#946 - Chapter 946 Individual Equipment Progress

Inside a very ordinary-looking hospital room, Li Xiulan was wiping Gao Qiang's pale face as he squatted in a corner.

Gao Qiang had fallen ill.

This man, usually taciturn in the eyes of outsiders, couldn't bear the shock after reviewing the population census of Guangnan Province last night. He hadn't rested for a long time and collapsed on the way back to his residence in a daze.

What followed was naturally a flurry of activity, with base personnel rushing him to Green Source Hospital for treatment.

After examination by several doctors, the final conclusion was that Gao Qiang was exceptionally weak and seemed to be experiencing some extreme negative emotions, causing his bodily functions to be highly disordered.

In layman's terms, it was similar to being heartbroken.

As for the reason?

That was naturally because his last hope had been shattered.

Almost all the female survivors in Guangnan Province had been brought into Green Source's care, and under these circumstances, they had all found their relatives. This almost certainly meant his sister was dead.

What had been supporting Gao Qiang all along was the possibility that his sister was still alive in this world. Now that this support had been taken away, the man's mind collapsed in a short period.

"Sigh—"

Li Xiulan sighed and found a stool to sit next to Gao Qiang, ready to take care of him at any time.

He had a fever.

At this time, apart from giving him a nutritional drip and medication to boost his body, there really weren't any better medicines available.

A mental wound requires a mental remedy.

Li Xiulan roughly knew why Gao Qiang was like this because the two were considered relatively familiar friends and had talked about related experiences in the past. So, after learning that Gao Qiang had fallen, she took the initiative to come and take care of him.

She didn't know how to comfort this big man.

It wasn't possible to conjure up a living sister for him, right?

This kind of thing could only be washed away by time, just like when she lost her husband last year, and eventually slowly walked out of it.

"Ah! Leader Qin, hello! Please sit down! Let me pour you a cup of tea!"

Seeming to sense someone entering the ward, Li Xiulan turned her head and saw an unimaginable man appearing here!

Base Leader Qin Jin!

He appeared in Gao Qiang's ward after visiting his cousin and Team Leader Li.

Waving his hand at Li Xiulan, who was getting up to greet him, Qin Jin stopped her from doing anything unnecessary. Then, Qin Jin walked to the corner of the room, where Gao Qiang was like a withered, decaying tree.

"......"

"I'm sorry, I didn't fulfill the promise I made to you last year to bring your sister back to the base."

"But would they be happy to see you like this?"

"I believe they wouldn't want to see you like this either!"

"Carry their share!"

"Live on!"

"Use your eyes and footsteps to see the scenery they never saw and measure the earth. I believe that's what they would want to see."

He was silent for a long time before slowly speaking.

There was no straightforward encouragement.

Gao Qiang, who was squatting in the corner with empty eyes, looked up at Qin Jin, his lips moving slightly.

"......"

But in the end, he didn't say anything.

Perhaps he had nothing to say.

His heart was close to death.

"We will wait for you to recover!"

"And just because we can't find her doesn't mean she's definitely dead! She may still be alive somewhere else. If you give up like this, then you're really giving up on her completely!"

After Qin Jin finished speaking, he didn't continue to pay attention to Gao Qiang's reaction and turned to leave the ward.

He still had other things to do. Occasionally, news of mutated zombies would be sent back. The sooner he went out to hunt, the better he could guarantee the success rate. The lower the probability of those mutated zombies found by the people below leaving the target location.

Qin Jin had not relaxed his hunting of mutated zombies during this period. So far, testing has shown that his lifespan has been extended by at least five years!

Wonderful!

Moreover, the base has recently developed super cassava, a new source of food, and the fishing outposts outside are continuously transporting mutated fish meat back for processing every day.

The entire Green Source is operating and developing at a very high speed.

So much so that even sending people abroad to find and rescue Team Leader Li is difficult to arrange.

Just after Qin Jin left.

Under Li Xiulan's care, Gao Qiang's eyeballs moved, gradually regaining a trace of vitality, but it quickly weakened again.

A broken heart still needs time to heal itself.

Unless there is a powerful medicine.

Qin Jin, who left Green Source Hospital, did not stop and went straight to the direction of the development department.

He had not forgotten that Zhong Yu had brought back a heavy helicopter, Hua-28, which Li Xu and the others had dragged to modify.

But even with modifications, the helicopter's range could not meet the requirements for transoceanic flight.

At most, it would be used for travel within China in the future.

Recently, he often went out to hunt mutated zombies, and using ordinary armed helicopters was indeed a bit inconvenient.

If this new behemoth joined, it would definitely be better.

Before long, he arrived at the development department and found Li Xu, the person in charge here.

"Oh, that Hua-28 is already being modified!"

"We removed some parts that don't affect the structure and strength of the fuselage and added several new auxiliary fuel tanks inside and on the fuselage. It is estimated that the flight range can reach an astonishing 3,800 kilometers!!"

"And we also want to install two light machine guns on this big guy, as well as hang a few ground-to-ground and air-to-air missiles found by the base! This way, even if we encounter enemies in the air or on the ground, we won't be completely defenseless!"

Speaking of this, Li Xu's mood became cheerful.

Obviously, this technology fanatic loved this newly found big toy.

"Give us about a week!"

"Our base has all the specific parts, and now we just need to spend some time installing them all and then testing them to make sure there are no problems before handing them over to you, boss!"

Finally, he gave a rough completion date.

Qin Jin naturally had no objections. He could completely wait for a mere week. Compared to letting him sit in it without testing, it would be ridiculous if there was an air crash.

Even if he could perform a rope escape, it would be heartbreaking to scrap such a big treasure.

"What about the other thing? How is the absorption of the individual equipment mentioned by Man Wu before? Can you estimate when our warriors can install it!?"

Changing the subject, Qin Jin asked about another matter.

Regarding the individual equipment given by Man Wu last year, Li Bowen led a team to Minnan Province to find it, but something happened.

However, after Zhong Yu and the others found Team Leader Li and Liu Qing, they returned to Minnan Province again. Relying on Liu Qing, the team member who personally dropped the supplies, they didn't spend too much effort to find those things back.

It's just that these found things are a bit too cutting-edge and can't be casually handed over to a Green Source team member.

Moreover, there were only a few sets of samples found, which could not be popularized to more team members.

It needs to be analyzed and studied by the development department, and the next action will be taken after having the ability to copy it.

Several months have passed, and Qin Jin is only asking about this matter again at this time.

(End of this chapter)