Returning to the end of the world before the natural disaster, I emptied the world of supplies

Chapter 425 Black Storm

The snowmobile continued to move forward, and there was nothing but endless snow fields along the way.

The vehicle that Hu Yiyang and his companions were riding in was a 7-seater tracked snowmobile, which could only accommodate 6 people in addition to the driver.

However, Jiang Yan and Mo Shiyao were of small stature, and there were no such things as violating regulations in the apocalyptic environment, so together with Song Haitao, Song Qian, Ye Qing, and Sun Jingtao, a total of 8 people squeezed in.

On the way, Song Haitao, Hu Yiyang, Song Qian and others talked about the changes in the base during this period.

Sun Jingtao, Ye Qing, Mo Shiyao and others would interject from time to time.

Jiang Yan was the most relaxed person in the car. She simply closed her eyes and chose to take a rest.

Gradually, everyone discovered something was wrong.

Ye Qing glanced out the window casually, "Has everyone noticed that the weather is a little strange now?"

Song Haitao took off his goggles, looked up at the sky, and frowned, "Yes, a little bit. I remember that the sky was bright before we set out in the morning, but now it looks a lot darker."

Hu Yiyang picked up the telescope and looked into the distance, then told the driver, "Zhu Ming, drive as fast as possible while ensuring safety."

"Yes." Zhu Ming, who was driving, held the steering wheel tightly with both hands and stepped hard on the accelerator. "It's easy to sway forward when driving fast on snow. Everyone try to find a place to hold on firmly."

Everyone looked stern: "Okay."

Their car was the lead car and was driving fast, so the remaining cars also quickly accelerated to catch up.

Sun Jingtao thought of something, "Come to think of it, the last time we went to the Yao Ben base, we took the underground tunnel. Do we have to go underground first when we go back this time?"

"No, there is a special secret main tunnel. You will know it soon." After Hu Yiyang finished speaking, he picked up the telescope and looked out the window.

Song Haitao silently counted the days and said, "Could it be that there is another natural disaster?"

Since the extreme cold weather, the environment outside has been stable for a while.

There is no specific pattern for the appearance of new natural disasters, and everyone can only pray secretly that nothing unexpected will happen before they can return to the base safely.

The convoy drove for a while, and Zhu Ming, who had been concentrating on driving, said, "Everyone, we will reach the entrance of the base's underground tunnel in a few minutes."

Everyone looked forward and saw a huge mountain range stretching ahead.

However, the entire mountain was covered with snow, and there was no trace of any tunnel.

Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, a sharp "crunching" sound suddenly came from behind them.

Jiang Yan, who was sleeping with her eyes closed, suddenly opened her eyes and turned her head to see that a snowmobile following closely behind had skidded.

I don’t know whether it was because of the driver’s skills or the car’s good performance, but the car quickly returned to track the moment it was thrown out.

When she looked back, Jiang Yan, who had excellent eyesight, suddenly shrank her pupils. "What is that?"

Ye Qing: "Where?"

Jiang Yan: "Behind us."

When everyone turned their heads, Zhu Ming glanced at the rearview mirror and said, "Damn, this can't be a sandstorm!!!"

Behind everyone, a black wall as high as the sky appeared on the endless white snowfield.

The black wall rolled up a blanket of snow and was rapidly chasing after the crowd.

The cars behind also obviously noticed something was wrong.

In the car following closely behind, Zhao Yougong opened the window and asked in a tearing voice, "Doctor, is the black blizzard coming again?!"

"It's Black Storm!! Tell everyone to get back to the base as soon as possible!" Song Haitao's mind raced, and after a second of shock, he quickly opened some of the windows and shouted loudly to the people behind him:
"Pass it on, everyone wear a mask if you have one, and cover your mouth and nose if you don't have one!"

The moment the window opened, everyone felt a gust of cold wind, like a sharp blade, quickly cutting towards their faces.

Song Haitao quickly closed the window and said, "Hurry, let's put on masks or scarves!" As he said that, he pulled the scarf over his face.

The car was very crowded. Jiang Yan twisted her body to take off her backpack, took out a few protective masks from it, and distributed them to everyone in the car.

"Wow! Miss Jiang, you are so fully equipped!" Zhu Ming concentrated on driving and did not dare to slow down at all. Instead, Song Qian in the back seat helped him put on a mask.

"Not bad." Jiang Yan said, turning her head to look at the cars behind.

Now she was racing against time with the black storm behind her, and she couldn't take care of the people in the car behind her.

Ye Qing, who was sitting in the passenger seat, put on his mask and glanced at the rearview mirror. "Doctor, what is Black Storm? How come I have never heard of this term before?"

The black wall they saw before seemed to be much taller than before.

It must be because of the snowflakes that the color has a hint of gray.

But even though its color became lighter, no one dared to take it lightly.

"After the meteorite landed, we encountered a black blizzard. But the black blizzard fell from top to bottom, and it was only because there was a little more dust in it." Song Haitao reached out and grabbed a handle tightly, paused, and then continued:
"A black storm can be understood as an enhanced version of a sandstorm. Generally speaking, strong winds of level 8 or above sweep a large amount of dust and other fine particles into the sky, forming a wall of wind 500 to 3000 meters high. The dust carried by the storm rolls forward and can float thousands or even 1 kilometers away in the sky."

"The black blizzard before at most blocked your breathing and vision, but now you can think of it as a high-speed wind belt carrying gravel and dust, sweeping towards you."

Everyone's heart sank.

The dust is not bad, they have protective glasses and protective masks.

Gravel at high speeds is comparable to some sharp weapons.

"Oh my god, I was saying that I was lucky recently and there weren't any natural disasters, but I didn't expect that—" Zhu Ming looked at the black storm getting closer in the rearview mirror and couldn't help but curse, "It really never ends!"

"Sooner or later I'm going to blow up that natural disaster simulation laboratory!!" he said angrily with his foot on the accelerator.

Sun Jingtao's brows were instantly wrinkled into a 川 character: "I've seen a scene like this in a wasteland movie before. Once the car and people are caught in it, the probability of survival is almost zero." He was very worried about Su Dai in the car behind.

If the car had not had limited seats, and Song Qian had not asked him to go along and discuss some things in advance on the way back, he would not have been separated from Su Dai.

At this moment, Sun Jingtao felt very regretful.

He clenched his fists, and a sense of uneasiness began to emerge in his heart. "Comrade Zhu, how long will it take us to reach the entrance of the base tunnel?"

Zhu Ming looked at a Chinese character “品” shaped sentry tower not far away and replied, “Five more minutes.”

"Five minutes?" Hu Yiyang was stunned. "Didn't we see the entrance to the mountain just now? Why does it take so long?"

Zhu Ming's tone was full of self-blame. "Sorry, Captain, I was driving too fast just now and missed a sentry tower. I have to take a longer detour."

Everyone was a little surprised, but couldn't say anything.

To be honest, it is not easy to identify the route just by relying on the naked eye.

Hu Yiyang was slightly startled, but he didn't mean to blame her. "It's not your fault. Now concentrate on driving and don't take the wrong route again."

As usual, someone will be assigned to help the driver check the route.

There are not enough people today, so he can only rely on himself. It is already very good that he can drive like this at such a fast speed.

"Yes." Zhu Ming pursed his lips.

Sun Jingtao was worried about Su Dai and couldn't help saying, "If we had known earlier, we should have come back later." Song Haitao took a deep breath and said, "It's useless. Wherever the black storm passes, no grass grows. Those houses will probably be swept away."

Even if they hid in the underground seed vault, the area more than ten meters above was buried by gravel and dust, which was not much different from entering the Tomb of the Living Dead.

Song Haitao's words made everyone's heart sink again.

Houses made of reinforced concrete can be swept away.

The vehicles they were riding in and the soldiers in the sentry towers
Everyone felt that the remaining two minutes were a race against death.

The car suddenly fell into silence.

After a few seconds, Mo Shiyao broke the silence:
"I'm a little curious. Since the whole world is frozen and everything is covered with ice and snow, where do these gravel and dust come from?"

"Where did this black storm come from out of nowhere?"

"The world we live in now can't possibly be a simulation, right?"

"In other words, there are higher-dimensional creatures besides us humans."

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Her last two words shocked everyone.

They all know that the natural disasters they are experiencing now all originate from the natural disaster simulation laboratory.

But even if the technological power behind the people who produced this laboratory is advanced enough, some things are clearly contrary to common sense.

For example, Jiang Yan's storage artifact that they had never seen before, and the snow wolves that mutated at any time, etc.
As the scientist with the most say in the car, Song Haitao was secretly shocked for a second by Mo Shiyao's last whimsical words.

In his view, human beings are just a drop in the ocean in the vast universe.

Every day we live now can be regarded as a simulation of a certain life trajectory.

But, with his status, he naturally couldn't say such words.

"It's no exaggeration to say that this natural disaster simulation laboratory is the ninth wonder of the world."

Jiang Yan pursed her lips, thinking about Mo Shiyao's speculation in her mind.

Not impossible.

After all, she has been reborn, the world has ended, and there is nothing she dare not think about.

The idle chatter of a few people did not lighten the atmosphere in the car, but made it even more depressing and heavy.

The car fell silent again.

After a while, Hu Yiyang asked, "Zhu Ming, how long do you expect it will take to reach the tunnel entrance?"

Zhu Ming has been concentrating on the steering wheel, his whole body tense. "Captain, it's estimated to be one minute."

Everyone felt relieved immediately.

However, the black storm behind was getting closer and closer to everyone.

Just as Song Haitao said, wherever the black storm went, not only did it stir up wind and snow, but it also blew away a lot of the ice deposited underneath.

There were also a few scattered black figures, who rolled twice and then disappeared without a trace.

The dark, thick wall as high as the sky was like a hungry bloody mouth, trying to swallow up several beetle-like snowmobiles, including the people and things on them.

Zhu Ming's car was speeding up, and it was drifting directly on the slippery ice surface.

Everyone tightly grasped the handrails with their palms, and beneath their leather gloves, there was a layer of sticky cold sweat.

The car was shaking so much that Mo Shiyao almost vomited.

The veins on Zhu Ming's forehead and arms were already exposed.

Among the 8 people in the car, Song Haitao, who was the oldest and looked the weakest, was in the best condition.

After all, this drift was just an appetizer for him who had been to the sky several times before.

Except for Jiang Yan and Ye Qing, almost everyone clenched their teeth.

Then I heard Song Haitao say,

"Fortunately, this black storm is coming from behind."

"At least we can still escape to the base. If we were to meet them head-on, we would probably be dead."

"So, we are still lucky." Ye Qing echoed and comforted everyone.

Having said that, Sun Jingtao's heart still rose to his throat as he looked at the black storm behind him and the snowmobile that was also swinging back and forth behind it.

Seeing the black storm getting closer, Jiang Yan instructed Hua Bao in her mind:
"Flower, if we can't get into the base before the black storm comes, see if there is any way to prevent the storm from blowing the car away."

After she finished speaking, she opened the car window a tiny bit.

"Okay, mom." Huabao said, and crawled out through the gap.

It jumped nimbly between several snowmobiles, looked around for places where it could wrap itself around with vines, and made up its mind.

"We're here!" Zhu Ming's eyes lit up, he turned on the car lights and started frantically signaling towards the front.

After the high and low beam lights flashed for a few seconds, there was a loud bang, and two white snow gates moved horizontally to the left and right on the originally snow-white mountain in front.

A dark, extremely dimly lit tunnel appeared at the end of the road.

The tunnel is very short, and it looks like there's a black door at the back.

Jiang Yan was secretly shocked, "Is the snow on the mountain fake snow?"

"Some are real and some are fake, but you can't tell the difference unless you look carefully." Hu Yiyang pinched his palm hard, resisted the urge to vomit, and explained to her.

Zhu Ming slowed down the car a bit, stretched out his hand, fished out a black sign from the side and handed it to Ye Qing who was sitting in the passenger seat:

"Ye Qing, help put it right in front of the car window. They need to sense it."

"Okay." A few seconds after Ye Qing put up the sign, the black door in the tunnel opened and the passage seemed to be extended a little further.

Jiang Yan had good eyesight and could clearly see that the tunnel was not very long.

It seems that the tunnel exposed above is only a section, and it is likely to go further down.

While he was thinking, with a "whoosh", the snowmobile received a strong push and rushed into the tunnel with a pile of snow and wind.

Jiang Yan only felt a strong push on her back, which was obviously caused by an external force.

The snowmobile behind followed closely behind.

At this moment, the sky has become completely dark.

Or, the black storm is approaching.