newbobooks Chapter 227 The Beautiful Doctor's Love and Career (79 words)
Chapter 227 The Beautiful Doctor's Love and Career (79 words)
Gu Yichen squatted on the ground, carefully holding the metal box in both hands, his eyes examining it inch by inch with the precision of a scanner.
His brows were furrowed tightly, like deep ravines, each wrinkle revealing his deep contemplation of the problem at hand.
This metal box looks ordinary, but it is actually covered with a dense and intricate network of wires.
The wires were like tangled vines, intertwined and interwoven, and the indicator lights flashed erratically.
He knew all too well that on this battlefield amidst the chaos of war, time was as precious as the sand constantly slipping through an hourglass, and this source of interference was the key to determining victory or defeat.
His mind was like a high-speed supercomputer, rapidly considering countermeasures, with every thought a matter of life and death.
Just as Gu Yichen was completely focused on the metal box in his hand, Mu Shang's deep and concerned voice suddenly came through the earphone.
The sound, carried through the crackling of the electricity, seemed like a warm comfort coming from a distant shore:
"Yichen, how's the situation? Have you found the source of the interference?"
Gu Yichen tilted her head slightly, freeing one hand to press the call button, and replied in a concise and firm voice:
"Found it. It's a complex signaling device. I'm trying to figure out how to dismantle it."
Although his tone sounded calm and composed, the fingers gripping the communicator were slightly white from the force, revealing his inner tension.
"Be careful, I'm safe here for now, I'll cover you."
Mu Shang's voice was filled with unwavering determination, as if giving Gu Yichen a reassurance.
Gu Yichen took a deep breath, the breath echoing in his chest, as if to dispel all the tension and unease.
He slowly took out his tools from his backpack, each movement like a sacred ritual, solemn and cautious.
His hands trembled slightly, but it wasn't from fear; it was an instinctive reaction from intense concentration.
He began to carefully disassemble the circuitry on the box, his slender fingers moving freely between the wires.
His eyes were fixed on the work in his hands, his gaze so focused that it seemed as if the surrounding noise and clamor of war had disappeared.
He was left with only the problem at hand, which he desperately needed to solve.
"Yichen, is there any noise on your end? I think I hear some static."
Mu Shang's voice rang out again in the earphones, breaking the brief silence, carrying a hint of barely perceptible worry.
"It's nothing, I was just fixing the wiring, there were some loose connections."
As Gu Yichen answered, fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
The beads of sweat slid slowly down his cheeks, dripping onto the dusty ground and disappearing instantly.
His hands never stopped moving, as if he were a master immersed in artistic creation, completely focused.
As one wire after another was cut by Gu Yichen, the indicator lights on the box flashed more and more wildly.
Suddenly, the box emitted a sharp alarm, the sound like a blade slicing through the air, sending chills down one's spine.
"what happened?"
Mu Shang called out anxiously, his voice filled with tension and unease.
"A simple self-destruct mechanism was triggered, but I can handle it."
Gu Yichen responded calmly, his eyes revealing determination and resolve.
He quickly looked around, his gaze landing on a tattered piece of cloth beside him.
He rushed over, picked up the rag, and wrapped the box up as quickly as possible.
The action was done in one go, without any drag.
Immediately afterwards, he forcefully shoved the wrapped box into an abandoned bomb crater.
He nimbly hid behind a thick, crumbling wall.
"boom!"
With a muffled thud, a large crater was created from the bomb.
Soil and stones flew everywhere like fireworks, raising a cloud of dust that blotted out the sky.
But amidst this dust, the source of the interference has been successfully destroyed, and the dawn of victory is quietly approaching.
"Mu Shang, the source of the interference has been eliminated!"
Gu Yichen shouted excitedly, his voice filled with barely suppressed excitement and joy.
"Okay! I'm coming to find you right now, let's prepare to retreat!"
Mu Shang's voice carried a hint of relief, as if he had finally seen the dawn after wandering in the darkness for a long time.
In no time, Mu Shang's agile figure darted through the ruins like a ghost.
The ruins and rubble rushed past him, as if serving as a silent backdrop to his heroic figure.
He came to Gu Yichen's side, their eyes met, and they smiled at each other.
That smile was filled with the relief of surviving a disaster and a tacit understanding that needed no words.
"go!"
Mu Shang spoke briefly, his voice deep and powerful.
He turned slightly to the side, raised the gun in his hand, his eyes revealing vigilance and decisiveness, and led the way to retreat towards the safe zone.
Gu Yichen followed closely behind, and the two figures gradually disappeared into the distance on the smoke-filled battlefield, moving towards hope and peace.
Gu Yichen and Mu Shang hurried along amidst the smoke and dust of the ruins.
Their figures moved among the ruins, as if they were the only two lonely souls remaining in this desolate land.
Although the troublesome source of signal interference had been successfully destroyed, an unsettling stillness permeated the surrounding air.
The communication equipment, which should have been brought back to life by now, was like a lifeless object, completely unresponsive.
It was as if the cruel and merciless battlefield had opened its bloody maw and ruthlessly swallowed it up.
"This godforsaken place doesn't even have a decent road!"
Mu Shang frowned and cursed in a low voice.
He took each step with extreme care, cautiously stepping over the jumbled pile of rubble in front of him.
His eyes gleamed with vigilance, not missing a single movement around him.
Gu Yichen also looked solemn, his strong hands gripping the weapon tightly.
His gaze, sharp as a hawk's, was fixed intently on the simple map in his hand.
"According to the map, we should be close to the safe zone, but this terrain..."
Before he could finish speaking, he seemed to sense something and suddenly stopped in his tracks as if he had been frozen in place.
In the thick, ink-like fog ahead, it seemed as if pairs of eyes hidden in the darkness were staring intently at them.
His gaze carried a hint of coldness, sending chills down one's spine.
Before they could recover from this sudden alertness, a chilling roar pierced the momentary calm like a sharp arrow.
Immediately afterwards, several figures, their bodies twisted beyond recognition and their faces contorted as if they came from the depths of hell, suddenly lunged out of the thick fog, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws.
Their bodies had an extremely eerie bluish-purple hue.
The color was like rotten bruises, emitting a nauseating stench.
The muscles bulged abnormally, as if injected with some evil power, as if they were about to burst through the thin skin at any moment.
The blood vessels, on the other hand, resembled angry earthworms, wriggling rampantly on the skin's surface, clearly visible.
"What kind of monster is this?"
Gu Yichen's eyes widened, and she cried out in horror.
At this critical moment, relying on the agility he had honed on the battlefield over the years, he quickly dodged a monster's overwhelming attack.
At the same time, he thrust the dagger in his hand toward the monster's throat.