Chapter 207: Snow Nest

Under Liu Mu's persuasion, Ma Si actually revealed some inside information, because he had previously worked under Jiang Wenjun and was very familiar with the upper-level personnel of the Southeast Military Region.

He also said that there was indeed a naval establishment before the disaster, "Later, the news suddenly stopped. I asked, and the leader told me not to ask; if I asked, it was that a small clerk like me had no need to know."

It wasn't exactly disappointment; after all, Ma Si was indeed just a clerical worker, and Liu Mu hadn't counted on learning too many secrets from him at all.

"Follow me, and from now on you are my person. Don't worry, if anything happens, I will cover for you."

Liu Mu's words didn't sound like anything special, but Zheng Tian was envious; one had to know that not everyone in the Shengli Group was covered by Liu Mu.

"Boss, there's also me. I am also willing to be your person, so willing!" Zheng Tian hurriedly stated his position.

Although he had also joined the Sea Soul Team, he was, after all, not an old member of the Former Special Operations Team, and whether Liu Mu could treat him as one of her own was not yet certain.

"Understood," Liu Mu suddenly pointed to the snow-covered shrubbery nearby, "Signal the back, and drive slower in the front."

Zheng Tian wouldn't force a guarantee; after all, the relationship of comrades-in-arms still had to be verified in actual combat, and he was confident that he would become one of the partners by Liu Mu's side in the future.

The walkie-talkie relayed Liu Mu's meaning to the other trucks, and the convoy quickly slowed down even more.

Niu Boyi, who had been 'playing' along the way, noticed it, ran over from the side, and brought his big head up to the car window.

"Go and see if there is anything in that woods?"

Niu Boyi panted white steam as he ran forward, and Liu Mu shouted from behind, "Be careful, don't be careless."

Zheng Tian, who had just wanted to prove his value with time, felt sour; look, she was even better to the dog than to him.

He didn't know that, to Liu Mu, even Xu Xiaofeng and her brother couldn't compare to Niu Boyi. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to feel sour, and would instead have to envy the big dog.

"Boss, how come I don't see anything?" Zheng Tian decided to spare no effort in building his presence in front of Liu Mu, focusing on being eager to learn and motivated.

"Is it that person surnamed Qian?" Ma Si also stretched his neck, but apart from a vast expanse of white, he still didn't discover anything wrong.

As for the tracks left by the off-road vehicle, the snow had gotten heavier by now, and they were long gone from sight on the vehicle.

"It doesn't look like a person," Liu Mu's slender, powerful fingers tapped the car window glass; the small patch of contact didn't frost over, and one could clearly see outside.

Just when Zheng Tian thought they were going to encounter some people again, the dog over there barked woof-woof-woof toward this side.

While still driving, Liu Mu suddenly pushed open the car door, "Make the convoy stop to save people!"

Before the words had faded, she had already disappeared into the wind and snow, and the cold wind blowing in from outside made the remaining two people shiver violently.

"Save, save people?" Ma Si was a bit puzzled; in weather like this, in the middle of nowhere, there were still people?

"Execute the order," Zheng Tian had been trained for a long time and also had the reaction speed of a soldier; he grabbed the walkie-talkie and relayed Liu Mu's meaning.

Half an hour later, more than a dozen people were one by one lifted into the cargo bed of a truck that had just been cleared of supplies; almost all of them had already lost consciousness.

The two doctors naturally provided rescue measures, and except for the drivers, logistics staff, and one armed Sea Soul Team member on guard for each vehicle, everyone else gathered around.

"Boss, there are a few more in the snow nest, they are all frozen stiff, should we move them up?"

"Move them!" Liu Mu turned her head, "Maybe they can be saved."

The snow nest that had been collapsed by the heavy snow was turned over, and there was actually a pile of people, hugging each other, seemingly trying to keep warm.

It was impossible to tell where they came from or how long they had been frozen, but fortunately, Liu Mu had exceptional eyesight and could distinguish the abnormally collapsed spot in the white shrubbery.

Liu Mu went over first herself and dug out with her bare hands a family of three huddled tightly together, the parents embracing and holding their five or six-year-old daughter in the middle.

When dug out, this little girl even opened her eyes; when she saw Liu Mu, she wanted to say something, but her mouth opened and she could only emit blurry, unclear syllables.

"Don't move, Auntie will save you all."

There is strength in numbers; soon someone moved two heating stoves from other vehicles and placed them inside. To protect the supplies, the cargo bed was almost sealed with thick waterproof tarps, and before long, the temperature rose.

At a life-saving moment, there was no need to be too particular. At Lin Xiuchun's request, everyone used diluted alcohol to rub the bodies of these people until they softened up.

"There are eighteen in total, with six children," after the people were all moved onto the truck, Li Fei took the initiative to report the situation, "It's just that five people no longer have a pulse or heartbeat; whether how many can be saved is hard to say."

Regardless of whether there was a pulse or heartbeat, bringing them back to life was not an easy thing.

"Have people set up a stove, just set it up in the open space nearby," Liu Mu entered the vehicle she was sitting in and took several boxes of meat soup frozen into ice cubes from her space.

This time, Xu Xiaofeng had also prepared quite a lot of cooked food for her, and in order to keep it longer, it was all frozen.

Liu Mu had taken a freezer from the previous Scrap Station and put it into her space, letting Heitao A connect it to the energy of the antimatter energy engine, and it was frozen full of food.

As for how the energy was connected, Liu Mu didn't need to know the process; just like treating subordinates, she only needed to see the result.

The boxes were dismantled, and Liu Mu directly carried the ice cubes over, stacking them; in the wild, there was no need to be too particular, so she just placed them on the accumulated snow.

Seeing this, Li Fei knew what she wanted to do, so he urged everyone to start a fire.

The frozen meat soup melted one after another in the pot, and soon a fragrance drifted out. Perhaps knowing that this was life-saving stuff, even Niu Boyi didn't come over to snatch it.

Liu Mu went to check the snow nest and the area a bit further away again, and with the dog's help, determined the direction these people had come from.

They were two hours away from Qi Fengxia's village; in the past, they would have already climbed half the mountain, but now they had only just reached the foot of the mountain.

These people came from up the mountain, and as for whether it was Haiyang Base, she could only know after asking someone.

After being fed hot soup, the people in the convoy also had a bowl each; with their stomachs warmed, the cold in their bodies finally subsided a bit.

When Liu Mu returned, Niu Boyi was not by her side, and Li Fei said that three adults had regained consciousness.

The truck curtain was moved aside, and a strong smell of alcohol rushed straight to the head; this was the alcohol evaporating, but the temperature outside was low and there was no way to ventilate, so they could only endure it for now.

The temperature inside was more than twenty degrees higher than outside; Liu Mu entered, took off her snow-covered coat first, and leaned toward the stove to warm her hands.

"What happened to everyone, how did you fall asleep in the snow nest?"

She tried her best to soften her voice, and her tone was also very friendly, afraid of scaring these people.

The three who had woken up were also leaning by this stove, with the bowls they had finished drinking hot soup from at their hands.

"We," the woman among the three who spoke was older and also more clear-headed, "came from Haiyang Base. That place was attacked by mutated sea beasts, and it has already, already..."

Repeating it several times, the woman choked up and was unable to continue.

"There's no one left," the man beside her lowered his head, seemingly unable to lift it, "Everyone has turned into a zombie, there are no living people."

This news made the convoy personnel still in the truck gasp in unison; they were eager to ask questions, but they all looked at Liu Mu.

Liu Mu was equally shocked, fading her smile, "When did this happen?"