Chapter 173 Finding Traces
After bandaging the wounds, everyone quickly set off up the mountain.
There were fifteen teams heading up the mountain this time. They were called teams, but aside from the mercenary team's five ten-man teams, the other teams were mostly small groups of two to four people.
Jiang Zhan carried Qiao Yu on his back and swiftly shuttled through the dense forest, his speed was no different from if he was traveling alone.
"Azhan, are you tired? Put me down and walk by yourself." Qiao Yu lay on Jiang Zhan's back and gently wiped the slightly dampness from Jiang Zhan's forehead.
"Not tired." Jiang Zhan shook his head, his voice gentle, "With the help of the wind, it doesn't take much effort for me."
Qiao Yu felt sweet inside. She placed her chin on the crook of Jiang Zhan's neck and whispered into his ear, "Why don't we let Wang Zha follow us next time? Wang Zha is fast and big, so we can let him carry us."
In order to facilitate the change of route search when going down the mountain, Qiao Yu still let Wang Zha follow Cheng Sinian and Luo Zhenzhen in this grouping.
Jiang Zhan smiled and said, "Okay."
The area of the Central Peak is much larger than that of the South Peak. Even though the group has been divided into many teams and the search and rescue scope of each team has been reduced, the pressure on each group is still not small.
Qiao Yu looked up at the densely packed mutant plants in front of him and sighed softly.
Today is the fourth day since we received Professor Kang’s distress signal, but the search and rescue work has still made no progress.
I wonder if Professor Kang and the others have any supplies yet...
If you are injured, as long as the injury is not too serious, you still have a chance of survival; but if you are without food and water, the chance of survival will be greatly reduced...
Soon, another day passed.
Qiao Yu looked at the fog gradually emerging around him and was about to ask Jiang Zhan to stop and find a place to camp, but suddenly he heard the sound of fireworks exploding in the air.
Qiao Yu looked up instantly and saw a huge blue firework that had not yet dissipated.
"Blue fireworks!" Qiao Yu shouted excitedly, "Ah Zhan, hurry! They've found Professor Kang!"
Qiao Yu’s fireworks have always been in only three colors: yellow, blue and red.
From the beginning of this operation, Qiao Yu differentiated the meanings of the three colors of fireworks according to the content of the mission.
——Yellow means "Professor Kang's team has been found, and the surrounding area is safe and normal"; red means "No trace of Professor Kang's team has been found, but the search and rescue team members are in danger and request support."
The blue color means: traces of Professor Kang’s team have been found, but there are abnormalities around them.
Jiang Zhan changed direction and immediately ran towards the direction where the fireworks came from.
At the same time, other teams on the mountain were also struggling to rush in that direction.
"卍——"
An eagle's cry was heard, and Qiao Yu looked up and saw Yu Qingchuan circling in the air.
Yu Qingchuan circled above their heads, as if asking if they wanted a ride.
Qiao Yu raised his hands and waved them vigorously, then pointed in the direction of the fireworks, signaling him to go over quickly.
Yu Qingchuan understood Qiao Yu's gesture, so he didn't wait for them and rushed over.
This route was the search and rescue area of a certain group of Vultures. When Yu Qingchuan arrived, he found that the two members were leaning against two connected mutant trees, fighting a group of alien species.
The clothes of the two team members were obviously stained with blood and began to harden in the rapidly dropping temperature.
Yu Qingchuan couldn't tell how many wounds they had on their bodies, but seeing their increasingly strenuous movements, he could guess that they must be seriously injured.
Yu Qingchuan didn't dare to hesitate and dived down directly. His sharp claws killed several alien species in two strokes. Then he pulled them back while killing them, trying to lead them away from the two team members.
But the number of alien species was too large. Even if Yu Qingchuan led some of them away, there were still a large number of alien species attacking the two team members.
Seeing this, Yu Qingchuan wanted to try to bring the two of them out of the encirclement of the aliens.
But they stood in the depression between the two mutant trees, with their bodies stuck tightly in the groove.
Although this position can indeed block the alien species from the back and sides to the greatest extent, it also makes it difficult for Yu Qingchuan to start.
While Yu Qingchuan was circling at low altitude to kill the aliens, he was trying to find an opportunity to pull them out, but he failed after five attempts.
The two players were obviously running out of energy at this point.
They also saw Yu Qingchuan's intention to save them, but they were unable to move forward or backward. They could only lean against the tree, gasping for breath while insisting on killing the aliens. The hands holding the swords were shaking violently.
The sky was getting darker and the temperature was getting lower.
Looking at the dense alien army before them, a trace of despair flashed across their faces. But the next second, a fierce intent suddenly burst out from their eyes.
"Don't worry about it..." One of the team members wanted to shout something to Yu Qingchuan, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he spat out a mouthful of blood with a "wow".
He raised his arm, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Leave us alone! Go find a way to save them!"
"It's... at two o'clock... in that cave! There are a lot of alien species there too! Go and call for help—"
After saying that, the team member vomited a large mouthful of blood with a "wow" sound.
"卍——"
Upon hearing this, Yu Qingchuan rushed over and tried again, but found that he really had no way to bring them out, so he could only look back at the two of them deeply, then let out a long cry, turned around, and flew towards the cave the two of them mentioned.
When the two saw that Yu Qingchuan heard their calls, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
The younger-looking team member raised his hand and chopped off another alien's head, then curled his lips, "Brother Guan... I'm afraid we're going to be doomed here today... You promised me yesterday... you'd buy me some wine when you got home, you can't go back on your word..."
"Wait...if you wait any longer, you have to give it back to me!"
The man called "Brother Guan" wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and chuckled softly, "You little... brat! Don't worry... the captain will definitely... send us some wine!"
"And once they rescue... Professor Kang, and develop some major project that benefits humanity... then we... we'll be the first to do the work! And you're still worried about... no wine to drink..."
The young man raised his hand and chopped off another alien, then laughed out loud, "Haha... That's right! Then can we... be considered martyrs?"
"Forget it!" The team member called "Brother Guan" could no longer swing his knife. He could only hold the handle against his chest, with the tip of the knife pointing at the aliens outside, trying to keep them away. "Of course...forget it!"
The young man's eyes were red, but the corners of his bloody mouth remained curved. "Brother Guan...so do you think people really...have an afterlife?"
“…”
This time, the only response he got was the alien's roar.
“Brother Guan…Brother Guan…”
The young man didn't turn his head, but called out a few more times, tears suddenly bursting out.
"Brother Guan...I'm not afraid of you laughing at me...Actually, I'm still a little scared..."
But after saying this, the young man chopped off the head of the man next to him with a knife, then stuck the man's knife into the tree trunk, with the blade facing his neck, and used the last bit of strength in his body to slam into the blade.
The last voice that rang in his mind was Captain Xiang Heng's: "What are the principles of the Vulture?!"
——"Even if I die, I must not add reinforcements to the alien army!"
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