Doomsday America.

Chapter 276 I am important!

"Wuhu! Fuck! Fuck fuck fuck!!!"

The moment Gavin lunged at the radio, Eugene, after a brief moment of stunned silence, jumped to his feet. He uncontrollably spewed out countless "fucks," each one brimming with excitement and elation. But even as he continued spitting out "fucks," Gavin slammed his hand on his thigh and roared at Eugene, "Shut your mouth!"

"OK! I understand, OK!"

Eugene quickly covered his mouth, then nervously looked at the radio in front of him.

In the distance, dozens of meters away in a helicopter, Sean also held his breath.

There are only three people left in the camp now, and once the three of them quiet down, the camp will be completely silent.

In this utterly silent environment, the radio in front of Gavin finally crackled to life amidst the trio's fervent anticipation! "Zzz...uh...la...here...this is Ivan, this is the return capsule...we...we've landed safely!" "Fuck! Aaaaaah, that's fucking awesome, awesome!!!"

At that moment, Gavin jumped up uncontrollably and then started pounding his chest wildly.

Just as Gavin was venting his excitement, Eugene rushed over and hugged him, and the two of them cheered and jumped for joy like baboons embracing. Even as they celebrated, the intermittent radio conversation continued.

The radio continued.

"Gavin... are you still there? We... things aren't good. We've run into a few accidents, we've gone around the world twice, which has wasted a lot of time, and someone's injured." "Fuck!"

Just as the radio reached this point, Gavin and Eugene finally stopped their celebrations.

Before Eugene could react, Gavin casually grabbed Eugene's belt, tossed him aside, and sat back down at the radio. "Yes, yes, that's fucking cool! I... what? How did I take off?"

Eugene was celebrating when he landed in a daze some distance away, and then unconsciously started touching his chest.

How did he just fly out?

Was it like being tossed around like a rag doll by the boss?

Gavin, after sitting down, immediately picked up the radio and spoke to the astronauts in their return capsule.

"This is Gavin, Big Ivan. I'm so glad to hear you've landed safely!"

"Now, quickly check your wounded and assess their injuries. We are searching for you as thoroughly as possible around Lake Livingston!" "However, before this, we haven't found any clues related to you. There's no trace of you falling from the sky, and no sound of the reentry capsule entering the atmosphere!" "Do you know where you landed? Are you sure you landed in Lake Livingston? Please reply as soon as possible, as soon as possible!" At this point, Gavin's fleeting sense of relief vanished completely. He realized the trouble they were facing! Lake Livingston is only fifty kilometers long and twenty kilometers wide. With helicopters observing from all four directions, if the reentry capsule could break through the atmosphere and land precisely in the lake, they would have virtually no chance of escaping the observers' sights! In other words, at this moment, the reentry capsule that had successfully returned to the ground probably hadn't even landed near Lake Livingston!

Meanwhile, inside the return capsule.

As the world spun around, Ivan hung up the communicator and gently patted Charlie Duke's helmet.

The slapping sound jolted Charlie Duke awake from his unconsciousness, and the first thing he realized was that he was hanging upside down in his seat! Seeing this, Charlie Duke, relying on his professional instincts, quickly regained his senses and immediately said to Ivan, "Ivan, you did it, damn it, you fucking did it, you're our god!"

"Alright, Charlie, forget about God, we're in trouble!"

Before Charlie could finish speaking, Ivan grabbed the communicator and shoved it into Charlie's hand.

After smashing Charlie's spacesuit with the communicator, Big Ivan gritted his teeth and said to Charlie.

"Richard's condition isn't good; I need to go check on him. You, take the intercom and stay in touch with Gavin!"

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Charlie quickly grabbed the communicator and turned his head to look at the direction where Richard was tied up, from his upside-down perspective.

Because the return capsule, originally designed for two people, was carrying six, Ivan encountered significant trouble when piloting it through the blackout. Although they had already emptied most of the experimental materials intended for the return capsule, the four extra people still caused considerable disruption. To counteract the impact of the extra four people, Charlie had to slightly compromise his planned procedures during the blackout. This temporary alteration not only caused the return capsule to deviate from its intended trajectory but also made its landing much more difficult!

Fortunately, they eventually landed on a body of water, and fortunately, he managed to complete the landing operation of the return capsule at the last moment.

Despite some minor mishaps, the return capsule was at least not completely damaged.

While complete damage is unlikely, partial damage is unavoidable. Even from his seat, Ivan could see Richard, who was hanging upside down on the anchor due to the reentry capsule's inverted position. Richard's blood had flowed into the helmet of his spacesuit, staining half of the circular helmet's field of vision red from the inside!

Charlie saw Richard's situation and quickly reached out his hand.

"Wait, let's adjust the return capsule's orientation first. Our return capsule has a final propulsion program that can be used in water; it can right us!" "OK, you handle it. I need to go check on Richard!"

As Big Ivan replied, he unbuckled his various seatbelts.

Charlie struggled to raise his hand and, while upside down, found the corresponding button and quickly began to operate it.

As Charlie controlled the return capsule to slowly right itself in the water, Gavin's voice continued to come through their radio.

Gavin said anxiously.

"Big Ivan, Charlie, are you still there? Are you conscious? Did you hear what I just said?"

"What? What did you just say? Gavin, this is Charlie, and now... huff... now it's my turn as your fan to talk to you." Charlie responded while adjusting his posture to the gravity of the return capsule returning to its right position.

As the return capsule fully regained its orientation, Ivan quickly unbuckled his seatbelt, then propped himself up with his hands and trudged towards Richard. Just as Ivan began to move, not far away, Shinya Kobayashi gently shook his head, then opened his eyes wide.

Once he saw the situation clearly, his gaze immediately fell in horror on Richard's back!

At the same time, just after the return capsule returned to its upright position, and the gravity of the return capsule also returned to normal.

Richard, who was originally covered in blood, suddenly let out an extremely terrifying roar.

"Ugh... Ahhh... Ahhhhhh!!!"

Just as Richard was screaming in agony, his body suddenly dipped slightly downwards!

As he was pulled downwards by gravity, the sounds of his body and spacesuit being torn apart and muscles ripped apart echoed simultaneously! "Damn it!!!"

Ivan was startled by Richard's scream and quickly withdrew his hand from Richard's grasp!

Despite Richard's screams, Big Ivan remained perfectly clear-headed. He knew that before he could ascertain the extent of Richard's injuries, any action he thought was correct could potentially cause Richard even more severe secondary damage! As Big Ivan stopped moving, Kobayashi Makoto stared intently at Richard's back with wide eyes.

"Ivan, wait a moment, wait a moment!"

Despite Richard's screams, Kobayashi Shinya observed him intently, using the angle to his advantage and desperately monitoring Richard's condition. The next second, Kobayashi Shinya suddenly let out a long breath and quickly shouted to Ivan.

"Support him, support him first! The damaged tube has pierced Richard's shoulder and back, but the blood isn't flowing into his lungs. The tube entered Richard's shoulder blade at an angle, then pierced the upper edge of his collarbone, but it hasn't broken through his spacesuit yet!"

"But... we were hanging upside down just now, and after the return capsule righted itself, gravity caused Richard secondary injuries. More than half of his weight is pressing on his pierced shoulder blade muscle and his collarbone, which may be stuck!"

"So, hold him up first, I... I'll try to detach myself and examine him!"

"Quickly, Ivan!"

"I see!!!"

Hearing Kobayashi Shinya's reminder, Ivan quickly grabbed Richard's body, trying to support him and prevent him from being further injured by gravity. Kobayashi Shinya then rubbed his helmet vigorously before hurriedly using his large, heavy gloves to loosen the restraints on his body. Meanwhile, at the radio...

After learning that Charlie hadn't heard his previous conversation, Gavin repeated his inquiry about the space station's location to Charlie. Watching Kobayashi's actions and listening to Gavin's words, Charlie took a deep breath, and then, as soon as Gavin finished speaking, quickly said into the communicator, "We also can't determine our current location, because there's absolutely no communication on Earth right now. Besides our radio, our locator isn't supported by satellites, and our signal transmitter has no other receiving terminal!"

"But in any case, we are still alive at this moment, and that's the last piece of good news we can share with you!"

"For now, we can't leave the return capsule, but I promise to analyze and deduce our location as much as possible based on the intelligence we have!" "Once we have a conclusion, I will inform you immediately. As for now, Boss Gavin, we need to check on our wounded!" "It's Richard who's injured. His condition looks very bad, but it doesn't seem that bad. I hope you can pray to God for Richard from afar!" With that, Charlie disconnected the communicator and then unbuckled his seatbelt.

Kobayashi Shinya, who was far away, also managed to untie himself as quickly as possible.

And so, a moment later, the two of them stepped onto the extremely narrow ground of the return capsule almost simultaneously.

Charlie immediately rushed to the porthole and peered into the distance through the small window, which didn't offer a particularly clear view.

As Kobayashi Shinya lunged at Richard, he asked Charlie a question.

"Mr. Charlie, are you sure about our location?"

"For now, all I can see is water and sky, but the direction of the sun gives me a temporary clue that we should be near the east coast. And of course, I also spotted a freshwater fish—that's fucking great! At least we haven't veered off course into the open sea!"

"OK, as long as we're still on land, that's fine. Since there's fresh water all around us, we have hope!"

Inspired by Charlie's words, Kobayashi quickly rushed behind Richard.

As Kobayashi grabbed Richard's spacesuit, Sergei and Edwin around them gradually regained consciousness.

Once they regained consciousness, the two immediately noticed the situation inside the return capsule, so they didn't disturb the others who were busy working. At that moment, Charlie was checking the time through his spacesuit, muttering something to Kobayashi and Ivan.

"It's not the time to see Polaris now, so we can't rely on it to determine latitude. I'll just have to find north first and then calculate the meridian to determine the latitude." "As for longitude, that's hard to determine accurately. My watch is in Houston's time zone, but I'm not sure if we're even near Houston." "I know, I know. Good luck, Charlie! I don't have time for you!"

Ivan roared in response to Charlie's question, for he too was weak at the moment, and lifting Richard had only made him more exhausted. Kobayashi, after a thorough examination, let out a sharp sigh of relief and then spoke to the tense Ivan.

"Richard only suffered minor injuries; thank God, he's incredibly lucky. But he probably can't drink alcohol, and he can't wear his spacesuit anymore, which will only hinder our treatment!" "Let me see. It was a stress-cracked plate that pierced him, not a pipe. He only suffered a simple laceration, not a ring-shaped wound that would prevent the muscles from healing quickly." "Let me confirm the angle, Ivan. We need to remove the restraints on Richard and lift him at least fifteen centimeters so I can safely remove the puncture site from his wound!" "Is everyone else awake? We need help. Charlie, forget about calculating latitude and longitude; we need help getting Richard off!" "I'm coming! Thank God!"

Charlie shouted back to Shinya Kobayashi, and before leaving the porthole, he made a final gun gesture with his hand, pointing it at the sun. Then, he stopped feeling dizzy and weak, staggered three steps, and came up behind Ivan.

"Damn it, we tied him up way too tightly back then, this is really... I'll try to be as quick as possible, as fast as I can!"

As he spoke, he quickly went to untangle the various ropes binding Richard.

It took more than fifty seconds to barely untie the rope, by which time Richard had fainted for the third time in a row.

Seeing Richard roll his eyes again, Kobayashi Shinya, once he was sure the ropes were untied, immediately shouted to Ivan.

"Now, Mr. Ivan, lift him up at least fifteen centimeters!"

"I know, he's really light. I'm not tired at all, phew... damn it... not tired at all, hooray!!!"

With a roar from Big Ivan, Richard was suddenly lifted up, and in that instant, Richard, who had just fainted, let out a short scream. As Richard screamed, Kobayashi quickly braced himself against the wall with his left hand, while his right elbow dug into the gap between Richard's shoulder and the wall, desperately pushing against it. *Sizzle!*

Tear it apart!

At that moment, the sounds of sharp plates tearing through muscle and tearing through spacesuits rang out in tandem.

"Awoooo ...

Richard's screams sounded like he was dying, but Kobayashi Shinya and Ivan didn't take it seriously.

It was already a miracle that they were able to save him; at that moment, they had no time to consider the issue of medical disputes.

"Finally, it's out!"

Seeing Richard get away from the wall, Kobayashi breathed a sigh of relief.

While hugging Richard, Big Ivan gave Charlie a glimpse of his back.

"Charlie, how's it going? Richard, how's it going?"

"Mazefak, he looks a bit dead. We need to take off his spacesuit. Where are our medical equipment? We need to nail the wounds on his shoulder and scapula and stop the bleeding. We don't have any blood bags; he'll have to pull through on his own!"

Charlie responded quickly, grabbing Richard's spacesuit and struggling to remove his helmet.

After finally removing his blood-soaked helmet, Richard, whose neck and face were covered in blood, finally stopped screaming. The air inside the return capsule wasn't great, but it made him feel much better. Richard, no longer screaming, glanced around, then weakly spat out blood. "Ptooey...cough cough...ptooey...I..."

"I think I'm dying, guys. I'm in so much pain, and I've even gotten out of my spacesuit..."

"etc!"

At that very moment, Richard, suddenly realizing he had escaped the sealed environment of his spacesuit, widened his slightly dilated pupils. He moved his bloodshot lips, trembling as he spoke to Charlie, Ivan, and Shinya Kobayashi before him, "Observe me! Remember... observe me! I've lost... the seal!"

"Watch out for me, tie me up, observe me, maybe...maybe I'll be...the first...to turn from a natural person...into those zombies...Ouch, it hurts...I want water, I...you must observe me, observe me carefully, I...am very important, whether...alive or dead...Aaaaaah!!!!"