The ice layer was so thick that a little light could see through from the outside.

They had to find a way to save themselves. Of the eight people in their group, only he and Amu remained. They had fallen from the cliff, and they didn't know what had happened to Li Si and the others.

Gu Yanci had hired experienced mountaineering teams, but they were only the team leaders and didn't know what they were looking for. Now they've lost contact, and it's unclear whether anyone outside knows they're missing.

Opposite the ice layer is what looks like a cave, but you can't see inside. It's so dark it looks like the gaping maw of a monster, which is terrifying.

Gu Yanci stood up, supporting himself against the mountainside. Amu wanted to help him up, but Gu Yanci stopped him.

"It's just one leg that's broken; the other one is still usable."

I reached for the satellite phone, but there was no signal. It seems the magnetic field here has disconnected all electronic devices from the outside world.

"Amu, go ahead and explore to see where it leads. Come back every ten minutes to make sure it's safe."

Amu nodded, took out a glow stick from his bag, and snapped it open. The glow stick lit up instantly, and he slowly and cautiously extended it forward.

Chu Xingyue had already led her team to slowly approach a group of people.

They looked like a search and rescue team; they were talking so loudly that they didn't even notice Chu Xingyue and the others approaching.

"Don't bother looking anymore. If you fall into the ice, you're sure to die. Even if you don't die, you'll starve or freeze to death."

One of them was trying to persuade the other person.

"What did you say? Aren't you a search and rescue team? Where would a search and rescue team abandon a rescue?"

"Pah!" A fierce-looking man spat out a mouthful of phlegm.

"I don't want to die here. If you want to save me, go save me yourselves. I'm not doing it anymore."

As she spoke, she picked up her belongings and tried to leave, but before she could even put her bag on her back, the impatient man grabbed her by the back of her collar and punched her.

"You cowardly coward, if the search and rescue team has someone like you, it might as well not be called a search and rescue team, it should be called a team that refuses to help those in distress."

The person who was hit came to his senses and punched the person opposite him, and the two started fighting.

The two groups quickly went over to break up the fight.

"Stop hitting him, young man. We don't know how thick the ice is. Even if we wanted to save him, we couldn't. Nobody wants to lose their life trying to save someone. We all have families to support, so please understand."

The young man, sitting on the ground panting heavily, had tears welling up in his eyes.

"Get out of here, we don't need your help. If you're afraid of dying, don't pretend to be so noble."

Someone from the team advocating for rescue spoke up.

"I'm not putting up with this anymore. I finally found you guys, so my mission is complete. Now it's your problem that you're short-handed. Go ahead and try to save people, but be careful you don't end up being wiped out before you even save anyone." The man who was sitting on the ground crying stopped crying, pulled off his cold-weather mask, and jumped up from the ground. Before his hand could even reach the man, the man covered his mouth and nose and bent over.

"Hmm."

I put my hand down and saw the teeth and blood falling onto my hand.

Everyone present tensed up and became alert upon seeing this scene.

The man, who hadn't even had time to lower his hand, turned around.

Squinting, I saw a person slowly walking towards me against the light, followed by a group of fully armed people who gradually emerged.

"We don't need you here anymore, go down the mountain."

Chu Xingyue, her eyes behind her goggles, looked at the search and rescue team and said in a deep voice.

"Damn it, what about the fact that you injured me? You think you can just kick me out after you've used me?"

The man, who had lost two front teeth, spoke with a slight lisp. His teammates couldn't see his face or guess his identity, so they quickly tugged at his clothes, signaling him to stop talking.

"How do you want to calculate this?" Chu Xingyue said, tossing a fist-sized stone into the air with her hand behind her back. The man saw that this stone was much larger than the pebble that had just been thrown and immediately fell silent.

"Pah, I guess I'm just unlucky. I'm not putting up with you guys anymore." With that, they grabbed their things and ran away as if fleeing.

"Young man, it's not that we don't want to save you, it's just that we don't want to die. If you don't want to die, you should come down the mountain sooner rather than later. We can't save you, so give up."

"Brother, just get lost and stop talking nonsense." Li Le couldn't stand it anymore and kicked the man who was talking.

The man who was kicked and staggered was also a little embarrassed and angry.

“They’re not kind-hearted. Let’s go, let them go and rescue them. I want to see if they can even make it down the mountain alive.” With that, he led a group of people down the mountain in a flurry.

"Thank you, we will find a way to save ourselves."

After finishing his sentence, the man lowered his head in disappointment. Before setting off, his boss had emphasized the importance of this mission without even telling him. He had only come along, but he never expected it to turn out like this. If he had known, he would have stayed by his boss's side back then.

"Brother Li, are you giving up before you've even started? That's not like you at all." A teasing remark rang out, sounding somewhat familiar.

Li Si raised his head and looked at the person speaking in front of him with a puzzled expression.

Chu Xingyue reached out and took off her goggles and pulled down her face mask.

Li Si stared blankly at Chu Xingyue in front of him.

"Don't you recognize me? Weren't you going to take your sister out for drinks?"

"Little An'an?"

"It's me," Chu Xingyue said with a tilted head and a smile.

"Aren't you still in school? How did you end up in such a dangerous place?"

Li Si was unaware of Chu Xingyue's abilities and only thought of her as an ordinary military academy student, so the surprise on his face gradually faded.

"Set up camp here and rest here tonight," Chu Xingyue instructed the team behind her.

The terrain here is flat and suitable for resting at night.

"yes"

The people who received the order acted quickly and began to work immediately.

"Can you tell me where Gu Yanci fell off the ice?" Chu Xingyue sat down next to Li Si, who was sitting with his head down.

"How did you know my brother was in trouble?" Li Si suddenly looked up in shock.

"Is it possible that I came here to save him?" Chu Xingyue turned to look at Li Si and said calmly.

"What did you say? Aren't you a top-performing military academy student? How do you know about this? If I hadn't come along, I wouldn't have known my brother was here."

"Is it possible that I actually know about this?"

"Otherwise, why do you think my sister is here?"

A sweet, charming voice sounded from behind.

Li Si turned his head and saw a petite girl who wasn't wearing a face mask. She was a delicate-looking young woman, but now was not the time to pay attention to that.

"You look quite smart, but the questions you ask sound like you're an idiot." Chu Jiaojiao wasn't going to tolerate him; daring to question An An was an insult.

"Li Sige"

Xia Yiyang's voice also rang out from behind.

"Cousin"