Episode 1 Section 6 Encounter Unexpectedly Again

  It was too sudden, Chen Yang's heart, which had just been put down, almost jumped out of his throat. Without thinking about anything else, Chen Yang rushed to the riverbank and saw a large ice cave, as big as a small car, in front of him. At this moment, the water splashed and churned, with irregular pieces of broken ice floating on the surface. The water suddenly surged, and Nangong Lan emerged from the icy river, swimming twice before grabbing the edge of the ice cave.

  But he didn't expect that as he was about to climb up, the ice at the edge of the ice cave cracked again.

  Looking at Nangong Lan struggling in the ice cave, Chen Yang's eyes were about to pop out as he roared: "Ghost Face Mushroom! Calm down! Don't climb up any further! Hug the ice, I'll think of a way to save you right away! Listen carefully, if you hug the ice tightly, even if the river water freezes quickly, you won't die. But if your physical strength is completely depleted and you fall into the water, no one will be able to save you!"

  Nangong Lan understood, and her head nodded violently a few times before she calmed down in the ice cave, tightly hugging the edge of the ice cave, unmoving.

  Turn back, Chen Yang looked at Sun Erpao not far away and shouted: "Don't stand there stupidly, come here and die for me! Stupid! Don't go this way, go around, go around! Hurry up!" Sun Erpao's small mountain-like body instantly ran on the ice surface, amidst the footsteps, the river surface kept making cracking sounds. It seemed that Sun Erpao had completely forgotten about the danger and was blessed by heaven, and he rushed to Chen Yang's side without noticing any problem.

  "Rope! Give me the rope quickly!"

  As a result, Chen Yang took the rope handed over by Sun Erpao and let him retreat to the riverbank. Then, he carefully walked forward a few steps, tied a knot in his hand with the rope, using the kind of technique commonly used by shepherds. The rope loop made would only get tighter once it was wrapped around the target, so in some places, people colloquially called this type of knot "strangle dog".

  Snap! The rope knot that was thrown over accurately landed on Nangong Lan's body. Chen Yang shouted: "Ghost Face Mushroom! Be careful, don't rush! First release your left hand, slowly, yes, like that, stretch in, stretch into the rope loop inside, yes, just like that, now it's your right hand..."

  The biting cold wind blew by, and a thin layer of ice had already formed on the water's surface. Chen Yang and Sun Erpao no longer cared whether Nan Gonglan's body could withstand it, and they pulled the rope tight. After continuing to crush another two or three meters of the icy surface, the ice layer no longer cracked.

  They pulled Nan Gong onto the riverbank, his face had already turned greenish-blue, while his lips had become a strange purplish-red color. Sun Er Hao anxiously stamped his foot: "What's going on! What's going on!" Chen Yang cursed: "Stop panicking, quickly help me, take off all his clothes!"

  Minus twenty degrees, Nan Gong Ling, who had just been soaked in the icy river water, was stripped clean by Chen Yang and Sun Erpao in the blink of an eye. As soon as his wet body came into contact with the cold wind, the moisture was instantly absorbed, and his skin quickly cracked. Fine cracks appeared all over his body.

  "Ghost face mushroom! Can your body move?"

  Nangong Lan's mouth moved slightly, and his voice was like a mosquito flying: "There is no feeling below the waist..."

  Chen Yang bowed his head, scooped up the accumulated snow on the riverbank and rubbed it onto Nan Gonglan's body, shouting "Come on, Sun Erpao!" At the same time, Chen Yang called out through the communicator: "Attention all! I'm Wild Donkey! Ghost Face Mushroom has fallen into the river, the danger has been eliminated. Others continue with their mission. Currently lacking a set of clothes, try to obtain clothing from enemy personnel if possible. Our current location is..."

  After reporting the location, Nan Gonglan's face turned even more unsightly as he lay on the windbreaker, but thanks to Chen Yang and Sun Erpao's efforts, his body gradually regained consciousness. However, in this sub-zero temperature of minus twenty degrees Celsius, what he needed now was warmth! Starting a fire? Impossible. Not to mention that the human body can't adapt to high temperatures after extreme hypothermia, just exposing their target alone wouldn't allow Chen Yang to start a fire.

  Gritting his teeth, Chen Yang stood up and quickly took off his top, revealing a robust physique. In Sun Erpao's stunned gaze, he rushed to Nan Gonglan's side, tightly hugging her icy body, and shouted: "Idiot! What are you staring at? Help me cover her with clothes!"

  Sun Erpao understood, Chen Yang was warming up for Nangong Lan. He covered Chen Yang's clothes and took off his own upper garment, tightly embracing Nangong Lan's legs in his arms. With a backhand move, he covered himself with his cloak, making a makeshift shelter. In the biting cold wind, the three of them lay on the snowy ground just to keep warm. Their only hope now was that their comrades could arrive quickly and bring warm clothing.

  Nangong Lan's body gradually warmed up, trying his best to hold back the chattering of his teeth, Nangong Lan forced a smile and said: "Huangma, you bumped into me too heavily..."

  It's unclear whether it was good luck or bad, but Nangong Lan's fall into the river seemed to have given the team members a bad omen. Fortunately, Chen Yang's rescue method was appropriate, and by the time Lin Lie Feng and Zhang Tao arrived, Nangong Lan's body had already recovered somewhat. At this moment, he was wearing Sun Er Hao's pants and Chen Yang's jacket, jumping around in the snow like a shrimp that had been thrown into a hot pot...

  Lin Lie and Zhang Tao brought a large number of clothes, which made Chen Yang suspect that they had robbed the military depot. Their answer was simple: "The enemy is completely destroyed, all the clothes are taken..." This made Chen Yang almost unable to stand up: "What about them?"

  Lin Lie Feng smiled: "They're fine, we locked them in the bunker, not only did we give them blankets but also left a walkie-talkie with them, I reckon by now they've been found..."

  After putting on the clothes brought by Lin Lie and Zhang Tao, Nan Gong Lan's face was unusually red. Then, Jian Jie, who arrived in a hurry, checked Nan Gong Lan's body and advised him to give up the rehearsal immediately. The reason was simple: Nan Gong Lan was now completely overexerting himself, with a high fever and severe frostbite on parts of his body...

  Everyone simply discussed it for a moment, and Chen Yang said with a gloomy face: "Ghost Face Mushroom, you'd better withdraw from this exercise. Now, as long as you stay here, press this electronic caller, medical personnel will arrive soon..."

  "No way!" Nan Gong Lan interrupted Chen Yang's words: "I can still move now! I can still run! I will absolutely not give up! Don't say such things again, if it were you guys, who would quit?"

  The warriors were speechless. Indeed, in a situation where the survival of the 8341 squad was at stake, no one would choose to quit. It's not just a matter of face; they had to prove their worth. Is it necessary for the 8341 squad to exist? If they were to quit just because of this, are they even worthy of wearing this military uniform?

  The mission continued, and the team members' arrangement was readjusted at this time. Except for Lin Lie Feng and Zhang Tao continuing to be in charge of the rear, everyone else compressed their formation and accelerated forward, and at this time, it was already 4:20 AM. The unexpected event had completely disrupted the squad's rhythm, and there were still two hours until dawn. If the squad couldn't quickly approach the target base and find a suitable hiding spot before dawn, what awaited them would undoubtedly be an encirclement by a force several times their number, failure, or perhaps death was not far away, and the fate of Squad 8341 went without saying.

  At this time, the communicator suddenly transmitted Lucio's urgent breathing and low gunfire: "Spider report, enemy found in Moshigou, judging from the situation, it should be a special forces team. Due to terrain restrictions, I suggest everyone take a detour. Currently discovered...". Lucio's voice suddenly stopped for a moment, followed by a bitter laugh on the communicator: "Spider has been hit, there are two snipers in the area, repeat once, Spider has been hit, there are two snipers in the area, suggesting again that the whole team should take a detour..." Bang! The communicator transmitted the sound of a fall, followed by an ear-piercing noise.

  Just as the warriors were about to turn off the ear-piercing communicator, the noise disappeared, and a rough male voice came from the communicator: "Na Wa Zi, you're moving too slowly. Even a snail should have arrived by now..."

  Chen Yang's eyes lit up instantly, gritting his teeth and asking, "How about Spider?" The other side seemed somewhat stunned, but then smiled and said, "Not bad, this little guy called Spider is not bad. It took us some effort to deal with him, and we even lost one of our comrades-in-arms. Unfortunately, only he came. If all of you had come together, perhaps we could have really fought it out..."

  Chen Yang's voice was somewhat cold: "How is he now?" The other party said: "Tsk, tsk, what's the hurry? Don't worry, he won't die. For a warrior like him, we will give him the treatment he deserves. But I'm a bit curious, how did he end up with such trashy teammates..."

  "Fart!" The warriors' fire was unstoppable.

  The other party laughed: "Then you come, we'll wait for you here." After finishing speaking, the other party's communicator turned off. The warriors were all angry and didn't speak with their heads down, while Sun Erpao and Jian Jue rushed out first, shouting loudly. At this time, Chen Yang scolded: "All of you come back!" Nan Gonglan's words were even more pointed: "Idiots! Can't even see through such a simple provocation."