LRAB Chapter 010 He Lied to Her
Chapter 010 He Lied to Her
wilderness.
Meng Shisan drove the base vehicle around.
Although from his perspective this was the first time he had left the base, he had been to this wasteland countless times in his memory.
Even so, after witnessing it firsthand, he deeply understood the origin of the desolation of the wasteland.
At first glance, it looks exactly like the Black Dushan Mountain in my memory.
Desolate and lonely.
The moment he stepped out of the wilderness, a feeling of emptiness would involuntarily arise in his heart.
Meng Shisan didn't think that much about it.
His destination was the mine.
As far as he could remember, he had been scavenging for ore in a mine north of the base.
There, some explosives he left behind are still hidden.
That was the purpose of his trip.
As for those people in the field operations department, he wouldn't deliberately look for them.
Everyone has their own destiny, and when they decide to leave the base, it means they have made their own choice.
Moreover, the wilderness is too vast, and without direction, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack—too unrealistic.
In about ten minutes, he drove to the former mine.
The mine doesn't look very big, but it's still about a hundred meters high.
He remembered that when he first discovered this place, it took him more than an hour just to climb up the mountain. Back then, he would always hurriedly pick up some ore and then rush back to the base.
Land reclamation has always been so simple and unpretentious.
He took off his armor, and although he knew there couldn't possibly be anyone else in this environment, he still looked around.
After confirming, Meng Shisan headed towards the mine he remembered.
It's called a mine, but it's really just a pit that was blasted out with explosives to collect more ore.
But as Meng Shisan walked toward the mine, he felt increasingly uneasy.
"Is someone inside?" Meng Shisan quickly made the judgment.
Thinking this, he hurriedly raised the gun that was slung behind his back to his chest.
Pioneers do not bring firearms to the wasteland.
After all, carrying heavy loads is a burden in itself when it comes to land reclamation.
Furthermore, there were no dangers in the wilderness that they knew they needed to use firearms to defend themselves.
The reason I brought it along this time was due to the base's arrangement.
It was said that if they encountered those field workers, it would be to prevent them from being stubborn and uncooperative.
Meng Shisan never expected that it would actually come in handy.
They tiptoed towards the mine.
His first thought was of the field crew, since, on the surface, no one in the base, besides him, was capable of spending the night in the wilderness.
Moreover, the base's apparent pioneers are either doing hard labor at the Heroes' Tomb or making preparations at the base.
"No, my mine isn't very big, but there are dozens of people on fieldwork. Have they fallen behind?"
Or is it that there are pioneers at the base that we don't even know about?
Thinking this way, he became even more cautious.
But when he saw the figure huddled in the mine, he was completely stunned.
A little girl, covered in dirt, huddled in the dark mine like a frightened cat, her hands tightly clutching her legs.
The key point is that, curled up like this, she's not much bigger than an adult cat.
Seeing this, Meng Shisan quickly slung his gun behind his back, knowing that the gun must have been frozen.
"Did this child spend the night in the wilderness?" Meng Shisan was stunned for a moment when this thought came to mind.
How old is she?
Having endured a night alone in the wilderness, this dazzling achievement would be a source of pride even in the Tomb of Heroes.
But the question is, where did this child come from?
"base?"
But the base prohibits those under the age of fourteen from engaging in land reclamation, and he went through the same process. But this child, let alone fourteen, is at most seven or eight years old.
"Forget about that, saving lives is the priority." With that, Meng Shisan checked his breathing and pulse before finally letting out a sigh of relief.
Although he is still unconscious, at least he is still alive.
They quickly picked the person up and ran towards the base vehicle.
No one knows how much longer she can hold on; the most urgent thing is to keep her alive.
To be honest, Meng Shisan was extremely curious about her identity.
He wrapped the armor he had previously removed around her body and then turned on all the oxygen supply systems in the armor.
That's when it stopped.
"A seven or eight-year-old girl is alone in the wilderness, and the key point is that she is still alive."
Meng Shisan muttered to himself, finding it hard to believe.
You should know that when he stepped into the wilderness at the age of fourteen, he only lasted for about ten minutes before retreating back to the base, and even then, he had to rest for a full half month.
"Could this little girl be Cao Er's child?"
Meng Shisan quickly refuted his own conjecture.
According to Cao Er, he was only imprisoned in the Heroes' Tomb for three years, so how could he have had a seven or eight-year-old daughter?
"Never mind, I'll ask her when she wakes up," Meng Shisan muttered to himself, then sat in the car and closed his eyes to rest.
Given the current situation, he no longer cares about explosives.
He cared more about the little girl than the explosives.
"Dad?" Meng Shisan, who had been asleep, suddenly opened his eyes when he felt someone shaking his shoulder. He didn't know how much time had passed.
The little girl had already woken up, clumsily grasping her own hands and shaking them.
Meng Shisan, who was about to rub his eyes, was suddenly startled.
The wasteland armor that the little girl was wearing weighed nearly seventy pounds; even an adult would find it difficult to bear.
Surprisingly, this little guy was able to raise his hand.
After his initial surprise, Meng Shisan asked, "Do you know your own name and where you live?"
"My name is Er'er. Er'er has no home. Er'er is locked in a jar every day. Didn't Daddy come to rescue Er'er?"
22?
Upon hearing the name, Meng Shisan immediately thought of the guys in the base.
These names are quite similar.
"Wait a minute, you said you're locked in a jar every day?" Meng Shisan suddenly realized this.
He was a second-generation pioneer. Although he had no family growing up, he had never been confined in a jar.
"Yes." Er'er seemed to have thought of something terrible, and immediately shrank back into a ball, even pulling back the hand that was holding Meng Shisan, and hugging herself tightly.
"Er'er is very well-behaved, but she's afraid of needles. Every time, so many tubes are inserted into her body, and she's so scared..."
"Daddy, Er'er doesn't want to be covered in tubes."
As she spoke, Er'er began to sob softly.
Upon hearing this, Meng Shisan quickly took off his armor, rolled up Er Er's arms, and his expression changed repeatedly.
Er'er's entire arm was covered in needle marks, densely packed.
It's easy to imagine what Er'er has gone through all these years.
For some reason, Meng Shisan hugged Er'er tightly and whispered, "Don't be afraid, Daddy's here to save you. No one will dare to bully you again."
"Don't be afraid, Er'er." As she spoke, Er'er curled up in Meng Shisan's arms like a kitten and sobbed softly. Meng Shisan gently patted her back to comfort her.
He wasn't a good person, never was.
But he also had moments of vulnerability, so he lied to her.
"By the way..." Just as Meng Shisan was about to ask what kind of jar it was, the sound of whistling wind came.
This immediately sent a chill down Meng Shisan's spine. Besides the long night, the most dangerous thing on the wasteland was the howling wind.
"Sit still, Er'er, put on your armor." Meng Shisan placed Er'er in the passenger seat and gave the order urgently.
Er'er was very sensible and didn't need Meng Shisan's help at all before crawling back into her armor.
Meng Shisan, however, didn't have that time. Seeing the yellow sand rushing towards him in the wind, he gritted his teeth, stepped on the gas, and sped off.
The moment the speed picked up, Meng Shisan felt as if his breath had stopped.
But he dared not let go of the accelerator.
The gale in the wilderness is never gentle; if it catches you, you're almost certainly dead!