escape
The conversation entered its second half, and the topics began to delve deeper.
"Tell me, when you traveled here, how come people weren't deformed from being squeezed? Logically speaking, flying at a speed exceeding 300,000 kilometers per second is already beyond the maximum limit that humans can withstand."
"Aren't we also researching faster-than-light experiments now? If humans can't withstand it, why are we still researching it?"
“That’s true.” Fan Siwen, the one who understood everything, seemed to have just realized what kind of research he had been doing all along.
"Is traveling at the speed of light fun?"
"Want to experience it? We're about to invent that, and we can take you to the future for a taste."
"Really? Can I go? Will I get deformed? What will the future be like? Will there be AR interactive facades with robots as walls? Will people fly at low altitudes in the future? Will we have X-ray vision in the future? The future..."
Fan Siwen seemed to enter his own world and began to indulge in endless daydreams.
However, before he could finish enjoying himself, a sudden loud bang shook the entire research base as if an earthquake had struck, and yellow sand fell to the ground.
Mo Yang quickly covered his ears and squatted down with Fan Siwen.
Although he didn't know what had happened, Mo Yang had a premonition that the outside was about to collapse.
Take this person and move them out while things are a little calmer.
When I got to the door, I saw two people outside.
Both of them had the same reaction when they saw Fan Siwen.
What are you doing here?
What are you doing here!
Mo Yang spoke quickly, and ran out with the other two, saying as they ran, "We'll talk later."
Everyone in the base ran out one after another.
As they watched the planes gradually fly away in the distance, the group of people were bewildered.
Even in their confusion, Mo Yang still took the lead, guiding the people behind him out of the cave.
Just as they arrived at the fine sand outside the cave, and their feet sank in, they heard a loud "whoosh" behind them. The spot where they had just been was now a sea of sand.
Several people lay in the sand, looking at the scene behind them. The sandstorm obscured most of their vision, but the visible area was still stained with a strong, dark black.
Are all our people here?
Mo Yang sat up, looked around at the figures, and shouted loudly in the fine sand.
"exist."
"exist."
"exist."
"We are all here."
"It's good that they're all here, it's good that they're all here." Mo Yang said as he slumped to the side.
The temperature in the desert drops drastically at night. Fortunately, it's almost dawn now, and the temperature has risen a few degrees compared to the night before.
When Mo Yang woke up, it was already broad daylight. He reached out and touched the clothes covering him.
Just by looking at the style, you can already tell whose it is.
Looking through the crowd, Mo Yang spotted a figure sitting in the distance and got up to walk towards him.
"Why didn't you rest?"
She took off her coat and handed it back to him.
"I slept several times last night."
It looks like an excuse, but it's actually true.
Mo Yang sat down next to him.
Shoulder to shoulder, they looked at the few people sleeping beside them.
"Can you get in touch with someone?" Fan Siwen draped the coat that Mo Yang handed over over their heads, looking at the color of the sky in the distance; the sun was about to rise.
Mo Yang looked at him, then looked around. "There's no internet here, and besides," Mo Yang pulled out two empty pockets, "I didn't bring my phone with me."
“I have a cell phone here. If we don’t contact someone to come over quickly, we’ll be turned into jerky in no time.”
Thinking about the dried duck necks she had received earlier, Fan Siwen's words became concrete.
Mo Yang glanced at the person still asleep, pursed his lips, and turned to Fan Siwen, "Can you still connect to the signal you were on before?"
"I just tried. It was disconnected."
"Then let's reconnect to the previous one."
"I modified the code of an overseas network signal source that I bought before. Now there is no internet or signal, so it is impossible to buy it."
That's true. If you can buy a signal source, then you don't need to buy one; you can just connect directly to the terminal.
They have neither chicken nor egg now, let alone any concept of who will give birth to whom.
As they were talking, the young man woke up.
Mo Yang heard a rubbing sound behind him and turned around to meet the boy's eyes.
“There’s also a signal source at Chen Lili’s place. We’ll ask her when she wakes up.”
"You're awake." Seeing the boy rubbing his eyes, Mo Yang greeted him.
"How did you know she had it?"
Fan Siwen's question went straight to the point he was focusing on.
“She told me that before.”
The boy spoke in a low voice, showing no intention of arguing with him.
Fan Siwen turned her head to look behind the boy, and the boy followed her gaze. The person leaning against the rock was still lying there, motionless despite the erosion of the wind and sand.
Fan Siwen looked at the sun gradually rising in the distance, and his eyes were a little hard to open.
"Should we wake her up?"
The boy, imitating Fan Siwen, covered his head with his jacket and joined the two.
"Let her sleep a little longer."
"Let her sleep a little longer."
The same words came out of both of their mouths.
The person who spoke didn't seem to care, but the person listening nearby felt a pang of jealousy. Their eyes darted around, staring at the two of them, glancing at Mo Yang and then turning to look at Song Yize.
Mo Yang knew perfectly well that the young man didn't understand Fan Siwen's meaning. He gave Fan Siwen a threatening look, interrupting his spellcasting in time.
Fan Siwen pursed her lips, looked into the distance, and her expression seemed to say, "I know, I know, stop scolding me, I won't tell anyone."
The group endured the sun for a while longer.
Fan Siwen could no longer hide and stood up.
“She should have caught up on her sleep by now.” As she spoke, she came up to Chen Lili and put her hand on Chen Lili’s shoulder before the boy could get up to stop her.
"Your Highness, wake up... Your Highness, wake up..." As she spoke, her hand inadvertently touched Chen Lili's nose. "Oh no..."
Hearing the sound, everyone gathered around and saw the person in front of them fall into the fine sand, pushed by Fan Siwen.
"What happened to her?" Mo Yang rushed over as fast as he could.
"I don't know... she... she just collapsed like that..."
Upon closer listening, one could hear a tremor in Fan Siwen's voice.
"Is she suffering from heatstroke?"
At this moment, the boy appeared remarkably calm. He walked over and picked up the person in the sand, his feet sinking deeper into the sand as he stepped on it.
"Is there any water? Is there any water?" The boy looked around at the figures gathering around him.
The group of people looked at each other in bewilderment. When they came out, they were only concerned with escaping for their lives, and no one had the mind to think about anything else.
As the sun rose directly overhead, Mo Yang realized that it wouldn't do to just stand there in the sun. He looked around and finally glanced at a corner of the base from which they had escaped.
"Let's go back to base."
As he spoke, he pointed to a platform that was buried in sand.
Following Mo Yang's finger, everyone looked in the direction indicated. Although the entrance was completely submerged by sand, there was no better way at the moment, so they had no choice but to follow Mo Yang's suggestion. The group moved forward towards the platform that was shimmering in the distance.
The group arrived at the edge of the platform. Mo Yang stepped onto it to confirm that the stone was solid, and then used his hands to dig into the sand pile.
Although there was a lot of fine sand, it wasn't too heavy to be broken. Mo Yang swung the sand around, handful after handful, and the others joined in.
Before long, the base entrance, which had been covered by fine sand, was uncovered by everyone.
One by one, they followed closely behind Mo Yang and went inside.
Fortunately, it wasn't completely blocked inside; there were still enough narrow gaps to pass through.
Mo Yang told everyone to wait outside, and then he went through the narrow gap to explore the way.
Not long after, the man came out, a casual smile on his face. "You can go in."
As soon as he finished speaking, a moderate cheer erupted from the crowd.
Fan Siwen held up his finger to his eyes, "Keep your voices down if you don't want a landslide." The crowd immediately quieted down.
Mo Yang glanced at the young man who was still holding Chen Lili and said, "Go inside and find water, be careful."
Worried and anxious, they rushed forward, watching the young man walk inside, and cautiously followed behind.
Everyone was settled in a safe location within the base. For now, the place seemed relatively safe, but that was only for the time being. Once the enemy returned, their lives would be in danger.
The boy laid Chen Lili flat on a bed, and following Mo Yang's instructions, gently fed him some water and then wet a towel and placed it on the man's head.
Seeing that the person still showed no signs of waking up, and thinking about the dangers that awaited them in the future, Mo Yang hesitated for a moment, then approached the person lying down. After glancing at her, he began to rummage through the pockets of the clothes that had fallen to the side of the bed.
I carefully felt around, afraid of accidentally touching the person.
Just as Mo Yang was searching carefully, the person lying on the bed woke up.
"You're awake!"
"You're finally awake." Fan Siwen's voice followed the boy's, neither warm nor cold, seemingly concerned but also like a precise sarcastic remark. A long exhale afterward said it all.
"What's wrong with me...?" The girl looked around at the people watching her, somewhat confused.
Do you remember what happened?
Mo Yang asked softly.
The girl removed a corner of the towel that had fallen from her head, looked ahead, and slowly said, "I remember, there was an explosion here, and we escaped right after the sound of the explosion..."
"Thank goodness." Mo Yang breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time muttered to himself, "It's alright now."
“You’re awake now. Mo Yang said you have a signal source. Could you lend it to us to connect to the signal?”
Fan Siwen spoke up in time, revealing the most important thing for everyone at that moment.
“Now that we’re in, we can try to connect with headquarters using the equipment,” the boy said, pointing out another possibility he thought was worth exploring.
“When will that be? Besides, we don’t even know if the equipment will be able to operate yet.” Fan Siwen added, “Moreover, many hands make light work. Once the signal is established, we can all send distress signals as best we can.”
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