Chapter 720: You actually wanted to!

Xiao Jie smiled sheepishly at everyone, then sat down and looked outside.

"Whoosh!!! Boom!!"

A loud noise suddenly came from the mountain forest where a torrential rain was pouring down.

Duan Chunjie and Li Dalong immediately stood up, grabbed their raincoats, and ran quickly toward the source of the noise.

The captain opened his bag, took out a prepared raincoat, and handed it to Gu Yin: "Shall we go take a look?"

Gu Yin nodded, put on her raincoat, and quickly followed after Xiao Jie, ignoring him beside her.

The sound came from the lakeside. When Gu Yin and the captain arrived, Duan Chunjie and Li Dalong were observing from below.

Gu Kan quickly went down and looked at the huge rock in front of her. She looked around and followed the marks to find that the rock had rolled down from the mountain.

"Is this a landslide?" The rain was so loud that Gu Yin could hardly hear her, so she could only shout.

Upon hearing this, Li Dalong shook his head: "Experts have been coming here to inspect the environment. If there were any signs of a landslide, they would have sent people to deal with it long ago. It must have been an accident."

Gu Yin looked at the stone in front of her, which was more than two meters high and more than one meter wide. It was covered in mud. Judging from the marks on the top, it should have been about half a meter long before it was buried in the ground.

"001, please scan to see if someone pushed it down."

After a while, 001 spoke up: "No, it's because of the rain. They set up a rest area here before and moved some soil and stones. Although they took precautions, these stones were right next to us. When it rains heavily, the soil becomes soft and it's normal for them to roll down."

Knowing that it wasn't man-made, Gu Yin felt relieved.

After observing for a while, Duan Chunjie stood up and looked at Li Dalong: "This rock has damaged the lake's protective barrier. The rain is getting heavier and heavier. Go and get some tools. We need to repair the protective barrier."

The so-called protective line is actually a deep ditch. This ditch is used to collect water from the lake. Like today's heavy rain, if it keeps raining, the lake water will rise and overflow. With this protective line, the lake water will not directly impact what they are growing. They can also open a small opening to slowly irrigate the plants.

Li Dalong nodded, ran up in a few quick steps, and soon came back down with some hoes and shovels, followed by Xiao Jie.

"Dig out the soil that fell in, and hurry up, otherwise the lake might overflow. Once it overflows, the hoes and shovels will be useless. We need to be quick."

Duan Chunjie took a shovel and entered the ditch, stepping on the other loose stones that had slid down with him, and began to shovel out the soil.

"You come and help too! Many hands make light work!" Gu Yin looked at the team leader: "I won't wander off, I'll stay right here."

His duty was to protect Gu Yin; nothing else mattered to him. Since Gu Yin had asked him for help, he would go down.

Gu Yin then looked at Xiao Jie: "You..."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jie immediately shook his head: "I won't go down. I'm afraid I'll make things worse. This is a crucial moment, and we can't afford to delay." He wouldn't go down; he might get corroded if he wasn't careful. He didn't want to go down.

Gu Yin: "...Alright, then go and move some stones over. The stones on the dam have been crushed and are no longer usable."

Xiao Jie nodded upon hearing this, "Then I'll go." He then took the basket and went to find the stones.

After everyone left, Gu Yin looked around the place, then walked to the boulder, placed her fair and slender hands on the stone, took a deep breath, and then pushed the stone with a little force.

Duan Chunjie covered the embankment connected to the lake with the excavated soil, and when he looked up, he saw a scene that shocked him.

"Da Long, is your girl really strong?"

Li Dalong, who was digging in the soil, straightened up when he heard the leader's question. He was about to say no and that she could stay up there when he saw Gu Yin pushing the boulder. He was immediately dumbfounded.

"It is quite big! During her military training, her instructor suggested that she enlist through the special talent channel, but she refused, only wanting to do experiments. So, sir, please don't even think about it!"

Duan Chunjie: "...Do you have some misunderstanding about some of the big ones? Now that you're here, can you ask around for me? This guy is such good military material, it would be a real shame if he didn't join the army!"

The captain next to him chuckled upon hearing this: "Commander Duan! Don't even think about it! Her brother is also in the army. He's called her several times, but she won't go. Don't underestimate me just because I'm a young boss. She's very clear-headed, knows what she wants to do, and is making tremendous efforts to achieve it. She's determined to move forward. Don't waste your time!"

Duan Chunjie thought to himself, his face even more furious. What should he do? He should ask around.

After Gu Yin moved the stone so it wouldn't obstruct their position, she returned and saw Duan Chunjie staring at her intently, his eyes burning with fervor—a look Gu Yin recognized all too well! Gu Yin paused for a moment, then quickly said, "I won't join the army. I'll do experiments; that will benefit the people just the same!"

Duan Chunjie, who had just opened his mouth but hadn't uttered a sound yet: "..." You'd better let me say what I want before you refuse!

"Aren't you going to consider it?"

Gu Yin shook her head: "No."

"Alright," Duan Chunjie nodded, then lowered his head and continued digging.

Ten minutes later, Xiao Jie returned with a basket of stones. Seeing the huge rock not far away, he exclaimed in surprise, "How did the stones get there!"

Gu Yin raised her eyebrows: "I pushed it."

Xiao Jie looked at Gu Yin's slender figure, his lips twitched, and seeing that no one else spoke, he nodded: "Yeah, yeah, you pushed her, you're great."

Gu Yin: "..." You don't believe me when I say it's really good? Fine, believe it or not.

"The rain is getting heavier. I'll go move some stones too. Let's finish this quickly so we can rest!" Gu Yin said, holding another basket.

Seeing the captain looking over, she pointed to a spot not far away: "I'm right there, you can see me as soon as you look up! Don't worry!"

He ran to a spot not far away, about ten meters away, and waved. Since there were no trees on the lake, it was bright on this side. The captain saw that the distance was indeed not far. After considering everything, he nodded and waved, which meant that he agreed to let Gu Yin move the stones there by herself.

Xiao Jie didn't want to be with Gu Yin, and when he saw that she went to another place, he didn't go over.

So, taking advantage of the rain and everyone being busy, Gu Yin took out the jade bottle and placed it directly by the lake, wedging it in a crevice in the rock so that it could collect water on its own.

Gu Yin moved the baskets around while observing them. After moving three baskets back and forth, the jade bottle was also full.

Gu Yin took back the jade bottle and immediately asked 001 to send it to the Medicine Sect. She also emphasized that the jade bottle was too inconvenient for collecting black water and asked the Medicine Sect to find a storage bottle that could be placed in the lake water and absorbed quickly without her having to make a fuss about it.

When the ditch was halfway finished, Zhou Wansheng and more than ten people arrived in a car.

Seeing that Gu Yin was alright, I finally felt relieved.

"Go back to the base or stay here?" Zhou Wansheng got out of the car and draped the awning over Gu Yin.

"Let's go back! There's nothing much to see here. Let's come back in a few days when the weather is better!"

Zhou Wansheng nodded upon hearing this and looked at the other three. Although he did not know Duan Chunjie, it did not prevent him from recognizing that the other party was not simple.

After exchanging greetings, Zhou Wansheng patted Li Dalong on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Not bad!"

Li Dalong grinned.

Apart from Li Dalong and Duan Chunjie, the other three went back with the car.