"Ah~!" Suddenly, Yang Yue let out a scream. She pointed tremblingly at a snow pit, her eyes filled with fear.
Upon seeing this, Chen Yu looked in the direction the other person was pointing.
On the edge of the snow pit, a pair of hands frozen solid were clearly visible, their fingers stiffly pointing to the sky, as if they were making a silent cry for help to the world in despair.
The skin on those hands had been eroded by the severe cold, losing its original color and becoming pale and fragile, as if it would shatter at the slightest touch.
Chen Yu was startled. He raised his assault rifle and cautiously approached the snow pit.
The next scene made Chen Yu frown. There were more than twenty corpses lying in the snow pit. These corpses were thinly dressed and covered with ice and snow. Their faces were distorted, revealing the horror and despair they had experienced before they died.
It is clear that they were murdered in an organized and premeditated manner.
Chen Yu's gaze swept across the corpses, searching for any possible clues.
He noticed that the bodies all had similar wounds, which appeared to have been caused by the same weapon.
To his further surprise, several of the bodies were found with handcuffs on their wrists, suggesting they may have been murdered while in captivity.
After pondering for a moment, Chen Yu had already made up his mind. These people were probably Lao Zhao's men, who had been silenced after helping Lao Zhao's group deliver the supplies to the mine.
Of course, this was just his guess, and he had no interest in the truth anymore.
After all, this is an extremely cold apocalypse, and countless people die every day. He doesn't have time to find answers for every single one of the dead.
"Alright, let's go," Chen Yu said to Yang Yue.
As she spoke, she took out a sled directly from the other-dimensional space. Yang Yue was still in shock. She quickly got on the sled, wanting to leave this place as soon as possible.
With the roar of the sled starting up, they quickly drove away from this sinful place filled with the aura of death.
Once they reached an open area, Chen Yu took out his walkie-talkie and called out to Lin Lele and the others.
To his relief, Lin Lele and the others had not fallen into the ground; they had been stuck in the middle when the road surface sank, but had long since escaped.
They were still organizing villagers to dig and rescue people at the scene.
Upon learning of this situation, Chen Yu did not delay any longer. He took out a special laptop from the interdimensional space and then connected to the reconnaissance satellite given to him by the mysterious netizen.
They used satellites to locate Lin Lele and the others, and then rushed there without stopping.
After an hour's drive, Chen Yu and his companion finally returned to the road where they had fallen into the underground.
The road was bustling with noise as a group of villagers ate on the open ground by the roadside. They all looked exhausted but also relieved.
The huge snow pit in the middle of the road was piled with mud and rocks, clearly the result of their labor over the past two days.
Seeing Chen Yu and Yang Yue return unharmed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Young man, it's good that you're back, it's good that you're back. We thought you two had perished!" Song Liangping said with a face full of self-reproach. "If something had really happened to you, I'm afraid I would never be able to forgive myself for the rest of my life."
Chen Yu smiled upon hearing this and said, "This is not your fault. In fact, I should thank you for organizing such a large-scale rescue operation!"
Upon hearing this, Song Liangping scratched his head somewhat awkwardly. Just as he was about to explain, Lin Lele suddenly rushed over angrily and shouted, "Thank them? If I hadn't promised them 100 kilograms of rice each if I dug up your body, they would have run away long ago!"
As soon as Lin Lele finished speaking, the surrounding villagers smiled awkwardly, and the atmosphere became somewhat heavy for a moment.
Chen Yu was also slightly taken aback, then smiled and said, "It's alright. No matter what, the weather is so bad, the fact that everyone stayed to help is the greatest kindness."
After a moment's hesitation, Chen Yu said to Song Liangping and the others, "Everyone, please eat first. I have something to announce to you later."
"It's about you being cheated out of food," Chen Yu added.
These words immediately caused an uproar at the scene, and everyone forgot about eating.
They all crowded around Chen Yu, their faces filled with eagerness and anticipation.
"Young man, you...you mean you have information about Zhao Deping and his gang of beasts?" Song Liangping's voice trembled slightly, and his eyes gleamed with hope.
"Okay." Chen Yu nodded. "Let's eat first. I'll tell you the details about this after dinner."
Although the villagers were extremely anxious, seeing Chen Yu's calm expression and being persuaded by Song Liangping, they had no choice but to suppress their anxiety and return to their seats to continue eating.
Seeing that Chen Yu had dismissed the villagers, Lin Lele walked up to Chen Yu, grabbed his arm, and said excitedly, "Sir, I knew you were a lucky man who would be protected by heaven, and that bad people would live a long life. Nothing bad would happen to you!"
"You even asked the villagers to dig up my corpse, and you still have the nerve to say that?" Chen Yu said irritably.
"I..." Lin Lele was speechless for a moment, her face turning red.
Just then, her arm, which was holding Chen Yu's, was suddenly pulled away.
Lin Lele turned her head in surprise and saw Yang Yue staring at her with an unfriendly expression.
"Oh! Yueyue, you're alright too, that's great! You have no idea how worried I was about you these past two days!" Lin Lele seemed completely oblivious to Yang Yue's displeasure and excitedly hugged her.
Yang Yue broke free from her grasp and said in a deep voice, "Chen Yu and I came back together!"
Lin Lele was a little taken aback when she heard this. She scratched her head and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Really? I really didn't notice just now. I'm sorry, Yueyue!"
Yang Yue rolled her eyes at her and didn't reply.
At this moment, Qiao Meng also ran over and said to Chen Yu, "Mr. Chen Yu, I have prepared a table of your favorite dishes. Hurry up and eat, or they will not taste good if they get cold."
"Haha~" Chen Yu laughed, "Xiao Qiao is so thoughtful, knowing that I haven't been eating well these past two days and my stomach is almost protesting!"
He patted Qiao Meng on the shoulder, his eyes filled with praise.
Then he gave Lin Lele a disdainful look and said, "Learn more from Xiao Qiao in the future, do more practical things, and stop making a fuss all day long."
After saying that, he walked towards the sled caravan, which had several potholes on it, clearly indicating that it had suffered a lot of damage from the sinkhole two days ago.
Seeing Chen Yu leave, Qiao Meng followed closely behind, and Lin Lele stomped her foot and followed as well.
Yang Yue stood there blankly, watching their departing figures, seemingly lost in thought.
It was only after Lin Lele reminded her that she followed.
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