Chapter 59

It was already late at night, and Kuba's military camp was still brightly lit.

After witnessing Zhou Yutong being released, Shi Yi felt a sense of relief in her body and mind, and without further insistence, she gave the password for the serum medical box.

According to Minister Asante's promise, after dawn, the US military's AEG missile carrier would drive to the foot of the mountain, and by then, the entire Kuba military camp would be razed to the ground by missiles, and not a single person would be spared.

Heh, by now, what did it matter if the serum was real or fake.

At this moment, Shi Yi was tied up and imprisoned by Kuba in a pitch-black torture room. Shi Yi was afraid of the dark, and countless terrifying torture instruments were placed around her, and a heavy smell of blood permeated the air... But these fears were nothing in the face of death.

Shi Yi closed her eyes quietly, waiting for the last moment of her life to arrive...

At the same time, Zhou Yutong was squatting at the highest point of the mountain, fiddling with a pile of circuit boards and electronic components.

She saw through Asante's plan; these ungrateful cowards and villains couldn't be counted on to save Xiao Yi! The only hope now was to immediately notify the Chinese Embassy and send someone to rescue them!

However, all communication equipment had been cut off by the Sozali group, the phone couldn't get through, and the internet couldn't be used; she could only find a way to contact the embassy herself.

Fortunately, she was a communications soldier, had learned basic circuit assembly, and knew that in this situation, she could use existing electronic components to assemble a simple signal transmitter. Standing at this high point on the mountain, she could send an emergency distress signal to the embassy.

A bright emergency light was placed on the top of the mountain... Zhou Yutong lowered her head under the light, concentrating on assembling the transmitter.

Just then, an anxious call suddenly came from not far away:

"Sister, I've been looking for you for a long time!"

Zhou Yutong raised her head and saw a black boy running toward her quickly; he was the oldest child among those kidnapped to Kuba's military camp with her, Kefei.

"Kefei, what do you want with me?"

Zhou Yutong paused her work.

Kefei ran up, panting, and said:

"Sister Zhou, I... I heard Minister Asante on the phone just now while I was bandaging my wound, saying that after dawn, there would be some missile vehicles coming over to launch missiles at the camp, and by then no one would be able to escape, you... you hurry and save that sister!"

Zhou Yutong's heart trembled.

"What did you say, missiles?!"

Kefei nodded anxiously, "Yes, it's a heavy bomb! By then, this camp will be razed to the ground, and that sister will definitely lose her life!"

Hearing Kefei's words, Zhou Yutong finally understood that Asante was planning this!

The Sozali government army and Kabango's rebel army had been fighting on and off for more than a year, and the entire country was already in ruins. Now Kabango was seriously ill, power had fallen into the hands of others, and most of the soldiers in the army were infected with the Ebola virus and had lost their combat capability. At this time, it was the best opportunity to annihilate the rebel base camp in one fell swoop; how could Asante let it go!

Therefore, they cut off traffic and blocked signals just to block all news.

To prevent the outside world from interfering with this secret operation they were planning with the US military.

An operation that didn't hesitate to sacrifice all innocent lives!

"Damn it!"

Zhou Yutong clenched her fists hard, flames burning in her eyes:

"I must immediately report this news to the Chinese Embassy! But now... the transmitter is still missing one component; without that component, the transmitter won't work at all..."

"What component is it?" Kefei asked.

"Quartz crystal."

"Quartz?" Kefei's pair of black brows furrowed, "Sister, are you talking about... quartz stone?"

Zhou Yutong shook her head.

"Not ordinary quartz stone, but a crystalline silicon dioxide, which is transparent and has a purity hundreds of times higher than ordinary quartz stone. Such a crystal can be used as a crystal oscillator to start the transmitter."

Kefei lowered his head, thought for a while with his little hand touching his chin, and then asked carefully:

"Transparent quartz stone... is what you're talking about... crystal?"

Zhou Yutong's eyes lit up; why hadn't she thought of that? Crystal was also a high-purity transparent quartz crystal.

Because it was expensive, no one usually used crystal as a crystal oscillator, but crystal did have a good piezoelectric effect and should be perfectly usable as a crystal oscillator.

"Crystal can also work! But... where can we find crystal now?"

Zhou Yutong fell into anxiety again. Crystal was so expensive, and now, with less than three hours left until dawn, where was she supposed to get it in such a short time?

Just then, Kefei said firmly:

"Sister, I know where there is crystal, you wait for me, I'll be back in a while!"

Tick, tick...

Time ticked by, the darkness around them faded bit by bit, and in the distant sky, a hint of fish-belly white gradually appeared.

Zhou Yutong sat on the top of the mountain, looking at the Kuba base surrounded by dense forest in the mountains, burning with anxiety.

Xiao Yi...

Was she still alive?!

Had she suffered any inhuman torture, beatings, or even... abuse?

Zhou Yutong's heart was enduring intense torment; she raised her watch to look again, it was already 5:00 AM, but Kefei still hadn't returned.

She was truly stupid!

These Sozali people, clearly all ungrateful villains, how could she still count on Kefei, that little wolf cub, to bring her back any crystal?!

Zhou Yutong gripped the unfinished transmitter in her hand, her fingers trembling slightly.

Just then, an anxious voice suddenly came from not far behind her.

"Sister!"

Zhou Yutong turned her head, her pupils widening instantly.

She saw that the people running from afar were not just Kefei, but a "whoosh" of a large group of people. There were men and women, old and young. Zhou Yutong recognized that some of them were children rescued by Shi Yi, some were the parents of those children, and some were complete strangers.

"Crystal, I have crystal here, see if it works?!"

"And mine, there are blue crystals and purple crystals, I picked them up in the mine pit, come and see!"

"These few of mine, I dug them myself, they are authentic, look at mine first!"

People scrambled to extend the crystals in their hands—bright, colorful crystals held in those dark, rough palms—to Zhou Yutong. Seeing those pairs of dark, rough palms holding bright, colorful crystals, Zhou Yutong's heart ached, and tears couldn't help but wet her eyes.

The Sozali government might be selfish and greedy.

The rebel armed forces might be cruel and inhumane.

But the people of this land were so sincere, simple, and kind... They were the best and kindest people in the world.

Shi Yi's sacrifice to save those children's lives was ultimately not in vain...

Zhou Yutong silently swallowed her tears, then chose a flawless white crystal, put it into the assembled transmitter, and pressed the switch.

A harsh, crackling electrical sound immediately came from the speaker.

The electrical sound rang for a while, the sound gradually became smaller, and Shi Yi pressed a few numbers skillfully; that was the special frequency band used by the Chinese Embassy in emergencies.

Everyone held their breath, not daring to make a sound...

The next second, a "beep" sounded in the air.

"This is the Chinese Embassy, how can I help you?"

Zhou Yutong's eyes turned red instantly! She said excitedly:

"I am Zhou Yutong from Camp 21 of the Aid-to-Sozali Medical Team! Our camp was attacked by Kuba's armed forces the day before yesterday, two people... have already... already sacrificed, and one person is currently trapped in Kuba's military camp, a girl, fate unknown, please send someone to rescue her urgently."

"I understand."

A calm voice of a young man came from the phone, "May I ask the name of the girl trapped in Kuba's military camp?"

"Shi Yi."