"How much?! One billion? Did I hear correctly?" Xian Qianhua was stunned.
Su Shiqing said sternly: "Yes, you heard it right. After the disaster was over, we made scientific calculations. Without your early warning, we would have paid a heavier price after realizing it later."
Xian Qianhua was a little confused. She really hadn't thought about it so much.
"Well... I'm a bit... not feeling well..." Xian Qianhua sat down and covered her forehead, looking a little in pain.
When the girl saw this, she was about to step forward but was stopped by Su Shiqing. He said: "In this case, we won't disturb your rest. If you need anything, you can give us direct instructions. I will ask Qingyue to wait outside the door.
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Qingyue? Xian Qianhua raised her head and glanced.
The girl introduced herself: "My name is Su Qingyue. If you need anything, just call me."
Hmm... What a nice name... Xian Qianhua couldn't help but think of herself... When Xian Qianhua's father, Xian Juncai, gave her this name, he said it was a homophony of the meaning of "wash away the beauty and reveal a pure appearance". He hoped that she would be beautiful all her life.
Be able to be an "ordinary person".
After being a child, Xian Qianhua still felt that it was nothing, and she even liked the meaning behind her name.
But she didn't expect that as she grew up, this meaning would bring her a lot of trouble.
Just as Xian Qianhua's father expected, Xian Qianhua was not taken seriously since she was a child, and other people's children were sent to be nurtured early in the hope of becoming valuable talents.
However, Xian Qianhua was sent to live with her grandfather. Every day she went diving and fishing with her grandfather, who had worked at the First Central Axis for 50 years, and occasionally acted as a tour guide and lifeguard to serve guests visiting the beach.
The more than 20 years before Xian Qianhua was selected by the National Talent Reserve Center to join the Xinghan Aeronautics and Space Administration, she was indeed as "ordinary" as her father expected.
However, Xian Qianhua did not blame her father for this, because she only realized her father's good intentions when the Shanhai was destroyed.
It turns out that what her father meant by being "ordinary" is not as simple and easy to achieve as Xian Qianhua imagined.
On the contrary, if this sentence is connected with the previous sentence "I will never change after all the vicissitudes of life", the artistic conception will be completely different.
From that moment, Xian Qianhua realized that her father wanted her to get rid of the worldly pretense, not put on makeup, not hide her intentions, and be her true self.
The door is closed.
Xian Qianhua herself was the only one left in the room.
She took a deep breath and her head hurt less.
Walking to the window, holding on to the window sill, and looking at the sea, the strangeness in Xian Qianhua's heart gradually became clear.
She remembered everything that had happened...but she was not sure what the old man and Su Shiqing had just told her.
Because compared to being rescued more than a hundred years later, Xian Qianhua wanted to know what happened next...
"The disappearance of the sun" is so far away that millions of ordinary people cannot imagine... But just as Grandpa Xian Qianhua once said: "People are always there.
A lot of things have been destroyed inadvertently, but we don’t need to care, because it doesn’t matter, but we should think about it carefully... What if one day we become the target of being destroyed inadvertently?"
Xian Qianhua didn't understand before. She always felt that the days would repeat themselves as usual, passing day by day.
But now she understands that ordinaryness is a miracle, and impermanence is the norm.
…
The sun "disappears" two months later.
The surface temperature has dropped to about minus 27 degrees Celsius.
Through space surface telemetry, nearly 95% of the world's plants have died, and almost all herbivores have become extinct... Only a handful of cold-resistant carnivores are still struggling on the earth.
Bohai Bay has turned into an ice sheet.
Tens of thousands of ships were frozen in the port and turned into black ice sculptures.
At this time, marine life also began to die in large numbers...the A-type algae in the breeding tank also began to stop growing. The first batch of breeders were picked up. Their work was over and they could go to the nearby Bohai Bay No. 1 underground shelter.
A "new life" has begun.
However, there are still more than a thousand people who continue to hold on at the Bohai Bay Sea Granary Base.
Natsume, Momosawa Hanako, and Shimizu Masato, as the third and final group of adherents, will continue to work here for two and a half months, until all C-type seaweed stops growing.
Walking on the ice, Hanako held the remaining fireworks from the fireworks display and had fun with Masato.
Natsume originally disagreed with this kind of outing because it was too dangerous.
But after coming out, even though it was pitch dark everywhere, with only the lights of trucks transporting seaweed flashing from time to time, Natsume still felt that his breathing became easier.
Of course, this is just an illusion.
In fact, the base issued a warning a month ago, saying that due to the complete cessation of plant photosynthesis, the surface ecological environment has deteriorated sharply. Therefore, all base staff are strictly prohibited from going out.
However, at the insistence of Hanako and Masato, Natsume still took risks and took them out for some air.
The fireworks went out, and Hanako and Masato's laughter stopped.
Natsume came to his senses, turned on the light and said: "Here, we should go back!"
Hanako and Masato had gone very far without knowing it, and the ice under their feet had become very slippery, making their return very difficult.
Although the wearers are wearing cold-proof clothing, the extremely low temperature will not pose a threat to them, but if they fall in such a place, they will definitely feel pain.
So Hanako and Masato carefully supported each other and moved towards Natsume little by little.
Natsume became a little nervous when he saw this. After all, there were patrolmen in this area. If they discovered the three of them, they would probably cause a lot of trouble.
So Natsume said: "Be careful and come here quickly, the patrolman may be coming later."
Hanako: "Okay, okay! We're back! Don't worry!"
Masato's pretty face turned red, and she moved cautiously.
Natsume sighed softly and lit the light for them.
It took the two men a long time to get halfway through the distance of more than 100 meters.
Halfway through, Hanako complained: "Why didn't it feel so slippery when we came here just now?"
Masato also felt very strange: "Yes, we seemed to be running here just now."
Hanako was stunned for a moment, then said: "Hey, is that because there was no light just now, so we are more courageous?"
Masato did not comment.
Hanako made a decision. She said to Natsume: "Hey, Natsume, turn off the lights. We all have night vision devices. Just run over there."
Natsume heard this and said: "Okay, then you should be careful."
"Yeah." Hanako was happy. She turned on the night vision device and said to Masato: "Hey Masato, how about we compete?"
"Contest?"
"Yeah, let's compete with who can get to Natsume's side first. If we lose, give the other person a piece of chocolate! How about that?"
"But I don't have chocolate anymore? What should I do?"
"Oh, it doesn't matter. If you don't have any chocolate, just give me something!" Hanako said as if she was sure to win.
Although Masato didn't complain about her, the competitive nature in her heart was also aroused.
"Okay! Then..."
"Three...two...run!"
"Hey! Why didn't you say anything?"
"Hahaha!" The naughty Hanako started running, and the ice surface that was slippery at first seemed not so slippery all of a sudden.
Masato hurriedly caught up, and the distance of fifty meters was reached in the blink of an eye.
But when the finish line was approaching, just when Hanako was about to cheer for victory, Natsume suddenly came over, hugged her, and said: "Shh! Patroller!"
Hanako's cheers were suppressed.
But Masato also arrived. Due to her wrong starting position, she panicked a little when she reached the finish line and bumped into Hanako and Natsume.
Suddenly all three of them fell onto the ice.
This movement is not small.
The patrol drone in the sky sensed it immediately, and its buzzing sound gradually approached.
Masato frowned as he twisted his foot. He was about to cry out in pain, but he didn't dare to speak out when he heard the sound.
The three of them hurriedly got up and hid in the corner.
In the shadows, the three of them clung to each other, with such a tense feeling... they could even hear each other's heartbeats.
Fortunately, the drone just flew over for a look and then flew away, and the three of them let out a sigh of relief.
Then Masato frowned and knelt down to cover his ankle and said: "Hey... Hanako, I really want to twist my ankle..."
Hanako was startled and immediately became nervous: "Ah? No way! Let me take a look!" After saying that, Hanako squatted down to check, but luckily Natsume stopped her.
"Don't stay here, let's talk about it when we get back."
But Hanako had already squatted down, and when she squatted down, she was stunned for a moment, then let out a terrified scream and fell to the ground.
Masato and Natsume were both stunned.
"Hanako?"
"Human... human face!!!! Masato, walk quickly! There is a human face under your feet!!!"
"Human face?" Masato didn't understand, she also looked down, and then...
She fainted...
Natsume took advantage of the situation to support her, and at the same time saw the human face that Hanako found.
She was right... there was indeed a pale human face full of pain and despair under the ice.
It was a woman in her thirties, who was still carrying diving equipment. She was trapped underwater for some unknown reason and froze to death here.
For a moment, Natsume's mind went blank.
…
Three hours later, the female body trapped underwater was pulled out through the ice.
After identification, her name was Guan Shaohan, a diver in Bohai Bay, who had been missing for more than four months.
The alarm record at that time showed that she went into the water with three other divers to repair an underwater optical cable node at the Bohai Bay Seafood Base.
But during the return process, Guan Shaohan disappeared...
Now she is frozen to death under the ice. Through her empty eyes, she must have gone through an extremely desperate struggle.
…
"You guys! Hey..." Three breeders in his jurisdiction went out against the rules, so the supervisor was naturally angry.
But seeing how distracted the three of them were now, the supervisor felt a little distressed.
After sighing, the supervisor said: "The director of the General Management Department stopped this matter, and the organization will not give you any serious punishment, so don't worry too much. As long as you don't make mistakes again in the future, I will be fine."
If you work honestly within the base, nothing will happen to you."
This result is already a very lenient treatment for Natsume and the others.
But the three of them remained silent.
The supervisor knew that they had been greatly stimulated when they found out about Angela Kwan, and now this situation is also a mixed blessing.
Fortunately, they were able to make the right decision and report the situation in a timely manner, allowing Guan Shaohan to finally "return" to the base. I believe they will strictly abide by the regulations in the future.
What's worrying is that this incident has greatly stimulated the three of them.
Even the optimist Hanako became a lot more depressed after witnessing the icebreaking and salvage process.
Considering that the three of them are all excellent breeders, it is impossible to let them go to rest directly now that they are employing people.
Therefore, the supervisor had no choice but to apply for a psychologist to provide them with psychological counseling.
But experts are also very busy now...
Since the "disappearance of the sun", psychologists have become several times more important than ordinary doctors.
Many people suffer from "catastrophic depression."
Today, Natsume, Hanako, and Masato discovered the body of Guan Shaohan, which can be said to have opened up the negative emotions that the three of them had suppressed. This is not something that the average person's psychological quality can bear.
The supervisor had no choice but to do his best to comfort him and said: "Well, Hanako, the new variety you cultivated a few days ago has been transferred from category C to category D. When the leader found out, he praised you very much! He said he would like more.
I’ll give you a prize to encourage you!”
Hanako came back to her senses after hearing this, and she forced a smile: "Thank you for your concern, the leader. This is my duty."
"Hey! How can you be so humble! We are now a big group, and what we pay attention to is that meritorious service must be rewarded, and misdeeds must be punished. Reward and punishment are clear! Right? So, you must continue to work hard in the future and strive for more honors! This
It will be of great benefit to your future!” The supervisor’s words were really “motivating”.
Hanako never cared about rewards or anything like that, she just wanted to have a good sleep now.
so……
"Thank you, supervisor. Well... supervisor... if there is nothing else, I would like to go back and take a rest, is that okay?" Hanako asked.
The supervisor was stunned. He looked at the time. Logically speaking, this would be the time for the three of them to work.
It's a bit against the rules to let them rest now... But looking at the state of the three of them...
"Uh... okay then, I approve it! You guys should go back and rest quickly, we have to work tomorrow."
"Well, thank you, supervisor." Hanako said and left first.
Masato and Natsume also came to their senses. Masato saw Hanako leaving and followed her directly.
The supervisor didn't say anything, but when Natsume was about to leave, the supervisor stopped him.
"Um... Natsume, wait a moment, I have something to ask you."
Natsume's psychological quality is much better than that of Hanako and Masato. The reason why he hasn't spoken is probably because he doesn't want to cause trouble to himself.
But trouble always comes to the door, and Natsume is helpless.
After being forced to stay, the supervisor dismissed the other people in the conference room, and then asked seriously: "Natsume, tell me honestly, did you hack in and open the water purification channel door?"
Natsume was shocked when he heard this. Part of the reason why he pretended to be "stupid" was to avoid this trouble.
But now...
Seeing that Natsume didn't speak, the supervisor felt confident and said softly: "Don't worry, I'm not here to ask questions for the organization and then cause trouble for you, but the organization is in urgent need of talents like you, so..."
Natsume seemed to realize something, and he said with a straight face: "No, no, supervisor, we sneaked out while the guards at the water purification channel were not paying attention, and we did not hack into the program..."
The supervisor frowned: "Xiao Xia...are you sure?"
Natsume had already made up his mind that he was not quite a "deserter", but that he had more important people to protect.
"Supervisor...I usually know how to flip through numerical codes, but I can open an ordinary smart lock with that little skill. If you asked me to hack the door of our base, how could I have that ability? If I really had it, I would have done it long ago.
We've left the marine base, wouldn't you say?" Natsume's reason was very good.
But the supervisor looked at him with a dangerous look.
Natsume also realized after saying that he was a very bad actor.
He was usually a man of few words, but what he said just now was really too glib.
The supervisor just looked at Natsume quietly.
After a long time, when Natsume was about to collapse, the supervisor sighed and said: "Hey... I thought it was really you who hacked in... But... it doesn't matter, I am also short of people here, you go."
Now, I really don’t know how to arrange it.”
As he spoke, the supervisor picked up the notebook on the side and handed it to Natsume: "Here, your work diary."
Only then did Natsume notice that his diary had been taken over, and he couldn't help but realize that he had walked on the edge of a cliff.
"Go back and have a good rest and go to work as usual tomorrow!"
Natsume took a deep breath, picked up the notebook and said, "Thank you, supervisor." Then he left.
The supervisor then said: "In addition..."
Natsume froze again.
"Don't spoil those two girls from now on. You are older than them. You should teach them the rules instead of letting them go and putting them in danger. Do you understand?" the supervisor said seriously.
Natsume was shocked when he heard this and nodded seriously: "Yes, I understand."
"That's good, let's go back."
"Well, thank you, supervisor."
…
On the way back to the room, Natsume saw Guan Shaohan's family, who were walking outside the base with Guan Shaohan's body.
In this special era, the era when the sun "disappears".
Even the most ordinary funeral has become so heavy... Natsume's light towards the future Qiji has also dimmed.
…
"Supervisor, are you really not going to report Natsume?" The deputy felt incredible about the supervisor's decision.
While drinking tea, the supervisor said: "Let him stay. Maybe here... there is someone or something he cares more about."
"But...the organization is short of people. If we hide it and don't report it, will..."
"What do you mean by hiding something and not reporting it? Do you want me to put a stick on my own man to force him to admit that he is capable?" The supervisor didn't like the deputy's words very much.
The deputy also realized that he had said the wrong thing.
She sighed and said, "Hey...then...well, I'll just reply and say that I haven't found this talent."
"Yeah." The supervisor nodded.
Just as the deputy was about to leave, the supervisor stopped her and said, "By the way, if the higher ups send someone down, you have to tell me immediately."