"Xiao Zhou, do you want to study abroad?" Gao Fei asked Zhou Guanqun casually.
Zhou Guanqun nodded: "It has been delayed for more than half a year. If it were not for the recurrence of the epidemic, I would have gone out long ago."
"The epidemic situation in every country is more serious than in China now. Be more careful when you go out and wear more masks and so on." Huang Hansheng said.
"Then do I need to bring more Chinese medicine?" Zhou Guanqun sneered, "You don't think you can't buy masks abroad, do you? How can it be better at home? Isn't the source of the epidemic your Jiangcheng? Don't always make assumptions.
The country is in dire straits, so I try to maintain my poor self-esteem through comparison."
"What do you mean?" Huang Hansheng looked angry.
Gao Fei sensed that something was wrong in the atmosphere, and was afraid that the two newcomers would quarrel, so he quickly changed the subject.
"Xiao Zhou, where are you going to study abroad?"
"Columbia Law School." Zhou Guanqun replied calmly.
"Wow! Columbia University? It's a top school!" Cai Wei exclaimed exaggeratedly, "It seems that it has produced many famous justices."
"It's not bad, U.S. News ranks sixth in the world's universities, much better than Qingbei." Zhou Guanqun showed off as if nothing had happened.
"If you can really get into Qingbei, what you say will be more convincing." Huang Hansheng's words were still full of anger.
"The domestic college entrance examination system is too rigid. Rather than selecting talents, it is better to kill them. Otherwise, why would graduates from prestigious domestic schools be so desperate to study abroad?" Zhou Guanqun gave Huang Hansheng a faint look, "So,
Hard words are useless, voting with your feet is the most real thing."
Liu Xingyu, who was standing in the back row of the crowd, suddenly laughed out loud.
"Brother Liu, why are you laughing?" Gao Fei asked softly.
"When it comes to Chinese international students at Columbia University, I am reminded of an old joke."
"Isn't Brother bad?"
"It's good. There are so many Chinese students studying abroad. The second and third generations of Chinese in the United States often complain about this."
When Zhou Guanqun heard the conversation between Liu Xingyu and Gao Fei, his expression changed and he turned back to look at Liu Xingyu.
"Senior, may I ask what your education level is and what line of work you do?"
"I'm just an old fella who grows flowers in the countryside." Liu Xingyu said with a simple and honest face, "I have no academic qualifications. I am purely illiterate."
“Can farmers who grow flowers in the countryside also make friends overseas?”
Zhou Guanqun looked surprised.
"Of course it's too high to reach. I'm just hearing about it."
Liu Xingyu replied a little embarrassedly.
Zhou Guanqun shook his head and reprimanded gently yet harshly:
"Old Liu, I'm not talking about you. You are so old, how can you still believe those rumors about little pinks on the Internet! If you have the opportunity, you must go abroad by yourself. If you open your eyes, you will know the differences between us and Western developed countries.
What a difference!"
"You're right, I have little knowledge and a small structure." Liu Xingyu's face was full of shame.
Gao Fei and Lin Qi looked at each other, both trying to hold back the urge to burst into laughter.
I really didn't realize that Brother Liu's acting skills of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger are quite good.
…
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon on October 2, the 13th Special Service Squadron to which Gao Fei belonged, led by the company commander "Pojun Thirteen", collectively teleported to the urban area of Xingzhou.
As soon as he stepped out of the teleportation array, Gao Fei was startled by the muffled thunder above his head.
Looking up, lead-grey clouds cover the sky, and occasionally a flash of lightning flashes, like a golden snake slithering through the gaps in the clouds.
It rained all the time.
The dense raindrops hit my face, stinging slightly.
Jiang Feng shuddered, held Gao Fei's hand, and looked around, his eyes a little confused.
Separated by a thick layer of rain, the flooded street scene in my hometown became particularly unfamiliar.
The teleportation point is in front of the Xingzhou City Armed Police Fire Detachment.
The company commander led a hundred trainee special police officers and waded into the fire brigade compound through knee-deep water. They saw a group of uniformed firefighters gathering, preparing to set off for rescue operations.
There were three yellow trucks parked in the yard, with a thick tube like a gun barrel set up on the truck, arousing Gao Fei's curiosity.
After asking Captain Yao, who was in charge of contacting Tiangong, I learned that it was a high-power drainage truck, commonly known as the "dragon water absorber", which was specially used to pump out accumulated water and fight floods and drain waterlogging.
However, judging from the water accumulation in the fire brigade compound, these three drainage trucks are obviously not enough to eliminate the waterlogging in the urban area, not to mention that the rain has not stopped and the water on the streets is rising.
All the flood control equipment available to the fire detachment has been dispatched to the areas with the most severe floods. These three "dragon water-absorbing vehicles" were urgently sent by brother units from other places for support.
"I'm sorry, comrades from Tiangong, we really can't spare the equipment and manpower, so we can only provide you with some emergency transportation."
Captain Yao wiped away the rainwater running down the brim of his hat, turned around and made a gesture.
The warehouse door is open, and there is a row of motor boats and kayaks inside.
"The motorboat is lent to us, but the assault boat is not needed. We will bring it ourselves." Pojun Thirteen said.
Captain Yao was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but glance behind the steel giant, but he didn't see an assault boat, so he couldn't help but murmur.
However, he also knew that the Tiangong special police officers were not ordinary people and could not use common sense to speculate on this group of strange people.
Calls for help from all over the city were eventually transferred to the fire brigade.
Most people who call for help are simply trapped by floods, and firefighters can handle it themselves.
But there are also some calls claiming to have discovered various ferocious monsters in the stagnant water, such as crabs larger than truck tires and swarms of piranhas swimming around.
These monsters that have been mutated by magic, as well as alien monsters from the water elemental plane, are beyond the ability of firefighters to deal with, so they can only call on the Tiangong special police for help.
Team 05, to which Gao Fei belonged, and Team 12, who assisted them, were ordered to go to Xingzhou East Station to rescue passengers trapped in the station by floods.
"We have received many calls to the police, saying that there are water monsters near the station. Little comrades, you should be careful!"
Before setting off on the road, Captain Yao specially warned Gao Fei and his party.
"Captain Yao, don't worry, we specialize in treating all kinds of monsters." Gao Fei smiled and waved his hand, starting the motorboat.
This is his first time driving a motorboat.
Fortunately, the profession of Tiangong Special Police comes with proficiency in modern vehicles such as boats, vehicles, and airplanes. Regardless of whether they are driven by internal combustion engines or electric power, as long as they can be operated by a single person, they can all be controlled freely.
Including the driver, the motorboat can only carry three people.
Gao Fei was in charge of driving the boat, with Jiang Feng and Ma Yun sitting behind him, driving at the forefront of the team.
Astrolabe provides local traffic route navigation maps, but Gao Fei has a more reliable human navigation assistant by his side.
Jiang Feng is a native of Xingzhou and knows every street in this city. He is responsible for being a guide for his teammates and taking a shortcut to the East Railway Station.
