Chapter Twenty-Four Experience

  It was like watching a movie, the Jeep churned up a pile of snowflakes and ice chips, looking just like an explosion of icy fireworks on the ground. Even after the car had stopped moving forward on the road, it still spun around for a while before coming to a complete stop.

  "Damn it! Which unit are you from? Why pile up on the road like this, don't you want to live?"

  After adapting to Zhao Zhong's high-speed driving style, Song Ba naturally knew that this time the situation was not his fault. Because he was in the upwind direction, he didn't hear the other party's honking sound on the road either.

  As he watched Zhao Zhong's face turn pale and his hands grip the steering wheel tightly, Song Ba immediately rolled down the window and shouted loudly.

  "Cheers! Songba, your voice is still so loud, looks like you're in good shape!"

  As soon as he jumped off the car, he heard Songba's roar, and Xu De also chuckled. Perhaps this matter cannot be blamed on the road construction team, if it can be blamed, it is because the shelter chosen by himself was in the direction of going up the mountain, which made Zhao Zhong misjudge the distance between the two sides!

  "You're... the class monitor? They are the Road Engineering Corps."

  In the darkness, Song Ba finally made out Xude approaching and asked again in his mouth.

  "What's wrong, Song Ba? Your eyes are serious to this extent?"

  Listening to Song Ba's hesitant tone, Xu De was slightly surprised. Just like Song Ba had concealed his illness, Xu De didn't know the true state of his body either. Originally, Xu De thought it wasn't a big deal, but now that he had already entered within a ten-meter range, and there was still such hesitation in Song Ba's tone, it wasn't a good sign anymore.

  Facing Xu De's inquiry, Song Ba also didn't know what to say. At this time, Zhao Zhong also poked his head out of the car and said: "Class leader, how did you guys get here? I was almost scared to death just now."

  "Haha, the ones who are scared to death aren't us, but you, this new recruit! Earlier it looked just like a foreign police movie! You can be careless with your own stuff, but don't dare mess with our Road Engineering Brigade's vehicles!"

  Upon hearing Xu Chang's joking words, the road engineering team's warriors burst out laughing and all gathered around from the roadside.

  Seeing this, Zhao Zhong immediately got off the car, and Songba also hurriedly got off the car to apologize to Xu Chang.

  "Songba, how are your eyes now?" Xu De immediately asked about his condition after Songba apologized to Xu Chang.

  "I don't know," Songba said, avoiding the main issue and speaking lightly. "Now my eyes are like they've arrived in the dark of night ahead of time. Although I can still see, it's indeed much darker."

  "Is that so? Are you going down the mountain or staying with us?"

  "I want to go down the mountain, Zhao Zhong's skills should be able to handle it."

  "Alright! Let's go talk to Battalion Commander together."

  Although Song Ba said it lightly, Xu De also knew that the situation was not simple. However, since Song Ba was willing to believe Zhao Zhong, this was also the best outcome.

  As the two walked towards the excavator with the communication device, Zhao Zhong was still receiving congratulations and encouragement from the road engineering team. Unlike the transport company which had strict speed limits, in Xu Chang's road engineering team, they often had time to play around with car stunts during their free time. Seeing Zhao Zhong's performance earlier, they naturally regarded him as their idol.

  "What? Zhao Zhong has already brought Song Ba back to the road engineering team, how can they be so fast."

  Although he had asked Xu De and others to keep in touch, the team leader Wang Sang never thought that their next contact would be Zhao Zhong rushing back to the road engineering corps. How much time has passed!

  Luli glanced at the gemstone flower-shaped watch on his wrist and confirmed that it had been less than twenty minutes since their last communication ended.

  "His speed was very fast, Kabba said it's like a roller coaster ride. Because the road had frozen, they were almost all sliding sideways."

  Hu Song interrupted, and his position could only be communicated with the transportation team through the borrowed communication device of the road engineering team to express his opinion.

  "Skidding? Why didn't he put on anti-skid chains?"

  "Installing anti-skid chains takes too much time, and when going uphill, they all take straight roads, he said it doesn't make a big difference whether to install or not. Because we were in a hurry, we let him go first. However, now we have prepared a set of anti-skid equipment tires for them, and there should be no problem going down the mountain via Liudao Gou."

  Does it make any difference whether you wear it or not? Upon hearing this, Hu Song's face sank again. It turned out that he had thought the Jeep of the Road Engineering Brigade was not equipped with anti-skid chains, and Zhao Zhong had to drive sideways to hurry along, but unexpectedly this was still Zhao Zhong's personal move.

  "Is that so? You'd better be prepared then. Is Songba with you, and is he willing to go down the mountain with Zhao Zhong?"

  "Commander, I'd like to go down the mountain with Zhao Zhong. As a warrior, one must learn to trust their comrades and protect them while also entrusting their own life to their comrades for protection."

  At this time, Song Ba naturally wouldn't say anything wrong again. The snowflakes in the sky were getting more and more, bigger and bigger, he didn't dare to imagine staying here for a few more days, what would be the outcome.

  Although it's absurd that Zhao Zhong didn't install anti-skid chains before going up the mountain, since he was able to drive so well without them, there's no reason for him not to trust himself.

  "What about Zhao Zhong? Do you have a way to send Songba down the mountain?"

  "Report to the company commander, I guarantee to complete the task."

  Even if he was a step late, Zhao Zhong couldn't always fool around with those road engineering team warriors and would be directly picked up by Xu Chang. Upon hearing Wang Sang's voice, he immediately made a loud and powerful response.

  "Do you know what time it is now and how much more time will it take for you to arrive at the county town?"

  "It's now 4 pm. At the previous speed, it will take at least five more hours to reach the county town. It is estimated that we can only arrive in the dead of night."

  As soon as Zhao Zhong answered, Songba's heart tightened a bit. He had only considered whether Zhao Zhong was capable of sending himself down the mountain, but he forgot to consider the time factor. Driving at night, and without streetlights along the way, Zhao Zhong's earlier drifting method would not work at all.

  "Do you think you have the ability to drive on icy roads at night?"

  "Please be assured, Captain. All of my experience driving on snowy and icy roads was at night. The speed may be slower, but it's absolutely safer than before."

  Zhao Zhong's theory not only stunned Songba and Wang Sang, but also made Xu De and others look at him with astonishment. On the plateau, there are all kinds of people, no matter how strange they are, they have seen them all, but they have never heard of anyone claiming that their nighttime driving experience is more than daytime driving experience, let alone on snowy and icy roads.