Chapter 77 Heavy Rain—Extreme Weather
When Shengxia and the others arrived at the hospital, they saw Putt, the charming iceberg, standing up from the bed and walking towards them. He also pulled Shengxia into his arms without saying anything.
The medical staff explained that "this is how children seek a sense of security."
"Yes, after all, you were the first one to meet him in Ghost Mountain."
"He seems quite attached to you."
Shengxia: ... "That's an illusion."
Medical staff: ...
Put's eyes moved slightly at this time, and he looked down thoughtfully at Shengxia who was in his arms, but he didn't expect that Shengxia would break free from his embrace the next second and push him to the opposite side.
"You are not a child. You are the eldest son of the Sairos family. Remember?"
Putt stared at Shengxia silently with his dark brown eyes, but Shengxia's next words made Putt frown.
"Don't worry, your family will be here to pick you up soon."
Put: ...
Shengxia looked at Put's expression, which was really strange. She always felt that he could understand what she was saying, but it was obvious that he was not satisfied with her statement, but he was unwilling to express his own thoughts.
After staring at each other for a while, Shengxia asked the medical staff for Put's health monitoring report. At the same time, Shengxia also asked Xiaoai to help scan Put's body to see if there were any debris left by the Space-Time Bureau.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Ai's system restarted inexplicably, and just when Sheng Xia was startled, she found that Put had once again coiled around her like a snake, seducing her. He took away her own health monitoring report and took the engineering project document that she had placed beside him to read.
Shengxia: ???
Now she felt that Put was covering her like a human mecha. This feeling... was strangely not unfamiliar.
"Well, what are you looking at?"
Mo Siming took a step forward and tried to start a conversation, but was ignored by Put.
Seeing this, Shengxia put her hand in front of Put's eyes and waved it. When she saw that his attention was attracted, she asked him, "Can you understand?"
Put's body tensed up obviously. It was really strange. If he wanted to hide himself from the beginning, he shouldn't reveal himself at this time. But before Shengxia could finish her thought, Put hugged Shengxia and rubbed her head with his face as if he was rubbing a furry toy.
Shengxia:!!!?
Now it was her turn to stiffen.
Honestly, if this gesture were done by someone else, it would look incredibly vulgar, but when Putt does it, with his exotic dark brown eyes, sleek long hair, alluring face, and muscular body… he looks like a crappy brown lion? It's inexplicably hilarious.
The medical staff's eyes are almost turning into little hearts.
Seeing this, Fu Qianshen could only sigh at the power of appearance, which is sometimes beyond imagination.
But Shengxia obviously ignored Put's rubbing and repeated it sternly: "Can you understand this?"
Putt let Shengxia go now. Not only that, he turned and left with a look of loss and shock on his face, and then sat down at the exit of the hospital ward, looking like a lion abandoned by its owner.
midsummer:……
Fu Qianshen: ...
Mo Siming: ...
Medical staff: ...
If you say he is not a child, his current behavior is a bit too childish. But if you say he is a child, his actions just now clearly have the intention of testing.
After thinking about it, the medical staff suggested that they try to find something for Put to do. Some external stimulation might help him recover his disordered cognition.
"If you're worried about him getting into trouble, why don't you take him with you first?"
"Indeed, I'll just go for walks with you, attend meetings, eat with you, and just enjoy some daily life stimulation."
"He seems eager to follow you, too."
As he said this, everyone noticed that Putt's eyes were on Shengxia from beginning to end. Shengxia also looked at Putt, with dark brown pupils. Did she remember such a pair of eyes?
Thinking of this, Shengxia stepped forward and stretched out her hand towards Put: "You, just follow me?"
Put smiled. His lips were no longer as red as when they first met, but they still had enough charm to startle the medical staff.
Then, realizing their own loss of composure, everyone immediately pretended to be busy and started to move. "Um, I'll go check out the medical report first." "Me too." "I'll go out to the mobile station to help."
"As expected of our planet's commander, you have great composure. Even with such provocation, you can remain impassive."
Shengxia sighed unconsciously as she listened to the whispers around her. Mo Siming stepped forward to talk to Shengxia but found that Put had stopped him with a distance. His dark brown eyes were filled with a warning and playful look, not a bit like the innocent child he had been before.
Mo Siming: ???
"Forget it, after all, the Golden Fleet of the Seiros Family stands behind him." Fu Qianshen stepped forward and put his hand on Mo Siming's shoulder.
"Is he awake or not? Can our planetary commander really...?"
Just when Mo Siming was worried, Shengxia suddenly turned around and told him and Fu Qianshen to do other things first and not to follow her.
"But..." When Mo Siming wanted to say something, Sheng Xia nodded at him without hesitation, "Okay, then I will contact the people of the Seros family." Mo Siming left reluctantly.
"Be careful." When passing by Shengxia, Fu Qianshen couldn't help but whispered this to Shengxia, and then hurried away.
Shengxia looked at the two people walking away, then turned to look at Put, who had been playing with her hair with his fingers since some point in his life. "I'm going to the office next, want to come with me?"
Put nodded mechanically.
Following behind Shengxia, he entered her daily office. Before Putt could react, Shengxia had already restrained him with a single hand using a restraint lock and pinned him against the wall with a gun against his head.
Putt was a little surprised by Shengxia's smooth grappling technique, but when he looked back at Shengxia, there was a strange joy in his expression, which also surprised Shengxia.
"Who are you?"
Finally, Shengxia asked this question. She thought that since things had come to this point, Put should give her an answer.
However, no, Putt lowered his eyes and completely relaxed himself, as if waiting to be completely captured by Shengxia. At this point, Shengxia felt that his attack was as powerless as hitting cotton.
However, Putt was not really let go. Shengxia locked a monitoring lock on Putt's neck. The monitoring lock could not only monitor Putt's physical condition, but also directly electrocute him in critical moments.
Putt obediently let Shengxia lock him up, and was very happy to fiddle with the surveillance lock on his neck like a toy, looking harmless.
midsummer:……
For the next week, Put stayed by Shengxia's side like a pet. If there was any change, it was that when work got busy and Shengxia forgot to eat, he would come to Shengxia pitifully and deliberately let Shengxia listen to the rumbling sound of his stomach.
"Shall I ask someone else to take you to dinner?"
Putt shook his head. If Shengxia forced him to leave, he would at least make his body sick enough to trigger the alarm on the surveillance system. Then when Shengxia came over, he would look at her innocently again.
"Has your body been modified?"
"Do you feel uncomfortable here now?"
"Are you really listening to me?"
As expected, Put responded to Shengxia with a big clingy bear hug, and Shengxia, who was already numb from being hugged, said:... It's hard to imagine how this guy will be sent to the starship of the Seros family. I can't always carry him around like an ornament.
Two months later, the cold winter on Planet Volker was finally over, accompanied by a strong storm sweeping through the city and a rapid rise in surface temperature.
In such a chaotic climate, heavy rain swept across the entire planet Volk. According to climatologists, the amount of precipitation this time could reach or even exceed the highest level in recorded history.
"Even the underground river in the melt cave can't handle such heavy rainfall. We have to consider the possibility of flooding inside the melt cave."
In the discussion office of the extreme situation response plan group, the leaders of the workers in the melting cave and various professional engineering experts gathered here to discuss countermeasures. What's worse is that in addition to dealing with heavy rain, they also face the damage that may be caused by strong winds.
Among them, the old starship port and the newly built new university of science and technology will face severe tests due to their geographical location.
"In the worst-case scenario, the surface buildings in these two locations will be completely destroyed. The foundation of the New University of Science and Technology is newly built, and we are confident that heavy rain and strong winds will not destroy the entire foundation. However, the same cannot be said for the old starship port."
"Everyone, new news! A massive typhoon is forming on the surface of Planet Volk."
"According to the latest forecast track, in about seventeen hours it will reach directly above the melt hole, and the wind force nearby will exceed level 16."
"Does this mean that the inside of the melt cave is no longer safe?"
"Oh wait, it's not a typhoon. I think you need to look at the new forecast."
"Is this the end of the world?"
Just as everyone was feeling uneasy, Shengxia pushed open the door of the emergency plan team's discussion office and walked in decisively. "If we can't defend Rongdong, don't try to defend it. The losses in the future can be compensated with money. Now that time is urgent, let's discuss the evacuation plan first."
"If we want to evacuate so many people, we'll need at least multiple shelters. But given the temperature outside the cave, even with heating lamps, it won't last long. Furthermore, it's raining heavily, making evacuation extremely difficult."
Fu Qianshen and Wei Jie stepped forward to take a look at the current satellite weather cloud map, both of them were shocked.
"Have the corresponding shelters been sorted out?"
After Shengxia asked this question, everyone present could not help but fall silent. You know, for such a long time in the past, the melting cave was the only shelter during the cold winter on the planet Volk.
Moreover, the hot spring area is not affected by extreme weather due to its high terrain. But this time, maybe because of the explosion of the mountain, the hot spring area also encountered heavy rain. But relatively speaking, the perceived temperature is slightly higher than that near the melt cave.
But once heavy rains cause a disaster and the hot spring area cannot release floodwaters in time, it is only a matter of time before the area is completely flattened by the flood.
At the same time, due to heavy rain, the live broadcast of Volker Planet was suspended for thousands of hours. Netizens from all star regions on the Star Network paid close attention to this matter. Many meteorological experts even made a special report on extreme weather, pointing out that Volker Planet was now facing a natural disaster and was doomed.
"Looking at the climate of Planet Volk, I honestly think this is not a planet suitable for human survival."
"Indeed, it's hard to imagine how the people of Planet Volk managed to survive for such a long time without relying on mechas. It's as absurd as stripping people naked and jumping into a pile of ice and snow to survive in the wilderness."
"Due to the extreme weather, the starships are unable to fully enter the interior of Volk Planet to carry out rescue operations. I wonder how the planetary commander of this planet plans to deal with this extreme weather."
"Maybe there is some secret that we don't know."
In the meeting room of the high-level officials of the surrounding star field, before Agent Searles could even say anything, the high-level officials were already eagerly celebrating with champagne, and lamented that the planetary commander of the planet Walker deserved it, as even the weather could not stand her unnatural behavior and came out to punish her.
"One typhoon, two typhoons, three typhoons. Oh, I mean, this is the most beautiful weather map I've ever seen."
After hearing this, Agent Sellers frowned slightly, while the others in the conference room continued to celebrate.
"Ah, now I can get some sleep. After all, bugs are bugs. Now there are forces more powerful than us to crush them. This is a good year."
"Hahahaha, in order to save this damn planet, the Federation mobilized the Golden Fleet here, and what happened? Ha, hahahaha."
"That's great! If they're all dead, not only can we take back the weapons the arms dealers placed in Ghost Mountain, but we can also mine the mineral veins there."
"Perfect, really perfect, the weather is really perfect."
On the Federation side, the senior officials were both happy and worried about the sudden extreme weather. They tried to contact the planetary commander, Shengxia, but unfortunately, they were unable to get through.
To be honest, if Shengxia died in this crisis, it would indeed be a rather regrettable thing, but it might also be a good thing.
She has too much personality to continue to be the Federation's agent on the planet Volk.
Therefore, the federal rescue plan for Planet Walker has not yet announced its details, and it has only announced that it will do its best to help Planet Walker overcome its difficulties.
However, the Golden Fleet controlled by the Cyrus family has prepared corresponding rescue supplies and stated that if they fail to contact the planetary commander Shengxia within 42 hours, they will directly use the method of delivery and hard landing of reconnaissance ships to carry out rescue.
On the ground of Volker Planet, in the discussion room of the emergency response team, Shengxia faced the silent crowd and encouraged them to open their minds. The choice of shelter did not necessarily have to be civilian facilities, military facilities could also be considered.
"What do you mean?"
"The underground nuclear laying project was originally designed to handle a variety of extreme situations. Now, if we want to convert this place into a shelter, what else do we need to install?"
Just as the professional engineering experts were about to start the discussion, one of the worker leaders could not help but reject the proposal:
"It's not enough. Even if this place is packed with people, only the first phase of the building can withstand this extreme weather. What about the rest of the people?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present could not help but fall silent. If Shengxia was going to save some people and sacrifice some others, then it was obvious who would be sacrificed.
Although this was a natural disaster and the planet commander was not to blame, they had clearly seen hope. How could he push them into the abyss so easily?
The planet commander is a good person, he has always been a good person, but in such an extreme situation, he dare not gamble on human nature.
Shengxia then began to place pie charts showing the number of people and the situation in each area of the melt cave in front of everyone. Just as the worker leader was about to say something else, Shengxia announced the corresponding personnel who would be evacuated:
"All those who have been selected through the government-sponsored overseas student program will be the first to take refuge in the underground nuclear laying project."
"All researchers and students in the core area will evacuate to the underground nuclear laying project in the second batch."
"The third group of people from various professions in the food court, entertainment area, and leisure area have entered the underground nuclear laying project for refuge."
"There are still vacancies left. The fourth group of medical teams and injured personnel will enter the underground nuclear laying project for refuge. Workers who have already entered the underground nuclear laying project do not need to come out again."
"Everyone who is left, follow me and go out to rescue and provide disaster relief. We don't need shelters."
As soon as these words came out, the expression of the worker leader changed instantly, and he subconsciously looked at Fu Qianshen behind Shengxia and the two guards standing at the door.
Unexpectedly, the other party seemed to have known the result already. Facing the surprised looks from the workers' leader and researchers, he firmly saluted them.
The leader of the workers who rejected the proposal said: "But, but, but these people are also (half-grown children)."
"We soldiers should stand in front of the masses." Fu Qianshen said that the reason they came late was because the petition of the corresponding soldiers and medical team members had been signed, and the team had been assembled and was waiting for Shengxia to issue the corresponding rescue and disaster relief instructions.
"Hey! What are you arguing about? Even if you're just going to die, why are you arguing about it? If there's no shelter, we're rebuilding it. We have the excavation base in Ghost Mountain, the Independence Army's hiding place, and even the underground of the former Federal Government Hall. With so many places, we can definitely find a place to house everyone. You, don't die, not a single one."
The oldest person on the scene, who was also the infrastructure engineering expert who was tricked by Shengxia to come to the planet Volk, roared, and then asked his team members to act quickly. If they had any ideas, they should immediately put them forward and build a shelter immediately after they had put them forward. After all, time waits for no one.
When the workers' leaders heard this, they immediately nodded and said, "Yes, yes, that's right. Instead of arguing about this, why not build the shelter first?"
"Commander, the people from the Food Planning Group are still waiting for you." Fu Qianshen came to Shengxia and said this. Shengxia turned around and looked at the people who were discussing the matter enthusiastically. He nodded and left, telling Wei Jie to stay and not to let people in until the project was completed, as it would be too late. They started to evacuate the crowd while the construction was going on.
"clear."
"Please note that we don't have that many security personnel for this evacuation, so we're relying on your overall command. Good luck."
Suddenly, An Yuan called to contact them. In addition to saying that they had found a suitable shelter and were not short of supplies, they also brought a proposal from Lao Ma and the second brother of the Independence Army:
"Would you consider...blasting one of the existing sections of the melt cave to allow the floodwaters in and divert the flow? That way, at least the other sections of the melt cave could be saved."
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