Chapter 173 Chapter 173
Although Ye Qing felt that it shouldn't be such a coincidence, after all, Gu Weidong should be studying in Jicheng at the moment and it is impossible for him to appear in the Northwest.
But the name and military title mentioned by the female researcher just now matched, which gave Ye Qing a bad feeling.
So she eagerly grabbed the other person's shoulder, trying to find out more information about the missing Captain Gu, hoping that the Captain Gu mentioned by the other person was not the one she knew.
But Ye Qing was disappointed in the end.
Although the female researcher did not know Ye Qing, seeing how nervous Ye Qing looked, the female researcher still said honestly:
"Captain Gu is in his early twenties. I don't know what he looks like, but he has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he's about one meter tall. Do you know Comrade Gu?"
Ye Qing's face suddenly darkened. She didn't have a photo of Gu Weidong, and based on the description of the female researcher, she couldn't be sure if it was him. But from the known information, this person really matched the Gu Weidong she knew.
Ye Qing's bad premonition became stronger and stronger. She suddenly remembered something and ran to the communication room in a hurry.
She had the contact number of the school where Gu Weidong was studying in Jicheng. Although she couldn't contact him directly immediately, as long as Gu Weidong was in the school, it ruled out the possibility that he was the one who lost contact in the northwest.
The call was made quickly, but Ye Qing received some very bad news from Jicheng.
Gu Weidong was not there, and was vague about the situation, only saying that he was away on business and would not be back for an uncertain date. He could not tell us what he was doing there, and also warned Ye Qing not to ask too much.
But Ye Qing's heart had already turned cold. She realized almost instantly that Gu Weidong must have received an order from the army to go on a mission. What a coincidence, there was a missing Gu Weidong with the same name in the northwest desert.
Ye Qing didn't believe it was such a coincidence, she was 100% sure that the missing Captain Gu must be her fake target!
Ye Qing didn't know why she was so nervous. She was always calm and rational, but at this moment, she felt an impulse from the bottom of her heart. Without even thinking too much, she went straight to the office to find Colonel Zhang. She had to go into the desert again!
After hearing Ye Qing's ridiculous request, Colonel Zhang was stunned on the spot. Almost subconsciously, he sternly rejected Ye Qing's request.
In the eyes of Colonel Zhang, a high-end medical talent like Ye Qing is much more valuable than a small battalion commander. There may be tens of thousands of people like Gu Weidong in the military, but there are only a handful of people in the country who can treat occupational exposure diseases for scientists in nuclear bases. In comparison, it is self-evident who is more important.
Now Ye Qing is going to go into the heart of the desert to look for someone. If anything unexpected happens, Colonel Zhang’s death will not be enough to excuse his crime.
Ye Qing didn't expect that Colonel Zhang would reject her so bluntly. She was extremely disappointed. It was obviously impossible for her to ask Colonel Zhang to get a few people to help her, so she could only think of other ways.
Colonel Zhang cannot be relied upon, but it is definitely impossible to let Ye Qing give up like this. Moreover, this matter cannot be delayed any longer. The person must be found as soon as possible. Otherwise, if he is lost in the desert without water or food, even the strongest man will not be able to hold on for long.
Ye Qing thought about it and felt that since there was no support from the rescue team, she could only act alone.
While Colonel Zhang was paying close attention to the situation of the rescue team and not paying attention to her affairs, Ye Qing found an opportunity to sneak out.
She did not bring any extra equipment. She just went to the canteen of the military hospital and stole a raw corn cob and two boxes of matches. Then, she took advantage of the chaos at the rescue team's place and found an opportunity to sneak into an empty military pickup truck. After confirming that there was enough gas in the tank, she immediately started the engine, stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and drove the military vehicle directly towards the desert.
With corn cobs, she could grow enough food, whether she ate it raw or roasted it over a fire. It was a simple way to ensure she got enough high-quality carbohydrates. Plus, with the fruit seeds and poplar branches already in her backpack, as long as she didn't lose the seeds, she would never die of hunger or thirst no matter how long she stayed in the desert.
Perhaps he didn't expect that Ye Qing, a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, could drive, so Colonel Zhang didn't have anyone keep an eye on her. This gave Ye Qing the opportunity to take advantage of it. By the time the people realized that Ye Qing was missing, she had already driven the military vehicle for dozens of miles and disappeared into the vast desert.
Ye Qing didn't know where Gu Weidong was, but that didn't mean she had no idea what to do.
With the successful examples of the vulture and the group of desert wolves, Ye Qing can repeat the same trick and summon and subdue a group of younger brothers to serve her again.
After all, in addition to vultures and wolves, there are many other exotic animals in the desert, such as ground crows, wild camels, red deer and ibex. As long as it is a species she can encounter, as long as it is an animal or bird that can survive in the desert, she can use it!
Ye Qing is prepared to cast a wide net. As long as he can find the person, he will do so even if he has a deficit in supernatural powers.
It must be said that although Ye Qing's move was not very clever, it was indeed effective. When she sent out a group of tamed soldiers, she soon received effective feedback and found two groups of people in the vast sea of sand.
In order to avoid being hunted by desert wolves, three of the researchers hid in a Gobi shelter, shivering in fear and not daring to move. Another one became delirious and had hallucinations due to lack of water. He saw a mirage and was frantically looking for a pool of water in the desert. He was completely exhausted and was on the verge of collapse.
It’s a pity that these two groups of people are not the target persons Ye Qing is looking for.
But no matter what, it was good that these researchers were found. Ye Qing gathered them together and loaded them into the truck. In the truck were dozens of kilograms of corn cobs and several large watermelons that she had prepared in advance, which were enough for them to eat for three or two days and wait for the arrival of the rescue team.
Ye Qing did not stay there any longer. After leaving the military vehicle to the survivors, she moved the search location and continued to go deeper into the desert. At the same time, she once lit a fire in the desert with poplars. On the one hand, she wanted to use the fire to attract Gu Weidong's attention. On the other hand, the heat from the fire could spread the spiritual energy contained in the poplars and attract more desert wolves and vultures.
She has discovered that when it comes to finding people, other species are no match for these two. Desert wolves have a keen sense of smell, and vultures can see far from high altitudes. The key is that these two can work day or night, and even night vision is not affected at all. If these two can cooperate, they will be invincible in search and rescue in the desert. Therefore, Ye Qing has to expand the scope of recruitment and lure more contract workers over.
Sure enough, this method was not used for long before desert wolves and vultures appeared one after another. The group of wild wolves and vultures that were tamed by Ye Qing in the first two days were the first to rush over. Afterwards, several more waves were attracted by the spiritual energy and were put under tight spells by Ye Qing in the same way, becoming slaves that Ye Qing could do whatever he wanted.
The number of slaves was sufficient, but Ye Qing did not have any token of Gu Weidong in his hand, so it was impossible to identify them by smell. He could only search blindly in the vast desert, so the time spent would definitely be much different from the previous search for the lieutenant comrade.
Fortunately, Ye Qing had made strict division of labor for his "little brothers". Each animal was responsible for searching an area within its own capabilities and trying to complete the first search in the fastest time possible. Once any abnormality was found, it would be reported immediately, and then the desert wolf would conduct a second confirmation.
After such an intense and meticulous carpet search, which lasted a whole day and night, at around four or five in the morning, after going hundreds of kilometers deep into the desert, Ye Qing actually found Gu Weidong fainted in a sand pit.
It was already early October, and the temperature difference between day and night in the desert was huge. The temperature during the day was as high as 20 to 30 degrees, but at night it was only 3 to 4 degrees. Being trapped in the desert without food and severe water shortage would cause severe dehydration. In addition, the temperature dropped sharply at night, and the body could easily suffer from hypothermia, resulting in difficulty breathing and clumsy movements. In severe cases, people would directly lose consciousness.
Gu Weidong was smart enough. He found a bunch of dry sea buckthorn branches from somewhere and at least started a fire. He used the fire to keep warm and managed to get through the period.
Unfortunately, sea buckthorn branches are not resistant to burning and there is no source of firewood in the desert, so his fire was quickly extinguished.
As a soldier, he shouldn't have fallen down so quickly given his physical condition.
But because they had encountered a sandstorm before that, Gu Weidong, like Ye Qing, was buried in the sand for several hours. After finally crawling out from under the sand dune, he was almost half dead. Under such circumstances, he still managed to hold on for two days without eating or drinking, which was already quite strong.
Ye Qing felt Gu Weidong's pulse and saw that the guy's body temperature was dropping rapidly. He quickly built a fire, took out a military water bottle, and slowly fed Gu Weidong half a bottle of watermelon juice.
The fire was burning very vigorously, and soon the temperature around it rose rapidly, but Gu Weidong did not wake up, and his body was even shaking uncontrollably. Ye Qing reached out and touched the guy's forehead. He found out the problem. It was probably because it was too cold before. Although Gu Weidong had not yet reached the state of hypothermia, as soon as the fire started, his immune system was disrupted and he immediately started to have a high fever.
Seeing this, Ye Qing had no choice but to use his supernatural powers to treat the man. He took off his military coat and covered him with it. He even threw several large dead tree trunks into the fire to ensure that the fire would continue to burn. He couldn't help but sigh and looked at Gu Weidong who was still in a coma:
"I think I came to this strange world because I owed you something in my last life, and I came to repay you in this life. Otherwise, how could I save your life one after another by such a coincidence? If it weren't for me this time, you would have been exposed to the sun and turned into a mummy in this northwest desert!"
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