Chapter 242 Bombing
"The Iron Wolf base is well-hidden, and we cannot rush back before we shake off our pursuers."
The convoy had been traveling for half a day and was still en route when Xiang Xin couldn't resist peeking around at the reconnaissance equipment in the car.
After resting for a while, Lin Xi suddenly remembered something and quietly opened the refrigerator to prepare to inject Lu Wei with the medicine.
Halfway through the action, Xiang Xin suddenly said, "It seems like we've been followed the whole time."
"?" Everyone looked at her.
Xiang Xin has a strong talent for intelligence gathering and analysis. In this life, she has become even more professional through continuous training in the military. When she says this, Lin Xilu, Wei, and Liang Hui will definitely believe her.
Yang Yicheng and Feng Xue, who were standing next to him, were skeptical.
Xiang Xin pointed to several points behind him: "Although these convoys are not in the same area as us, they have actually been running alongside us for a long time."
Lin Xi couldn't see anything at first glance, but she began to seriously review where the problem lay: "We've already given up on the car."
“The problem isn’t in the car.” Lu Wei looked at Lin Xi’s refrigerator.
They didn't bring much luggage with them; the only thing that could have caused the problem was this cooler.
Lin Xi: "The lab has several refrigerators. I just grabbed one to store the vaccines. It doesn't make sense that this one happens to have one, does it?"
Lin Xi fiddled with the box, her gaze falling on the solar charging panel.
She had a premonition that she would have to take the cooler with her again in the future. In case she couldn't charge it in time, the solar charging panel might come in handy to ensure the power supply of the portable cooler, so she prepared a solar charging panel in the laboratory in advance.
Lu Wei analyzed, "Solar charging panels are rare items within the base. Since most people don't go to the ground, anyone who tries to go to the ground, except for soldiers, is a suspicious person. In order to monitor suspicious personnel within the base, the base may have tampered with the charging batteries."
This reasoning is likely valid.
The portable cooler has a charging port, so they can charge it in their car, provided they stay in the car the whole time.
Yang Yicheng said, "Let's throw away the battery first and observe their movements. There are chargers on the vehicle, and we also have solar charging panels at our base."
What he meant by saying this was that he could provide Lin Xi with new solar charging panels.
Lin Xi glanced at Yang Yicheng, but didn't ask the question aloud.
Could it have been "requisitioned" from somewhere?
Now is not the time to dwell on these things. She broke off the battery and was then thrown out.
Xiang Xin carefully observed the suspicious movements behind him to determine whether the tracking had stopped.
However, the next moment, the reconnaissance equipment suddenly sounded an alarm.
Feng Xue took off her headphones, turned to Yang Yicheng and reported, "It's not the pursuers from the Watchtower Base, it's bombers from the 'Rock' Base!!"
Lin Xi's expression hardened. From this, it seemed that they had clashed with the Rock Base, a powerful base that had a grudge against them.
Yang Yicheng glanced at the mountains and forests outside the window and said, "Everyone abandon the vehicles and take shelter from the bombing. We'll regroup later."
Ground vehicles are no match for aerial bombing. Three trucks are too conspicuous. While getting out of the vehicles could result in being hit by bombs or threatened by wildfires, the dispersed crowd would prevent them from being collectively bombed.
Lin Xi had no experience in this area, but she knew the situation was serious, so she quickly packed up the refrigerated box and got off the bus with everyone else.
The planes circled overhead, and the bombs looked as if they were about to fall from the gate.
Yang Yicheng shouted in a low voice, "Everyone, split up!"
Xiang Xin tried to reach out to Lin Xi, wanting to stay together even if the crowd separated them.
Unlike being chased by zombies or bombers, where everyone faces a near-death experience, their most important mission, setting aside personal feelings, is to protect Lin Xi and the vaccine's progress.
In the blink of an eye.
Yang Yicheng and Lu Wei glanced at the sky at the same time, then grabbed Lin Xi and Xiang Xin respectively and retreated rapidly in the opposite direction.
Lin Xi watched as a bomb fell from the sky. Yang Yicheng grabbed her and threw her down the slope, while Xiang Xin's outstretched hand moved further and further away.
She watched helplessly as the bomb landed on the car.
"boom!!"
A white light flashed before my eyes, and then all my thoughts were scattered by the roaring sound. The sky above was filled with fire and debris.
"Xiang Xin, Lu..." Lin Xi stood up, supporting her dizzy head, but her vision couldn't penetrate the raging fire, and she couldn't see what was happening on the other side.
She and Yang Yicheng were at the bottom of the slope, along with Feng Xue and other soldiers. Almost none of the people who jumped down the slope were injured.
Yang Yicheng interrupted her, grabbed her wrist, and ran into the woods. The other soldiers exchanged glances and did not dare to follow. Instead, they scattered to avoid being targeted again if they gathered together.
With them splitting up, it all comes down to who gets luckier.
Lin Xi came to her senses and realized that this was not the time to look for people; they should focus on saving their own lives first.
Lu Wei and the others must be experiencing the same thing on the other side.
But... Yang Yicheng clearly said that everyone should split up. He probably thought that she was not good at fighting and needed protection and guidance. First, he threw her down the slope, and then he dragged her away.
At this moment, she realized that when Lu Wei pulled her to escape, he wasn't putting that much pressure on her.
Yang Yicheng was wearing camouflage, and Lin Xi was wearing the military jacket that Lu Wei had given her. They hid in the woods and were somewhat concealed.
The bombers couldn't hit their target and dropped several bombs in succession.
With each bomb thrown, Lin Xi followed Yang Yicheng's gaze to determine the escape route, lest she be picked up and thrown away again.
Who knows? I have legs and kung fu skills, I can run, don't throw me away.
If the cooler hadn't been specially modified, Lin Xi would have been worried about the safety of the contents.
Although it wasn't hit by the bombs, the successive bombardments caused a wildfire.
The season had just ended winter, and the leaves and grass had not fully recovered. There was even a lot of withered grass on the ground, so wildfires quickly broke out.
Yang Yicheng led Lin Xi in a search for a way to survive amidst the firelight. They ran for an unknown amount of time until it was completely dark.
The firelight was very visible in the darkness, which allowed people to assess the extent of the fire.
By this time, they had lost track of how long they had been away from the starting point.
After they were temporarily safe, the two sat down to rest. Yang Yicheng had brought a personal ration pack, which contained some supplies. He took out some candy and biscuits from the pack and gave them to Lin Xi, while he sat down and turned on his communication device.
Lin Xi glanced at it and saw many scattered red dots, which were probably the positions of his teammates.
Lin Xi also turned on her watch. Her watch didn't have the function of locating friends, but it could send messages.
After leaving the base, she was able to receive public network signals. She tried to send messages to the three people to ask if they were safe, but received no reply.
Yang Yicheng glanced at her anxious expression and said, "The public network signal is bad, and we are in the mountains, so they may not be able to receive the message."
He makes a good point.
Lin Xi swiped through other interfaces, and the next moment her gaze was as if struck by lightning—
To facilitate Lin Xi's monitoring of the semi-infected individuals, Lu Wei had previously shared his real-time vital signs with Lin Xi.
The screen currently displays no vital signs.
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