After saying that, Yue Ronggang put both sets of work clothes into the cabinet, and then handed something to Li Jinqun and said, "The other thing is this. You've always wanted it, haven't you? Here it is."

It was an antique hifi music box, which Yue Ronggang always kept with him when he was working.

Li Jinqun felt very uneasy. He frowned and said, "Forget it, you'd better not set a flag for yourself. I'll keep it for you at most and return it to you when you come back."

Yue Ronggang didn't say anything else. He took a deep breath, looked at the place where he had worked for nearly five years and said, "Let's go."

Li Jinqun was a little reluctant to give up, so he came over and hugged Yue Ronggang: "Live well, brother, live well."

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July 19, 2151

The third batch of construction workers arrived at the No. 1 construction area.

As soon as he got off the snowmobile, Yue Ronggang saw two giant octopus-like machines moving slowly on the great plain in the distance. Their mechanical arms were specially designed bionic machines that could protect against cold and frost.

There are more than a dozen oversized searchlights hung under the arm and bulging head, which are mainly responsible for providing lighting for the construction area.

The light falling on the ground was very similar to the spotlight falling in the dark theater when Yue Ronggang and his wife went to see the musical for the first time. However, under the light, there were bulging "bubbles" instead of makeup.

A heavily painted musical actor.

"Bubbles" are an idea thought up by a genius designer.

Use special polymer materials as the "bubble membrane", then inject a layer of cold-proof liquid that can automatically enter a semi-solidified state at ultra-low temperatures, and then inject oxygen and some inert stable gases inside, so a miniature "dome" system is created.

it is done.

These miniature "domes" are nicknamed "bubbles" and mainly provide shelter for construction workers.

Yue Ronggang followed the instructions and went underground first, and then rested there for a day. He waited until the next day for someone to come and take the people. They were all heads of various engineering teams. These people had been working in this area for nearly a month, and they had bad tempers.

That's pretty good.

Seeing the rows of volunteer builders who looked like newly enlisted soldiers, the three engineering team leaders glanced at them with cold eyes like instructors, followed by a bald head and asked loudly: "Is there anyone who knows how to weld?"

"Yes!" Four people raised their hands.

The bald head nodded, pointed at two of them and said, "You two belong to me, take your things and leave." After saying that, the bald head put on his helmet and led the others away.

The other two people in charge also quickly put forward their own requirements and selected the people they needed.

But at the end, when all the thirty people in the room were selected, and only Yue Ronggang and two other young people were left, the leaders of the engineering team also left.

Yue Ronggang was a little anxious. He was not anxious because he was not selected, but if he had been waiting here, when would he have the opportunity to inquire about his son's whereabouts?

But the two young people felt very lucky. They looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Yue Ronggang wondered: "Why are you laughing?"

One of the young men said: "Isn't it worth being happy if you didn't get selected? It would be so hard if you were asked to leave just after you arrived."

Yue Ronggang frowned: "Didn't you come here voluntarily? How could you have such an idea?"

Another Huangmao said: "Tsk, if it weren't for my newly pregnant wife not having to work, I wouldn't be too lazy to come here."

Yue Ronggang understood after hearing this. It seems that some people really come here purely to earn subsidies from the state. So are there people like Yue Ronggang who come here to find their relatives?

Yue Ronggang shook his head secretly and thought: 'It should be gone...'

Another night, Yue Ronggang shivered from the cold in the cold room. The temperature here was estimated to be more than 20 degrees Celsius below zero. It would be fatal to fall asleep.

But there are regulations in the construction area, and saving energy is the most important task, so Yue Ronggang could only huddle in the corner and wait for dawn. The two young men who thought they had taken advantage during the day could no longer laugh. They kept shaking, and later

He started scolding, scolding the person in charge here, scolding the world, scolding his wife for being careless, and then she probably felt even colder while cursing, and then she calmed down like Yue Ronggang.

Staying up late is already very painful, let alone when you can barely maintain your body temperature.

So one of the young men asked Yue Ronggang: "Uncle, why are you here? You should be quite old, why don't you stay in the shelter?"

Yue Ronggang didn't have a bad impression of the two young men, but he didn't want to talk because it was too cold.

But it was too rude not to speak... so he said as briefly as possible: "For money."

"Money? Hehe! I didn't expect that there are people in this world who would risk their lives just for money." Huang Mao couldn't help but complain, and his words were a bit mediocre.

Yue Ronggang grinned, muttering in his heart, but he didn't care about it with his mouth.

Another young man said: "Don't talk about others. You came here just for money. We are all the same. This is our fate for the rest of our lives."

Huang Mao hummed twice: "If I had known I hadn't acted stupid during the day, maybe I would have been enjoying the hot drinks with the engineering team by now."

"It's popular to drink spicy food? What are you thinking! It would be great if I could give you a steamed bun so that you can sleep in a place where it's not so cold! It's popular to drink spicy food! Do you think you went to work on infrastructure construction?" with Huang Mao

The young man who was with me showed no mercy to Huang Mao when he was complaining.

Huang Mao sniffed and said, "That's okay, I'm going to starve to death, and I don't know if there will be food here. Are we really going to starve the three of us to death here?"

The other young man stopped talking, probably because he really ran out of energy.

Seeing that he was silent, Huang Mao touched him and said, "Hey, don't sleep. If you fall asleep in the cold, be careful not to wake up."

The young man said angrily: "I have to sleep even if I want to. Do you know that I'm starving to death?"

Yue Ronggang listened to their conversation, touched the spare dry food in his arms that his wife had prepared before leaving, hesitated for a moment, took out a piece of bread that was hard from the cold, threw it over and said, "Let's make do with it first."

Huang Mao was hit hard, but he didn't get angry when he saw it was food. He just smiled and said, "Thank you, uncle. Hey, let's eat half of it each. Let's finish eating first."

After saying that, the two of them divided the food and started chewing it.

Yue Ronggang was not in the mood to eat. He listened to the rumble coming from the soil above. He didn't know what the scene was like outside at this moment, but he knew that this preliminary project must be the most difficult, and he was afraid that it would take more than one night.

If you start working, you may even risk your life.

I just stayed up all night with my eyes open.

On the second day, the heating seemed to be restored in the room and it was not as cold as before.

Huang Mao was breathing heavily, and when he was about to take a nap, the door opened.

Another thirty people came in, and this time there were many more women.

Everyone was quiet after coming in, except Huang Mao who was a little excited. He went around chatting up girls, completely forgetting that he had a family.

Yue Ronggang looked amused, but in his heart he was thinking that no matter who he needed today, he would have to fight to join the team.

But what is surprising is that on this day, twelve hours have passed since the new arrival, and no person in charge has come. On the contrary, the person delivering supplies came twice. Once brought water and food, and once brought

He said it was compressed rations that could only be eaten tomorrow, and told everyone to stay calm and not go anywhere.

Everyone is quite panicked. After all, the harshness of life outside is beyond imagination.

Fortunately, many people were prepared and had food with them, and everyone was from Shandong, so after a round of redistribution of resources, everyone had enough food and water to last three days.

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Yue Rong just started to worry, and more bad thoughts came to his mind. Even if the room was not so cold because there were more people, and he could sleep for a while, he started to have nightmares as soon as he closed his eyes.

So he simply stopped sleeping and stayed up for another three days and nights with his eyes open.

Finally, on the fifth day, the new engineering team leader arrived.

And this time, he didn't ask for anything and just asked everyone to follow him.

Everyone was quite excited. After all, they were almost sick from being kept in such a small dark room underground. Now that they heard that they could go out, even if they were about to start working, everyone seemed quite excited.

However, the attentive Yue Ronggang noticed that the eyes of the person in charge of the engineering team were full of nervousness and uneasiness. He looked too young, like a newbie who had just taken up the post and was just pushed to the forefront by reality.

Coming out of the underground, only one of the giant octopus-like machines was left outside. The other one fell in the darkness in the distance, as if it was asleep or damaged.

Yue Ronggang followed the team and walked quickly in the darkness, surrounded by "bubbles" of different sizes, and the tinkling sound could be heard in each "bubble".

Yue Ronggang had no idea about the work he was going to face next. He had only been an ecological zone breeder all his life, responsible for planting some green plants or vegetables and fruits, and rarely even did some heavy work. Now he has to wear 20

Yue Ronggang could not imagine that the cold-proof clothing weighing many kilograms would work in the dark night at more than 120 degrees Celsius below zero.

Suddenly, a light flashed in the sky and the team stopped instantly.

Everyone raised their heads and looked at the red light that cut through the sky and divided the night into two. For a moment, they felt a bit confused and dreamy. In the past five years in the shelter, everyone has become accustomed to following the route specified by the shelter.

Movement, life, and even social circles are strictly divided, so the scene in the sky has an unreal experience.

Huang Mao followed Yue Ronggang and said softly: "I almost forgot that we used to live under this sky."

Yue Rong just looked back at him, and then heard a loud "bang".

The earth was trembling, and the churning flames rose into the sky, turning into a ball of bright light and dispelling the darkness.

Everyone was frightened and looked towards the direction of the explosion in panic.

At the front of the team, the young person in charge shouted: "Lie down!"

Everyone couldn't help but obey immediately.

Yue Ronggang and Huang Mao found a bunker and hid in it. As soon as they hid themselves, layer after layer of brilliant halos arose in the sky. At first Yue Ronggang thought he was hallucinating after staying up for four days and nights, but

When he noticed that other people were looking at the strange scene in the sky with the same astonishment as him, he knew that he was awake.

So what is happening in the outside world?

Yue Ronggang didn't know. He only heard bursts of bursting sounds coming from the clouds. It seemed that heavenly soldiers and generals were fighting desperately in a chess game that determined life and death for mortals.

Therefore, Yue Ronggang gradually regained his composure. He was no longer surprised or even afraid.
To be continued...