Chapter 248

Everyone naturally had no objections. Two off-road vehicles appeared one after the other on the open space, startling a few birds scattered along the roadside.

“Get in the car quickly, it’s too hot today.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Qianhuan took the lead in getting into the car. After fastening her seat belt, she stepped on the accelerator and set off in a random direction.

The surrounding environment was too desolate. The cracked ground was only covered with a few withered yellow weeds, and there was not a hint of green as far as the eye could see.

“Qianhuan, look there! On the left!”

He Lu’s slightly surprised voice came. Lin Qianhuan looked in the direction she indicated and saw a figure in the distance.

“Finally, we see someone, but why is there only one?”

She quickly turned the car around and drove towards the person.

The closer they got, the more disheveled the other person looked.

Their skin was covered with large areas of abrasions, the wounds were severely inflamed, their clothes were tattered, and they were barefoot on the scalding ground, yet they seemed to be unaware of the pain as they walked forward step by step.

If it weren’t for the fact that they were holding up a white cloth with “SOS” written on it, Lin Qianhuan might have thought they were just a zombie who had lost their way.

The two off-road vehicles stopped steadily in an open space 10 meters away from the man.

The sound of the brakes was a little harsh, but it made a spark of hope burst out in his eyes.

“Are… are you the Kyoto base rescue team?

I am Jing Liming, the head of the virus research institute at the Nanfeng base.

Are you here to find me?”

Virus research institute?

Hearing these words, Lin Qianhuan became interested.

“You’re from the Nanfeng base? Why did you travel across half of China to Kyoto? And in such a state.”

Hearing her say this, Jing Liming instantly became alert.

“You’re not the Kyoto base rescue team?”

Lin Qianhuan took out the RV from her space and placed it on the open space next to her, gently nodding.

“Not the rescue team, but we are also going to the Kyoto base.

Need any help?”

She looked down at the time, it was already evening, and the sun was gradually setting in the west. Staying here for the night was not a bad choice.

Jing Liming nervously looked at the nine people in front of him, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Seeing that he didn’t say anything, Lin Qianhuan wasn’t in a hurry.

“It’s okay, you don’t have to if you don’t need it.

Take your time on the road, bye-bye.”

After speaking, she walked up the steps and into the RV, and the others followed suit.

The car door closed, leaving only the RV and the lonely Jing Liming in the endless wilderness.

He turned his head to look at the gradually setting sun, and then at the heavy-duty off-road RV that was over 11 meters long next to him, and his Adam’s apple bobbed.

After thinking it over and over again, he still raised his hand and knocked on the car door.

Jing Liming knew his physical condition. If he didn’t seek help from these people, he probably wouldn’t make it through the night.

Besides, he had nothing on him. Apart from this rotten body, there was nothing worth plotting against him.

After a while, the car door opened, and Lin Qianhuan stood at the door looking down at him.

“Something?”

“Yes, may I come in?”

Lin Qianhuan stepped aside, not saying much.

“Thank you.”

Jing Liming nodded slightly, and walked into the RV with some difficulty up the steps.

The car door closed and locked, and the sealed space and countless pairs of eyes staring at him made him feel a little overwhelmed.

Just as he was racking his brains thinking about what he should say, he suddenly felt someone pat him lightly on the shoulder.

“What are you doing standing there like an idiot? Come over and apply medicine.”

Lin Qianhuan took the lead to the table and sat down, taking out iodine, gauze, and anti-inflammatory ointment from her space.

Jing Liming was flattered and hurried over.

“Thank you, thank you, you’re too kind. I can do it myself.”

Lin Qianhuan nodded, pushed the things in front of him, and handed him a bottle of mineral water.

“You are the head of the virus research institute at the Nanfeng base, traveling thousands of miles to the Kyoto base. It must be something very important, right?

But this kind of thing is generally a transaction and information exchange between the two bases, and both sides will definitely send people to protect you on the road.

Where are those people? How did you end up in this state?”

Hearing her ask, Jing Liming’s action of raising his head to drink water suddenly stopped, and then he coughed violently.

Looking at his face flushed from suffocation, Lin Qianhuan felt a little helpless.

“If I were a bad person, I would have fabricated my identity and deceived you when you first asked me if I was a rescue team, so as to make you relax your vigilance.

Besides, I didn’t ask you about your specific mission, why are you so vigilant?”

Jing Liming coughed for a while, finally feeling better, and looked up at Lin Qianhuan.

“I’m sorry, I’m too sensitive.

On the way here, the convoy was attacked by mutated animals.

Those responsible for protecting me died or fled, leaving only me.

Those who ran away drove away the transport vehicles used to load supplies and goods, and the mutated animals chased after them.

Although the danger was lifted, my luggage happened to be in the car.

So…”

Lin Qianhuan nodded thoughtfully: “So you were abandoned in the wilderness, without food or water, and you are not familiar with the surrounding situation.

After waiting for rescue to no avail, you had no choice but to save yourself, and then you met us?”

Jing Liming nodded somewhat awkwardly, and used a little more force to disinfect himself, sucking in a breath of cold air from the pain.

“Please, everyone, send me to the Kyoto base. I am a very useful person. If you save me, the higher-ups of the base will definitely not mistreat you.”

He looked at Lin Qianhuan expectantly, and seeing her nod, the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

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