C734 Escape Day
The valley was now completely white, without the slightest trace of the marks left from the previous battle. Not only that, there were piles of snow and rocks piled up on top of each other. If one were to look at it, they would be able to imagine the terrible scene of an avalanche. Fear arose in their hearts.
"How did this place become like this? I don't think anyone will be able to survive. Let's go back …" There was a line of four or five people at the top of the valley. After looking down a few times, there was panic on their faces. They didn't know why there was so much snow in the valley in the middle of summer and why there was an avalanche.
Right at this moment, a skinny old man kneeled to the ground and pleaded, "My benefactors have come to this place, and they have done me great favors. They will definitely not die here! I beg you, don't go down the mountain. Let's look around and see.
"Ma Zhilin, we haven't bothered about you poaching on the mountain yet! As you can see, the snow has already been buried to this extent. Hearing this, a burly man with a beard immediately scolded them.
The search and rescue team was led up the mountain by Ma Zhilin. When he returned to Gelmu City, he followed Chen Bai's instructions and went to find Buzhu. As Chen Baishan had said, after Buzhu heard his words, he didn't ask any questions and just took the money to send his wife to the hospital for the best doctor. How could he forget his kindness to Ma Zhilin?
As soon as he settled the matter with his wife, he saw the changes that occurred in Mount Kunlun due to the battle between Lin Bai and the rest. Since he was worried about Lin Bai and the rest, and he also knew that they were all skilled fighters, he immediately went to the city center to look for the rescue team to see what had happened.
After the rescue team heard what Ma Zhilin had to say, they also felt that the situation was extremely serious. Besides, they also saw the changes in Mount Kunlun and wanted to know what exactly had happened up there.
Who would have thought that right after they arrived at the canyon, they would discover that there had been an avalanche! The people from the rescue team were well aware of the might of the avalanche. Moreover, the entire valley was covered in snow at the moment, so one could imagine how powerful it was. They immediately felt that if someone had been in the valley during the avalanche, there was no chance of survival right now.
Although the sounds transmitted through the layers of snow powder were extremely weak, when they heard Lin Bai and the rest's eardrums, it was as though a thunderclap had exploded in the skies. Upon hearing the voice, the originally dead hearts of the crowd were once again set ablaze with hope. They were like ships that had been stuck in a dark sea for a long time, and just as they were about to give up hope, they saw a bright lighthouse in the distance.
"I... "We're below..." Just as Lin Bai was about to shout out loud, he suddenly thought of the avalanche. His heart trembled and he lowered his voice by a few octaves.
Silence reigned in the valley. Although Lin Bai's words were spoken in a hushed tone, they were still mixed with the biting wind, entering the ears of the crowd. Ma Zhanlin's body trembled. He grabbed the hands of one of the searchers and said anxiously, "Everyone, you heard it too. My benefactor is in this valley. I beg you, please go down and rescue him!"
"Old Li, there was some movement down there just now …" One of the rescue team closest to the canyon, after listening down for a while, turned to the one who was being held tightly by Marjorin.
"Such a big avalanche, if there really were people who managed to survive, how great of a fortune would that be …" The man who was being held by Ma Zhanlin had a serious look on his face. He was just about to take a step forward when he saw Ma Zhanlin still holding his hands in a daze. He couldn't help but feel angry and find it funny. "Old Ma, if you hold my hand like this again, I won't be able to save you even if I wanted to!
Ma Zhanlin's face turned red when he heard this. He quickly let go of his hands and smiled at the crowd, "If the few of you can save my benefactors, I, Ma Zhanlin, will repay you even if I go bankrupt!"
"Our search and rescue team is a rescue department organized by the Fire Department. "Old Ma, we still don't know about your family's wealth. Even if you go bankrupt, you can squeeze out a few pieces of money …" Old Li bitterly smiled and shook his head. After tightly wrapping the rope around his waist, he said to the people beside him, "Hold on tight, put me down. I'm going to check if there's anyone there!"
These rescue team members had all been specially trained and equipped. It didn't take much effort for them to place Old Li at the bottom of the valley. When he arrived at the place where Lin Bai and the rest were waiting, he heard Lin Bai's weak cry for help.
"There's still someone alive! You guys hurry up and come down, we need to hurry up and save them! " After Old Li heard this voice, although he was a bit suspicious on how these people were able to avoid the avalanche, he still called out to the other rescue team members on the mountain in a hurry.
Upon hearing this, none of them dared to hesitate. They immediately brought along wooden planks, shovels and the like, carefully rushing towards the depths of the valley. When he was near enough, he put down the wooden board in the direction of the sound, cutting off the snow around him, and began to shovel.
Though he was old and had arms and legs, Mazarin was still digging like a cat, not one bit inferior to a professionally trained searcher.
The two or three meter deep snow was quickly cleared up by the group. Lin Bai and the rest who were inside the cave saw the light coming from the entrance of the valley, and they breathed in the cool air through their noses. The hearts that had previously hung in their throats had finally entered their internal organs, and they knew that they had escaped this time!
"Benefactor, I knew you would survive!" Ma Zhilin shined his flashlight into the cave. Tears rolled down from the corner of his eyes as he rushed towards them. He was extremely excited.
Old Li scolded Ma Zhanlin for a bit and then used a rope to pull everyone up, surprising the rescue team. The people trapped in the cave by the avalanche were not as flustered as the tourists who encountered the avalanche. Even the elderly people in their seventies and sixties and the little girl all breathed in a few breaths of fresh air, feeling refreshed.
These rescue squad members were just ordinary people. How could they know what Lin Bai and the rest had experienced over the years? Although an avalanche was terrifying, it was not to the extent of completely crushing their minds.
Old Li hesitated for a moment before asking Lin Bai about what happened during the avalanche. Upon hearing this question, Lin Bai thought for a moment and then came up with a plan. From the looks of the avalanche, even if Sun Xingyan's corpse was found, it would still take several months. By then, this old man's corpse would probably have already been torn apart and eaten by wild beasts.
Towards such a question, Lin Bai naturally didn't hesitate to use the Taiji Fist Technique, evading the matter. One push, two five six, he acted as if he didn't know anything. At this moment, an avalanche had covered everything. Although Old Li had some doubts in his heart, there was nothing he could do.
"I didn't think that it would be you bringing people up the mountain to rescue us. It can be considered that you have not wasted my efforts to make you descend the mountain that day …" Looking at the teary eyes of Ma Zhanlin, Chen Baian breathed a sigh of relief and sighed.
At this moment, Lin Bai's heart was filled with a myriad of emotions. One drink, one peck, everything had been set in stone. Everything in the world seemed to have a cycle of karma.
If he hadn't met Sophia in Europe before, how could he have gotten the help of Emperor's Mandate's daughter and unraveled the plans of Sun Xingyan and Zhu Shisheng to obliterate the Mount Kunlun Ancestral Dragon? If it weren't for the fact that they had helped him out in Europe before, how could Ma Zhulin have brought his rescue team members up the mountain and saved them from danger?
"Bad food!" Gongyang Sheng and his grandfather were still in the valley, I wonder how they are doing right now! " While he was thinking, Lin Bai's heart suddenly trembled. He slapped his thigh and hurriedly said.
Before this, the situation had been extremely dire. The avalanche's might was so great that the two of them had no way to survive. After this heavy snowstorm, the odds were against them.
Upon hearing Lin Bai's words, the crowd couldn't help but feel sorrowful. They struggled, wanting to search the valley. Gongyang Shou had suffered so much to save his granddaughter. If he were to die after following them into the Sigler Valley, they would be feeling uneasy and ashamed in their hearts for the rest of their lives.
At this moment, a rustling sound came from the side of the valley. The crowd looked down and saw a figure standing in the middle of the valley, holding the hands of a little girl. This person was none other than Gongyang Shou, who else could it be?
"Miracle!" What a miracle! "Such a big avalanche actually survived for so many people. If this news got out, it would probably be recorded in the history of Snow Mountain's rescue!" Old Li sighed in his heart as he carried the rope and rushed towards Gong Yangshou and the others. Everything that had happened today had completely surpassed his usual knowledge.
He finally managed to pull them up to the mountain and set up a bonfire. When he sent dry rations for them to warm up and fill their stomachs, Old Li was shocked by Lin Bai.
At first, when this fellow mysteriously pulled him to the side of the fire, Old Li thought that Lin Bai was going to give him a red packet or something like that as a reward. But unexpectedly, Lin Bai actually gave him a red book!
Deputy Minister of National Security! When Old Li saw those words written in black, he felt as if he was in a dream. He had never dreamed that he would be able to save such a high ranking official by running with Ma Zhilin.
Not only that, the next few words that came out of Lin Bai's mouth were the true reason for his indescribable shock. The might of the avalanche had reached such a terrifying level, yet Lin Bai did not intend to follow his group back to Gelou. Instead, he planned to stay here.