Chapter 171 Warship
"Michael, if you don't want to be part of this discussion, get out!"
The group followed Jiang Dong towards the dining car. The closer they got, the stronger the aroma they smelled.
Once they entered the dining car, everyone saw that the window platform outside the glass kitchen in the middle, where guests were served their meals, was already filled with plate after plate of colorful dishes.
Looking around, almost all the dishes mentioned by the team members who had just argued were there.
Braised pork, braised chicken, mixed vegetables, steamed fish, cold-mixed cucumber, loofah soup... Of course, there were also two large buckets of rice and four baskets of large meat buns lined up in a row.
The colorful, fragrant and delicious dishes made people drool just by looking at them. Some younger team members couldn't believe it, "Are these all for us to eat?"
Huang Liping brought out a large pile of bowls, chopsticks, and plates from the kitchen. She smiled and said, "Of course it's for you. We're the only ones on this train. Who else can they feed it to?"
As she spoke, she placed the plates on the table at the entrance and handed one to the team member closest to her.
"We're the only ones in the car this time, so we won't bother getting you any food. Let's follow the trend and have a buffet. You can help yourself to whatever you want and eat as much as you want, as long as there's no waste."
"That certainly can't be wasted!"
Food was so precious right now, there wasn't even enough to feed everyone. So many people were starving, so how could we waste it? Even they, when they were on missions before, could only barely eat half full. Wasting food would bring them wrath!
Besides, "Aunt, your cooking is so delicious, we can't eat enough!"
"Not enough?" Huang Liping looked at the dishes on the table, a little surprised. "Then what do you want to eat? I'll make some more. There are still a lot of ingredients in the warehouse. I thought these would be enough, so I planned to make some for breakfast tomorrow."
"No need." Shark pulled the team member who had just spoken behind him and stopped her. "This kid is kidding you. This is already a lot."
Shark glanced at the plates of food in front of him and said, "We may not even be able to finish all of this!"
Huang Liping finally realized what was happening and smiled. "It's fine as long as it's enough to eat. If you can't finish it, it's okay. Just put it in the refrigerator and you can eat it tomorrow morning."
Lest people misunderstand that the food in the dining car is not fresh, she specifically explained, "The refrigerator on the car is very effective. The taste will not change at all after leaving it in overnight. If it's not enough, don't be embarrassed to say it. There are enough ingredients, and it won't be a big deal to make some more."
After she finished speaking, she saw her daughter also entered the dining car, and then she said, "Then you guys hurry up and eat, our family is going to eat too. After dinner, just put the dishes and chopsticks in the bucket at the kitchen door, and we will clean up together after we finish eating."
"Okay, we got it."
The shark nodded in agreement.
He asked his team members to go and get their food first. After thinking about it, he took a tray and stood behind the line.
He originally wanted to discuss the issue of eating on the train with Jiang Qian, but with so many team members watching around, it was obviously not a good time. It would be better to wait until night to find an opportunity.
Because their family members had asked for extra money to accompany them on this mission, and in order to avoid arousing suspicion from the other team members during meals and conversations, most of the Jiang family members avoided these team members. After Huang Liping and others prepared dinner, they did not stay for dinner. Instead, they packed up some of the various dishes and staple foods in their own small pots and took the food back to the dormitory.
After finishing their own dinner, the family returned to the dining car to wash the used dishes and pots. But when they returned to the dining car, they saw a clean and shiny kitchen.
After the twenty members of the mission enjoyed a rich and delicious dinner, they did not put the dishes into the recycling bin as they had said before, but washed them directly.
Not only that, they also cleaned the kitchen stove and pots. In the entire kitchen, only some uneaten leftovers and buns were left on the countertop. It was probably because they didn't know which one was the refrigerator.
Huang Liping, who was preparing to wash dishes with other family members, looked at the shiny and clean dining cart. She was first surprised, and then moved.
She led people to wash the dishes at home, thinking that she must not let these team members clean the house tomorrow, and at the same time she began to think enthusiastically about what breakfast to make for these children tomorrow morning.
These children are so sensible, we must make sure they have good food and drink in the days to come!
Jiang Weimin, Jiang Dong, and the others, after hearing Huang Liping's idea, also stayed to help with the menu. Jiang Qian, however, returned to the cab after finishing her meal.
Although her whole family came along and the train saved them from many risks, she knew that they were not going on vacation.
Although according to some foreign organizations and the videos sent back by satellite, the island they are going to is now uninhabited.
Most of the center of the island has been flooded by rainwater accumulated during the previous heavy rain. Now that the weather is cold, the accumulated lake water in the center has also formed a thick layer of ice.
In addition, there are people from foreign rescue organizations guarding the outer waters. Generally speaking, no one will go to such a place. There is no difference between arriving one day earlier or later. There is no specific arrival time specified when arranging the task.
But Jiang Qian didn't want to delay. They could rest for a night on the island where they were staying. Arriving a few hours earlier might not have made much sense, but she always remembered the saying, "Delay leads to trouble."
If they delay for one minute, the information may be obtained one minute later, and the development of the vaccine may also be delayed by one minute. In this wasted minute, perhaps more people would have had the chance to survive.
Jiang Qian sat in the driver's seat, and the train took off again, turning into a silver sword and flying into the distance.
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At this moment, on a warship floating on the vast ocean, a room was filled with smoke.
The fat old man with gray hair and wrinkles on his face took his pipe from his lips and knocked it on the coffee table beside him. He frowned, obviously very annoyed.
"You said they've found the researcher named Gis? And they already know the location of the institute?"
"Yes." The brown-haired middle-aged man stood beside him, his face serious. "According to the news just received from the International Rescue Organization, it is indeed true. Someone had even landed on the island before, but fortunately they didn't investigate further at the time."
The middle-aged man cautiously glanced at the old man's face before saying, "But according to our informant, they notified the Flower Kingdom after their first landing and sent people to guard the island where the research institute is located. They contacted the Flower Kingdom again this time, presumably because they received some information from Gis, and the Flower Kingdom wanted to send people to the island to investigate again."
"But I remember that before we arranged for the Explosives Research Institute, everything there had been processed and destroyed, right? What were they looking for?"
The skinny old man with completely white hair clenched his cane tightly in his fingers. Hawkeye looked around and asked, "Who arranged the previous explosion? Did they leave some loopholes?"
Everyone in this cabin is a well-known boss in various industries. Even though the thin old man is old, their assets are similar and they are not afraid of his questioning.
"My men executed the mission perfectly, and everyone approved of it after the operation. Even if there were any flaws, they were definitely not my fault," the person who answered said, looking at the skinny old man. "I asked you to find the person before, but now someone else has gotten there first... Are you pointing the finger at me now to shirk responsibility?"
The skinny old man was rebuked and looked unhappy. He knocked the ground with the cane in his hand.
"There's a saying in the Flower Country: grasshoppers on the same rope. I hope you understand that when we co-sponsored this research, our fates were already tied together. If the fact that the mutation was caused by this research were to leak out, none of us would have a place to stand."
Although they are all powerful businessmen and wealthy people who can almost call the shots in this world, the higher they stand, the less they dare to despise and underestimate the power of ordinary people.
This disaster caused such heavy casualties. Once it was discovered that it was caused by the research they supported, and they knew that they had concealed the leak of the bacteria, the "earth-shattering" situation at that time would be something they could not afford, and the consequences would definitely be more serious than "having no place to stand."
"We have no place to stand now. We are already floating on the sea, right?"
A burst of laughter came from the corner of the room. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and found a person sitting in the shadow of the lamp.
The young man rested his left elbow on the armrest of the sofa, clenched his left hand into a fist, supported his cheek, and raised his right hand, unable to suppress a yawn.
The other people in the room frowned when they saw him like this.
"Michael, if you don't want to be part of this discussion, get out!"
"Of course I don't want to participate. If you hadn't informed me, I wouldn't have known that my old man had invested in such a thing without my knowledge!"
Although he was being blamed, the young man didn't care at all.
At this time, the fat old man with gray hair who was sitting at the top of the table spoke first.
"We didn't expect your father to die so early in the mutation, so we informed him. If you feel this matter has nothing to do with you, you can leave now."
The old man glanced at him with a gloomy look, and his already hoarse voice became even deeper.
"But please remember not to talk nonsense about everything you hear in this room. I think even if you don't care about yourself, you should still care about your mother and sister, right?"
The young man, who was about to straighten his waist after hearing the first sentence, fell back down after hearing the second sentence.
Seeing that he was silent, the others continued to discuss the incident.
"Regardless of whether there were any loopholes left before, I feel that we cannot allow the Hua people to go to the island."
"That's right. Back when all our technologies were kept secret from them, the Hua people were able to learn from our scrapped ships and break through technological barriers. Now, when they land on the island, who knows what those clever Hua people will find among the rubble!"
"Although we always go there in secret and the security of the institute is all our own, and no one except Edmund, who is in charge of the research, knows who the sponsor behind the research is, but we have lived there after all. What if they find any clues related to us? What should we do then?"
"I don't think there's any need to be so nervous. Before the evacuation, everything in the institute was destroyed. They can't possibly find anything related to us."
"You're too naive! Believe me, no matter how thorough we are, those Flower Country people will always find a loophole."
"We should blow up the entire island and not leave them any clues. And we have to do it quickly, otherwise, when the Hua people arrive, we won't have any chance..."
"Bombing the island would make a huge fuss! I think we should first find out what Giss said before making any further plans..."
"Should we send someone to check the island again..."
"The Hua people might already be on their way. What if we run into them?"
Everyone in the room was like a frightened bird, speaking their own thoughts. However, these people were used to being dictatorial, and no one could convince anyone else, so their voices grew louder and louder.
At this moment, a young voice suddenly interrupted from the corner, with an incredible question.
"Why don't you let them find it?"
Everyone's eyes followed the sound to the young man who slowly stood up in the corner. He stepped out of the shadows into the light, his youthful and handsome face making everyone in the room jealous.
【Author’s words】
The next chapter will be on Thursday afternoon or evening, which is the day after tomorrow.
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