11. The place I saw in my dreams
After the rescue pod landed smoothly, Spock and Natasha quickly sorted out the equipment they had: enough food and water for two people for four days, a kit for field use, a camping tent, four ray guns and ten energy magazines, and a portable all-terrain vehicle. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
With these equipment, they can last for about ten days, which should be enough to wait for reinforcements from Colonel Gande. However, they still had to get out of this place as soon as possible, as they suddenly realized that Karubo had already passed the news of the two of them separating from the rescue pod to the flagship when he asked Gander for help, so they should stay away from this landing site as soon as possible in order to avoid the Hatu people from following them.
"Come on, Major, it's a little more uncomfortable for two people to sit and it's slower, but I don't want to leave the girl behind."
"Your Excellency, my subordinates think it's more useful to find a safe hiding place than to be poor."
"It's not cute." Spock said unhappily. But when Natasha got on the motor, her body pressed against Spock's back, he immediately changed his opinion: "I don't think it's too bad to be on this planet with you, at least it's many times better than being with Karoupo." ”
Natasha gave him a gentle slap on the back, but Spock could tell she wasn't angry. Of course, the speed of an all-terrain vehicle cannot be compared to that of an aircraft or a rescue pod, but it can still travel at a speed of 400 kilometers per hour, so if it were not for the protective suit, the air flow would still quickly take the heat away from the two people. Even so, the currents forced Spock to hold on tightly to the handles to avoid being blown away by the wind, and Natasha had to hug Spock's waist.
"Major, did you confirm where we were when you left the survival pod?"
"It has been confirmed, it should be at longitude 105 west, latitude 42 north, in the former northwestern position of the Americas."
"Really? Maybe it's a trick of fate, it's so close to my hometown, I really want to go back and see it. ”
"Do you expect anything left of your hometown?"
"Yes, I heard my grandmother say that the night the Hatu attacked, the city where they lived was bombed." Spock said in dismay, "We're heading northeast, and in two hours it will be dawn, and then we should find a place to hide." ”
"I'm afraid we can't drive for that long, Your Excellency, the flatter the terrain is further east, it will not be conducive to our concealment, and my subordinates suggest that we turn due north, where it is more appropriate."
"Listen to you." Spock spun his hand and turned due north.
After more than two hours of movement, they were able to move nearly a thousand kilometers away from the rescue capsule, but this was only a momentary distance in the eyes of the combat boat, so finding a suitable hiding place was far more useful than a quick escape.
After about forty minutes of driving, Spock found a cave where he could hide. The hole was deep enough for motor vehicles to come in and out, and Spock immediately decided to spend the day resting there.
After setting up the guard equipment near the entrance of the cave and setting up the tent, Spock took out the emergency rations and said, "Major, come and eat, and rest when you are done." ”
Natasha said with a serious face: "Your Excellency, my subordinates have just discovered a problem, our communicator cannot be used in this cave. ”
Hearing this, Spock hurriedly took out the communicator he carried with him, and after fiddling with it for a while, he gave up and said: "It seems that the ore here contains a lot of magnetic metals, and the signal cannot be transmitted here at all." ”
"Yes, the good thing is that it's very difficult for the Hatu people to find us, and the bad thing is that it's just as difficult for Colonel Gande to find us." Natasha sat down.
"This place could indeed be used as a temporary refuge, but the next one must be found, and there is no water source here." Spock unconsciously lay down, put the ration in his mouth and chewed: "I'm really unwilling, as the commander of the fleet, I was going to personally send all the Hatu people to the grave, but now I can only hide in Tibet, watching my subordinates complete this mission. ”
Natasha said while eating her rations: "Your Excellency, in fact, I have always had a question. Are all the Hatu people really forced into the solar system? With their technology and military might, will they sit idly by and watch their demise? I think that the human race was attacked by the Hatu Star people, who had an absolute advantage, and almost completely wiped out, but did we still survive with wisdom and courage? Now the gap between the Hatu people and the Galactic Alliance is at least not as big as we were then, right? ”
"You have a lot of point, but the reason why I believe that this is the only remaining strength of the Hatu people is because I believe that the Galactic Alliance will not let them go, they are mortal enemies who share the sky, and they will definitely force the Hatu people to have nowhere to hide." A thought flashed through Spock's mind as he said this, but he didn't catch it, so he sat up sharply and grabbed his hair in thought.
"Your Excellency, are you alright?" Natasha couldn't help but get nervous when she saw this.
"Ignore me, ignore me, I seem to have thought of something." Spock closed his eyes and said something in his mouth: "What is it??????? Mortal enemy????? Hiding ??????, right! Hiding! ”
Spock suddenly rolled over, and found something in the toolbox to fiddle with for a while, before he said with a smile, "I'll just say I didn't remember something!" There's a place to hide near here! ”
"What? How do you know? ”
"I heard my grandmother say that my father was born in the desert, and my grandmother took my father for several days until he came to my great-grandfather's shelter, where she recuperated for a month before leaving. It's a place that the Hatu people can't find! Let's go there and find a way to contact Colonel Gand! Spock's excitement was palpable.
Natasha looked at him gently, and now Spock's performance may be an expression of his nature, which has never been seen in the past time they have worked together. Natasha suddenly felt that Spock had changed a little, no longer the high-flying lieutenant general, but like a young man who had just graduated.