Wasteland Survivalist: A Scientific Guide to Post-Apocalyptic Survival

Gu Lang and Bai Lang chatted for a while longer, and before they knew it, it was past midnight.

The town of Dongxing at the foot of the mountain remained deathly silent, with only the sound of the sea breeze blowing.

Bai Lang glanced at his watch, stood up, stretched, and said that it was already the third night shift, and told Gu Lang to go back to sleep.

Gu Lang did not refuse, gave a few brief instructions, and returned to the restaurant.

Instead of going straight to sleep, he went to the kitchen to get two things before returning to where his teammates were resting.

He Ping was lying in the sofa booth, fast asleep with his head on the cushions, when Gu Lang reached out and gently nudged his shoulder.

The other person was so startled that they woke up instantly, their eyes not even fully open before their hand reached for the air gun on the ground.

Gu Lang pressed down on his wrist and whispered, "It's me."

He Ping finally relaxed and fiddled with his glasses on the table for a long time.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"It's okay, don't panic."

Bai Lang talked to you before, what did you talk about? Tell me all the details.

He Ping rubbed his eyes and tried hard to recall.

He said that Bai Lang mainly asked three questions: how he met Gu Lang, how Gu Lang rescued him from the sea, and whether there were any other people on the speedboat.

He Ping's answer was simple: he said he had been trapped on a marine recovery platform for more than five months, surviving by fishing and collecting rainwater.

Gu Lang rescued him from the platform when he passed by; there was no one else on the speedboat except the two of them.

Bai Lang then asked him if Gu Lang had mentioned where they were going next.

He Ping replied that he only knew he was coming to Quang Hee Province, but the specific location had not been mentioned.

"You didn't mention the speedboat being hidden in the submarine's underground bunker, did you?"

"No, I didn't say a word about where the speedboat was parked, and the other party didn't ask either."

He Ping pushed up his glasses, his tone very confident.

"Very good." Gu Lang patted He Ping on the shoulder.

Then pick up a cushion and remove the cotton filling inside.

I put the cushion cover over the plastic basin I had just taken from the kitchen.

"Don't sleep here, sleep on the floor, use this as a pillow."

"Okay, but why do we need to do that?"

"Listen carefully, this is your first lesson in post-apocalyptic survival."

He would turn a basin upside down on the ground and sleep with his ear pressed against the bottom of the basin.

This way, any vibrations or sounds from the ground will be amplified, allowing for immediate detection of approaching danger.

Gu Lang learned this tactic from the history of warfare.

In ancient times, there were elite reconnaissance units such as scouts, scouts, and night watchmen.

When soldiers lay on the ground to rest and sleep, they would use wooden quivers as pillows.

Once cavalry charges, soldiers can detect the sound from the ground several miles away and be awakened in time.

If you only listen to the sounds in the air, it will be too late to react by the time the enemy is right in front of you.

This small time difference can mean the difference between life and death on the battlefield.

"I understand, the speed at which sound travels depends on the medium."

Sound waves travel fastest in solids, much faster than they travel in air.

He Ping quickly understood what Gu Lang meant.

He found a clean spot on the ground, laid out the curtains, placed the "basin pillow" on it, and lay down.

After arranging things for his teammates, Gu Lang went to the parking lot behind the restaurant.

He crawled into the Lynx assault vehicle and fell fast asleep.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, Bai Lang followed suit and also crawled into his SUV to catch up on sleep.

Gu Lang, while leading He Ping on patrol and reconnaissance, also provided on-site instruction to the other party.

He Ping learned very quickly; within a morning, he was able to drive the assault vehicle around the empty county town.

Over the next few days, the three maintained a similar pace.

They take turns on duty, patrol the surrounding area, conduct tactical training, exchange intelligence, eat, and sleep.

Gu Lang and his companion also secretly returned to the submarine cave to retrieve more necessary supplies.

They then drove the speedboat into the deepest part of the cave and hid it there.

Before leaving, Gu Lang took with him the "Boat Operation and Maintenance Manual".

The power to the electrical control cabinet inside the boat was completely disconnected to ensure that no one could easily steal the speedboat.

In the last two days, he put in a lot of effort, using seemingly casual conversation to subtly gather fragments of information, hoping to extract more information from Bai Lang.

However, all attempts failed; every time a specific location was mentioned, Bai Lang would immediately stop.

July 25, 2:30 PM.

The three arrived at the Baisha Bay fishing pier, more than ten kilometers away, half an hour ahead of schedule.

Bai Lang parked his new energy SUV near the entrance to the dock, behind an abandoned shop.

The car body is flush against the wall, with only the driver's side door openable.

Gu Lang and He Ping drove the Lynx assault vehicle and hid in the eucalyptus forest on the hillside behind the dock.

Fearing repercussions, Gulang did not launch the drone.

They also camouflaged the Lynx assault vehicle with dead branches and bushes, and temporarily removed the overly conspicuous heavy machine gun.

Gu Lang replaced the red dot sight on his rifle with a white light sight, adjusted the magnification to the maximum of 15x, and aimed it at the dock area.

He glanced at his watch; it was already 3:05 PM, and there was still no movement on the sea or in the sky.

Through the scope, Gu Lang saw Bai Lang pull out a walkie-talkie and wave it outside the car window, then a voice came from the walkie-talkie.

"The time has passed, could it be that Director He miscalculated?"

"Let's wait and see, maybe our watch is faulty."

Before he finished speaking, a black dot suddenly appeared in the southern sky.

The black dot rapidly grew larger, revealing itself to be a large fixed-wing propeller drone.

The drone continued to hover over the harbor where the dock was located, and a cannon pod and four missiles could be seen mounted on its underside.

"You timed it right. The reconnaissance and strike drone has arrived to maintain on-site security. Let's keep waiting."

Gu Lang pressed the talk button on the walkie-talkie and replied, then concealed the rifle.

He picked up the binoculars and continued to observe the situation.

Five minutes after the drone had been patrolling, the water at the entrance to Baisha Bay suddenly began to churn.

First, a dark bulge appeared on the water's surface, then the seawater was pushed aside, revealing a wet, black metallic surface.

The conning tower of a submarine broke through the water first, followed by the long hull.

Its length is estimated to be over 130 meters, and the surface of the hull is covered with anechoic tiles.

The hull has a very deep draft, and there is a distinct long strip of bulge running through most of the back of the hull behind the sail.

Gu Lang immediately recognized it as the external fairing structure of the missile launcher section, commonly known as the "turtleback".

All these features indicate that this is a genuine ballistic missile nuclear submarine.

"Holy crap, a Type 094 strategic nuclear submarine?"

Gu Lang quickly recalled the basic parameters of the Type 094 strategic nuclear submarine in his mind.

With a displacement of over 10,000 tons, it is equipped with 12 JL-2 submarine-launched ballistic missiles with a range of 8,000 kilometers.

During these days of waiting, Gu Lang kept guessing what method the authorities would use to transport the vaccine recipients.

He had simulated all the conventional methods, such as ships, hovercraft, helicopters, amphibious assault vehicles, and seaplanes.

I never expected to see a "big black fish" rise from the water.