CHAPTER XIX Tucker Base 19

Night.

Li Jie hesitated again and again, thinking of the scene after calling himself to the Ministry of National Defense a few days ago, thinking that the three of them were called away at that time, and their "reprimands" to themselves were so anticlimactic, raised high, and fell gently, it can even be said that there is no result at all, and that's it!

Finally, the inner entanglement and uneasiness made Li Jie decide to try to contact his "old classmate", Xiao Wenxing!

But until one o'clock in the morning, he still hadn't made up his mind.

The phone may be spied on. This is Li Jie's biggest concern.

But the guards who are almost inseparable, so that Li Jie has little time to be alone, and if he deliberately creates opportunities, he will inevitably be noticed by these professional guards, and in the end, it is likely that he will be smart and mistaken by cleverness.

Forget it, no matter, ask!

Li Jie finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth, picked up his mobile phone, and broadcast it according to the number above.

"Dut...... "......Just two rings, and the phone is quickly picked up!"

As soon as the phone was answered, a familiar voice came from the other side:

"Is it Li Jie?"

“……”

"Is the place where you speak safe? Don't let the guards hear what we're talking about. On the other side of the phone, Xiao Wenxing ignored Li Jie's silence and calmly reminded Li Jie.

“…… I'm safe here, who the hell are you. Li Jie whispered.

"My name is Xiao Wenxing, listen, don't ask unnecessary questions now, listen to me first, don't interrupt me." Xiao Wenxing's tone finally fluctuated, and then he immediately said something that surprised Li Jie: "There is a big problem in Tucker City, the drinking water source has been put into the radioactive material, and the drinking water source under the entire Tucker City has been polluted, and the current water is filtered from the saltwater well at a great cost......

"What!?" Li Jie couldn't help but exclaim, he understood what it meant that the water source was contaminated with radioactive materials!

"Listen to me!" Xiao Wenxing, who was interrupted, scolded Li Jie very nervously, and then continued: "Filtration, permeable membranes are needed, there is not much inventory of these things, if you can't find a new water source, Tucker City may fall apart!" ”

“……”

"What I want to tell you is that once you can't carry it, there may be a big mess, so many people, with the current capacity, it is impossible to transport it in a short time! When the time comes......" Xiao Wenxing's words were not finished, but they were enough to make Li Jie creepy.

What will happen then? This goes without saying.

"You only need to promise me one condition, and I can arrange for your family to leave Tucker City." Xiao Wenxing finally put forward his own conditions.

Li Jie's throat was a little dry, and he asked hoarsely, "What conditions?" ”

"It's very simple for you, save someone, I know what you can do, save him, and then, I will arrange for your family to leave Tucker City!" Xiao Wenxing's tone finally became solemn.

"Who the hell are you!? Where did you know about me! ”

"It doesn't matter, listen, at 7 o'clock in the evening the day after tomorrow, it's still the old horse barbecue in District 6, I'll bring someone here, you save him, I'll arrange for you to go!"

……

Slowly put down the phone, Li Jie closed his eyes a little tiredly, Zeng Pei next to him was already sitting next to him at some point, and asked softly, "What's wrong?" ”

“…… It's okay. ”

"Well, then, let's go to bed early." Zeng Pei hesitated and persuaded softly.

"Daughter-in-law."

"Huh?"

"What if, I mean, Tucker City collapses like those camps before it?" Li Jie closed his eyes, leaned on the head of the bed with his whole body, and muttered weakly.

"As long as we're together, it's good to be anywhere! Isn't it? Zeng Pei reflexively, hugged Li Jie's waist, closed her eyes, and smelled the smell of her husband's body, this kind of peace of mind made her feel relaxed.

……

Early the next morning, Li Jieqiang, who hadn't slept all night, cheered up and came to the 501 Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, absentmindedly completed a few simple experiments, and after extracting two bottles of therapeutic drugs, Li Jie seemed to inadvertently ask Qin Huanian, who was watching the monitoring equipment intently and repeatedly observing the monitoring records: "Director Qin, I haven't seen Dean Liu in the past few days, I want to talk to him about my treatment!" ”

"Huh?" Qin Huanian looked up a little dazedly, glanced at Li Jie, then straightened up, rubbed his dry eyes, and said, "Oh, Dean Liu doesn't know what he's busy with these days, and he can't see anyone, I also want to find him, hey, your kid's treatment is one of the best in the institute, what else are you talking to him about?" ”

"Hey, no, look at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, a lot of rare things have matured, and I want to have a good time!" Li Jie secretly felt a pang in his heart, but he had an embarrassed expression on his face.

"Oh, yes, I can't help with this, the Academy of Agricultural Sciences will help people, the little family is angry, I wanted to eat a corn cob last time...... Hum! Wait for Dean Liu to come back and let him speak. Speaking of this, Qin Huanian shook his head a little depressedly and continued to bury his head in work.

Li Jie, who pretended to be helpless, turned around and left and went to the cafeteria to eat, but he sighed secretly in his heart, Dean Liu had disappeared for several days, which was a problem in itself.

You must know that in the past, Dean Liu paid the most attention to the research of the 501 Institute, and the research of other departments was just to make Tucker City more stable in the desert, but the research of the 501 Institute is the future of all mankind! It can be seen which is more important than the other! As long as he doesn't have important work, he will almost always soak in the 501 Institute and keep an eye on their work progress at any time!

But now, Dean Liu has been 6 days and has not seen anyone, Li Jie didn't care about it originally, but now that he thinks about it, there is definitely a problem!

In the afternoon, normally, Li Jie should stay in the office or go to 501, but he chose to skip work and go home because he was a little restless, and no one said anything about him anyway.

In the car.

Ma Xiaodong looked at Li Jie's solemn face, and wondered a little, this person's life is comfortable, and he has special functions, he was always happy a few days ago, what's wrong with it today? He asked with some curiosity, "Brother Jie, what's wrong today?" Uncomfortable? Do you want to call a hygienist? ”

"Oh, I ......"

"Ding Ling Ling~~~" A ringtone of the phone interrupted Li Jie's words, and he looked at his phone suspiciously, it turned out to be Wang Kai calling!

"Hello?"

"Brother Jie, where are you?"

"Now? On the way home, in the car! ”

"It's... Ma Xiaodong: They're all there, right? Wang Kai's words were a little strange, but Li Jie suddenly understood something, and said casually: "Hmm".

"That's good, stay safe! By the way, that's the case, I haven't eaten watermelon for a long time, I really want to eat it, can you make it convenient? I don't have to go to work in the afternoon, go to your place to mix a piece of watermelon to eat? Wang Kai immediately changed his words, and his tone became a little hippie smile.

"Okay, come on, I happen to be fine in the afternoon." Li Jie directly agreed, and then made an appointment before hanging up the phone.

"Chief, you're really good to that kid Wang Kai!" Ma Xiaodong listened to Li Jie's words and muttered a little jealously.

During the war years, the guards around the officers were almost one of their most trusted people, and when Ma Xiaodong said this, he beat around the bush, and by being jealous, he also showed some loyalty.

"Haha, you know some about me, I was wandering outside at the time, thanks to their help, Xiao Wang was the first with me." Li Jie held back the doubts in his heart and said with a smile.

……

When I got home, the four old people were sleeping, and Zeng Pei was holding Xiao Chen Xi, playing with toys with the children, watching TV, and when she saw Li Jie coming back, she smiled and teased: "Yo, I got off work early today, and the unit is fine?" ”

"......" Li Jie rolled his eyes, he was observed and monitored as a guinea pig in the unit, what was the matter? Didn't it all look like that day?

After returning home, the guards also relaxed, the four of them began to take turns to rest, Li Jie also extracted the watermelon from his mobile phone, waiting for Wang Kai to arrive, and secretly wondered in his heart, what kind of dumb riddle did Wang Kai play?

The meaning on the phone was obvious, it was inconvenient for them to speak in front of Ma Xiaodong, so it was changed to a face-to-face interview, and eating watermelon was an excuse.

After Wang Kai, Xiaolin and others came to the Tucker base, they also arranged different jobs after signing a confidentiality agreement.

After stabilizing himself, everyone, including Professor Shang, came to visit Li Jie and thanked him for his care along the way and the grace of saving his life.

Among them, Xiaolin, Wang Kai, and Yuan Chengzhi are the most diligent.

These three people have been regarded by Li Jie as their own people in the real sense, and they often bring Wang Yahan to Li Jie to mix rice.

The food in the canteen of No. 1 Courtyard is not a little better than their big canteen.

Xiao Lin was arranged to work as a nurse in the hospital, Wang Kai was arranged to go to the water plant for automatic control, and Yuan Chengzhi was the most unlucky, because he had worked in catering, he was assigned to the canteen in their area and became a small squad leader.

……

In the afternoon, before the appointed time, there was a knock on the door.

There are guards standing guard at the door, and those who can knock on the door are all acquaintances, otherwise they would have been driven away a long time ago. Now the one who knocks on the door, nine times out of ten, it is Wang Kai.

As soon as the door was opened, sure enough, it was Wang Kai!

As soon as this kid opened the door, he smiled with a face: "Brother Jie, sister-in-law!" Oops, little Xixi, let Uncle hug! ”

"Wow~~~"

Xiao Chen Xi cried very facelessly.

"Eh, hehe, this kid, I haven't seen him for a few days, and I don't recognize anyone anymore!"

While talking, he walked to the living room and sat down around the coffee table, while Wang Kai went to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife and began to kill watermelons!

Xiao Chen Xi looked at the watermelon, his eyes widened, looking directly at the watermelon, he didn't know what to think in his little head, and his saliva was already flowing.

"Oops! Come on, come on, mom feed you! Zeng Pei hurriedly picked up a piece of watermelon and asked Xiao Chen Xi to eat it little by little with his only two lower incisors.

Wang Kai picked up a piece of watermelon, took a big bite, and made an exaggerated "um~~~" sound, pretending to be intoxicated: "Oops, it's so sweet!" ”

After speaking, the smile on his face remained unchanged, but his voice suddenly lowered: "Brother Jie, something happened!" ”

"If it's delicious, you can eat more, this thing is unlimited, hehe!" Li Jie replied with a smile.

"There was an accident at the waterworks, the drinking water source was contaminated, and the current drinking water is filtered and desalinated for domestic use." Wang Kai's voice was extremely low, but Li Jie heard it clearly, and his heart "chuckled"!

The one named Xiao Wenxing actually said it was true!

Wang Kai's face at the moment, the kind of smile that can be pretended to be can no longer be maintained, a look of nervousness and uneasiness, said to Li Jie: "Brother Jie, it's not a way to go on like this, filtration requires a permeable membrane, we can't produce this thing now, use a little less!" Moreover, radioactive materials will penetrate the soil layer, and now, the domestic water is also weakly radioactive, which, once this goes wrong, Tucker City will be finished! Speaking of this, Wang Kai's voice had begun to tremble faintly, and he had tried his best to suppress his panic and uneasiness, but he was almost uncontrollable.

Finally, calmed down, he whispered to Li Jie again: "Brother Jie, hurry up and find a chance to get out of here, these days, don't leave your uncle and aunt, don't separate the family, otherwise I can't tell when things won't be covered, and when the time comes, I'm afraid something big will happen!" You must stay safe! ”

"Well, you are the same, the waterworks depends on the situation, if it doesn't work, you won't do it, come to me!" Li Jie nodded heavily, then looked at Wang Kai and told him seriously.

"Well, Brother Jie, be careful, I'll go first!" Wang Kai wiped his face with his hand, and then ate a tooth of watermelon, taking advantage of the time to eat watermelon, calmed his emotions, and restored the already reddened eye circles to nature, and after eating, he said to Li Jie with a smile: "Okay, Brother Jie, then I'll go first!" ”

……

When night fell again, Li Jie looked at the dim street lamps in the yard, but his heart was at a loss.

finally arrived in Tucker City, a city still under the control of the state, so that Li Jie's family found a sense of belonging, and finally put their lives on the right track and lived a fairly happy life, but at this moment, they encountered such a thing as nuclear radiation!

What am I going to do?

Hydrate the city with your phone?

But in the mobile phone, you can only take out buckets one by one, this kind of efficiency, a few people, a dozen people are easy to do, hundreds of thousands can also endure, but the whole Tucker City has a population of nearly one million, how can I replenish it!

It's impossible not to sleep......

Li Jie closed his eyes in pain......

Do you still need to wander outside?

If this continues, when will it be the first time......

Or...... Only left?

But where can you go if you leave here?

What kind of existence has humanity provoked to lead to such a catastrophe!?

So, what about tomorrow?

Who is that Xiao Wenxing, and what is his purpose?

Since what he said was true, what could he do to get his family out of Tucker City?

It is foreseeable that if all this is true, my own importance will be infinitely higher!!

Infection doesn't happen immediately, but the water source can't be missing for a day!!

As the nuclear contamination intensifies, the situation is bound to worsen!

Li Jie knows how difficult it is to treat radioactive contaminated water!

This condition will definitely not be met now, so in this way, the abandonment of the Tucker base is almost a certainty......