Chapter 57: Collapse
Knowing Haldan's experience, Nanyin didn't know what to say.
Anyway, they can see it, and none of them escaped smoothly.
A group of people looked at Jun Helan, and he sighed when he noticed everyone's gaze.
"Wait for me where I am, I'll go over now, stay safe!"
"Okay Major General."
Haldane nodded obediently, paused and added, "By the way, Major General, can you bring me a set of clothes and shoes when you come over?" ”
It feels bad to have no clothes.
Fortunately, there was no one near him, and the plant skirt was wrapped around his waist, which was not uncivilized.
It's really uncomfortable to have no shoes.
He was a little embarrassed and said, "If I don't wear shoes again, my feet will be wasted." ”
Jun Helan reluctantly responded and agreed to bring him clothes and shoes.
Soon, he set off.
Almost as soon as he stepped on the flyboard and left, the gray dots on the big screen lit up one by one.
Some are forced to start, with a change from red to green.
Some of them were activated by the owner of the light brain who noticed that something was wrong, or when he wanted to see if there was a net, but no matter what it was, those little gray dots skipped red and turned green directly.
Then, the identity light brains of everyone present began to sound one by one.
It's all holographic projections from lost companions.
Nanyin and they hurriedly connected, and the projections of emotional colleagues appeared in everyone's field of vision one after another.
Nanyin was so excited that she hurriedly asked them about their current situation and sent them the coordinates.
Those who have a means of transportation come to meet, and they pick up their nearby colleagues together, and those who do not have a means of transportation send public shared coordinates, and Nanyin and those who have a means of transportation go separately to pick up people.
The audience and the staff of the program team in the live broadcast room were excited and tearful when they saw this scene.
Thankfully, they finally have news of a large force.
Rayson let out a long sigh of relief, "Do you know how I feel right now?" ”
"What else can you feel, relax!"
The Tech Minister snorted, his fingertips darting across the light curtain, strings of data jumping.
Gu Shuheng frowned, "What are you doing here?" ”
"Gather member information."
The collective appearance of the missing people is a good thing, but the situation is not optimistic.
Glancing at the projections of the task force members overlapping on the big screen, he said in a somewhat heavy tone, "The number of casualties this time, Lao Lei, you should be mentally prepared. ”
Rayson, who finally moved the big stone in his heart, felt that his hairs stood up all over his body when he heard this, and cold sweat began to come out uncontrollably.
He put his hand on the technical minister's shoulder with some trembling, looked at the big screen and gasped fiercely before he said in a hoarse voice, "What are the estimated casualties on your side." ”
The technical department that watched the data jump was silent for a long time.
Rayson's hearts cooled.
"How much?"
Gu Shuheng felt dizzy, but he still forcibly suppressed his chaotic emotions and tried to keep his voice stable.
"At least six hundred."
It is not excluded that some people have lost their light brains in the process of escaping, resulting in inability to contact.
"How much?"
Rayson's hand gripped his shoulders tightly, refusing to accept the painful truth, "Is it possible that I miscalculated?" ”
Because of the excessive force, the phalanges began to turn white.
You must know that the entire working group has more than 1,000 people, at least 600 people, which is a decrease of almost a third.
With such a large casualty, this will be a huge loss for Huameng and all mankind.
"It's impossible to miscalculate."
The Minister of Technology, who has absolute authority in the professional field, shattered his illusions, "I'm still talking about conservative numbers, because some people are still out of touch." ”
"If you include this part of the ranks of the casualties, the number will increase."
Sighing deeply, he couldn't hide his grief in his tone, "We can only pray now, pray that those missing colleagues can't be contacted because of the loss of the light brain." ”
The crowd fell silent.
Is this possible?
Can they still hold out hope?
No one knows, everyone is waiting now, waiting for the members of the task force to meet with Nanyin, waiting for Yao Changqing to count accurate data.
The wait lasted until two o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, and all the people who could be contacted finally met.
If you can't get in touch, as always, there's no news.
Soon, the personnel count was completed, and the list of all the staff of the task force was counted.
The death toll has been determined to be 132, 723 survived, and 617 are unknown.
Nanyin looked at the list, and among the missing people were people she knew, some were acquainted, some were nodding friends, and some were completely strangers who didn't even remember their names before this.
A low sobbing sound came, and she looked around blankly, and found that everyone was crying with a sad face, such as Ye Lin, and they were even crying directly.
She pursed her lips, wanting to say that she couldn't see anyone alive or dead, and it was too early to cry.
Anyway, I have to find the bones.
But it's like a fish in the throat, and there is no way to say it at all.
The atmosphere was too low and heavy, and she felt like she was out of breath.
Snorting, she exited the holographic list and left the crowd, wanting to be alone.
As a result, as soon as she reached the edge of the bamboo forest, she saw Jing Xilin, who was trembling with his back to her and leaning against the bamboo.
She wanted to turn around and leave, but Jing Xilin's choked voice came.
"Xiao Nan, I'm so uncomfortable!"
Nanyin was silent for a long time, then walked over to him and sat down, "I'm also very uncomfortable. ”
But it's useless to be uncomfortable, people can't be resurrected after death.
"My assistants are all dead."
Jing Xilin said sadly, "They have been with me for 30 years, getting along day and night, and now that they are gone, how can I explain to their families?" ”
"I'm sorry for them, but when I took on this mission, I wondered if there would be any accidents...... If I had known that this would be the outcome, I should not have agreed to their application in the first place......"
He chattered, and as he spoke, he broke down emotionally and hugged Nanyin and cried.
Tears fell on Nanyin's shoulders like beads of broken threads, burning her all over her body.
But there is nothing he can do, he can only release his emotions.
Minutes and seconds passed, and finally, he stopped crying.
"You say, will they hate me?"
“…… Who are your two assistants? ”
Nanyin didn't answer the rhetorical question, Jing Xilin was silent for two seconds, and reported two names.
She thought for a moment and comforted dryly, "It's just missing, and the death list hasn't been determined yet." ”
"Dead."
The voice was extremely determined, but his eyes were red into rabbit eyes, and the water in his eyes converged again.
When Nanyin saw him like this, he suddenly felt his scalp tingle and quickly changed the topic.
"How can you be sure they're dead?"
"Agar said."
Jing Xilin raised his eyes to look at her, his eyes overflowing with grief, "Agar and they came out of the same ejection trajectory, Algar's ejection sequence was after them, and he saw Beni and Wen Jian's survival pod being hit by a meteorite and leaving the ejection trajectory. ”
(End of chapter)