"No, no, no, it's my fault. If I hadn't called you, you wouldn't have..."
"Can you come out now? If not, I'll come and rescue you."
As for Tong Xianbao, it's just that he's unlucky.
"You can't get out, you..." Geng Zhixing wanted to ask Xiong Jianwei to help him, but when he saw Sun Sainan, he immediately changed his mind: "Dude, help me!"
Sun Sainan was speechless, but still said, "Wait."
Geng Zhixing nodded hurriedly: "Okay, okay!"
Xiong Jianwei pulled hard on Tong Xianbao, while Sun Sainan pulled hard on Geng Zhixing.
With great difficulty, Sun Sainan managed to pull Geng Zhixing out of the trap.
Geng Zhixing, looking like he'd just escaped a disaster, patted his chest and said, "This is really weird, it's like a swamp here."
Sun Sainan ignored him and turned to help Xiong Jianwei, but still said, "Maybe you just stepped into a pit."
Geng Zhixing nodded: "That's right. With such a huge tsunami and so much seawater, it's not impossible for the road to be washed away or submerged."
The two walked over to Xiong Jianwei, reached into the mud and groped around for a while. One of them grabbed his arm and the other pulled him by the waist, and with all their might, they finally pulled Tong Xianbao out.
Sun Sainan tried to breathe under his nose, then shook her head regretfully: "He's out of breath."
“It won’t be long, let’s try to give him first aid,” Xiong Jianwei said.
“Even if we need emergency care, this isn’t the place. It’s all mud here, we can’t get any strength in it.” Geng Zhixing said, “Let’s go back first.”
The group took turns carrying Tong Xianbao ashore, and on the way they met Li Sikai: "Are you all alright?"
"It's nothing, it's just that we couldn't get the bracelet back." The group looked somewhat dejected.
Li Sikai patted them on the shoulder: "It's good that everyone is alright. I've told you so many times, the mission is secondary, safety comes first. How come you forget all that as soon as something happens?"
Xiong Jianwei's nose tingled, and this grown man said in a nasal voice, "We've been chasing this for years, and to fail like this is a bit hard to accept. To be honest, it was our carelessness."
"Yeah, we all know how important that thing is to the Alliance."
Li Sikai sighed: "Not as important as you guys."
It's just a space. If they didn't have it, wouldn't their Qinghua Kingdom be in trouble?
It's just a storage and transportation tool. If they run out of space, they still have trucks and airplanes. It's just a little more effort.
Li Sikai thought to himself nonchalantly, unaware that he would soon be slapped in the face.
"Alright, let's go back."
Li Sikai took Tong Xianbao from Geng Zhixing's back and immediately noticed the difference.
"He's not breathing anymore?"
"Yes, we found it too late; it had been buried in the mud for several minutes."
"We thought we'd take him back first, maybe he could be saved with some emergency treatment."
"It doesn't matter if we don't survive, because we did our best."
"It's a bit of a pity that we couldn't find Lu Nanfang."
Li Sikai nodded: "It's all fate. From now on, don't mention Yuan Ruoxi and Lu Nanfang anymore. Very few people here know about space ability users. If we can just erase the news, that would be a good thing."
Even if it's not possible, Lu Nanfang still managed to steal the spatial vessel in full view of everyone. Our lives will be much easier from now on.”
Now that they have nothing in their hands, they shouldn't be targeted anymore, right?
What Li Sikai didn't know was that the matter of space was far from over. In fact, for many years afterward, he regretted completing the mission so easily.
I really regret it now!
The group quickly reached the shore, and onlookers, seeing the five in such a sorry state, came to help.
However, when they touched Tong Xianbao's body, which had no pulse, they were shocked. "He...he...he's not breathing?"
"He was stuck in the mud and was already like this when he was rescued," Geng Zhixing said simply before preparing to perform CPR on Tong Xianbao.
Xiong Jianwei pulled him along: "I'll do it!"
Geng Zhixing didn't know why Lao Xiong was so enthusiastic today, so he nodded and didn't argue.
Bystanders noticed something amiss and asked, "Hey, wasn't there another woman who hasn't come back yet?"
"Wait, I heard a woman scream at first. Could something have happened to that woman?"
Sun Sainan nodded with a sorrowful expression: "Yes, we hadn't even gotten there when she was buried in the mud. Because we were so far away, we couldn't even see where she was. It's a real shame; we didn't even have a chance to save her."
She... can finally rest in peace!
If Sun Sainan hadn't looked so grief-stricken, the onlookers would have burst out laughing. What kind of devilish statement was that?
However, some people pointed out the key points: "Why did the woman run away? Also, I heard the man shout something about a bracelet."
Knowing that he couldn't leave this unresolved, Li Sikai said, mixing truth with falsehood, "That bracelet was a family heirloom of our companion. She passed away from illness, and as a result, her best friend coveted it and stole it."
The man who was rescued is our companion's partner. He wanted to keep the bracelet as a keepsake, but...
They probably didn't expect such an unexpected turn of events.
This statement sounds reasonable at first glance, but the flaws in it are self-evident.
Those with simple minds believed it. But some quick-thinking individuals always felt that there was a hidden truth behind it.
But since they didn't say anything, they couldn't keep pressing the issue. They nodded and shifted their attention to Tong Xianbao.
Xiong Jianwei tried to give Tong Xianbao mouth-to-mouth resuscitation for a long time, but Tong Xianbao didn't respond. Finally, he ran out of strength and gave up.
"It's probably beyond saving," Xiong Jianwei said.
Li Sikai patted him on the shoulder: "Just do your best."
Xiong Jianwei nodded: "Take him back and bury him with Yuan Ruoxi." It would be a way for them to keep each other company.
Li Sikai didn't refute, but bent down and picked up Tong Xianbao.
The group led the onlookers back to the thatched hut, where they found the little girl they had been entrusted with standing at the door with an angry expression.
"Hey, what the hell do you mean? The person inside clearly has the plague, but you didn't report it and even tricked me into coming here to take care of him. Are you trying to get me infected with the plague too?"
Li Sikai: "...I only asked you to keep an eye on things, I didn't ask you to go in and move the body or anything else."
The little girl looked embarrassed and glared at Li Sikai with great indignation.
Li Sikai was puzzled, but he still thanked the girl: "Thank you for your help tonight. When I have time tomorrow, I will pick some wild vegetables for you as payment."
The little girl stomped her foot and said, "Who the hell wants your wild vegetables? I'm not going to die." She pushed aside the onlookers and ran away.
The onlookers were completely dumbfounded.
What did they hear?
Plague, isn't that right!
"Oh no! Their companion died of disease. We were in contact with them for so long just now, could we have been infected?!"
"Damn it, how can you people be so inconsiderate? You were the ones who wanted to isolate plague patients, and now you're the ones who are breaking the rules!"
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