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Li Yu asked Dapao to stop the truck, but not to turn off the engine.

Putt-putt-putt…

The vehicle remained running, and Li Yu thought for a while and said, ”Turn it around, and later we’ll use a metal cable to pull it out. Depending solely on digging it out would take too much time.”

”Alright,” Dapao said.

Then the Unimog reversed direction, and Li Yu got out of the truck, holding a metal cable, and attached it to the front of the truck.

Once both sides were connected, Li Yu thought about it and directly opened the truck’s door, sitting in the driver’s seat.

”OK. Let’s go!” Li Yu shouted.

Hearing Li Yu’s call, Dapao shifted the vehicle into first gear and pressed the accelerator all the way down.

Rumble~

Because the truck was covered in snow and it was inherently heavy, this pull surprisingly didn’t move it.

Dapao kept pressing the accelerator, and the tires began to slip a bit.

”Keep going!” Li Yu shouted.

Dapao pressed the accelerator all the way down again.

Vroom vroom vroom~

The Unimog slowly started moving forward, and the truck behind was slightly dragged.

Following that, whoosh~

The truck, previously pressing down on some snow and raised nearly 50 cm off the ground, was now pulled down from its elevated position, doubling the effort.

As the truck was pulled, seeing this, Dapao continued to press the accelerator and drove forward.

The truck behind clattered a couple of times.

It slid from the compressed snow onto the ground.

”We did it!” Li Hang excitedly shouted inside the vehicle.

Li Yu took the walkie-talkie in the truck and said, ”Dapao, keep driving. The engine of this truck stalled, it might be frozen. If we need to defrost it, it will take a while, let’s leave this valley first. Let’s talk about it once we get to a flatter area ahead.”

”Okay,” Dapao responded.

They weren’t far from a flat area ahead, so as Dapao cleared the road with the bulldozer and pulled the truck behind, it didn’t take long before they reached the flat road.

Li Yu sat in the truck, shivering with cold.

But to grasp the steering wheel, he still had to stretch out his hands and hold it.

Luckily, the truck was also equipped with a snow shovel. The snow in this valley was over two meters thick. The snow just cleared from the front had not settled when the truck behind arrived, and snow from both sides fell down again.

The group reached the flat national road, where the snow was not as deep as before.

The truck stopped less than two meters away from the Unimog, and Li Yu got down from the truck.

He pulled himself and climbed directly onto the Unimog.

”Captain Lv, Xiao Hang, I’ll trouble you guys to clean up the exhaust pipe of the truck behind and defrost it,” Li Yu said while rubbing his hands, his nose red from the cold as he climbed into the vehicle.

The recently driven road might not seem long, but he had to drive very carefully; it took almost twenty minutes, and he had been freezing in a heater-less truck all this time.

Returning to the Unimog and feeling the warmth, his body shivered.

In such cold weather, it was simply unbearable.

”Done,” Captain Lv said and carried a bucket of just-boiled water to go down.

”Right, Lao Xie, go take some motor oil from the rear compartment of the truck and fill up the Unimog,” Li Yu suddenly said.

Watching the three men get out, Li Yu sat in the warm Unimog, took off his gloves, and saw his fingers had turned purple from the cold. He then got out of the vehicle, rubbed some snow, and massaged it onto his fingers.

For frostbite, you cannot wash directly with warm water; if the frostbite was severe, direct contact with warm water could cause the flesh to rot.

Li Yu quickly adjusted something and then got into the vehicle.

Feeling the warm breeze of the heater, Li Yu couldn’t help but pull out a cigarette, suddenly feeling aware of two gazes beside him; he smiled.

It seemed something came to mind, after all, they were inside a vehicle, he glanced at Shang Xue’er, who waved her hand to indicate she didn’t mind.

Li Yu tossed one cigarette to Yang Tianlong and gave another to Dapao.

Click~

The flame burned the cigarette as Li Yu took a deep breath, his body slowly relaxed— he had been tense all over due to the surrounding snow for the past two hours.

Now, with a cigarette, his body and mind seemed much more relaxed.

Exhaling slowly, Li Yu stood up, looked at Yang Tianlong’s bent arm, and frowned, ”Your arm is injured, we can’t delay; we need to get you treated first.”

Upon hearing this, Yang Tianlong almost choked on his cigarette, ”Impossible, absolutely not. This is just a minor injury. Finding the inverter is crucial; there are so many people at the base waiting for us. It’s already embarrassing enough that I’m hurt, we shouldn’t let it affect the important matters!”

Li Yu pondered for a moment, then rolled up Yang Tianlong’s sleeve and saw his arm bruised and possibly frostbitten.

Nowadays, more or less everyone had some degree of frostbite.

”Really, I’m fine. It’ll still be fine if we deal with it in a day or two. Besides, Xue’er has already bandaged it a bit. It’s not a big issue.”

”Xue’er?” Dapao suddenly interjected.

He then let out a chuckle.

Shang Xue’er’s expression changed immediately, she reached out to hit Yang Tianlong, but seeing his pained expression, she withdrew her hand.

Seeing Yang Tianlong so insistent, and considering the importance of the inverter, plus the fact that they had finally reached this far and were only a fifth away from the city center, it’d be a pity to give up now.

”Okay, then you rest well, don’t go anywhere, just lie on this bed,” said Li Yu.

”I can still move around.”

”No need for now.”

”Oh.”

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Lao Xie and Xiao Hang had been defrosting for a long time and took roughly twenty minutes to handle it; the vent had been previously clogged by the snow.

Li Yu and Captain Lv immediately got into the truck, Captain Lv started the engine, but it didn’t catch.

He tried again.

Rumble rumble.

Finally, it started, it was not easy at all; the moment it started, Captain Lv almost cried, as he and Xiao Hang were almost frozen to death defrosting it.

After the truck started, Captain Lv immediately turned on the heater.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

The warm air blowing made them comfortably warm.

Li Yu checked his watch, it was 3 PM.

His heart sank a notch—seems like they couldn’t return today.

It was risky to walk during the day due to falling into pits, and at night, despite having headlights, it was too dark and problems could easily arise.

Looks like they’d have to spend the night in the city center, but the current state of the city center was unknown.

With a heavy heart, Li Yu picked up the radio and said to Dapao, ”Started up, let’s go. Rush against the time, we must reach the city center before it gets dark, or we’ll be in trouble. Xiao Hang, help monitor the road ahead.”

”Alright, bro.”

”Alright, Brother Yu.”

Previously, Li Yu hadn’t removed the iron cable tied up; in such a blizzard, with thick snow, it was easy to get lost, so he simply kept it as its length was long enough—over ten meters.

Outside the window, snowflakes danced wildly, gracefully falling to the ground, gradually increasing the thickness of the snow layer.

Inside the vehicle, among the rumbling of the engine, everyone’s hearts were anxious, hoping the road ahead was safe and sound.