First meeting

"Chen Xu, nice to meet you again." Before Song Si could go out, he was blocked at the door by Song Shi'an who had just come in.

She turned her face sideways and tried to squeeze through the gap next to her.

Song Shian lowered his head with an unclear expression, and finally took a step to the side in a concession.

Song Si covered her face and slipped out of the office.

Shen Xu looked at her helplessly: "Why are you here so early?" He stood up and poured Song Shian a cup of hot tea.

"The staff has arrived. It will take about three days to build an internal system for your base." Song Shian took a sip of tea.

"It's just autumn now, why is it so cold?" Song Shian has already put on protective clothing with body temperature regulation function.

"The weather is indeed a bit abnormal, but it's not very strange, just normal fluctuations." Weather fluctuations have always existed since the end of the world, but they are still within the range acceptable to humans.

"By the way, think of a way. I want to see Jiang Lin." Song Shian sat opposite Shen Xu, making people feel a strong pressure for no reason.

"This." Shen Xu was a little embarrassed. Song Shian was not easy to offend, and Jiang Lin was even more difficult to offend.

"What a coincidence! I was looking for you too." Jiang Lin arrived at the door without her knowing when. She calmly closed the door, walked in, and sat on the sofa next to her.

Song Shian smiled. The person in front of him was thin and solid, with no obvious emotions in her eyes. Her skin was relatively white, if she hadn't heard Shen Xu talk about her deeds.

Song Shian felt that he might have made a mistake.

While she was looking at Jiang Lin, Jiang Lin was also observing the somewhat unfamiliar woman in front of him.

She has a bright and beautiful look that is rare in the end times, with long wavy hair, and every curve is in just the right place.

"I need your weapons and temperature-regulating suits. Whatever you need, you can ask for it, as long as I can do it." Jiang Lin stated her needs directly. For some reason, she felt that this cold wave would last for a long time.

The existing inventory at Base A obviously cannot sustain a prolonged cold wave, so she needs to prepare for a rainy day.

After all, the damage rate of temperature control equipment will increase greatly in extreme weather.

Chen Xu originally wanted to persuade Song Shian not to ask for such a high price, but he didn't expect her to act out of character.

"Captain Jiang, you're worrying too much. I don't have any requests. I just want to be friends with you."

"After all, I owe it to you to help me deal with those troublesome Homo sapiens in City C."

Song Shian smiled sincerely, and Shen Xu breathed a sigh of relief. Song Shian has always put profit first, otherwise he wouldn't have kept so many in City C after the incident with the intelligent beings.

But it wasn't a bad thing. Except for City C, which was preserved by Homo sapiens, the other cities were almost completely destroyed by the apocalypse.

Jiang Lin looked at the person in front of her. Song Shian gave her the feeling of a rose with thorns, beautiful yet dangerous.

"Thank you." She said sincerely.

"Why do you need a temperature regulating suit? Most clothes have this device inside." Song Shian was a little puzzled. All existing functional clothes have this device.

"To be precise, I want super cold-proof clothing." Jiang Lin frowned. The adjustment devices of other clothing were too extensive. She wanted a batch specifically for facing the cold.

"Why? Is there something wrong with the weather?" Shen Xu frowned.

"There is a downward trend. Currently, it's still within the normal range, with the lowest temperature only being in late autumn. It will slowly rise a little next week."

"Just make some preparations in advance."

Chen Xu: "Then I need a batch of winter clothes." Following Jiang Lin is definitely the right thing to do. She has always been very perceptive. Besides, even if it is useless, it is not a bad thing to stock up on a batch of winter clothes.

"Then how does Team Leader Shen plan to pay?"

Shen Xu: “Do I still have to pay?”

"Money is useless now. I need food." Song Shian leaned close to his ear and told him the quantity of supplies he wanted.

"You are robbing me, and why doesn't Jiang Lin need to pay?" Shen Xu was very angry. He even poured a cup of hot tea for this guy. What a waste of his tea.

"How much food do you need? I'll have someone allocate it to you later." Jiang Lin didn't like to owe others.

Song Shian: "Since Base Director Jiang said so, then I will accept it. After all, maintaining technical personnel still consumes a lot of materials."

Shen Xu closed his eyes and didn't want to look at her.

Having achieved her goal, Jiang Lin had no intention of staying any longer. She stood up from the sofa and prepared to go back.

Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her head and fell back onto the sofa.

"What's wrong with you?" Before Shen Xu could finish his words, Jiang Lin fainted.

He was terrified: "What did you do to her?" His first suspect was Song Shian. After all, she had left a deep impression on him.

Song Shian raised his hands: "I really didn't do anything."

Wen Yan appeared at the door as if by telepathy. He walked in and picked up Jiang Lin from the sofa, and glanced at Song Shian and Shen Xu with a scrutinizing look.

But the person in his arms is the most important thing at the moment. He carried Jiang Lin and ran to the medical room of Base A.

"That man just now was so scary." Song Shian patted her chest. She was still frightened by Wen Yan's eyes and felt that he was going to kill her in the next second.

Shen Xu was also afraid, but he remained calm.

"I didn't expect you to be a lot braver now." Song Shian looked at Chen Xu and was in the mood to make a joke.

"I'll go and take a look." He stood up from the stool, put on a coat and ran out.

Song Shian looked at his back and stayed in the office alone, feeling contented.

She is also very confused now. She has just returned to the land. The metal resources and factories in City C are her biggest trump card. She must find a way to let the people in City C live in peace.

But now it seems that Shen Xu is not capable enough, and Jiang Lin is a tough nut to crack. Song Shian can see that it is not an easy task to gain her trust.

It is better to just be a good supplier first. This kind of shallow cooperative relationship makes people more relaxed.

She finished the last sip of tea and had to admit that the tea in Shen Xu's office was quite good. She took the tea can on the desk and looked at it for a few seconds, then took it away as a matter of course.

Jiang Lin's eyes were closed, but her consciousness was clear. She seemed to be floating in a dilapidated room as if her soul had left its sheath.

Looking closely, this is my room.

The original seedling seemed to have grown a little bigger. Before she could take a closer look, a hole was knocked into the door, and a thick vine, like a thick python, swam to the side of the seedling.

"It's actually here. It took me so long to find it."

This is the voice of the sacred tree. Jiang Lin frowned. The sacred tree has been looking for this seedling. Why?

She was unsure whether the sacred tree could sense her presence, so she silently floated away.

The vines wrapped around the seedling, trying to strangle it to death, but the invisible protective cover on the outer shell was too hard, and the sacred tree was unable to succeed for a while.

But her desire to destroy the seedling was too strong.

While Jiang Lin was working in the office, he seemed to hear some cracking sounds. The vines were getting closer to the seedlings and were constantly tightening.

"No!" Jiang Lin felt a sense of panic.

She rushed towards the seedling, and her powerful mental strength pushed the vines away.

She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she felt that the seedling seemed to have grown a little bigger when she pushed the vines back.

Shenmu looked around and saw nothing, but she could sense the presence of a third person in the room: "Is that you, Jiang Lin?"

Jiang Lin's heart skipped a beat. He stood there motionless and didn't say a word.

Shenmu looked around suspiciously, but didn't sense any breath. She snorted disdainfully.

The spiritual power belonging to the sacred tree spread in the room.

The moment it touched Jiang Lin, Shenmu opened his eyes: "I found you, you are here as expected."

Jiang Lin had no choice but to fight with Shenmu's spirit, but she was clearly at a disadvantage.

Suddenly a huge impact force scattered them all.

"Jiang Lin, we will enter a period of extreme cold, and the sacred tree will fall asleep. This is the time for you to become stronger. Please make sure to seize the opportunity."

"Ah!" Jiang Lin suddenly opened his eyes and found himself in the infirmary of Base A.

She shook her own hands. It was real. Was she just dreaming?

"You're awake." Tang Xiaoyan breathed a sigh of relief. During the time when Jiang Lin fainted, Wen Yan had been unconsciously releasing cold air, and everyone felt very uncomfortable.

Her head was still a little dizzy, and she didn't know whether what had just happened was a dream caused by excessive pressure or it really happened.

My head felt like it was being pricked by needles, and it really felt like the result of overusing my mental energy.

The door of the ward was suddenly pushed open, and Xie Anran stumbled in from outside: "Oh no, I saw the extreme cold apocalypse, and the sacred tree was slaughtering humans in City B."

Xie Anran's face was pale, and after he finished speaking, he sat down on the ground exhausted.

Jiang Lin's face looked grim. Based on her understanding of the sacred tree, if she had known that she would soon fall into a deep sleep due to the extreme cold, she would definitely have tried her best to destroy everything Jiang Lin had before falling asleep.

She took a deep breath; there was no point in being afraid now.

"Shenmu is expected to launch a large-scale attack in the next two days. We must be prepared." Jiang Lin was still a little weak.

Tang Xiaoyan gave her a shot of potion to restore her strength: "We've fought so many times, there's no need to panic."

"No, this time is different. The sacred tree will definitely fight with all its might this time, because it will go into a deep sleep during the extreme cold period. It won't just watch us develop."

"The goal this time is not to defeat her, but to do our best to minimize the losses."

Jiang Lin took a deep breath and got off the bed. Seeing Shen Xu, she was stunned for a second. Thinking that she fainted in someone else's office, she felt a little embarrassed: "You should go and get ready too."

"We must minimize the losses."

The alarm at Base A sounded, and two new layers of protective nets were erected on both sides of the wall. All unopened areas were blocked by special high metal walls, for fear that the sacred tree would find a loophole.

Wen Yan distributed combat uniforms to everyone: "No matter what, you must save your life."

After everything was ready, Jiang Lin stayed in his room, fully dressed, with a small weapon beside him.

The hot cocoa on the table exudes an enticing aroma.

She was waiting for the arrival of the sacred tree.