Rebirth in 1972: Redemption in Changbai Mountain

Below the ice cave, everyone waited at the only entrance, occasionally stomping their feet on the ground; no one sat down to rest.

"Why is it taking so long? What are they doing?"

He Wu scratched his head, feeling that these short ten minutes or so felt longer than the several days he had spent in this ice cave.

"Ah, I'm so hungry!" Qin Rui rubbed her stomach.

Although she had eaten the most just now, she was startled by the falling jackal and Luo Hao's shot, and screamed for a few minutes, feeling that the compressed biscuits had been digested.

"Why don't you eat some ice cubes to tide you over?"

Lu Zhijun handed over a rough block of ice, which he had dug out of the wall with a knife. They had been eating it whenever they were hungry or thirsty these past few days.

Swish, thud, splat.

Wang Xiaolong suddenly fell, his face hitting the slide directly, and then slid down.

"Hmm..." Wang Xiaolong took a deep breath, covering his lips with one hand and his shinbone with the other.

"Xiaolong, what's wrong?"

Although Luo Hao was still angry with Wang Xiaolong, he still asked him a question when he saw him like this.

"I don't know what fell down, but it hit my calf, and I feel like my bones are broken."

Wang Xiaolong felt more pain in his calves, so he covered them with both hands. There wasn't much flesh there, and the pain from being hit by something hard was unimaginable.

"Things? What things?"

He Wu and the other two initially didn't want to get involved with Wang Xiaolong, but after hearing that something had fallen from above, they turned around.

A backpack was lying quietly two meters away from Wang Xiaolong.

He strode forward, as if his body, which had been starving for days, had recovered.

"Wow, there's food." Inside the open backpack, there were several cans of food and neatly packaged compressed biscuits.

Upon hearing this, Qin Rui and Lü Zhijun immediately gathered around, and then Lü Zhijun reached out, picked up a flashlight, and turned it on.

"Canned meat, canned fruit..."

Qin Rui felt liquid about to spill from her mouth, but she didn't even glance at the compressed biscuits; her eyes were fixed on the cans of food.

He Wu picked up a can of fruit and slammed the knife in his hand into the metal lid.

With a whoosh, a tear appeared in the sheet metal. He tore at one side with all his might and finally managed to make a hole.

Just as He Wu was about to pour the canned food into his mouth, he saw Qin Rui staring at him expectantly.

"Give."

He Wu's voice was a little hoarse. Then he saw Qin Rui hold up three fingers, take out a piece of fruit, and put it in her mouth.

"Mmm, so sweet."

Luo Hao ignored Lü Zhijun and the others eating canned food; he had only fallen recently and wasn't hungry at all. He touched Wang Xiaolong's shinbone, then stood up indifferently.

"Don't worry. It just got bumped by a canning jar; it won't break."

Upstairs, everyone was still discussing what to do. Although some food had been sent down, they still needed to bring the person back up.

"What should we do? Should we go back to the camp and find Uncle and the others, and see if they have any ideas?"

"If you ask me, we should take off our coats, cut them up, and make ropes."

"It's so cold, what if you get frostbite if you take off your coat?"

Zhou Rui watched quietly. He had just climbed up and down and fired so many shots, so this was a good opportunity for him to rest.

However, he was alone for a while when he saw Wang Shouye staring straight at him, without showing any sign of anxiety.

"Uncle Wang, what's wrong?"

Zhou Rui looked himself up and down, and there was nothing wrong with him.

When Zhou Rui asked Wang Shouye, he came to his senses and wondered if he was getting too old and didn't want to use his brain when his apprentice was around.

"Ruiwa, do you have any other ideas?"

Zhou Rui simply twisted his waist and glanced around: "So many jackals are dead here, just skin them and make ropes."

"What, jackals?"

"Yeah, so many jackals. How come I didn't think of that? You're smarter, Ruiwa."

Everyone was jolted awake by Zhou Rui's words, and Gu Jiacheng put his arm around Zhou Rui's shoulder, praising him incessantly.

"Quickly, everyone gather all the jackals over here!" Xie Yongjiang urged hurriedly, but he himself didn't move an inch.

Hu Dongmu lifted his toes and rolled his eyes; he had no intention of listening to this old man.

However, Zhou Rui and Gu Jiacheng turned around and went back to work. They were entrusted by Qin Zhan, so naturally they had to get things done.

All the jackals gathered at the edge of the ice crevice, wielding their knives and working hard together.

"Yongjiang, those horses haven't even been skinned yet, why are you leaving them aside?"

Xie Zhijie looked up and saw Xie Yongjiang carefully placing several intact jackals aside.

"These leathers are all in good condition; we can't afford to damage them, they're worth a lot of money!"

Xie Yongjiang, with his greedy look, was completely oblivious to the fact that his second uncle's face had darkened.

Xie Zhijie stood up and kicked Xie Yongjiang in the buttocks.

"The priority now is saving lives, saving lives! Why are you still worried about those few pieces of skin? Your two junior brothers are still down there."

"Hehe... Look at this, dogs fighting." Hu Dongmu saw this scene and immediately grinned from ear to ear. He lowered his head and whispered to Zhou Rui and Gu Jiacheng.

Unexpectedly, neither of them reacted much; the excitement was too small for them to gossip about.

With a single pull, Gu Jiacheng peeled off the entire skin.

"Get to work, and mind your own business."

After working for more than an hour, a rope made of jackal skins was finally completed.

With the ropes, the people were quickly rescued. They were all bruised and swollen, and covered in dirt, but because they had been given some food, their spirits were relatively good.

After exchanging pleasantries, He Wu and the others expressed their gratitude to the person who had come to their rescue, and sighed with emotion at seeing Hu Dongmu again.

"Which of you is He Wu?"

At this moment, Zhou Rui interrupted with a sentence that seemed particularly abrupt.

"It's me, it's me. What, what's wrong?"

He Wu stepped forward, somewhat bewildered.

At that moment, right before everyone's eyes, Zhou Rui pulled He Wu out and kicked him in the back of the knee, knocking him to the ground.

Then he kicked He Wu wildly, but he only kicked the fleshy parts of the body, so it hurt but didn't break the bones.

He Wu screamed and rolled on the ground, startling everyone.

Wang Shouye hurriedly stepped forward to pull Zhou Rui away, but the others couldn't hold him back.

"Ruiwa, Ruiwa, what are you doing?"

Wang Shouye was also confused; why were those who came to rescue people starting to beat them up?

As He Wu's good friend, Lü Zhijun also lost his temper at this point. He was originally grateful to these people for coming to their rescue, but why were they hitting him right away?

When Hu Dongmu and Gu Jiacheng saw that Lü Zhijun was going to help, they quickly blocked the road and stood in the middle to prevent Lü Zhijun from passing.

Zhou Rui could no longer kick anyone, so he slowly spoke.

"He Wu, your brother-in-law said that you were the one who caused all this trouble, and he told me to beat you up as soon as possible to teach you a lesson."

He Wu got up to fight back, but upon hearing this, his hand froze in mid-air, unable to come down.