The post-apocalyptic world has a space full of supplies.

Chapter 76 Temperature Drop

"Where are we going?" The group came out of the isolation room, and the cold wind blowing in from the doorway made them, who had gotten used to the temperature inside the isolation room, smugly gloat.

"Go down to the cold storage and find Lu Yuan's father," Gu Nanfeng said as he led the way downstairs.

“But if we take his dad out and the temperature doesn’t get close to absolute zero, he’ll really die.” Zhong Qiang asked, puzzled. They all knew that Lu Yuan’s father had been cut in half by a factory machine before the virus outbreak and was now frozen in the underground cold storage of the Central Hospital.

“Lu Yuan, if we can’t… we probably won’t have another chance to come back. This could very well be the last time we see each other…” Gu Nanfeng didn’t elaborate, but Lu Yuan understood. He meant that if they couldn’t put his frozen father into their spatial storage…

"Okay." Lu Yuan nodded and followed behind Gu Nanfeng. They quickly found the underground cold storage. Lu Yuan didn't know if it was because he was nervous or because the ambient temperature was colder. He found his wallet in his backpack and took out the cold storage invoice with trembling hands. It recorded his father's cold storage compartment number - G Zone B.

It was too cold inside the freezer, so Lu Yuan and Gu Nanfeng didn't let anyone else follow. If they found Lu Yuan's father, they would definitely try to put him into their spatial storage. Du Wenqing and Zhang Hao knew nothing, so it was most reasonable for the others to stay outside with them. Gu Nanfeng also instructed them to open the vents in advance to prepare.

Gu Nanfeng himself hadn't expected that using his access privileges would open the door to the hospital's cold storage, indicating that the base command had taken over many of the hospital's facilities and equipment. He and Lu Yuan went inside, and as soon as they entered, Lu Yuan got them both long down jackets that reached their ankles. Getting other protective suits would take too long, so they had to just wear the down jackets and tough it out.

Fortunately, although the ambient temperature was low, it wasn't inside a freezer, so it wasn't as cold as near absolute zero. The two quickly located the area where Lu Yuan's father was, and among countless freezers, Lu Yuan found Number B.

The cryogenic chamber was white and covered with ice crystals, which made it impossible for Lu Yuan to see clearly through the observation window whether it was his father inside. Afraid of delaying everyone, he rushed over and tried to see if he could put the cryogenic chamber into his spatial storage.

However, he failed. Frozen human bodies are different from frozen meat products, or perhaps because he is still human in the fundamental sense, Lu Yuan was unable to put him into the space that could only store items.

"No way?" Seeing that Lu Yuan didn't react for a long time, Gu Nanfeng roughly knew that Lu Yuan couldn't take his father away.

"Let's go, don't keep them waiting too long." Lu Yuan quickly composed himself. For the first time, he felt so clear-headed. The isolation room upstairs was clearly thawing frozen people for experiments, but he knew that if his father wasn't immediately stitched up after being thawed, he would die. It wasn't worth using him for experiments. His father was most likely safe; he might have another chance in the future, another…

Gu Nanfeng followed Lu Yuan as they turned and left. At the entrance of the cold storage, they took off the down jacket Lu Yuan had taken out. Gu Nanfeng had been observing Lu Yuan the whole time, and he never expected Lu Yuan to be so calm. He still remembered when Lu Yuan first learned about his father's accident, when the hospital and the factory told him that if he couldn't raise enough money, he might lose his father forever. That night, Lu Yuan cried for a long time in his room.

When Lu Yuan and his group came out, they heard a flurry of footsteps in the hallway. It seemed the patrol had discovered the two guards who were fast asleep. They didn't have time to ask Lu Yuan if he had found his father; they quickly climbed up the already opened ventilation shaft. They were so close to being discovered.

Back in the underground garage, although it wasn't yet time to meet Fei Wen and Ji Yang, the base was already in chaos because someone had discovered the intrusion. The guards quickly discovered that the ID cards, irises, and fingerprints used to open several important doors belonged to Gu Nanfeng, and they promptly reported this to Wang Qiang.

Li Fuyuan, the head of the registration office, was still fast asleep when he was dragged to Wang Qiang's feet by the guards like a chicken. Wang Qiang was now undoubtedly the absolute leader of the base; no one dared to disobey his every decision or order.

Li Fuyuan has been keeping a low profile lately. He has been keeping track of all the personnel coming and going at the base over the past month, and he even suspended the identity cards of Du Wenqing and the others in time. But he has really forgotten about Gu Nanfeng and the others who left a month ago.

As soon as Zhang Hao came out, he contacted his team members. Under his leadership, the nine of them took advantage of the chaos to reach the place where Zhang Hao's team members had found where Lu Yuan and his group's cars were parked. Since none of them had their car keys, in order to escape more quickly, Lu Yuan did not expect that the soldiers had even started the cars in advance. They divided the personnel and drove away all 11 G-Class cars that Lu Yuan had borrowed.

Their car sped out of the underground parking lot, circled around the hospital, causing chaos throughout the G City base, before finally exiting through the south gate, the entrance for supply trucks, led by Qin Yuan and Lin Yun's car.

As they expected, several military jeeps drove out of the base one after another, seemingly chasing after them. But Zhang Hao's car was at the back. He glanced in the rearview mirror and saw that Ji Yang was indeed in the car behind him.

Zhang Hao knew things would turn out this way when he came out in the afternoon, so he made arrangements early in the morning. After they set off, the return team in the villa area had to set off immediately. So, after they came out of the safe base, they immediately took the highway from the nearest highway exit.

Lu Yuan and his group guessed who was in the military vehicle that followed them, so they weren't in a hurry. Their route was different from Zhang Hao's, and after entering the highway, they stopped at the nearest distribution center.

"Are we going to the South China base?" Qin Yuan and Lin Yun got out of their lead car. For safety reasons, Du Wenqing had them tied up and put on masks before they got into the same car as Lin Yun and the others.

"Yes, those are all scientists." Gu Nanfeng nodded and explained the four major national security bases to Qin Yuan and Lin Yun. Qin Yuan took out a cigarette from his pocket, but he didn't take a lighter. He just snapped his thumb and forefinger next to the cigarette butt, and the cigarette was lit.

"My precognitive dream is utter bullshit." Lu Yuan and the other four were still in the same car, and Yang Xiao, who was in the back seat, almost roared to the sky after seeing Qin Yuan's actions.

"Is it because I just came out of the cold storage? I feel particularly cold tonight." Lu Yuan stretched his hand out of the car window and felt that compared to the temperature-controlled car, the temperature outside was nothing like the end of September.

August to mid-October are the hottest months in G Province. Logically, even if it hailed, the perceived temperature shouldn't be this low. Lu Yuan suddenly remembered that Gu Nanfeng had mentioned that Beijing had predicted a meteor shower and a temperature drop. He hadn't expected the temperature drop and the meteor shower to both come so suddenly.

As they chatted, more than a dozen vehicles arrived one after another. Sure enough, Ji Yang and Fei Wen came out with their own supply teams.

Zhang Hao, Ji Yang, and Fei Wen got out of the car, ready to say goodbye to Lu Yuan and the others. As soon as they got out of the car, they could clearly feel that the temperature was off.

"The temperature must have dropped by at least 20 degrees," Zhang Hao said, rubbing his bare arms. "Or did I freeze in the underground cold storage?"

"It's getting colder." Fei Wen and the others had brought all their equipment with them. They had also received a notification about the temperature drop while at the base, but they didn't know exactly when it would drop. So they brought clothes with them this time. Although they didn't have any very thick clothes, they had a few ordinary jackets, which he had already put on on the way.

"It's getting colder so quickly? That doesn't seem like a good thing. Well then, I won't say any more. See you next time!" Zhang Hao also remembered the temperature drop notice issued by the base and was preparing to urge his team members to change vehicles. One of the team members behind them even took a detour to the abandoned residential area where they had previously hidden their vehicles and brought over the two vehicles that were hidden there.

"Don't make such a fuss. There are eight of us, and two of us can't drive, so we can't drive that many cars. I'll give them all to you on their behalf." Qin Yuan patted Gu Nanfeng's shoulder without any politeness. He knew that Lu Yuan didn't lack cars anyway.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hao said thank you and immediately ordered his soldiers to drive off in the luxury cars. Fei Wen and Ji Yang also had a good relationship with Qin Yuan and Lin Yun, so after saying goodbye, they also drove off and followed Zhang Hao's convoy.

After Qin Yuan finished smoking his cigarette, he and Gu Nanfeng discussed their route south, and the two cars drove south along the highway.