Chapter 361: Innocent People
A few minutes later, Su Ye put away the stethoscope and turned to Li Qihan and Xia Lili with a serious expression. His voice was low but very clear:
"The situation is not optimistic. Acute malaria, complicated by high fever and early lung infection."
"His immune system is already very weak, and he must be given effective medicine and systemic treatment as soon as possible. Otherwise, the persistent high fever and physical exhaustion will be very dangerous, not to mention the long journey."
"The conditions here are too poor. We must send them back to a rear hospital with complete medical facilities as soon as possible!"
These words hit everyone's heart like a heavy hammer.
Time seemed to be suddenly wound up, and every second was filled with a burning sense of anxiety.
"Understood." Li Qihan's eyes instantly became as sharp as a knife. Without the slightest hesitation, he gave the order in a decisive tone: "Change the plan! Return immediately along the same route. Every second counts!"
The orders were clear and decisive, but real problems also came with them.
Eight people, six elite team members, plus Xia Lili and the undercover Qingsheng who must be protected, moved together in the enemy's hinterland. They were too big a target, like a torch in the dark night, and were easily exposed.
Li Qihan's eyes swept across all the members like lightning, his brain working rapidly, and he made a decision almost instantly.
He lowered his voice, spoke quickly and clearly, and began to deploy a new plan of action:
"Action in groups to disperse risks and eventually reunite at border rendezvous point No. 3."
The night was as dark as ink, making the abandoned cemetery even more eerie.
Li Qihan's eyes swept across every resolute face, and his clear and cold command cut through the silence:
"Team one, Consultant Xia and I, will be the core escort for Qingsheng. We'll take the shortest and most covert route."
He looked at the two people beside him, Xia Lili took a deep breath, and took a step closer to the frightened undercover Qingsheng.
Their mission was the most important, as they had to carry the wounded and transfer them without any mistakes.
"Second team, Qingyan, Luotuo." Li Qihan turned his gaze to the Demoman and Scout. "Reconnaissance and clear obstacles from the front, eliminate patrols and traps, and create a disturbance if necessary."
Qingyan weighed the equipment in his hand, while the camel slid forward a few steps silently like a ghost and began to explore the darkness ahead.
"The third team, Bat, Blade, and Su Ye, will provide rear support. Ensure the rear is clean, maintain communication, and be ready to respond at any time."
The information officer Bat quickly checked the communication equipment, the assaulter Blade silently checked the firearms, and the doctor Su Ye adjusted the medical kit to the most convenient position.
There was no time for further deployment, everyone was ready to take action after receiving the task.
Before the team was about to leave the gloomy tomb separately, Xia Lili insisted on making brief eye contact with each team member.
Her eyes met with Li Qihan, Qingyan, Camel, Blade, and Bat one by one, but she did not notice anything unusual.
However, when Xia Lili's gaze finally fell on the calm and gentle eyes of team doctor Su Ye——
Suddenly, everything in front of my eyes went dark, and a hallucination suddenly emerged in my mind:
The third team that Su Ye was in was moving cautiously through the dense rainforest.
Suddenly, Blade, who was walking in the front, raised his fist and made a tactical sign language of "enemy detected"!
Through the gaps between the branches and leaves, one could see a team of about seven or eight armed men, wearing messy clothes and holding powerful weapons, patrolling along an animal trail, which happened to intersect with their original retreat route!
In order to avoid a head-on confrontation, the team was forced to make an emergency turn, deviating from the planned route and entering a more remote and narrow forest gap that had never been explored.
However, disaster struck during this hasty escape.
Su Ye, anxious to find a hidden path, stepped on a seemingly solid piece of land covered with thick fallen leaves.
There was a deadly swamp underneath!
His right foot sank in an instant, and the sticky, cold mud quickly covered his knees and was still dragging him down at a terrifying speed!
"Don't move!" The experienced Blade growled and immediately tried to rescue him with Bat.
Bat quickly cut off a thick vine and threw it towards Su Ye, while Blade hugged a nearby small tree and stretched out his hand to try to pull Su Ye.
At this tense moment between life and death——
“Da da da… bang!”
Suddenly, from not far away, there was a clear and fierce sound of gunfire!
Bullets whizzed, mixed with vague roars. It was obvious that the armed team they had just avoided had unexpectedly encountered another unknown force and a conflict broke out.
The sound of gunfire quickly spread towards their direction!
Su Ye's face turned pale in the mud, but a determined light flashed in his eyes.
He looked at his two comrades who were desperately trying to pull him up, and heard the gunfire getting closer and closer. He shouted with all his strength, "Leave me alone! Go! Follow the direction of the gunfire, find Captain Li and Advisor Xia, and tell them to avoid the crossfire! Go!"
His voice was hoarse but firm.
Blade and Bat's eyes were filled with pain and struggle, but under Su Ye's desperate urging and the threat of increasingly approaching gunfire, they finally had to make the most difficult choice...
At the end of the illusion, Su Ye's body was swallowed up bit by bit by the swamp emitting a foul smell. The pair of eyes that were always full of gentleness and care finally disappeared under the dark quagmire, leaving only a string of desperate bubbles surging to the surface.
The illusion ends.
Xia Lili took a deep breath, as if she had just struggled out of that quagmire, and her heart ached violently as she witnessed the sacrifice of her comrades.
She looked at Su Ye who was about to leave, her eyes full of complexity.
Li Qihan followed Xia Lili's gaze to Su Ye, his heart sinking: "What did you see?"
Xia Lili took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. She knew that every second was crucial.
She turned to Li Qihan and whispered quickly but clearly, ensuring that only he and the core members of the team could hear: "Doctor Su's team will encounter an armed patrol along their original route. After being forced to change direction, they will fall into an extremely hidden fallen leaf swamp, approximately at..."
Using the environmental features in the illusion, she quickly described the landmarks in the area. "Doctor Su would be trapped. Worse still, a firefight would break out nearby. In order not to delay his teammates from reporting the situation, he chose..."
She didn't finish her words, but Li Qihan and the other team members who heard her expression instantly turned grim. Su Ye was also stunned, looking at Xia Lili with a look of shock.
"Doctor Su," Xia Lili's gaze turned directly to Su Ye, her tone firm, "Avoid that area at all costs! If you encounter a patrol, it's better to hide and wait, or... or consider forcing a longer route."
"And don't ever retreat to that southeastern depression covered with purple variegated vines! There's a bottomless quagmire beneath those fallen leaves!"
The confidence in Xia Lili's words and the ability she had previously demonstrated made her warning extremely weighty.
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