Chapter 21:
Military Field Survival Guide for Mountainous Forest Areas (Nanny-level Brief Outline Version)

Afterward, Jing Qizhen and others, who had already shared all the information about the erosion area, got up and prepared to go to sleep. Tang Song was left alone with the group of experts and professors to continue studying some other issues.

Tang Song stood up to send everyone out of the conference room, and said in a low voice, “When it is daytime tomorrow, I will send someone to contact Ms. Li Jiangli to come over.”

Jing Qizhen nodded. Seeing the man was so energetic that he seemed ready to work all night, he could only sigh in his heart. He was really admirable…

After coming down from the conference room, the eight people said good night to each other and then returned to their respective rooms – of course, except for Manman and Si Jiayang. The young couple entered the same room directly without hiding.

The Earth had to ask Jing Qizhen, “Is this also dog food?”

Jing Qizhen: “No, this is a normal problem in people’s lives.”

The Earth: “Oh!” 0.0

After a tiring day and so many things happened at night, Jing Qizhen lay on the bed and soon fell into a half-asleep, half-awake state. However, the lively Earth would make a sound from time to time.

The Earth said, “Tang Song has detailed personal information on all eight of you!”

Jing Qizhen agreed, “Yeah.”

It was expected. When Tang Song directly called everyone’s name in the supermarket of Yunhai Wancheng Department Store, Jing Qizhen was already mentally prepared.

At first, they thought Tang Song was just a police officer.

Later, facts proved that the public disappearance caused far greater waves than they initially thought. Tang Song obviously represented the collective power of the country.

The Earth continued, “Tang Song is having a video conference with several other strangers again. They also comprehensively analyzed and evaluated the strengths, weaknesses and capabilities of the eight of you!”

Jing Qizhen hummed, “That’s right.”

After that, Jing Qizhen reached out and turned off the dim bedside lamp.

Although Jing Qizhen had always behaved calmly and thoughtfully, he actually felt a little confused, lying in bed alone, as he recalled the events of the past two days.

He was only in his junior year and he hadn’t decided whether to prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination and continue studying in the next year, or go to work after graduating from college. Suddenly, one day, he joined a temporary volunteer organization to save the Earth with strong support from the government.

It was not that he didn’t understand. It was just that the world was changing too fast…

The lights obviously didn’t affect the conversation on the Earth.

The Earth shared, “Huh? Tang Song and the others are studying what kind of abilities the team needs! But from what I hear, they would mainly select the manpower from within the military.”

Jing Qizhen said calmly with his eyes closed, “As you said, even if a person’s abilities are all suitable for the erosion area, but he himself does not resonate with the erosion area, he will not be able to enter.”

In comparison, Jing Qizhen and his seven companions were able to enter the erosion area for the first time. They fell in so suddenly and came out smoothly. When Tang Song formed a complete team, of course, he had to give priority to the eight of them.

The Earth said, “But, the characteristics of each erosion area are different!” 0.0

Jing Qizhen was suddenly stunned, opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling.

The lights in the room had just been turned off and under the blackout curtains, only the lower edge of the floor-to-ceiling windows connected to the terrace vaguely revealed the clear moonlight outside the window.

Jing Qizhen asked calmly, “Do you mean the people who can enter each erosion area are different?”

The Earth approved, “Yeah, that’s right! Only if the person happens to be in the erosion area and resonates with the erosion area, will he be able to enter it. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be the only ones to enter the erosion area when there were so many people in the Yunhai Wancheng Department Store.”

Jing Qizhen put his hands on his forehead, groped around the bedside, and quickly found his mobile phone.

When he opened it and found Tang Song’s phone number, the Earth was still chattering, “But it’s not a big problem! You can hear my voice, so you’re definitely the most handsome kid among humans! So, I feel like you can get into any erosion area. After all, no one can match our spiritual resonance, right?”

Jing Qizhen said dryly, “I’m so touched!”

The Earth: “Hey, I like you so much!” =v=

Jing Qizhen: …

Forget it, he didn’t want to continue the business exchange with the ball.

Jing Qizhen dialed Tang Song’s phone number directly.

There was a ring on the other end and the answer was connected. Tang Song’s voice contained a hint of surprise, “Xiao Jing?”

Jing Qizhen relayed what the Earth had just said; that each erosion area might have its own characteristics, and it is not guaranteed just anyone in the vicinity will be able to enter the erosion area.

Tang Song pondered for a moment, “I understand. Please ask the Earth, does it have a specific selection mechanism?”

Jing Qizhen said helplessly, “The ball said the selection is random.”

After saying that, Jing Qizhen also added a special sentence, “Actually, even if there are any rules, I guess the ball doesn’t know it.”

Tang Song smiled bitterly, “Hey, this will be a bit difficult to handle. It seems that in addition to general talents, everyone has to prepare for something like a survival guide for erosion areas…”

The Earth jumped in disbelief, “You actually said bad things about me in front of outsiders!”

Jing Qizhen said, “Tang Song and I are also people on the same ball, not some outsiders.”

The Earth: “…Okay.”

Putting down his phone, Jing Qizhen breathed a sigh of relief, buried his thoughts, and closed his eyes again.

Tang Song never mentioned Yun Shuanghua and Jing Qizhen and his group were not sure about his life and death situation. So, out of a certain avoidance mentality, they did not take the initiative to mention him.

No one knows whether the college students, the professor, and the Filipino maid, who were still missing in Massachusetts, as well as those in several other erosion areas who couldn’t even be named, would eventually be able to leave the crisis-ridden erosion areas. When they come out…

The Earth calmed down after a while, and then it continued talking to Jing Qizhen again. Probably because it saw its gold-rimmed model today and the successful establishment of the Saving the Earth Volunteer Organization, making the ball overexcited.

The Earth broadcasted, “Hey, someone made a video call to Tang Song again. It seems to be Wilcox’s brother!”

Jing Qizhen responded in a low voice, “Yeah.”

Let the Earth take care of itself. Yes, the ball was having fun people-watching.

The Earth gushed, “Huh? Tang Song told Wilcox’s brother that Wilcox did not want to return to China for the time being and actively joined your volunteer organization. His brother looked a little worried… oh okay. Well, Tang Song directly covered his brother’s face with the coordinate map of the possible erosion areas around the world. There was an erosion area in the castle in front of Wilcox’s brother’s house. His brother wanted to quarrel, but Tang Song had already told him to shut up. So shut up!”

Jing Qizhen: …

He didn’t say anything this time and quietly shut up.

After a while…

The Earth, which had been talking for a long time, finally came to its senses and whispered, “Xiao Jing, are you asleep?”

After a moment, the Earth made a soft ‘um’ sound, and almost whispering, it said, “Good night!”

It was better to change the hemisphere during the day and go to North America on the other side of the ocean to watch the lectures of well-known professors who study earth science. Jing Qizhen made several lists for it. =v=

The Earth: White, chubby, and full of hope! Happiness!

Early the next morning, Jing Qizhen woke up, washed up, and then went downstairs to the restaurant. He saw Tang Song, who was still energetic, already sitting in the restaurant waiting for them.

The resort’s restaurant was buffet style. Although no kitchen staff were seen, at that moment, a long dining table was filled with all kinds of delicious foods.

“Good morning!” Tang Song waved to them.

In Tang Song’s hand, there was also a stack of photocopies of newspapers from all over the world and in different languages, as well as a stack of A4 paper printed documents.

Jing Qizhen took a plate and chose the breakfast to his liking.

People came over one after another and after a while, the eight people together with Tang Song were all sitting around the same round table.

Tang Song gestured to the stack of newspaper photocopies in his hand, “Reports on disappearances from various countries and regions around the world.”

Grandma Fang and Yan Hong went directly to read the newspapers, and Wilcox also curiously inquired.

Si Jiayang went to the dining table to bring soy milk to Manman again. While Manman was peeling the hard-boiled eggs for her boyfriend, she took a serious look at Tang Song’s seemingly energetic face but with dark circles under his eyes, and then she gestured towards the eggs on the table.

Manman clicked her tongue and said in wonder, “The dark circles under your eyes are a bit obvious. You can roll them with eggs to reduce them. Do you want me to help you find a roll-on eye cream?”

As the saying goes, use the most expensive eye cream and stay up all night!

Tang Song: “…No, thank you.”

After Jing Qizhen finished breakfast, he also took the newspaper and read it, “Still no one came out.”

Tang Song nodded, “That’s all the news we have at the moment. You are still the only one out.” After saying that, Tang Song looked at the time on his watch and asked, “I just arranged for someone to pick up Ms. Li. Do you want to talk to her later?”

Jing Qizhen touched the Black Card in his pocket and nodded quickly.

Tang Song quickly made a call. After asking a few questions, he told Jing Qizhen and others, “They will arrive in about an hour.”

Everyone nodded.

After a while, they put down their chopsticks one after another, wiped the corners of their mouths with paper towels, and pushed away their plates.

Chatting at the dinner table is often more relaxed than at the conference table. Anyway, the round table was large enough, so no one present was in a hurry to leave.

Tang Song said, “Last night, according to the data given by the earthquake monitoring center and Professor Shen, and based on the formation time of the Yunhai Wancheng Department Store erosion area, we estimated using the mathematical modeling that the formation time of the next erosion area in China is about three days later, at 9:30 p.m. on February 27th.”

Jing Qizhen raised his head and asked, “Where is the location?”

Tang Song directly reported the coordinates, “N31°44′23.12″ North longitude e110°39’56.21.”

Everyone: …

Jing Qizhen silently took out his mobile phone and started checking the longitude and latitude coordinates.

Tang Song looked at everyone and probably guessed their confusion, but he blinked his eyes mischievously and deliberately didn’t say anything. Instead, he went directly to the topic and said, “It is the forest area in northwest Hubei, located in the adjacent area between Hubei and Henan, Shaanxi and Chongqing, the remaining veins of Daba Mountains.”

Jing Qizhen had already checked the longitude and latitude, and put down his mobile phone, “Just say Shennongjia, and everyone will understand.”

The others suddenly looked stunned.

When Tang Song saw this, he just held his head with one hand and smiled.

Wilcox suddenly said excitedly, “Shennongjia! I know! The mountainous area! The forest area! It’s so beautiful!”

Manman’s focus was obviously not on the scenery of Shennongjia. She frowned slightly and said, “If the erosion area appears in Shennongjia, what might appear inside? The legendary barbarian?”

Tang Song reached out and patted the pile of A4 printed documents on his right hand.

Jing Qizhen reached for one and saw a line of words printed in bold type II; ‘Military Field Survival Guide for Mountainous Forest Areas (Nanny-level Brief Outline Version)’.

Jing Qizhen: …

Okay, there’s nothing wrong with that.

Dahliya: I have the urge to change 9:30 p.m. to 21:30 because previously, Tong Sang used 24 hours system to report to his superiors. I want it standardized! But idk if he’ll only use 24hrs system with officials, yaknow, so I’m keeping it for now. If Tong Sang went ping-pong with it, I’ll stick with 12hrs system cuz it’s easier.

Anyway, I’ll try to update 4 chapters a week cuz I don’t like how slow they are coming in.
My other novel Hey! The Criminal Assistance System Can Even Be Used Like This? is updated 3 chapters a week, with a total word count of about 15k~18k. (Go check it out, it’s good!)
Run with Earth has shorter chapters with 2k+ each. 8k+ is a decent goal.
Obvi, if I can’t keep up, I’ll change it again heh. So update is tentatively scheduled to be Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.