Chapter 56 The Polar Ice Field 22
Xu Yang seemed to be very sure, and Jiang Ran wanted to believe him very much, but at this moment, the roaring crisis was chasing after them, and she didn't know when it would completely sweep up. She didn't want Xu Yang to believe him. Go on an adventure with her.
"Mr. Xu, the best way to escape is no better than a life-saving bag. You can press the start button now and you can go straight away. You will be safe in an instant."
Xu Yang shouted loudly without turning his head: "If you go, I will Go, you press and I will press!"
Jiang Ran didn't speak, but continued to run forward.
When the danger didn't really come before her eyes, she didn't want to leave yet. The natural beasts roaring in the back kept roaring, and that was also an opportunity for her.
Of course Xu Yang also understood what she meant, asking such a question was just to make her give up dissuading herself.
"Since you don't plan to open the life-saving bag, just run with me!" Xu Yang said, "Since I said there is a way, I really have a way." Jiang Ran asked loudly
, "Where are you going?"
Pointing to the front side, a huge rock wall with a height of several people can be seen with the naked eye.
Jiang Ran had been there before, so she knew that behind the tall rock walls and thick ice, there was a spacious river channel formed by the ice breaking.
Jiang Ran instantly understood Xu Yang's so-called "method" -
at first glance, pyroclastic flow looks like smoke and dust in the sky, but in the usual cognition, smoke and dust will be absorbed when passing through water. Xu Yang hopes that after crossing the river bank, let this river block the pyroclastic flow?
It's a pity that she knows that this method will not work.
Jiang Ran didn't stop his rush, and said loudly to Xu Yang, "It's useless to stop the pyroclastic flow with water! When the Krakatau volcano erupted, the pyroclastic flow didn't stop when it hit the water. Flying across the ocean for dozens of kilometers, engulfing countless islands, there is no pressure at all!"
Xu Yang heard the words, and just about to say "no", there was a sudden "boom" behind him.
None of them looked back, not knowing what happened, but they all ran faster.
There is no time.
Xu Yang grabbed Jiang Ran's wrist and led her to run wildly forward, only uttering two words amidst the billowing dust and roaring roar: "Trust me!"
Jiang Ran didn't believe him rationally, but wanted to believe him emotionally. He, but at this time, is it that important to believe it or not?
Within a few seconds, after crossing the huge rocky wall, a small migratory starship loomed in front of him.
Jiang Ran was startled: "This is..."
"Go up!" Xu Yang opened the hatch, pulled Jiang Ran in and drilled in.
When they jumped into the cabin, they finally had time to look back, and saw that the pyroclastic flow had spread to twenty or thirty meters away.
As soon as the cabin door was closed, Xu Yang almost jumped into the cockpit, quickly started the starship, and when he gave the command to lift off, Jiang Ran stumbled in after him in the cabin that was gradually shaking.
Xu Yang didn't look back, didn't raise his hand, heard the voice, but said with a tense expression: "You sit in the co-pilot, the protective button is on the right side of the backrest of the seat, press it quickly after sitting on it." Jiang Ran did as he said, and the whole process She didn't even get angry, for fear that she would disturb Xu Yang, she just silently looked at him from the side after sitting upright, but she could only see the sweaty side face. After the starship was activated, it lifted off very fast. Jiang Ran only felt dazed for a while, and under the action of inertia, he clung to the seat for a few seconds, and couldn't help but press his head down for a moment. When he recovered, they had already risen to a height of several hundred meters in the air. Xu Yang drove the starship all the way away at high speed, and did not slow down until he confirmed that they were completely safe. Looking out through the transparent compartment, they saw that the pyroclastic flow that had been chasing closely before had become as small as an earthworm.
However, this gray "earthworm" is really powerful. Wherever it passes, the original white or green scenes around it are all dyed a thick gray by it.
Jiang Ran heaved a sigh of relief, and turned his head to look at Xu Yang.
"Mr. Xu, can you explain to me now?" She asked, "How did this starship come out?"
Xu Yang's shoulders had also relaxed at this time, and he adjusted the starship to automatic flight After mode, he turned his head and said, "I know you're in the erupting crater, but if I'm not prepared at all, how dare I bring them to you?
" The liaison officer confirmed the situation of the contestants in time and opened the life-saving bag. Isn’t that a violation?” “That’s a rule under normal circumstances. This is a survival show, not a death show, and no normal contestant would know Seeing that the volcano is about to erupt, why not rush into it happily? It’s just a special case and special treatment.” Jiang Ran: “…” I suspect you mean something, but there is no evidence. Xu Yang went on to say: "I didn't expect them to open the lifesaving bag suddenly, but it was considered timely. If the six of us want to squeeze the starship together, it may not be in time, and I won't." I insisted on leaving like this." "Speaking of this..." Jiang Ran recalled, "It took less than two seconds for them to open the life-saving bag, as if they had made an appointment in advance, and it shocked me at the time. " "Indeed, it must have been discussed in advance, otherwise the response would not be so fast." Xu Yang said, "I will ask them carefully when I see them. It's okay to be behind your back during the discussion. Why are you still guarding against me?" " Jiang Ran imagined the scene, and while mourning for his friends in advance, he couldn't help but smile. "but……"
Jiang Ran thought of something again: "Mr. Xu, since you have made preparations in advance, can't you just let people wait outside in a starship? Why do you have to park an empty starship all the way? We have to run by ourselves Come and drive."
Xu Yang looked at her and was silent for a while before saying, "Take it as a donkey's liver and lungs."
Jiang Ran: "?"
"If it's just for safety, just open the life-saving bag, why bother to open a star The ship? Just like a few other people did. But the question is, you are full of volcanoes, if I ask you to open a life-saving bag, will you open it? If I ask you to get on the starship, will you go on it? If you don’t escape by yourself You're in such a mess, and the crisis is chasing after you, I think you still want to stop and pat that wave of debris!"
Jiang Ran nodded vigorously upon hearing this.
She felt that what Xu Yang said was very reasonable.
If there was a starship by her side at any time and she was safe, she might even tie a rope around her body, and wait for the pyroclastic flow to catch up with her, then let the starship start and tie herself away with the rope.
Thinking about it this way...
that scene is also a bit wonderful.
Jiang Ran thought of this and looked at the environment around him.
There is a starship, in mid-air, safe and sound.
So...
"Since pyroclastic flows are mentioned, why don't you take me there to finish filming?"
Jiang Ran said excitedly, "I haven't tried shooting pyroclastic flows on a starship yet! That feeling must be It will be great!"
Xu Yang: "..."
Xu Yang finally did not reject Jiang Ran, he switched the starship back to manual mode, and controlled the speed and altitude to descend slowly.
The pyroclastic flow does not only expand outward, it also expands upward, so Xu Yang did not drive the starship close to the ash flow, but specially left a gap of more than ten meters as a buffer seat belt.
At the beginning, Jiang Ran was still sitting in the starship, with the transparent compartment attached, and followed the ball by remote control to shoot outside, but she was not satisfied after a long time.
She disliked that the field of view in the starship was not wide enough, she couldn't find the most suitable shooting angle, and couldn't compose the picture properly. After holding back for a few minutes, she began to discuss with Xu Yang the possibility of hanging herself down with a rope.
Xu Yang: "..."
Later, it was not as shabby as it really was.
Xu Yang activated the starship's wing-following device, and extended a wide long wing of about five or six meters on both sides.
Just as Jiang Ran was about to go to the end of the wing to shoot, before he could say anything, Jiang Ran cheered and ran towards the entrance of the passage.
Xu Yang: "..."
Although Jiang Ran still couldn't achieve the close-up shooting that Jiang Ran dreamed of in the end, she was very satisfied with the distance of less than ten meters.
After almost half an hour, Jiang Ran returned to the main cockpit contentedly, patted his treasure and ball, and told Xu Yang that she had taken care of everything.
While controlling the starship to lift off again, Xu Yang reminded: "Don't forget..."
"What?" Jiang Ran raised his face in confusion.
"...Don't forget Fu Bai and the others. They opened the rescue bag, and they should still be floating in the stratosphere of the earth's atmosphere."
Jiang Ran suddenly realized.
Really...
I forgot all about it...
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Fu Bai: It's over, Mr. Xu hasn't come back yet!
Zeng Pei: It's over, Jiang Ran is gone!
Everyone: What should I do? They won't be buried in volcanic ash, will they?
Xu Yang: Laxative, taking Ran Ran for a ride~
Chapter 57 The Polar Ice Sheet 23
The stratosphere of the earth's atmosphere is a section of the ozone layer about 20 to 50 kilometers above the ground. It is hot at the top and cold at the bottom, but the overall temperature is not high. Even the temperature at the top is only about the same as the surface temperature.
When Xu Yang drove the starship to the stratosphere, Jiang Ran looked out through the window, and it was surrounded by layers of white clouds. From a visual point of view, it was like being carried upwards by clouds .
This kind of experience was particularly wonderful. Jiang Ran subconsciously took pictures of the environment from his own perspective, and after a while, he hugged and patted the ball contentedly, and stretched comfortably and lazily.
"Thanks to the technology," Jiang Ran said, "The memory of this racket is really big enough. I took so many photos, and now only 10% of the space is used."
Xu Yang didn't turn his head: " It is a mature outdoor automatic shooting tool, and it would be too inconvenient if it needs to be replaced and updated every now and then."
The admiration on Jiang Ran's face became stronger.
Xu Yang caught a glimpse of her reaction from the corner of his eye, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Since this technology has matured, fewer and fewer people still insist on manual shooting. Decades ago, the Art Department of Federal University also opened a related The light and shadow course has also been cancelled. So before... we didn't expect you to be so persistent about this matter, we just thought it was a whim."
Jiang Ran smiled wryly twice, the original sense of surprise gradually dissipated, and she After being silent for a while, he said with some disappointment: "This is actually a very good auxiliary method, but it should not be a complete substitute."
Xu Yang did not speak.
Nothing seems appropriate at this time.
He didn't know where Jiang Ran's persistence came from, so he didn't know where to start to comfort him, so he simply chose to remain silent.
At this time, there was no danger chasing behind him, and Xu Yang also drove the starship slower and more steadily.
When the starship sailed from the troposphere into the stratosphere, the entangled clouds outside gradually stopped under the starship. Jiang Ran looked down and felt that there seemed to be a large white fluffy ground under the starship.
"Mr. Xu, do you know where their life-saving bags are?" Jiang Ran asked.
"Yes," Xu Yang nodded slightly, "Each lifesaving bag has its own locator, and their safety liaison officer has sent me the real-time location information."
As soon as the words fell, Jiang Ran saw the front An orange light spot the size of an egg appeared.
As the starship approached, the spot of light became bigger and bigger, and when it really approached, the life-saving bag glowing orange could be seen at a glance.
Jiang Ran took a closer look: "The light from this lifesaving bag seems to be a little weaker than before."
"It's just for the rescuers to show the remaining energy of the lifesaving bag," Xu Yang said. It's dim because it took a lot of energy to open the protective cover and lift off the brakes."
Hearing what he said, Jiang Ran was a little worried: "It's consuming so much energy now, they won't be exhausted before we rescue them. Don't you? If I knew I just..."
"No, don't worry," Xu Yang interrupted her, "The remaining energy is enough for them to float here for more than ten days."
Jiang Ran was relieved after hearing this.
It's fine.
If the rescue of others is delayed because of her, she will blame herself for the rest of her life.
Just as he was thinking, Xu Yang's voice came slowly.
Jiang Ran: "..."
Jiang Ran carefully controlled his expression, sneaking a quick glance at Xu Yang's face.
Why does she always feel that the words of the gold master's father have a strong sense of self-substitution, full of envy and jealousy?
This shouldn't be her illusion, right?
While thinking about it, Jiang Ran had a whim.
The funder's father came to participate in this test, probably not just because he wanted to stay away from work. Maybe he really wants to lie in the life-saving bag for a few days, have a good sleep and have a good dream? After all, this is more touching than running around on glaciers and volcanoes day and night... There are so many fish!
If this guess is correct, then he is really... so, so clever!
Of course, Jiang Ran just thought about it and didn't really ask these words out.
Xu Yang's pacing ball hovered over their heads conscientiously, taking pictures of everything in the cockpit in real time, and these will be put on the investment conference table in the future as reference materials.
The noble and glamorous overlord image of the gold master's father cannot be defeated by her.
"We are now going to introduce the lifesaving bag into the cabin of the starship," Xu Yang pointed to the front, and said to Jiang Ran, "I will suspend the starship in a suitable position, so that the connection port is facing the lifesaving bag , but it’s not that smart, it won’t run in by itself, can you go to the passageway and do some auxiliary work for receiving and leading?”
Of course, Jiang Ran would not refuse, and after listening carefully to Xu Yang’s method and steps, he put it on Protective clothing, go to the connecting channel.
She tied the safety guide rope on her body, leaned out from the connection port that was more than half the height of her body, fumbled for the side handle of the life-saving bag, and carefully pulled it back bit by bit.
After pulling the lifesaving bag back into the starship, Jiang Ran gestured "OK" to the side camera, and then the front port slowly closed. The life-saving bag is wrapped around an adult. Of course, its size is not small, but I don't know if it's because of the material or the continuous energy supply. When Jiang Ran pushed it back into the cabin, he didn't feel much effort. After successfully pulling back a life-saving bag, Jiang Ran did not return to the cockpit immediately. There are also three life-saving bags wandering outside. When Xu Yang drives the starship to the place, she has to go to the dock to help tow it. While waiting for Xu Yang's signal, Jiang Ran was in the main hall of the cabin, observing and testing around the rescue bag he had just brought back. Poke the pure white glowing shell with your finger.
Hey, it's quite soft.
The ice is cold, like flowing water, and a hole is poked out with a poke.
On the spur of the moment, Jiang Ran touched the big "eggshell" from top to bottom, then searched for a rope, and tied it up humming.
When she was playing with the rescue bag playfully, Xu Yang was looking at her through the experience screen. These days can be regarded as being together for a long time, but I have never seen such a childish side of Jiang Ran, which is a bit novel.
While Xu Yang was in a daze, he drove the starship slower and more steadily.
After Jiang Ran had had enough fun and sat on the ground to rest for a while, Xu Yang's voice came from the communicator.
"The second life-saving bag has been found, it's just outside the connecting port," Xu Yang said, "Go and help tow it, and let me know when you're ready."
"No problem." Jiang Ran replied immediately.
The first time is raw and the second time is familiar, and the third time and the fourth time are even more familiar.
The last life-saving bag stayed at a relatively low position, just at the place where the troposphere and the stratosphere meet. The temperature here was also relatively low, and Jiang Ran shivered slightly as soon as he stretched out his hand.
There is almost no water vapor in the stratosphere, so there are no clouds, but here is the junction, so there are still some thin clouds floating around.
When Jiang Ran stretched out his hand through a cloud, he felt like he smashed a handful of cool cotton balls. After successfully pulling the lifesaving bag back and looking down, the "cotton ball" that was smashed just now seemed to have never happened, and it was soft and rolled together again.
After the connection port was closed, Jiang Ran looked out through the transparent viewport the size of a small egg on the top.
The starship has already flown upwards again, and the clouds that stop at the intersection of the airflow layers are like small islands in the blue sea. They move slowly and drift, and they don't know when they will gather together. What? Time will separate again, and finally become a cool winter rain on the earth.
It turns out that the clouds in the sky look like this.
Jiang Ran sighed.
The four life-saving bags have all been pulled into the cabin, and then their protection mechanism can be suspended, and the wake-up mechanism can be turned on.
Jiang Ran didn't know the specific operation method, and it was inconvenient for Xu Yang to send messages through the air, so he simply switched the starship to automatic driving mode, fixed the line in the stratosphere, and then left the cockpit.
Xu Yang was stunned as soon as he entered the main hall of the cabin.
The shock seen on the monitor screen is far less powerful than seeing it with one's own eyes. The four life-saving bags are neatly placed in the main hall, and the tops are neatly tied with ropes in the same way. The only difference is the painting on the top of the life-saving bags.
Jiang Ran used a black ink pen to draw a big smiling face on the surface of the rescue bag. At first glance, it looked like a huge egg with a weird smile on it.
It was still a huge egg that was tied up...
Because of the fluidity of the shell material of the life-saving bag, the smiling face that was just painted barely had a basic shape, but the earlier ones were completely distorted. Not to mention the first painting, its entire "egg" is covered with thin black lines, which looks like flowing patterns carved on it.
Xu Yang froze for a long while, but Jiang Ran didn't realize it, and was happily taking pictures of these life-saving bags with a racquet ball.
I don't know who the unlucky ones are...
But no matter what kind of tricks are dyed, it seems that it will not make the Lord happy...
Xu Yang finally stepped forward and interrupted Jiang Ran's high-spirited conversation Shooting status.
But Jiang Ran wasn't unhappy either. She had almost finished taking the photos, and it was more important to activate the wake-up mechanism right now.
I saw Xu Yang groping under the rope for a while, and he didn't know what he was playing with. The orange light on the life-saving bags dimmed a bit, and then gradually turned into a faint blue light.
"Okay, it's all set up."
Xu Yang took a step back, stood next to Jiang Ran and said, "However, everyone's bodies and various functions are still in a state of deep sleep, and they need to slowly adapt to the new environment after the transformation.
" Wake up?"
"That's right."
"How long will it take?"
"About ten to twenty minutes."
While waiting, Jiang Ran looked around several lifesaving bags again and again.
She thinks her work is really great, and when everyone wakes up, they will be amazed at the beauty of the environment they are in.
More than ten minutes later, the second lifesaving bag from the left was the first to move.
Jiang Ran stood expectantly in front of the life-saving bag. Within a few seconds, the white "eggshell" on the top of the life-saving bag slowly flowed around, opening an opening about half a person's height.
Lying inside was Fu Bai, with his eyes closed, and after noticing the changes in the light and environment around him, he frowned and slowly opened his eyes.
The eyes are used to the closed state, and at first sight of the light, they still feel a little uncomfortable.
Fu Bai subconsciously stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, and when he recovered a bit, he looked out through his fingers, and then met Jiang Ran's gaze.
Fu Bai was instantly excited: "You're fine!"
Jiang Ran was overjoyed: "You're fine!
"
How can this not be exciting?
Fu Baitai wanted to hug Jiang Ran, he almost bounced his upper body excitedly, but he was bounced back before he got up.
Fu Bai: "?"
He moved his eyes down in confusion, and then saw several coils of rope tied around his chest.
How did this happen?
Wait, shouldn't it be...
Fu Bo paused, then raised his head in doubt: "You are the one who tied this rope..."
"I tied it!" Jiang Ran was very excited, "Do you think it looks good?"
Fu Bo: "..."
Before he had time to speak, Jiang Ran supported his life-saving bag and turned it around for half a circle, and then Fu Bai saw a few life-saving bags next to him, all of which were neatly lined with identical ropes and patchwork black patterns.
Don't say it, it's really pretty.
At this moment, the life-saving bag next to it also opened its mouth.
Fu Bai and Ren Xiayang looked at each other's ropes on each other's chests, and didn't speak for a long while.
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Jiang Ran: Is it any good?
Xu Yang: It looks good.
Fu Bo:?
Ren Xiayang:?
Chapter 58 The Polar Ice Sheet 24
By the time everyone woke up and untied the heavy ropes, more than half an hour had passed.
Even Zeng Pei was very confused: "Why on earth did you tie up the life-saving bag?"
Jiang Ran didn't speak, but just poked the shell of the life-saving bag. With the finger movement, the slightly transparent white shell sank into a small pit.
"Don't you think this kind of material is very interesting?" Jiang Ran pointed to the pile of ropes scattered on the side, "The way it sinks in circles is patchy and beautiful."
Zeng Pei stepped forward to observe Survival bag.
After a while, she agreed with Jiang Ran's statement: "It is indeed a very interesting material, and I don't know if it can be used in the construction of mechs."
Jiang Ran nodded seriously.
The others behind looked very speechless.
These two are obviously not talking about the same thing.
After all the life-saving bags were put away and piled up, they had the energy to chat about the situation at this time.
After everyone learned that Xu Yang had prepared the starship early and was ready to evacuate at any time, they all looked at him with accusations in their eyes.
Xu Yang raised his eyes slightly, and said preemptively: "You seem to have agreed to open the life-saving bag together, right? I don't know when the idea was made, but I don't know at all."
Fu Bai immediately began to feel guilty. But I am also ashamed to say that I only forgot about the gold master's father, and laughed while touching his nose: "Mr. Xu, you are so wise and decisive. If there is a danger that cannot be escaped, you will definitely open the life-saving bag in time. Where do you need us?" Reminder?"
Hearing this, Xu Yang was about to say something more when he suddenly felt some itching in his throat, he couldn't control it even after holding it back, he couldn't help covering his mouth and coughing twice.
It’s okay that he didn’t wear this head, but when he started coughing, the others felt uncomfortable immediately, and immediately started coughing too.
Only Jiang Ran looked like a normal person.
She looked left at this, right at that, and didn't know who to pat on the back first.
Enduring the itch in his throat and the faint pain in his chest, Fu Bai tried his best to stand up straight.
He looked at Jiang Ran in confusion: "Did you poison us? Why are you the only one okay?
" Maybe even Mr. Xu?"
Fu Bai: "..."
Okay, it doesn't matter if you poison him, right?
Although the cough had nothing to do with Jiang Ran, everyone else had this problem, but she was the only one who was intact, which more or less could explain something.
Jiang Ran thought about it carefully, and thought of the answer: "It should be that when you were in the crater, you inhaled the poisonous smoke formed by the accumulation of volcanic ash, and now you have sequelae. Only I am fine, because I wore a self-made gas mask in advance .”
This kind of statement is reasonable, and others immediately understood it.
Hearing this, Xu Yang made a special trip back to the cockpit, and came out with something like a gun barrel in his hand.
Jiang Ran was a little curious: "What is that?"
Xu Yang said: "It's a small therapeutic device that is convenient to carry around, let's use it to relieve symptoms first. Which one of you will come first?"
Everyone smiled and coughed Said: "You first, you come first."
"I have used it," Xu Yang's voice was a little hoarse, but he did not cough again, "It's much better now."
He said this, and the others looked at each other. , no longer hesitated, and lined up to go up the mountain.
After being relieved by the therapeutic device, everyone's continuous coughing symptoms have improved a lot, but they still can see some discomfort on the face.
Xu Yang put away the treatment device and said to them: "The design of the small treatment device is mainly for convenience. Its capacity is limited, and the deeper and more comprehensive treatment can only be done when the corresponding person comes."
He said as he said He said, looking down at his watch: "I have already contacted the responders in advance, they should be here in a few hours, there will be professional doctors in the team, and we will check it thoroughly again at that time. "
Fu Bai's reaction was great: "The reception team? What reception team?"
Ren Xiayang was also very nervous: "Is this the end of the test? But it's not yet a week..."
If the time hasn't arrived, then Being repatriated early...
then their long-awaited investment... is there really any hope?
Everyone's faces were full of worries, and they looked at Xu Yang cautiously.
"Don't worry about it."
Xu Yang waved his hand and said, "The only ones who will be repatriated are the four of you."
Four people: "???"
Jiang Ran gave them a funny look.
She knew that she must not be counted among those four people.
Sure enough, she heard Xu Yang continue to say:
"Isn't it clearly stated in the regulations? Anyone who opens the life-saving bag will automatically be regarded as giving up the game due to excessive difficulties. Don't you remember?"
Everyone looked at each other for a long time. Will not speak.
Of course, they couldn't say that they didn't even know the rules of the game. After a long silence, they finally confessed with tears in their eyes.
Fu Bai is the one who regrets the most.
If he hadn't forgotten to communicate with the donor's father earlier, the four people on his side opened the lifesaving bag first and left, and things would not have gone like this.
Either the funder's father opened the life-saving bag with them and left, or they and the funder's father boarded the starship to evacuate together, so it would not be possible to end up in such a situation.
But right now, regret is useless.
Everyone looked at Jiang Ran with tears in their eyes: "You can only walk the rest of the way alone!"
Jiang Ran: "..."
Xu Yang's face also turned dark.
Why are you alone?
Is he not human?
Within two hours, the supporting starship and personnel arrived.
Xu Yang connected the small starship to the big starship through the connecting port, and after a few minutes of operation of the adapter, the two starships were completely joined together.
Everyone passed through the link channel and transferred to the large starship that came to meet them, Xu Yang was no exception.
The sooner the sequelae caused by inhaling the volcanic ash can be treated, the better, so Xu Yang didn't rush to send them back. Instead, he asked a professional doctor to examine and treat everyone accordingly.
However, at this time, a strange thing happened. After professional treatment, everyone's sequelae were almost cured, but Bai Zhiyong's condition has not improved, and he has been coughing non-stop.
Even the doctor was very confused: "Is this really tracheal inflammation caused by volcanic ash?"
Bai Zhiyong was even more confused: "I don't know." After all, he is a biologist, not a medical scientist.
The targeted treatment didn't work, so the doctor could only give him a comprehensive examination, hoping to find the real lesion successfully.
If you don't check, you don't know. If you check, you will be shocked.
Not only did Bai Zhiyong suffer from acute inflammation of the trachea, but even his lungs were in very bad condition, showing a hazy shadow under the examination equipment.
The doctor took the checklist and sighed: "As far as you are concerned, if you tell me that you have smoked volcanic ash for a year, I will believe it, let alone a day."
"But we really only smoked a little bit and left." Ren Xiayang and Bai Zhiyong had known each other earlier and had a good relationship, so they were more worried than him at this time, "Can this be cured?"
"Of course It can be cured,” said the doctor, “but if the cause is not found out, the problem cannot be solved fundamentally. If it is cured now, it will still occur in the future. And if the lungs and trachea are damaged repeatedly and for a long time, even if the disease is cured Well, it will gradually leave sequelae in the future, which will have a great impact." The
doctor said seriously, and everyone was nervous when they heard it.
Everyone looked at Bai Zhiyong worriedly, for fear that he might have emotional problems.
At this moment, Jiang Ran came up with an idea: "Could it be mushroom lungs? I heard that mushrooms produce a large number of fungal spores during their growth, and these spores can easily cause a series of diseases in the respiratory system. If it is not treated in time, it may gradually develop into chronic dyspnea, which will directly lead to the loss of working ability."
"Mushroom lung?" The doctor thought for a while, "Improbable, the capital planet has not grown plants for so many years Now, which fool would grow mushrooms by himself? Let alone get sick."
Everyone looked at Bai Zhiyong cautiously.
Bai Zhiyong: "..." The
doctor was shocked when he saw their reaction: "No way? You really grew mushrooms?"
"It's straw mushrooms," Jiang Ran said, "It's barely a kind of mushroom, right? "
It has a name, it's called Little Orchid!" Bai Zhiyong finally retorted, "Don't call it a straw mushroom!"
Doctor: "Is it an orchid or a straw mushroom?"
Jiang Ran: "Straw mushroom."
Bai Zhiyong : "Little Lanhua!" The
doctor: "..."
Before the doctor could speak again, Jiang Ran and Bai Zhiyong argued over what to call her.
Ren Xiayang took a look at the two of them, leaned into the doctor's ear and whispered: "He grows straw mushrooms, and he named them Xiaolanhua... In short, they are mushrooms. He used to carry them all day long, and now he has just returned from lifesaving. It wasn’t long before Sang Li woke up, so I didn’t bring it with me. If you think it’s necessary, I’ll steal it right now, no, bring it.” The
doctor finally understood after hearing this.
He waved his hand and said, "No need, I basically understand."
When he spoke, he didn't lower his voice like Ren Xiayang. Jiang Ran and Bai Zhiyong heard it too, stopped arguing and turned their heads to look at him. .
"This girl guessed right. According to your test results, it is indeed very consistent with the symptoms of 'mushroom lung'. The incubation period of this disease varies, and it can be very long, so you have never found out that you have it. This time, it happened that after inhaling volcanic ash, the latent 'mushroom lung' was also stimulated."
Bai Zhiyong was a little worried, with worry written in his eyes: "Is this disease serious?" The
doctor asked . Seeing that he was very obsessed with that mushroom earlier, I thought it would take a lot of hard work to persuade him to give up farming, but I didn't expect this person to be very life-threatening, so I was shaken first.
Of course it couldn't be better.
However, the doctor just smiled and before he could say anything, he heard Bai Zhiyong continue: "If it is not life-threatening... can I continue to carry the little orchid? Since it is a curable disease , Can I go to the hospital frequently for examination and prevention?"
Doctor: "..."
He underestimated the enthusiasm of mushroom lovers.
The doctor thought about it, and said, "I'm afraid it's not good."
"After the disease develops to the acute stage, besides coughing, it will also cause headache, chest pain, palpitation, vomiting, shortness of breath and other symptoms. "
You are only coughing now because the disease has just started and is still in the early stage of slowing down. Once it is not controlled, it will develop to the later stage, and you may even cough up blood."
Bai Zhiyong was in a hurry: "But..."
"But your size," Ren Xiayang refused first, and slapped Bai Zhiyong on the head, "If you are sick, you have to be cured. Put your little orchid in the experiment. The room is separated by a protective cover, and I won't stop you from looking at it any way you want."
Bai Zhiyong stroked the back of his head and stopped talking.
It is always a good thing to find the cause of the disease, but whether to put the little orchid back in the laboratory is a matter for the future. The most important thing right now is to cure the disease first.
All kinds of treatment equipment in the interstellar era are very high-end. Bai Zhiyong went into the treatment cabin and lay down for an hour. When he came out, the continuous coughing had stopped.
The doctor told him: "This is only temporary. You have to come back for a check-up every other day after you return to Capital Star, at least for a month."
Bai Zhiyong responded with a muffled "Oh".
So far, everyone's problems have been almost cured.
Logically speaking, the supporting starship and team should return immediately with people on board, but Xu Yang later changed his mind and temporarily agreed to let them stay for another night.
That night, after everyone's repeated persuasion, Bai Zhiyong finally agreed to send Xiao Lanhua back to the laboratory.
He looked at the little orchid that was placed four or five meters away by everyone, and thought painfully: I will have to go through a thick protective cover when I see you again.
This is so sad!
Bai Zhiyong finally let go, it was really not easy.
Everyone was happy, and specially held a grand farewell party for him and Xiao Lanhua.
The starship was fully equipped. Although there were no ready-made fireworks, there were plenty of materials. After Jiang Ran and Zeng Pei worked together, they made a few fireworks and popped them up.
In the middle of the night, the starship descends below the troposphere and sails above Earth.
Everyone looked out through the transparent partition, and could see the pitch-black earth and sky, with some stars flickering on and off.
The fireworks exploded outward, and when they exploded in the night, even the crew members on the starship were drawn out of the room to look outside.
The protective cover covering the entire planet has been opened all year round on the capital star, blocking the night sky, and setting off objects with sparks in the urban area is not allowed. They haven't seen such a beautiful scene for a long time, and they couldn't help sighing. However, when they learned that this was saying goodbye to
a pot of mushrooms... the
crew members: "?" The stinky man is running around and braving the wind and rain!
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The starship floated over the earth overnight, and when it returned to the Arctic Circle, Jiang Ran saw a green light through the transparent window. It is like a small tail, thin at the top and thick at the bottom, flickering and changing in the distant night.
Of course, the others also saw the fading green light, and moved forward one after another.
Fu Bai leaned on the window and said excitedly: "Could it be another deer? Could it be Xiaobai?"
Jiang Ran deliberately teased him: "You will be killed tomorrow. Send it back to Capital Star, whether it’s Xiaobai or not, you won’t be able to see it.”
Fu Bai: “…”
“Okay,” Jiang Ran stopped teasing and said truthfully, “That’s the Northern Lights. A natural phenomenon that began to appear at the end of autumn and early winter."
"Oh," Fu Bai snorted twice, "No wonder it's not as good-looking as my Xiaobai."
Jiang Ran: "Xiaobai is not yours either."
Fu Bai: "..."
Fu Bai: "Will you get caught by the dark shark if you don't speak?"
After a whole night of jubilation, it was really late, and after that, everyone had a brief chat and said good night, and then went back to the cabin to rest up.
The flight environment at high altitudes on the earth is relatively unstable, and sudden airflow is prone to occur. Before going to bed late at night, the pilot gradually drove the starship back into the stratosphere.
Early the next morning, there was a sudden increase in temperature after the stratosphere absorbed Rossby waves.
After controlling the situation, the driver came to report to Xu Yang and asked him when he planned to return.
Behind are four pairs of eyes full of expectation.
Xu Yang didn't realize it: "Now."
Four people: "..."
No matter how much they bit their handkerchiefs and cried, Xu Yang didn't change his mind. He just walked through the connecting passage with Jiang Ran and returned to the small room. on a starship.
However, the difference this time is that another driver came with them.
Jiang Ran was a little curious: "Mr. Xu, don't you know how to drive a starship? Why are you still..."
Xu Yang said without changing his face: "Professional things, of course, should be done by more professional people."
Jiang Ran He nodded, but his heart was full of doubts.
Is it really not for lazy fishing?
When the driver came to confirm the landing location with Xu Yang, Jiang Ran first stretched out his finger and tapped on the light screen: "Can we land here?"
Xu Yang glanced at the place she pointed and immediately understood Confusing her plan: "It was far away last night, what you can observe with the naked eye may not be accurate, and the aurora has a large range, so the best observation position may not be there."
Jiang Ran nodded: "I understand. If you need to If I change the location, I will find a way." Having
said this, Xu Yang of course no longer refused, nodded to the pilot, and after a while, the starship galloped towards the earth.
All their supplies were discarded when they encountered the pyroclastic flow earlier, and now they have nothing on them except two bats.
The support team sent by Xu Yang was of course professional and considerate. Before the boss could speak, they had already bought a whole set of things for them. After the starship landed successfully, the driver also helped them move things to the ice.
Jiang Ran looked at the supply bag for a while, feeling a little strange: "Why are there so many more things than what we brought last time?" Before
Xu Yang could speak, the driver first said with a smile on his face: " When I came last time, who would have imagined that there is a ruthless person who likes to climb volcanoes here?"
However, Xu Yang just waved his hand: "Last time I was inexperienced, now that I have experience, of course I will be better prepared. It doesn't mean anything else."
Jiang Ran continued to rummage through the supplies bag for a while, feeling that neither of them was telling the truth.
If it's just about safety...why is there so much extra bedding in the bag? Even two sets of futons are prepared.
In fact, it's just that Xu Yang didn't sleep well before, right?
Jiang Ran just slandered in his heart, but of course he didn't say it out loud.
She didn't question the new supply package that was almost twice as large, but ordered two more huge sets of pure white clothes that could cover her head and a black dye.
Xu Yang was also guilty at this time, and agreed without asking anything.
When everything was packed, the pilot took the starship to join everyone, leaving only Jiang Ran and Xu Yang on the ice.
Jiang Ran looked at the starship sailing away into a small black spot: "Why don't you keep the starship?"
"It was dangerous before, and it was just a special situation. Borrowing the powerful external force of the starship is the rule." Not allowed in China."
Okay.
That's exactly what the rules say.
Jiang Ran turned his eyes to the two big bags in front of him: "Let's start packing."
Xu Yang also looked over, and his eyes happened to fall on the clothes and dyeing pens she wanted: "What do you want these two things for? What?"
"You'll find out soon."
Now that there are only two of us, making a fire and cooking is much easier than before. Jiang Ran found the ice hole and caught two fish, grilled them for lunch.
This time the landing site was closer to the Arctic Circle than before, and the polar night phenomenon was also more obvious. Not long after noon, the sky gradually darkened.
Jiang Ran and Xu Yang built two small igloos before it was completely dark, and then stayed in the igloo and fell into jet lag and fell asleep. It was already midnight when they woke up again.
When Jiang Ran walked out of the house, he looked around first, and then saw the familiar green light in the north.
It is bright at the top and dark at the bottom, covering the sky hazily, like two beams of light reflected on a roll of dark drawing paper.
"Is that the aurora?" Xu Yang stepped forward and asked.
"That's right." Jiang Ran nodded and said.
"It's beautiful." Xu Yang paused before saying, "I've never seen such a beautiful light on the Capital Star."
Jiang Ran was a little curious: "The technology of the Federation is already so mature, even if the Capital Star Covered by a protective cover all the year round, you can also artificially create stars and moonlight to reflect them?"
"Theoretically, it is indeed possible..." Xu Yang thought for a while before slowly saying, "But everyone has seen the night sky since they were born. It has always been pure black, it has been used to it for many years, even if it sees the beautiful scenery, it will still sigh, and no one would think of changing the environment in which they have lived for many years, and the price...is still so high."
"I see."
Jiang Ran While talking, he stretched out his hand to Xu Yang: "Mr.
Xu who likes the aurora so much, would you like to go north with me to the place closest to the sky and see for yourself how bright the aurora is?" Yang looked at Jiang Ran's outstretched hand, his heart moved slightly, and he hesitated for a long time before putting it up: "But there is still a long river to go through, and the ice floes on it are very thin and may shatter at any time. , there are still many giant creatures in the river, and it would be very dangerous to go there rashly."
"No, no," Jiang Ran stretched out a finger and shook, "Of course not rashly, I was prepared."
Xu Yang became curious, He raised his eyebrows and asked, "What are you preparing for?" When
Jiang Ran heard this, she immediately gained strength, trotted back to the igloo, and pulled out two huge hooded white coats and black dye.
Xu Yang was very confused: "Your preparation... is this?"
"That's right!" Jiang Ran excitedly drew a line on the white clothes with dye, then raised his head and said, "We can put on this clothes, Then swim over pretending to be a shark or an emperor penguin!"
Xu Yang: "..."
He looked at the fluffy clothes repeatedly, hesitated for a long time before asking: "Can I refuse?"
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[Small Theater]
Jiang Ran: Let's wear it! how cute!
Xu Yang: I wore this today, and I might make my debut at the company's investment meeting tomorrow.
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It is said that it is a river course, but it is not quite accurate.
Calculated according to the width of the ice floe belt, it must be at least a thousand meters. Although it is still far away from the strait, it can only be said that it is wishful thinking to swim across it by human power.
The light at night was too dark to move around, so Jiang Ran and Xu Yang got up early the next day just after dawn, and went around looking for useful tree trunks, planning to build a simple raft.
This time the starship landed near the aurora belt, closer to the Arctic Circle. Jiang Ran judged the direction based on the stars at night, and it was probably near Greenland. The climate here is cold and few trees can be seen, especially it is not easy to find a large enough trunk. By the time the materials were almost prepared, almost two hours had passed, and the bodies of the two were completely heated up during the activity.
Jiang Ran started to work with the rope, and while tying it to the tree trunk, he talked to Xu Yang about various points of attention and tips.
Xu Yang's head grew dizzy when he heard this, he looked to the left at the end of the rope in his hand, and to the right at the tree trunk that was taller than others, and sighed slowly.
"If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have brought so many things here." Xu Yang said with a wry smile, "Such a heavy quilt, do you still have to travel across the ocean?"
"There are still two days before the end of this test, according to the time If we do the math, we should leave the earth at noon the day after tomorrow." Jiang Ran counted with his fingers, "In other words, we have to stay in the Arctic Circle for two nights, and it may be difficult without a quilt."
"Okay. "Xu Yang said, "People always have to pay the price for their momentary greed."
After he finished speaking, he began to follow Jiang Ran's words, imitating the raft from the other end.
Jiang Ran secretly glanced at him.
Temporary greed?
Is this a disguised admission that it’s more enjoyable to bring so many things by yourself?
Of course, these things are not important at the moment. The most important thing at this moment is to get things ready quickly and successfully get through this large section of broken ice.
Crossing the ocean is not easy.
Now that you've decided to do this, don't be lazy at all when preparing.
After the raft was tied up, Jiang Ran erected a half-person-high white sail at the head of the raft.
Looking back, the logs on the raft were neatly arranged, about the length of two people, enough to put down the things they carried with them. Although the sail was a bit dirty, it was neatly cut, and the lower end was tightly tied to the wooden pole, which looked very solid.
After the transportation tools are ready, the next step is about to start.
That is also the most critical step in this trip - camouflage!
This piece of broken ice is so long, how many extremely dangerous animals are there, it's hard to say.
To avoid being attacked by large fish as much as possible, they have to disguise themselves as more lethal animals. And in such shallow seas, what could be more dangerous than sharks?
Xu Yang felt worried when he saw the large pile of white fluffy clothes in his hand, while Jiang Ran next to him was happily covering the raft in white clothes.
When Jiang Ran smeared his clothes with black fuel, put on his hat, and found a piece of triangular wood, painted it black and put it on his head as a shark fin, Xu Yang still held the clothes and did not move. .
Jiang Ran finally realized this after finishing his work.
She turned her head in confusion and asked: "Mr. Xu, haven't you started to prepare yet? It's almost winter now, and the days are short and the nights are long. If it drags on, we might not be able to go ashore until it gets dark."
Xu Yang looked She was full of enthusiasm, and she couldn't say what she was embarrassed, so she made an excuse at random: "I'm not very good at painting."
Who knew that Jiang Ran's interest was instantly aroused: "Then I will help you paint!"
Xu Yang: "..."
Xu Yang looked at the soul painting that Jiang Ran wore on his body, the black lines on it were all messed up.
He was silent for a long time, and finally showed a friendly and reserved smile.
"Thank you, I'll just come by myself." The
words were answered, but the actions were as slow as a turtle.
By the time Xu Yang finished dabbling slowly, more than half an hour had passed.
During this period of time, Jiang Ran was not idle either. She happily tore off a piece of white cloth, carefully wrapped the racquet ball, revealing only a dark lens, and also painted a black one next to it in a very artistic pursuit. circle.
After finishing the painting, Jiang Ran asked excitedly: "What do you think of these eyes? If I add another body to it, will it look similar to a penguin?" Xu Yang stared at the pair of eyes silently for a long time , and said sincerely: "No need, it's fine now, and getting a body is just superfluous." After all, the body that collapsed from the beginning cannot be saved by just a body. No matter how you look at it, it's still a strange head with big and small eyes. If you don't call it a one-eyed dragon, it's Xu Yang's face. Jiang Ran's soul-painting side was beyond Xu Yang's expectation, but Jiang Ran already knew Xu Yang's superior painting skills. Several times before, I thought that Xu Yang was seriously recording work items, but when I looked at him, I found that he was drawing sketches or even sketching from life. At that time, Jiang Ran knew that the father of the gold master was also an artist who was delayed by the career of the overlord! Sure enough, when Xu Yang finally put on the disguised clothes slowly, and hesitantly came over to ask how he was, Jiang Ran's eyes lit up immediately. Subconsciously, she reached out to touch the black dorsal fin on the top of Xu Yang's head, and asked excitedly, "What is this made of? Why is it still so soft?"
Xu Yang was not used to being so close to people, and his hands and feet were a little at a loss. He stiffened his neck and said, "It's just a little thing, it's not important. Since everything is ready, let's go."
Looking up at the sky, it was indeed it's time.
Jiang Ran didn't delay anymore, and together with Xu Yang, he loaded the luggage onto the raft, and then pushed it down from the ice.
Fortunately, the ice surface was relatively smooth, and the resistance was not too great. They moved very smoothly, and within a short time they successfully entered the broken ice zone on a raft.
A whole day of hard preparation is all for this moment.
Ever since they entered the sea, the two of them hadn't had a playful smile, and had been earnestly paddling forward with their paddles.
It's a pity that subjective efforts can't replace objective incompatibility. The two of them lined up on both sides of the raft, one left and one right, but the tacit understanding was almost zero. After rowing for a long time, either you were fast or I was fast, and the direction was not accurate. However, it has been spinning in circles almost all the time.
Watching the sky gradually darken, Jiang Ran tried hard to break through the predicament.
She took the initiative to ask: "Mr. Xu, do you think this is okay? We two take turns to paddle, but only one person at a time, and the left and right sides belong to him."
"Theoretically yes." Xu Yang said, "But in practice Come on, in order to hold luggage, our raft is almost two meters wide. If only one person comes, let alone paddling, it will be difficult for the left and right hands to reach the water."
"What can I do?"
"I have There is a way to try."
"What way? Say what you say!"
Xu Yang didn't speak first, but rummaged through the luggage for a while, and took out the optical brain he carried with him.
Jiang Ran looked at him in confusion, not knowing whether the optical brain could help them paddle or guide them. What's the use of using the optical brain at this time?
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Ran saw that Xu Yang clicked on the music player, and the interface was empty, with only a single song hanging on it.
Haoduanduan paddled the oars and rushed on the road, what did he suddenly sing?
But at this time, the curiosity about Xu Yang's playlist briefly surpassed the sense of urgency to hurry, Jiang Ran sat obediently and did not speak, waiting for him to sing.
In the next second, a very magical melody floated out of the light brain.
"Work! Work! Work!"
"This is the meaning of life!"
"This is the upward force!"
"Today I fish for a while, tomorrow the papers will be all over the floor!"
"Today I am greedy for rest, but tomorrow is full of meetings!"
"… ..."
There were still sounds coming out of Guang's mind, but Jiang Ran was no longer in the mood to listen.
She looked at Xu Yang with a complicated expression, feeling pity and distress in her heart.
Did the gold master's father use this stupid method to urge him to work hard?
This... this is really pitiful and respectable!
Xu Yang didn't realize it, and said to himself with the magical melody: "We can use the rhythm of the song to control the frequency of our paddling, and row forward together every other beat. It doesn't feel like talking about it, let's try it together." Try, you should be able to find the rhythm soon."
"Well, okay..." Jiang Ran agreed, "But this song..."
"Although this song is... a bit strange, but the rhythm and rhythm They are all very strong, very suitable for finding a tacit understanding," Xu Yang interrupted her with a serious face, and analyzed seriously, "Besides, this is the earth after all, no one's land, and of course there is no star network contact station. We have no choice or time to find another song."
Jiang Ran understood almost instantly.
There is no connection to the star network here, so the father of the gold master can only share such a private playlist, just for their great cause.
This is really admirable!
With such reverence in mind, Jiang Ran devoted himself to paddling.
In the magical and extremely rhythmic singing, they finally gradually found a tacit understanding and were able to move forward with the same frequency.
And at the moment when they found a tacit understanding, Xu Yang quickly turned off the music in his brain. Judging from the speed of his actions at that moment, he might have been secretly poking in his heart for a long time.
Unfortunately, just after turning off the music, the two of them completely lost their tacit understanding as they did at the beginning, and they couldn't keep up with each other at all.
Xu Yang: "..."
Xu Yang was hesitant and hesitant, silent for a long time, and finally suppressed his embarrassment, and restarted the music that made him want to jump into the sea on the spot.
Jiang Ran admired his dedication and hard work very much. He never laughed out loud from the beginning to the end. He only paddled with a serious face, as if he was about to discuss a big business worth hundreds of millions of federal dollars.
Afterwards, everything went smoothly along the way.
I don't know if it's because the shark appearance of the two of them is successful enough, or because the music constantly coming out of the light brain is too destructive and magical, but along the way, no large dangerous fish has ever attacked them.
In any case, this is always a blessing.
Before going ashore, a few penguins floated up the sea full of crushed ice.
As soon as Jiang Ran saw this group of small animals, his addiction to shooting came up again. He directly set up the raft with his hands, but he sank into the sea, and took pictures of them with a racquet ball on his shoulders.
The racket ball was wrapped in a white cloth and painted with black dye. When only one ball was exposed on the water, it looked somewhat similar to a penguin.
The penguins drifting past saw the racquet ball and surrounded it in confusion.
Is this really their kind? Why doesn't it speak?
This was just convenient for Jiang Ran, she was so happy that she didn't even blink her eyes when she looked at the unbiased heads of the penguins in the camera.
Hey, come on, come on, don't be afraid, come a little closer!
In the next second, extreme joy begets sorrow.
Seeing that the penguin, which seemed to be of the same kind, was not talking to Paiqiu, a short-tempered little penguin came up with a temper, swung its wings and slammed at it.
If it wasn't for Jiang Ran being professional enough to hold the ball firmly enough, he would almost have knocked the ball flying!
Jiang Ran: "!!!"
There are countless precious photos and videos in the racket! If it is destroyed here, the loss will be great!
Jiang Ran was frightened by this all of a sudden, how could he dare to continue filming?
Thumping, she hurriedly put the racket ball on the wooden board, and then she also flipped up.
Just as Jiang Ran breathed a sigh of relief when he sat down, he saw Xu Yang was turning half of his face, covering his mouth with his hands, and half-closed his eyes.
Although Xu Yang tried his best to conceal it, Jiang Ran sensitively saw a curved arc between his fingers.
Jiang Ran: "..."
Jiang Ran said: "Mr. Xu, your playlist is quite good, I have never heard of it before. Will you give me a copy after returning to Capital Star?"
Xu Yang: "..."
After a while, Xu Yang said indifferently, "Oh."
Jiang Ran smiled slightly.
come! Hurt each other!
The author has something to say:
Sorry, I forgot the geographical location when I wrote it. There is no Penguin Orz in the North
Pole
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Jiang Ran: No problem, this award belongs to you! Who else can I give you?