Chapter 642: Useless Efforts
So the guard team made a sieve with large holes overnight that could filter out the snowflakes and leave only the ice lumps.
A few people held sieves, and the rest used shovels to shovel the snow and put it in, then scraped off the snowflakes, leaving only the shiny lumps of ice.
It’s hard to say whether this method is faster than picking up things directly from the ground, but everyone has no experience, so they are all slowly figuring it out.
Seeing that there were enough people over there, and it seemed that one more or one less wouldn't make much difference, Shen Yanming bent down and started looking by the roadside.
He had very good eyesight and was very accurate. As long as he saw a lump of ice, he would pick it up and put it in his bag.
Of course, don't forget to do some small actions. Put three in the bag, and one will be collected in the space.
But even so, the speed of collection was quite fast. It didn't take long to collect a bag of materials and pour them into the storage box of the material truck.
Shen Yanming didn't know if this sealing level would work, but since he had prepared such a container, he would do it this way for now. Who knows, they might reseal it after it's shipped back.
In this way, a group of people worked for a whole morning, but it felt like they had done nothing.
The ice lumps from the sky kept falling down, and their collection speed could not keep up with the speed of their falling.
So after a long time of struggling, everyone was a little discouraged. Only when they saw the almost full supply truck did they feel a little bit of accomplishment.
Li Gangtie waved his hand and asked everyone to go back to the guard team to rest. Everyone showed joy on their faces and even couldn't help cheering.
Li Gangtie shook his head helplessly. He couldn't tell whether he was satisfied or not with their performance.
Because if the guards were on a mission, they would not be back in such a short time. But it was quite remarkable that this group of people could hold out for so long in the temperature of minus 40 to 50 degrees Celsius.
If it were an ordinary citizen, he would have frozen to death long ago.
From this we can see that there is a difference between participating in training and not participating in training.
The small group followed the supply truck back to the escort team, and the first thing they did was to rush to the logistics department to drink a bowl of ginger soup. Those who usually ate in the restaurant sat on the floor and drank a bowl of rice porridge without caring about their image.
Seeing this, Li Gangtie could only say to everyone: "Take a two-hour break first, then gather at the same place and continue working."
Because they were given time to relax, everyone's reluctance was reduced. They nodded weakly to show that they understood.
Li Gangtie sighed and asked Shen Yanming to leave together. The two walked towards the dormitory together, both frowning.
"Yanming, look at this. We have been working for a long time but it seems like we have done nothing. At this rate, it will be a waste of time. Do you have any good ideas?"
Shen Yanming shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You really think of me as a savior, but I am just an ordinary citizen, I really don't have any good solutions!"
Shen Yanming looked up at the sky: "How can a human fight against the sky? Unless the sky gives us a way out and stops this frost."
Li Gangtie also knew this would be the result, but he was unwilling to accept it, so he asked. After all, the person next to him was extremely lucky, and he might say something earth-shattering.
But it’s normal if there isn’t one. Just like he said, man cannot defeat nature.
"Okay, don't be so sad. We should do our best and leave the rest to fate. We just need to do what we should do and have a clear conscience." Shen Yanming comforted.
Li Gangtie nodded, "I just feel that humans are too small and too powerless, which makes me feel a little uncomfortable."
Shen Yanming laughed at himself, "Isn't it all my own fault? I have to bear the consequences."
Li Gangtie remained silent and quickened his pace.
The two separated in front of the dormitory building. When Shen Yanming opened the door, he smelled the aroma of food, which made him almost hungry.
"Wife, what delicious food are you making?" Shen Yanming quickly adjusted his mood and asked Bi Qiaoan with a smile.
"Barbecue rice, to replenish your energy. There's also a pot of seafood soup to go with it."
"It's all meat. It sounds so greasy."
"Ha, you're not happy about eating meat even though I gave it to you. Ask around, how many people out there can eat meat with such big mouthfuls!"
"I was just joking. If you really want to eat vegetables, can you do without mine?"
Bi Qiaoan smiled and changed the subject, "I feel like something's wrong with you. As soon as you came in today, you were deliberately making jokes. Tell me, what's wrong?"
Shen Yanming hugged Bi Qiaoan from behind, rubbed his big head against her neck, and said in a muffled voice: "I just feel that human power is too small and can't do anything. We have been busy outside for a long time, but in fact, there is nothing left except a truck of ice.
Wife, you don’t know that the speed at which we pick up ice lumps cannot keep up with the speed at which the ice falls from the sky. It feels like we have been busy for a long time, but it is just a waste of time.”
Bi Qiaoan smiled and patted Shen Yanming's hand, "Do you think those big guys don't know? They know the answer, but they still have to do it. Because we can't just sit there and wait for death. Even if we fail in the end, at least we tried, right?"
"Yeah, I was being too picky." Shen Yanming nodded. "By the way, did you go out today?"
"After you left, I went out and picked up a bag of ice cubes and came back. It was quick, less than half an hour."
"You can see how much has fallen from the sky. If all of this were sublimated, I wonder if humanity would be able to survive."
"It won't be that serious. God will always leave a way for people to survive. I went down to pick up the ice lumps. I think they may not sublimate so quickly, otherwise there wouldn't be so many left in the snow."
"Maybe. This is not within our research scope. Let the institute worry about it. By the way, where are the two treasures?"
"Go to sleep! You spent the whole morning making frostbite cream with me. I'm afraid it's boring."
"Can they sit still?"
"I couldn't sit still, so I put the two babies on the ground and let them toss and turn, and even asked the big goose to come out and look after the children."
Shen Yanming chuckled: "You know how to think of a way."
Bi Qiaoan rolled his eyes and said, "What else do you think I should do? How can I take care of the children and do the work at the same time? I'm too busy to handle it!"
"Well, thank you for your hard work, wife!" Shen Yanming said gratefully.
Bi Qiaoan's cheeks flushed, and he coughed lightly: "Let's eat!"
Shen Yanming did not continue to be so fussy with his wife, and hurried to eat. After eating, he quickly curled up on the sofa to sleep for a while.
Because time was tight, I didn't even change my clothes and had to make do with everything.
But even this is a treatment that many guards dare not even dream of.
Time passed quickly, and before Shen Yanming had gotten enough sleep, the alarm on his cell phone rang. He got up reflexively, turned off the alarm, got dressed, and then said goodbye to Bi Qiaoan and went out.
However, the scene before him shocked him.
The ice lumps in the sky disappeared, and now there were only falling snowflakes.
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