32 days

In the cold computer room, Yi Alan lowered his eyes—sometimes others can see the melancholy of a calm lake. At this time, the blue light of the computer screen casts a blurred and indifferent color on his black and white eyes.But no matter how charming it is, a pair of human naked eyes cannot see the approaching missile in the distant sky.

Until the air defense alarm at the army base sounded crazily.

Yi Alan raised his head in surprise. He didn't know the meaning of the alarm sound. He thought it was a system intrusion problem and accidentally touched a certain security program. He went to check the server log to see what was wrong. , after all, the piercing sirens are really frightening.

When the base's radar detects an incoming missile, the base's defense system responds immediately, and the general control program issues an instruction to make the base's missile silo enter a counterattack state to intercept the incoming missile.But unfortunately, the defense system has been destroyed by Yi Alan, unable to form a complete operation chain, and the command signal is interrupted halfway through the transmission, and can never reach the execution terminal.

The missile hidden deep underground was silent.

The other two menacing hostile missiles roared back and forth and smashed towards the Zhonghe Army Base, creating a huge heat source in the "eye" of the military satellite.

Most of the buildings on the ground collapsed in an instant, and then completely collapsed in the aftershocks.When the shocking explosion reached the fifth floor underground, layers of thick concrete blocked most of the impact. Yi Alan only felt a slight shaking, followed by two thunderous explosions, and the lights flickered a few times. It went out after a second, and the eyes fell into absolute darkness, but soon the light came back. This is the emergency power generation equipment located underground and continued the lighting work.

Yi Alan was stunned for a moment. Although his heart was full of uneasiness, he still managed to maintain his rationality. He immediately logged into the server that was powered on again and called up the last batch of automatically saved ground surveillance videos. Through his electronic eyeballs, he saw the flying For the two medium-range missiles, the shells of the missiles that were first splashed when they exploded were seen.Although the rest cannot be seen from the broken monitor, the series of movements just now have reflected the seriousness of the matter.

A few drops of cold sweat broke out in Yi Alan's palms. After a little thought, he immediately turned around and ran outside. The elevator must not be working, so he could only climb up the stairs.The more it went up, the more messy it was. The objects in the room were upside down, pieces of the ceiling fell down, the walls were deformed, and the smoke and dust filled the air.

When he climbed to the third basement floor, the whole vertical ceiling hanging down blocked his way, and through the cracked gaps, he could see the earth-shattering broken stones, bricks, cabinets, tables, stools and chairs, and mechanical wreckage behind him, Yi A Lan finally realized the fact that the exit was blocked.The elevators and stairs leading from the ground to the ground were all tightly blocked by the pile of heavy broken walls above.

There are also escape routes.Yi Alan returned to the fourth basement floor and ran to the end of the building corridor, where there was an emergency escape door. Opening the door was the escape route leading to the pasture two kilometers away from the base.

However, before walking 100 meters, Yi Alan encountered collapsed concrete.The way forward was also blocked.

Apparently one of the two medium-range missiles was a ground-penetrating missile, and its purpose of being launched may be to destroy an underground military structure that the missile is not strong enough to destroy.But there was a positioning error, and the explosion occurred underground outside the underground building.The escape channel happened to be within the damage range and was directly cut off.

Yi Alan didn't know if this was considered good luck.

Yi Alan felt at a loss, and his face looked lifeless under the light of the green emergency escape light. He fumbled for a satellite phone in his pocket and returned to the building while dialing.

Zhou Yan'an quickly got through: "I'm here."

"Zhou Yan'an, I..." Yi Alan was surprised that her voice could be so calm, "I was attacked by a missile."

There was silence for a moment, and the voice became tense: "What's going on?"

"I don't know either." Yi Alan said, "I don't know where the two missiles came from. They exploded at the base, and I was buried underground. I don't know whether they carried conventional warheads or nuclear warheads."

Yi Alan touched her nose subconsciously, for fear of touching the nosebleed caused by nuclear radiation.

Zhou Yan'an didn't know what kind of mood Yi Alan was in to say such an understatement, his heart was beating wildly: "What's your situation now? Are you injured? Are you trapped? Can you leave through the escape route?"

"There were no injuries. But the escape route was also blocked."

When Yi Alan walked to a computer room, she stood still, went in and studied the precision instruments inside, but found no symptoms of nuclear radiation effects on them, "It should be just a conventional warhead..."

"As long as you are not injured, go to the underground refuge room and hide immediately! Do you still remember, on the fifth floor underground, the standard of the refuge room there can withstand nuclear strikes, and there are enough oxygen, food and water sources, don't worry, I I will rescue you as soon as possible." Zhou Yan'an, who was still on the helicopter, didn't care about responding to Meng Qi's inquiry, and took out another satellite phone to call Xiao Hao, he wanted to know what happened and whether there was any follow-up attack.

"Okay." Yi Alan said, ready to go down the stairs.Then he heard electrical noise on the satellite phone, bad and intermittent.

Although the barking sound was weak, it was like fingernails scratching the blackboard, ruthlessly scratching his eardrums.

Yi Alan stopped walking towards the refuge room, his fear at this moment was far stronger than finding himself trapped by missiles.Although satellite signals can cover uninhabited areas, it is difficult to penetrate closed environments such as mountains and the ground.Originally, in the base, there should be a signal adapter installed, which can connect the satellite signal on the ground to the ground, so as not to cause communication obstacles.But now, the signal adapters are constantly being destroyed, the lines are burned, and the power supply is disconnected.

Ground buildings have been destroyed by missiles, and it is foreseeable that other means of communication, including communication cables and optical fibers, must also be severely damaged.

"I can't get out..." Yi Alan was as numb as if he pulled out these words from his suffocating heart.

"I will find a way." No one responded from Xiao Hao's side, and Zhou Yan'an couldn't help becoming anxious, but still comforted Yi Alan in a firm tone.

"I know I can't get out." Yi Alan shook her head with a pale face, "There is not enough manpower to dig out the buildings that buried me in 32 days. We will lose communication soon, and I will Trapped underground forever, no one can hear me."

What really scares Yi Alan is the latter, it seems to be the absolute loneliness in the center of the earth, there is no sky above the head, a person hides in the square inch, eats compressed biscuits and unpalatable canned food, breathes the machine-made Oxygen, cut off from the living world.

"Go to the refuge room! Maybe there will be another round of attacks." Zhou Yan'an forcefully interrupted Yi Alan's association, almost in an orderly tone, "I will switch to a fighter jet and go to your place right away. It will take less than an hour. arrive."

Zhou Yan'an decided not to wait for Xiao Hao's reply, although he knew that it would be extremely dangerous to drive a fighter jet into an area that had been attacked by missiles, because that meant that the enemy's surveillance system could scan there, and in the clear sky on the 32nd Among them, the fighter jet is too conspicuous under the surveillance network of radar and satellite, it is no different from the only firefly in the dark night.

Yi Alan didn't answer him.

And in this silence, Zhou Yan'an understood that his tough tone just now exposed his weakness, and he had no good way to deal with the current situation.

"If..." Zhou Yan'an closed her eyes, her tone became gentle again, "If there is really no way to save you, then it doesn't matter much, does it? The 32nd is only one or two days a month. In reality , you are still free. So, don’t be afraid, don’t be nervous, go to the refuge room now, and protect yourself. Just be patient for a day or two, and your life will be wonderful.”

Zhou Yan'an controlled the helicopter to land at a small air force base on the outskirts of Nantian City, and did not explain anything to Meng Qi, who was on the same flight.

Seeing Zhou Yan'an's expression, Meng Qi knew that something very serious had happened. He didn't ask any more questions at this moment, exchanged a few glances with Zhou Yan'an, took a satellite phone away, and found a car and drove to the observatory by himself. .

The satellite signal is getting worse and worse, Yi Alan needs to be very focused to hear Zhou Yanan's words clearly.

He heard Zhou Yanan's worries.

Yi Alan smiled lightly, but was full of powerlessness and sadness: "I know. I know everything you said. It's just..."

When he's stuck in a corner underground for 32 days, then he's of no use.The affairs team will give him freedom, let him leave, don't have to travel around to learn how to hack into the rare and deadly security system, don't have to be constantly doubted about his loyalty, and can return to his previous way of life, which seems to be a good thing.The affairs team will also pay him a generous salary or confidentiality money because he has worked for the country for so long, and maybe provide him with a very good job, such as an internship in Chen Ruming's information security department.Of course, these will all depend on his own wishes.

But he can't stay in the emergency team on the 32nd.

He and Zhou Yan'an will no longer meet each other, and it is very likely that he will never see Zhou Yan'an again. Those days that he was satisfied with together will become as distant and illusory as a dream.Maybe Zhou Yanan will find a new roommate, maybe live alone, maybe he will be too busy to rest, maybe he will cook in his free time as before, and will continue to fly in the vast and lonely sky on the 32nd, and then at some point I remembered that I had a companion once.And anyway, none of this has anything to do with him.

In reality, during the 32 days, it has nothing to do with him.

"Zhou Yan'an." Yi Alan called the other party's name, and tears suddenly flowed down, "I want to tell you, I am very grateful to you, really thank you very much. I used to think that I would never really like a man , even though I know I'm only with men... But I'm afraid of that feeling, as if it's going to be forever. I never imagined what it's like to be with someone I like, but... you taught me how to make waffles That day, and every day we've been together until then, has surpassed the best I could have imagined for the future."

God what are you doing.Yi Alan asked herself in her heart, this is not a farewell, tomorrow you will all open your eyes together in the rotunda of the affairs team, how will you face the real world that you have made so bad and embarrassing?

But he couldn't restrain his sadness, couldn't restrain the turbulent emotion in his heart.

Zhou Yan'an just listened to Yi Alan's words, ran on the air force airport, and finally found a Swift 10 model he was most familiar with. He quickly checked the fuel tank, battery, mounted weapons, and pulled out the safety pin.

Yi Alan's voice was trembling with tears: "I want to say, I am very happy. Sometimes I am even grateful for the appearance of the 32nd. Although it has brought so many troubles, disputes and deaths, it has made me realize about you."

During the 32 days, Zhou Yanan took him to fly over the mountains and rivers, through the soft white clouds and the morning light. They also walked side by side in the empty and deserted streets, silently comforting each other's loneliness in the sunset, and they also admired the starry sky together. , those increasingly bright and starry sky, in the best season.

Zhou Yanan climbed into the cabin, put on the flight mask, pushed the steering column forward, retracted the landing gear, and prepared to take off.

"Yi Alan..."

Zhou Yan'an said something, but Yi Alan didn't hear it, and never heard it again.

Yi Alan raised his head and looked at the top of his head. According to the sound from there, it can be inferred that a small collapse occurred on the second and third floors underground due to the pressure of the debris on the ground. Perhaps this collapse completely destroyed the satellite signal adapter. line.

The light swayed along with the wall, dragging out a halo like a rotating galaxy.Yi Alan seemed to be thrown into the depths of the universe.