My Post-Apocalyptic Shelter Levels Up Infinitely! - Chapter 1496
[1487. Chapter 1464 Three years in the wasteland, gifts in the safe!]
On the eve of the end of the second year of the wasteland and the beginning of the new year, every corner of human society is filled with a special and complex emotion.
Perhaps everyone knows that this is not just the change of years, but also the moment when the flower of hope that they have climbed step by step out of the abyss of despair and watered with blood, sweat and tears is about to bloom.
Therefore, even if the whole world seems to be holding its breath, waiting for the critical moment that determines the final fate to arrive.
It marks the end of the second year for humans on Earth in the wasteland, and also serves as a link between the past and the future in the new year.
When this day arrived, almost all territories, regardless of size, tried their best to hold a meaningful New Year’s Eve party in their own way.
This is not only a celebration of the arrival of the new year, but also a collective tribute to those who have rebuilt their homes from the ruins and sought light in despair in the past year.
Tesla territory.
A grand bonfire party was held in the farmland after the wheat was harvested.
People sat around a blazing bonfire, the firelight reflecting the complex expressions on their faces, with both painful memories of the past and infinite longings for the future.
The survivors who managed to survive took turns telling about those thrilling days, how they found food in the ruins, and how they rescued each other in desperate situations.
Some brave ones would even share their experiences of direct combat with alien races, which scared the audience around them and made them scream from time to time.
The children snuggled in the arms of their mothers or elders. Although they did not fully understand everything the adults said, they could still feel the heaviness and hope from the adults’ expressions and tones.
Soon, the aroma of baked potatoes filled the night air. The tempting fragrance mixed with the salty aroma of salt made people drool.
The survivors stopped talking tacitly, picked up the potatoes with a pious look on their faces, and began to eat them silently.
A very reassuring feeling permeated the scene.
The full granaries of grain from the autumn harvest are like a beam of light that penetrates the haze, illuminating the way forward for the survivors.
Perhaps there are still countless bumps ahead.
But at least.
at the moment.
They finally have the qualifications to fight against difficulties.
“How wonderful! It only took us two years to get to where we are today. Even if I could do it all over again 10,000 times, I don’t think I could do better than what I’m doing now.”
Standing in the dark shadows beside the farmland, Musk quietly looked at the harmonious scene in front of him, with an indescribable emotion in his tone.
“That’s right. If you think about it carefully, any success cannot be replicated. If it happens again, I don’t know if I would die in his hands when I first traveled to the wasteland and fought against the aliens.”
Security director Thomas was following Musk and responded with the same emotion when he heard him say this.
Whenever I think back to the sufferings I endured in the past, I can’t help but feel a chill down my spine.
To be honest, there is only a very small number of people who have the confidence to get through it again.
“By the way, Mr. Musk, there is only half an hour left before the party ends. You should consider going back to rest, otherwise there will be a lot of people.”
Thomas shrugged, “Unless you want to waste three hours here.”
“Oh, damn, let’s go back now.”
Musk’s face turned bitter and he quickly put away all his emotions.
If the factory’s operation and the research and development work in the institute had not been going smoothly recently, he would have no chance to take a break from his busy schedule and would probably have to live in the factory 24 hours a day to supervise the work.
“Well, it’s so lively today, why didn’t Dean Ji come? Has he been in the institute all day?”
Before leaving, Musk tilted his head and suddenly thought of what was missing in the current situation.
During the autumn harvest, Dean Ji of the institute would go to watch the fun countless times a day.
As a result, when I arrived at the New Year’s Eve party, I didn’t see anyone the whole day?
“I don’t know. Dean Ji seems to be very busy recently. He has been staying in the institute and has not come out.” Thomas frowned and then he remembered that he hadn’t seen Mr. Ji for three days.
As a security chief, this was clearly a serious dereliction of duty, as he relaxed protection for important people.
“I’ll go ask the security guard at the institute and see.”
“Forget it, let’s just go there. I’m going to sleep at the institute tonight.”
Musk waved his hands and got on the electric car first.
Mr. Ji has very complicated feelings towards him.
On the one hand, the other party’s speed in advancing scientific research was extremely frightening, to the point where ordinary people could not understand it, which made him often feel fortunate that he did not misjudge the person at the time.
On the other hand, he knew clearly that Mr. Ji’s identity was not simple. He was definitely not an ordinary, unknown person. He must have other purposes for entering Tesla’s territory.
Musk has always suppressed his curiosity and tried not to think about this.
But as the time for the first gambling fight drew closer, he always felt that the other party seemed to be more anxious than him.
It was as if he was going to participate in this gambling fight.
Musk is convinced that he is not the only one who feels this way, and many researchers in the institute share the same feeling.
Some of those research projects, big and small, have only just started, but the direction they take can affect developments years later.
With such a far-sighted vision, no one would believe that he doesn’t have a clear plan for the future.
“arrive!”
Musk was lost in thought as his electric car stopped in front of the research institute, which had been expanded three times.
It was already eleven o’clock at night.
The lights in the research institute were still bright, as bright as day, completely tearing apart the curtain of night.
Each huge floor-to-ceiling window emits a warm and firm light, illuminating the busy figures inside.
Musk’s gaze did not linger in this dim light.
As soon as he got off the car, he stared at the only dark room on the third floor and fell into deathly silence.
“Mr Musk”
Thomas also saw the only room with the lights off and swallowed nervously.
As the most important person in the institute, how could he not receive any notification when the light went out?
How is this possible?
Are all the dozens of guards arranged by the institute asleep?
This kind of thing didn’t arouse their vigilance?
Countless questions instantly appeared in Thomas’ mind, but before he could say anything else, Musk was like a deflated ball, and his straight back bent a lot in an instant.
“No need to look for him. He’s gone.”
“Gone?”
Thomas was stunned, but saw the captain of the guard on duty in the institute walking towards him with an embarrassed look on his face.
“Lord, Supervisor, are you looking for Dean Ji?”
“He came to me specifically before he left in the afternoon to tell me not to disturb you from attending the New Year’s Eve party. He said… You will know when you come back to his room.”
“What?” Thomas said hurriedly, “Where are the people? Where did they go?”
“I don’t know. We arranged some people to protect Dean Ji when he went out, but the people who followed him were thrown away after only walking a short distance.”
The captain of the guard was a little incoherent, “But it’s always like this. We are all used to being easily shaken off by Dean Ji, so we didn’t take it too seriously.”
“FU*K!”
Thomas held his forehead with his hand and couldn’t help but blurt out a national quintessence.
In other words, the person they wanted to protect disappeared from sight for half a day. If Musk hadn’t come to the institute specially tonight, it might take a day or two or even longer to know the news?
And why did the guards seem so indifferent to being easily shaken off the pursuit?
Thomas was so nervous that his legs were shaking for fear that Musk would blame him and attribute Dean Ji’s disappearance to the Territory Guard.
But fortunately, Musk did not move much from beginning to end, still staring at the darkening window.
“Let’s go and see what President Ji left for us.”
“yes!”
Thomas breathed a sigh of relief and quickly led the way.
In the middle of the game, he secretly opened the game interface and used private messaging to instruct several security guards on the third floor to quickly confirm the situation in the room in case of any unexpected safety situations.
“Did Mr. Ji say anything when he left?”
“No, just say you’ll know once you go to the room.”
“Oh.” Musk sniffed again. This was his subconscious reaction when faced with unexpected situations, used to relieve his anxiety.
When I went up to the third floor, the door had been opened by the guard and the lights were on. I quickly checked the inside.
“Nothing unusual, but there is a safe on the table.”
The guard stepped forward to report to Thomas and turned sideways so that everyone could see a huge safe measuring 60 centimeters long and wide on the table.
“Mr. Musk, do you want us?” Thomas hesitated.
If these were things left behind by Mr. Ji, it would be a bit excessive for them to use violence to open them.
But if there are any dangerous items in it, who can take the responsibility afterwards?
“No need.”
“If we can’t even trust him after all this time, then there won’t be many people in this wasteland who can be trusted.”
Musk pushed open the remaining half of the door, signaling the guards to wait outside and leaving Thomas alone to follow.
At the entrance, the only small window that could be opened on the floor-to-ceiling window was half open, and the night breeze brought cool breezes.
The room must have been cleaned, it looked extremely tidy.
Even the dust in the corners has been carefully wiped away, leaving no traces of life.
“He’s really gone.”
Musk felt an indescribable sense of loss in his heart, walked to the safe and put his hand on it.
The box is a common roulette combination safe.
The password consists of three wheels in total, and you need to rotate and enter three two-digit numbers separately to open it.
As Thomas watched, Musk quickly turned the dial to try.
With a click.
The password verification was successful, and it was indeed the day the two met.
The box automatically popped open fifteen degrees, revealing the internal structure, which was divided into two layers.
There was a letter on the upper layer, with the word “Ji” engraved on the envelope with wax.
On the lower layer were four documents wrapped in scientific research waterproof bags, each of which appeared to have hundreds of pages.
“Go out, you are not needed here.”
“Okay, feel free to call me if you have any questions.” Thomas turned around and left the room tactfully.
This is the best outcome. Although Mr. Ji has left, he still considers them as always.
Otherwise, if there were some dangerous items in the safe, or some gadget meant to tease Musk, even if he died a thousand times, it would not be enough.
Buzz.
The moment Thomas closed the door, Musk sat down on the chair dejectedly.
He did not rush to take out the letters and documents inside, but sat there staring out the window.
A few days ago, the two were standing there imagining the future life of mankind and how to take root in the wasteland.
But in the blink of an eye, they suddenly parted ways.
“Shit, that’s real shit!”
After a while, Musk let out a breath.
Although he kept cursing, his mood finally adjusted from his previous melancholy.
He took out the letter from above, brushed his fingers over the wax that seemed to still be warm, and slowly opened it.
The envelope was very thin and contained only a single piece of paper.
Musk gently picked up the letter and began to read from top to bottom:
‘Dear Mr. Musk, please forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye. We Chinese have an old saying that a bosom friend is a friend indeed. Although I don’t know when we will meet again, I believe that as long as you and I have the same goal, we will meet again one day.’
‘Before leaving, I thought about it and decided to leave you two special gifts. I hope you can make good use of them and continue to contribute to the rooting of the human race in the wasteland.’
‘Well, the coffee you gave me was delicious, so I went to your office and took away all the remaining coffee when I left. I hope you won’t be angry!’
‘December 31st, Year 2 of Wasteland Last Calendar, Ji Longliu.’
There is not much lyricism, nor is there a clear explanation of the reason for leaving.
Musk watched it expressionlessly, seemingly without any psychological changes, but his nose twitched noticeably faster.
It even got to the point where I would subconsciously twitch every time I finished reading a sentence.
“Damn it, take my coffee too”
He muttered angrily, stuffed the letter back into the envelope, and put it back in the safe.
Gift?
If these gifts are not valuable enough, you will be wanted by me throughout the wasteland!
Even if I have to search the ends of the earth, I will bring you back!
Musk thought so in his mind, and angrily pulled out the top information bag and opened the outer waterproof layer.
Crash.
Scattered drawings fell on the table, flying around one by one, filled with the pleasant smell of ink.
Hmm?
In just a moment, a special picture caught his attention.
This was a diagram of an armor structure that he had never seen before. No, this was an armor that looked very much like Iron Man’s armor.
The smooth curves, silky edges and corners, and the densely packed parameter markings around it.
Musk picked up the drawing in astonishment, and his breathing seemed to stop.
This?
What is this?
An hour has passed.
Thomas looked at his watch anxiously and kept pacing in front of the door.
During this hour, except for the first few minutes, Musk’s crazy and excited shouting almost never stopped.
Is he crazy?
Finally, a common noise was heard from inside, like something being knocked over.
Thomas finally found a reason, and hurried forward to knock on the door, then pushed it open two seconds later.
“Mr. Musk, do you need any help?”
He was prepared for Mr. Ji to leave and Mr. Musk to become furious.
However, before he could finish his words, Thomas froze in place.
In the huge room, the floor was filled with manuscripts covered with handwriting, forming a big circle.
Musk half-knelt in the big circle, bowing down devoutly as if he was praying.
From beginning to end, even when the door was open, his eyes were still fixed on the manuscripts, without being affected by the outside world at all.
Hoarse murmurs came from Musk’s mouth.
“Is it true?!”
(End of this chapter)
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