The convoy was long and didn't drive very fast at first. Lin Yue followed behind Cao Kefeng's military pickup truck and was able to take a moment to look at the surrounding "scenery".
There are still cars and people on foot queuing to enter the base, but there are far fewer people than a month ago.
After the convoy was a hundred meters away from the base gate, it began to climb a gentle slope about ten meters long, covered with gravel. When the icy surface came into view, Lin Yue finally noticed a problem that she had been overlooking all along, and realized that something was wrong.
The first time she entered the base was when she came with Cang Yu. It was at night. At that time, she only felt that the Yuquan base was located at a low altitude, and it was quite clean inside with no ice surface, making it easy to walk.
The second time was when Cang Yu left, and she went out to change cars and came back. After driving around outside for a while, she came straight back. Because the car had anti-skid studs, she didn't feel anything.
She didn't feel the anti-skid studs much when driving on normal roads, so she ignored them.
After the extreme cold and heavy snow, the ice layer has reached four and a half layers, which, even at a minimum of three meters, is thirteen and a half meters.
The entire base, including the area within 100 meters outside the base, has been completely cleared of ice. Even now, there are still people dedicated to cleaning up any newly formed thin ice every day.
Cang Yu said that the extreme cold would only last for two years, after which it would turn into extreme heat. At that time, the ice layer would melt, and the outer layer of ice, which was over ten meters thick, would all turn into water in a short period of time. Then the base...
The more Lin Yue thought about it, the more her brows furrowed.
Logically speaking, this shouldn't have been overlooked when the base was first built. Weather is the most unpredictable thing, so what was the purpose of doing this?
We can't just gather everyone together and let them all drown.
Unable to come up with a solution after thinking about it for a long time, Lin Yue simply stopped thinking about it and focused on driving.
Regardless of the base's intentions, she can simply run away if anything goes wrong.
Or find an opportunity to sound out Cao Kefeng's opinion.
Once the convoy left the Yuquan base area, it began to accelerate, and Lin Yue stopped thinking about anything else.
Located south of H City outside the Yuquan base, their mission this time was to search for people in villages further south, using the same electronic map they had previously used.
The detailed map of the country clearly marks every village and settlement.
Their first stop was Yumao Village, and they arrived at Yumaochun at 1 p.m.
Upon arriving at the location, Lin Yue released the gray wolf and the snow wolf. They searched within a five-mile radius, but apart from themselves, there was no sign of any living person or wild boar.
If there's no one around, you can only keep moving forward.
Once the first village was established, the subsequent villages were basically one after another, with the furthest being no more than twenty miles apart.
In one afternoon, they searched seven villages in a row, but found no signs of human life and did not encounter any wild boars. Those who came to hunt wild boars began to get impatient and started cursing.
As darkness fell, the gray wolf and the snow wolf finally detected signs of human life in the eighth village.
After leaving someone to watch over the group, Cao Kefeng led a few men to follow the two wolves to find someone. Lin Yue, feeling there was nothing else to do, also went along.
They arrived at a small earthen mound not far from the village. The only reason it was considered a small mound was because it was raised and had holes cut into it.
If it weren't for the small earthen slope, it wouldn't have been so easy to carve out a hole.
Upon arriving at the earthen slope, the entrance to the cave was blocked by a thick piece of wood. Inside the cave, it was quiet, with only faint breathing sounds audible.
Cao Kefeng stepped forward and knocked on the wooden board, then said, "Fellow villagers inside, we are from the national army at Yuquan Base. We came out to search for survivors. Can you open the door? We've come to take you to the base."
Actually, it's not impossible to survive outside the base; it just depends on individual ability.
But when they come, they have to make sure their words are to the point. If they encounter someone who doesn't want to leave, they have to persuade them with reason and emotion. But if they insist on not leaving, they won't force them.
Upon hearing that it was a soldier, the people inside immediately became noisy, vying to come over and push aside the wooden planks.
This place is called Ganlin Village. During the coldest time of the year, many people died in their village, and later some more died one after another. The heavy snow buried all the houses, and they had nowhere to live, so they dug a large hole on this earthen slope that could accommodate about forty people.
Later, wild boars suddenly appeared in large numbers. They came out and attacked people, providing them with food, but in turn, they became their food as well.
They now have only thirty-two men left. They dare not go out to fight wild boars anymore, and what's more, some experienced people say that two wolves have come from outside, so they don't even dare to breathe.
Hearing that the people outside are soldiers who have come to take them to the base, how could they not be excited?
A moment later, the wooden plank was pushed open, and the people inside, upon seeing Cao Kefeng, all had tears in their eyes.
"Thank God, we've finally got the people from our country."
"The country has not abandoned us, the country has not abandoned us, the country has come to pick us up, we no longer have to hide and wait to die."
Some people mumbled as they spoke, and then they started to cry.
There were also two children, the only two children here. When they saw the two wolves staring at them, they cried and shouted, "The wolves are going to eat me! I'm going to turn into poop!"
Cao Kefeng was at a loss and could only stammer, "Grandma, don't cry. Big sister, don't cry. Big brother, don't cry. Little boy, don't cry..."
Perhaps she was heartless; despite it being a touching scene, seeing Cao Kefeng like this made Lin Yue want to laugh.
Fortunately, she held back.
Fearing that she might frighten the two children further, Lin Yue called the gray wolf and the snow wolf over and took them back to the convoy.
The subsequent rescue went smoothly. Cao Kefeng picked up the group and brought them to the convoy. Since there was nowhere to put them in the freezing cold, he put them directly on the military truck, gave them food and water, and there were also blankets in the truck.
There were 32 people in the group: three elderly people, two children, ten women, and seventeen men. Some of the men were injured.
However, the presence of elderly people and children suggests that this group still possesses humanity and has not...
Lin Yue smiled, took out a piece of compressed dry food and a bottle of water, and started eating.
The two wolves had several cans of food, their main meal, provided by Cao Kefeng; she no longer secretly gave them meat.
After the group ate, someone asked them if they had any wild boar. After receiving the answer, three vehicles said goodbye to Cao Kefeng and left the convoy.
After finishing dinner, it was only seven o'clock, so Cao Kefeng decided to continue searching for another three hours.
I asked the survivors in Ganlin Village, and they said that there seemed to be people in Shangchao Village, which is about 20 miles away, because sometimes they could hear people shouting.
In the icy and snowy landscape, apart from the wheezing of wild boars and the sound of the cold wind, it is usually very quiet, and sounds can travel a long distance.
Having obtained the exact address, the convoy headed directly to Shangchao Village.
Two hours later, they arrived at Shangchao Village.
This village must have been quite wealthy before the extreme cold; most of the buildings there are multi-story, many of them five stories high. The illegal floors weren't forcibly demolished, which suggests they have powerful connections.
The fact that the fifth floor wasn't buried means there might be people inside; perhaps the villagers didn't hide elsewhere.
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