doomsday survival

Chapter 149 Successful Landing

The Xiaoxing'an Mountains under the night did not fall into the silent darkness as usual.In a deep mountain in the middle, the blazing fire lit up half of the sky, making it look like daytime.In the flames, countless figures were running blindly, trying to escape from the sea of ​​flames, but they couldn't.Beyond the flames, more figures began to retreat, far away from this place of death.

Under the light of the fire, three huge balloons could be seen not far away from the sea of ​​flames, drifting slowly, driven by the southeast wind, heading northwest.

The rain had already stopped.In fact, compared to the raging flames, even a little rain could not contain the ferocity of the flames.If only a few trees had burned, the rains would have drowned them out.But the cause of the fire was the mixture of gasoline and sugar in the Molotov cocktail. It floated on the water and flowed around. When it encountered the piled up pine wood, it dried the already flammable pine wood and ignited it.The flame spread little by little, and eventually became a prairie fire.

Sitting in the hanging baskets, the Xing'an tribe felt the heat waves coming from below, but they couldn't feel any warmth. They could only feel the dark clouds in the sky, and all they felt was deep sadness.

Lilia had already lost all strength from crying, and she was limp in the hanging basket, letting her tears flow down silently.Shi Jian and the others looked at the poor little girl. They only now knew that there seemed to be an unusual relationship between the two of them, but they didn't know how to comfort her.Now any language is so pale and weak, she can only wait for time to dilute the deep sadness in her heart.

Compared to the silence here, there was fierce shouting and cursing from the second balloon.

It turned out that Ava, who had awakened, couldn't accept the fact that her son had died, and cast all her grievances on Zhenia.She rushed over and tore Zhenia's hair like crazy, and kept cursing: "You stinky bitch! If it weren't for your bitch daughter, my Ivan wouldn't die. You give me back my Ivan!" Fan."

Andre hurried forward to pull his sister away, hugged her in his arms, patted her on the back gently, and comforted her: "Sister, don't do this! Ivan is gone, this is fate! "

Xia Qing and Vera who were on top blocked Zhenia behind, and the latter kept saying, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."

"Ava, no one wants this. Calm down." Xia Qing comforted softly.

"I can't live without Ivan." Ava said as she broke free from Andre's arms and was about to jump from the air.

Feng Chen hurried over and hugged Ava tightly.Faced with this situation, all his usual wit disappeared, and he just kept saying, "Think about it, Ava, you want to open it up."

Ava desperately tried to break free from Feng Chen's embrace, crying and shouting: "It's not your son who died, of course you can think about it, what do you want me to think about?"

Feng Chen was speechless for a moment, he could only hug Ava to prevent her from committing suicide.

The hanging basket swayed from side to side because of their actions, as if it might fall at any time.

Xia Qing who was next to him hurriedly said: "Think about Bella, she can't live without you!"

"Bella... um..." Ava remembered her daughter's sweet smile, and finally stopped struggling, hugging Feng Chen with both hands and crying loudly.

Feng Chen hugged Ava at a loss, let her tears soak his chest, subconsciously patted her back with both hands.

The hanging basket finally stabilized, and driven by the hot air balloon, it continued to go northwest.

On the first hot air balloon, Bella raised her small face and asked Xia Rou who was holding her: "I heard my mother's voice, why is she crying?"

Bella is only four years old, and she has the strongest ability to accept language, and Xia Rou can fully understand her words.Xia Rou looked at the little girl who had just lost her brother without knowing it, hugged her tightly, and said softly: "It's okay, there's nothing wrong, Bella can sleep for a while."

"Where's brother? Is he in the back?" Bella asked again.

The few people nearby couldn't bear to let this cute little girl know the truth. Anna, who was holding her daughter, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said softly, "Ivan is also in the sky, Bella, please go to sleep."

"Is he like us?" Bella asked innocently.

"Same, he will always be with you." Feng Kuang whispered.

"Then I'll go to bed. Brother Ivan said that he will take me to play with Xiaomeng Serena tomorrow. Sister Xiaorou, can you?" Bella said happily.

Xiaomeng and Serena, who were lying in the hanging basket and didn't dare to move, heard Bella calling their names, looked up at her, and continued to lie there trembling.

Xia Rou gently patted them beside her legs, nodded and said, "Yes, let them play with you tomorrow."

Bella closed her eyes and fell asleep sweetly.

As Bella fell asleep, the surroundings fell into silence again, with only the sound of hunting wind and the "cracking" sound of burning trees coming from below.

Without the suppression of the rain, the fire began to engulf the surrounding trees.Even in June, there are still large areas of dry grass and fallen leaves in the Xiaoxing'an Mountains with little rain.The rain in the past two days has not been very heavy. It is estimated that this is another man-made forest fire, and nature has once again suffered disasters due to human beings.

"We can't stay here anymore, we have to change places." Shi Jian said in a low voice, looking at the sea of ​​flames that was getting bigger and bigger below.

Chen Qiong hummed lightly.

"Are we going south or north?" Shi Jian asked.

"Nan." Chen Qiong put his hand on the heart, and said a word softly.

"Well," Shi Jian nodded, and said, "I think so too. If you go south, you have a chance to find the island of refuge."

Chen Qiong closed her eyes and said nothing.Everyone fell into silence again, and let the hot air balloon float with the wind.

Suddenly, the second hot air balloon shook and began to slowly fall downward.

"What's going on?" Shi Jian asked loudly.He was so nervous that Xia Qing was on top of the hot air balloon.

"There's no more oil." Feng Chen's voice faintly came from over there.

It turns out that although diesel fuel has been put on each balloon, the amount of fuel consumed to carry so many people and cargo is astonishing.After several additions, the diesel fuel was finally declared exhausted.

Then, the first one also sank, followed by the balloon where Shi Jian was.

Shi Jian glanced at his watch. It was already two o'clock in the morning, and he and others had been floating in the air for about eight hours.After calculating the wind direction and speed, they were not too far away from the car now.If you can identify the direction and walk, you should be able to reach it in two or three hours.The wind speed in the air is not high, and the hot air balloon is only a little faster than walking, but Sheng walks in a straight line in the air, which invisibly takes a lot of distance.

In fact, the safety of a hot air balloon is still good. It floats in the air by relying on the principle that the specific gravity of the hot air in the airbag is lighter than that of the surrounding air.With less heat source, the difference between the two is also slowly approaching, so it can land smoothly.

The only thing that affected the safety of the landing was the terrain below.Fortunately, there is a flat valley below, without any tall trees, which made Shi Jian feel at ease.

The places where the three hot air balloons landed were far and near, but fortunately there were no accidents.Shi Jian's hot air balloon was the last to land, and the gondola slowly touched the ground, overwhelming the tall grass above it, and picked up some grass clippings.

"Come to me!" Shi Jian put his hands around his mouth and shouted loudly.

The two groups lit torches one after another and approached Shi Jian.Shi Jian looked around and found that everyone was safe and sound, so he was relieved.He saw Ava who was supported by Andre and Feng Chen again, and thought of Ivan who had just died, feeling sad for a while.

"Ava, I'm sorry, if I found out that Lilia didn't come down in advance, Ivan wouldn't..." Shi Jian walked up to Ava and said in a low voice.

Ava's eyes were red and swollen, she shook her head slightly, and said weakly: "Chief, I don't blame you, it's all his life."

Lilia also came over with the support of Vika and Dalia. After she saw Ava, she cried again with a "wow": "Miss Ava, it's all my fault, if it wasn't for me, Ivan wouldn't Something happened."

Zhenia was worried that Ava would do something to her daughter, so she hurriedly stepped forward to support Lilia, her body blocked between them intentionally or unintentionally.

"No one's to blame," Ava shook her head and said, "Ivan is finally a man, and I'm happy for him."

Everyone fell silent.

Shi Jian said seriously: "That's right! Ivan is not only a man, but also a hero! The hero of our Xing'an tribe, as long as the Xing'an tribe exists, Ivan's name will be passed down forever!"

"Miss Ava, I will spend my whole life taking care of you for Ivan, and I will be your daughter from now on, and I will always be by your side." Lilia pushed aside her mother who was standing in front of her, and came to Ava Before, sobbing.

After these few hours of calmness, Ava no longer had the initial hatred for Lilia in her heart.Although Ivan didn't tell her, she also knew Ivan's feelings for Lilia, and even heard from Vasily what Ivan did in Lilia's first night.

It was just that the original environment did not allow Ivan to leave Kidd, so she pretended not to know.Later, when she arrived in the Xing'an tribe, she watched Ivan become stronger and braver, knowing in her heart that Ivan was doing it for herself and Lilia, and turned a blind eye to Ivan's behavior.

Now, although Ivan is gone, he is also for the woman he loves.Ava was also a little relieved, she was heartbroken for Ivan, but also full of pride for him.Because he is finally like a man, able to hold up a piece of sky for the person in his heart. Although it is short-lived, he is definitely a good man who stands upright.

Ava stretched out her hands and hugged Lilia, and the two cried together.

When the two of them calmed down, Shi Jian coughed lightly and said, "We have to leave here immediately, the zombies are forced to retreat by the fire, and we don't know when they will come here."

Xiao Wu took a step forward and said, "Boss, what are you talking about..." He was interrupted by Shi Jian before he finished speaking.

Shi Jian pointed to his face and asked in surprise: "Xiao Wu, what happened to your face?"

Xiao Wu stretched out her hand to wipe her face, and shone it with the torch in her hand, she was stunned immediately.

His hands were covered with black blood!
(End of this chapter)