Chapter 63 An Encounter with a Small Herd of Wild Boars
At this point, the research institute staff looked troubled and said:
"What about our research equipment? And the data we've collected?"
Zhao Lei reassured them that the base was sending people not only to rescue them, but also to bring their research data back to the base.
Then Zhao Lei instructed the people he brought to follow the research institute staff to move the things that needed to be taken away.
Captain Zhao Lei then spoke to Bai Tang and his team, as well as members of another squad:
"It looks like our vehicles can't carry all this equipment and personnel. We'll need to use your two teams' vehicles for the extra stuff temporarily."
Bai Tang said directly, "Our car can't seat many people, but we can carry equipment and data."
As a result, the people from the research institute had to be put in another team's vehicle.
In Bai Tang's view, cold, lifeless equipment is safer than living people.
The other team had no objections either. Captain Zhao Lei said:
"Once we get back, we will pay you the contribution points you deserve."
Military and official teams were moving things in and out.
At this moment, Bai Tang became puzzled. Even if Gu Yanxu hadn't been there in her previous life, surely someone among them would have thought of how to break down the door and rescue the person.
So why did none of the rescue team members survive?
Bai Tang couldn't figure out the reason for a while, so she could only be on high alert to prevent anything from happening that could not be undone.
After they had moved everything they needed to take from the research institute.
In the lobby of the research institute, Captain Zhao Lei gathered everyone together.
Let everyone rest here and have lunch before setting off again.
They went to the car to get the food they had prepared and ate it in the research institute's lobby.
The research institute staff naturally ate the food prepared by Zhao Lei and his team.
The research institute only has 16 staff members; otherwise, the stockpiled goods in the basement would not have been enough for them to survive.
Bai Tang and the others naturally went to the car to get food and drinks, and she asked Bai Jiyang and Lin Fan to take down the backpacks they had prepared.
Back in the hall, their group found a spot against the wall and sat down.
Then Bai Tang took out six packs of instant noodles and a thermos from her backpack.
Bai Tang didn't want to eat instant noodles; instead, she took out hot water and told them to eat them dry.
Because they didn't dare to imagine how long those research institute staff had been hungry, and because instant noodles had a strong smell, they chose to eat them dry and drink water.
Zhao Lei and the others also ate dry rations, probably coarse grain steamed buns distributed by the base.
They also distributed coarse grain steamed buns to each of the research institute staff. Zhao Lei couldn't help but think: Luckily, I prepared more food before setting off.
Several military squads quickly finished their coarse grain buns and then got up and went out.
They need to switch shifts with the people guarding outside so that they can also have something to eat and rest.
Just as they were finishing their meal, an urgent voice suddenly came from the person guarding outside:
"Team Leader Zhao! We've spotted a small herd of mutated wild boars nearby! There are about five or six of them, and they're about a kilometer away from us! They're charging towards us!"
Captain Zhao Lei and everyone in the hall were startled by what he heard.
They all knew that the mutated wild boars had thick hides and tough flesh, and that one was usually easy to hunt, but now there was a whole group.
The institute's gates were just violently breached again. If the mutated wild boars break in, all of them will be doomed.
Upon hearing about the mutated wild boar herd, Bai Tang instantly understood why Captain Zhao Lei and his team had been wiped out in her previous life.
A group of mutated wild boars can be quite lethal.
Captain Zhao Lei quickly organized his men to defend, but the mutated wild boar herd was far beyond their ability to defend against.
Once that mutated wild boars charge in, they're completely doomed.
A herd of mutated wild boars was a threat to them, but to Bai Tang and his group, they were all meat.
Bai Tang then told Gu Yanxu to quickly find Captain Zhao Lei and say: "We have a bomb in our bag."
Gu Yanxu quickly walked to Zhao Lei's side:
"Captain Zhao, we have prepared several hand grenades and remote-controlled bombs in our bags."
You can plant a time bomb outside the doorway where the mutated wild boar herd is charging in.
As for grenades, I'm sure some of the people you brought know how to use them.
So we'll provide the bombs, and you can handle the rest.
When Captain Zhao Lei heard from Gu Yanxu that they had prepared a pack of hand grenades and a time bomb, he was completely stunned.
But at that moment, he didn't have time to think about where these things came from.
As the mutated wild boar herd drew closer, Zhao Lei ordered his men to install time bombs outside the entrance and then evacuated everyone into the research institute.
Bai Tang and the others, carrying the canned food, retreated with them.
After everything was prepared, the mutated wild boar herd arrived at the research institute's entrance in about two minutes.
Zhao Lei arranged for someone to keep watch at the end of the research institute's corridor, and to detonate the bomb when the mutated wild boar herd was about to enter the institute's entrance.
The rest of the people hid in the research lab at the institute.
Just as the mutated wild boar herd was about to charge into the research institute's entrance, the bomb was detonated with a bang.
The mutated wild boars were instantly blasted to the ground.
Then they waited quietly for a while to make sure that the group of mutated wild boars had all fainted or died.
Zhao Lei then cautiously led his men out to investigate.
Then, they took turns firing at the mutated wild boars to ensure none escaped.
The crisis of the mutated wild boar herd was over, and Bai Tang breathed a sigh of relief.
The researchers were terrified, as they had been trapped inside the institute and had never seen such a large wild boar before.
At this point, Zhao Lei said, "Fortunately, we had the ammunition provided by Captain Bai's team, which is why we escaped unscathed."
Bai Tang: "We also felt that it was better to be prepared, so we prepared these things in our bags."
"I just don't know how we'll divide these six mutated wild boars when we get back?"
When Zhao Lei led his men to finish off the remaining boars, they checked on the six wild boars. Because the mutated wild boars had thick skin and flesh, they were only killed by the explosion, not completely destroyed.
Zhao Lei said, "Since you provided the bombs, they should all belong to you in principle."
Bai Tang knew that taking more than one's share would easily incur resentment, so she spoke up before Zhao Lei finished:
"Although we are credited for these six mutated wild boars, we can't bring back that many even with two vehicles."
So you help us take them back. Once we get back, we only need three out of the six; the other three are up to you.
Why was it said that Bai Tang and his group used their bombs, instead of Zhao Lei and his group's bombs?
Because Zhao Lei and his group had their bomb in the car, it was too late to remove it then, but Bai Tang and his group had already pretended to remove their bomb using their backpacks while they were eating.
Actually, Bai Tang put those small bombs into her backpack from her spatial storage.