Qiao Xuejun went to open the door.
Zhao Xian stood outside the door and looked at Qiao Xuejun. She was still wearing the orange-red life jacket. Even though the crisis was over, she had not taken it off.
"Are you scared?" Zhao Xian asked.
I was scared, but it was impossible for me to admit it.
Qiao Xuejun shook her head: "No, it's okay."
Zhao Xian saw it at a glance, but he didn't point it out: "We'll be docking soon. This is the city center. We will get off the boat to collect supplies first. You can continue to rest in the boat. The seed bank is high up in the suburbs. We'll go there tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
"Until then, you can rest on the boat."
Qiao Xuejun: "I've rested enough. I also want to go out and collect supplies."
She pointed to the TV station building outside and said, "There may be a TV station's development history exhibition hall on the top floor of the building. There are bookshelves in such places. If it is suitable, I would like to take it back and make a plant rack."
Zhao Xian was reluctant to let Qiao Xuejun go out and take the trouble: "The experts can just stay in the boat and we will collect the supplies. If we have the shelf you mentioned, we will bring it back."
Qiao Xuejun: "There are others."
Qiao Xuejun counted them one by one: "Planting baskets, tarpaulins, plastic films, flower pots, many combs..." These are things she needs, but not necessarily the base needs.
If she hadn't been there, there's a good chance that these supplies would have been overlooked.
Zhao Xian: "Comb?"
Qiao Xuejun: "Combing the rabbit's hair."
If this mission goes well, there will be fifty more horses and fur to collect.
Zhao Xian was still hesitating.
Qiao Xuejun couldn't wait any longer: "Why aren't you being neat and tidy at all? Are you afraid that I'll hold you back?"
Not all the people who came to collect supplies this time were super warriors like the patrol team. Most of them were similar to her. They seemed to have good physical fitness and were agile in their movements. They also participated in production activities in various workshops.
These people are capable of working and know what supplies the base lacks, so they can collect them in a targeted manner.
Isn't she the same?
I don’t know what Zhao Xian is hesitating about.
Zhao Xian had no choice but to nod, "Okay. Then you should get ready and set off immediately after landing. Put on your immersion suit."
Qiao Xuejun nodded: "Yes!"
Immersion suits are also kept in the closet of this room. They are waterproof suits specially provided to seafarers for underwater operations.
In this kind of environment, they will inevitably go through water when they go out to collect supplies, and the boat can keep them warm.
She also brought her oversized backpack with her, which also contained a burlap bag, with the intention of collecting supplies.
"There's about half an hour left. Come out again when you hear the order."
Zhao Xian was about to go make other preparations after he finished his instructions, but Qiao Xuejun stopped him and said, "I heard earlier that Shen Xingtang seemed to have run away. What are you planning to do with her...?"
Zhao Xian: “It’s under control.”
Qiao Xuejun probed: "You're not going to let him out?"
Zhao Xian: "Unstable factors. Can't let them out."
That's fine. Qiao Xuejun: "I understand."
After Zhao Xian left, Qiao Xuejun took out the wet suit from the closet and put it on. It was quite tight and wrapped her entire body tightly.
The material of this immersion suit is a bit hard and slippery.
After zipping up, the whole person feels airtight.
Other people on the ship also began to make intensive preparations.
Almost an hour had passed, and the captain's broadcast rang out: "Hello, friends. The White Shark has now safely docked."
The next command came from Zhao Xian: "Fishing team, please assemble on the third deck and wait for orders."
Qiao Xuejun walked out of the room. She still had to go down one floor to reach the third deck.
When she walked out of the second-floor cabin, she looked up and saw the building. The boat had already dropped anchor and was parked just in front of the TV station building. Because the water was deep enough, there was no risk of running aground.
The third deck was gradually filled with people, all wearing wet suits and life jackets.
Zhao Xian is here too.
Qiao Xuejun walked into the crowd, ready to listen to Zhao Xian announce the rules and tasks of the operation.
Zhao Xian didn't talk much. After he finished what he wanted to say, he asked everyone to start the action: "Groups of 15, bring back as much as you can. We have consumed a lot of blue oil on this trip. If we bring less, it will be a loss."
"Each group has an intercom. If you encounter any situation, you must seek help in time."
Zhao Xian also arranged patrol soldiers to follow each group.
After that, everyone started to act. The lifeboat on the first deck was lowered into the water, and they could take the lifeboat to get closer to the building that had not been completely submerged.
There are several such buildings nearby, but they are not tall and only a small part of them is above the water.
Qiao Xuejun and Zhao Xian were in the same lifeboat. There were also several people from other production rooms in their team. Their target was the TV station building.
The other teams went to other buildings.
The big ship was anchored close to this side, and the lifeboat was about ten meters away and was close to the building.
The water surface outside the building had frozen over, but the ice became thinner as it got further out, and was easily broken by an approaching lifeboat.
Qiao Xuejun looked down at the water below. It was a deep gray-blue color with some fine, un-chunked ice, and was gently swaying because of the lifeboat.
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