To be honest, even if one’s heart is as cold as steel, humans are truly social animals. 

After nine years of natural disasters, her hands were stained with blood, and she was busy fighting people and natural disasters.  

She didn’t feel lonely during those times. 

But after leaving the military base, she almost didn’t interact with others. 

Every day it’s just the three of them and the dog, breathing the same air, eating and sleeping, especially in a confined environment and not knowing when the disaster will end. 

There is no shortage of food and drink, their escape tools are complete and with the space cheats, no matter how big the disaster, they can still escape. 

Jiang Ning is a thousand times better off than other survivors, but perhaps it’s true that human hearts are greedy. 

Or maybe people are prone to illness when they are idle. 

Jiang Ning is content, but vaguely feels repressed. 

Days pass by, she’s neither happy nor sad, but sometimes she feels it’s quite meaningless. 

Jiang Ning is a doctor. After being bombarded by natural disasters for years, and finally seeing the land sink, it really seems like there is no hope left. 

She knows that she has developed some mild depressive tendencies. 

It’s not just Jiang Ning; Coke is the same, it often lies listlessly on the submarine. 

Doudou loves to smile, but always reveals a worried face inadvertently. 

Everyone is suppressing their feelings, and Huo Yishen is no exception; it’s just that no one has spoken about it. 

It feels like something needs to be done to break free from this shackle, otherwise, problems will arise sooner or later. 

The appearance of a submarine of the same type made Jiang Ning inexplicably hopeful. She felt an indescribable joy inside. 

She still yearns to be outside and wants to interact with her kind. 

Humans are truly strange creatures. 

The other party seemed to have discovered 2688 and actually stopped. Just like that, they were separated by hundreds of meters, quietly looking at each other in the deep sea. 

Huo Yishen seemed to sense something, “Should we greet them?” 

Jiang Ning did not hesitate. “Yes.” 

What if it was really a coincidence that it was Zhang Chao, Lu Yu, and the others? 

In addition, they had promised to pass on the coordinates left by the Eastern Military. 

She vaguely saw that the light was on in the other party’s No. 2 observation window. 

The flashlight’s light was a questioning signal, asking if they were allies. 

In simple terms, it means: “My friend, is that you?” 

Submarines used to have various radars or other technical signals to support them. They could detect each other’s existence even at a distance of hundreds of meters or hundreds of miles. But now they can only use the most primitive methods. 

Each branch of the military has different gestures and codes. Jiang Ning doesn’t know much, but Instructor Xu taught her a few when he was teaching her how to drive a submarine. 

The other party repeatedly sent signal lights. 

Jiang Ning and Huo Yishen climbed up to the No. 2 observation window and responded with a flashlight: “Who are you?” 

The two were still quite cautious. After all, the plate collision had happened so long ago, and the living environment was so harsh. Who knew if the other party was a friendly force or a demon? 

Jiang Ning noticed that the other party’s submarine did not have a welded fire box. 

The purpose of the southern military base is to preserve civilization. If it were not for the harsh

environment, they would not have severed the welding of the civilization box. 

So, either they severed the box to survive, or the submarine changed owners. 

There was silence for a few minutes, and then the signal was sent again—1926. 

Zhang Chao and the others’ submarine number is 2639. Jiang Ning couldn’t help feeling a bit disappointed but still hopeful. 

With the land submerged, and the Earth turned into a giant water ball, encountering a submarine from the same place in such vast seas is considered a kind of fate. 

The other party turned off the flashlight, and a face appeared in the round observation window.

 

Jiang Ning used her binoculars on the side and saw that the man had a typical Oriental face, but his facial features were thin, his eyes were a little sunken, and he looked to be in his thirties. 

She asked, “Are you a soldier?” 

Only his face was revealed, and even if Huo Yishen was in the same military and police system, he couldn’t tell. 

But submarines have prepared supplies. If they were robbed, they shouldn’t have become this thin.  

After all, pirates might live dangerously and would not deprive themselves of food and drink. But it may not be the case for soldiers, especially the Fire Seed Planners. 

No one knows when the natural disaster will end. Even if there is enough food, they will still have to live frugally, not to mention that food is bound to be scarce. 

It is normal to be thin. Their ultimate goal is to stay alive. 

Another thing is their eyes. 

The eyes are the windows to the soul. The other party seemed to be quite happy and excited and did not show any scheming. 

The other party continued to verify by signaling for their military numbers. 

In the military base, every soldier has a number, and the codes for different branches are different. 

Not just soldiers, even ordinary laborers and scavengers have numbers. 

Obviously, the other party saw the same submarine and thought that Jiang Ning was also a soldier. 

So, when Huo Yishen signaled out his scavenger number, the other party didn’t react for a long time, probably stunned. 

Jiang Ning’s submarine was not made public, and few people knew about it. The Navy Department was busy with training every day and had no time to gossip. Subconsciously, they thought that all submarines belonged to the base. 

This reaction was quite realistic. 

Not sure what the other party thought, but they wanted to arrange a meeting. 

Huo Yishen was very alert and asked them to show their badges and numbers. 

The other party showed up and pasted them on the glass of the observation window. 

Jiang Ning’s doubts were dispelled, and she decided to surface and arrange a meeting. 

The two submarines slowly surfaced, and the breathing tubes appeared above the water.  

They we’re wearing bulletproof vests and had weapons hidden in their clothes. 

Jiang Ning asked the two to stay and guard the submarines, and she and Huo Yishen climbed up the ladder. 

The salty sea breeze and the long-lost sun; it was only a few days, but it felt like a lifetime ago. 

The fresh air made their oppressive mood much lighter. 

Jiang Ning raised her hand to shield her eyes as the sunlight hit her fair skin. 

The two submarines were running side by side, separated by more than a hundred meters. 

As required, the other side also sent up two people. 

Both were men, and their thin bodies made their Navy uniforms look loose. 

“My name is Liu Cheng. We were the ones who checked the navy numbers with you just now. This is my comrade Wang Hai.” 

While introducing, Liu Cheng had a look of surprise mixed with caution, “How did you end up with a submarine?” 

“We bought it ourselves.” Jiang Ning explained truthfully, “The base lacked rare metals, which almost caused the military factory to stop production. We were lucky enough to find a batch of goods, so we helped you solve the danger.  

We were afraid we wouldn’t use up the points, so we exchanged them for the submarine. The instructor who taught us was named Xu… Xu something, I forgot.” 

“Xu Kaitai.” Liu Cheng smiled with relief. “He is the chief instructor of the submarine group, and he has taught me before.” 

Jiang Ning laughed. “What a coincidence; it turns out that we are actually senior and junior brothers and sisters.” 

“Junior sister.” 

“Senior brother.” 

These were matters that happened at the military base; if the other party were an impostor, they wouldn’t know about them. 

They were completely relieved. 

Liu Cheng asked, “How many of you are there?” 

Jiang Ning answered immediately, “About 10, how about you?” 

“15.” 

“So many?” Jiang Ning was surprised. “Can’t a submarine only accommodate 10 people?” 

According to the configuration, it can only accommodate 10 people, but the collision of the plates came too fast, and there was no time to build so many submarines. In addition, there were more Fire Seed Planners than the quota, so they had to cram more people in and take turns sleeping on the floor. 

15 people eat the rations of 10 people; no wonder they are so thin. 

Jiang Ning asked, “Are you all okay?” 

“For now.” 

Jiang Ning continued to ask, “Do you know Zhang Chao and Lu Yu?”