"The jump point has been opened?" Lan Yu blurted out.

"Yes……"

"But the military didn't inform us. Couldn't they detect that the jump point had been opened?"

"If we add shielding data to the system, it won't be detectable." Lu Rankong's voice became solemn.

The two ran all the way, crossing the criss-crossing snow gullies, and soon saw the lonely buildings of the jump station.

"Here we are, let's go take a look."

Lan Yu panted, stood at the door of the control room, and said, "This door has been opened before. Did you open it yesterday?"

Lu Rankong operated the information lock skillfully and said, "Yes, when I turned on the energy supply system yesterday, I brought the engineers to unlock the information lock."

The information lock made a sound of passing, and the door opened a crack with a click. Lu Rankong pushed it inside, and the two walked in.

It was dark inside. Lu Rankong pressed a button at the door, and a row of lights lit up instantly.

He walked inside, and Lan Yu quickly followed, looking around the main control room as he walked.

This is a hall. It is not complicated inside. There are some closed instruments on both sides. The space is quite large. Passing through the hall, there is a passage ahead, at the end of which is a silver-white metal door.

Lu Rankong said: "Behind that metal door is the jump point control room. I didn't go in yesterday. I just turned on the energy supply system from outside."

The two walked to the door and stopped. Lu Rankong leaned in to look at the information lock and said to Lan Yu, "The lock is good and has not been damaged by violence."

"Then can we go in?" Lan Yu asked.

Lu Rankong frowned and said, "This lock is of the highest confidentiality level and is difficult to crack. We don't have much time. I'll find Liu Deng and ask the information soldier to enter my information as quickly as possible--"

drop……

The information lock flashed green, made a sound of passing, and the door of the control room opened a crack.

Lan Yu looked at her palm in surprise and said, "I just reached out and touched it casually."

Lu Rankong's expression suddenly changed. "The program of this lock has been modified, and the confidentiality level has been reduced to the lowest. Someone must have entered."

The moment the door opened, the lights in the control room came on and the two of them slowly walked in.

This is a large room filled with various instruments. Amidst the buzzing sound, all the instruments were being started up and working in an orderly manner.

Several floating three-dimensional screens in the air display various data and images.

In the largest screen in the middle, a huge round hole, which was darker than the surrounding colors, hung quietly in the air.

The screen next to it showed a gray-white planet below the black hole, which was Weiya.

Even if she didn't understand it, Lan Yu knew that this black hole-like thing floating in the space was the jump point.

"The jump point has indeed been opened." He murmured.

Lu Rankong didn't say anything and directly opened the terminal on his wrist to connect.

After a moment, the terminal was connected, and Liu Deng's voice sounded: "Colonel Lu, I have received your report on the completion of the mission. The starship is ready at any time-"

Lu Rankong interrupted him, "The jump point has been activated."

"What?"

Lu Rankong repeated in a deep voice: "The jump point to Qichu Star has been activated."

After a few seconds of silence, Liu Deng asked, "Are you sure?"

"Sure..." Lu Rankong said and turned on the camera, allowing him to directly see the situation in the control room.

Lan Yu seemed to hear Liu Deng take a breath, but her tone was still steady: "You should go back to the starship. The military will send someone to the jump station immediately. The hurricane is coming soon. Don't worry about the jump point. Safety is the most important thing."

"Yes..." Lu Rankong closed the terminal.

"What if someone went to Qichu Star through the jump point before the military arrived?" Lan Yu asked.

Lu Rankong walked to the largest host computer, stretched out his hands to operate the densely packed buttons, and said, "So we have to temporarily shut down the jump point above our heads, and let the military professionals handle the rest."

Lan Yu saw that he was very skilled in operating the host and couldn't help asking, "Can you do this too?"

Lu Rankong glanced at him and said, "When I was studying in the military academy, the course of space manipulation was also very good. I guess you only knew how to fight and kill at that time, and you didn't learn much about these, right?"

Lan Yu didn't know that she had attended military school, so she didn't say anything.

"But we were not in the same academy at that time. You studied mecha and I studied command, and neither of us met you." There was a hint of regret in Lu Rankong's voice.

Lan Yu thought, it would be better if we haven’t met before, but if we have met, you and K will become mortal enemies in advance.

After Lu Rankong adjusted a few more buttons, all the instruments stopped working and the buzzing startup sound disappeared. Lan Yu saw that the black hole on the three-dimensional display screen showing the transition point was slowly shrinking.

"Okay, don't worry about the rest. The military will take care of it. Let's go back to the starship now." Lu Rankong took him and rushed out of the main control room.

The wind was blowing outside the main control room, and the snow was blown into the air, blocking the view, and the whole world looked chaotic.

The two quickly climbed to the ground, crossed the half-buried gate of the jump station, and ran towards the starship.

"How long will it take for the hurricane to arrive?" Lan Yu looked at the dark sky and asked.

The sound of the wind became very loud, sharp and piercing, the whistle echoing across the entire glacier, and it reached his ears through the cold-proof hood, making him feel a little uneasy.

"There are still about twenty minutes left. Don't be afraid, we'll still make it." Lu Rankong's voice came from the intercom, very calm and reliable, which made him feel at ease again.

The wind and snow had blocked their vision. The two could only rely on the terminal to determine the direction and run hard on the ice.

"Tighten... let go..." Lu Rankong's voice became intermittent, and there was a crackling sound of electricity. It was obvious that the wind and snow had interfered with the signal, making the intercom effect not very good.

He shook Lu Rankong's hand vigorously, meaning he understood.

The visual range continued to decrease, and only one meter away could be seen clearly. Lan Yu knew that there were many hidden trenches on the ice, so he could only open his eyes wide and try his best to see more clearly.

The two were blown crooked by the wind and could no longer run, so they could only walk carefully. Fortunately, when one of them was about to fall, he would be held tightly by the other.

The whole world has become so full of dangers and unpredictable risks. The only people we can rely on are the people around us, supporting each other and moving forward.

She didn't know how far she had walked or how far she had left to go. Lan Yu only felt that her hands and feet were so frozen that she had no feeling at all. He didn't know whether he and Lu Rankong were still holding hands, so he glanced sideways from time to time to make sure that their hands had not separated.

He raised his left arm to wipe the snow off his cold-proof hood, then lowered his head and wiped it twice when he saw a dark ditch suddenly appear in front of him, crossing the road.

"careful!"

As soon as he uttered these two words, he felt his body being pulled sideways by Lu Rankong. After staggering two steps and standing firm, he found that the right hand that was holding Lu Rankong's was empty.

He hurriedly reached out to grab something nearby, but caught nothing.

"Lu Rankong, Lu Rankong." He called out twice, but there was no response.

Lan Yu thought of something and rushed towards the ditch, kneeling on it and looking down.

This is a long crack formed on the ice surface, half a meter wide, like a beast with its dark mouth open, and there is no bottom below.

"Lu Rankong, Lu Rankong." He knelt on the ice next to the crack and shouted downwards twice.

The sound echoed in the crack and was sent far away, but still no response was heard.

Lan Yu stood up and looked around, but all she saw was a vast expanse of snow. Except for the one-meter square area in front of her, the rest of the area was blocked by snow and she could not see anything clearly.

He began to shudder and tremble uncontrollably, as if he was standing naked in the snow, from head to toe, every inch of his skin and every drop of his blood were frozen, and his heart was covered with thick white frost.

But sweat was flowing out again, sliding down the corners of his forehead into his eyes, stinging his eyes and making them blurry.

He lay down again and tilted his ear to listen to the movement in the crack, but there was still no sound.

"Lu Rankong, Lu Rankong." His voice was so hoarse that he could hardly hear it clearly. His right hand, which was supporting the snow, was shaking uncontrollably.

"Calm down, calm down. He didn't fall. It's impossible for him to disappear without a sound. Calm down and go find him."

Lan Yu held her trembling right hand with her left hand and tried hard to stand up. After falling twice, he stood up straight and walked to the right where Lu Rankong was just now, calling his name as he walked.

He tried to open the mecha ring on his wrist, but after turning it several times, the mecha failed to start due to insufficient energy. It flashed green light and returned to normal.

"Open it, open it quickly." He twisted the mech ring repeatedly and felt so helpless for the first time.

Even though he had encountered countless difficulties, even though he had suddenly traveled to a strange world, he had never felt as helpless as he did now.

He continued to walk forward in the wind and snow, trying his best to see his surroundings clearly. Just when he was becoming more and more desperate, a small dark color suddenly appeared in his eyes, faintly visible outside the snow, and was particularly eye-catching.

His heart began to beat wildly and he stumbled over. He knelt on the ground and picked it up. He found that it was the dark brown gun handle cover he had knitted for Lu Rankong, with a furry ball of thread hanging on it.

Lan Yu quickly got up, looked around and continued running forward. After running a few steps, he heard a vague sound in the wind and snow.

"Xiaoyu...Yu..."

"I'm here, I'm here..." Lan Yu murmured in disbelief, and then shouted with all her strength: "I'm here, Lu Rankong, I'm here. Where are you?"

At this moment, he felt the blood in his body begin to flow, his heart began to beat, and he seemed to be alive again. He was so excited and happy that he almost burst into tears.

He calmed himself down, stood still and looked around, then ran back to the ditch, looked down, and took a breath.

——Lu Rankong was hanging in a deep ditch, holding on to a stone on the wall with just his two hands, and he was about to fall down at any time.

"I hear...you can't hear me..."

"I know, I know, there was something wrong with the intercom, I couldn't hear you just now."

Lan Yu quickly lay down, reached out to grab one of his wrists and pulled him up, but Lu Rankong shook his head at him, looking up and saying something. But there was moisture on the cold-proof hood, so I couldn't see clearly.

Lan Yu was anxious and wanted to take off the cold-proof hood. When Lu Rankong saw his action, he shook his head even more.

"Don't take it off...please...put your foot...on the stick..." A few words finally came through the intercom.

Lan Yu immediately understood what he meant, leaned forward to look at his feet, and discovered that his feet were stuck between two very narrow ditch walls, unable to move.

"Don't worry, I'll come to save you. I'll take your foot out."

Lan Yu looked around, but there was nothing around. He quickly took off the ion gun on his back, turned on the safety, and extended the long gun barrel down to poke the frozen soil that was stuck on Lu Rankong's feet.

The permafrost on this planet has been formed for tens of thousands of years and is as hard as steel. He poked it several times with all his strength, but only scraped off a layer of the surface.

The wind and snow got stronger, and Lan Yu was almost blown off the ground. The sky was as dark as night. He knew that a hurricane was coming, but he still hammered on the frozen ground without any hesitation, but his movements were a little faster.

"Go quickly, a hurricane is coming, go quickly." The intercom was finally restored, and Lu Rankong's anxious voice came into his ears.

Lan Yu ignored him and gritted her teeth as she poked the frozen soil, trying to get her entire upper body into the cracks in the ice. She used all her strength in her hands that were tightly gripping the gun handle.

A strong wind blew past, and he was blown forward and almost fell into the ice crack. Hearing Lu Rankong's exclamation, he quickly stepped back to take down the military supply bag, took out a flat box from it, pulled out the buckle connected with the metal wire and hooked it on his belt, and the flat box was placed on the ice.

After securing himself, he didn't bother looking back to see what was happening or where the hurricane was. He had only one thought in his mind, which was to rescue Lu Rankong as soon as possible.

"Look, I'm very safe in this crack. It's a good thing that my feet are stuck, so I can't fall down and the wind can't blow me away. You can hide in that canyon first. The wind is not strong there. Wait until the hurricane is over and then come out to pick me up, okay?" After the intercom was restored, Lu Rankong was heard talking non-stop in a hoarse voice.

"Xiaoyu, baby, listen to me and go to the canyon first, okay? Don't let Brother Leopard worry. You see, when the wind passes, Brother Leopard will come out and look for you everywhere--"

"Shut up! I won't leave!" Lan Yu interrupted him fiercely, his hands moving non-stop, "If you want me to be safe, don't disturb me at this time, and save some strength for yourself."

"Xiao Yu..." Lu Rankong called softly, with a pleading tone and deep pain.

The dark clouds in the sky gathered together, forming a huge vortex that covered the entire sky. In the middle, a thick column of wind connected to the ground and was moving rapidly towards this side.

Lu Rankong looked up at the sky, suddenly stopped talking, and his expression became calm.

Lan Yu was knocking on the frozen soil breathlessly, not noticing that the way he stared at her was a little strange, focused and greedy, as if he wanted to remember everything about the person in front of him, and also with the reluctance and attachment to the separation.

"It will be fine soon, just hold on for another minute." Lan Yu said with his head down, hammering the frozen soil hard.

Lu Rankong said nothing, but slowly loosened his grip on the stone...

"Look, another piece has fallen off. You will be able to get out soon." Lan Yu did not notice his movements and continued to speak breathlessly.

Just when Lu Rankong was about to loosen his fingers completely, his eyes suddenly fell on the mecha ring on Lan Yu's wrist. He paused, a strange light flashed in his eyes, and his fingers gripped the stone again.

"Xiaoyu, take off your mecha ring quickly." He said loudly in a hurried tone.

Lan Yu was stunned for only a second before he reacted. Without asking any more questions, he immediately put down the ion gun in his hand and took off the mecha ring on his hand.

The mecha ring clicked and fell into his thickly gloved palm.

"Take mine off again, quickly." Lu Rankong said again.

Lan Yu lay on the ground and stretched out her upper body to take off the mecha ring on his wrist.

"Hold the ring and bend it in the middle, take out the energy chip inside, break the upper halves of the two energy chips, and connect the lower halves together." Lu Rankong continued: "The energy of the mecha is not completely exhausted. The mecha ring is closed for protection. As long as it is forced to start, it can still hold on for a while."

Lan Yu's hands were so frozen that he had no feeling. He did this process clumsily, and the energy block fell to the ground twice.

"Don't worry, don't panic, baby, you can do it, don't worry."

Lu Rankong's steady voice calmed him down a lot, and he finally completed all the steps smoothly.

"See that line sticking out of the middle of the ring? Twist the energy block and the line together and try again."

Lan Yu began to twist the thread, even his breathing was very light, sweat hung on his eyelashes, he blinked hard to let it drip.

The huge column of wind was getting closer and closer, and he felt a little dizzy due to the wind, and his feet were off the ground. Fortunately, the metal wire around his waist fixed to the ice surface held him back and prevented him from being blown away by the wind.

But even so, he only focused on twisting the energy block and the wire together, not caring at all that his feet were already in the air and his whole body was floating.

"Start after the connection is complete! If you can't succeed, run, run now, and leave here as quickly as possible." Lu Rankong shouted almost at the top of his lungs: "Remember! Run now!"

Amid the deafening howling of the wind, Lan Yu activated the mecha ring in his hand.

I saw a bright light flashing in the mecha ring, the ground shook slightly, and a huge mecha rose from the ground and stood silently in the wind and snow.

Lan Yu rushed towards the open mecha cabin. The moment he entered the cabin, the flat box stuck to the ice surface broke into pieces under the weight.

The wind column was already right behind him, like a giant beast with a huge mouth, stirring up snow foam all over the sky and rushing over him.

The 999 mecha leaned forward slightly, and one of its giant steel arms grabbed Lu Rankong in the ice crack, while the other clenched into a fist and hit the ice surface beside him, causing a large block of frozen soil to collapse and fall into the depths of the ice crack.

The moment Lu Rankong's feet were freed from the restraints, the mecha took off from the ground and flew rapidly forward.

The place where they were just now was instantly swallowed up by the hurricane.