"I'm gritting my teeth so hard!"
Lin Feiyan took a bite of the hard compressed biscuit. She chewed hard with her snow-white teeth and said with dissatisfaction.
Ever since Luo Yuan had taken over the Firearms Bureau, she had not had a good day. She spent most of her time searching for survivors in the Reconstruction Area. Although her unique evolved ability allowed her to be immune to the cold, she had suffered a lot due to the fact that she had to sleep in the open every day.
This was not the most annoying thing. If they could find survivors, it would be fine. At least, her hard work would be meaningful. After all, humans had been through a great change. Even the most selfish person would be deeply affected by such an environment. However, the whole Firearms Bureau had been searching for months, but they could not even find a corpse, let alone survivors.
"Let me boil the water first before eating!" Wu Qianru tried to persuade her as she put down her backpack. She unzipped it and took out an alcohol lamp, a portable pot and a wooden water tank. Even without opening it, she knew that the water inside was frozen solid.
"So troublesome. Let's just eat it directly!" Lin Feiyan mumbled. She kept making a sound like she was chewing on ice. The sound made her teeth itch. Under the cold weather, the hardtack was as hard as a rock. If she was not an evolved human, she would not be able to bite it.
Wu Qianru did not persuade her anymore. She was not like Lin Feiyan who was not afraid of the cold. Even if she had good teeth, her stomach would not be able to withstand the cold.
She then took out a clean cotton cloth and a hammer from her backpack. She laid the cloth on the ice, picked up the hammer, and gently hit the sides of the water tank. Soon, the ice fell out of the water tank and onto the cloth.
She wrapped the ice with the cotton cloth skillfully. Then, she picked up the molten iron and smashed the ice hard.
A few minutes later, she untied the cotton cloth. The ice inside was broken. She picked up a few pieces and threw them into the pot. The rest of the ice was refilled into the water tank. She then lit up the alcohol lamp and started to boil the water.
The flame quietly licked the bottom of the pot. Soon, the water was boiling. She took out two cups and poured one for herself.
"Here you go!"
Lin Feiyan did not stand on ceremony. She took the cup and drank it in one gulp. She moaned comfortably as if the cup of water that had just been boiled was warm water. After a while, she asked Wu Qianru,
"How far is the city in front of us?"
Wu Qianru poured herself a cup of hot water and soaked the hardtack in the hot water. Then, she casually said, "There should be more than ten kilometers left."
"After we finish searching the city in front of us, we'll go back and rest for a while!" Lin Feiyan sighed. She had been through a lot and was much more mature than before. "Speaking of which, we've been out for a week. We've used up most of our supplies. It's time to go back."
"Sigh! I can finally rest for a few days, "Wu Qianru said with a happy expression.
It was hard to imagine the living environment in the wild without experiencing it herself. She trudged in the snow during the day and shivered in the sleeping bag at night. There was no clean water at all. Before going to bed, she had to filter the snow with the purifier she carried with her to meet the water needs of the next day.
To make matters worse, the purified water would freeze very quickly in the extremely cold weather. So, she had to melt the ice before she washed her face and brushed her teeth every day.
This was under the condition that the weather was not bad. Since the war, the weather had been extremely abnormal. Blizzards were common, and sometimes there was even hail. They had experienced a huge hail once.
It was the middle of the night last month, when they were sleeping soundly. Hailstones the size of footballs fell from the sky like meteorites. Even though they were evolvers, they were still in pain when the hailstones hit them. They were in a sorry state. Especially since they were surrounded by flat ice fields, there was no place for them to hide. The two of them could only use their hands to hold up the tent and endure the hailstones for half the night. The hardship was like drinking water. Only one knew whether it was warm or cold.
…
Taking advantage of lunch time, they rested for half an hour and then set off again.
Not long after, they arrived at the original site of the city.
"This should be the area of Fenjin City," Lin Feiyan said after looking at the latitude and longitude of the smart terminal.
There was no trace of a human city here, except for the thick snow on the ground.
"There should be no one alive!" Wu Qianru sighed. She had already given up hope after seeing the situation recently. Now, she could only do her best and leave the rest to fate.
"No matter what, let's search around first," Lin Feiyan said.
…
The ground was covered with a thick layer of snow. The two of them were not like Luo Yuan, who was a human nuclear weapon. They could easily break through the layer of ice, so it was impossible for them to search carefully. However, it was not impossible.
The easiest way to determine if there were survivors in a city was to look for possible air vents.
After all, if there were survivors in a city, it would be impossible for it to be airtight. Otherwise, the lack of oxygen would kill everyone. Moreover, it had been three months since the disaster happened. Without air vents, even if there were survivors, they would have suffocated to death.
The two of them took out the terrain detector from their backpacks and started to work. This kind of device was widely used. It was an indispensable device in the field of civil infrastructure and structural damage detection. Therefore, there were many of them in Hope City.
With such a device, they could save a lot of effort.
Time ticked by. A few hours later, it was already evening. Unfortunately, aside from snow and ice, the two of them did not see anything else.
Lin Feiyan, who had run out of patience, was about to inform Wu Qianru to stop working. Suddenly, she heard Wu Qianru scream, "Captain, come here quickly. There's … there's a dead body here."
Hearing this, Lin Feiyan was shocked and quickly walked over. The ice on the ground was already dozens of meters thick, and it was getting thicker by about one meter every day. In addition, the ice and snow here were not transparent. Almost one-third of it was covered in dust, and the color was dirty and pitch-black. Under normal circumstances, even if there was a dead body, it would not be visible to the naked eye.
The fact that a dead body could be found meant that the person had died not long ago. It could be half a day, or a day, but it would not be more than two days.
As time passed, the body would have been buried.
The existence of the dead body meant that there was a high possibility that there was a survivor's gathering place nearby.
"Where?" Lin Feiyan hurriedly ran over and asked.
"Look over there!" Wu Qianru looked nervous and breathed quickly. She pointed at an arm that was exposed on the ice five to six meters away.
Through the dirty ice, they could vaguely see a young and naked body buried there.
Lin Feiyan followed the direction and her expression changed slightly. It was not Wu Qianru's fault. The arm was too strange and bizarre. She realized that the exposed arm of the corpse did not have any trace of being frozen. No, not to mention being frozen, the skin color of the arm did not seem to belong to a corpse at all.
The skin on the surface was red and shiny, with a hint of pink. It was hard to imagine that he or she was buried in the ice, and it was very likely that he or she was still alive.
It should be noted that the temperature on Earth was close to -70 degrees Celsius. Even the level two polar night was nothing more than that. If they did not wear clothes, other than a special evolved person like her who could absorb internal energy, the rest of the members of the Firearms Bureau would not be able to last long in such a terrible temperature.
Looking at his or her arm and the size of the body under the ice, it was obviously a five to six years old kid.
"Captain, what should we do?" Wu Qianru asked.
This was too strange. Even a super evolved person like Wu Qianru was at a loss.
"Let's go up and take a look. Maybe he's still alive!" To be honest, Lin Feiyan was also a little scared. However, as the captain, she was much calmer than Wu Qianru. No matter what, as the captain, it was really shameful to run away in front of the team members without fighting.
However, just when she took a deep breath and was about to walk over, she suddenly saw the arm that was exposed on the ice. She moved slightly and held it with her little hand.
This discovery almost caused her heart to skip a beat. Before she could calm down, she saw the ice layer cracking. The ice that buried the body suddenly shattered, and a small figure sat up from the ice, revealing his bare back. Countless pieces of ice fell to the ground.
Looking at her (his) natural movements, it was as if what was pressing on her body was not a hard piece of ice as hard as iron, but a layer of crispy milk. She (his) back was facing the crowd, and she seemed to be a little sleepy. She yawned and stared blankly for a while with her back facing the crowd, and then stood up.
Lin Feiyan and Wu Qianru looked at each other and felt goosebumps all over their bodies. Although they did not see what kind of ability he or she had, just the power that he or she showed just now was enough to make the two of them fearful.
One had to know that the ice layer at around -70 degrees Celsius was almost as hard as steel. If it was either of them, they would not be able to destroy it as easily as he or she did.
The two of them quietly retreated. However, after taking a few steps, the unknown kid seemed to have heard something and suddenly turned around.
It was a little girl who looked like she was carved out of jade. She was naked, and the fine ice shards slowly melted on her body, emitting a steaming mist.
Seeing the two girls, she was surprised at first. Soon, she shouted in surprise.
"Ah, I finally see someone!"
Lin Feiyan and Wu Qianru looked at each other and were slightly relieved. No matter what, at least he or she was a human and they could communicate.
Wu Qianru asked carefully, "Little … Miss, why are you lying here?"
"Hello, aunty, I'm sleeping!"
The little girl spoke clearly and was very polite. However, the answer that came out of her mouth made the two girls look at each other.
"Where did you come from?" Wu Qianru thought for a while and asked again. Perhaps they could get some information about the survivors from her.
"New Capital City No.3 Genetic Laboratory. However, everyone there is missing. My sisters, brothers and sisters are all missing. Even the aunties who took care of us are missing. I'm looking for them!" The little girl said innocently.
The more they listened, the more they felt strange. Not to mention that she came from the laboratory, and not to mention her siblings, New Capital City was an area that the Glassians focused on. One of the antimatter bombs was released there. The entire New Capital City was now a big pit.
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