Zhang Yunqing couldn't help but ask, "Will the temperature get higher and higher? I'm afraid the car will break down on the way."

"No, don't worry, this is the highest temperature. The temperature will not rise sharply until after the earthquake tomorrow. According to the normal journey, we will reach the imperial capital before dawn tomorrow and will not catch up with the high temperature!"

Zhang Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief.

The roads outside were damaged a lot due to the earthquake, but they seemed to be familiar with the routes and knew which way was the smoothest.

In order to speed up, they did not stop to eat. Yu Caiwen and his companion ate the pies packed from the cafeteria while driving.

In the evening, they passed through an open plain. The car passed through the dry and yellow ground, raising a cloud of thick dust. The dry wind blew in through the car window, bringing a slight coolness.

Zhang Yunqing turned his head and saw a lake in front of him. Next to the lake, there were a few tents scattered on the ground. A few skinny people were packing their luggage outside. They looked like they had just moved here. It was unclear whether they were passing through here on the way to the imperial capital or moved out of the imperial capital.

Zhang Yunqing was about to ask the car in front to stop when he saw Yu Caiwen open the window and throw a bag of rice down, shouting to those people, "Rice for you!"

After hearing the sound, those people were stunned for a moment, then staggered towards the rice bags on the roadside.

Zhang Yunqing laughed. He didn't expect them to be so decisive.

At night, Yu Caiwen was worried that Zhang Yunqing was too tired to bear it, so he wanted to drive for Zhang Yunqing, but Zhang Yunqing politely declined.

She had no choice but to switch positions with Chen Sibo.

When passing some places on the road, the car in front flashed its lights and honked its horn, which made Zhang Yunqing very confused for a while.

But when she saw refugees running towards the roadside ahead, she suddenly realized.

Yu Caiwen and his team probably went out for exploration frequently, so they were familiar with the situation on the road. In the dark night, they could not see how many tents or households there were, but they knew where there were more people and where there were fewer people, and the amount of food thrown off the car was also different.

Before they reached the imperial capital, all the food on the two carts had been delivered.

However, Yu Caiwen and the others said: "Those who can live near the imperial capital can still survive, but their lives are more difficult. Those who leave the imperial capital cannot survive because they cannot wait for the food to come."

"To stay alive is hope. I hope they can hold on until the day when dawn comes."

The next morning, the temperature began to rise.

It was still better in the morning, but near noon, the temperature felt like it had reached over 40 degrees.

Fortunately, the roads around the imperial capital are still relatively intact, and the driving speed has also increased.

Zhang Yunqing saw that in the sunlight, there were large areas of tents set up densely packed in the open area.

And behind these endless tents is the endless iron dome.

So this is what the Sky Fortress looks like.

Huge honeycomb-like buildings are connected to each other, together guarding the central oval building.

Half of it is exposed below the sky, and half is hidden in the thin clouds, appearing and disappearing, which makes people feel great.

As the car moved forward, the facilities around the road gradually became more complete, the tents became less and less frequent, and there were more special houses built with earthquake-resistant materials that were cold-resistant, warm-insulating and heat-resistant.

Large shadows were cast on the ground. If you looked up while walking here, you could see the sky fortress floating in the sky. Every large shadow on the ground was projected by the sun shining on the honeycomb above the iron dome.

And below here, it feels like the temperature has dropped by a few degrees.

The further you go, the more technological the buildings around you become. Earthquake-resistant houses become increasingly scarce, and what appear instead are grid-like buildings made of special materials.

The surface under each building looks like a stainless steel plate that protrudes about ten centimeters from the ground and is several hundred square meters in size. Above the "steel plate" is a multi-story lattice building.

She had never seen such a scene before and never expected technology to have developed to this extent.

I just don't know whether people walking inside such a building will affect the stability of the floors.

As she was thinking about it, she suddenly saw that there were three devices protruding from the ground near each "steel plate suspended floor". According to the shape of the three points connected, it was an equilateral triangle, and the square "steel plate suspended floor" was in the middle of the triangle, which just divided its three corners into three equilateral triangles.

I wonder if those three devices protruding from the ground will form some invisible magnetic field to stabilize the suspended floors.

In short, although she didn't know the principle, the technological building in front of her really opened her eyes.

After the car drove in here, Yu Caiwen and the other person in front slowed down, and finally slowly stopped in front of a checkpoint.

The fully armed soldier raised his hand to stop their car: "Is the mission over?"

Yu Caiwen got out of the car and said with a smile, "It's over. I gained something. I sent the application when I just entered the range of the Sky Fortress. The approval should be here soon."

The man nodded, then walked towards Zhang Yunqing. He held the gun and knocked on the car window: "Please get out of the car and be inspected."

Zhang Yunqing didn't understand what was going on, so he opened the car door and got out, then looked at Yu Caiwen next to him.

Yu Caiwen smiled and said, "I wrote about this sister in my application. She is also part of the mission."

"Ding!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Yu Caiwen's tablet suddenly sounded a reminder sound. She looked down and said, "The approval is normal. My application has been approved."

The soldier raised his wrist, glanced at the electronic watch on his wrist, confirmed it, and nodded: "Okay, but the person in the application is an outsider, so he needs to register. Can you please show me your ID card, lady?"

Zhang Yunqing was stunned for a moment: "I don't have an ID card."

The man was used to it: "You remember the number, right?"

Zhang Yunqing: “…”

Seeing her silence, Yu Caiwen couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Sister Yunqing, don't you even remember your ID number?"

Zhang Yunqing thought for a moment, then said, "To be honest, I was only thirteen years old before the disaster. Because my home was quite remote, I had not yet applied for an ID card."

The soldier was not surprised, but asked again: "Do you remember the detailed address in the household registration book?"

Zhang Yunqing: "I have never seen my household registration book, so I am not very clear..."

The soldier looked at her speechlessly, then pointed at his watch and asked, "Name, current address, and family relationship?"

"Zhang Yunqing, currently living in Yunqing Palace in Shulin City, relatives... I don't know if they are still there..."

These words immediately made the two of them look up at her.

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