Chapter 84: Brief Romance

Sabova looked at the scenery constantly receding outside the car and suddenly said, “About the nuclear power plant, I was wondering, did we overlook something?”

Xiao Fen stared at the crowd in front of the car and said, “That’s right. We either cast our target on the nuclear bunkers 30 years ago or on the existing power supply now. We definitely overlooked the time period in between.”

Sabova laughed and said, “I didn’t expect you to react so keenly and discover this problem so early.”

Xiao Fen smiled tiredly. He realized his mistake when he thought it was impossible for the underground nuclear power plant to run for such a long time just now.

Subsequently, he associated it with the basement where he fought when he obtained the first exhausted Source of Mutation, which was also built after the end of the nuclear war and before the reconstruction of the city.

With this consideration, he also had a general understanding of how the opponent had a stable power supply.

After the war, before the reconstruction of the city, someone in a certain nuclear bunker near this city had already left the bunker and carried out initial reconstruction nearby, mainly including power resources, and later also including that basement.

In fact, in the morning battle, Xiao Fen entered no less than 3 such relatively new basements.

The enemies encountered there were basically the same, all short Mutated Creatures. Compared with the first basement before, except for a possible slight difference in area, other aspects had not changed.

Sabova obviously thought of what Xiao Fen was considering. She whispered, “If there are several times more basements in Bofu Castle than in the 33rd Komsomolsk, without preparation, once these Mutated Creatures appear on the surface, they will cause huge damage in an instant. Maybe this is the reason why Bofu Castle suddenly terminated contact with the outside world.”

Xiao Fen shook his head and said, “This is impossible. Even if tens of thousands of such Mutated Creatures came, the simplest distress signal or alarm signal would have time to be sent out, instead of being so silent like this. Relatively speaking, I am more willing to believe that this matter is a conspiracy. However, that has nothing to do with me anymore. My purpose is to find the lair of these monsters and kill them.”

Sabova turned her head to glance at Xiao Fen, and after a while, asked, “And then?”

“What then?”

Sabova said meaningfully, “After killing these monsters, then what?”

Xiao Fen was quiet for a while and whispered, “I am a mountain dweller. I must choose my own path to go on.”

Sabova fell into silence. When the vehicle was about to leave the city, she whispered, “Everyone has their own path. I hope you can keep going like this. But you have to remember, before leaving, you must come with me once. That is what you owe me.”

Xiao Fen exhaled a long breath and said, “Let’s solve the immediate problem first, and then talk about the matter between you and me.”

Sabova smiled and asked, “Okay, tell me, how do you plan to solve it?”

Xiao Fen took out a worn-out map from the crevice under the seat, pointed at it and said, “I looked at the old map in your hands. Historically, the 33rd Komsomolsk was not a big city. Surrounding this city, there are only 3 nuclear bunkers in total. One is in the mountains, which is the direction I came from. The other two are far away from the rivers near the city, presumably to avoid the groundwater system affecting the nuclear bunkers. Moreover, the damage of the nuclear war to the groundwater system should have been considered in the planning of building nuclear bunkers.”

He drew three crosses on the map at hand, then pointed to the opposite side of the river and said, “On the opposite side of the river, there used to be an arsenal. Do you have any records about this arsenal?”

Sabova glanced at the map, shook her head, and said, “No, rebuilding the 33rd Komsomolsk itself was already a very difficult task. Whether machinery or manpower was far from enough, and the security department had to take care of the safety of the railway line. At this time, no one would want to cross the river to see what happened on the other side. So, for us, the opposite side of this river is a blank area that has not been explored.”

Xiao Fen nodded and asked again, “Then what about those council members? Will they organize people to go to the other side themselves?”

“Maybe. We can’t control it. Do you suspect that the base of those monsters is over there?”

Xiao Fen nodded and said, “Not suspect, but certain. On this side of the river, you have conducted detailed surveys, and it is impossible to miss a large power plant or hospital. Those guys manufacturing the Source of Mutation can only be in a place very close to this city, but at the same time outside your field of vision. This place can only be opposite the river.”

Sabova looked at the map again and said, “If the arsenal on the opposite side is restarted, water treatment can be carried out directly through the pipeline under the river from the arsenal. If the power station is half-buried underground, we cannot effectively monitor it either. It is indeed an ideal location.”

Xiao Fen nodded, pointed to a direction on the map and said, “Then, let’s go here and see if this bridge is still there.”

After thinking for a while, Xiao Fen said again, “Let me sleep for a while. We’ll talk about the specific situation after reaching that bridge.”

After saying that, he put away the newspaper, tucked his head into his clothes, and just fell asleep in the cold wind constantly blowing against him.

Sabova turned her head to glance at him, reached out wanting to touch his face, but this action was never completed. Although her hand left the steering wheel several times, in the end, she pulled it back every time at the last moment.

“You have your sky, and I have my future. Palin, I only hope that in the future, you can still remember that a person like me once existed.”

Sabova looked ahead and whispered. Perhaps the wind blowing head-on was too strong, so that she had to use her hand to block her eyes for a moment.

However, this action did not have much effect. A few minutes later, Sabova stopped the vehicle, climbed out of the car, waded through the highway half-covered by weeds, walked to a small pit by the road, slowly squatted down with her back to the vehicle.

Xiao Fen opened his eyes, glanced at Sabova’s back, turned his head again, his eyes were confused. After a while, he let out a slight sigh and closed his eyes again.

A few minutes later, Sabova rubbed her face vigorously, then suddenly stood up and strode towards the vehicle. At this time, she had already regained her original spirit, no longer so hesitant about gain and loss, and became determined and brave.

Anything should be discussed after all the problems were solved.

The life of a city might be in the hands of these two people. Being preoccupied with romance at this time would not only fail to solve any problems but also make things develop in a worse direction.