hotmtlnovel Chapter 89 - 89 Jiang Yan’s Whereabouts Exposed
Chapter 89 - 89 Jiang Yan’s Whereabouts Exposed
Chapter 89: Chapter 89 Jiang Yan’s Whereabouts Exposed
“F*ck! Being sent by the higher-ups to do this kind of physical work, searching and rescuing supplies—if it’s not a waste of talent, what is?! It’s all just messing around!” Liu Jusheng strapped the assault boat securely, and continued his frenzied rant.
Hearing his words, Zhao Ziyi couldn’t help but laugh sarcastically, “Brother Liu, listen to yourself. Has your IQ gone up but your EQ hasn’t kept up? If others heard this, wouldn’t it be outright embarrassing for your university?! What time do you think it is to still be talking about graduates from prestigious universities?!
Don’t you know that the official losses from these two disasters have been incredibly severe, with both manpower and supplies in serious shortage? It’s all hands on deck, get it?!
Even if we graduated from the most elite program in the Milky Way at Cosmic University, without a bite to eat, we’ll starve to death soon enough. You can’t expect to still sit in an office working nine to five, drawing a salary like before, can you?
At least we have the backing of the official base, otherwise, take a look at those rotting corpses we’ve seen along the way—one of them might well have been us!”
“No, Zhao Ziyi, you little brat with no experience, it’s not your turn to lecture me! Who the hell are you cursing?” Liu Jusheng’s temper flared up instantly.
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Zhao Ziyi also lost his patience, raising his voice a bit, “Not you, Liu Jusheng! Call you ‘Brother’ and you really start thinking you’re something special, huh?! If you’re so disgruntled, go and complain to the higher-ups!
You’ve been busy all day; do you think Sister Qi and the rest of us have been idle all day? Besides, what’s with all your whining along the way; do we look like a dumping ground for your negative energy?!”
Zhao Ziyi finished his retort in one breath, picked up the large coil of rescue rope, slung it over his arm, and with a “plop,” jumped down.
“You—”
Liu Jusheng watched his back with a brutally indignant glare, his gaze lingered a moment on the knotted ropes of the assault boat, before finally he gritted his teeth, grabbed a lifebuoy and jumped into the water.
Finally, peace outside.
Jiang Yan recalled the words of the few people, guessing that the official base was probably already in the process of being established.
However, the internal management seemed a bit disordered.
But that was not her main concern.
Glancing at the office area, she started walking towards the innermost part.
Typically, the further in the office area you went, the more important the department and the positions were.
She planned to find a place to rest here.
As for those few people, they didn’t look like bad guys; even if they came in, she could just retreat to her “Space” to avoid them.
Originally, she wanted to take the opportunity to ask about the situation at the official base, but on second thought, they had already guessed someone had broken a window and they hadn’t seen any boats, so it was indeed hard for her to explain herself.
Even wearing a full set of diving suits, she had chosen to come here rather than other nearby places abundant in supplies, which was also quite hard to explain away.
Adjacent to the window was a pair of leather sofas intended for guests, with a Huali wood tea table in the middle.
From the ground floor, one could just see the spot where the group had docked the assault boat.
Directly across from the room entrance sat a neat line of items, with a back-shielded curio shelf.
However, the curio shelf had about two meters of solid wood, while the remaining part held some delicate gifts and antique books.
The room also contained a refrigerator, a standing air conditioner, and next to it, some carved porcelain pots that should have housed large green plants, but were now withered as well.
A pile of dried leaves lay upon the carpet on the floor.
Just as Jiang Yan finished her observation, a cacophonous announcement blared from outside:
“Attention all citizens! Attention all citizens!
Disasters are merciless, but people have hearts! Anming has established a temporary base, please prepare if you intend to go!
Official ships will soon be along the route to transport all citizens! Please inform one another and get ready in advance!!”
“Attention all citizens...”
The loudspeaker kept repeating, getting closer and closer.
Jiang Yan raised her eyebrows slightly.
She couldn’t see the outside scene, and was contemplating whether to retreat into her “Space” first, when the loudspeaker abruptly stopped and she heard a slightly hoarse young voice say:
“Sister Qi, the footprints end here, but that girl should be in this room.” It was that Song Qian.
Zhao Ziyi said, “Brother Song Qian, how do you know it’s a girl?”
“Size thirty-six feet—unless it’s an exceptional case—it’s mostly a girl’s. However, she’s strong. She must have smashed the glass door with a single hammer blow.
What I’m curious about is, why did she only take medicine that was still within the expiration period? She didn’t touch any of the food.”
Jiang Yan was taken aback, and then it clicked for her.
After she came out of the water, her shoes were wet.
Since the staircase and corridor floors were dry and hadn’t been cleaned in so long, they were likely dusty.
With the temperature being low and the air moist, her footprints were difficult to dry.
At a glance, it became obvious that her whereabouts could be easily exposed.