Chapter 43: The Rainstorm
Late at night, on the emergency parking strip of the highway, two BYDs were parked in a row, both with emergency flashing lights, and all the lights were flashing non-stop, like candles in the wind.
The car was pitch black, and Li Su sat in the cab in a daze, his side face dyed dark blue by the lights on the dashboard. He propped up his chin with the hand holding the car door, leaned on the steering wheel with the other, and held a photograph in his hand.
Occasionally, a car drove past them at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour, and the snow-bright headlights illuminated the photo and quickly dimmed, and he kept doing so without saying a word. The rain poured down on the car windows, and the rain became heavier and heavier. It stands to reason that they should have found a place to shelter from the rain first, but no one objected, and everyone was gasping for air, trying to calm their nerves.
There is no other reason. The small city simply didn't have an airfield where a behemoth like the Tu-160 could land, and even if the Valkyrie were able to force take-off and land with a backjet, they would have no reason to land. How do they explain this to the school board afterwards? Do you want to bring souvenirs to the school managers?
So Director Adukara directly threw them down from a height of 20,000 meters, connecting two BYDs equipped with the Rainbow Bridge.
First it was a very long free fall, and then it was through thick cumulonimbus clouds. Unlike the harmless Altocumulus clouds, the lightning in this thing is deadly.
Their car alone was struck three times by lightning. But it seems that Director Adukara patted his chest to ensure that effective lightning protection measures worked, and although the scene was very exciting, there were still thrills along the way. At a height of one kilometer above the ground, the huge umbrella flowers opened, the black umbrella cloth completely blended with the night, and the parachute with a lightweight skeleton buried in the mezzanine also resisted the heavy rain. In the end, they landed on the highway without danger, and the parachute was swept away by the strong wind and disappeared without a trace.
"How's the recovery? We're leaving. Starting the engine, Li Su didn't give them a chance to refuse at all, and left the emergency parking strip with a dozen steering wheels. The BYD car behind paused and also drove onto the highway to catch up with their car. On rainy days, there are almost no cars on the highway, and there are only two lights on the dark road, like two worker ants lost in the rain.
"Where are we going now?" Eri, who was sitting in the back row, asked.
"Find a hotel, open a room, stay and get ready for the next move. I'm not going to meet them just yet. Li Su drove through the heavy rainstorm, and when he turned the corner, he splashed a man-high splash.
"Why?" Eri raised her eyebrows, obviously angry. Not meeting means that she can't meet Lu Mingfei, which is different from what they agreed at the beginning.
"Because I gave you some hidden information earlier. Look at your phone, Eri. ”
With a soft "ding", new data poured in, and the page she needed had already jumped out when Eri lit up the phone screen. The more she flipped down, the tighter her grip on the phone became, the cold aura was sharp, and Li Su felt like a demon knife stuck in the seat behind her. "The Goddess of the Clouds"? Fingal's name for that defeated dog is not bad.
"That woman ......," Eri said through gritted teeth, each byte as if it were squeezed out of her teeth.
"Two days ago, Chen Motong sent Lu Mingfei to a psychiatric hospital." Li Su picked up the second half of the sentence. "That's why I didn't join them, they can't be trusted right now."
"I'm going to see him! Get him out of the hospital! Right now! ”
"Then push Chen Motong and Fingal to the school board, lose a lot of information, expose us to the academy, and mess everything up? Don't forget that the school board still thinks we're exploring dragon ruins in the Bermuda Triangle! Use your brains, little princess of the underworld, pure violence will not solve the problem. ”
"You?!" Eri's eyes shimmered with gold, as if she was hiding a lion.
"What are you? It's Lu Mingfei's business to say nice things to you, and I don't have to get used to you. And can you really help Lu Mingfei like this? If you want to help others, you have to grow up yourself. ”
At the mention of Lu Mingfei, Eri Yi slowly calmed down again. Li Suxin said that this card was really easy to use, and he stopped talking. There was a long silence in the car, except for the overwhelming sound of rain.
Regent Hotel, underground parking.
"The rooms are all open, four rooms, no problem, right?" Li Su handed one room card to Eri Yi, and threw two more room cards to Sasha. "If you lack something, you can go out and buy it, but I suggest that you can just do it, now is an extraordinary time."
"I understand, it's raining heavily right now." Sasha nodded.
"It's not a problem, what I'm worried about is much more terrible than rain......" Li Su's pupils dimmed for a moment and then returned to clarity. Also, bring your gear. Not only personal weapons, but also survival equipment for a single person, do not put more than five meters from yourself. ”
"Why?" Lena was a little puzzled.
"I don't know when the danger will come, or even what the danger is." Li Su carried the same things on his back. "You came with me at your own request, and although I will try my best to take care of you, I can't guarantee your safety and be prepared."
Even Kaguya, a total of nine people were in the sightseeing elevator, which seemed a little crowded, and Li Su, who was the outermost, leaned on the railing, silently watching the boundless rainstorm.
"That day...... It's raining like this......"
He muttered under his breath, as if talking to himself.