harleyscars Chapter 021 Survival First
Chapter 021 Survival First
What makes the wasteland most despairing is its endless darkness.
But what's most terrifying are those eyes whose origins are unknown to anyone.
No one knows when it will open.
The only thing we know is that pair of eyes, which have existed for a very, very long time.
……
The Dawn Base was also extremely lively that night.
When news of Yan Zhiyu and his group seizing the field operations department's energy panel reached the base, the base commander was furious.
"What are they trying to do! Huh? Do they really think a single energy panel will allow them to eke out a living?"
What will they do to survive if they leave the base?
The order was issued to recall all field team members.
I'd like to see how many days they can last on a single energy panel.
Upon hearing the base commander's words, the field operations chief frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "What about number twenty-two?"
"That girl should still be alive. It's been less than thirty hours since yesterday, and judging from her past performance, she can hold on for at least another ten hours."
After a moment's thought, the base commander gritted his teeth and said, "Alright, tomorrow the medical center will send a few people from the Arctic Ice Team into the wasteland."
Search as hard as you can; it would be great if you found it, but if you don't, so be it.
Leaving the base meant certain death anyway; she could only blame her bad luck.
"It's such a pity that such good genes are wasted..."
"The problem is, Meng Shisan is also in the wasteland now. What if he runs into Number Twenty-Two?" The director of the medical center said with some concern.
The base commander wasn't worried about this: "It's alright, that kid is only thinking about breaking the record again to prove himself."
When he was asked to find Yan Zhiyu's team, his perfunctory attitude was written all over his face.
To be honest, I really hope he can prove himself, and I even prepared a set of wasteland armor for him.
I wonder if he can create another surprise for me.
The base desperately needs an inspiring feat right now.
"But what if he runs into Number Twenty-Two?" The head of the medical center still looked worried.
Others might not know, but he was unaware of their relationship.
"The wasteland is so vast, it can't be such a coincidence, can it?" The base commander shook his head, his tone extremely firm. "No, it's already incredibly difficult for us to find anyone in the wasteland, let alone someone all alone."
If that's the case, then there's only one way.
He didn't say it explicitly, but everyone understood.
For the base, the life or death of Yan Zhiyu and the others was actually not important.
As everyone knows, leaving the base means certain death; it's just a matter of time.
From the moment Yan Zhiyu and the others left the base, everyone was certain that they were doomed.
The only thing that pained them was the armor that Yan Zhiyu and her group took away.
As for the base commander sending Meng Shisan to find them, it was ultimately just a test.
The propaganda minister, sitting in the far corner of the conference room, chuckled, "That kid certainly has a pure heart, but his personality..."
……
"That's a fucking lunatic!"
Hero's Tomb, V01.
Yang Jiu grumbled and cursed all afternoon.
He's a restless guy, ever since Meng Shisan told him yesterday to put his things on the bedside table.
This weirdo has been wanting to come and take a look.
Of all the people in the base, besides those who knew the inside story, he was the only one who cared.
As a result, he came looking for it last night but couldn't find it, and then came looking for it again this afternoon after finishing his work.
After rummaging through drawers and cabinets, he found a letter left for him by Meng Shisan.
After watching it, he grumbled and cursed all afternoon.
"Damn it, I'm on that kid's pirate ship now!" Yang Jiu held the letter, turning it over and over, clearly struggling with the decision. "Tell me, should I hand this letter over to the base now?"
Thinking this, he quickly shook his head. "Am I that kind of person? Besides, with that kid's ruthlessness, if he doesn't die, won't he come after me to fight me to the death?"
He scratched his head as he spoke.
Even if his previous plan failed, he would still have had a chance to escape unscathed.
At worst, I can just continue being a ruthless pile driver in the medical center.
But now, whether this plan succeeds or fails, he feels there's no way out.
After hesitating for a long time, Yang Jiu gritted his teeth and said, "Let's do it, damn it, let's go for it!"
"I'm not afraid of guys with no connections, so why would I back down from him?"
After saying that, Yang Jiu stood up, crumpled the letter, stuffed it into his mouth, and turned to walk out of V01.
……
The night passed without incident, but as dawn broke, Yan Zhiyu and her group finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep shoulder to shoulder.
However, he did not put down the weapon in his arms.
Meng Shisan also came out carrying Er'er.
I was so sleepy.
He was actually quite nervous last night.
Although he had experience surviving alone in the wilderness before, last night was, in the truest sense, his first time spending the night in the wilderness.
If we're talking about the most carefree one, it has to be Er'er. This little guy starts sleeping as soon as night falls and has been sleeping soundly until now.
"Do you want to rest for a while?" Seeing Meng Shisan, Yan Zhiyu stood up and made room for her. "Don't worry, we put out the fire in the middle of the night last night. We just need to keep a little bit of residual heat."
"Aren't you going to rest?" Meng Shisan glanced around and noticed that although several people were sitting on the ground, they weren't actually sleeping.
Since learning that Meng Shisan was also a time traveler, Yan Zhiyu seemed to treat him more like one of her own: "We rested last night. With so many people, someone needs to keep watch, right?"
"Alright, I'll take a nap here for a while." Meng Shisan didn't make a fuss.
"Then should I have Er'er?"
"No need, the little girl is very shy." With that, Meng Shisan hugged the little girl and closed his eyes.
He wasn't afraid of these people having any bad intentions towards him. Firstly, he had Baozi's intelligence to back him up, and secondly, he was very confident in his own body.
To exaggerate a bit, he was confident that he could annihilate Yan Zhiyu's nearly twenty-man team even while severely injured.
When he opened his eyes again, it was already noon.
As soon as he stood up, the little girl quickly hugged his neck tightly.
Seeing this, Yan Zhiyu smiled and said, "This girl has been awake for a while. If you don't get up, she'll just stay on top of you without even opening her eyes."
Upon hearing this, Meng Shisan tenderly patted the little girl's head.
He knew that in the little girl's mind, only his arms were the safest place.
"What are your plans for today?" Yan Zhiyu didn't dwell on this question too much.
"From our location, it would take at least six hours for pioneers to come from the base; ordinary pioneers simply cannot get here."
And since most of the armor is in your hands, the base won't send anyone to their deaths.
Therefore, I deduce that the base will not send anyone to cause us trouble in the next few days.
They probably plan to outlive you all before sending someone to collect your bodies, so we can take a good rest these few days.
Let's also refine the previous plan.
"That's good. Let's practice first to avoid any mishaps later."
Just then, Xie Linyuan also walked over.
And so, over the course of a few days, everyone got busy.
Meng Shisan also took the opportunity to get to know everyone over the past two days.
The only one who seemed out of place was Er'er, who still ignored everyone except Meng Shisan.
In the past two days, the base has indeed not sent anyone to cause them any trouble.
Perhaps they did send one, but the wilderness is so vast that it's perfectly normal not to encounter one.
Nobody paid any attention to this.
Besides that, every night, everyone was incredibly tense.
Those unseen eyes seemed to be watching them every night, all the time.
On the very last night, Lu Ping looked at Meng Shisan and asked the question that had puzzled everyone.
Do eyes in the darkness truly exist?
Of these people, only Meng Shisan was a pioneer and the first person to spend the night in the wilderness.
"I don't know either. I've heard of him, but I've never seen him." Just as Meng Shisan shook his head to indicate that he didn't know, Er'er suddenly said to Meng Shisan, "Daddy hasn't seen him? Er'er has seen him. He told Er'er that Daddy would come to save me, and that he's a good person."
Hearing Er'er's words, everyone's scalp tingled.
Have you seen Er'er before?
"In that mine?" Meng Shisan asked hurriedly.
"Yes, he said this is where Daddy used to stay. As long as Er'er stays in the mine, Daddy will come." Er'er's little head seemed to be lost in memories.
"Who is he? Do you remember him?"
"I can't remember." Er Er scratched his head. "It was so dark at the time, and Er Er was a little scared, so he closed his eyes, and he was talking to me in my ear."
I tried to open my eyes, but it was no use.
Meng Shisan was completely unsettled.
What kind of existence is that?
"It's alright." After reassuring Er'er, everyone subconsciously avoided the topic.
Tomorrow, let's focus on surviving first...