Chapter 22: The Father and the Son

At this time, the dungeon was full of signs of water seepage and leakage, and everything seemed to have been soaked once, and there was no dry thing to see.

Liu Peiqiang ran anxiously through the soaked corridor, calling out the names of his two children.

"Liu Qi! Blossom! Where are you? ”

Because they were worried about him, Qiao Lu and Wang Lei also followed from behind to see if there was anything they could help.

Wang Lei comforted Liu Peiqiang and said: "Don't worry, Lieutenant Colonel, Liu Qi's kid is blessed with a big life, and it's not so easy to get into trouble." ”

"You're setting up a flag." Qiao Lu complained mercilessly, isn't the protagonist still daring to say such things, isn't he looking for death?

Wait, like he's the main character.

Suddenly, there was a loud cracking of steel ahead, followed by a terrible torrent surging around the corner, instantly flooding the corridors of the dungeon.

Qiao Lu and the others were not swept away by the turbulent water because they were wearing a power exoskeleton.

But the already chaotic corridor suddenly became even more dilapidated under the torrent, and in the midst of the current, there were several pieces of broken oxygen helmets and fragments of power exoskeletons.

Although the owners of these items were not seen, the condition of these items was enough to conclude that they were unlucky.

This is not a simple flood, Liu Qi and they really have a big deal again.

"The gate here is broken again, come with me to repair it!"

In the midst of this ferocious tide, there are still several rescue team members swimming upstream, dragging a heavy backup gate into the torrent.

And in this rescue team, there is Liu Qi in it.

At this time, he was wearing a red protective suit and a civilian power exoskeleton glove, pushing the gate with difficulty at the back of the line.

"Liu Qi!"

Liu Peiqiang hurriedly rushed up to help, taking Liu Qi's place at the back of the team.

Suddenly, a familiar and unfamiliar arm appeared in front of him, and Liu Qi couldn't help but be stunned.

Then he reacted that what appeared in front of him was his father, whom he hadn't seen for 17 years.

"Liu Peiqiang, why are you here?"

Liu Qi bluntly said Liu Peiqiang's name without shying away from it, and he didn't seem to think of him as his father at all.

Liu Peiqiang carried the floodgate for him, and said indescribably: "If you have anything to say, I will talk about it when you are safe." ”

Qiao Lu, who was standing behind, glanced at Wang Lei, and shrugged his shoulders to help.

With the addition of Qiao Lu, Liu Peiqiang and Wang Lei, the rescue team quickly transported the spare gate to the leaking gap, welded the gap tightly, and finally temporarily quelled the flood.

The others breathed a sigh of relief, but only Liu Peiqiang and Liu Qi, father and son, who had reunited again after a long absence, were still looking at each other nervously.

In the end, it was Liu Peiqiang who asked first: "Liu Qi, what about Duoduo?" Is she okay? ”

"Duoduo, she's doing well, you don't have to worry about it." Liu Qi replied impatiently.

"Is it······"

The two fell silent again, and the air was filled with an oppressive atmosphere.

Qiao Lu and Wang Lei watched from the sidelines, after all, this was a matter between their father and son, and there was no point in others meddling.

After being silent for a long time, Liu Peiqiang took a deep breath and said, "Dad, I'm sorry. ”

This sentence instantly hit Liu Qi's soft underbelly, he rushed up and grabbed Liu Peiqiang's collar, raised his arm wearing a powered exoskeleton and shouted:

"Do you still have the face to mention this? If it weren't for you, the old thing wouldn't have died! ”

At this time, Wang Lei hurriedly rushed up and grabbed his hand and said, "Liu Qi, I recruited you at the beginning, if you want to blame, blame me." ”

Liu Peiqiang interrupted Wang Lei and said: "No, he's right, I'm sorry for my father, I made him bear too many responsibilities that should have belonged to me." ”

Liu Qi still raised his arms high, but his fists couldn't be swung anymore.

Seeing that the three of them were at an impasse again, Qiao Lu came out and said, "Okay, okay, don't blame anyone." In such an environment, it is a time to be thankful that separated relatives can meet again, so why make a fuss at this time when no one is happy? ”

"Who are you?" Liu Peiqiang and Wang Lei are both people Liu Qi knows, but Qiao Lu suddenly appeared, and he didn't know what was going on at all.

"I'm your dad's colleague, so don't worry too much about me." Qiao Lu said vaguely.

Although in the movie, Liu Qi is the protagonist of The Wandering Earth, in the current situation, it is obviously impossible to take this immature young man to the front line.

So Qiao Lu didn't bother to tell him anything about the quantum crisis on Earth, and most of the people on the wandering earth didn't know about it yet.

Just as Liu Qi was about to continue to ask, a radio sounded in the dungeon, interrupting everyone's conversation.

"Special Envoys Qiao Lu, Lieutenant Colonel Liu Peiqiang, and Captain Wang Lei are requested to return to the headquarters of the Coalition Government immediately. Repeat, please send Special Envoys Qiao Lu, Lieutenant Colonel Liu Peiqiang and Captain Wang Lei back to the headquarters of the Coalition Government immediately······"

"Looks like the results are in." Qiao Lu looked up at the loudspeaker and said.

It would make the three of them go back, which would mean that the nuclear fusion test on the superconducting ore of Pandora was over.

The coalition government needs to take the next step, so it's up to the explorers who landed on Pandora to get back to their lives.

Of course, Liu Qi didn't know what was going on, and hurriedly asked Liu Peiqiang: "Liu Peiqiang, where are you going?" Isn't your service already over? ”

Liu Peiqiang looked back at Liu Qi, and time seemed to have returned to the beach in 17 years, when he sat on the beach with Liu Qi and Han Ziang and watched the sky, and the sky was still as blue as the sea at that time.

After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Peiqiang still said the same thing as back then:

"Dad is going on a mission, this is the most important task in Dad's life."

Of course, Liu Qi can't understand such words, but when he grows up, he already knows that the important tasks of soldiers are impossible to reveal to their families.

Looking at Liu Peiqiang's figure gradually disappearing, an extremely complicated feeling surged into Liu Qi's heart.

Before Liu Peiqiang came back, he didn't want to see this father, but when Liu Peiqiang appeared in front of him and was about to leave again, he couldn't help but want to stay.

In the end, a thousand words converged into one sentence: "When will you be back?" ”

Liu Peiqiang stopped, slowly turned around and said:

"I'll be back when you're all safe."

I just don't know what day it will be.