Chapter 85 Collection
Over the past week, Bai Tang and his team have been going to areas outside the base, a little further away, to collect clean snow.
Otherwise, when the extreme heat arrives, we might not see snow for two years.
When they returned from outside the base that day, they saw someone knocking on their door.
Bai Tang drove up to the door, rolled down the window, and asked, "Who are you? Why are you knocking on my door?"
The man turned around and said, "Is this Captain Bai? I'm Guo An from the research institute. I've been sent to inform you that you need to go to the research institute center at 2 PM to collect your new weapons."
Bai Tang: "Oh, okay, thank you for making the trip."
Guo An said, "No trouble at all. I just arrived and you're back already. I'll go and notify the next team now. Remember to be here at 2 PM sharp."
Bai Tang: "Alright, take care."
After the man walked away, Lin Zhou got out of the car and opened the front door of his house. Bai Tang drove the car into the yard.
The group returned to the living room and rested for a while.
Bai Jiyang slumped on the sofa: "Sis, what are you having for lunch? I'm so hungry."
Bai Tang replied in the same tone, "I don't know either~ I'm hungry too. You guys think of something to eat for lunch today, so we can get our new weapons when we're full."
Gu Yanxu: "Since we're going out this afternoon, let's eat something light."
Stir-fried king oyster mushrooms with rabbit, winter melon meatball soup, stir-fried sweet shrimp with broccoli, steamed white pomfret, and finally, a vegetable porridge.
Bai Tang: "Okay, that's all we'll eat."
After saying that, Bai Tang took out bowl after bowl of vegetables and a pot of vegetable porridge from her space.
Although it's unseemly to eat from a bowl, there are so many of them that one plate wouldn't be enough for them.
The food we ate for lunch today was light, but it was delicious.
They finished eating quickly and sat on the sofa, burping contentedly.
Bai Tang casually put the used tableware into her spatial storage.
The group rested on the sofa for a while. Bai Tang stroked the canned toy's fluffy fur and wondered: When the extreme heat comes, should we shave the canned toy's fur?
Little Canned Food, unaware of Bai Tang's thoughts, rolled over on its back with a contented expression.
It was past one o'clock in the morning, and Bai Tang said, "Let's go earlier."
Gu Yanxu: "Okay, the sooner we go and the sooner we come back, the less we'll have to wait in line."
Bai Jiyang and Lin Fan also wanted to go, but Bai Tang said, "Even if you go, you won't be able to get into the research institute."
Bai Jiyang: "It's okay, sis. We just want to go with them. We can wait outside. We just want to see what the new weapon looks like."
Bai Tang could only take them with her when she went out.
After locking the gate, they drove to the research institute to collect their weapons.
On the way, Lin Fan kept chattering, "I wonder what rare things we might have, and whether they're cool or not."
Bai Tang: "You and Xiao Yang are both chuunibyou (delusional teenagers) at heart, no wonder you two can get along so well."
Lin Fan: "Hehe, a man is still a boy at heart, no matter how old he gets."
They arrived at the research institute quickly, at just past 1:40, but there were already several cars parked at the entrance.
Bai Tang told Lin Fan and the others to wait in the car with the canned food while she and Gu Yanxu got out of the car, swiped their ID cards to verify their information at the entrance of the research institute, and then entered the institute.
As soon as they entered, someone led them to a reception room.
Here, Bai Tang saw Captain Zhao, as well as several squad leaders who had made significant contributions to the base, and there were still many empty seats.
Bai Tang led Gu Yanxu to sit in the empty seat next to Captain Zhao.
Zhao Lei saw them sit down and said, "Haha, Captain Bai is here so early too."
Bai Tang said politely, "No, no, we arrived ten minutes early. Judging from your appearance, you must have been here a long time ago."
Zhao Lei laughed heartily: "We were just afraid that if we came late, there wouldn't be any good stuff."
Bai Tang whispered, "It's okay, the things distributed at the base should all be pretty much the same."
Captain Zhao: "That's true, but just in case, I came early and have already drunk two cups of hot water."
As the two were talking, the director of the research institute, the base commander, and high-ranking military officials appeared at the door.
After they came in, Base Commander Gu spoke first: "The fact that everyone is gathered here shows that you are all capable people. The new weapons that our base has developed will definitely be a great help to you."
I hope everyone will make good use of the new weapons and continue to work hard for the development of the base.
Next, Director Zhang will introduce the new weapon and how to use it.
After he finished speaking, a staff member carried a metal box and placed it in front of Director Zhang.
Director Zhang opened the iron box and took out a new type of weapon.
Bai Tang was close enough to see the new weapon clearly and thought that its design was similar to the weapons they had stockpiled.
Then I heard Director Zhang explain how to use the new weapon and its advantages.
"The new weapon developed by our institute is more powerful than the old version. It can penetrate a mutated wild boar with a single shot."
Moreover, it is more convenient to use, with less recoil, so even women can use it well. It's just that it's not convenient to demonstrate it to everyone indoors right now.
After everyone receives their weapons, they can go outside the base to find mutated animals and test their power.
Furthermore, its performance is more stable, and it will never misfire.
Next, let's have our military leader, Commander Ji, say a few words to us.
Commander Ji stood up: "The two people before me have said almost everything, so I'll just say a few words."
Official and military team members, we joined the army for the people, but now we must protect ourselves first, and then protect the people.
Also, to the members of the self-organized teams, if you have the ability, please work hard for the development of the base.
However, this is not mandatory; the only requirement is that you do not endanger public safety. We hope everyone can do this.
Bai Tang thought to herself: These are the real good officials who serve the country and its people, unlike those bastards at the Beijing base.
Next, they began distributing weapons according to the number of people in each squad.
Soon it was Bai Tang's turn. Bai Tang and Gu Yanxu were carrying six weapons, thankfully they were relatively lightweight.
Otherwise, the two of them really wouldn't be able to carry it all. As for the bullets, each team was equipped with two hundred bullets per person, and the research institute allowed them to go back and call their teammates to come and carry them.
Bai Tang and Gu Yanxu exchanged a glance, and they knew that their tacit understanding had come together: free labor was waiting in the car outside.
The two put the weapons into their bags and then followed the others out of the research institute.
Some entire squads stayed outside waiting for news, and then they quickly went inside to retrieve the bullets.
Some team leaders had to carry the loads themselves, much to their dismay.
Bai Tang and Gu Yanxu put the weapons in the car, then shouted, "Get out of here and help me move the spare ammunition."