A grave crisis, after claiming many lives, came to an unexpected halt, plunging everyone in the No. 5 helicopter into an unspeakable silence, each carrying different emotions.

After a long while, the pilot straightened his back and, relying on the onboard communication equipment, addressed the other helicopters:

"Confirmed, the crisis is over.

"Repeating: confirmed, the crisis is over.

"Each unit proceeds to its designated landing site according to the original plan, awaiting further instructions."

After a pause, the pilot said in a slightly hoarse voice:

"I propose a minute of silence from everyone for Committee Member Huang and the sacrificed soldiers, no need to close your eyes."

"I second that."

"I second that."

……

Voices rang out one after another, then faded into silence.

Nearly two minutes passed before Shang Jianyao opened his eyes and asked Jiang Baimian across three of his companions:

"Did you sense the 'Doctor's' location just now?"

What's the point of asking now? Even if the "Doctor" isn't dead, he must have run away... Jiang Baimian grumbled, answering with a hint of a sigh:

"No."

If she had, she would have said it immediately.

"I didn't either." Shang Jianyao looked regretful, "What a pity, I didn't get to see the scene of ballistic missiles being fired in salvo."

Be serious, you just finished observing the minute of silence! Are you in seek-new-and-strange mode now? Jiang Baimian closed her mouth and stopped talking.

She felt that silence was a sign of respect for Committee Member Huang, Zhang Lao, and the other martyrs.

Before long, the helicopter began to descend, stopping outside a human settlement that wasn't too large.

There was a leveled area here.

Prior to this, the helicopter had received orders from the Ubei Material Coordination Committee to transport the surviving old "Salvation Army" veterans back to the military base affiliated with Ubei to await further instructions.

Carrying different crates, Jiang Baimian and the others waved goodbye to this group of temporary comrades.

Seeing the black helicopter make an arc in the air and fly into the distance, Long Yuehong raised his hand and rubbed his ears:

"The noise was too loud, my hearing hasn't fully recovered yet."

He could hear all the surrounding sounds, but he always felt like there was a thick barrier between them and himself.

"Is that so?" Jiang Baimian didn't have such an experience.

Her biological cochlea could adjust on its own.

"Yes." Honest Shang Jianyao inserted two fingers into his left and right ear canals respectively, squeezed them in, and then pulled them out, "This will help a lot."

Bai Chen did the same and then asked:

"Where are we going next?"

"Let's wait for the 'Salvation Army' to send our car over and figure out the latest situation," Jiang Baimian looked around, not rushing to walk towards the nearby human settlement.

As the representative of those who would slack off if they could, the sinister and vicious Shang Jianyao put down the crate he was carrying and sat on it.

Seeing this, Jiang Baimian followed suit, and Long Yuehong and Bai Chen followed closely behind.

Gennava hesitated for a moment and decided it was still better to act more like a human.

More than ten minutes passed, and two cars, including the "Old Task Force's" jeep, drove over from the direction of Ubei and stopped in front of Jiang Baimian and the others.

Ding Ling was responsible for driving their car.

Ding Ling opened the door and threw the keys to Jiang Baimian.

Shang Jianyao leaped up and grabbed the object first.

"..." Ding Ling was momentarily stunned.

And the car behind, carrying several "Salvation Army" soldiers, didn't approach this side, but stayed far away, as if guarding them.

Holding the keys, Shang Jianyao took a few steps forward and said to Ding Ling with a heavy expression:

"Committee Member Huang and Zhang Lao, they sacrificed themselves."

His voice gradually lowered, not concealing his own sadness.

Ding Ling lowered her head slightly and looked at her toes:

"I found out halfway through, the other car has a car radio."

She then looked up and squeezed out a smile filled with sadness:

"From the first day I joined the 'Salvation Army,' I knew that sacrifice was inevitable.

"Unlike the soldiers around Ubei, I've been stationed in border settlements for a long time, I often face danger, I've been injured several times, I've always been mentally prepared for my own or those around me to suddenly sacrifice themselves one day.

"Although it will definitely be very sad when it really happens, the most important thing is to keep going, cherish the people around you who are worth cherishing, get along well with them, and try to ensure that everyone doesn't leave too many regrets in their daily lives."

Jiang Baimian could understand Ding Ling's feelings and was about to say a few words of comfort when the honest Gennava suddenly said:

"Then do you know that Zeng Ping'an likes you? Did you get along well with him and not leave him with too many regrets?"

At this moment, not only Long Yuehong, but even Bai Chen and Jiang Baimian were dumbfounded, only Shang Jianyao seemed to want to applaud.

What the hell is this question? Old Ge, don't test humanity at this time! This is too impolite! Moreover, isn't this really just arguing? Coming back to her senses, Jiang Baimian awkwardly wanted to dismantle that broken robot.

She had already remembered who Zeng Ping'an was, he was a young man at the border哨所 who had saved Ding Ling during last year's exploratory attack on "Initial City," taking several bullets and almost dying.

Just as Jiang Baimian was trying to smooth things over and express her apologies, Ding Ling answered with a complicated expression:

"I had relations with him."

"..." Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong, and Shang Jianyao all briefly lost the ability to speak, only Bai Chen didn't react much.

Before Gennava could ask further questions, Ding Ling sighed softly:

"Aren't you thinking that I have a husband and even asked you to go to the Icefield to find him?

"It's been two years, he's been missing in the Icefield, I'm guarding my hometown at the border, I don't even know if he's dead or alive now, or if there's still a chance for us to reunite, and it's the same for him, maybe in the next minute, one of us will be infected with 'Heartless Disease,' or be hit by a bullet in the heart.

"I love him, but I also pity and cherish my comrades.

"A child who can protect your back and is willing to be seriously injured for you is about to die, looking at you with eyes that crave love, how can you just refuse? He's a wasteland wanderer, his parents died early, he's suffered all kinds of hardships, and he finally came to our 'Salvation Army,' survived the years, joined the army, and has never felt love before, do you want him to just die like that, without even fulfilling his last wish?

"Hehe, I've seen love that never meets again, but endures for each other for a lifetime, but that's a luxury, the Ashlands only looks at today, not tomorrow."

Saying this, Ding Ling lowered her eyes and said in a lost tone:

"I once yearned for it too..."

Long Yuehong couldn't blame Ding Ling for doing anything wrong, he felt that anyone who hadn't experienced the corresponding things was just talking without knowing what they were talking about.

He could only curse fiercely in his heart:

This damn world!

Ding Ling quickly returned to normal, looked at the "Old Task Force," and exhaled:

"If my husband can come back, I will tell him everything that happened to me, and let him decide how we will go in the future."

As she spoke, Ding Ling's speed quickened:

"I hope you can find him and tell him, tell him, I miss him very much."

There was still a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"Don't worry, we will definitely try our best to do what we promised you."

She didn't continue this topic and instead asked:

"What's the situation in Ubei now?"

"They are checking whether there are any hidden nuclear bombs, I don't know how many 'Salvation Army' soldiers are busy risking being blown to death." Ding Ling smiled slightly bitterly, "Once it's confirmed that there are no problems, the evacuated people will be allowed to return, it should be soon."

"So soon?" Shang Jianyao asked in cooperation.

Ding Ling nodded slightly:

"The threat from the 'New World' powerhouse came too suddenly, in order to seize the time and allow a large number of people to evacuate quickly, they didn't do any checks when they left the city.

"Now, the nuclear bomb has most likely been transferred out of Ubei, hehe, if the sky wants to rain, and the mother wants to marry, let it be, anyway, we 'Salvation Army' don't only have this one warhead."

It currently seems that the group that stole the nuclear bomb doesn't want to blow up any important cities of the "Salvation Army," after all, the only place more important than Ubei is the "Salvation Army's" headquarters, Pingnan City.

"We can only investigate slowly later," Jiang Baimian comforted.

Ding Ling glanced back at the other car:

"I have to go, whether you return to Ubei to replenish supplies next, or go directly to the Icefield, and replenish supplies along the way, it's all up to you.

"You haven't lost your passes, have you?"

"No," Jiang Baimian shook her head.

Ding Ling "hmm"ed:

"If you want to return to Ubei, it's best to wait three days, or get a confirmed safe notice."

She then waved her hand:

"I'm waiting for you to bring me good news!"

Watching Ding Ling get into the other car and head towards Ubei, Jiang Baimian said to Shang Jianyao and the others:

"Move the boxes back to the car."

Long Yuehong quickly stepped forward and opened the trunk of the jeep.

Scanning the contents, he frowned slightly:

"So many supplies?

"Given by the 'Salvation Army'?"

He found that the few supplies that were originally left in the trunk had been filled to more than a third of the space.

"There's such a good thing?" Shang Jianyao rushed over excitedly and rummaged through the pile of supplies.

Amidst the rustling sounds, the pile of supplies collapsed, revealing a large box underneath.

"Only stacked one or two layers..." Shang Jianyao opened the box, slightly disappointed yet curious.

With a *pa* sound, the gazes of the members of the "Old Task Force" suddenly froze.

A silver-gray, rather heavy warhead lay quietly in that box.

After a few seconds of confusion, Jiang Baimian muttered to herself:

"Could this be that nuclear warhead?"

The culprit is me?

Hearing this sentence and seeing this scene, a vague memory in Long Yuehong's mind suddenly became clear:

When the team leader and Shang Jianyao went to see Committee Member Huang, when he replaced Gennava and came to the window to monitor the movements near the jeep, it seemed, probably, possibly, someone came over pushing a trolley, opened the trunk of their car, and put such a large box inside with great difficulty, using the remaining supplies as camouflage.

The person avoided the surveillance cameras throughout the entire process and knew the situation of the parking lot like the back of their hand.