Chapter 53 SOS
Two days have passed since the proposal to merge the bases was made, but due to snow blocking the roads and the temperature being too low for large-scale migration, this matter cannot be implemented for the time being.
With the supplies purchased from Su Qing, the S City base can still hold out for a while. During this period, Lu Chen and his team will start making preparations for their departure.
There are about 60,000 to 70,000 people currently at the S City base, and Su Qing's base is currently unable to accommodate them all. Building a base requires a large amount of materials and money. They discussed it for a long time and decided that the most profitable things now are winter clothes, food and fuel, so they decided that Su Qing would provide the supplies and Lu Chen and his team would take them to other bases to sell. Su Qing left a helicopter and fuel for Lu Chen, and Chen Kuo stayed to be responsible for driving.
She, Qin Yu, and Zhao Jiajun left to search for building materials and look for traces of zombies.
The fuel for the helicopter was too expensive, so Su Qing and Qin Yu discussed and decided to go to Province S, so that the three targets of coal, building materials and zombies could be solved at the same time.
In the cockpit, Su Qing was sitting in the co-pilot seat, listening to Qin Yu explain the various operations of the helicopter.
Because there was no co-pilot, Su Qing, with the idea that more skills are better than less and having one more skill will not hurt, humbly learned from Qin Yu how to fly a helicopter, and was successfully promoted to the co-pilot position.
"It's important to remember these three flight control components: pull up on the collective pitch stick for lift, pull down on the flight stick for descent, push forward, backward, left, and right on the control stick for tilt, and the tail rotor pedals under your feet. The left pedal moves the fuselage to the left, and the right pedal moves the fuselage to the right."
"Once the aircraft is airborne, all you have to do is fly according to the general direction indicated by the navigation."
Su Qing took note of Qin Yu's words carefully, and was a little confused when he heard his last sentence in a rather casual tone.
How can you say you can fly it so easily? How can such a high-end vehicle be made to sound as easy as controlling a remote-controlled airplane?
Seeing Su Qing looking at him with a somewhat confused look in her eyes, Qin Yu couldn't help but chuckle. "Nowadays, there's no air traffic control, and there's no need for those rigid theoretical verifications. Of course, we can fly however we want. Helicopters are just like driving a car, very simple. I'll operate it first while you watch."
After saying that, Qin Yu started to operate the plane and took off into the air and moved forward according to the navigation.
Su Qing opened his eyes wide and watched Qin Yu's every move carefully. He was simulating it carefully in his mind when he suddenly heard Qin Yu speak again.
"You take control now." He stood up, pulled Su Qing over, and pressed her into the driver's seat.
Oh, let her take control...
What! Let... let her come?
"I...I can't do it, hurry up...Hey hey hey! The plane is falling! Qin Yu!"
Su Qing realized what Qin Yu said and immediately refused loudly. Suddenly, the helicopter felt like it was falling, and the fuselage began to shake and rotate. She was so scared that she shouted Qin Yu loudly.
“Think about what I did before.”
Su Qing's mind went blank, and Qin Yu's unhurried voice came from the headphones.
How to operate the rise? Her mind was confused under the heavy feeling of the crash, and she tried hard to recall Qin Yu's previous operation.
That's right! Su Qing reached out and pulled the collective pitch lever, then manipulated the joystick to adjust the direction. After a flurry of activity, the helicopter finally stabilized.
"Oh my God! What just happened? Are we under attack?"
Zhao Jiajun's frightened voice came from the headphones.
Su Qing was still in shock, his hands tensely on the joystick, his eyes fixed on the front.
Qin Yu looked at Su Qing's expression, raised his hand, patted her shoulder and said gently, "You did a great job."
After that, he comforted Zhao Jiajun and said, "It's okay, let Su Qing practice."
Practice... practice what? Practice your hands? Practice what hands?
Zhao Jiajun became even more nervous after hearing Qin Yu's words. He knew that Su Qing had just asked Captain Qin to teach her how to fly a helicopter today.
He's still young! He doesn't want to die so young! Where's the parachute?
Fuguier sat in his seat, tilting his head and looking at the person opposite him in confusion, not knowing what he was doing.
Woof woof woof! The poop scooper said! Stay in your seat and don't move!
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The helicopter arrived at its destination safely and securely. Under Su Qing's control, it slowly stopped in mid-air. She returned the control to Qin Yu and sat back in the co-pilot seat. She exhaled heavily and raised her hand to wipe her forehead.
"Do you still remember how to surrender?" Qin Yu looked at Su Qing.
"Well, no problem, wait for my news." Su Qing nodded and stood up to leave the cockpit.
When I arrived at the cabin, I saw Zhao Jiajun sitting in his seat with his eyes closed, holding a parachute bag tightly in his arms, and muttering something in his mouth.
Fuguier huddled beside Zhao Jiajun with a helpless look on his face. When he heard the voice, he looked up and saw Su Qing coming over, and wagged his tail casually.
What's going on with him? Su Qing gave Fu Gui'er a look.
Crazy! Fuguier gave Zhao Jiajun a cold look.
It was originally staying in its place well, but this guy grabbed it and brought it to his side, saying that if the plane crashed, he would never abandon it and would take it with him when parachuting.
It's really incomprehensible.
Okay... Su Qing no longer paid attention to the man and the dog, and quickly opened the cabin door, and the cold air rushed in.
"Ahhhhhhhh!!! The plane is crashing! Help!"
Woof woof woof!
Zhao Jiajun's heart-wrenching voice rang in his ears. Su Qing had no choice but to pull the rope and get ready, then jumped down.
After a while, Su Qing cleared the ground, used the bracelet to contact Qin Yu to let him know that he could land, and then moved away from the cleared space.
They were currently on the rooftop of a high-rise building in a medium-sized city.
After Qin Yu parked the helicopter, two people and a dog got out, and Su Qing walked forward and put the helicopter into his backpack.
"It's getting dark, let's just stay here for the day."
"Although zombies are almost invisible now, we still have to be careful." Qin Yu pulled out two pistols from his body and handed them to the two.
Su Qing rummaged through his backpack and took out the automatic rifle produced by the system. "Captain Qin, take this. This gun can aim automatically, but the recoil is a bit strong and it's not suitable for me to use."
Seeing this, Qin Yu did not refuse. He put back the pistol he had just taken out and took the rifle from Su Qing's hand.
"Captain Qin... I don't know how to use a gun." Zhao Jiajun was about to cry when he looked at the gun in his hand. He was a man who had been locked up in a laboratory doing research. He had only heard of guns but had never seen one. How could he use it?
"You follow behind us, and Fugui'er will be in charge of covering our rear." Qin Yu also knew that he couldn't force others to do things against their will, so he decisively arranged the team.
Everything was ready. Several people came to the door to the rooftop. The door was open and the corridor was dark and unusually quiet. They walked down several floors but did not see anything.
"Let's find a room on this floor to stay in. If anything happens, we can run to the rooftop." Qin Yu stopped and said to the two people behind him.
There were four households on this floor, and the doors of three of them were open. Qin Yu first went into each household to check, and then walked to the household whose door was not open. He shone a flashlight at the door lock, took out something from his pocket and fiddled with the keyhole for a few times.
With a click, the door lock was opened.
Su Qing and the other person watched Qin Yu's movements silently from behind, and they couldn't help but raise their hands and give him a thumbs up in tacit understanding.
Qin Yu asked the two to wait outside the door. He raised his gun and walked in carefully to take a closer look. The house was empty and had only been basically renovated. It was much better than the other houses.
I invited the two people outside the door in and decided to stay here tonight.
"I'll go downstairs and check to make sure it's safe. You guys stay here and be alert. Tell me if anything happens." Qin Yu said and walked out.
Su Qing walked into the house and looked around. The house was a two-bedroom apartment. The floor was covered with thick dust and frost everywhere. The temperature inside the house was almost the same as outside.
Su Qing took out a flashlight from his backpack and turned it on. Then he took out some cleaning tools and handed them to Zhao Jiajun, "Come on, clean up."
The two of them worked hard to clean the dust on the floors of the two bedrooms. Then Su Qing took out two high-power electric heaters, placed them in the room, and connected them to a power source.
The bedroom was not large, and with the two electric heaters, the temperature began to rise gradually. Su Qing took out a thick blanket from his backpack and spread it on the ground, then took out two single tents and down sleeping bags.
"Do you know how to assemble a tent?" Su Qing first opened a tent and took out the parts one by one. She turned around and looked at Zhao Jiajun who was standing beside her and watching her quietly.
Zhao Jiajun had a slightly ashamed look on his face, "I... I can't." In his limited life, he had only studied, researched, and conducted experiments. He was not as knowledgeable as a child about things in life.
Okay...Su Qing silently began to assemble the tent.
After assembling the two tents and putting the down sleeping bags in them, he finally had a place to sleep. After preparing a bedroom, Su Qing went to another room to set it up for himself.
Knock knock!
There was a knock on the door. Su Qing got up, walked to the door, looked through the peephole, and then opened the door.
"I went down five floors and found nothing." Qin Yu walked in quickly and closed the door.
"There are few living people in the city, and the zombies have basically spread outside the city. Now most of the cities are deserted." This world is really helpless. Before the extreme cold, zombies were everywhere and there was no time to hide. Now they want to find them but can't find any.
"Tomorrow we'll fly over the city, and if we don't find anything, we'll go straight to the coal mine."
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As soon as the sun rose, several people got up, packed up, and had a simple meal. Then they flew the helicopter low over the city.
Zhao Jiajun and Su Qing stared down without blinking. After they circled the city three times without finding anything, Su Qing told Qin Yu to give up and go directly to the coal mine.
The helicopter gradually gained altitude and headed towards the navigation route.
Zhao Jiajun looked at the building below which was getting smaller and smaller, feeling somewhat discouraged. The professor had asked him to come out and observe the zombies' movements and try to bring back samples for research, but he hadn't even seen a shadow of them yet.
Just as he was about to turn around and sit down, he saw something moving on the white snow below.
"S...O...S, SOS? Captain Qin! Miss Su! Look to the northwest, it seems someone has written SOS for help!" Zhao Jiajun was afraid that he was dazzled, so he looked hard and then quickly called the other two to look.
Su Qing heard the voice in the headset, unbuckled his seat belt, walked to Zhao Jiajun's side, and looked down through the window. He saw that there was indeed a big SOS written on the snow in the northwest direction below the helicopter. Looking closely, he saw a few black dots shaking next to the letters, and there was also smoke floating there.
"Captain Qin, there are people there."
"Have a seat, we'll go over now."
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