Because Russia is so vast, it took more than half a month to collect all these supplies, even by plane.
Furthermore, Jian Ning specifically set aside a large area within her immortal abode to store oil. This is a non-renewable resource; if it were to run out in the future, there would be nowhere to get it.
They wanted to bring back as much stuff as possible while they were here. The only downside was that all the cities they had been to were deserted, with no signs of human activity. As a result, their mood grew heavier with each passing day.
Sometimes, life is truly fragile and vulnerable.
The two had been collecting supplies at Russian military outposts on the outskirts of Russia, and on this day they finally arrived in the Russian capital.
Looking at the city covered in snow, Jian Ning sighed from the sky.
"Don't be disappointed, maybe some people are still alive. Let's go down and take a look." Xiao Lingfeng understood her feelings very well.
Having found the right spot, we slowly landed the plane on the rooftop of a building. Strong winds whipped up thick snow, obscuring some of the view.
Jian Ning suddenly exclaimed "Eh!"
"What's wrong? Did you find anything?" Xiao Lingfeng asked quickly.
“There are people moving around in the basement of that building over there. I just saw a cover move a little, and it looked like someone popped their head out. They were wearing a woolen hat, but I couldn’t tell if it was a person or an animal.”
"It's more likely to be animals; humans are less likely. Animals have proven to be quite resilient to cold weather along the way."
There are many more active in the mountains and forests. But whatever they are, let's go down and take a look. If they are people, we'll help them if we can. " Xiao Lingfeng said, pushing open the helicopter door and striding down.
Jian Ning followed her down. She quickly erected a spiritual energy shield. The wind in the city was quite cold, and it was dry and biting.
The two men exchanged a glance. The helicopter remained stationary. If there really had been someone there, the sudden disappearance of such a large object would have been terrifying. It was better to be safe.
They reached a consensus, found the stairs, forced the door open, and went down from the roof.
This building appears to be an office building. Many companies are located on different floors. Thanks to its good structural integrity, the damage from the ice and snow wasn't severe.
There was complete silence; not a single living person could be heard breathing. The hollow sound of their footsteps echoing in the hallway only amplified the emptiness.
It didn't take them more than a few minutes to get down to the first floor. They didn't come out too quickly, but instead stared at the direction from the second-floor window for a while, where they had thought they had heard some movement. Unfortunately, more than ten minutes passed, and there was still no movement from there.
"Are you seeing things? Is it just a stray dog or a little rabbit or something?" Xiao Lingfeng asked, turning around.
"Don't doubt my eyesight and intuition. Although the snow was blowing and obscuring our view, I'm certain it wasn't an ordinary animal; it's eighty percent likely a living person. Come on, let's go down and take a look."
Jian Ning grabbed Xiao Lingfeng's hand, broke the window, and jumped down. The moment she landed, she felt as light as a feather, not a single snowflake flew up.
The snow on the ground here was much thicker, more than a meter deep, making the area where they had just been active even more noticeable.
Because there was significantly less snow on the stone slab than in other places, and upon closer inspection, there were human footprints, which looked to be at least size 46 shoes.
"Is this the place? Is there a mechanism here?" Jian Ning looked around and realized that what the person had just lifted was not the cover of an underground well, but a floor tile.
"Do people still know how to use mechanisms these days? What era do you think this is?" Xiao Lingfeng smiled and tapped her nose, then walked over and stomped three times on the floor tiles.
"Hey, is anyone home?"
A full minute later, the paving stone was suddenly lifted up from underneath, revealing a rifle first, followed by a person wearing a fur-lined hat.
The man, who was wrapped up like a brown bear, poked half of his body out and mumbled something, which Jian Ning and Xiao Lingfeng couldn't understand at all.
Fortunately, Xiao Lingfeng reacted quickly and explained his identity in English again.
The man understood this time. He put the gun away, came out, and gave Xiao Lingfeng a warm hug, followed by a long string of excited words.
Jian Ning guessed that he hadn't seen any living people and assumed that a rescue had arrived.
Unfortunately, he didn't speak much English. He gestured and mumbled words, and I could only guess that it was a shelter for them with living people inside. I didn't understand much of what he said.
He enthusiastically pulled Xiao Lingfeng down to take a look.
After the two of them went down, they discovered that the underground space was actually quite large and not stuffy at all, with many places where ventilation could be achieved.
The temperature inside is much warmer than outside. And it's electrified.
They hadn't gone far when they were stopped by soldiers on guard. After checking that they weren't carrying weapons, they were allowed to pass. The path was a series of downward steps, about thirty or forty meters deep, before finally becoming flat.
The man led them to a large hall, sat them down, made a waiting gesture, and then quickly ran away. A short while later, he returned with a chubby man of medium build and a full beard.
He first gave a military salute, and then asked, "Hello, are you Chinese?" The man spoke fluent Mandarin from the start.
"Yes, we just came to see the situation in various countries. How are you all doing, comrades?" Xiao Lingfeng stood up, returned the salute, and then warmly shook hands with him.
"Oh no, my friends! I'm so happy you could come!" The man suddenly grabbed Xiao Lingfeng's arm and started crying, completely disregarding everything else. This left Jian Ning utterly astonished.
That's way too emotional.
After crying for a while, the bearded man finally stopped crying and wiped away his tears with his hand.
"I'm sorry, I'm just too excited to see my family. This natural disaster has been a devastating blow to our country."
Due to the delayed dissemination of information, it is estimated that a large portion of the Chinese population perished in this disaster. We are deeply saddened by this, yet powerless to do anything about it.
There are fewer than 20,000 people currently living in this underground city, but most of them are researchers who originally lived here. There are also some government officials.
"I wonder what kind of help you can give us if you come here? How is your country doing now?" the bearded man asked, his voice trembling with tears.
"Our country is the same. Although it's summer now, it's still very hot, and many animals have mutated. Human living space is getting smaller and smaller."
"It seems difficult to defeat them." Xiao Lingfeng briefly explained the situation in China to him, eliciting gasps of amazement from the man.
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