He ran all the way down to the base.
The old leader, lying on Xiao Lingfeng's back, felt neither cold nor wind, which surprised him greatly. It seemed that there was another side of Xiao Lingfeng that he did not know.
Among the superhuman warriors in the base, there's not a second one as capable as him. Although he understood this in his heart, he didn't say anything.
The soldiers on guard duty were pleasantly surprised to see Xiao Lingfeng carrying his old commander back.
They quickly led Xiao Lingfeng to the old chief's house.
It was a two-room prefabricated house on the third floor, with a living room and a bedroom, furnished only with simple furniture. There was a cot, and the temperature inside was a little lower than outside.
Xiao Lingfeng placed the chief on the bed and then took out the thickest down comforter from his spatial storage and covered her with it.
"Sir, please take a rest. I'll go and light the stove."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work." The commander looked at Xiao Lingfeng with a very kind gaze.
Jian Ning also went over to help. She didn't know what to say to the leader, so she figured it was better to get busy.
The stove was lit. Jian Ning took out a black-boned chicken and some dried mushrooms from her spatial storage and handed them to Xiao Lingfeng.
"Take this to the canteen and ask the chef to make the commander a black chicken soup. It's good for his health."
"Bring out the pot, I'll cook it for you. It'll be too conspicuous in the cafeteria." Xiao Lingfeng's consideration was correct. Wild pheasants are hard to find these days, so where would they get a black-boned chicken? It would be difficult to explain.
As long as Jian Ning wasn't allowed to cook, she had no objections. She prepared all the pots, pans, seasonings, oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar from her spatial storage. Then she sat on a small stool, propping her chin up with her hand, watching Xiao Lingfeng busy himself.
If a man can cook, he's exceptionally talented, let alone a handsome man like Xiao Lingfeng. Watching him chop chicken with a knife is a truly delightful experience.
"If the commander's wound heals well, he can get stitches tomorrow. When do you plan to go back?" Jian Ning asked, noticing Xiao Lingfeng putting the black-boned chicken and mushrooms into the pot to cook.
"We have to stay at least one night. I'll go ask the commander what he thinks later."
I think it's best to go back as soon as possible. There's still no solution to the Gu worm problem, and I'm worried that without us at the base, if something else happens, it won't be time to get back.”
"Yes, you're right. Actually, these Gu worms reproduce very quickly, so we still need to strengthen the defenses at our shelter."
The living environment inside the mountains here has given me a lot of inspiration. Maybe when we get back, we should hollow out the mountains too.
I can set this up even better than this in just a few hours. Go ask around here if they have any spare prefabricated houses.
“Okay. Keep an eye on the chicken soup, I’ll go right now.” Xiao Lingfeng now has a secret space that can store as many prefab houses as he wants.
He threw in some astragalus and codonopsis, then put the lid on the pot and strode out.
All Jian Ning would do was add wood to the stove and keep an eye on the pot to make sure it didn't burn.
Xiao Lingfeng returned after going out for more than ten minutes.
"Commander Gao said that someone will take me to the factory's prefabricated houses in a while. There are still quite a few usable ones there. As long as I can take them, I can take as many as I want."
Their space is already full; they can't fit any more houses.
The hot springs area isn't as safe as here. They don't plan to send anyone over, and the old commander's disappearance there has served as a wake-up call.
There are still dangers in the underground river. We'll designate a specific area for bathing, and everyone will have to use the shallow end.
"I'll go over with you once the chicken soup is ready. Let's see if there's anything usable besides the prefab houses. I feel like there are more basic building materials here than at our base."
If there are many factories, there must be plenty of usable materials.
Jian Ning was thinking that she should take over all the production lines that could be used later, because it would be too much trouble to remake these things in the future.
Collect as much as you can now. Leave something useful for humanity.
“Okay,” Xiao Lingfeng picked up the spatula, lifted the pot lid, and looked at the chicken. There was still a lot of broth inside; it would need to simmer for at least another half hour. He then told Jian Ning and turned to go inside.
The leader is in much better spirits now; he's no longer cold, and the room is warm.
The wound didn't hurt much anymore. He had just drunk the remaining half-full of water in the mineral water bottle he had been holding. He felt warm all over.
He was staring at the ginseng slices in the bottle, pondering them. They looked like ginseng, but with such obvious effects, they must be five or six hundred years old. It was such a waste that he was just soaking them in water to drink.
"Commander, what are you looking at?" As soon as Xiao Lingfeng entered, he saw the old commander leaning against the bed, staring blankly at the bottle in his hand.
"Lingfeng, is this ginseng that Comrade Xiaojian gave me? Could you add some water to it so I can drink it slowly and not waste its medicinal properties?"
"Okay, sir. I still have some of this; I'll leave it all for you later. I'm planning to go back to the base tomorrow; would you like to come with us?"
Xiao Lingfeng took the mineral water bottle, then took another unopened bottle from his own space, unscrewed the cap, and poured the water in.
"I still have things to take care of here, so I estimate I'll have to stay for about ten more days."
"Thanks to you for coming this time, otherwise I would be dead. I won't say thank you, but I'll remember it."
The leader took the water bottle from Xiao Lingfeng and found that the water inside was warm. He wondered what method Xiao Lingfeng had used to warm the mineral water.
"I'll leave these comrades who came with me behind to protect you."
"We don't need them at the base for the time being. By the way, sir, are there any people here who were injured by ice shards during the tornado a couple of days ago?"
Xiao Lingfeng was worried that there might be people here who had been infected by the Gu worms. Although it was quite far from the base, the wind was blowing ice and snow, and people could be infected anywhere in the world.
"I really don't know. You can go ask at the infirmary; it's on the second floor downstairs, and there's a sign for the infirmary hanging on the prefabricated building."
The leader really didn't pay attention to these things.
"Okay, I'll go now."
As soon as Xiao Lingfeng stood up, he heard a commotion outside, with shouts and screams coming from many people.
"Sir, I'm going to check on you. Please don't come out."
Xiao Lingfeng strode out.
Jian Ning heard the shouts outside and, forgetting about the black-boned chicken on the stove, ran out as well.
"Ling Feng, the sound is coming from downstairs."
"Come on, Wang Haiyang, you go watch the pot," Xiao Lingfeng said to the soldier standing at the door. He then grabbed Jian Ning's hand and ran downstairs.
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