Chapter 133 Octopus

On the night of the Lantern Festival, Chen Mengxue returned to work and sent Shen Linglan twenty boxes of fireworks that day.

Shen Linglan gave fifteen boxes to Zhao Yunduo and kept five boxes for herself.

When I was in school, what I looked forward to most was the fireworks show on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. But as I grew up and no longer went to special places like amusement parks, it became difficult to watch fireworks.

Brilliant fireworks exploding in the sky also represent the end of the new year.

The haze that shrouded the B City base also dissipated a lot this year.

"Master Wu, Brother Wu just left you a message!"

A soldier hurried out of the broadcasting room. When Grandpa Wu heard the letter from his grandson, he was also very excited. "What did he say?"

"Brother Wu said that the commander of Base L does not intend to interfere in any of the internal affairs of Base B. In addition, they need more aquatic plants and animals. The larger the size, the greater the reward."

"good!"

Old Master Wu slammed his cane on the ground, his face beaming with excitement. "It just so happens that there aren't many supplies left in the base, so I'm calling on strong young men and women who are willing to go with me. Please gather at the base square at nine o'clock tonight! Just like last time, those who go with me can get more rewards!"

"yes!"

The soldier ran away and returned to the radio studio, ready to tell everyone the news.

Sitting opposite Mr. Wu was Liu Jing. She was silent for a moment before saying, "Then Sister Tao..."

"It's a waste of food to keep her in the base. Let's drive her out."

Liu Jing nodded. This was also what she originally advocated.

At nine o'clock, when Mr. Wu and Liu Jing appeared in the base square together, they found that the square was crowded with people.

The scene is very different from last time.

The last time L Base issued a mission to them, Wu Laoyezi and Liu Jing couldn't find anyone, so they could only bring their own "personal guards". When more than a dozen people left the base overnight, Tao Jie mercilessly said to them: "Get out and don't come back!"

If it weren't for Zhao Yunduo's box of guns, Mr. Wu and Liu Jing probably wouldn't have been able to have a good New Year.

At this moment, Tao Jie was being held in the center of the square, and next to her were thirteen of her trusted followers who were in cahoots with her.

There were 52 people in the square, and when they saw Tao Jie, they were all furious. Their family members who disappeared inexplicably some time ago, and their supplies and food were constantly decreasing, were all because of this vicious, bottom-line-less beast.

Tao Jie lowered her head to avoid those hateful eyes. When she saw Liu Jing, she tried to use her knees as feet to walk up to Liu Jing to beg her, but was stopped by the soldier.

"Behave yourself! Or I'll break your legs!"

"Liu Jing! Liu Jing! I've been very kind to you! Don't chase me out..." She was really scared. As long as she left the base, the rules and regulations of the base would be invalid. Then the civilians she had oppressed would come up and tear her to pieces...

But Liu Jing showed no mercy at all, and his gaze didn't even stay on her for half a second.

Mr. Wu did the same. He winked at the soldier and asked him to drive Tao Jie and others out of the base.

From then on, the B City base completely "changed its dynasty".

The young people in the square were screened, and this time, they only planned to take twenty people out.

Carrying guns and cold weapons, they set foot on the West Sea, the largest and deepest sea nearby, which was a day's walk away from the B City base.

"We can't let the Y City Base get ahead of us this time. They have airplanes, which are faster than us. As the old saying goes, the early bird catches the worm..."

Taking advantage of the night, walking on the gradually melting ice and snow, the people from the B City base walked towards the West Sea together.

By the time they arrived at the West Sea, their hands and feet were so frozen that they could not bear it any longer. They stopped to make a fire, and after warming their hands and feet up, they changed into work clothes that were convenient for going into the water.

"The aquatic animals and plants here are huge. People on the shore must not be distracted and be ready to respond at any time. People underwater must also be very alert, because some aquatic animals can eat people with just one mouthful!"

Before entering the water, Liu Jing spoke to the ten people lined up neatly.

"receive!"

In short, ten people jumped into the water in unison.

Mr. Wu was too old to go into the water. Liu Jing wanted to go in, but she stayed underwater the longest the last time she caught aquatic animals and plants, and her feet were frozen and bruised. They haven't healed yet. Mr. Wu was afraid that she would get cramps in her feet underwater, so he didn't let her go in.

Liu Jing patrolled the shore with a gun in her pocket.

This is the largest and deepest sea within a radius of ten miles. They came here because they had passed by here before on a mission and someone had seen an octopus with a head as big as its head on the seabed. Its eyes were bigger than those of a cow and were particularly scary.

The claws will also slide onto the shore and reach towards people.

People at that time were extremely hungry, so they used a hoe to scoop off the octopus' claws, roasted them and ate them. As a result, the people who ate the octopus claws vomited black blood in less than half an hour, which was the same color as octopus ink.

The only person who went out to look for food and didn't eat the octopus just came back and saw the octopus with only seven claws left crawling onto the shore to eat people. He was so scared that he rolled away.

Nowadays, people who go into the water carry forks and sickles, not only to stab aquatic animals, but also to protect themselves. If they encounter an octopus that big again, piercing its eyes can give them a chance to survive.

Fortunately, it was the beginning of spring and the ice and snow were melting. It was the coldest time in the world. The creatures on land were still hibernating and had not yet woken up. The activity of the organisms underwater was also relatively low. People who went into the water came ashore one after another carrying various aquatic animals.

There are shrimps as big as arms, with heads bigger than fists and spines like sickles.

The cutlassfish was two meters long and half a meter wide. The man who caught it only grabbed the fish's head, and his entire body was almost entangled by the fish and he was unable to swim ashore.

There are also sea urchins bigger than wash basins...

There were even several kinds of things that had never been seen before the end of the world. They looked strange and had various colors. The smaller ones were thrown into iron barrels, and the larger ones were tied into sacks.

After working for a whole afternoon, several people climbed ashore to continue warming themselves by the fire, preparing to take over as the other ten people went down. However, Liu Jing counted them and found that only nine people had returned, and one was still late in coming ashore.

"Count!"

"1, 2, 3, 4..."

"Where's number five?"

"Number five!"

Everyone looked at each other, and finally they were sure: "No. 5 didn't get ashore!"

Liu Jing immediately took off her shoes and coat, put on a waterproof suit and dived into the water.

About ten minutes later, Liu Jing swam to the shore, took off his hat, and hastily touched his face. He then said anxiously to Mr. Wu, "There is a huge octopus under the water, and No. 5 has been eaten! We can't deal with it! Hurry up and ask for help from L Base!"