more like a huge laboratory. Some strange equipment and signs could be vaguely seen between the tall buildings, and the air was filled with a breath of technology and nature intertwined.

"Dad, what's going on here?"

Bai Zhicheng couldn't help but ask.

My father smiled, with a hint of pride in his tone:

"The Yinglong now is not just a Yinglong. It is 'Ecosphere No. 1'. According to the lieutenant colonel, this is a large biological laboratory. It is said to be used to simulate an independent ecological environment."

"The glass dome is used to completely isolate the environment from the outside world, forming a self-circulating ecosystem. The test results will be used to determine whether an ecological environment that can operate independently like the Earth can be formed in a harsh environment."

Bai Zhijie, who was standing by, was only seven years old, but he had heard his teacher say this at school, so he explained:
“The purpose of this experiment is to explore the network of interactions within life systems based on various biomes and with different regional structures, and to prove that artificial closed ecosystems can be self-sustaining and support human habitation in space or other celestial bodies.”

Bai Zhicheng was stunned. He had never thought that the seaside town where he was born would one day become an ecosystem built for space experiments.

He looked around, his heart filled with shock and confusion.

"So, everything here... is for space experiments?" Bai Zhicheng asked.

Bai Dapeng nodded:
"Almost. You don't know that the soil here is specially designed. I heard that it is similar to the soil on the moon. It was transported here in specially sealed boxes. Those scientists are conducting simulation research here to study how to allow humans to survive in space."

The reason why the soil is specially prepared is to make the environment here as close to the moon as possible. After all, the moon will be the future space station. If humans want to survive on the moon, they must develop agriculture there. Therefore, all the environments in the agricultural area are simulating the moon.

Bai Dapeng works in the "Moon Farm". Of course, his job is to simulate the lunar environment as much as possible. He grows various crops in a laboratory-like environment and cultivates crops such as vegetables, tomatoes and fruits.

To some extent, this is now the laboratory for SEAs to explore space, but to the outside world, this is just Yinglong.

Bai Zhicheng was silent for a moment, with a complex emotion in his heart.

He never thought that Yinglong would become such a futuristic place during the years he was away.

Looking at his son beside him, Bai Dapeng asked:

"Zhicheng, are you really planning to do that this time you come back?"

"Um……"

Bai Zhicheng nodded and said:

"This is our South Pole. If anyone is crossing, it has to start with us."

(End of this chapter)