Chapter 92 Polar Night [VIP]

When Shen Boyun was injured, Cheng Jing personally took him to the medical station. If nothing unexpected happened, Cheng Jing would probably stay at the medical station to maintain order.

Not to mention that the crisis is now temporarily over. Although the medical station is overcrowded, it is much calmer than before.

Originally, there was only one medical station in Area S that was converted from a hospital. Later, after the Changping base was built, several more medical stations were added in various places, otherwise it would not have been able to accommodate the large number of wounded.

However, residents originally living in Area S still prefer to go to that medical station first.

After entering the medical station, you can smell a faint scent of disinfectant at the tip of your nose.

In addition to the specially left passages, there were also many wounded people arranged in the corridors. A piece of cloth was laid underneath, which served as a bed. Many staff members were moving back and forth.

After asking, they finally got the direction. Tang Tian and Cheng Jing went to a corner and found Shen Boyun leaning against his back in deep thought. Fortunately, he was still awake and should not have been injured again.

"Brother Yun!"

Cheng Jing shouted happily.

Shen Boyun recognized his voice and raised his head to reply, but then he opened his eyes wide:

"Why are you here? You..."

"Brother Yun, Tang Tian has also joined the armed forces. Your wish has finally come true~"

Shen Boyun immediately glared at him, his earlobes turning red with anger and embarrassment, but he couldn't say anything else in rebuttal.

Besides, Tang Tian was wearing the armed forces uniform, so everyone could understand what happened at a glance.

Tang Tian smiled with her hands behind her back:

"Yeah, you've been asking me what team I want to join, and now I finally have an answer."

Shen Boyun looked at Tang Tian's smile, and for some reason he felt the urge to go up and hug her.

However, his feet were still wrapped in thick bandages, so it was best not to stand for the time being.

He was originally receiving treatment at the medical station, but then the Dawn Society and mutant bat incident happened, and all the windows of the medical station were destroyed.

There were even mutant bats that invaded and took away several patients on the spot, causing chaos in the entire medical station.

Fortunately, Yan Shuo's shot did not penetrate his ankle, but only caused a serious scratch.

In the end, Shen Boyun still endured the pain, maintained order, and fought back against the mutant bats, and he persisted until the last moment.

But the wound that had just been stitched opened again and he had to continue receiving treatment.

He originally wanted to give some warnings that the work of the armed team was really dangerous, but thinking that Tang Tian never seemed to be afraid and he probably couldn't hurt her, he didn't say anything more.

"Brother! Mom is here... Hey, Tang Tian and Cheng Jing, you guys are here too?"

Shen Yaoyue, who worked at the medical station, was wearing a white uniform and pulling Yan Chunhua, who wanted to visit her son, but she didn't expect that everyone was so neat.

Because she had to go to work, after just a few pleasantries, Chen Yaoyue left.

Yan Chunhua is currently a small manager in the logistics department and has more free time after the disaster.

But this time, she had another problem.

The explosion at the temporary shelter was caused by a bomb planted by cultists who were mixed in with the survivors. They deliberately chose a time when the shelter was almost full to capacity to detonate it.

A large number of survivors had been taken to shelters for temporary shelter, including Yan Chunhua's elder sister Yan Shuangmei, who was also sent to the medical station after being injured in the explosion.

Yan Lei was worried about his two sons, so he went to the shelter late and escaped the disaster.

But after the disaster subsided, he only saw Yan Huai but not Yan Shuo.

There was no trace of the person alive or dead, so he asked Yan Chunhua to go and ask. In his impression, they always carried out missions together.

After hearing this, Shen Boyun's expression did not change. It was just that in this situation, most people were already dead. He asked Yan Chunhua to convey the message to Yan Lei.

But Yan Chunhua noticed his son's sudden indifference and hesitated, but because Tang Tian was still there, he did not ask any further questions.

…

The bright moon in the night sky makes it hard to imagine the strange transformation that took place at that time.

The base was deeply afraid of the reappearance of blood moons and mutant bats, so it began to build high-position watchtowers, bunkers and gun towers in the outer area of ​​the base gate, equipped with sniper positions, machine gun weapons, etc.

Although the mutant bats had no interest in plants, the planting area was still destroyed in the chaos.

They seemed more interested in livestock, and the livestock grazing areas were severely damaged.

The institute's windows were also destroyed, and many crops under study were disrupted.

Several other researchers were directly captured. Fortunately, Lin Zhiqiu was still alive, but the research institute also needed to be rearranged.

At the same time, many corpses appeared in the base that had not been cleaned up yet.

In the low temperature, they did not rot quickly. Some of them became mummies, some were badly mutilated, and some even showed expressions of fear before death.

The base already had a cleaning team, but perhaps few of them were on duty, and they were frightened by the mutated bats, so few were willing to clean up.

In the end, it was the increase in compensation within the base that made it possible.

The corpses were taken to a centralized location for incineration. On the way, the cleanup team discovered a new black bird in the base, which began to eat the corpses. Fearing that it was a new mutant, they quickly reported it to the armed team.

But later it was discovered that these strange birds did not seem to be aggressive towards humans. They only picked the carrion to eat, and they looked very much like crows before the apocalypse.

Crows have high IQs, and these alien birds have also made temporary retreats or joined forces, which is different from the previous alien birds.

If this was similar to a crow, it was also a vengeful creature. The base was afraid that an attack would attract a large number of them, so they issued an order to observe first.

The entire base began to recuperate, and the incident could not be concealed. During this period, Yang Gan informed Wu Yongming of his death, and he later took over as the new chief.

But for the lower class people, this news is not important.

But before that, some things must be resolved once and for all.

All the other believers who participated were also sentenced, including those who had contact with them. They basically lived in the core area.

Qiao Shiyu was only sentenced to forced labor because of her meritorious reporting. But when she was released, her family was gone. Needless to say, Wei Qian was also dragged to the square for execution.

The gunshots continued for several days before they stopped, and quite a few people went to the square to join in the fun and watch the spectacle.

After all, death is no longer a common occurrence nowadays.

Only by turning the page on the Dawn Society incident can the base truly start over.

…

Tang Tian also took this opportunity to go to the administrative district and formally submit her employment report.

Being in the armed forces is the second best job in the base after being a researcher, and it is also very convenient to enter and exit the base nowadays.

As long as his gourmet food system is still there, he can survive just by eating and drinking, so Tang Tian doesn’t really care how many points coupons he has in his monthly salary or how many supplies he has in his benefits.

She just felt that as the number of mutants increased, the apocalypse would move in a more bizarre direction, and she could get more information in advance on the front line.

So she planned to do this for the time being, and if the base developed better in the future, she would see if there were any other options.

As for Tang Yi, she had initially found many suitable positions when she was looking at the job postings. However, the medical station was crowded with people and eyes, and Wei Mingxia was unsure about safety there. She was also only half-baked at engineering maintenance and other matters.

Later, she wanted to return to her old job and work in the canteen, but even a good cook cannot cook without rice. Once there is no food, the canteen will stop operating and become unstable.

So in the end, Tang Yi still went to find Yan Chunhua to join the logistics department. Of course, she didn't go empty-handed.

Yan Chunhua agreed readily and assigned her a job related to material management.

This kind of work is easy, and the monthly salary is not low. Although I can't pay the rent, I can guarantee food and drink for a month.

Wei Mingxia has already started the retirement mode, continuing to use various processing equipment or grow vegetables at home. When she wants to exercise, she goes downstairs to walk the dog and runs a food store by the way.

Although there are fewer opportunities to exchange for valuable items now, Tang Tian has already bought all the recipes.

The more precious the dish, the more expensive it is. As the coins accumulate over time, the number on the gold coin column slowly begins to increase.

Therefore, Wei Mingxia not only looks after the house at home, but also can deliver food to the system food store in a timely manner so that it can continue to sell.

Everything started to go according to plan.

It's just because of the polar night that the temperature has dropped to minus 30 degrees Celsius, and any place with a little water vapor will freeze.

Without effective protection against the cold, the progress of various projects has become slow.

There are also iron barrel bonfires that you see in extreme cold, where you can warm yourself by the fire when you take a break. Looking from above, they are so dense that they almost form a continuous piece.

Tang Tian had just joined the armed forces and was at the grassroots level, not with Shen Boyun and Cheng Jing.

Before any mission, the team would conduct training, which she actually enjoyed doing, and after training, it would also warm her body.

After training, grassroots team members will be assigned to patrol various places. After that incident, the focus now is on finding out if there are any accomplices of the Dawn Society.

Knowing that Tang Tian had a big dog at home, the official specially invited her to bring Tan Tan as well. Not only was she granted a special status, but she was also allowed to patrol together.

Thinking that it would be a good opportunity to walk the dog and that Tantan needed to release more energy, Tang Tian agreed to this suggestion.

Tan Tan's arrival also made her more popular - although most people came to see the former.

The patrol was originally a two-shift operation, but because many team members were lost in the previous battle, they had to go through a training camp to replenish their troops, so it became a three-shift operation.

However, every morning before leaving home, she would eat some red food that could keep her warm. She could continue to replenish it during her rest, which kept her from getting too cold throughout the day.

And when they dispersed and went home, Tang Tian could see Shen Boyun and Cheng Jing waiting outside, and the three of them went back together.

Shen Boyun's foot injury was almost healed, and he took the initiative to give up his position to other more seriously injured soldiers. He just had to pay attention to hygiene when he returned.

As for Yan Shuo's matter, he still hadn't told Yan Chunhua. He couldn't be sure whether the latter would tell Yan Lei, which would make the consequences even worse.

…

Sometimes, when it is too late, they will go to the community canteen for a meal.

In such cold weather, we must eat something warm. However, even the amount of vegetables has dropped drastically, and most of the food is made from grain.

So the official canteen chose to cook porridge, make steamed buns and pancakes, put them in thermos buckets, and add fire to keep them warm from time to time. The canteen was warmer than outside.

After that extreme cold, the survivors no longer made a fuss, and their faces showed a bit of numbness. Apart from the sound of chewing, there was almost no other movement in the cafeteria.

Cheng Jing took a bite of the pancake and suddenly asked:

"I heard the shop upstairs sells cotton gloves, and the one in the core area sells cotton clothes and quilts. Should we go check it out?"

"Is it made from the cotton confiscated from the Dawn Society last time?" Tang Tian asked.

Shen Boyun put down the porridge bowl and whispered:

"Actually, cotton is considered a war reserve material. The country should have national reserves. It's just that the speed of delivery and production varies from place to place. Adding the confiscated cotton, we can almost start supplying it."

"Once the situation stabilizes, our first mission will probably be related to transporting supplies."

This sentence seemed to be explained specifically for Tang Tian. Transporting supplies was also one of the tasks of the armed team. Simply put, it was similar to escorting convoys in ancient times.

After dinner, they went upstairs to check and found that there were still few people there. The price list above had also been changed.

As expected, there are additional supplies such as cotton gloves, and a pair of cotton gloves requires 200 points coupons. Other cotton clothes and quilts will probably be more expensive.

But even so, most customers in the store still choose to buy.

In addition, frostbite cream has become a hot-selling item. However, medicine has always been more expensive than other supplies. A complete box has been raised to 500 points coupons, making it more scarce than canned food.

People saved money to buy this, but it is not clear how long they will save enough to buy it.

Cotton is not only used to make winter clothes, its other by-products are also extremely useful in various industries.

Although they had experienced a great war, the authorities were not stingy and issued points coupons to the armed forces this month. The families of the previously sacrificed team members can also receive them for several more months as pensions.

Cheng Jing bought a pair of cotton gloves, and Tang Tian found that compared to the common gray, these were dark purple.

The Tang family has no shortage of winter clothes and quilts, so they just need to make some fuel balls, and they can use the ones they have before.

Walking out of the community cafeteria, Tang Tian felt something cold hitting her face, but it was so small that it could be ignored.

She tucked her scarf tighter into her clothes and frowned slightly.

It might be snowing.

As long as the polar night does not end, the temperature will continue to drop. Will it return to the situation during the previous extreme cold?

Fortunately, the rain-like snow did not get heavier, and daily life at the base went on as usual.

The first facilities to be completed were those outside the base, especially the watchtower.

Sure enough, one dark and windy day, the moon slowly turned blood red again, as if a total lunar eclipse had occurred.

She didn’t know if it was Tang Tian’s illusion, but she always felt that the color was darker than the first time.

The towering watchtower was the first to discover the mutant bats, and while launching the attack, it reported to its superiors. Loud and stimulating alarms also sounded continuously in the base.

The armed team had to assemble urgently and then divide into batches. Some were to fight, and some were to lead civilians to temporary shelters that had been planned in advance. This job was also done by the basic team members.

Of course, on the way, Tang Tian also saw mutant bats breaking through the periphery and coming to the base. Some of them wanted to rush down to catch people, but she solved them all with air bullets.

The mutated bats seemed to realize that this base was difficult to break into, and began to release sound waves in groups.

Tang Tian continued to defend with the shield, but the other team members were not so lucky. They showed symptoms of dizziness and vomiting again, which was enough to make them lose their attack power.

But this time the authorities still used heavy weapons to attack the swarm of bats. Tang Tian also added a few more □□, and the swarm of bats quickly became a defeated army.

This time, the mutated bats retreated again, and the base was promptly reorganized, and the moon returned to normal.

But it is not clear how many times this will happen. If they keep attacking every once in a while, the various forces of the base will be exhausted sooner or later.

…

Tang Tian counted in her mind. The third time she shot down a batch of bat corpses, black blood formed a thin stream on the ground.

As the saying goes, things never happen more than three times. After the base successfully defended the third wave, the blood moon not only returned to normal, but also began to slowly descend, and the sky seemed to be filled with frost and fog.

As the sun was about to set in the west, the light in the world became dimmer and dimmer, and Tang Tian and the others felt their hearts sink.

There are stars and moon in the polar night, so at least there is some natural light. Will it become completely dark next?

When the moon completely disappeared, everyone's hearts finally died as well.

The base could only invest more fuel to turn on the lights and try to expand the illuminated area, otherwise it would not be able to continue its work.

After a moment of darkness, a popping sound was heard and the lights came on.

The cleanup team dealt with the human/corpse and bat carcasses in the base, and the wounded were sent to the nearest medical station in an orderly manner. The lights were on everywhere.

The civilians in the temporary shelter had gloomy faces and returned to their homes silently, wondering how they would get through the day.

After the team was reorganized, the members of the armed team could go back and rest.

Tang Tian yawned. She felt that she wanted to have another meal rather than sleep, preferably a bowl of hot tomato noodles, some grilled skewers and some wine.

But when she returned to the community with the residents, someone suddenly shouted:

"Look! Is that... is that the sun?!"

At the end, he even broke his voice with excitement.

Tang Tian rubbed her eyes and realized that the sky was no longer pure black, but a blurry dark gray. She only didn't notice it because of the extra lights on in the base.

The dark gray gradually added a light brightness inside, and at the same time, a larger light source was slowly emerging in the east of the sky.

If that isn't the sun that people have been waiting for for a long time, then what is it?

The sun always symbolizes light, vitality, warmth and hope. Even Tang Tian herself suddenly became sober and excited.

Everyone couldn't help but stop where they were, all looking up towards the east.

I don’t know how long I stood there, until the sunlight became brighter and brighter, and the sun was hung high up by an invisible rope.

This allowed everyone to see the entire base, the blood-stained road, and the same hope on everyone's face. It had been so clear for a long, long time.

There was another popping sound, and all the lights in the base were turned off, but they must have been extremely happy in their hearts.

The polar night is finally over.

The temperature did not rise so quickly, and it was a bit like an ordinary morning with the sun rising in winter.

Tang Tian could still see the conspicuous mist from her exhaled breath.

"That's great! At least we made it through the polar night safely! Brother Yun, don't you agree?"

Cheng Jing and Shen Boyun also came to the community and easily found Tang Tian and came to her side.

"Um……"

Shen Boyun responded. Although he was happy, he was also alert.

Although this polar night is over, will there be new natural disasters in the future?

But everyone was excited, so it was better for him not to say anything for the time being.

After admiring the sunrise, Tang Tian looked down again. When she saw the scene in front of her, her heart felt heavy again.

Just as everyone was paying attention to the sun, another group of crows flew down with hoarse and noisy calls, and began to peck at the corpses and eat them, and they were particularly disgusted with the bats.

The meaning of crows has been completely changed in modern times, so these groups of crows still make Tang Tian feel very strange.

If the corpses in the base aren't cleaned up in time before the temperature rises, it could cause an epidemic. But now that the sun has appeared, people should be more motivated.

But crows themselves...seem to carry germs, right?

So she had the same idea as Shen Boyun and was not very optimistic about the future situation.

But the most important thing right now is to rest.

Tang Tian, ​​Shen Boyun and Cheng Jing went upstairs. Some people remained where they were, not knowing what they were thinking. Perhaps they simply wanted to touch the sunlight more.

Tang Yi returned earlier than Tang Tian and had already eaten the snack Wei Mingxia had prepared. Tan Tan was wagging his tail by the window, as if he too had sensed the long-lost sunshine.

Tang Tian walked forward and opened the curtains, letting the brighter sunlight into the room, then changed her clothes and went to the dining table.

Wei Mingxia's recipe was a tomato-based noodle soup, a true mother-daughter rapport. There were no barbecue skewers or wine, but there was shredded lamb and longan hot tea.

The sweet and sour soup was rich, and the mutton was tender and boneless. Tang Tian slurped the noodles and explained to the two what had happened outside.

Just in case, they have to prepare an extra batch of medicinal food in the system.

A lot of Chinese medicinal materials have been produced in the medicine fields, and all the medicinal foods are of SR grade. Occasionally there will be a few that are of SSR grade, and the medicinal materials used are also rarer.

Speaking of the system, Wei Mingxia thought of something, went to get another plate of food, and said with a smile:

"I just happened to unlock a UR recipe today, you guys should try it."

Tang Tian and Tang Yi both put down their chopsticks.

They had already spent a huge amount of money to buy the UR-level recipes, but the SSR-level and those color recipes were enough for life, and they thought that unlocking the UR-level would be very cumbersome, so they had never paid much attention to it.

I didn’t expect that Wei Mingxia had already unlocked one?

This is their first UR-level dish!

Looking at the plate again, it looked like two ordinary pastries with crust, but under the translucent crust was an attractive pink color, which was still quite delicate.

Tang Tian took a piece and took a bite immediately. There was filling inside - and it was bright red. It tasted sour and sweet when chewed, giving people a familiar fruity flavor.

After eating it, Tang Yi said in surprise:

"This flavor, this method... could it be the lost art of making cherry biro?"

As a blogger in the food section, Tang Yi posted videos for a while that were all reproductions of ancient delicacies that were almost lost. For this purpose, she often read ancient books to find materials.

Could it be that all UR-grade dishes are this kind of delicacy?

As for Tang Tian...she just thinks it tastes good.

After eating the whole cherry biro, she wiped her mouth and opened her ability column again.

This Cherry Biro also has a special ability, called [Sweetness].

But Tang Tian discovered that this ability had no level mark!

Could it be that this ability is unique to UR-grade cuisine? Tang Tian stroked his chin in thought.

Hmm, that's interesting.