Volume 3: The Struggle of the Last Days Chapter 216 The Land of Sadness
Strings of crystal bubbles erupted from the outlet of the oxygen tube, and condensed into a small "futon" nearby, slowly "lifting" Qian Zhenshan's already somewhat soft body, as if to "exceed" his physical body to leave this gloomy and cold place. However, the hard steel bar made all these efforts come to naught.
The three of them stopped in front of Qian Zhenshan's body for ten seconds, and then passed through the iron gate that was blown open. The ceiling of the dock is one meter lower than that of the negative floor, and its ground is slightly lower than that of the underground floor, because its "ground" is the surface of the river, but now, the river has risen to the roof, and the assault boat has been completely submerged by the river.
"How does it feel?" Bai Yunlian watched the red and swollen area on Meng Zhuofan's thigh seem to spread at a faster rate, so she asked.
But Meng Zhuofan's answer made her worried, and she reached out to touch the latter's forehead, but before her hand could touch it, she felt a wave of heat, and when the two touched, there was a hot feeling on the back of her hand, as if if her hand was retracted slowly, the skin would be burned.
"Don't worry, it's fine."
Meng Zhuofan looked at Bai Yunlian, who was smiling like a flower, and his pounding heart was also a little calmer.
Two bolts of lightning turned the entire sky into a purple red, and when it disappeared, the bean-sized raindrops smashed on the solid body of the helicopter again, and also smashed out patches of water lotus on the restless river.
They're going to be fine, right? Bai Yunlian grabbed the hatch of the helicopter, quietly poked her head out, and looked at the marine police building hidden in the darkness, in fact, the distance between the two was only a few tens of meters, but due to the loss of the lights that kept all night as illumination, this huge building was completely hidden in the darkness, even if you widened your eyes, it was difficult to see the dark outline.
Time passed minute by minute, but the cabin was surprisingly quiet, except for the buzzing engine, there was no noise, Meng Zhuofan seemed to be asleep, Xie Lingguang stared at the scene in the scope "intently", the two pilots in the front seat seemed to be petrified, from beginning to end, without making a sound. Unable to find an object of catharsis, Bai Yunlian had no choice but to suppress her worries in her heart, and she couldn't hold it back, so she complained to the turbulent river, and this river, like a real mother, quietly listened to the child's sorrows. And squeeze out a pair of waves from time to time for comfort.
Finally, in the turbulent river, a white lamp appeared, which turned on and off, like the legendary ghost fire. But Bai Yunlian still looked at it expectantly, because she believed that this was what she was waiting for. Finally, on the river, a second and a third lights appeared, and the three lights were semicircular, outlining the outline of a small boat.
Bai Yunlian immediately asked Qiao Wu to turn on the searchlight, and when it shone little by little at the three small lights, finally, they saw the outline of a small boat, and the three lights were located right on the small boat. The river was very turbulent, but the boat leaned towards it with all its might. The two pilots hurriedly steered the helicopter to the small boat, but the air carriage was not as good as the agile Iroquois, until the two pilots were sweating profusely, and the two finally met each other.
Wei Yilin pulled the steel cable from the assault boat to the engine room, while Qin Tianwu and Xiao Tian stayed on the boat, and after a while, a steel rope hung down on the engine room, Qin Tianwu pulled it over, and Xiao Tian tied it to the iron ring in front of the assault boat, which is equivalent to finding an iron anchor for the assault boat, but this anchor is not in the water, but in the air.
"What about another person?" Xie Lingguang has sharp eyes and a fast mouth.
Wei Yilin, who was about to ask about Meng Zhuofan's situation, was stunned when he heard this, and after a long time, he shook his head gently. The atmosphere in the cabin became solemn, and even the two stone statues in the cockpit turned their heads, and their faces gently showed sadness.
"Who's gone?" As soon as he opened his eyes, Meng Zhuofan couldn't wait to ask, his current mood was already a little "sad for the rabbit and the fox".
Wei Yilin took off his oxygen mask and took a deep breath of fresh air before squeezing out two words from between his teeth: "Old money." ”
"How did you die?"
"The steel penetrated his body." Wei Yilin tapped his lower abdomen lightly, "A black shadow who doesn't know what it is has pulled out his oxygen tube. ”
The helicopter slowly passed through the rainy night, and the sky changed in black and white from time to time, not once, but it had to illuminate those dark and dreary high-rise buildings, which had climbed a lot of dark green vegetation, like solemn mourners, trying to remember the dead who were far away.
The huge red cross appeared in the searchlight, and on both sides of the red cross, there was a big character on each side, and these big characters were the name of the hospital, "The First Affiliated Hospital of Chinan Medical University". The huge outpatient building, after the turmoil of a year ago, and the wind and rain of this year, has become dilapidated, and many glass windows have been shattered, revealing the dark corridors behind it, and these windows, under the background of lightning, are like hungry mouths, waiting to be delivered to the door.
The helicopter circled the hospital from a distance, and finally hovered about two kilometers away from the hospital, and the people on board also began to rappel. The reason why he is reluctant to go far is because he is afraid that the roar of the helicopter engine will wake up the infected people in and around the hospital, and if it is like Huanzhou, it will not be fun to attract a tide of Qiantang.
The hospital was built on a small hill, and there was a large platform in front of it, so that it was safe from the river, but because of this, the ship could only travel about 500 meters away from it, and the rest of the way had to rely on foot.
Wei Yilin asked Qiao Wu and Xiao Xu to return with the injured Meng Zhuofan and Xie Lingguang, who was of little use for the time being, the purpose of the helicopter was to a deserted land in the suburbs, in Yuanzhou, there were many barren fields, they were either expropriated early to be used as construction land, but for various reasons, there was no construction, or a delineated farmland protection land, but in this place where every inch of land is valuable, how can there be a cultivated "building" to increase the economy, so there are some hateful villains, all kinds of waste materials that should be transported to professional disposal sites, Dump them on these farmlands so that they can be turned into a very beautiful result in a few years' time. And these places, now, have become the most ideal camps for a few people.
The four people left behind each brought five days' worth of dry rations and an oxygen tank filled with oxygen in case of emergency. Once ready, the assault boat began to row towards the complex that was once again hidden in the shadows.
"Is this a suburb?" Oda paddled hard to avoid the floating canopy, bulky garbage, and the sharp wreckage hidden underneath the boat, large enough to tear the bottom of the assault boat open. But the road is so narrow that every time you turn, you have to worry about whether the assault boat will crash headlong into the wall of the roadside building. Or on the trunks of green trees that have not fallen down.
"Old Town." Wei Yilin replied.
"I thought it was all an eight-lane road. Dozens of storey buildings. Xiao Tian explained that he would have the illusion just now, obviously, the real Yuanzhou had a lot of deviations from his impression.
"That's in Bishui New Town." Bai Yunlian suddenly interjected, "On the other side of the river." ”
Xiao Tian resisted the desire to turn back, because as long as he was a little distracted, this assault boat would definitely crash into an obstacle, but he really wanted to appreciate the scenery of the big city, so he had to sketch its portrait piece by piece in his heart, and hoped that before leaving Yuanzhou, he would have the opportunity to witness its true face.
Rowing required a lot of physical strength, and soon after, Xiao Tian was tired and out of breath, so Wei Yilin took over the shift and continued rowing. Yuanzhou is different from Huanzhou, it is surprisingly quiet, at least until now, everyone has not seen a living infected person appear from both sides or in the water, if it were not for the walls of the houses on both sides of the road, there will always be some "blood" that cannot be washed from time to time, everyone will really feel that this is a safe place.
A new day, quietly coming in the sound of rain, and the assault boat, also finally arrived at the "riverside", in front of everyone, is an upward highway, an eleven-meter-long bus, the tail is submerged in the water, but the front of the car is exposed, its windows, most of them remain intact, but on the glass window, it is blooming, blood roses, this "rose", mixed with a lot of "flowers and insects".
On the road in front of the bus, there were several corpses that had been completely white and ossified, and the gloomy bones, even in the darkless night, still exuded a heart-bursting cold glow. Bai Yunlian shuddered involuntarily. In the corner of the eye, there is also a drop of crystal that I don't know what the ingredients are.
This is where she was separated from her family more than half a year ago! Now, she is back, but here, it is no longer a thing. An ominous premonition suddenly rose in her heart.
"It's fine. They must have evacuated. Wei Yilin seemed to be able to really read Bai Yunlian's heart, and at some point, he appeared at her side, and his solid arms gently hugged the latter's petite body.
"Well, definitely." Bai Yunlian forcibly suppressed the panic in her heart, obviously, she preferred to believe Wei Yilin's words that were no different from the Arabian Nights, after all, the reality in her heart can't always be too cruel, right?
"What hospital is this?"
"Red Hospital."
"Ah~" Bai Yunlian exclaimed.
Although Bai Yunlian barely opened her mouth, Wei Yilin still quickly caught this strangeness: "What's wrong?" ”
Bai Yunlian gently wiped her forehead with her wet gloves: "No...... Nothing ......."
At this time, Qin Tianwu and Xiao Tian had also worked together to tie the assault boat to a small tree on the side of the road, and tried the rope, which was very strong.
"Let's go." Wei Yilin opened the safety of the submachine gun, and his heart, like Bai Yunlian, was not steady.