Chapter 5
Bill hadn't gotten any useful clues from them, and this had obviously made him a little angry. He threw the laptop back to Anna and said contemptuously, "North District D-3 Base? I thought all the satellite bases in the North District were gone."
Anna and the others only briefly introduced to Jiang Fei that the underground city has four divisions, namely east, west, south and north, and each district has a certain number of satellite bases, which are actually small bases attached to these divisions.
There are also differences in levels of wealth within these small bases, which can usually be identified by prefix letters, from A to D, the degree of wealth decreases accordingly.
So the base where Anna and the others are located can be said to be very poor.
But in the apocalypse, the base is equivalent to people's hometown, so what Bill said is no less than regional discrimination in modern society. Anna retorted, "It seems that you haven't visited the dungeon for too long. We have all been living well, but maybe one day you will come down from the sky city and stay in the dungeon forever."
Who can guess the thoughts of the powerful people in Sky City?
Bill sneered, "It depends on you, oh no, it depends on whether you can survive until then."
The transporter beeped after refueling. Bill glanced at their transporter and said, "Alright, now drive this pile of junk back to your lousy base."
Jiang Fei had to be thankful that the transport truck was so shabby that Bill didn't check the trunk, and therefore didn't notice the truck full of supplies. Otherwise, he would have been able to tell at a glance that they had been to the tower, and that these supplies were obtained after successfully answering the questions.
Bill trotted away, and Anna said bitterly, "He's just a lackey, but he thinks he's the master."
Lucian leaned over to Jiang Fei. His eyes were blue-green, like a finely crafted gem. "So, what did you see when you saw the pollutants just now? It must be something different from what we see, right?"
Jiang Fei wasn't used to people getting so close to her, so she took a step to the side to create some distance. "I've never seen pollutants before, so I took a closer look out of curiosity."
Seeing this, Gru burst into laughter. "Lucian, you laughed at my smell. Now I feel disgusted by your smell too."
Lucian glared at Gru with a hint of helplessness and anger. "Are you an idiot? No, you are an idiot!"
Thanks to Gru for attracting Lucian's attention, Jiang Fei didn't have to rack her brains to think about how to deal with Lucian's problem. He was the one who needed to be most wary of in the team.
They drove the transport truck all the way north and saw a transport truck that had been cut in half. Everyone inside was dead. Anna didn't even blink. "It's strange that the pollutants have even tracked us here."
"Is its original range of activity fixed?" Jiang Fei asked.
"Generally speaking, that's the case. Some people also believe that pollutants have territorial awareness. Although I'm not too sure, the 'Black Cat' has been active in this area before." So when she encountered the pollutant just now, her first thought was not to attack but to delay time as much as possible and then run out of its range of activity.
Anna drove the transport truck away. Jiang Fei could no longer see the broken truck in the rearview mirror. She heard Anna say again, "Its current trajectory makes me feel like it's looking for something."
What was he looking for? Could he be looking for her? Jiang Fei thought with a guilty conscience. In her eyes, the pollutant was the embodiment of the novel, even the blood it splattered was like broken pages. Could it be that the pollutant had also noticed her difference?
During the rest of the journey, Jiang Fei was thinking that since the prototype of the pollutants was a novel, how could we solve the problem of pollutants?
Until the transport truck stopped in front of a door, the scanning device at the door scanned Anna's light brain, and after confirming the identity of the visitor, a rolling door rose from the ground. After slowly opening it, Anna drove the transport truck into the door.
And at the moment Jiang Fei entered the base, the system that had not responded since she came to this world finally spoke.
[Successfully illuminated a base.]
[Light up the base mission progress (1/48)]
[Current reputation value: 3]
Base Overview:
Population: 76
Amount of supplies: (Your current reputation value cannot be viewed at the moment)
Base risk resistance: 0.5
Comprehensive Evaluation: The first base you lit up surpassed 1% of all bases in evaluation. Please keep up the good work!
Jiang Fei couldn't laugh at all when she saw this system message. Why not just say that the base she found was very dilapidated and at the bottom of all the bases?
Fortunately, her ability to withstand setbacks had already been fully utilized during the autumn recruitment, and she had even survived the autumn recruitment. Saving the world was no problem at all!
There was not much time left for her to carefully analyze the data given by the system, because as the rolling door fell, the ground under the transport vehicle began to sink gradually. After passing through darkness, she caught a glimpse of light for the first time in a long time.
Through the front window, she saw the heavy alloy door slowly open to both sides, and there were three or two people wearing protective clothing waiting inside.
Anna got out of the car. Under her guidance, Jiang Fei first went through a place similar to a disinfection room to disinfect the outside of the protective suit, then took off the protective suit, and then disinfected it again.
"This is for the elderly and children in the base. Their immunity is very weak, and the unknown bacteria brought back from outside may cause their death." Anna explained.
Jiang Fei nodded, and her protective suit was left in the first disinfection room. Anna told Jiang Fei that someone would be responsible for cleaning the protective suit later, as it still had to be recycled.
The base entrance and living area are connected by a trestle, and identity verification is required every time you pass through a door.
"You'll need a new optical computer. I'll apply to the base manager as soon as possible," Anna said. Lucian suddenly spoke up, "Are you the daughter of some powerful family in Sky City who ran away?"
His imagination was quite rich. Jiang Fei didn't look at him. "You think too much."
Gru said, "It's not that Lucian is overthinking it. After all, there's precedent for this kind of thing. The daughter of the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of Sky City actually escaped from Sky City and remains missing to this day. It caused quite a stir back then, and I heard the Deputy Minister offered a 100 million reward for anyone who could bring his daughter back."
"Then what?" Jiang Fei was a little curious. According to what they said before, the residents who could live in Sky City were all superior people. In modern society, they were definitely Celestial Dragons. Why would they want to escape from Sky City?
Lucian continued, "And then there's this deputy minister who was promoted to minister last year."
This is not surprising, Jiang Fei expressed his understanding.
They walked across the long trestle bridge and finally arrived at the living area. Although there were only 76 people in the base, and the elderly and children accounted for a large proportion, the atmosphere in the base was very peaceful.
The living area is simply divided into accommodation and dining areas, as well as leisure and study areas, and there is also a small medical point.
There is a visual sense that although the sparrow is small, it has all the organs.
When Jiang Fei and his team arrived at the base, it was already evening, which was just the time for dinner. The members who had just greeted the transport vehicle at the base gate also sorted the supplies in the vehicle into categories and put them into the warehouse.
The restaurant in the base is not very big, about one-third the size of the cafeteria when Jiang Fei was in high school. There are three windows, one for serving rice, one for serving dishes, and one for serving soup.
When passing by the restaurant, Jiang Fei's stomach growled. She smiled sheepishly. Gru was very generous. "Are you hungry? Then go eat first. After all, people are made of iron and food is made of steel. Being hungry is the most uncomfortable thing in the world."
"Then let's wait until after dinner to meet the person in charge." Anna said so. Gru pushed open the door of the restaurant for Jiang Fei without any hesitation, and the aroma of home-cooked meals hit them in the face.
Today's dinner is fried rice with a small amount of eggs and some canned vegetables. Jiang Fei is not picky about food, as long as it fills his stomach.
Gru smiled at the cafeteria auntie and said, "Give her more food. She's done a great job today!"
The cafeteria lady filled up the plates with a smile. "Are you the new member of the base? I don't think I've seen you before."
Jiang Fei was holding the plate. Needless to say, the fried rice was quite fragrant. She swallowed her saliva and scooped a spoonful into her mouth. "Well, I just arrived at the base today."
Anna had already found a seat and stood beside it, waving to Jiang Fei and Gru. Lucian also waved to them lazily.
After Jiang Fei sat down, she heard Anna say, "I've contacted the person in charge. She hopes to talk to you alone later."
Well, it was a bit like a meeting with the company boss. Jiang Fei was very familiar with this process. She nodded. Gru also concentrated on eating, and Lucian just took a glass of water and drank it slowly.
Halfway through the meal, Jiang Fei suddenly noticed several other gazes. She turned around and saw a little girl with pigtails hiding behind her father, but curiously sticking out half of her head.
Anna recognized the little girl immediately, "Mia?"
The little girl named Mia walked over to their table, as if mustering up the courage. "I heard from Daddy that you went out to answer questions and brought back a lot of supplies. Thank you! I want to be like Captain Anna in the future!"
Mia's cheeks flushed with nervousness. She looked at Jiang Fei excitedly, "I also heard that it was you, sister, who answered the questions. How did you do it, sister? Even the most powerful scholars in the base can't answer the questions with 100% accuracy!"
The child's eyes, filled with admiration, sparkled. Jiang Fei still couldn't quite accept the setting of this world, and that question was a piece of cake for her. She smiled awkwardly, "Uh... just read more?"
"Okay, then I will study hard from today!" Mia ran back to her father happily.
After she left, Anna asked, "Who leaked the news?"
Lucian looked at Gru with a half-smile. Gru choked on his fried rice and coughed non-stop. "Ahem—I, oh, I was just too happy and mentioned it, that's all!"
Anna was not satisfied with his answer. "Go back and write me a self-criticism, and double your training tomorrow."
Gru wailed, "If the training doesn't triple, I really won't write a self-criticism!"
*
After finishing dinner, Jiang Fei followed Anna to the person in charge's office. Lucian and Gru returned to the dormitory first.
After scanning the optical computer, the bulletproof glass door of the office slowly opened. The office was decorated in simple gray tones and was simply furnished with bookshelves, desks, and a projector for reading the video recorded by the optical computer.
Jiang Fei saw the person in charge sitting behind the desk, with a few strands of silver hair in her hair. When she came out from behind the desk, Jiang Fei realized that she was sitting in a wheelchair. "Why, you seem a little surprised by my true appearance?"
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