Rebirth in 1972: Redemption in Changbai Mountain

Zhou Rui reached to the side; this was the last magazine. After emptying four magazines, Zhou Rui felt the barrel getting hot, even though he hadn't touched it.

He couldn't quite understand why the jackals were fighting to the death this time; it wasn't like jackals at all.

Just like last time, in the back mountain of Jiaolong Gorge, the jackals ran away in packs before there were even half casualties.

Click, the last magazine is engaged.

If you can't figure it out, then stop thinking about it. He's not a biologist anyway, so just do it.

boom.

Since there is no jackal king, Zhou Rui can only target the strong ones or watch the experienced ones fight.

Bang! In order to accurately strike the jackals, Zhou Rui fired even slower, sometimes only once every minute or more.

"ah."

At this moment, Hu Dongmu cried out in pain, and saw a jackal suddenly leap onto the small mound and bite his elbow.

Bang, bang. Gu Jiacheng turned his gun and fired two shots at the jackal. At such close range, two large holes were immediately opened in the jackal's body, and a few drops of blood splattered onto Hu Dongmu's face.

Be careful.

"Okay, thank you."

With just two short sentences, the two were plunged into another fierce battle.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh... The whistle sounded, carrying a hint of mournful cries, and all the jackals retreated one after another.

"Huff, huff." Xie Yongjiang and Hu Dongmu put down their guns, slumped to the ground, and gasped for breath. A short but intense battle had left them both completely exhausted.

Bang, bang, bang! Wang Shouye, Xie Zhijie, and Gu Jiacheng didn't stop; bullets kept chasing the jackals.

"Pick up your gun and don't let your guard down, lest the jackals turn around and bite you."

Xie Zhijie reprimanded Xie Yongjiang, feeling that his nephew was really difficult to teach.

Only when the last jackal disappeared at the far end of the valley, and did not reappear after a while, did everyone put down their guns.

Zhou Rui stopped kneeling, sat down on the rock, hugged his gun, and while watching the situation below, loaded the bullets into the magazine one by one.

"There's no sound."

"The jackal's whistle has also disappeared."

"Is this over? How about we fire a few shots to test it out?" He Wu raised his Type 56 pistol, eager to try.

"Fire! Fire three shots in quick succession. This is our agreed-upon signal."

Luo Hao nodded. There was no more movement up there, so it was a good time to fire a few shots to prevent the person from escaping.

Hey, hey, hey.

Wang Shouye and the others were stunned for a moment. The jackals had all retreated, so where did the gunshot come from? They turned to look at the high place and saw Zhou Rui standing straight, a rifle steadily slung over his back.

"It wasn't Brother Zhou, quickly look for them, it must have been Luo Hao and his group who fired the shots."

After saying that, Xie Zhijie jumped off the small mound and headed ahead to search.

"Come on, everyone spread out and look around. Where are they hiding?" Wang Shouye gestured to the remaining people.

Zhou Rui didn't move. He watched as the group scattered in all directions, searching everywhere. When they saw the wounded jackal, they didn't shoot. Instead, they took out their knives or wooden sticks and hit it with one.

Bang, bang, bang—three more gunshots rang out in quick succession.

"Found it, here it is!" Hu Dongmu turned around and shouted repeatedly.

Hearing the sound, Xie Zhijie looked up at Hu Dongmu and saw him waving his hands in the air, while excited voices rang in his ears.

Xie Zhijie's tense nerves relaxed, and he quickly ran towards Hu Dongmu.

Seeing that the results were in, Zhou Rui bent down, put on his backpack, and carefully put it on.

"Hey, is anyone downstairs?" Hu Dongmu shouted, then lay there listening quietly.

#&&￥# Below*~@% Save me&*@…*# Quick, quick.

A jumble of sounds came over, not very clear, but it seemed like many people were talking at the same time.

"Wait a minute...we'll figure something out right away..." Hu Dongmu shouted towards the ice crevice, trying his best to make his voice carry.

"How is it?"

"Did you find it?"

"Is anyone injured?"

As soon as the sound came, everyone arrived at Hu Dongmu's side almost simultaneously.

"Right here, down here."

With a hint of joy, Hu Dongmu pointed to the large crack in the snowfield, next to which was Luo Hao's backpack, though it had been torn to shreds by jackals.

"I can't see it here?"

Wang Shouye peered out and could only see an arc of ice that disappeared into the depths.

"Huff, huff. How are you sure they're down there?"

Xie Zhijie stared intently at Hu Dongmu. The backpacks near the crevasse only indicated that Luo Hao and Wang Xiaolong had been there, not that they had fallen in.

"Listen carefully, you can hear voices coming from inside, although they are not very clear."

Hu Dongmu pointed to his ear and made a shushing gesture.

Then everyone heard a buzzing sound, which eventually coalesced into a cry of "Help!"

"What should we do? Dig a way down?"

"How can you be so stupid? This is frozen solid, and we don't have any good tools. How are we supposed to dig it out?"

Gu Jiacheng glanced at Hu Dongmu, sensing that he wasn't a smart person either.

"Then what should we do? Should we look for other avenues?" Xie Yongjiang added.

"What are you looking for? If there were other ways, they would have come out long ago. Look for Fujiko."

"No need, I brought a rope."

Zhou Rui walked over at this moment. He came down very quickly and immediately heard Xie Zhijie asking for the vine.

But by this time the vines had all withered, and they needed to be soaked in water to soften them before being twisted into ropes, which took too long.

Because they had been hunting large quantities of meat for the past two months, and these ropes were for making snow sleds, they always kept them in their backpacks.

Zhou Rui pulled out a heavy bundle from his bag, which was about thirty meters long.

Zhou Rui untied the rope one loop at a time and slowly lowered it down until only about half a meter remained in his hand before stopping.

Everyone waited quietly, but nothing happened for a minute or two.

"Is it... not down there, or is the rope not enough?" Xie Yongjiang turned to look at Zhou Rui.

"Is the rope not long enough?"

Zhou Rui's five senses were much stronger than those of ordinary people, and he already knew that there were five people below.

"What should we do? Haozi and Xiaolong are still down there!" Xie Yongjiang was so anxious he was jumping up and down, but he didn't think of a solution.

"Let's send some food and medicine down first. Let the people down there know we're trying to find a solution, so they won't be so anxious."

Zhou Rui remained calm and unmoved; Xie Yongjiang's irritability had no effect on him whatsoever.

"Yes, yes, hurry up and put some canned food and biscuits down there. The city kids are staying down there much longer."

Unlike Xie Zhijie and Xie Yongjiang, Wang Shouye was more concerned about the mission he had come here for.

Zhou Rui took off his backpack, took out the remaining bullets and binoculars, leaving only some food and a flashlight.

He figured that even if there were flashlights down there, the batteries would have run out long ago.

Whoosh. In everyone's sight, Zhou Rui's backpack slid down the ice rink.