Years after nuclear wastewater discharge, the Earth's ecosystem was severely damaged, natural disasters occurred frequently, and the end of the world arrived!
After Qin Muxue was tragical...
Chapter 91: Past Events Reappear
When they were still a few kilometers away from the shelter, Qin Muxue contacted Lei Yangzhou using a satellite phone and asked him to send someone to pick them up.
At that time, Lei Yangzhou's tone was still somewhat incredulous. In fact, he had received news of the helicopter crash a long time ago. He thought that Qin Muxue and his group had died, so he sent a search and rescue team, but they only found the wreckage of the plane.
After knowing that Manman was missing and her whereabouts were unknown, he had been thinking about her, but reality told him that the probability of their survival was very low. If it were not for the importance of the matter at hand, he would definitely come to find her in person.
But when he learned that they had returned safely, he felt relieved and immediately sent someone to pick them up.
They were originally given seven days, but now they are back after only five days.
When they returned to the shelter from outside, they had to be quarantined, just as usual. They were quarantined for seven days. Of course, this time Lei Yangzhou did not make things difficult for Qu Yanbai and Shi Yan like before.
He really wanted to see Manman again, but Lei Yangzhou had been suppressing his inner emotions. When he really saw Manman after seven days, he almost rushed over to hug her.
Unfortunately, Qu Yanbai blocked his way and said, "Captain Lei, please talk nicely and don't use force."
Lei Yangzhou was not angry. He had already read the information Qin Muxue brought back. Qin Muxue deliberately did not give the information about An An to Lei Yangzhou.
"Thank you for the information you brought back. It is really helpful. You have narrowly escaped death this time."
It was more than a narrow escape. If she had been a little weaker, she would have died in the earthquake. "Before we set off, Commander Lei never told us that this mission would be so dangerous that it would cost us our lives."
"Don't worry, you will definitely be rewarded for completing the task. Just tell me what you want, and I will definitely meet your requirements."
Qin Muxue looked at him with a half-smile, "Can you agree to any request?"
"Well, as long as I can provide it." Lei Yangzhou nodded, but he didn't expect that he would be exploited by Qin Muxue later.
"I haven't thought of it yet. I'll tell you when I think of it. Now let's really have a good rest." Qin Muxue yawned.
Lei Yangzhou looked at Ding Manman and hesitated to speak, and finally asked only one question, "Are you okay?"
Manman just politely replied: "Don't worry about it, Commander Lei, we are fine."
Seeing Manman's indifferent attitude towards him, Lei Yangzhou felt helpless. It was a pity that this was his own fault and there was no way to undo it...
At this moment, he noticed An An standing aside. This little girl had been hiding behind Qin Muxue from the beginning. "Who is this?"
Qin Muxue squatted down and said, "This is the little girl I saved. I want to keep her by my side. You shouldn't object, right?"
Lei Yangzhou stared at An An's eyes and felt a strange feeling, but her eyes were still those of an innocent child, and he couldn't tell why.
Qu Yanbai silently took off the backpack with a calm expression on his face, "Commander Lei, this is a gift for Commander Wu. I wonder if he will like it. Otherwise, please take a look at it first?" Although he used a polite tone, Lei Yangzhou could clearly feel his disdain.
He slowly opened the backpack until he saw a head falling out of it, "Is this... is this Hu Zimo?" It was a little difficult to distinguish, but he still recognized it. What's more terrifying is that although he only had a head left, he was not dead and could still open his eyes.
Qu Yanbai continued to ask: "How about it, Commander Lei, do you think Commander Wu will like this gift?"
Lei Yangzhou was deeply aware at this moment that the group of people in front of him were far from being as simple as he had imagined. It took a lot of mental strength for them to defeat Commander Wu's men and torture them into this state before putting them in their backpack and bringing them back.
If Hu Zimo's head was sent to Chief Wu, it would be a provocation. "You really killed all three superpowers."
"We didn't kill them. Look, Hu Zimo is still fine. As for the other two, they have disappeared long ago. We didn't kill them." Qin Muxue explained.
"Okay, go and have a good rest first!"
Looking at their departing backs, Lei Yangzhou suddenly felt a sense of fear. Perhaps this group of people could not be kept... He had to find a way to get rid of everyone except Manman.
If the power of the psychic surpasses one's own, it would be a very terrifying thing.
Commander Wu was furious at this time. Lei Yangzhou's men had already returned, but there was no news from his own men, and it was said that they had brought back important information.
Commander Wu gritted his teeth and cursed: "Useless thing, you can't even do the smallest thing well, and you gave Lei Yangzhou the upper hand. I must find a way to get that information." This is about who will eventually have control of the entire shelter.
After they came back, they immediately found Grandma Qu and the others. Wu You was very happy to see them return safely. He also saw that Qin Muxue had brought back another injured little girl.
"Sister Qin, who is she?"
"Her name is An An. She is a poor child. She was seriously ill and luckily survived." Qin Muxue originally wanted An An to study with them, but she thought that if the secondary personality came out and hurt these children, it would be a loss. So she decided to keep An An by her side. However, she looked lonely, and Qin Muxue was a little worried about her condition.
An An looked at the children playing nearby and showed a longing expression, "Sister, can I play with them too?"
Qin Muxue thought about it again and again, and said to Wu You: "You must take good care of her, and don't let other children hurt her. Remember, don't make her angry. If there is anything unusual, you must contact me immediately."
Children's thoughts are always simple. Wu You nodded and immediately understood, "Does she also have special abilities?"
"You guessed it, but her ability is quite dangerous. I can't estimate how destructive she is right now. So, you have to take good care of her and keep an eye on her. Is this the task I'm giving you?"
"No problem!" Wu You patted his chest and agreed.
This time they returned safely. Grandma Qu cooked them sweet and sour pork, stewed fish, and all kinds of delicious food just as she had said before. They had never eaten enough outside, so Qin Muxue finally ate to her heart's content this time and took a good bath in the dormitory. "I finally feel alive again!"
She lay in bed, feeling a little tired. She just wanted to forget all her worries and have a good sleep.
At this moment, Manman felt something strange as soon as she entered the shelter. Seeing that Xiaoxue had fallen asleep, she did not disturb her.
Instead, she entered her own spiritual medicine space and stayed there for a while. There were not only medicinal materials here, but also a lake deep in the medicine field. Sitting next to the lake, she thought about everything that had happened. Looking at the reflection in the lake, Lei Yangzhou's face slowly appeared.
Everything that happened in the reflection was played out in front of him like a movie.
It all started with the marriage arranged by her uncle and aunt. In the reflection, she was not rescued by Xiaoxue, but married into the Lei family and suffered bullying. However, with her gentle personality, she always took good care of the fool Lei Yangzhou. After all, he had an IQ of only a few years old at that time, almost the same as a child. There was no need for her to vent her anger on a child.
But the other members of the Lei family thought that she was a child from a poor family whom they married at a great price, and they were never kind to her, treating her like a servant who could be summoned and dismissed at will.
Although life was difficult, she still held on to hope. No matter how much she was bullied, it was more comfortable than the life in her original home. Unfortunately, she was bound to this big family like a bird, and she would never have the opportunity to spread her wings and fly. Whenever she asked to go out to work, Lei Yangzhou's father would reject her aggressively, "As Yangzhou's wife, the only thing you have to do is to take good care of Yangzhou at home. I spent several million to come back not to support you and let you go out to work for a few thousand yuan a month, but to bring good luck to Yangzhou. You have been married for quite some time, why is your belly not big yet!"
Manman was speechless. She didn't even see a penny of the money. It was all taken away by her aunt and uncle. Moreover, Lei Yangzhou was a mentally retarded man. She was asked to have a child with a mentally retarded man. Wouldn't she become a fool too?
At that time, she had been thinking of ways to escape from the Lei family, but the Lei family was a large family and there were bodyguards guarding the door all year round. She sneaked out several times but was always caught.
At that time, she wanted to die. Every time she was caught, she would starve for three days and three nights. At this time, Lei Yangzhou would secretly bring food to her and said, "Manman, are you going to leave me? Am I too stupid to make you angry?"
"No, it's not your fault. It's just that I feel too depressed staying here. I want to go out."
"You want to go out?" The fool Lei Yangzhou seemed to be thinking about something.
"You don't understand. I'm a free person, but after coming here, I've been locked up here. I have no money and can't go out to work." She sighed helplessly.
Lei Yangzhou rummaged in his pocket for a long time and found a few ten-yuan bills. He handed them to her and said, "I have money. If it's not enough, I have some in my safe. It should be called this name. You can give them to Manman. If you want to go out, I will take you out tomorrow. Manman can go wherever she wants."
He left on his own and Manman didn't have time to stop him. This idiot wouldn't do anything stupid, right?
Sure enough, the next day, the Lei family asked her to take Lei Yangzhou to the amusement park, and of course there were bodyguards following them. Lei Yangzhou whispered to her, "Well, I didn't lie to you, did I? Manman, if you feel too bored, I can take you out to play."
Lei Yangzhou even pretended to be sick, and begged his family to agree to let Manman go out to work, but the condition was that she could only work in the Lei family's company. Even so, Manman was already very happy.
Although Lei Yangzhou was silly, he really gave selfless service to her. He would pick her up from get off work every day, often bring her delicious food, and save all his pocket money for Manman.
Knowing that Manman wanted freedom and wanted to leave the Lei family, he gave her various ideas, although these methods were very naive and could not be implemented at all.
Lei Yangzhou only cared about Manman being happy. He didn't care about anything else. Knowing that Manman liked flowers, he dug up all the plants in the garden and filled it with all kinds of flowers.
Therefore, Manman could not hate him, although they got along well, and although Manman could not be loved by the Lei family, at least the simple Lei Yangzhou could still give her a little warmth.
Everything changed after Lei Yangzhou recovered...
The reflection behind is everything that happened after Lei Yangzhou regained consciousness. He took over the Lei Group, and his white moonlight Xia Bing also came back. Because of Xia Bing's instigation, her relationship with Lei Yangzhou became worse and worse. After regaining consciousness, he acted decisively and was unusually busy. He was no longer the Lei Yangzhou in people's impression that the whole world revolved around him.
Finally, after a quarrel, Lei Yangzhou asked her to leave here quickly, "Didn't you say that the Lei family makes you feel depressed? Then you should leave here quickly. By the way, you must return the millions to the Lei family without a penny less, otherwise I will sue you!" This was what Lei Yangzhou said in anger, but he didn't expect that it was this sentence that completely broke up between him and Manman.
Manman didn't expect that he would be such a person. It would be better if he was a fool and said such heartbreaking words.
"Why, didn't you marry into the Lei family just for money? Millions, don't you think about it? Are you worth it?"
Now Xia Bing has returned, and their relationship has become closer. He has become more and more dissatisfied with Manman. She is unsophisticated, has not even graduated from college, has only a high school education, is poor and shabby, and they have nothing in common. This is his impression of her.
"You're right, Lei Yangzhou, I understand. I'll leave and make room for your ex-girlfriend." Although she looks stupid, she sees some things clearly. "I will work hard to make money and return all the money to you."
After Manman packed her few belongings, she left the Lei family. It was from then on that natural disasters began to erupt.
The Lei family is wealthy and powerful, so they can naturally think of various ways to enter the shelter. Moreover, Lei Yangzhou has also evolved superpowers. He originally felt guilty towards Xia Bing, and he misunderstood this guilt as love.
But people's hearts cannot be changed. Sometimes when calling Xia Bing, he would subconsciously call out Manman's name. Xia Bing originally thought that it was an opponent who should not be feared, but now he has a sense of crisis.
Ding Manman must be completely eliminated so that she can stay in front of Lei Yangzhou with peace of mind and he can completely forget her.
Xia Bing deliberately told Lei Yangzhou that she saw Ding Manman with another man. In fact, as long as Manman was willing to come back and beg him and say something nice to him, he would definitely be willing to take her to the shelter.
But after she left, she never left him once. Every month, there would be several thousand dollars more of her transfers into his card. He didn't care about money at all.
When he heard the news, he was furious. Manman originally thought that he was looking for her, but Lei Yangzhou asked without caring, "Do you have another man? Now that supplies are scarce, you gave me all your money. You have no money to buy supplies. Have you found another man?"
His questioning made Manman a little confused, "What are you talking about, didn't you come here to find me and go back?"
"I won't date a fickle woman like you, and don't expect me to save you. You already have a new man anyway!"
He saw with his own eyes that Manman was walking with a short man, but he didn't know that it was actually Qin Muxue who had her hair cut. Ding Manman didn't understand what he was saying until Xia Bing pulled Lei Yangzhou's sleeve and said, "Yangzhou, don't be angry. Let's quickly prepare our things and go to the shelter. It's getting more and more chaotic here."
"Okay, let's go."
Manman looked at the two people's backs as they walked away and felt that any explanation would be of no use. Even if she explained it clearly, there would always be Xia Bing between them.
She could never get his undivided love...
As the reflection on the lake gradually faded away, Manman suddenly understood all the inexplicable words that Lei Yangzhou had said to her.
Seeing such a scene in the space, she no longer felt that it was a strange thing. She did not panic, but looked at the relationship between her and Lei Yangzhou more calmly. Perhaps this was something that happened in a parallel time and space, and it also made her realize that if Xiaoxue had not saved her from the water and fire, she would have to suffer such pain again. Lei Yangzhou could not give up Xia Bing, and she would suffer in either life.
Now she was extremely grateful for the help of Xiaoxue and Qu Yanbai. Thinking of Qu Yanbai, she seemed to be more certain of her feelings. After coming out of the space, Manman felt unprecedented peace in her heart.
She looked at the sleeping Qin Muxue and murmured, "Thank you, Xiaoxue."
At least in this time and space, she will not do such stupid things again. She just wants to stay by their side quietly.
The next day, the strange sight that day was indeed a sign of some kind of disaster. The temperature outside had suddenly dropped to below minus 100 degrees Celsius, and was still dropping at an even faster rate.
If this continues, it will become increasingly difficult for humans in the outside world to survive. Although they will not die immediately, food will become increasingly scarce.
Lei Yangzhou looked at the situation outside. The huge sun-like planet seemed to be getting closer and closer to the Blue Star, and the closer it was, the colder it was. If one day it directly collided with the Blue Star, it would be a catastrophic disaster.
He immediately returned to the laboratory and took out the information brought back by Qin Muxue. If he could research a potion for human evolution, it would indeed save some human lives, but it would inevitably lead to more conflicts. In order to compete for limited resources, the psychics would inevitably fight, and now the weather outside was so harsh.
Forget it, these are not things he should be thinking about right now. This is just a small shelter, and it has already made him anxious. If he were to go to other bases, he would be even more troubled. As long as he completes the mission here, he should apply to return to the base.
The emergency phone call from the base came in, "Monitoring has found an asteroid with a diameter of 50 meters, flying towards the river. It is expected to fall near the river in ten days!"
"You need to evacuate! Evacuate immediately. How many planes are left in the shelter now?"
This is a small shelter, and there are not many planes. "There are only two planes, which can probably guarantee the safe evacuation of about 100 people."
The other party took a deep breath and said, "Take away the people you think are important, as for the rest..."
"I see."
“The information must be brought back.”
Everything was developing in an uncontrollable direction. Even in his dreams he had never encountered such a thing.
Lei Yangzhou immediately convened an emergency meeting, limited to the top leaders of the entire shelter. Of course, he did not notify Qin Muxue and the others.
After Qin Muxue got up, she found that the temperature in the entire shelter had become colder, which meant that the situation outside might be worse. She couldn't help but start to worry about the conditions of Sang Qing and the others. She didn't know whether the old man and Sang Qing could withstand such severe cold.
The children also put on warmer down jackets. They saw Grandma Qu giving them a lesson, and An An was also learning seriously.
Qin Muxue felt relieved. She felt that she was starting to feel hungry. Manman hadn't woken up yet, so she had to find herself something to eat first.
Shi Yan knew that Qin Muxue was hungry, and had already prepared some hot cream waffles, which was the most sumptuous breakfast he could make under the limited conditions.
"Shi Yan, how come you are like a worm in my stomach and always know what I want to eat." Qin Muxue finished a portion of waffles in just a few bites.
For Shi Yan, Qin Muxue is the medicine that heals him. Even if he faces infinite pain in the dark night, as long as she can stay by his side, he can endure it. "Be careful, it's hot, there's more."
"I really don't know how many more surprises you can bring me." Qin Muxue sighed while eating.
Shi Yan reminded: "The temperature outside is getting lower and lower. I just checked the record. It is already more than 100 degrees below zero. It will soon reach the limit of what the human body can bear. In addition, the sun-like planet in the sky is too strange. We may have to leave this area as soon as possible."
Leaving here? It was indeed something she had been thinking about, but where should they go now? She had not yet decided. She had to find a safe place with relatively few disasters.
Before Qin Muxue had time to reply to Shi Yan, she saw a familiar figure running towards her. It was Qian Xinran. After seeing Qin Muxue, she was extremely excited. At the same time, Qin Muxue also noticed that something was wrong with her condition.
"Sister Xinran, didn't they say that you and Qian Yan were well taken care of? How could this be?"
"They want to use my child for experiments. Such a young child needs to have so much blood drawn every day. Xiao Qin, I beg you to save my child!" Her hair was messy and her clothes were very thin. She knelt in front of Qin Muxue and kowtowed continuously.
Thinking about it carefully, Qian Yan is also her godson. What on earth did they do to him? "Get up first and tell me everything that happened here."