Chapter 721: Can They Come Down Alive?

"I'll do it." Zhang Qian stood up directly; they had no knives or any sharp tools by their side.

However, a few days ago, Zhang Qian had learned to use sharp stones to cut things; although the things he cut were a ghastly sight, they could always be roasted and eaten.

An Yinan did not stop him; she had everything in her System Space, but during her training in the country, she had never thought of using the space.

If she used the space while in Huaxia, then it would be better not to go at all.

An Yinan used a grass basket to collect the meat, piece by piece; this type of grass had tough properties, and although it was a plant, it was not afraid of being burned by fire.

She also put the seasonings she had seen on the road into the grass basket, rinsed it once in the mountain spring water, and only then brought it to the side of the campfire.

"I'll do it." Chen Xun, who had just set up the campfire, reached out and took the grass basket directly, saying to Nan Nan with concern, "You rest."

The wound on her arm had already been cleaned with spring water, and she had used stones to crush some medicinal herbs and applied them to the wound; now the wound could not be seen clearly, but there was still some clear blood slowly trickling down.

Chen Xun frowned as he watched, his emotions regarding the Gun King Special Training having reached their peak.

"I'm fine, it just looks serious. The herbs in the mountains are very complete; there are both hemostatics and anti-inflammatories here. In two days, it will scab over," An Yinan said nonchalantly.

Behind her, she had always carried a grass basket, a craft Zhang Qian had learned from the villagers when he was in Quanshui Village.

Now they didn't have the proper conditions, but using grass strips that didn't break easily, he had still managed to weave the shape of a basket; it was better than them having no way to carry anything.

Inside the grass basket were the medicinal herbs An Yinan had collected over these days, some seasonings that could be used for cooking, and some mushrooms and grasses that could be eaten; when there was nothing else, these were things that could keep them alive.

"I checked, this meat is enough for us, what about that?" Zhang Qian asked, pointing to the area he had made a bloody mess of.

Using sharp stone flakes to cut things was ultimately not as good as a knife; it required a little bit of slow grinding to get it clean.

An Yinan's eyes flickered.

"Leave it."

"Even though there is a bloody scent here, those two leopards must have occupied this area for many years; otherwise, it would be impossible for no animals to have come by for so long."

"We'll rest, and leave first thing tomorrow morning," An Yinan arranged.

Chen Xun nodded, and Zhang Qian also replied, "Good."

There was quite a bit of meat in the grass basket; after the three of them ate one meal, there was enough left for two more. An Yinan put it into the large basket and used other grass baskets to roast some meat, though the meat roasted this time was relatively drier and could be stored for longer.

"That's all there is; if we have any more, we won't be able to finish it, and it will spoil," Chen Xun reminded her.

An Yinan nodded and put everything over there, "I'll nap for a while; I'll take the second half of the night."

She was used to taking the second half of the night; for these past days, the three of them would not all rest at once. This was deep in the mountains, after all; who knew if a beast's bite would land on a foot or a head?

"Sleep," Chen Xun said soothingly, his heart aching every time his eyes caught sight of her arm.

An Yinan closed her eyes; this day had been truly exhausting, what with traveling, fighting animals, and sometimes having to be careful of poisonous insects and plants. Speaking of which, she had to be grateful for her System Space.

Many plants and animals, as long as they had anything to do with medicinal materials or poisons, had been explained in the System Space.

It kept them from meeting their end.

In the second half of the night, An Yinan opened her eyes right on time. As soon as she moved, Chen Xun looked over immediately, "Sleep a while longer; I'll keep watch."

An Yinan smiled and sat up.

"I'm really fine. You're so tense; can you keep this up for a day, two days, or half a year?" An Yinan raised an eyebrow.

"The Gun King Special Training lasts for half a year; are you prepared to go on like this?"

This man, whenever it came to her affairs, he easily lost his sense of proportion.

In fact, he understood everything in his heart; he knew everything.

It was just that he couldn't help but care about her; how could she not understand that?

"When I can't hold on anymore, I will naturally let you take the night watch," Chen Xun said as if it were a matter of course.

"Sleep, we don't know what tomorrow will be like!" An Yinan sat up, her posture for keeping watch already very clear.

Chen Xun saw her persistence, "If there is any movement, wake me up immediately; don't face it alone," he still instructed.

An Yinan nodded, "Don't worry."

Chen Xun lay down, his breathing slowly becoming steady.

An Yinan poked the campfire on the ground, then walked to the spring and collected a lot of spring water into the space; this spring water was natural and unpolluted, and in later generations, it would be truly too difficult to drink such water.

She did not take the leopards; she would find an excuse tomorrow to return and take them.

After all, both of those men were Soldier Kings, and the leopards were too big of a target.

"Is the night safe?" As soon as there was a tiny bit of light, Chen Xun sat up immediately, his eyes already perfectly clear, needing no buffer time.

Although Zhang Qian was a little later, he also woke up quickly.

"Eat something, then we'll hurry down the mountain. According to the sound of the water and the wind direction, I should be close to walking out of the mountains," Zhang Qian said.

An Yinan and Chen Xun nodded immediately. Before they got up, An Yinan had already hung the grass basket over the campfire, letting the residual heat of the fire dry the meat in the basket.

"Eat, then go wash your faces to wake up, and we'll leave," An Yinan said, planning it out.

During these days in the mountains, the three of them were able to walk out alive entirely by relying on their perseverance.

In a place where poisonous snakes and insects were everywhere, if she hadn't studied medicine, the three of them would probably have died here long ago.

Where would there be any chance to get down the mountain?

Now, at the foot of the mountain, a plane and a military vehicle were already waiting.

"Can they come down alive?" Yun Fei's heart was a little uneasy. When they formulated this plan, they had taken action from many sides; although they didn't have anything on them, they were given a Signal Flare right before they got off the plane.

If they fired the Signal Flare, it would mean they were withdrawing.

It had been so many days, and there hadn't been a single movement from the mountains.

In these deep mountains, they had no people of their own, nor any equipment, except for when An Yinan got off the plane and swiped the pilot's canteen.

Speaking of this matter, it was also something they hadn't expected.

Who could have imagined that such a young woman—they didn't know when she had swiped it—until the pilot came looking for it with a tearful face, they only then realized it must have been An Yinan.

Chen Xun and Zhang Qian were both traditional soldiers; orders were above everything else.

Only that restless one could do such a thing.