Chapter 1629 - 1628: Waiting
Chapter 1629 - 1628: Waiting
Ling Feng and Long Xiaoyu went outside, just in time to see a large helicopter landing.
Next, more than a dozen people wrapped in thick clothing jumped down from it.
The construction site had changed since they went to sleep, with several large tents now standing, and all those people went inside the tents.
Ling Feng swept through the tents with his Divine Sense and immediately saw the people inside, three of whom he recognized.
Aflek, Smith, and Peter.
Smith was still acting as a translator, responsible for communicating with the more than ten newcomers.
All of them had Western faces, and a few seemed somewhat familiar. Ling Feng immediately understood that these guys were the ones they had encountered in North Africa last time!
Back then, they were with Aflek, trying to snatch something from him, but ended up with nothing!
Seeing those people, Ling Feng chuckled to himself, thinking that this time would be no different—they wouldn’t gain any advantage and would just end up working for him!
Thinking of this, he turned to Long Xiaoyu: "The same group is all gathered again, let’s just wait and not rush!"
"Alright."
Long Xiaoyu pouted, feeling a bit bored, but she knew she couldn’t disrupt Ling Feng’s mission, so she patiently waited.
Returning to the ice layer, Mu Yuhan had just finished her work and was packing up the equipment.
Seeing this, Ling Feng asked, "All done?"
"The first phase is over, collecting will resume in ten hours!" Mu Yuhan said.
"Alright, then you should take a break."
Ling Feng said as he sat down.
Mu Yuhan shook her head: "I’m not tired, how’s it going outside?"
"Nothing much, we need time and patience to wait," Ling Feng replied.
"Okay."
Upon hearing this, Mu Yuhan pouted too, just like Long Xiaoyu.
Seeing the two girls were bored, Ling Feng checked the time: "It’s a pity the Teleportation Array isn’t set up yet; otherwise, I could send you back first!"
"I don’t want to go back; I still want to see what’s beneath the ice layers!" Long Xiaoyu said.
Ling Feng glanced at her: "Is your curiosity that strong?"
"I’ve always been like this!"
Long Xiaoyu rolled her eyes at him and then asked: "There’s nothing to do, it’s too boring, can you think of something to do?"
"Alright, how about the three of us play some cards?"
Ling Feng flipped his palm, revealing a deck of playing cards.
"...."
The two girls were somewhat speechless, but they said nothing.
Playing cards is much better than sitting around doing nothing, it’s better than nothing!
So the three sat down and started playing cards.
Of course, since Mu Yuhan and Ling Feng had no significant relationship, playing a flirtatious strip game like before was not an option, so there were no bets.
Killing time by playing cards, a few hours passed.
Ling Feng was always watching the movements of Peter and the others, never relaxing for a moment.
But the efficiency on their side was too low; they worked for two hours and had to rest, maybe because of the severe cold. The workers moved sluggishly, and who knows when they could drill beneath the ice layers.
Time was slowly being consumed, during which Ling Feng and the others slept when tired and ate when hungry, living a rather dull life.
...
...
Who knows how long passed when Ling Feng’s phone rang. He answered immediately, asking, "What’s up?"
"Boss, the Teleportation Array is complete; you can return through the relay station now!" Gu Li said.
"Finally, it’s done!"
Ling Feng exhaled, then said, "Got it, I’ve been stifled here long enough, I’ll be back at once!"
"Alright!"
Gu Li said on that end, then hung up the phone.
Ling Feng, full of excitement, turned to look at Long Xiaoyu and Mu Yuhan, who were both staring at him, making him smile wryly: "You both want to go back too?"
"I just want to go back and get some things, I’ll be right back!" Long Xiaoyu said.
Mu Yuhan nodded: "Me too!"
"Then you two can go back first; someone has to watch this place!" Ling Feng had to say.
He knew the basic etiquette that ladies should go first.
Long Xiaoyu and Mu Yuhan exchanged glances and nodded together.
"Want me to bring you anything?"
Before setting off, Long Xiaoyu asked.
"No need, I don’t need anything!"
Ling Feng shook his head and then said: "If Fei’er has time, she could come; if she’s busy, she can wait until the action to come!"
"Hmm, okay!"
Long Xiaoyu nodded, then with Mu Yuhan, teleported away.
In a flash of white light, Ling Feng was left alone in the ice layer space!
He felt a sudden wave of solitude in his heart, and with a sigh, he got up and left for the ice field outside.
There was a small slope there; only standing at the top could he see Peter and the others, but with Divine Sense, it wasn’t necessary to look at them directly.
So, Ling Feng looked in the opposite direction, hoping to find something special to ease the boredom.
And he did find something!
In the distance, several kilometers away, a mass of black things was slowly moving.
These things weren’t large and were a bit far away, so Ling Feng couldn’t make out what they were.
Curious, Ling Feng dashed towards them.
After a few jumps, he got closer and discovered that the black mass slowly moving was actually hundreds or thousands of penguins!
With their round bodies wobbling as they walked, they looked so cute that it amused Ling Feng.
He had only seen these creatures on screens before, and now, in Antarctica, he saw them in real life!
Ling Feng wanted to catch a couple and bring them home for the kids, but he realized that the penguins were wild, and the home environment wasn’t suitable for them, so he gave up on the idea.
However, he knew that once he told Li Fei’er about this, she would surely teleport here immediately!
After all, no one can resist such adorable creatures; seeing them in person and touching them would surely be delightful.
While Ling Feng was watching the chubby penguins, he suddenly felt a tremor under his feet, and the penguins suddenly seemed extremely frightened, scattering instantly!
"What’s going on?"
Ling Feng was taken aback, feeling the tremor coming from beneath his feet, so he looked back.
He was already far from where Peter and the others were, beyond the reach of his Divine Sense.
But Ling Feng was sure the tremor wasn’t coming from there; it was from right where he was!
After thinking about it, he surmised that Peter and the others might also feel the tremor and might come to check, so he immediately activated the Invisibility Ring!
Sure enough, just two minutes later, two black figures appeared in the distance, rushing towards him!
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