458: He will lead his men down the mountain when it gets light tomorrow.

That's great.

Although he had believed they were Soldiers before, he was still somewhat wary.

Now hearing them say this, hope suddenly bloomed in his heart. With these comrades, they would surely defeat those bad guys. They could avenge the people in their village... Thinking of the relatives and neighbors who were killed in the village, he hated himself. If only he had been stronger, if only he had discovered it earlier, perhaps he could have saved them... If he had sought help from the Military Unit earlier, maybe these bad guys could have been dealt with sooner.

"My leg is much better, I can go down the mountain tomorrow..."

He felt his leg didn't hurt as much, and he could indeed walk slowly.

"I've already made you a crutch; you can try walking with it later..."

Lu Jing said, opening a large bag that contained a small radio.

Yang Xi's eyes widened instantly as he looked at the radio.

A radio? These few people actually had a radio?

He watched Lu Jing adjust the radio, and soon, a voice came from the other side.

"This is Lu Jing..."

"We are currently on the mountain south of Medicine King Valley. We've discovered a group of people here..."

Lu Jing briefly explained the situation.

"We will immediately report to the commander..."

A moment later, a voice came from the radio again.

Yang Xi was extremely shocked. He hadn't expected a radio could be so small. And Lu Jing and his team actually had the qualification to carry a radio. Although he didn't hear what was said on the other end, he was incredibly stunned.

What level of authority was required to carry a radio?

Everything before his eyes was beyond his imagination.

These people must have an unusual background. Were they on a mission and just happened to encounter him, which is why they saved him?

Regardless, he felt there was hope for revenge.

A long-lost smile appeared on Yang Xi's face. He had forgotten how long it had been since he last smiled. When was the last time he smiled?

Xiao Niannian was sharpening a machete there. If not for her face, one might think she was a skilled hunter just by her practiced movements of sharpening the knife.

After sharpening the machete, Xiao Niannian tied it to her waist and walked towards the cave entrance.

She stood at the entrance, listening to the tiger roars, gasps, and painful shouts coming from not far away. Xiao Niannian guessed that these people were now like ants on a hot pan, frantically scrambling. However, they couldn't deal with the tigers right now, so they could only fight and flee.

Xiao Niannian saw the previous eagle return with several other eagles.

"You go to the cave above. If you see them coming, come tell me immediately..."

The eagle flapped its wings, leading the other eagles to the trees near the cave above.

These eagles were all very large. An eagle stood on every few trees. Because the trees here were dense, one wouldn't notice them without looking carefully.

The Leading Boss led his injured subordinates towards the cave.

Those six subordinates still hadn't rejoined them, and he didn't know how they were doing.

But all seven of his current subordinates were injured, and he himself was only lightly wounded. He was incredibly grateful that he had brought a lot of bullets this time; otherwise, they would have lost their lives in the mountains.

Now he still had dozens of bullets in his bag, which would surely allow them to get out safely.

In fact, ever since they were ambushed by the tiger, he had been thinking about whether to take these people out, and then bring more weapons to deal with the tiger after his subordinates recovered.

"Brother, if it were autumn now, I would definitely set a fire and burn these tigers to death..."

Nickname said angrily.

Before, in order to force Yang Xi to appear, they had also burned down a section of forest, but it rained heavily at that time and they didn't succeed.

"Why would you set a fire in winter? Can it even burn?"

Some of those with serious injuries already had pale faces.

"Boss, this is bad, Old Lou has a high fever..."

Old Lou's leg was also bitten by a tiger. Although it was bandaged with cloth, he could still walk now, but his face was flushed with fever.

"Help him up, speed up, find a place ahead..."

They all carried backpacks, but they had also lost some things when they were chased by the tiger. Now, they didn't have enough medicine.

Moreover, when they came out, they didn't expect so many people to be injured. He still had some medicine in his bag, which he had kept for himself as life-saving medicine.

Before, when they were in the village at the foot of the mountain, there was a family skilled in medicine. They used means to force those people to hand over their prescriptions. They contacted people and found that these prescriptions were indeed excellent.

They suspected that family had other ancient prescriptions, but the family consistently denied it, even when they broke the legs of two of them, the family still didn't produce the ancient prescriptions.

"Boss, we don't have much cold medicine left. Should we go down the mountain?"

Ever since the tigers attacked them, some people had suggested going down the mountain. At first, others disagreed. But now, most people wanted to go down the mountain, prioritizing saving their lives.

"Do you think I don't want to go down the mountain? It's almost dark, and our men are so injured. How long can they walk now? Can you guarantee those tigers won't attack us again?"

The Leading Boss rebuked the person who spoke.

"But if our injuries don't get treated at a hospital, they'll leave permanent problems for the rest of our lives..."

"Boss, why don't we make a push and go down the mountain? Yang Xi hasn't appeared for so many days, maybe he's already dead..."

"I don't want to die on this mountain. We still have so many bullets; we can definitely kill the tigers. It's not dark yet, let's go back the way we came..."

Listening to these people, the Leading Boss's face grew even uglier.

"Go back the way we came? We only have a few maps, and with this heavy snow, do you even know where we are?"

"How do we go back? We won't be able to see anything after dark..."

Didn't he want to return down the mountain? The tigers were constantly chasing them, and one careless mistake could lead to another injury.

He had suspected before that the tigers weren't killing them, but deliberately toying with them, wanting to exhaust all their bullets before killing them... But where would these tigers get such intelligence?

He looked at his subordinates. When tomorrow dawned, he would lead his men down the mountain. No matter what, he had to save his own life. As for these subordinates, if they could live, they would go down together. If they couldn't, it was their fate... "The boss is right, listen to the boss... Let's find a cave to hide in first, and eat something to replenish our strength..."

"You guys pick up some firewood and carry it with you..."