Chapter 55 Second Mission (10)

Ye Nai quickly took out an outdoor power supply and then a folding square table. In the corner of the table was a hot and cold water dispenser, with a long hose connected to the bottled water under the table.

"Would you like some instant noodles?"

The fast food I bought on the previous mission with Captain Mei came in handy now.

"Oh my god, you are really well prepared."

"Spacers love to hoard things."

Ye Na plugged in the water dispenser and placed buckets of instant noodles of various flavors on the table, as well as homemade tea eggs in lunch boxes, bagged ham slices, and instant soup brewed with boiling water.

The three of them had big appetites, and Ye Na was also a big eater and a big eater. He ate two buckets of instant noodles, some eggs and some ham slices.

The aroma of instant noodles wafted out of the tent and attracted the medic next door. Seeing a water dispenser, he asked Ye Na to bring some warm water for the wounded to take their medicine.

The number of people in each medical tent varies. Those who are unconscious or have internal injuries are receiving intravenous drips in one tent, while those who have no internal injuries, can eat and are conscious are in another tent.

After Ye Nai and the others had eaten and drunk their fill, they cleared the table and went to the wounded tent next door to get more medicine. Each of them took their medicine with a cup of warm water.

The smell of instant noodles on them made the wounded's stomachs growl.

Ye Nai then took out an induction cooker and an extra-large tin foil bowl as big as a pot, which is usually used for barbecue. It is fireproof, high temperature resistant and water-proof, and is a very good emergency cookware.

I used this to cook two pots of tomato egg drop noodle soup. The eggs were fresh eggs and the tomatoes were canned tomatoes. They didn't need to be washed or cut. I used disposable paper bowls to give each of them a bowl.

She bought a lot of these disposable tableware, just in preparation for missions. It is inconvenient to eat and wash dishes in the wilderness, so disposable items save trouble.

After filling their stomachs with hot noodle soup and taking effect of the medicine, the wounded fell asleep one after another. The two soldiers were divided into shifts and took turns to guard here. Ye Na didn't have to be on duty, so he packed up his things and went back to the next room to spread out his sleeping bag and take a nap.

When I woke up, it was already past one o'clock. When I went outside to stretch, I found that there were more medical tents and the medical soldiers coming and going were walking much faster.

Ye Na watched silently for a while, then turned and went back to the tent.

She was just a civilian who was paid to go on missions. She could earn hundreds of thousands or even thousands of dollars for each trip. She was happy to spend small amounts of money on treating people to cigarettes, drinks and meals, but she would not look at, ask or inquire about matters related to military operations.

In fact, you can guess without asking, so many medical tents appeared during a nap, and it is easy to imagine where the wounded came from.

Ye Na remembered the special properties of his mycelium, which could both kill and save people. He opened his hands and released a wave of spores. He also mobilized the mature mycelium under the surrounding soil to grow into the tents of the newly wounded, saving their lives and preventing the death toll from increasing.

Then she took out her game console to kill time.

At around two o'clock, Ye Na, who was tired of playing games, finally received an order for their convoy to withdraw to the rear town for rest.

There were 51 people who came, only 3 were intact, and the rest had to go back lying down.

Fortunately, there were wood warriors who used strong vines to build a suspension frame in the truck compartment, so that one compartment could hold eight stretchers, which was exactly six trucks. As for the remaining three Ye Nai, since the two warriors could drive, they did not squeeze into the truck, but drove behind the truck.

In less than an hour, their convoy of six trucks and one troop carrier carrying the wounded was ready and set off on the return journey led by a lead vehicle.

After a bumpy ride out of the wilderness and onto the highway, we drove along the road for more than an hour and arrived at a small town in the rear at around five o'clock. The convoy drove into the military camp, the wounded were sent to the hospital, and Ye Nai and the other two were given dormitories separately.

"Rest well here. We won't leave so soon. The inside and outside of the secret realm are two different worlds. The network is not connected. We have to send someone out to deliver the message. Both sides discuss whether to send it out or come in to pick it up. It will take at least a week to go back and forth. Just treat it as a holiday."

The soldiers who ran back and forth in and out of the secret realm were very clear about the army's procedures, and when the reinforcements arrived, their tense moods had relaxed.

"Hmm... Does that mean the two small towns at the entrance and exit of the secret realm are actually used for communication?"

"Yes, the original intention of building the town was to facilitate communication, so it was named Communication Town. The difference lies in the numbering. You see, our towns in the rear are all numbered, but across the country, every town that enters the secret realm starts with number 2, because number 1 refers to the one outside the secret realm. Just like this incident, the message was first sent to Town No. 2, printed into a letter and sent to Town No. 1 outside the secret realm by manpower, and then passed to the recipient. After the recipient replied, it was returned to Town No. 2 by manpower to reply."

"I see. It sounds complicated, but it's the most efficient way."

"Yes, when it was discovered that an electric communication network could be built in the secret realm, the whole country was delighted. It saved a lot of trouble. In the early days, messages were transmitted entirely by manpower, and we suddenly returned to the old communication methods."

Ye Nai didn't know this history, but the soldiers who joined the army needed to learn about this difficult history in their daily studies, so they talked about it freely.

"Yena, come on, let's take you to see a psychiatrist. Military doctors are very good at this." The two of them did not allow Yeena to make excuses, and they held her on both sides and walked away.

"Ah? Is it so urgent?"

"Yes, yes. Soldiers who come back from seeing tragic scenes on the battlefield for the first time must report to a psychiatrist immediately. New recruits with a clean slate will recover quickly if they receive timely intervention. You are no exception."

"You will be traveling in and out of the secret realm frequently in the future, and you will see more and more tragic scenes. You don't want to leave a hidden danger and not pay attention to it, and then suddenly erupt after many years, ending your bright future, right?"

"okay."

Ye Na thought about it and it made sense. She thought she was not affected, but in the eyes of professional doctors, she might have been affected. It would be better to go and have a look. There was no need to be hard on herself.

After meeting with the psychologist and talking for an hour, Ye Na felt a lot better as she came out and enjoyed the breeze outside.

Of course, the two soldiers were already busy with their own things. They had to follow up and take care of their comrades, and could not really take a complete vacation to rest. Before she walked into the psychological room, the three of them added each other as friends and kept in touch during these few days.

The two good cars in the space were also taken out, and two soldiers drove one each to do maintenance. The return journey was still a long way, so they checked them to prevent them from breaking down on the road.

Ye Na took out his electric bike and rode leisurely out of the barracks, touring the entire town and looking for a place to have dinner.

All supplies in these rear towns are from outside, so prices are of course more expensive than outside. The most expensive ones are the stir-fried dishes cooked by chefs, and there are cheaper ones, such as the ones sold in meal packs.

But this most expensive restaurant is doing a booming business. Ye Na rode his bike around the town and found that all the restaurants with long queues were the ones that cooked and sold freshly prepared food.

(End of this chapter)