Chapter 375: Chapter 373: Falling Out, Thanks for the Monthly and Xiaoxiang Tickets

“Ice fishing?” After being scolded by Jiang Yan before, Jiang Ye, who had been silently huddled in the crowd, excitedly stood up with a “whoosh”.

He quickly walked to the door, carefully looked outside by supporting the metal door frame, and then turned to Song Qian and said, “Captain Song, I used to be best at ice fishing. How about I go down and assist Ye Qing?”

Song Qian glanced at him and smiled, “The temperature outside is minus eighty or ninety degrees, are you sure you can wait outside until the fish bites?”

Jiang Ye choked, and said with an embarrassed smile: “…It seems, not really.”

“However, I can make some bait for Ye Qing with the available materials.” A light bulb went off in his head.

Song Qian nodded, “That’s doable.”

“Song, the ice drilling machine is here.” Sun Jingtao came out carrying the ice drilling machine.

Soon, the ice drilling machine and the bait Jiang Ye temporarily made were tied down with a rope and sent below.

“Alright, our training will start in ten minutes.” Song Qian swept his gaze over everyone and arranged.

The people who were originally standing or sitting all snapped back to reality.

Qin Lang did not participate in the training, he, as usual, stood at the door with a telescope, remotely helping to keep an eye out for Ye Qing.

An hour passed, and it got darker.

“Comrades, there are really fish coming!”

The people who were silently practicing military boxing immediately stopped and gathered around.

As Qin Lang strenuously tightened the rope, a strange-looking fish with fangs and a big head was pulled up.

The fish was more than a meter long, its surface covered with thick ice, and its mouth still gasping.

“Wow, what fish is this?”

“Could it be a devil fish?”

“This looks like a sea fish!” An old professor holding his glasses came over and observed for a while, surprised, “This fish, normally, is only the size of a palm, this mutation is too extreme!”

“Normal, when the downpour just started, the fish we caught were already very big.” Su Dai said nonchalantly.

Back then, the fish were already big, not to mention now after so long in the apocalypse.

“Doesn’t everyone find it strange, after these animals mutate and their bodies grow so big, their appetite must be very large as well. What do they eat?”

“Yes, according to the food chain, many species are missing. They can’t store resources like humans. But this fish’s teeth look a bit like a piranha–” a warrior spoke half-way and suddenly turned pale.

The scene suddenly quieted down.

After the apocalypse, corpses were the least of shortages.

Animal, human, fresh, rotting…

Before, people at Flame Base even consumed and traded two-legged sheep, let alone these animals.

“Then the rabbits and–” Lin Xiaohui thought of something, and covered her mouth, exclaiming “yue.”

A professor spoke, “Don’t think too much. In ancient times, before the invention of fire, people survived by consuming raw meats and blood.”

“Even, in some harsh times, events like swapping children to eat happened.”

Although they said this, everyone was still somewhat squeamish inside.

Unknowingly, it was night.

Ye Qing sent two fish up earlier.

Latter, Qin Lang noticed that he left the ravine, taking advantage of the cracks torn open by the glacier, and climbed to the surface with his mountaineering pick.

When the sky had completely darkened, he returned.

Su Dai and Sun Jingtao were the first to greet him, “Xiao Ye, did you get in touch with Jiang Yan on your walkie-talkie?”

Mo Shiyao also walked over, “Was there any signal up there?”

“No.” Ye Qing dusted off the crushed ice on his shoulders, turned his head towards Song Qian and said, “Brother Song, I’m going to look for Jiang Yan.”

“I’ll go with you,” Sun Jingtao immediately said.

This morning, they didn’t feel much, thinking that Jiang Yan would probably come back in the afternoon.

But now, as the whole day passed without any news from her, the few of them started to feel anxious.

Song Haitao also looked solemn, even showing some regret in his eyes.

“No need, the temperature has dropped further outside, how far can you get?” After Ye Qing bluntly finished speaking, he looked at Song Qian.

The latter’s brow furrowed deeply, without speaking.

Sun Jingtao and Su Dai exchanged looks for a second, “Then if you go out alone and get lost, what will happen?”

Even if it wasn’t nighttime now, those black blizzards could cover all visibility.

The difficulty of finding someone, one can imagine.

“She didn’t go far in the afternoon when the meteorites and black blizzards came. I guess she’s only two or three kilometers away from us. These ropes, all added up, are about two or three kilometers.”

After Ye Qing finished, he added, “I will tie the rope to my waist, find her, and then retreat back along the rope.”

“It’s a good method, but–” Sun Jingtao pondered carefully, if there were any other solutions.

“Then bring more food with you, just in case on the road–” Su Dai didn’t finish, afraid to jinx it.

“I’m lending this to you first, make sure to bring Jiang Yan back safe and sound.” Mo Shiyao took the handgun she had obtained from Jiang Yan from her waist and handed it to him, “Or go tomorrow morning, at least the visibility will be better in the morning.”

“Yeah, Xiao Ye, how about going tomorrow morning?” Song Haitao was also a bit anxious.

“No, I’m going now. I should have gone at noon.” After Ye Qing finished speaking, he was about to go to the supply depot, but was stopped by Song Qian, “Xiao Ye, wait a moment.”

He walked over quickly, looking at Ye Qing, hesitated for a few seconds, then said, “We need you here, especially Dr. Song and the others.”

“Brother Song, I have always been free.” Ye Qing clenched the fist by his side, “And, when I mentioned going to find Jiang Yan just now, it wasn’t a request, just a notification.”

His aura turned a bit colder.

The nearly two-meter-tall him, now in front of the one-meter-eight Song Qian, actually pressed down the latter’s aura.

Song Qian furrowed his brow, “Jiang Yan and Dr. Song, to me or to the base, are like the most precious left and right hands. We can’t lose either, but–”

He took a deep breath, “Right now, Dr. Song and the others need our protection even more, and Jiang Yan is capable. She is so strong, this time, I believe she’ll definitely be fine.”

“Brother Song, being capable doesn’t mean she doesn’t need care and protection from others.” Ye Qing said, and without turning back, he walked away.