Chapter Fifty-Nine: Fellow Villagers?
After a brief mission briefing and observing the expressions on Liu Hui and Wu Zirui's faces, the convoy members dispersed.
Finally, everyone can take a nice hot shower and sleep for a whole day and night. Everyone is eager to go home.
But as soon as Qi An unlocked the door to her small apartment, a cloud of dust rushed out.
This trip lasted for nearly a month. The windows in the house were drafty, and the bed sheets were covered with a layer of dust.
Qi An gritted her teeth. Next time, she would definitely buy some plastic sheets and cover all the furniture before going on a mission!
Even though he was so tired that his bones felt like jelly, Qi An put down all the bags and resigned himself to cleaning the room.
It took her a full hour to throw the trash into the recycling bin, take a long shower that cost her 20 contribution points, and finally snuggle into her new sheets.
He fell asleep almost as soon as his head hit the pillow, but his dreams were chaotic. Qi An dreamed of the little girl in the red coat at the North 1 Base, and the day the Southeast 4 Base was destroyed, the burning city, and the roar of helicopter rotors on the rooftop helipad.
Qi An didn't sleep well; he woke up after only 3 hours.
When she woke up, the sun was setting outside her window. On her phone, in a communication app called "Blue Conch" connected via Starlink, there was a friend request.
It's Yang Yuning.
Yang Yuning eventually discovered that she had a cell phone, or perhaps he discovered it when they went to the North 1 Base.
This person has kept quiet until now, only asking someone for her account and silently adding them as a friend.
Since everyone was so familiar with each other, and Qi An had ridden on his back many times, he couldn't think of a reason to refuse, so he had no choice but to agree.
A minute later, several smiling emojis appeared on the other end, some cheering and jumping, others gentle and shy.
Are you well-rested? Would you like to have dinner at the Dongying canteen?
Qi An couldn't help but smile at the smiling faces, but replied:
I'm not going to eat at the cafeteria anymore.
There was a pause on the other end, followed by a smiley face:
Okay, eat your fill and eat well. Be sure to call me when you come to Dongying!
Qi An, resting his chin on his hand, replied:
Okay, you should get some rest too.
She put down her phone, the nightmare vanished without a trace, and felt lazy again. She lay idly in bed for a while before getting up to write in her diary.
This can no longer be called a diary; it can only be called a "monthly journal."
[Mission Gains: My proficiency in using firearms, drones, and other weapons has greatly improved, and I feel that my strength and speed have also increased.]
The sensing range for the insects has been expanded by about 500 meters, making it possible to clearly distinguish between the insects and ordinary worker insects.
I witnessed the battle with the higher wisdom insects...
Qi An paused for a moment as he wrote this.
Some gaps in combat strength seem to be beyond the reach of training. No matter how hard I train, I probably can't beat people like Chen Yuezhou and Yang Yuning. Maybe I can eventually reach Zhuang Xiao's level.
Teacher Tang said that whether it is the end times or before the end times, humans rely on cooperation to survive.
On the battlefield, we needed each other, so I could save them too.
After writing this sentence, Qi An's dazed state lasted even longer, and her pen unconsciously underlined the words "save them".
My father once said that she might be able to save everyone.
However, during her 12 years at Southeast Base No. 4, she was unable to save anyone.
But now she is actually saving people.
When he was purifying Wan Chenxi and You Zi, and together with Yang Yuning hijacked the machine gun truck and saved the entire convoy, Qi An truly felt a sense of accomplishment that filled his heart.
I don't know exactly what it is, but I feel fulfilled and happy.
She was quite happy sitting on the edge of the field, basking in the sun and waiting for people to call her for dinner.
Qi An stared blankly for a while, then wrote a few more lines, tore off the "Monthly Diary" paper, hesitated for a long time, and did not burn it.
She lay on the chair for a while, waiting for the sunlight outside the window to turn into a rich, gentle gold, before heading to the research building with the game and bouquet.
It's still the familiar 5th floor of the research building, with the familiar "two kings standing in opposition" layout of the two major laboratories.
This time, Qi An couldn't help but peek towards the gene enhancement laboratory, because he remembered the red-skinned experimental subject he had seen at the North 1 Base.
Their base is quite strong in this research area; I wonder what's going on inside that gloomy laboratory across the street.
Qi An shuddered, turned around, and strode quickly toward the mental enhancement training laboratory facing the sun.
She brought a lot of food this time, and placed dried donkey meat and wild grapes at the workstations of everyone she knew.
The dried donkey meat was a supply provided by the North 3 Base, and they didn't finish it. The wild grapes were picked on the road yesterday.
Engineer Xu Bingjie's round, chubby face was beaming so much his eyes disappeared. He kept saying that if Dr. Qi needed any repairs or upgrades for electronic equipment in the future, he should just come to him!
Tang Xinying was even more surprised to see Qi An than the last time.
Qi An has been gone for too long this time. She had inquired and knew that Qi An's mission this time was very dangerous, so she had been worried the whole time.
"You seem to have lost weight..." Tang Xinying reached out and touched Qi An's cheek.
Qi An felt a warmth in his heart and smiled, "I haven't lost weight, I've gotten stronger, and I've even gained a kilogram since I left!"
She's gained muscle!
Tang Xinying placed the large bunch of snow-white plum blossoms in a vase on her desk, looked at them with a smile for a long time, and then pulled Qi An to go eat.
This mission didn't involve much classified information. Qi An talked a lot during the meal, and also mentioned Li Yi and Liu Weiyun.
"There are actually quite a few people who develop a surrender or even worship mentality due to their fear of the fallen insects; the human mind is ultimately very fragile."
"Does this Captain Li you mentioned have any family?" Tang Xinying asked.
"...Probably not?" Qi An asked.
“Then there’s no dispute about whether or not to issue a pension. Given his situation, his family probably won’t receive one,” Tang Xinying sighed softly.
Qi An nodded, and the master and apprentice remained silent for a moment on this heavy topic.
As the meal was almost over, Qi An indeed made an excuse to go to the restroom and paid the bill.
She doesn't spend much time at the base these days, but she still gets her salary and has no shortage of money!
But when she returned, Tang Xinying smiled and looked her over, asking, "Xiao Qi, did you live with your father at the original base?"
Qi An was taken aback and involuntarily sat up straight: "...Yes, he was my only relative, but he died when the base was destroyed."
Her tone was sad, and Tang Xinying patted her head across the table:
“I met someone that day who said he also came from Southeast Base No. 4 and was a friend of your dad.”
Qi An suddenly looked up.
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