The only thing worth rejoicing is the snowstorm had already subsided, and the previously cloud-covered skies were now adorned with stars, and it doesn’t seem like there had been a snowstorm raging during the day.
Nobody could ensure that another avalanche would not occur, neither did anyone ask if there was another avalanche, what would their options be.
Because they didn’t have a choice, they came here to search for and rescue the missing Art Troupe; even if they couldn’t make sure there wouldn’t be another avalanche, they still needed to march onwards.
The car went from climbing mountains into charging downhill; after arriving at the avalanche site, the Staff Sergeant had been slamming hard on the brakes as he drove. Meanwhile, Longhawk was in charge of observing the road condition along with the way; the moment he noticed any abnormalities, he was to immediately inform the driver.
Along the way, Longhawk had reminded him several times, and the driver seemed to have downed a calming tonic, knowing the person sitting beside him was someone experienced.
The car stopped around two kilometers away from the avalanche site; as for the rest of the journey, except for the driver that was left in the car, the other soldiers needed to walk it.
“Move along the mountains, if another avalanche happens, then brothers in the Ground Forces, we can only say sorry, unless you have wings, we won’t be able to outrun it.” The supply station’s Squad Leader started seriously talking about the possible outcomes in a joking manner so that everyone would be mentally prepared.
The Ground Aviation soldiers only laughed as they replied, “Will till our Ground Aviation’s Metal Hawks conquer all of these lands, when that time comes, if any incident happens, we’ll just search and rescue from the air.”
That was an extremely serious answer because patrolling the skies of the entire border defense line was the Ground Aviation Regiment’s goal.
“Then I’ll congratulate the brothers in Ground Aviation to conquer these snow mountains in advance, so that it’ll be easier for the brothers who come after us!” The supply station’s Squad Leader walked at the front without hesitation, and he led the way into this place of danger.
Around three thousand meters away from them, a truck was stopped in the carved mountain road; inside the car, seven female Art soldiers in thick windproof and cold-proof clothing huddled together and relied on each other’s warmth to stay warm.
Occasionally they would look outside the vehicle with shivering bodies, then quickly lowering their head and huddle together to stay warm and console each other.
“They’re not back yet… we’re not going to freeze to death here, right?” A female soldier spoke with a hoarse voice, she was very afraid, and it was audible from her trembling and shaking voice.
She spoke up, and then a low, sobbing sound could be heard, “Even if we freeze to death, that is our fate, however, dying like this is too meaningless. If it wasn’t because… if it wasn’t because…”
If it wasn’t because of what, this sobbing female soldier didn’t complete her sentence, though she didn’t complete her sentence, the female soldiers in the vehicle all understood what she wanted to say.
“What could we do, who asked her to have a high-ranking official as her father, she wanted to make a meritorious contribution, and we all need to obediently follow her! Snow had already sealed the mountains, and not even the male soldiers who were used to traversing the Highway in the Northwestern Company dared to come here, but that stupid girl wanted to come here no matter what! Saying something like this was the time to show that us Art soldiers weren’t weaklings, I spit! Even if she wanted to make a contribution, there’s also no reason to risk our lives to do that!”
With someone leading the topic, it seemed to have turned on the chatterbox in them, and someone joined in on the conversation immediately.
They were too afraid, and their surroundings were also too quiet, so quiet that it seemed like they had been forgotten completely, so quiet that it seemed that their lives had already reached the end, so quiet that couldn’t help but to speak things that they only dared to think, but not dared to speak of.
“Those who do evil reap evil, and now this happened, heh, maybe she’s already buried in the snow along with the truck! Wanting to show off? Now that her life’s in danger, let’s see how she’s going to show off!”
The more they talked, the seven female soldiers seemed to have a fire burning in their hearts, making it so that there seemed to be petals of flame shimmering behind their eyes.
