Chapter 37 (1/2)

”The destination, P146T1631W7814, has been reached.”

Each time Rolin did his job, he sounded rigid. Huang Xuan stepped on the hard ground, feeling it much better than the rootless inside of the pa.s.sage.

”Where is this?” Huang Xuan gasped and said, ”It's so cold.”

Suddenly, he felt warm.

”It is the year 1631 of the standard time zone. The location is near Longyearbyen City, Spitsbergen Islands, close to the Arctic Circle. Present temperature, 2 °C. I have put an energy ring on you to keep you warm, but I suggest that you put on more clothes,” answered Rolin.

”You asked me to wear fewer clothes.” Huang Xuan looked at the s.h.i.+rt he had put on, considering that short sleeves would have a too strong visual impact to people. Although he wasn't cold anymore, he still s.h.i.+vered. Then he stamped his feet and said, ”Find people.”

”There are a lot of human activities three kilometers away westward. Notice: you can stay in P146 for 84 hours at most.”

”Which means three and a half days. Why did you complicate it?” Huang Xuan shrank his neck and didn't feel connected with the frozen soil around him. He shook his head, aimed at the direction and walked away.

On the way, Rolin started searching information on the plane. It was the most important thing to do because, on the one hand, they could check their security, and on the other hand, they could decide whether to stay or move on. Before spatial and temporal oscillation, the surroundings of the planes had been fully explored. However, it was all outdated now. They had to put their hope on the similarity of planes. If it was also a plane that had survived a severe spatial and temporal oscillation, it would have a high similarity, in which case, the spatial and temporal wilderness would become an advantage. If it had been in the big plane age, there would have no similarity, and everything would have been destroyed. If it hadn't been so, spatial and temporal oscillation wouldn't have happened.

As a human habitation closest to the North Pole, the vegetation area of Spitsbergen Islands was much too small, especially in the places near inland areas, where only moss could be seen on the ground. Rolin said that polar bears could also be seen walking around, which scared the h.e.l.l out of Huang Xuan.

While they were walking, Rolin started to share the information on this region, which was a lot and complex, troubling Huang Xuan very much. ”If I listen to all this carefully, with a few more time travels, I can be a historian or a geographer,” he thought.

Spitsbergen Islands were a part of the Svalbard Archipelago. In the time Huang Xuan lived in, it was a part of Norway's territory. Presently, it was inhabited by the Dutch.

In the 17th century, the Netherlands had been the most powerful country in the world and had been called ”the coachman at sea”. As its colony, Spitsbergen had been valued a lot.

Even the air was cold. Human sounds could be heard from afar. A fis.h.i.+ng village could be seen through the open wilderness.

”It seems like a fair.” Huang Xuan sped up. The energy ring worked, but he still preferred clothes.

”What was valuable in the 17th century?” He was thinking about what kinds of clothes to be traded for. ”Polar bear fur? It sounds heavy.”

”Tulips.”