"Warm congratulations to the Antarctic Expedition Team on their successful return. This time, the Antarctic Expedition Team has successfully completed their mission and returned to the country on May 28, after 55 days. The Antarctic Expedition Team overcame challenges such as the winter low temperatures, unpredictable weather, and polar night in Antarctica, successfully completing their survey operations in the interior of Antarctica and achieving several groundbreaking results."
The news also featured a photo of four members of the Bai Yujing team. Normally, such news wouldn't attract much attention, but recently, public interest in Antarctica has surged. Everyone is aware of the situation in Antarctica, which is currently in a winter freeze. The idea that the Research Team has completed their mission inevitably sparked everyone's imagination.
"Isn't that Bai Yujing in the middle of the photo? How did he end up in the expedition team?" Immediately, Bai Yujing was recognized. As an explorer with a large fan base in the country, he hadn't released any news for several months, yet his new work has already reached its third volume.
In addition to "Treasure Hunter: The British Edition," Bai Yujing has also released "Treasure Hunter: Underwater Underground Palace" and "Treasure Hunter: Eight Hundred Nun Cave," with each volume selling over three million copies. The third volume even had an initial print run of two million copies, with overseas sales matching those domestically. It is also expected to be on this year's bestseller lists in both the United States and the UK. With such impressive achievements, Bai Yujing is frequently mentioned, and even without any new updates, his popularity remains undiminished.
"Is it really him? Old Bai, is this okay? You went to Antarctica without a word and didn't even post on Weibo."
"What? How did Bai Yujing end up in Antarctica? I was wondering why he hasn't updated Weibo lately; I was looking forward to his new developments, but I didn't expect him to go straight to Antarctica."
"Doesn't anyone find this suspicious? Why did he coincidentally go to Antarctica right after the recent launch of a Spaceship from there? It’s currently winter in Antarctica, under polar night conditions. It was mentioned that he departed on the third of last month; if you calculate it with the launch time of the Spaceship, it perfectly aligns with when he was in Antarctica!"
"Looks like someone just uncovered a major secret!"
"Open up! Delivery!"
"Did anyone notice that the person sitting in a wheelchair is holding a portrait of someone? How could there only be four people in the Antarctica expedition team? That's highly unusual; this expedition must have suffered significant losses. Typically, teams consist of at least ten or even more members!"
"6666666! It's been a long time since I've seen Old Bai show off; he comes back with big news!"
"What do you think Bai Yujing will bring back from Antarctica? Those could be remnants of an alien civilization!"
When the news was released, Bai Yujing was already on the plane, standing in the airport lobby. Bai Yujing felt somewhat out of place; the temperature in the capital city was around twenty degrees, and most pedestrians on the street were wearing thin jackets or just T-shirts.
Many young girls had already started wearing short skirts, revealing their long, fair thighs as they walked out of the airport with their luggage. Bai Yujing immediately took a selfie at the airport. It had been a long time since Bai Yujing updated Weibo, and there were many missed calls on the phone. However, since Bai Yujing had been out for extended periods recently, everyone had gradually gotten used to it. Most people would send a text after failing to reach Bai Yujing, who would later check them one by one.
"Finally back! Today's temperature is twenty-one degrees; it's great!"
As soon as Bai Yujing posted this, the Weibo feed exploded with replies. Bai Yujing looked at it and suddenly felt puzzled: "What's going on? How does everyone know I went to Antarctica?"
"Spaceship? Is this something that the whole world knows about?"
"How am I being controlled by foreign agents again? It's always these rumors!"
Bai Yujing kept scrolling down and realized that after being disconnected from the world for two months, they were completely out of sync with current events. However, some of the comments were indeed not exaggerated. When Bai Yujing was on the Snow Dragon, they were actually stopped by a British warship, which demanded to board for inspection under the pretext that one of its nearby ships had been attacked.
The situation was quite urgent at that time; Zhou Jun was also very frightened and thought a conflict might break out. Eventually, it seemed that the latest generation aircraft Kunpeng from their country arrived overhead, along with diplomatic measures and interventions, which allowed them to proceed.
Moreover, originally planning to land in Australia and return home by plane, Bai Yujing and others ended up having to land in New Zealand for some reason and returned home on a private plane belonging to an Asian tycoon. The journey back had indeed been quite tumultuous.
While waiting for a connecting flight at the airport to head directly back to Deep Market and playing with their phone, suddenly Emma called. Bai Yujing quickly answered, "Hello! Emma, I was just thinking about whether I should call you when you called me!"
"I think you didn't want to call me at all. Why have I been unable to reach you lately? Where have you been?" Emma sounded happy to have connected but also worried.
Bai Yujing replied, "I went on a little trip. After you returned to England, it was too boring here!"
Emma's voice suddenly dropped significantly: "Is something happening over there? MI6 just contacted me yesterday to ask about your situation!"
"MI6? What is that?" Bai Yujing asked, somewhat confused.
Emma explained quietly, "It's the Secret Intelligence Service. Its former official name was 'Military Intelligence, Section 6,' and it's codenamed MI6. How did you get involved with them? They are very troublesome!"
"What? You don't have any issues over there, do you?" Bai Yujing immediately asked, not realizing that her own situation had put Emma under the watch of such an intelligence agency.
Emma quickly replied, "No, it's fine. I have a bit of fame in the UK; someone even approached me to act in a movie recently, but I turned it down. Plus, my father has some connections, so they wouldn't dare to mess with me. They just asked a few questions and then left!"
"I'm really sorry, Emma. I didn't think my situation would affect you!" Bai Yujing immediately apologized.
Emma didn't blame Bai Yujing: "We're in this together; you don't need to apologize. But I want to know what exactly happened."
Bai Yujing hesitated for a moment: "It's not convenient to talk about it over the phone, but I can tell you that I went to Antarctica recently!"
"Oh my God, Antarctica? I read online that a spaceship flew out from the interior of Antarctica. Could it be related to you?" Emma immediately asked.
"How do you all know about this? Isn't this supposed to be confidential?" Bai Yujing questioned.
Emma replied, "With such a big commotion, many research labs, astronomy enthusiasts, and even students from schools observed it. There's no way to keep it a secret. My God, I really didn't expect you to be involved in this! You're so cool! Everyone at my school is talking about it; if they find out you're connected to this, they'll all fall in love with you!"
"......"
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