Chapter 88 Chapter 88 Everyone has their own destiny
Just after noon, four armed helicopters took off from the Dawn Base, slowly rose to mid-air, and then headed northwest.
Su Qing was sweating all over as he sat in the cabin. Even though the air conditioner was on in the helicopter, he still felt extremely hot.
“It’s too hot…”
"Oh, this cabin is like a sauna. It doesn't feel so hot even at the base!" Li Yi raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead. "You two are still wearing military uniforms. Be careful not to faint from heatstroke." He looked at Shen Kuo and the other two who were wrapped tightly beside him.
Qingshan glanced at him with an unfathomable look, "When your heart is calm, you will naturally feel cooler."
"This temperature is nothing. We went on missions abroad before and hid in the vast desert with a temperature over 60 degrees for three days, and nothing happened." Shen Kuo said.
If Li Yi hadn't seen the sweat dripping down their cheeks, he would have been completely taken aback by the display. He rolled his eyes and said, "Alright, you two, go ahead and pretend."
After a while, Chen Kuo sighed, "Alas... I don't have enough concentration."
"Military discipline is lax..." Qingshan shook his head.
Chen Kuo and Qingshan looked at each other, quickly unbuckled their seat belts, took off their coats, took off their hats, untied their ties, and loosened their collars. The shirts they were wearing were soaked with sweat and showed traces of sweat.
Helplessly, they stood up, carried their backpacks to the back of the cabin, and used the cargo as cover to change into light camouflage training uniforms.
I had planned to dress formally for the report to the capital, but the heat won out...
Su Qing looked at them with amusement. She searched her backpack in her mind, trying to find something that could ease everyone's discomfort.
She flipped through it for a while, and suddenly her eyes lit up. The backpack also contained some ice and snow that she had collected during the extremely cold weather.
Su Qing unbuckled his seat belt and stood up. He took out a few large plastic basins from his backpack, filled them with ice and snow, and placed them in the cabin.
The ice and snow gave off a slight coolness. I don’t know if it was a psychological effect, but I felt a lot cooler in an instant.
She took out a few more popsicles and gave them to the three of them.
Li Yi stared blankly at Su Qing's actions, then took the ice cream and gave a thumbs-up, "My sister is still awesome!"
"Thank you, Miss Su." Shen Kuo was a little excited holding the ice cream. He hadn't seen this thing for a long time.
"Thank you, Miss Su." Qingshan said.
Su Qing took out two smaller bowls and walked to the driver's seat, placing them between Qin Yu and Lu Chen. He then took out two homemade ice creams and handed them to them. He then walked back to his seat and sat down. Just as he put on his headphones, he heard Lu Chen's puzzled voice, "Where did the ice cream come from?"
"I bought it at the commercial street. It's been hot recently, and there's a merchant who makes his own handmade ice cream popsicles. They're very popular at the base, and I bought a lot of them. There are all kinds of flavors." Su Qing picked up a strawberry-flavored ice cream, took it in her hand and took a bite. It had a rich milky aroma and the sweetness of strawberries. The cool touch dispelled her restlessness and made her relax.
The commercial street had reopened and had added a lot of new things. Before leaving, Su Qing went there specifically to buy some things and brought them with him to satisfy his cravings at any time.
"I'm also planning to go to the capital to sell some. I heard there are a lot of rich people there, so these pre-apocalyptic snacks and milk tea drinks should sell well."
Lu Chen chuckled helplessly, "The upper class in the capital shouldn't be short of these things, and I guess few ordinary people would be willing to spend a lot of money on them."
"Ah? Isn't there a shortage of supplies now? The raw materials for these things are not that easy to find..." Su Qing was a little surprised. She always thought that this was a happiness unique to the Dawn Base.
"The capital city... the people there live... although not as well as they did before the apocalypse, they're not too bad either," Qin Yu said. "Back then, building the new capital required a huge amount of money and resources. To complete it in a very short time, the capital city reached an agreement with several major families. The capital city would guarantee the future livelihoods of their family members, and the families would cover 50% of the construction resources."
Well, she underestimated the abilities of these rich people.
Su Qing ate an ice cream in small bites and looked outside. The hot sun was scorching the barren earth. The temperature gradually warmed up, giving the remaining humans on the planet a moment of respite. However, before everyone could be happy for long, they found that the temperature continued to rise without stopping. Now it has reached more than 50 degrees Celsius outside during the day. At this temperature, not only did humans dare not go out, but even zombies were rarely seen.
Ordinary people are forced to go out after dusk to make a living, but zombies also move at this time. After the extreme cold, zombies have evolved and moved faster than before. This has brought great inconvenience to humans. If they stay at home, they will starve to death, and if they go out, they will face endless zombies. The extremely harsh living environment has caused the global human population to begin to decline rapidly.
Small forces scattered across the country have begun to migrate to the capital, but only a few can actually reach the capital, and most of them collapse on the way.
The Shuguang base is more than 2,000 kilometers away from the capital. Su Qing and his team's helicopter, which has been updated with a system, can reach a maximum speed of 600 kilometers per hour, but to match the speed of Commander Qin's helicopter, it can only reach 400 kilometers per hour, which means it will take about six hours to reach the capital.
When they were one-third of the way there, another helicopter sent a message saying that there was an open space at three o'clock ahead and they were going to land and refuel.
Su Qing and his crew still had more than half the fuel left in their helicopter. Qin Yu hadn't planned to land, and was about to hover and wait for the helicopter ahead to refuel before setting off together. But Su Qing thought that Commander Qin and his crew must be having a hard time in the plane, so he said, "Let's land too. I'll give Commander Qin some ice to cool him down."
"Okay." Qin Yu pressed down the joystick and the helicopter slowly landed on the ground.
He unbuckled his seatbelt, "Since we're already stopped, let's fill up the tank."
Several men were busy refueling the helicopter. Su Qing got off and looked around. They stopped at the edge of a small town. There were buildings not far away. Commander Qin's guards were scattered around with guns, on guard.
She walked quickly forward into the cabin. Commander Qin and Chief Li were sitting inside talking. An officer was standing beside them fanning himself with a cardboard in his hand. All three of them were sweating profusely.
"Commander Qin, I'll get you some ice to put in your machine gun to cool it down."
Commander Qin and others looked at Su Qing, somewhat puzzled. Where did the ice come from in such weather?
As Su Qing began to take out basins of ice one after another and put them on the ground, the officer's psychological endurance was limited, and he was horrified. "Hey... this... this, this, this..." He pointed at the things on the ground for a long time without saying a complete sentence.
On the other hand, Commander Qin and Chief Li had some surprise in their eyes, but their faces were much calmer, unlike the other officers who lost their composure.
Su Qing put down the ice basin, took out a box full of ice cream and handed it to the officer, who took it in a daze.
"Please distribute these ice creams." Then she looked at Commander Qin with some hesitation and said, "I..."
"Chief Su, there's no need to explain to us." Commander Qin saw Su Qing's embarrassment and interrupted him. He said with a gentle look, "Everyone has their own destiny."
Sitting in his position, he has experienced all kinds of storms, strange things and supernatural things. There are all kinds of wonders in the world. As long as the girl in front of him does not endanger national security, Qin Tianjiang does not want to delve into it.
When they learned about the existence of such a person and such a base, they had already investigated. The little girl had unknown origins and identities. She appeared out of nowhere after the end of the world. She had strange abilities but only wanted to help humans survive.
There was no point in being entangled with a person who couldn't be found out even with the efforts of the whole country. Since he was here, he might as well make the best of it. Qin Tianjiang personally gave the order to suppress all the information about Su Qing. After meeting him at the Dawn Base this time, he had a better judgment in his mind.
Su Qing blinked her eyes, admiring him from the bottom of her heart. He was worthy of being the commander of the three armed forces. His thinking level was different from others. He could calmly accept such an exaggerated and anti-scientific thing. She had not intended to hide the fact that she took things out of thin air from Commander Qin and the others, but she had been struggling for a long time on how to explain it reasonably. After all, the person in front of her was not so easy to fool. Now that Commander Qin said this, it was better than her explanation.
She exhaled lightly, feeling relieved. "Commander Qin, Chief Li, I won't bother you anymore. I'll go put ice basins on the other helicopters."
"Okay, thank you Chief Su for your kindness. We will convert these things into cash and give them to you after we return to the capital." Commander Qin nodded.
Su Qing waved his hands repeatedly, "It's just a small favor, how can I ask you for money?"
"Hey, Comrade Xiao Su, not taking even a single needle or thread from the masses is our army's primary discipline. Don't shirk your responsibility." Li Song said, "Xiao Ji, follow Chief Su and distribute the ice cream to the others."
"yes!"
Su Qing turned and left, walking towards other helicopters. Qin Yu and Lu Chen, who had refueled in the distance, saw her coming out and went to greet her.
Looking at the figures of several people, Li Song said: "This little girl has a pure mind and is a good person."
"I see that your boy and the one from the Lu family treat her differently. Aren't you always worried about Qin Yu's whereabouts? You have to make him do something. The boy from the Lu family is not easy to deal with."
Qin Tianjiang glanced at him after hearing this and said, "Stop talking nonsense here."
"Alas, I am a little moved by such a good girl. Unfortunately, my silly boy only knows how to eat and drink for free every day. I look down on him, let alone the girl. He is useless." Li Song shook his head when he thought of his son. "No matter how I look at it, the boy from the Lu family is better."
Qin Tianjiang thought of Qin Yu's request for him to look after Su Qing. That was the first time his grandson had asked him for help. He looked into the distance with deep eyes and said meaningfully, "The Lu family... doesn't they still have Miss Xia?"
Li Song looked at Qin Tianjiang in astonishment. Well, stop him from talking nonsense. The commander has even thought of a coping strategy for his grandson!
"The girl from the Xia family... is indeed quite popular with Mr. Lu. The key is that our Captain Qin is a bit of a taciturn person, and he is not as eloquent as the boy from the Lu family who can win people's hearts." Li Song analyzed, stroking his chin.
"The children have their own ideas, and it depends on the girl's wishes." Commander Qin turned around and said in a deep voice, "The overall situation is not yet determined, so how can we focus solely on the feelings of children? These children are not that kind of people. We will see later."
"Yes, yes, I was just overthinking it."
Soon, the helicopter took off again and flew westward. During the flight, they landed again to refuel. It was not until eight o'clock in the evening that they finally arrived at the capital, Xinducheng, and the Xinjing base.
This is the faith of the Chinese people and a pilgrimage site for all survivors of China. As long as you come here, it seems as if you have escaped from the cruel apocalypse outside.
Su Qing looked out the window and saw a huge city with bright lights standing in the vast Gobi Desert. The towering city walls were like a giant dragon winding with no end in sight. Soldiers with guns were standing guard on them. Vehicles were constantly entering and exiting the tall and majestic city gates.
In the sky not far away, several armed helicopters were patrolling with searchlights.
The scene before him shocked Su Qing. Compared with the scale of the capital, the Dawn Base was simply dwarfed and completely inadequate.
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