Chapter 12 Low Temperature "Strange, where's the accelerator?"
The crackling sound of burning firewood grew louder and louder, and the strong smell of blood made Jie Shuqin slowly open her eyes.
She was about to sit up with her hands on the ground when her fingertips were suddenly touched by something cold. She woke up instantly and found that she was lying in the back seat of the car, and a thick layer of frost had formed on the window.
There were a few intact cars scattered across the vast field, along with debris of various types. Just as she was about to get up and open the car door, she heard a knocking sound from behind her. She turned around and saw Xu An.
Xu An's hair and eyelashes were covered with snow, the blood on his face had frozen solidified, and every breath he exhaled condensed into a white mist and dispersed in the air.
Xu An opened the front door and stuffed Baili Yunle in. Then, when he was about to go out, he was stopped by Jie Shuqin.
"Where are you going?" Xie Shuqin looked at the bloodstains all over her body with a serious expression. "It's so cold outside, do you want to freeze to death?"
Ever since humans moved away from the ground, the weather conditions on the ground have become extremely severe. Extremely high and low temperatures have become a daily occurrence. However, the mission time calculated by the base almost made her forget about it.
Thinking of this, Xie Shuqin tightened her grip on Xu An's sleeve. The cold air rushed in through the car door, making Xie Shuqin shiver.
Xu An watched her trembling body quietly, and pulled her hands back, only to find that Xie Shuqin's force had increased. She looked up, met Xie Shuqin's eyes, and said in a cold voice: "I am bloodthirsty."
As they were speaking, they suddenly felt a sticky and warm touch on the cuffs. They looked down and found that the black sleeves were covered in blood. As they pulled, the hot blood slid down the arms to the wrists and dripped onto the ground.
Xie Shuqin got out of the car immediately, grabbed Xu An's other hand, pushed her into the back seat, and then slammed the door shut.
Xu An was a little confused by the series of actions of being squeezed into the car. Just as he was sitting firmly, he heard Jie Shuqin say coldly: "Take off your clothes."
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Xu An looked at her without moving.
Jie Shuqin quickly opened her backpack, took out disinfection tools and hemostatic bandages, and while complaining, she picked up Baili Yunle, who was sleeping like a dead pig, and skillfully took off his backpack and took out the medicine from it.
Seeing Baili Yunle, a tall man of 180cm, being lifted up by Jie Shuqin with one hand, Xu An silently felt a pain in his back. His fingertips that were resting on the buttons moved quickly. After a few seconds, he threw his coat aside and sat down obediently.
When Xie Shuqin turned her head, she was just about to tease Xu An about his beautifully trained abs to ease the atmosphere when she saw the scratch that extended from the collarbone to the elbow.
The scratch was very deep, and looked like it was caused by the sharp tentacles of an alien species. Flesh and blood were rolling out because it was not treated in time. Part of the wound was torn because Xu An casually pulled open his coat, and blood was slowly flowing out.
Her face immediately turned cold.
Xu An didn't dare to move and could only let Jie Shuqin apply the medicine on his body. He was in so much pain that he dared not make a sound.
The temperature outside was getting lower and lower. The car windows were completely frozen into frost, making it impossible to see clearly. The leather seats seemed to be cold, and the remaining power in the car could not support the operation of the air conditioner, and a squeaking alarm sounded.
Xie Shuqin quickly took her coat to cover Xu An's uninjured arm and began to treat the wound on her collarbone.
Xu An was stung by the cold car door. Feeling the temperature dropping outside, she reached out and flicked Jie Shuqin's half-loose bun, then laughed, "Alright, you won't die. I'll go get some alien crystal cores, or you two will freeze to death."
Xie Shuqin rolled her eyes at her and didn't move.
The special medicine suddenly came into contact with the wound, causing Xu An to gasp in pain. Just as she was about to speak, she heard a rustling sound coming from the front seat. Baili Yunle leaned over and met the gazes of the two men, her expression visibly stunned.
"...Well, sorry, I'll go drive." Baili Yunle immediately turned his head and muttered to himself in the passenger seat, "Strange, where's the accelerator?"
Xu An calmly sat up, put on his coat, and said seriously, "The accelerator is on the right, can you look for it?"
Baili Yunle lowered his head: "Oh, right, right..."
Xie Shuqin looked at the yellow-haired man sitting in the passenger seat and Xu An with a serious face, and fell into deep silence.
The alien's roar caused large flakes of snow to roll down, burying the gate that the three had finally escaped from.
The minus-10 degree temperature chilled several people's faces to a reddened red, and the chip detectors continued to send out temperature warnings. Xie Shuqin exhaled, rubbed his hands, and slung the frozen machine gun onto his shoulder. Not far away, Baili Yunle wasn't in much better shape either, his hands shivering with cold. Despite the distance, the alien's roars were deafening, and he clutched his gun tightly.
"Xu An, can the crystal core really provide energy?" Baili Yunle was a little hesitant.
The base's research on alien species is not deep enough, and the research on crystal cores has only stopped at the core energy area of alien species and the only way to kill alien species, but there has never been any official recognition that it can provide energy.
Xie Shuqin said indifferently, "But there's no other way out now. We might as well give it a try. Who knows, maybe we'll be the first to discover the use of alien crystal cores?"
As she spoke, her fingertips pulled the trigger in an instant. The powerful recoil made her hair fly. Xie Shuqin's upper body leaned back, but her lower body was very stable. She fired again. The sharp cries of the aliens pierced her ears. She instantly used her supernatural powers to isolate herself from the mental wave attacks.
Baili Yunle also quickly picked up the pistol, and each shot accurately hit the crystal core of the alien.
The thick snow was stained with large patches of blood. The damaged crystal cores exploded with a multicolored light, which was reflected by the snow, creating a colorful halo on the ground. And from this, a figure flashed extremely fast, and in the midst of the bullets, it took all the crystal cores into its bag.
The number of alien species increased, and the temperature dropped. The fingers of the two men holding their guns were numb from the cold, and several times they were almost scratched by alien species that flew in front of them.
"Alert! The temperature has dropped to minus 30 degrees Celsius. The human body temperature is 34 degrees Celsius. Please get out of the cold immediately! Alert! Please get out of the cold immediately!"
Almost at the same time as the chip sounded the alarm, several gunshots were heard. Xu An almost flashed in front of Jie Shuqin, picked her up, and fired a gun to cover Baili Yunle.
The extremely low temperature and snow made Xie Shuqin, who had poor physical fitness, shiver all over. She endured the pain in her arm and swung out her pistol to try her best to cover herself.
With the cover of the two, Baili Yunle was the first to break out. After finding the gate, he picked up the sniper rifle and started digging. Halfway through digging, his frozen brain suddenly remembered his supernatural powers, so he took a few steps back, and a high-frequency energy wave vibrated, directly blasting the snow!
Xu An was caught off guard, her hair covered in snow. With a blank expression, she kicked Baili Yunle down, then leaped down, holding Jie Shuqin in her arms. The energy wave quickly blocked the cave entrance, leaving only the sound of the alien's frantic collision.
The three of them quickly blocked the gate of the underground driveway and returned to the garage.
Xu An took off his coat and put it on Xie Shuqin, then quickly activated his supernatural power to ignite the crystal core to replenish the car's power. He then quickly used electricity to heat the engine oil. While heating it, he didn't forget to rub Xie Shuqin's arm like Baili Yunle rubbed sparks.
Finally, the engine started and Baili Yunle quickly turned on the air conditioner. The leather seat in the car was so cold that he jumped and almost hit his head on the roof.
"Damn it! It's even colder in the car than in the garage."
Soon, the sound of falling snow could no longer be heard, and they knew that the hole they had just blasted was buried under the heavy snow again.
But this is not entirely bad. At least it isolates the alien species' perception and bromine mist. In the underground where there are only alien species, the concentration of bromine mist is only 54.
Seeing that Jie Shuqin's condition had improved, Baili Yunle quickly pulled her to do some stretching exercises. After the numbness in her body passed and she began to feel slightly warm, the two of them got into the car.
Wrapped in warm air, Xie Shuqin felt a little dizzy, but recovered quickly. Her cold fingers began to feel numb, which made her shiver. In the blink of an eye, she saw Xu An wearing a sports vest and carrying a backpack full of snow, walking towards her as if nothing had happened.
Xie Shuqin's eyes widened suddenly. She immediately opened the window and shivered when the cold air hit her.
"Xu An! Come in quickly! You'll freeze to death!"
Baili Yunle had already seen the scene unfold. Just when Xie Shuqin had been frozen numb and unconscious, he had watched Xu An, in a vest, vigorously attack the aliens, her speed increasing instead of decreasing. Although her kicking movements were cool, her ability to resist freezing was truly admirable.
After all, one of the assessment items for Wuhang people is the ability to survive in extreme weather. He was the only one who could survive for three full hours at minus thirty degrees Celsius. Even Feng Lan, who had the best physical fitness, could only last two and a half hours.
While thinking, Xu An had already taken out the glass cup originally used for sampling, put the snow in it, caught the crystal core, ignited it, and brought it in with hot water: "I don't know how long the weather outside will last, so I can only drink some water first."
Xie Shuqin held it tremblingly, and her cold hand pricked Xu An.
Xu An frowned, opened the car door, closed the window, got in, and held Xie Shuqin's hand. "Why are your hands so cold?"
Xie Shuqin lowered her head and said nothing. Baili Yunle gulped down her water, saying "Thank you, sister" as she wiped the water from her mouth. "She took three attempts to pass the extreme weather test back then. If it weren't for her exceptional talent in mechas and Yang Gui's strong recommendation, she might not have come to A061. Extreme survival is probably her weakness."
As he spoke, Baili Yunle cooled down a bit and looked over: "Jie Shuqin, are you okay? How about we go out and do another set of radio gymnastics?"
Xie Shuqin shook her head. The more Xu An looked at her, the more he felt something was wrong. He suddenly reached out and rubbed her stomach, and asked softly, "Does it hurt?"
Xie Shuqin was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly.
"Did you bring it?"
"without."
Baili Yunle looked at the two of them playing charades with a bewildered look on his face.
Xu An frowned with a headache. She tore off the lining of her coat and opened the car door. "Let's go, use this first."
Xie Shuqin hesitated for a while, but still followed, leaving Baili Yunle alone.
"Are you... coming back?" He always had a premonition that if Jie Shuqin was not there, Xu An would abandon him.
Xu An turned around and gave him a cold look, "Keep your eyes on the water and don't follow me."
Baili Yunle got out of the car, walked straight to the snow, sat down, and then jumped up because of the cold.
Not long after, the two came back quickly, but Xie Shuqin's face was much paler and she was wrapped tightly in her coat.
Xu An quickly handed her the hot water and kicked Baili Yunle into the back seat, letting Jie Shuqin sit between them. During the ride, he kept rubbing her belly, pinching and kneading it, which made Baili Yunle look puzzled.
"Are you two performing some ancient magic?"
Xie Shuqin rolled her eyes at him.
Xu An glared at him.
Baili Yunle tactfully lowered his head to look for his accelerator.
Gradually, Xie Shuqin's body temperature finally rose. Although it was still very cold, it was much better than the near-death state just now.
Xu An turned her numb wrist and saw the two blinking and looking at her curiously. She suddenly felt something was wrong and hesitated for a moment before asking, "What are you doing?"
They both blinked their watery eyes.
"Xu An, how do you know that crystal cores can be used as energy?"
"Sister, you taught me how to resist the cold. You are so cool."
Xu An: “…”
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