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"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.
To be continued...