Chapter 244: Still One Breath Left

"Report, the Red Mark has been found," the soldier shouted with pleasant surprise.

The Rescue Team Captain was full of surprise, "The fifth Red Mark."

It meant they had found the right direction and were getting closer and closer to that cave entrance.

Chen Xun strode over and took the Red Mark, his eyes stinging; Nan Nan, we are here.

"Continue forward," Chen Xun issued the order.

Yun Fei had not been here long; An Yinan was his niece, but he was the person in charge of the Military District Headquarters, and with a disaster occurring here, he absolutely could not let other countries take advantage of the situation.

The more critical the moment, the more one must hold the national gate!

With the location confirmed to be correct, everyone's marching speed increased significantly...

An Yinan lay holding the infant, sometimes awake, sometimes unconscious; she no longer knew how much time had passed and was even too weak to think.

Occasionally waking up, she would eat a few bites of a steamed bun, but she would be hungry again the next time she woke!

Rather than saying she was saving this child, it was better to say they were saving each other; if not for the child's crying, she feared she would have long since fallen into a deep sleep and been unable to wake, but because of his bond, she dared not relax and forced herself to stay awake.

"Report, the sixth Red Mark!" Xiaokang held the Red Mark in his hand, a look of pleasant surprise appearing on his face, but then the smile faded and crying followed, with large, heavy tears falling drop by drop.

The sixth Red Mark!

This was the very last Red Mark!!!

It meant the cave was nearby!

Everyone at the scene was first joyful, then fell into silence.

The eighth day was almost over; was the person truly still alive?

"Search!" Chen Xun gritted his teeth and issued the order.

The Northeast Army and allied forces acted one after another; these days, every one of them had been gritting their teeth and persevering, regardless of day or night.

Food was being delivered further and further away, and the military medical teams followed with difficulty, yet they never gave up.

Everyone was holding a breath of determination in their hearts...

Especially the soldiers; how could they not empathize?

"Report! Found it, found it!" Liu Tiezhu finally found that touch of pale green, the gate that represented salvation!

Chen Xun limped as he hurried over; he stretched out his hands and cleared the snow around it bit by bit.

Zhang Qian directed the others, and everyone quickly regained their focus and moved rapidly to clear the snow around the Ancient Pine.

The snow was very deep, so deep it made everyone despair.

The fact that the color of the Ancient Pine was completely buried meant there was no air circulation vent at all.

"Your arm!" Qin Hao stepped forward to stop Chen Xun's actions.

But Chen Xun still ignored him; having lost his shovel, he used his hands.

Qin Hao was about to step forward again, but was blocked by Zhang Qian.

"Let him dig," Zhang Qian said.

"But if this continues, his arm will be ruined!" Qin Hao roared anxiously.

Zhang Qian replied, "If we don't let him dig, he will collapse."

He understood their relationship best, having watched them go from strangers to being together.

An Yinan seemed to hear the commotion outside and threw the household waste she had prepared over the past few days into the corner, mostly the paper used to wipe the child's bottom...

She threw the diaper on the child directly into her space.

A few days ago, enduring the pain all over her body, she had thrown all traces of chiseling the wall into her space; these soldiers' eyes were like hawks, and she had to ensure there were no traces, otherwise, something terrible would happen.

"Battalion Commander, look," Xiaokang pointed at the trees that had already opened up slightly, full of anticipation.

Anticipating that his sister-in-law would be safe.

Anticipating that his sister-in-law would be free of illness and pain.

She was so wonderful, so kind.

Chen Xun, Zhang Qian, Yun Qi, Yun Qin, Yun Mo, Yun Shu...

One by one, they entered the cave through that gap, and Chen Xun called out in a deep voice, "Nan Nan."

And Yun Qi had already begun searching.

Their hearts were filled with fear, fear that the bright and beautiful girl would perish just like that.

Just then, Chen Xun lunged forward, for he had seen a bundle lying in the corner.

"Nan Nan."

The girl was lifeless, her eyes like autumn water tightly shut, and her forehead and the back of her head were covered in blood.

"Nan Nan!" Chen Xun pulled her into his embrace, his arm splitting open once again, the fresh blood staining the gauze and also staining An Yinan's clothes.

The girl did not open her eyes, her breathing was shallow, and she looked utterly disheveled.

Qin Hao said urgently, "Be gentle, she still has a breath."

Chen Xun held her gently, his eyes gradually brightening.

And An Yinan was the fire that ignited his hope.

Qin Hao performed a quick check, then looked grave.

"How is the situation?" Chen Xun asked anxiously.

Qin Hao looked at Chen Xun, "She still has a breath, but only a breath; we need to get back to the Military District Hospital quickly."

The disaster area currently had limited equipment and medical supplies, and An Yinan's breath was weak; no one knew what she had gone through these past few days.

And from An Yinan's arms, a cry suddenly emerged.

Just now, when Chen Xun hugged An Yinan, he had squeezed him, and now the little guy was launching a protest.

"He is actually completely fine," Qin Hao diagnosed the child and finally discovered with surprise.

Chen Xun held An Yinan, and Yun Qin held the child.

"Return to the Camp," Chen Xun ordered.

And the person held in his arms was like a precious treasure.

He ignored the splitting of the wound on his arm, ignored his increasingly painful leg, and simply did not want to let go of the treasure in his arms.

The disaster area rescue mission ended here.

Others were responsible for the reconstruction of homes in the disaster area.

"Why hasn't she woken up yet?" Chen Xun asked anxiously.

One day... ten days... thirty days... three months... passed.

The girl's breathing was steady and her face was pale, but she was simply unwilling to wake up.

Qin Hao looked at the anxious Chen Xun, "Her bodily functions are all recovering now; perhaps she was too tired during those days, and she needs to rest for a while."

Chen Xun slumped onto a stool and took hold of her hand, which had already recovered.

When An Yinan was sent to the Military District Hospital, the entire hospital was shocked; her back was not only covered in wounds, but it had also become inflamed, and parts of it had already become infected and necrotic.

And her forehead and the back of her head had both been gashed open; it was clear that simple treatment had been performed, but...

And her hand had actually swollen up like a steamed bun, and her arm was even more bloated; the thin, frail person looked as if she had been inflated, swollen up entirely.

Seeing her body full of wounds, no one was not shocked.

If it were anyone else, could they really have endured it?

"Has Nan Nan woken up?" Sun Chunhua walked in carrying chicken soup and saw Nan Nan lying lifelessly on the bed.

She sat to one side with a look of disappointment on her face, "Actually, I regret it."

Hearing his mother's voice, Chen Xun first looked up and saw his mother's face covered in tears.

His mother rarely cried; when his father went on missions, she raised the two brothers all by herself—she, a woman, held up the entire household.

"Knowing how difficult it is to be a military wife, why did I let Nan Nan marry a soldier?" Sun Chunhua wiped away her tears, placed the lunch box she was carrying onto the small table, and kept her eyes fixed on An Yinan, unwilling to look away again.

"Mom..." Chen Xun only called out once, but he did not know what else to say.