Novel Full Chapter 1368 - 701: Xu Huang Takes the Mission
Chapter 1368 - 701: Xu Huang Takes the Mission
"Make way, make way!"
Xu Huang rushed to the fishery, squeezed into the crowd, and sure enough, saw changes on the task announcement board today.
It used to be all fish collection tasks, but the first task now was recruitment by the research department for test pilots!
He checked the rewards immediately!
"Three residency permits! There are actually three!"
Seeing the first reward item, he instantly became excited.
One residency permit means you can have a house in Yangshan.
And in a house, it’s not that only one person can live, but a whole family can reside.
These three residency permits mean three families can settle in Yangshan.
Oh, wait!
He suddenly noticed that before the residency permit, it read Mirage Snake Space Residency Permit!
His heart started pounding violently!
If Yangshan residency permits can still be purchased with points, then the Mirage Snake Space permits cannot be bought with points.
Everyone knows that Yangshan’s Mirage Snake Space Shelter is the best in Linjiang.
There are no rainstorms, no snowstorms, and it preserves most of the pre-apocalypse buildings, not completely submerged by floods.
It is said that the earliest batch of people in Yangshan had already moved to Mirage Snake Space to enjoy life.
If, if Mom and Sister could move to Mirage Snake Space, safety would never be a concern again!
Xu Huang was incredibly excited and then looked at the other rewards, his eyes widening.
Custom Genetic Species and thirty thousand points as rewards!
And a substantial amount of supplies as rewards.
He took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down.
"Such generous rewards make this task definitely not simple."
He hurriedly looked at the task requirements.
There was even an education requirement, which he hadn’t anticipated!
"High School education?"
He pondered for a moment, suddenly realizing test pilots might need training to learn to operate the spacecraft.
The operation on this spacecraft would certainly require some technical expertise.
Understanding this, he suddenly grasped the requirement.
"I meet this requirement!"
He quickly asked around on how to accept this task.
People nearby told him to go for an interview at the research department.
Without hesitation, he sold the Mutant Fish and hurried to Yangshan’s research department.
In the past, entering the mountain was prohibited for them, but when he mentioned he was there for the test pilot interview, remarkably, the guards didn’t stop him.
Not only did they not stop him, but they assigned someone to escort him to the research department for the interview.
Upon arrival, Xu Huang saw a large group of people gathered, waiting for the interview.
After a while, a young man in research department workwear emerged and began introducing to everyone the location and possible risks of the test flight task.
"Everyone, you should have seen this test flight task, but I need to carefully explain the location, difficulty, and risks associated with the test flight."
"This test flight task relates to a new invention in Yangshan."
"The photos you see now are of our latest spaceship developed in Yangshan."
"The aircraft you are to test fly is precisely this spaceship."
"I must seriously inform you, the destination for this spaceship test flight is the endless Thundercloud outside!"
"Yangshan is committed to investigating the reasons behind this storm and figuring out what’s happening in the sky."
"Only by understanding this can we truly solve the flood problem."
"This task is crucial to humanity’s future and the survival strategy of the human race."
...
What followed were a bunch of high-value statements that everyone clearly had no mind to listen to.
Many were frightened upon learning that this test flight task involved exploring above the Thundercloud.
Everyone knows that Thundercloud hasn’t dissipated for over two years.
With daily thunderstorms, even before the apocalypse, thunderstorm weather halted flights by major airlines.
Now, after the apocalypse, technological levels have dropped drastically; who’d dare take such a risk?
"No wonder the task rewards are so generous, it’s basically sending us to our deaths."
"Damn, I thought there was something good, sigh, there really is danger."
"What to do? The rewards this time are truly lavish."
"No matter how lavish the rewards, you need to be alive to enjoy them."
"This spaceship looks so small, if it enters the Thundercloud, it could be destroyed immediately, forget it, forget it, this task isn’t for humans."
The crowd was filled with various voices of discussion.
Many people were immediately getting cold feet on the spot.
Some were so anxious they directly interrupted the research staff’s narrative, shouting: "I have urgent matters at home, I’ll forgo this task, sorry, sorry."
With that, he quickly turned and left.
Everyone glanced at him and then at the surrounding patrol squads.
Seeing no one stopping him, everyone felt delighted.
Right away, more people claimed to feel unwell or have other urgent matters, all demanding to leave.
The research department didn’t stop them, allowing these people to leave.
In the crowd, Xu Huang’s expression was uncertain; he clearly understood the danger of this task.
But... others can retreat, can he?
If he gave up this opportunity, when would he be able to accumulate enough Points?
He could wait, but what about his mother?
His mother’s injury absolutely couldn’t be delayed any longer.
Thinking of the harsh environment on the ice surface, he took a deep breath; he could no longer stay there.
He must find a way to get his sister and mother to live in Yangshan, to live in the Mirage Snake Space where there is no Flood World.
With this thought, he looked up at the R&D department personnel above, raised his hand, and said, "I have a question."
The R&D personnel looked up at Xu Huang, smiling, and asked, "What question does this gentleman have?"
"I want to know if these mission rewards are issued before the mission is completed or after?"
The R&D personnel smiled and said, "As long as you pass our assessment, these mission rewards will be issued."
"What if the test flight fails? Will these rewards be taken back?" Xu Huang hurriedly asked again.
Among the remaining people, many also looked up, very concerned about this issue.
Obviously, not everyone was scared by this mission.
Many even had a determined look, as if they were ready to put life and death behind them.
In this world, there are many things more terrifying than death.
Witnessing a loved one gravely ill, powerless to treat them.
Watching enemies roam free, powerless to avenge.
In short, there are many reasons that could drive some people to risk their lives to carry out such a mission.
Especially under the doomsday, such people are only increasing.
The R&D personnel said, "Regardless of the outcome of the test flight, the rewards will be issued as normal."
"Of course, if during the test flight phase, it is due to your personal reasons, intentional negligence, or dereliction of duty, there will be corresponding penalties."
"We want people who are fully committed, not those just coming for the rewards. I hope all of you consider this clearly."
Xu Huang pressed his lips together, finally made up his mind, and said, "I want to sign up!"
...
"Mr. Liang?"
At the Leader’s Mansion, Liang Yuan was reviewing reports sent by various departments from Yangshan.
At this moment, Zhuang Shuyuan, dressed in a burgundy cheongsam, appeared charmingly at the doorway, gently knocking on the door.
Liang Yuan looked up, and upon seeing her, couldn’t help but slightly raise an eyebrow, saying, "Why did you personally come to report today?"
Zhuang Shuyuan nodded, with a serious expression, saying, "There’s important intelligence that I must deliver immediately."
Liang Yuan was surprised, thinking it must indeed be significant intelligence that makes her so serious.
He instantly said in a deep voice, "What intelligence?"
"The military has also developed a spaceship and successfully broke through the Thundercloud to reach the sky!"
Upon hearing this, Liang Yuan abruptly stood up, with a trace of shock in his expression, immediately asking, "Is the information reliable?"
"It’s reliable, it’s revealed by an insider we’ve bought within the military, and there’s video evidence."
"Just recently, the military successfully built the ’Guangfu No. 1’ spaceship, broke through the Thundercloud, and reached above the Celestial Abyss."
"However, they were in the sky for less than ten minutes before it was destroyed."
"But during those ten minutes, they brought back a shocking message."
Liang Yuan immediately asked, "What message?"
"Above the Floating Island, there are actually human forces that have established a city!"
"What!"
Liang Yuan was greatly astonished.
He immediately inquired about the specifics.
"After Guangfu No. 1 broke through the clouds, it relied on the powerful charging system device developed by Professor Huang to overcome the danger of thunderstorms within the Thundercloud."
"They utilized the immense kinetic energy of the thunderstorm tremor to charge the spaceship’s shields, thereby overcoming the thunderstorm problem in one swoop, breaking out of the Thundercloud region and entering the sky above the Celestial Abyss."
"According to our information, once they entered the sky, they saw a large number of Floating Islands drifting above the Thundercloud, like mythical celestial mountains from ancient times."
"On one of these celestial mountains, the spaceship crew saw a city established by humans."
"This city not only broke through the blockade of the Thundercloud and successfully entered the sky, but also occupied a Floating Island."
"And you wouldn’t believe who the force occupying this city is!"
As Zhuang Shuyuan said this, her expression was filled with gravitas.
Liang Yuan’s thoughts churning quickly came to a sudden realization, and he asked in shock, "Mengya Company?"
This caught Zhuang Shuyuan by surprise.
"How did you guess that?"
Liang Yuan shook his head slightly, "It wasn’t hard to guess; among the forces we’ve currently encountered, besides the military possessing higher technology than ours, it’s only Mengya Company."
"Just the technological content contained in their armored convoy has already spurred inspiration in our R&D department, which developed a spaceship device."
"Presumably, this Mengya organization has long since developed a spaceship device."
Zhuang Shuyuan suddenly realized, watching Liang Yuan with admiration in her beautiful eyes.
She said in a deep voice, "Ever since we exterminated those members of the Mengya organization last time, we’ve sent people to the Northern District to investigate this Mengya organization."
"But to this day, there’s still no word from them; we don’t know if something went wrong or what the situation is."
Liang Yuan shook his head slightly, "The Mengya organization is too far from us; if it weren’t for the ice forming in winter, even with their armored convoy, it would be difficult to reach such a distant place."
The greatest challenge in long-distance travel is not how far it is, but the issue of direction.
In the vast Flood World, with everything submerged in water, without navigation devices, it’s hard to determine the direction of travel.
The reason Wu Yaobang can accurately find Linjiang is because he has a clone over here as a locator.
For others to achieve this, it’s extremely difficult.