Chapter 646: The Mission Was More Important Than A Human Life
“Old Shen, will they be okay?” Reporter Sun used the last bit of her strength and walked another dozen meters. She came to Zhao Yunlong’s side and asked the question breathlessly.
“They could die at any moment.” Zhao Yunlong’s voice was calm. He sat on the ground with his legs apart. He held a bottle of mineral water and sipped it. He did not even look at Reporter Sun. His eyes were like falcons as he stared at the two black shadows.
“Then hurry up and call them back.” Reporter Sun was anxious and a little angry.
“If we can leave, we’ll all go up later.” Zhao Yunlong really could not be bothered with this flower that grew up in a greenhouse. “If they come back, how can we complete the mission?”
“Is the mission more important or a human life?!” Reporter Sun was furious.
“The mission,” Zhao Yunlong said indifferently.
Reporter Sun was stunned…
She knew what the mission meant. But… But… When faced with a situation where death was almost certain, was the mission still important?
Even if he died, the mission would not be completed.
However, Zhao Yunlong’s meaning was very simple. Even if he died, he had to die on the way to complete the mission.
Retreat? That was not an option at all.
Reporter Sun was silent. Her tears slid down silently. Mixed in with the cold rain, it was difficult to describe the complicated emotions in her heart.
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Zheng Ren stepped on the mountain road and used his feet to test it a few times. It was still considered solid. It was just that one side was a cliff and piles of gravel, the other a bottomless cliff. Walking on it gave him a sense of panic.
“Boss, do you have acrophobia?” Su Yun followed behind him. Although it was very difficult to walk, he still did not take a step down.
“No, but now I’m very afraid,” Zheng Ren said frankly. His voice was not trembling, but it was still so cold. He said that he was afraid but from his tone, there was no hint of fear.
Su Yun was stunned. Damn it, he wanted to say a few words to him to ease the fear but he could not.
His boss was really impenetrable.
“Can you do it?” Zheng Ren carefully supported himself against the cliff and did not dare to look down. Step by step, he carefully moved forward.
“If you can do it, why can’t I?” Su Yun said stubbornly.
His face was smeared and his clothes had been soaked by the rain, making them wet and heavy. It was just like his voice, low and weak.
He did not have the energy that he used to have when he was in the hospital. His black hair was wet from the rain and stuck tightly to his forehead. He looked very pathetic.
Zheng Ren thanked the System from the bottom of his heart.
In the System’s space, his physical fitness had improved. Normally, he would not feel tired even if he had to perform a few more surgeries. However, it had become a sharp weapon then.
Normally, a 30-year-old chief resident who had stayed up late would have almost killed himself. How could he still have the strength to walk all the way there?
If he did not have the System, even if he could join the surgery group, he would still be exhausted after walking all the way there.
But now, Zheng Ren felt fine. He was not too tired.
His clothes were wet, desperately absorbing the heat emitted by his body. However, Zheng Ren did not feel anything. He just felt a little wet.
Every step was very careful. He stepped on it with his feet and walked forward.
It did not matter if he was slow. If he was not careful, he would be gone.
Step by step, the death’s door was right in front of him. Zheng Ren did not want to step into it.
After taking 1,362 steps and turning a few corners, Zheng Ren saw the end of the mountain road.
On the other side, a huge lake that was blocked appeared in front of him.
It seemed that there was still a way to go. After going around the lake, he could vaguely see that he could still walk forward. That was the limit of what one could see. No matter how far they were, even Zheng Ren could not see it clearly on the dark and rainy day.
“Damn…” Su Yun stood behind Zheng Ren and could not help but exclaim in surprise.
He had only seen the lake in books but did not expect to see it with his own eyes one day. Moreover, it was at the end of such a steep mountain path.
At that moment, Su Yun felt that his hands and feet were cold.
If there was another slightly stronger aftershock, the Quake Lake would open up. Would the entire group be submerged then?
Who knew? It was possible.
In this godforsaken place, no one knew what would happen in the next second.
“We’re going back,” Zheng Ren said.
“Aren’t we going to walk over?”
“We have to go back and tell Chief Zhao and the others about the situation. There’s a path over there, and it looks like we should be able to walk through it. Let’s give it a try. We can’t be fully certain though,” Zheng Ren said.
It was still the tone of a doctor. He was not sure of anything.
It was a habit he had picked up over many years. He could not change it.
“You can see it?” Su Yun was surprised. He narrowed his eyes and looked for the path carefully. However, everything in front of him was pitch black. Other than the huge lake, he could not see anything else.
“Okay.” Zheng Ren did not have the time to bother with him.
He was a chatterbox. If he were to reply, he could talk until the next morning.
If it was during normal times, it would be fine. Under such circumstances, every bit of physical strength was extremely precious. Zheng Ren could not bear to waste it.
The two of them retreated. The way back was simpler than when they came. However, Zheng Ren did not let down his guard. He kept telling Su Yun to be careful and walk slowly.
Su Yun did not have the energy to argue with Zheng Ren anymore. The annoying rain made the mountain path extremely slippery. If they walked at the back, they would save some energy if they did not have to consider whether they would land on solid ground or into the endless void.
However, with the current situation…
Su Yun was very careful. It took him a long time to walk down the mountain path.
“Chief Zhao, we can walk in front, but the mountain path is narrow and dangerous. After this section, there is a large lake that’s blocked. There seems to be a path we can cross,” Zheng Ren said.
Zhao Yunlong and the others recovered some of their strength. Seeing that it was already late, Zhao Yunlong decided to rest for a few more hours after passing that section of the mountain path.
“You guys, stay here,” Zhao Yunlong said to the reporters and cameramen very seriously.
“Leader, we also have a mission,” Reporter sun gritted her teeth and said stubbornly. A wave of power burst out from her petite body.
Everyone had a mission.
Zhao Yunlong did not hate her. It was already not easy for a delicate girl to be able to persevere to this point in such an extreme environment.
This was not a playground. Any normal person knew that. Moreover, the cold rain that fell from the sky caused one’s body temperature to plummet. If there was a surge of hot blood, it would have been extinguished by now.
What could keep her firm was not her wildness, but her desire to complete her task.
Zhao Yunlong sighed. His life was really not that good. If the plane had taken off a few minutes earlier, these reporters and photographers would not have been able to keep up.
However, thinking about that now was useless.
After organizing the team, Zhao Yunlong let Zheng Ren and Su Yun take the lead. He took the rear while the rest of the team continued forward.
Zheng Ren walked silently at the front. Zheng Ren would warn him in advance if there was anything difficult to walk on.
There were dangers along the way but nothing too serious. He walked to the corner.
After walking for more than half an hour, they had only walked half the way. Every step was extremely dangerous. It was fortunate that they did not lose any members.
“Stop, Stop!” Suddenly, Zheng Ren raised his hand at the front and shouted for the first time.