Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
Although Li Teng felt that he might never wake up again, he got up as the sky brightened.
Daylight was still faint. More accurately, Li Teng was woken by the cold.
His limbs were numb, and his entire body was ice-cold.
Considering his situation, Li Teng felt that it was a miracle he was still alive.
What about the rescue? Why aren’t they here yet?
A drone has already appeared, but why don’t they send a rescue helicopter?
Could it be the rescue department had no money to buy a helicopter?
Given his current situation, Li Teng felt that even if he was rescued, it would not be a waste of the country’s resources. After all, he had not gotten trapped here to die because he had been roaming carelessly.
He had been kidnapped.
But why hadn’t anyone come to rescue him?
For a moment, Li Teng felt a little wronged.
Li Teng opened his eyes, and his weak body slowly recovered his vision.
After looking at the gloomy sky and feeling everything around him, Li Teng had the urge to swear again.
Unexpectedly, it was snowing!
And the snowflakes were as large as goose feathers!
Is there a mistake?
It’s only April!
Yet, Li Teng’s shredded blanket was covered with a thin layer of snow, while bits of ice had appeared on his head and face.
Li Teng did not know what to say about his situation.
“Why hasn’t anyone come to rescue me?
“I am dead!
“Dammit! Let me die!”
Li Teng bellowed in rage helplessly.
However, he couldn’t help but lick the ice beside his lips.
After a while, Li Teng suddenly sat up and gathered the snow on the blanket into a ball. He then shoved it forcefully into his mouth.
Li Teng’s frozen mouth was unable to melt the snowball, so he had to chew the snowball. Although the roots of his teeth were hurting from the cold, he still insisted on putting the snowball into his stomach.
Icy!
The biting cold sensation spread from his mouth to his stomach swiftly. Soon, his stomach cramped again. It felt as though there was a stormy sea inside him.
Unsurprisingly, the snowball was unable to suppress his hunger. It just made his stomach uncomfortable.
It was so uncomfortable that Li Teng had to bend over and press his fist against his stomach.
At that moment, Li Teng couldn’t help but want to cry.
There was nothing wrong for a man to cry. Unfortunately, he didn’t even have the strength to cry now…
After eating the snowball, Li Teng, who was cold and hungry, did not dare to eat another one.
The cold was penetrating into his body, which was becoming stiffer and more unresponsive.
Li Teng slowly moved his body to the side of the bed and looked under the stone pillar. Because of the snow, he was unable to see anything under the stone pillar. With such a heavy snowstorm, he believed that no one was coming to rescue him.
He was dead for sure.
“Let’s jump.
“Jump, and everything will end.
“Perhaps, this was just all a dream.
“Just a nightmare.”
Li Teng kept trying to persuade himself to summon up his courage and jump, ending everything. Even if he didn’t jump, he believed he wouldn’t be able to last for long.
If he jumped, at least, people would know how he died. His life would then not be so meaningless.
Jump down…
Just as Li Teng was hesitating whether to end everything, a rumbling sound echoed. The sound became louder as it got closer.
It was different from the sound of the passenger airliner that approached the previous time.
In the dim distance, a small dot appeared.
It was just a tiny black dot.
Across the curtain of snow, the black dot gradually became bigger. The rumbling sound also became clearer and more deafening.
It even brought along a huge air current, causing Li Teng to shiver all over.
It was a helicopter! The helicopter’s propellers were generating the strong wind!
Finally, he was able to see it clearly!
It was indeed a helicopter, a black one at that—even the cockpit’s window was black!
Li Teng was unable to see the pilot inside the cockpit.
It flew over from below, gradually rising until it was finally hovering over Li Teng’s head.
“Is it here to rescue me?”
“Did the drone’s operator send it?
“Would they send a rescue team in such a big snowstorm?
“Is rescue really here?
“Or am I just dreaming?”
Li Teng sat on the edge of the bed and tilted his head up. He looked dazedly at the helicopter above, even forgetting that he should get up and shout for help.
However, there was no need to worry. The helicopter was clearly there for him.
As the helicopter hovered in mid-air, a rescue ladder was lowered.
“It’s really here to save me!
“Thank you, my country! Thank you, my government!
“Thank you, rescue team!
“I knew you wouldn’t leave me in the lurch!”
In an instant, Li Teng burst into tears.
As long as he was able to return alive, he could figure out who had kidnapped him. Li Teng would not just forget about this matter so easily.
Of course, subconsciously, Li Teng also had some doubts about this helicopter’s origin. He was worried that it did not belong to the rescue team, and instead, his kidnapper had sent it.
Actually, would they arrange for a helicopter to take him to a more dangerous place?
Well, regardless of who the helicopter belonged to or why it was there, even if it were to take him to the execution grounds and kill him on the spot, Li Teng would still board it without hesitation.
Since he was not afraid to die, there was nothing else to be afraid of.
Li Teng stretched out his hands and grabbed the rope ladder with his last ounce of strength. After two pulls, his feet finally stepped on the ladder.
However, he had no more strength to continue climbing.
Fortunately, the helicopter’s pilot realized his predicament, and the rope ladder automatically retracted into the cabin, bringing Li Teng along.
After another difficult climb at the door, Li Teng finally entered the helicopter’s cabin.
The helicopter retracted the rope ladder, closed the door, and then flew off, tearing through the curtain of snow.
The stone pillar below, and Li Teng’s bed, soon disappeared among the snow.
After Li Teng climbed into the helicopter’s cabin, he discovered that it was empty.
The cabin door was closed, and the black glass blocked out the light, making the cabin extremely dark. It was difficult to see anything.
Of course, there was no way to see what was happening outside.
Metal panels separated the cockpit and the cabin. Li Teng was unable to enter the cockpit to see the pilot and question him.
Li Teng didn’t know where the helicopter was heading, nor where it planned to take him.
Still, it was better than staying on top of the stone pillar, right?
Li Teng recalled that when he had entered the cabin, he had seen a box.
Although he couldn’t see it anymore, he could still feel for it. Soon, he found the box. Fortunately, it was not locked.
After opening the box, Li Teng fumbled around its interior and felt several bags of food in plastic packaging.
There were also beverages!
After tearing open and smelling one of the bags, he took a bite and realized it was bread. The other two bags contained biscuits.
He then moved onto the bottles of beverages.
Li Teng first opened a beverage and took a few sips to moisturize his esophagus and stomach. Then he tore open the bags of bread and biscuits, sweeping them clean into his stomach.
After that, he consumed all the beverages.
Currently, he considered any food the best delicacy in the world. Even if it was poisoned, he would rather be a satiated ghost rather than a starving ghost!