Chapter 49 p2
Ji Yang indeed had something to do.
Once the hostages were missing, this group of people would definitely be in a mess. That door wouldn’t be able to hold for long, so the government could make a move.
And she only needed to protect herself and these three people before the government had completely wiped out this group of people.
When she returned to the stairwell of the twenty-first floor, they were very fast. No one had come in between. Ji Yang breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that there was still time. She followed the agreement, found the corridor window, and fired the signal flare given by the government.
With a “whoosh,” a glimmer of light disappeared into the sky.
Ji Yang immediately went to the house on the twenty-first floor to check. The door of the house here was still good, but it was also easy to pick the lock. They were all ordinary main doors, and there was no technical content at all. When she opened it, she saw that it was densely packed with food, and she immediately raised an eyebrow.
Before, at the Juri Base, she had seen the armory, but she hadn’t found the grain depot.
But this small base of less than two hundred people, just the grain alone, had filled this one house!
Only the living room had a place to put your feet.
Ji Yang didn’t look closely, but a rough glance revealed that there were half a room of sweet potatoes and potatoes randomly piled up. She also casually put down a large pile of sweet potatoes and potatoes. Seeing that they were mixed very naturally, she went to the next room.
There were a total of four rooms on one floor. If there was time, she would definitely have to take a look. If there was anything good, she could also share a little.
This look revealed that there were quite a few. The second room was still all kinds of grain, but this time it was processed. All kinds of canned goods, vacuum-sealed compressed biscuits, potato chips, smoked meat, and the like.
Among them, the smoked meat strips were hung on a pole like clothes, and there were several rows of them.
There were so many good things. This was a secret fortune.
And because of this, there were many more cockroaches, insects, and the shadows of rats in this room than in the first room. She quickly went to the third room.
And at this time, there was also a noise from downstairs.
Lin Shubo was impatiently waiting for someone to bring the two hostages up, but he found that after waiting and waiting, the person still hadn’t come.
He was a little irritable and was afraid that something had gone wrong. He quickly went next door to find his trusted subordinate. “Go and see what’s going on?! Even if they’re infected and have a fever, it shouldn’t take this long, right?! Did they die?!”
He was in a bad mood today. He had vented his anger during the day, but it was true that as the two of them had guessed, the more he thought about it on the bed, the angrier he got. His younger brother was now captured by the government, and he didn’t even know how he was. He had heard that the government would make people do hard labor after they were captured. Maybe he had already suffered.
The two brothers were not far apart in age. Their parents had been laborers. In the early years, in order to save money, they had worked on a construction site in the middle of summer and had died of heatstroke. They had become orphans without a father or mother and had depended on each other. Their relationship was extremely good.
Especially in those years, at the age of fifteen or sixteen, in order to survive, they had stolen things and robbed, and had frequently been in prison.
It wasn’t until now, in their thirties, that they had achieved nothing. It was only that the brothers did not dislike each other.
They had originally been at the bottom of society. One day, the world had changed. The two of them had dared to fight and kill, and had managed to carve out a bloody path. Then, the government had suppressed the bandits. Fortunately, they had not grown big and had escaped the first wave of the government’s suppression. Then, they had quickly gone into hiding. At most, they would secretly rob a few rich households and kill a few disobedient people. Their lives were stable and comfortable, and they did not attract attention.
But who would have thought that the government would reveal the news that the extreme heat was coming soon!
When they thought of the extreme heat, they thought of their parents who had died of heatstroke. Heat was a terrifying memory for them. So, the two brothers had agreed to take their men and leave this place to live in the north.
They had agreed to do one big job before the accumulated water had receded and then leave. It was cold over there, and it would definitely be more comfortable than here during the extreme heat. Hu City had always had the nickname of a furnace. If they stayed here during the extreme heat, the chances of survival were too small.
But in the end, they had still been targeted by the government and had been designed to be captured.
It was really infuriating!
Just as his trusted subordinate had walked out, he heard a “whoosh” sound and was surprised. “Who is setting off fireworks at this time?”
Lin Shubo was also stunned. “Setting off fireworks?”
He subconsciously looked out the window. After waiting for a while, he didn’t see a second firework appear. He suddenly realized that something was wrong and said in anger, “The government has made a move! Damn it, that’s a signal flare, not a firework! Those two people must have run away! Are you guys just eating for free?! Quick!”
With a shout, his trusted subordinate was also startled and quickly went out to call for people.
For a moment, the entire base was in turmoil. They all got up in a hurry. “Enemy attack? Where are the people?!”
“The government is here? Will there be many guns? Damn it, I’m scared!”
“Why haven’t I seen anyone yet—ah?!”
“Holy crap, two people have fallen at the door! Someone’s dead, someone’s dead…”
At the same time, when countless heads appeared at the window, and a pair of eyes stared over, after confirming that Lin Shubo had appeared, a silent command was issued. “Bang, bang, bang—” a series of gunshots appeared.
“Ah!”
“There’s a sniper! Quick, get down!”
“Damn it, you didn’t even know when people ran in—”
“Big boss, what do we do now?!”
Everyone was in a mess and couldn’t find the enemy at all. Lin Shubo squatted on the ground, clutching his scraped ear with a lingering fear. For a moment, he was also a little regretful.
He regretted that he had been so angry in the morning and had done things too excessively.
Afterwards, they had also reminded themselves that it might make the government give up the hostages and directly attack them. But the matter had already been done, so they could only take it one step at a time. They hadn’t expected them to really dare.
And what about the two hostages?!!!
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In his panic, Lin Shubo couldn’t figure out where they had come from to save the hostages. You had to know that he had arranged for people to patrol the bottom three floors and strictly guard the window positions. Even if they were rescued, it wouldn’t be so easy to run away, right?!
How did they run? Weren’t they afraid of the two of them’s wounds getting infected?
Suddenly, he turned his head and saw the lock hanging on the large iron gate at the stairwell.
Only the key in his hand could open this thing. The things upstairs were most of the supplies they had gotten. The ordinary coarse grains were all stored in the warehouse downstairs for the survivors to use. These good things could only be used by a few of the founding members.
At this time, the place where this key was placed seemed a little wrong.
Lin Shubo realized something, quickly took out the key from his neck to open the lock, and shouted, “All of you, go up! Someone has stolen our warehouse. The hostages must be hidden upstairs!”
“Quick, go up and grab the hostages. The government won’t dare to make a move!”
“Grab the hostages!”
The crowd swarmed up.
At the right time, Ji Yang threw a grenade into the corridor.
The crowd had just climbed a section of the stairs and was just about to continue to rush when they heard a “gurgle” sound. They were still puzzled when the sound of an explosion suddenly rang out. In an instant, the smell of blood and gunpowder filled the entire corridor. This time, everyone’s mentality really collapsed.
“Ah, ah, ah, the government has come with grenades!”
“Help!”
“There’s a grenade, run!!!”
Ji Yang quickly finished her shots and went to see the fourth warehouse.
The third warehouse was filled with all kinds of gasoline, fuel oil, and the like. It was not well-preserved and was quite dangerous. She glanced at it and then went to pry the next door.
The fourth door was right above Lin Shubo’s room.
Ji Yang was still very interested.
When she opened it, she saw that the things inside were neither grain nor commonly used supplies, but all cooling equipment that could be used in the extreme cold: air conditioners, air conditioning fans, ice makers, solar panels, batteries, and the like. Besides that, there was also a large pile of… heat insulation film!
Unfortunately, Ji Yang had also bought some, so she was only surprised for a moment.
This big boss is really well-prepared.
She was just about to leave when she suddenly caught a glimpse of a silver-white thing.
Ji Yang hesitated for a moment and walked over. This thing was placed next to the heat insulation film, with no label at all. It was packed in a plastic bag, which was extremely simple.
She picked it up and looked. It felt cold to the touch, but the texture was soft, much like silk.
But it was not silk.
She had a gut feeling that this thing was very special and very familiar, but she couldn’t remember. After touching it for a while, she found that the place her fingers had touched was still cold. At this time, even though it was over thirty degrees at night, and the air was stuffy and humid, only this place was always cool.
Ji Yang was stunned. Her memory returned, and she realized what it was.
This was—a heat insulation suit!
Ji Yang stared intently at the thing in her hand. This was the heat insulation suit that the base had started to sell a year after the extreme heat. It looked a little different from the current one, but the feel was the same. A set cost eight thousand points, with a top and pants. When worn inside, it could insulate heat to a certain extent, reducing the burning of the internal organs by the scorching temperature, thus lowering the probability of death from heatstroke.
Of course, even if you wore this thing, you couldn’t go out in the daytime. If you were exposed to the sun for a while, you would still be roasted to death.
But indoors, you could last a little longer.
If you accidentally appeared in a place with no cooling equipment, wearing this could give you a glimmer of hope.
Suddenly, there was another noise in the corridor. Ji Yang quickly went over to check and saw two people trying to reach the twenty-first floor. But just as they stepped on the stairs, with a “crack,” the stairs broke, and the two of them fell directly from the empty space and smashed onto the stairs of the next floor.
“Ah!”
“Help—”
After two painful cries, the two of them lay on the stairs, unable to move.
Ji Yang tutted. It seemed she had over-bombed. As expected, it was not suitable to use grenades in the stairs. She casually shot the two who were not dead.
With her space as a cheat, she was carrying a super-large armory with her. Compared to the enemy, who at most only had ordinary hot weapons, it was simply a dimensional reduction strike. And this group of people was not as daring to fight and kill as the people of the Juri Base, which made her even calmer.
She returned to the fourth warehouse room, cut half of the heat insulation suit, no, it should be said, the heat insulation cloth, and stored it in her space.
It had appeared so much earlier than in her memory. Perhaps the real origin of this thing was here. It was also possible that this was a semi-finished product that was about to succeed, but because… the person who had invented it had died, so it had been researched for a while later before it was truly popularized?
Lin Shubo was so cautious about the extreme heat and had made full preparations. The number of electric fans, air conditioning fans, and air conditioners he had prepared was not small. If it weren’t for these supplies, he wouldn’t have been so fixated on the yacht. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to transport them away at all.
Then it was also very likely that he had found a talent who could make a heat insulation suit.
These past few years, the weather had been getting hotter and hotter. Many companies had been developing heat insulation suits, and it was said that they had made some progress. It was just that there was no model that was suitable for dealing with a high temperature of fifty or sixty degrees. She would take this thing back and let Xie Muzhi show it to the base. If it was possible, it would be good for the heat insulation suit to be popularized earlier.
Finally, she closed all the warehouse doors and wiped her fingerprints.
Ji Yang came to the stairwell and looked. No one was coming over anymore. The corridor was empty. It was just that the large hole was a bit big, and she was not sure if the surroundings could bear a weight of more than a hundred jin. She decided to forget it and wait for the government to come and save people.
As for the people of the White Tiger Base, they were all trying their best to escape. The escape tools were all on the thirteenth floor. They all swarmed over, and the fight on the thirteenth floor was intense. Ji Yang could see it from the window.
She looked around and saw several boats approaching in the distance. The boats were brightly lit, and she could see the green figures on them, all armed to the teeth. The guns in their hands, as they got close to the range, were immediately aimed at the fleeing people and fired.
It was basically a one-sided slaughter.
Without the hostages, this was just a mob, not worth mentioning. The government killed them easily.
Seeing this, Ji Yang quickly went upstairs and knocked on the door. “Open the door, it’s me.”
Soon, the main door opened, and two people who were so disheveled that they couldn’t be distinguished appeared, saying in surprise, “Come in, come in!”
“You scared me to death. You’re finally back!”
Ji Yang raised her hand to stop them. “You can go out now. The government is here. They’ll be able to kill this group of people soon.”
The two of them: “!!!”
It was simply one joy after another. The two of them’s tears gushed out, and snot bubbles even appeared.
Ji Yang: …
She took two steps back in disgust. “Wait here for a while.”
They had already reached this step. She didn’t have to do anything more. She just had to be cautious and wait for the government to come and pick them up.
So, the three of them tacitly squatted in the corridor. The man with the broken leg also dragged his broken leg and moved over step by step. He looked at Ji Yang, and then at Xue Yuanyang and the others. His tense body and mind finally relaxed.
Xue Yuanyang leaned against the wall, his head dizzy. His excited heart had not yet calmed down. While looking forward to the rescue from downstairs, he also secretly looked at the side profile of the person next to him through the dim light.
This stepsister of his is really formidable.
No wonder she didn’t want to stay at the Qiao family.
More than ten minutes later, a burst of hurried footsteps was heard. Ji Yang immediately looked at them warily. She heard the other party shouting while going upstairs, “It’s the government. Don’t be afraid!”
Ji Yang recognized that it was the official’s voice, and she relaxed.
Seeing her at ease, Guo Yao immediately shouted at the top of his lungs, “Here, we’re on the twenty-first floor!!!”
“Coming right up!” the official replied, his feet as fast as the wind. Just as he was about to continue up, his footsteps suddenly braked. He was shocked to see the broken stairs and was choked.
No wonder he had heard an explosion just now.
Is the Changnan Base so generous to its special talents? They can even carry grenades with them when they go out to do business?!
No wonder she dared to go so far alone!
Should their base also learn from this?