Great time travel

Chapter 619, Entering India

Chapter 19. Entering India

India, New Delhi, Indira Gandhi International Airport

The scorching sun baked the earth, the heat on the ground was suffocating, and the buildings in the distance shone with dazzling white light under the scorching sun.

As soon as I walked out of the lobby of Indira Gandhi International Airport, I could immediately feel a scorching heat wave rushing towards my face.

"...This is really... hotter than an oven! The Xisha Islands in the South China Sea are nothing compared to this place!"

Stretching out her hand to wipe the large drops of sweat that were oozing quickly from her forehead, looking up at the scorching sun above her head, the female doctor Ju Chuan Shizuka couldn't help but complain like this.

"...The highest temperature in New Delhi today is 41 degrees Celsius, but it's not the hottest weather yet! I heard that the hottest here can reach [-] degrees! And the humidity is still very high. It's really stuffy and hot, which makes people feel even more It's hard... I don't know how these Indians live in summer."

Wang Qiu also spoke pantingly with his tongue out, and as soon as he walked out of the gate of the waiting hall, he hurriedly got into the air-conditioned car.In such hot and scorching weather, people would no longer sweat when walking in the sun, but would only feel burning pain on the skin, because the sweat evaporated before it was secreted... and the former paladin Li Wei was carrying a big Packed with small bags, his face was flushed with heat, and he followed behind him.

——In order to avoid global panic and maintain a positive image of the country, the fact that the T-virus that can create a biohazard may have been brought to the real world by Indians is still under strict secrecy. Even the Chinese embassy in India Everyone was kept in the dark.

When notifying the embassy in India, Wang Qiu, Li Wei and Ju Chuan Shizuka only came to India on business under the guise of "return visit after treatment".As a result, the embassy, ​​who didn't know where they were, naturally had very low reception standards for them. They just sent a semi-old Mazda car, an embassy health commissioner, and a local Indian driver hired by the embassy to the airport. , Assigned to Wang Qiu and the others.

Such a "simplified" team size naturally makes Wang Qiu, who has recently become accustomed to hugging each other, a little unaccustomed.However, Political Commissar Guo said that their business trip to India this time was neither for gathering information nor for behind-the-scenes transactions, nor for assassinations or coups. Just in case, there are a few people that are enough.

Of course, they didn't come here for sightseeing this time, so as soon as they got out of the airport, they went straight to their destination - the residence of the Shukla family in the capital.

As the face of a country's capital, Delhi's international airport is still very good, with modern facilities and bright decoration and furnishings. There is an endless stream of business people and tourists from all over the world, speaking loudly in various languages, everywhere. The advertising signs of the world's famous brands are hung, full of the atmosphere of modern society.The section of the road just out of the airport is not bad, the greenery is very beautiful, and there are occasional fountains and statues.

However, as the car gradually approached the urban area, all kinds of glamorous city appearances began to fade away, revealing all kinds of noise and mess... From a distance, there are still many high-rise buildings, which look a bit like a modern city .But looking at it in front of me, it doesn't feel very good. There are pieces of dilapidated sheds next to the building, potholes everywhere on the roadside, and piles of garbage.The green belt is full of dirty homeless people camping.

Well, no matter what kind of big city, apart from those magnificent buildings, there is always a bad side. Even the subway stations in New York are famous for being dilapidated and dirty!And beside the remote streets in Beijing and Shanghai, there are also many illegal vendors and shacks.

(The New York of the real world is not the New York of the Marvel world, where everything is smashed and built, and the results are always up to date.)

However, like New Delhi, India, there are countless cattle, sheep, horses and other animals scurrying through the streets at any time, competing for lanes with cars, scooters, tuk-tuks and bicycles Yes, among the capitals of major countries in the world, it is probably the only one... and the air pollution in the urban area of ​​New Delhi is extremely serious. Even on a sunny day, it is full of smog. Face.There are strings of people wearing sunglasses and masks everywhere, as if the streets are full of bank robbers this morning.

This scene shocked Wang Qiu very much at first: he didn't misunderstand these masked people as bank robbers, but thought that New Delhi had already had an infectious disease—no way, the "SARS" flu The scene of raging all over China is really fresh in the memory of many people.

What's more terrible is that the T virus in Resident Evil, in the initial stage of infecting the human body through the air, its symptoms are similar to those of the flu...

At this moment, Wang Qiu almost had the urge to turn around and run away—no one wants to be in a city of zombies!

Fortunately, the health commissioner sent by the embassy to cooperate with the work, a middle-aged man named Bai Quanyi, answered his doubts in time.

"...Why is it so hot and there are so many people wearing masks on the street? Of course it's because the air in the city is so bad! Indians themselves say that Delhi's air pollution is so serious that it can reduce people's death by ten years Life is more harmful than smoking!

Alas, those international news media criticize Beijing’s smog all day long, and think that Chinese cities are not suitable for human habitation, but few people know that the air pollution index in Delhi, India has always been several times that of Beijing... But there is no way , who said that India is the largest democratic country in the world?Democracy and votes can replace fresh air!Under those small and fresh packages, even the floating corpse water from the Ganges River is delicious..."

Bai Quanyi, health commissioner, said, "...in the past, I always felt that the air was too bad in Beijing, but when I arrived in New Delhi, I realized that Beijing is simply a paradise..."

That being the case, Wang Qiu reluctantly calmed down and continued to drive towards downtown New Delhi.

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However, as the car got closer and closer to the city center, the driving speed became slower and slower, and finally it was as slow as a snail crawling—no way, there were too many people on the road, and there were a lot of people who didn't know the traffic. There are regular cattle, sheep and livestock, and the streets are full of rampant three-wheeled motorcycles.Their appearance is similar to that of China's motor tricycles in the 90s, and the shells are uniformly painted yellow. According to the sound of its horn, Indians vividly call this thing a "tuk-tuk".Although it is just a three-wheeled motorcycle, the Indians have the ability to drive this kind of broken car like a sports car. The Mazda car Wang Qiu and the others were riding was overtaken by these three-wheeled "tuk-tuks" time and time again. This time is simply passing by.

In short, Wang Qiu and the others set off from the airport for a full two hours, and the destination seemed to be far away.

Seeing the car driving so slowly, Bai Quanyi, the health commissioner in the passenger seat, couldn't help becoming impatient. He yelled at the Indian driver next to him, shaking his head in apology. Instead, shake your head in agreement.

Sitting in the back seat, Wang Qiu looked through the rearview mirror and found that the Indian driver hired by the Chinese embassy was dressed in a collarless long-sleeved Indian-style dress, and his lower body was a pair of worn-out knickers that hadn't been washed. Sunken, brown-black skin, and thin body, through the thin clothes, you can also see the ribs of a hungry African.In short, with this complexion and physique, one can tell that this young man's caste level is worrying... Moreover, when he was driving before, he also looked very timid, always giving way to other cars, which makes people think that he just came out of the car. New to driving school.

However, after being reprimanded by Bai Quanyi's health commissioner, the boy's eyes turned red immediately, as if his Berserker skills had been activated, and then he stepped on the accelerator one after another, accelerating, decelerating, drifting...in an instant. Qiu Mingshan Rider!If there are a bunch of people and animals blocking the road in front and refuse to move, and no one will give way no matter how much you honk and shout, this guy will even roll down the car window, pull out a long folding metal pole from nowhere, and then Hold the steering wheel with one hand, and hold the pole with the other to call the pedestrians in front.And those pedestrians just dialed it up, and immediately rubbed their arms to get out of the way, and no one looked coldly at the driver-if in China, if the driver dared to hit someone directly with a pole, he would have asked someone to stop the car. It was blown away... It can be seen that the Indians are really gentle enough...

Of course, if it was a cow, the young man had to park patiently and wait, not daring to use a pole to poke it. The temper of Indian cows is not as good as that of Indians, and they can not fight back.Even without considering the Hindu belief in "God Bull", he is a driver after all, not a bullfighter...

But even so, Wang Qiu's Mazda still had to stop after continuing on for about a quarter of an hour.

Because, the road in front has been tightly blocked, and there is no room for stitches.

All kinds of cars, big and small, piled up here in a mess, beeping horns one after another, making people dizzy and dizzy, and the exhaust gas accumulated into a diffuse toxic smoke, even after being filtered by the car air conditioner , still makes people feel uncomfortable to breathe.

And in the distance at the end of the street, there was faint shouting from the tweeter, followed by bursts of loud singing... After waiting for 10 minutes, there was still no sign of the traffic starting to squirm, and I was impatient. The young driver volunteered to get out of the car to find out the news.After another 10 minutes, he came back all dirty, panting with lingering fear, and took out a colorful leaflet.

Health Commissioner Bai Quanyi took the leaflet and studied it for a while, then turned around and explained to Wang Qiu and others with a wry smile, "...today is really unlucky...a group of Indians held a demonstration in front to protest the onion and potato Prices have risen and several roads have been blocked!"

"...Um...how long will this road be blocked?" Wang Qiu asked, "...the Indian government should send military police to clear the place!"

"...God knows, you know, Indians are slow no matter what they do. If there are opposition politicians who stand up and fan the flames, it's normal to be blocked for a week..." Bai Quanyi shrugged, " ...Looks like we have to take a detour..."