(2-in-1)

A sharp weapon was pressed against Su Wanqing's neck, cold and piercing.

Tang Xue stood behind Su Wanqing and held her hostage.

I don't know where she got the weapon, maybe it was picked up from the ground, there was an earthquake here not long ago, except for building materials, most of the clutter didn't have time to clean up, she wanted to find something sharp, it was very simple, while everyone was busy, just go and pick up an iron piece in the ruins.

However, the thing against Su Wanqing's neck was not like a rough piece of iron, its surface was very smooth, Su Wanqing lowered her head, and through the corner of her eye, she could see that this was a small knife, with a sharp edge.

"Where did you get the knife?"

Su Wanqing did not show panic, she was a person who had seen a big scene, she put down Xiaobai, raised her hands, said that she was not threatening, and calmly talked to Tang Xue.

"I picked it up in an old house last night, don't worry, it's just a fruit knife, with my strength, I can't pierce your heart, but I hope our cooperation can be a little more pleasant, otherwise I may not be able to guarantee that your eyes can still see the sunrise tomorrow."

Tang Xue slowly moved the knife towards Su Wanqing's eyes, and after shaking it in front of her eyes, it moved back to her neck.

"A researcher's eyesight is precious, and a blind person can't do science, right?"

"What do you want?"

"A full tank of gas, some water and food, a gun with less recoil and corresponding bullets, plus grenades, communicators and flashlights, and I also need a speaker."

"I thought you would ask us to stop dropping hydrogen bombs."

"I'm not stupid, if I make such a request, you will definitely take me for a madman, you certainly have no shortage of good snipers, I don't want to be killed by a sniper rifle."

"Don't get excited, I'll let them meet your requirements and ensure your personal safety, so please calm down, Miss Tang Xue."

"Please rest assured, Dr. Su, I am calm now, more calmly than ever, and I believe that you are a respectable person who will not backtrack."

Some soldiers had already noticed the commotion here, and some people gradually surrounded Tang Xue and Su Wanqing, but the number was not very large, because the evacuation work was almost over, and most of the staff took the ship and returned to the mothership.

According to the plan, there were still more than ten minutes, everyone should leave the land, and the last transport ship stopped on the shore, Su Wanqing and Tang Xue should have left together on that boat.

Tang Xue is a very smart person, she chose the timing very cleverly, she must have specially chosen this time to do it.

When the decision to drop the hydrogen bomb was announced, all the reconnaissance planes and drones began to retreat and recover.

Now there are no HSA combat units in the city, only a group of soldiers standing guard near the raised defensive line.

At the same time, while they were talking, another transport ship was heading into the distance, and there were only about a hundred people on the shore, which was the weakest time for defense.

You must know that on weekdays, wherever Su Wanqing goes, there will be many people to greet her, she is watched by people all the time, if it is in normal times, Tang Xue's knife is estimated to be pressed to the ground as soon as it is taken out, and she will not be able to move.

But now it's different, everyone is busy evacuating, busy with the aftermath, and Tang Xue has been here for more than a month, Su Wanqing no longer has too much vigilance against her, so she has the opportunity to take hostages.

It should be said that this is the best opportunity, if you do it early, she will be watched, and if you do it later, the people who carry the ship will come.

While talking to Su Wanqing, she was observing the surrounding environment.

Maybe she had been quietly watching in the corner a long time ago, and she had been waiting, waiting for the people around Su Wanqing to leave.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Su Wanqing looked at the muzzles of the guns pointed at Tang Xue, and many guns were raised and pointed at Tang Xue's head: "Even if you drive away, the hydrogen bomb will still detonate in two hours, and it won't stop for you."

You put down the knife now, and you can still get on the ship with us, I promise that you will not be treated differently, my previous promise is still valid, you can still return to the Northern Federation as a citizen, live a peaceful life, as long as you are willing to work, you will not have to worry about food, clothing and housing, you can participate in the sorority ball, there are all kinds of entertainment activities every Sunday, the department will count the birthdays of every employee, and hold birthday parties for them, you are very young, you have no serious illness, you still have a long life ahead, there is no need to take such risks. ”

She deliberately said it very loudly, not only to persuade Tang Xue, but also to the soldiers, she was trying to convince the criminals, and she expressed this message so that someone would not be impulsive and suddenly shoot.

"Actually, I'd love to leave with you." Tang Xue took a deep breath, but did not put the knife down: "These conditions are very tempting, if you come a few months earlier, before winter, I will definitely accept your arrangement in peace, I am not joking, I am afraid of death, I am very afraid, I really want to go with you, but you came too late." ”

"Can you bother some of the gentlemen over there to put their guns down? I'm timid, and when I'm held at gunpoint, my hands shake, and I might do something terrible. As she spoke, she put the knife close to Su Wanqing's neck and pressed her skin down.

"Put the gun down."

After Su Wanqing agreed, the soldiers put down their guns.

But the crowd was tightly encircled, and there was no intention of letting Tang Xue go.

"Go and prepare a full tank of military off-road vehicles, put a standard unit of food and water on the back seat, it will cost seven days, and a gun that can be used by women, with all the bullets and some grenades." Su Wanqing said.

"Don't forget the speakers, communicators, and flashlights." Tang Xue answered.

"Hear me, speakers, communicators, and flashlights." Su Wanqing raised her hands high.

A man who looked like a commander nodded to the soldier and motioned to prepare the supplies.

A few minutes later, an army green off-road vehicle was driven over, the crowd vacated a place for the body, after the driver stopped, opened the car door, someone showed her what Tang Xue asked for, and then put it into the back seat, two people carried oil drums, and filled the fuel tank.

"Dr. Su, let's get in the car together, you come to drive, and when the car is out of the defensive line, I'll let you get down, and you can let a car follow behind and be responsible for sending you back."

"Aren't you afraid that they will shoot you with weapons?"

"If they want to shoot me, I can't dodge it, you have a helicopter, even if I drive away, it's easy to catch up with me, I don't want to fall out with you, I just have to do something, but you don't let me do it, so I have to use this method."

"I can understand you." Su Wanqing tried not to disturb Tang Xue's emotions.

She got into the car with Tang Xue and sat in the driver's seat, Xiaobai was also taken into the car, Tang Xue didn't seem to want to take it to the car, and kicked it several times, but it still followed.

Su Wanqing started the engine, drove the car forward, and after entering the body, Tang Xue still put the knife on Su Wanqing's neck, but this time she didn't use the blade, only the back of the knife.

"Dr. Su, you told me last night that the hydrogen bomb will be dropped at half past ten at the latest, and I hope you can find a way to delay the release of the hydrogen bomb to half past ten."

"You still want to go to him?"

"It's not that I want to, but I'm going right away."

"He's good to you?"

"He saved my life, more than once, I didn't lie to you, I am not in love with him, it is a deeper attachment than love, we wrote a life list together, that night we left the warm and comfortable villa, huddled in an old house to keep warm, but I didn't feel scared at all.

He wrote drag racing on his life list, I encouraged him to go drag racing, we were racing on the road in the countryside, there was no finger missing, Xiaobai was scared to pee on my skirt, we couldn't even see the road, but I knew he was next to me, after the drag racing was over, my skirt was full of urine smell, my hair was blown into a chicken nest, but I felt very happy, I had never laughed like that in my life.

As long as he is by his side, I am not even afraid of death, I have no wishes, the only wish that has not been fulfilled is to see him again, hug him, and talk to him, so I don't want this wish to become a dream, I hate dreaming. ”

Su Wanqing didn't speak, she felt that Tang Xue was probably a little crazy.

Su Wanqing felt that Tang Xue was sending her to death, but let her go, it was her own choice.

Su Wanqing turned on the headlights and parked the car about a kilometer away from the defense line, and one of the cars in the company stopped.

Night had fallen, the high beams weren't illuminating much, and it was still pitch black.

Su Wanqing opened the car door and got out of the car, she wanted to take the puppy away, and felt that such a well-behaved puppy should not be sent to death with her.

She beckoned to Xiaobai, but Xiaobai didn't choose her, it lay on the seat and sighed at her.

"Goodbye then, Dr. Su, if I make any progress, I'll try to contact you using the communicator." Tang Xue closed the door and rolled down half of the window.

The people who came out of the back car had already protected Su Wanqing, they were holding rifles, and they all pointed their guns at Tang Xue.

Su Wanqing pressed her hand down and motioned for the soldiers to put their guns down.

"If we still have a chance to meet, I will definitely introduce you to a wonderful psychiatrist."

"Then thank you, and I will go to the doctor with the greatest gratitude and tell him that I am not a madman."

Tang Xue rolled up the window, drove the off-road vehicle alone, and drove towards the city, the speed was very fast.

Su Wanqing stood in place, ordering the soldiers to stay quietly, she looked at the back of the car, and after a while, she couldn't see the shadow of the car.

She then received a call from the headquarters, asking about her situation, expressing concern for her, and asking for advice.

She said that according to the original plan, she would soon evacuate to the ship with the last group of people.

As for the timing of the launch of the hydrogen bomb, she did not propose a change, maintaining the original plan and launching it two hours later.

She didn't think that Tang Xue could create miracles, she was already past the age of reading fairy tale books.

When she was a child, she would believe that the princess would meet Prince Charming and live happily with him, but not when she grew up.

The happy endings in fairy tales are all fictional, and in reality, no fairy will appear when you are disgraced, casting spells to turn you into a glamorous princess.

Tang Xue couldn't have met a fairy who was happy to help others on the road, she was just crazy and lost her mind, so she made such an unreasonable request, thinking that there would be a miracle with a slight probability in this world.

She had lived in the disaster for six years, and in six years she should have seen the reality as it was, and she still had the same expectations as a little girl, and she still believed in fairy tales.

Su Wanqing took one last look at the direction in which the off-road vehicle disappeared and got into the returning car.

She boarded the last ship and returned to the ship.

Everything was ready, the aircraft carrier moved towards the far shore, and the accompanying ships formed a phalanx around it, slowly advancing, and the whistle sounded one after another, like a horn before the battle.

Heavy waves crashed against the bottom of the mothership, with the occasional white foam rushing into the sky, and the helicopter circled nearby, the wind of the rotors no less than the sea breeze, blowing the crew's hair up and clinging to the scalp.

The searchlights hit the night sky, the black clouds rolled, and there was a faint thunder in the distance, and it looked like there would be not only strong winds but also heavy rain tonight.

Su Wanqing stood on the deck, a chill hit, and the staff were busy walking around, they were debugging equipment, reconnoitering the wind direction, and were about to send a fighter jet to lock the position of the parent body.

At the same time, the hydrogen bomb is being discharged, everything is working according to plan, and in two hours, a bright fireworks will bloom on the land side, and you can see it clearly on the sea.

She felt very tired, she hadn't closed her eyes for two days and two nights, but she still had to see her mother's body evaporated so that she could sleep peacefully.

Everything will be fine, the base will be built, the institute will be built, the dead city, and the dead people, let them rest in peace.

She came to the lounge alone and made a cup of coffee.

The rich aroma of coffee permeated the tip of his nose, and he sat on the soft sofa, leaned against the window, and once again took out the old jewelry box, and took out the well-maintained ring inside.

Still hadn't put it on, it was her engagement ring, which she always took out to see, but hadn't worn it in a long time.

It's not that she doesn't want to, but she always feels that someone has to put it on for her, after all, when she receives this ring, she just needs to stretch out her hand, and the person who gave her the ring will wear the ring for her and kiss her hand.

What's the point of wearing a ring if that person isn't there?

After looking at it for a while, she put the ring back in it.

Elbows propped up on the table, sipping coffee, looking out the window over the land.

Let the memories die with this dead city.

From now on, she will never have any personal feelings, she will put her future life and all her energy into the difficult task of saving the world.

She shouldn't be as naïve as the girl who ran away stupidly, she can't be a girl anymore, only those who are spoiled can be a girl, she has long lost the person who spoiled her as a girl.

(End of chapter)