Chapter 392: Chapter 390: Kidnap Someone in a Sack?

Kong Wu just picked up the night-vision telescope in his hand when he suddenly shouted loudly the next second:

“Comrades! I think I see Brother Tao and Qin Lang!”

Everyone looked outside the house, only to see dark night skies filled with fluttering snowflakes.

“Let me have a look.” Song Qian took over the telescope, “It’s them.”

“Captain Song, let me have a look too!” Su Dai excitedly snatched the telescope, patting her chest and said, “It’s Old Sun! It’s Qin!”

“I’ll go down and help.” As Ye Qing spoke, she once again held onto a rope with one hand and swiftly descended.

“I’m going too.” Zhao Yougong quickly followed her down.

“Brother Tao, Qin Lang, wait a moment!” Ye Qing reached the bottom and called out to the two people, speaking to those preparing to come down in the dark.

Song Qian also wanted to go down, but his arm and calf were injured, and Lin Xiaohui had just stitched up his wounds, willing but unable.

Jiang Yan stood at the door, thought for a moment, and took out a powerful searchlight.

In her space, she stored many flares, but those could cover a radius of one kilometer, so using them now wouldn’t be as conspicuous as the searchlight.

Ye Qing and Zhao Yougong, down in the gully, suddenly felt a beam of light on them and turned around swiftly with guns raised, fully alert.

“It’s Jiang Yan.” Ye Qing belatedly realized.

“!!!” Zhao Yougong was so surprised that his mouth gaped open, and a breath of cold air mixed with snowflakes took the opportunity to rush in.

“Cough cough cough!”

“Let’s go, Captain Zhao, we need to hurry.” Ye Qing said, and quickly walked forward, with Zhao Yougong hurrying after her.

The people inside the house were shocked the moment they saw Jiang Yan pull out the searchlight.

Jiang Ye looked at Jiang Yan, stroked his chin with his hand, and said nothing.

Soon, Sun Jingtao and Qin Lang were pulled up by everyone.

“Husband!” Su Dai ran towards Sun Jingtao with tears in her eyes.

Everyone safely returned to the house, and they couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief.

“Okay, let’s talk later,” Sun Jingtao gently patted Su Dai’s back and said softly.

“Yes.” Su Dai wiped away her tears, only then realizing that many people were around.

Sun Jingtao and Qin Lang took off the ropes tied around their waists and looked simultaneously towards Song Haitao and Jiang Yan,

“Doctor.”

“Jiang Yan.”

“Sister Yan.”

Jiang Yan’s return was something Ye Qing had already mentioned to them below.

Looking at Jiang Yan’s clean clothes, clean hair, and face, both were somewhat taken aback internally.

But then they felt it made sense.

“Neither of you are hurt, are you?” Jiang Yan asked, handing the lamp over to Lin Xiaohui.

“No. But just now we encountered a group of what seemed like mutant Snow Wolves–” Sun Jingtao was halfway through speaking when Su Dai cut in, “The ones several floors tall, those Snow Wolves?!”

“No, just regular Snow Wolves, a bit larger in size, but not as big as the ones we saw before.” After finishing, Qin Lang laughed sheepishly, “Brother Tao and I ran out of bullets and couldn’t engage in close combat, so we had to turn and run.”

Jiang Yan slightly furrowed her brows: So, the snow wolves the size of small hills that we encountered last time must definitely be the base’s doing.

“Oh, no wonder we were pulling up the rope so quickly just now.” Kong Wu chuckled.

“Now that everyone is back, I’ll share the next steps with everyone.” Song Haitao stood up and talked about what Jiang Yan saw outside, as well as his considerations, with everyone.

When hearing about the situation with Yunding Tower, Sun Jingtao’s mind instantly recalled the hotel in Anming City that had imprisoned many beautiful men and women.

He raised his hand with a question, “So, the Flame Base has already infiltrated into Yaoben Base’s territory?”

“It appears so,” Song Haitao nodded, “Not just infiltration, the Musen Base which we previously thought we could trust, can’t be trusted anymore either.”

Following that, Song Haitao discussed with everyone about departing for the Observatory the next day.

Except for Jiang Ye, Jiang Yan, Su Dai, and the others, the majority present were warriors or from military backgrounds.

Obedience is their duty, etched into their very bones.

The few aged scientists, when facing major right and wrong, also had clear judgment.

Leaving the AS Zone to venture into the endless snowy plains was no easy task for them.

But none of them showed any signs of recoiling.

Su Dai and Ye Qing were loyal followers of Jiang Yan.

Wherever she went, they would follow.

Thus, even though the current AS Zone was considered a decent stronghold with an ongoing supply of fish resources below, everyone had no objections to heading to Phoenix Mountain Observatory the next day.

However, how to get there became the issue that everyone needed to consider next.

“Let’s eat first, and after the meal, we’ll divide into groups to prepare separately,” Song Haitao finished summarizing the situation, glanced over the crowd, his gaze pausing first on Jiang Yan’s face:

“1. Jiang Yan and I will be responsible for determining the route and direction. Phoenix Mountain Observatory is very distinctive; as long as we don’t get the direction wrong, we can reach it successfully even without precise positioning.”

Jiang Yan nodded, “Okay.”

“2. Song Qian will lead a few people responsible for scavenging with existing materials to craft things like sleds, which will carry some of our items.”

Song Qian was just about to nod when Jiang Yan looked at him and spoke, “Regarding the sleds, I found some before, but they need to be modified. I’ll explain in detail to you later.”

The sleds collected in Yunding Tower were all very small.

But if the sleds could be connected like a little train, it would also be a good option.

The crowd: “…”

“Sister Yan, just how many surprises do you still have for us?” Kong Wu vocalized the inner thoughts of the crowd.

“Guess,” Jiang Yan said with a smile.

She suddenly realized something: during the last two days when she had been out on her own, she had forgotten to bring out the Reindeer.

There was snow in the Space, but the temperature was obviously not as low as the outside.

However, if it really came down to it, using snowmobiles to pull the sleds wasn’t a bad idea either.

After all, finding two or three snowmobiles from the AS Zone out of nowhere was much more feasible than conjuring a living animal.

Simply in terms of the map, the straight-line distance from AS Zone to the Observatory was about twelve kilometers.

This distance posed no difficulty for her, Ye Qing, and Song Qian.

However, for Dr. Zhang and the others, it could be a significant challenge.

So, these sleds were mostly prepared for the elderly.

Song Haitao continued, “3. Lin will lead some people responsible for packing and preparing the supplies that we need to take with us.”

The supplies previously found had already been heavily consumed.

“Okay, Doctor,” Lin Xiaohui, the one with the most practical life experience among those present, promptly responded, “Then I’ll go through everything first, confirm with you, and then categorize and pack?”

“Yes,” Song Haitao nodded.

As Su Dai listened to Song Haitao’s arrangements, a sudden spark of inspiration flashed in her mind. She reached out and tugged at Jiang Yan’s sleeve, whispering in her ear:

“Jiang Yan, can you perform magic this time and pack us all up to take with you?”