Chapter 488: Water Surface Freezes
The north wind blew in gusts, and the huge floating board was rocked back and forth by the wind. After a few hours, a thin layer of ice formed on the water surface.
This cold wind blew for a full half month. When the cold wind ended, a thick layer of ice had formed on the water surface, and Xia Xiaoman had already learned the theoretical knowledge of helicopters.
What surprised Xia Xiaoman was that the person who taught her how to operate a helicopter was actually Jiang Yue.
"You haven't returned to the capital yet? Hasn't the Xu family already risen to power? Why don't you go back and claim the credit?"
Jiang Yue smiled and said, "My superiors have asked me to be in charge of these cities along the southern coast. I won't be leaving in the short term."
Although on the surface, all cities in Xia Kingdom were under the jurisdiction of the capital, in reality, they all wanted to break away from the capital and establish themselves as kings. Therefore, the Xu family had already arranged people in various cities, some of whom were in the open like Jiang Yue, and some who were hiding their identities like Director Hou.
Once it is discovered that certain cities are planning to rebel, the Xu family will be able to receive the news and take countermeasures in the first time.
"Let's not waste any more time talking nonsense. Let's do a test first to see how much information you know about helicopters. After the test, I'll take you to touch the plane. When they finish building the runway, you can learn how to fly a plane."
Jiang Yue finished speaking and took out a stack of test papers. That's right, a stack, not just one.
Xia Xiaoman looked at the thick stack of test papers and twitched her lips. She took the test papers and counted them. There were exactly twenty pages, all about helicopter knowledge.
After working all morning, I finally finished all the test papers. In the afternoon, I graded the test papers, solved the questions, and performed helicopter simulation operations. After studying for a whole day, Xia Xiaoman finally went home at around 6pm, exhausted.
When taking the elevator down to the eighth floor, Xia Xiaoman saw someone carrying a stretcher in. The stretcher was covered with a white cloth stained with a little scarlet.
The people who were riding the elevator with me leaned back and said, "What bad luck! I should have taken the elevator later."
Someone curiously asked the stretcher bearer, "What happened to this man? How did he die?"
"Hey, he's mentally ill. He brought a piece of wire back from work. When my roommate went to wash up, he tied the wire around his neck and the other end of the wire to the window. Then he jumped off the building and strangled himself to death."
The stretcher bearer showed disgust on his face, "The wire is so thin and long that it has embedded itself directly into the flesh, leaving only the bones connected to the neck. It's so disgusting."
The person asking the question frowned, "Suicide? It's not easy to survive until now, what happened is so depressing?"
The stretcher bearer said, "Didn't I just say that this guy is mentally ill? I heard from his roommate that he always complains that his current life is like being in prison. He lives in the underground city and can't go out. He has to go to work as soon as he opens his eyes every day. He can't eat well or sleep well. It's better to be outside before. At least he can be more free."
Someone nearby touched his chin and said, "He must be suffering from depression."
"What depression? I think he is just bored. If he works 12 hours a day and is so tired that he doesn't even have time to sleep, I don't think he is depressed."
"Tsk, you know shit. Depression is a physiological problem. Even if you treat him like a donkey, he will still get depressed."
"Alas, being locked up in this tiny place every day, how can I not be depressed? I don't know when the water world will be open."
The topic shifted, and the people in the elevator were talking about the water world. At this time, the water world was sinking under the pressure of the snow. Although it would not completely press down the floating board, if the snow was not cleared, it would sooner or later break the thin ice under the floating board and sink to the bottom of the water.
Li Yu'e and her team were sent to clear the snow. The outdoor temperature was even lower than Li Yu'e expected, more than 40 degrees below zero. After putting on the cold-proof clothing and the shielding suit, she felt that her hands and feet were bound and she couldn't move. After shoveling the snow a few times, she was exhausted and panting.
Xiao Zheyu sat down on the snow and said, "I'm so tired. Can't the government just make a snowplow? Why do we have to rely on manpower to shovel snow?"
Li Yu'e said as she shoveled snow: "I heard from others that the authorities will first rush to produce a batch of helicopters and snow-proof snowmobiles to ensure that they can trade normally with other underground cities before making snowplows."
"Snow-proof snowmobile? Then can we drive the snowmobile to other cities to exchange supplies?" Xiao Zheyu asked.
Li Yu'e shook her head. "I don't know. It's torture to go out in weather like this. It's better to stay at home and spend the winter."
Xiao Zheyu smiled awkwardly and said, "It's good to go out to work, otherwise I won't have points to spend."
Li Yu'e looked at him suspiciously, "Are you short of points?"
Xiao Zheyu scratched his head. "I'm a bit short of it. I've got a prosthetic limb made of water mushroom liquid and fine steel. It's quite expensive, costing 120,000 points."
He usually spends his points lavishly. All his previous points were used to buy various meats and miscellaneous things. He has no savings, which means that he now has no money to buy a high-end and beautiful prosthesis.
Li Yu'e was a little speechless. "Isn't your current prosthesis pretty good? It seems that Lu Lanshan is using the same model as you."
Xiao Zheyu muttered, "This one isn't as cool as that one. That one has a light-up function, but this one doesn't have any function at all."
Li Yu'e: "..." The prodigal son spent 120,000 points to buy a prosthetic limb just for the sake of saying cool.
"Hey, Sister Yu'e, what do you see there?" Xiao Zheyu pointed at the glowing thing in the sky.
Li Yu'e looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a bright light in the dark sky. This light was moving quickly, flying towards them like a meteor.
The light became brighter and brighter, and the people clearing snow on the floating board all raised their heads. About half a minute later, the light hit the ice in the distance, making a loud roar, and soon the light disappeared.
Xiao Zheyu frowned, "Is it a meteorite?"
Li Yu'e said, "It shouldn't be. Meteorites won't make such a loud explosion."
As they were talking, someone had already hurried back to the dungeon to inform Yu Jie and Lu Lanshan.
In addition to Fucheng, people from several surrounding cities also saw the light. When Yu Jie sent people to the place where the light disappeared, someone had already arrived there first.
Yu Jie saw the people in Yunhai City salvaging some rocket fragments from under the broken ice and asked, "Who is so capable that they can launch a rocket at a time like this?"
Lu Lanshan stood beside her and whispered, "Look at the font above, it might be the United States."
"The United States?" Yu Jie frowned. What did the United States want to do by launching a rocket?
Lu Lanshan obtained the consent of Yunhai City and went forward to carefully examine the rocket fragments. He soon saw the clues, "The United States must have reached the end of its rope. It actually used ordinary iron sheets for the shell and can't even afford aluminum alloy."
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