Chapter 396: Mockery and Irony

After a short rest, Lin An also joined the rescue.

However, less than a third of the people who were rescued in the end were rescued in half a day. Coupled with the people who were lucky enough to escape from the avalanche range and were not buried, or who had special magic items or secret methods to save themselves, all added up, and finally exceeded three hundred, reaching one-third of the total number of online ghost systems.

It seems that due to the direction that Lin An said before, most of the rescued people were concentrated in the front of the original team, including the team leader and guide, who were also dug up, but they were severely frostbitten and had passed out in a coma during the rescue process.

Running out of magic again, Lin An returned to the fire to rest, along with Sidney and another mage named Ravia.

There were a few rescued people wrapped in felt blankets sitting by the fire.

Seeing them coming, several people looked at them carefully, especially looked at Lin An seriously, whispered a few words to each other, and when Lin An and them walked to the fire, several people stood up tremblingly.

"Thank you, Master Lin! And two more Lords! The man at the head took the three companions behind him and bowed deeply to the three of them, and there was a cold shiver between his words.

"As a companion, that's what we should do." Because several people specifically mentioned themselves, Lin An came forward to reply, and returned the salute with the other two, thinking of the progress of the rescue, he sighed slightly.

The four rescued were persuaded by them to rest in a specially set up tent by Ravia.

Lin An and Sidney sat down, and Master Ravia, who had sent people to the tent, also came back soon, and after sitting down, he smiled at Lin An and said, "Master Lin, you are famous now, most of them have heard about your salvation, and they all regard you as a lifesaver!" ”

It is not the first time that Lin An has encountered a situation like being thanked like that just now.

Almost everywhere she went, as long as she heard about the rescued people she risked to save people. will come to her to thank her, and some even seriously promise the friendship of the family or herself, and pull Lin An to ask her to accept it!

"Magical beliefs bear witness to that, at that time, I met no more than sixty people!" -- And not every one of these people was successfully rescued.

Lin An also didn't understand how everyone thought that they had received her help and favor.

"You deserve it, if it weren't for you, the number of survivors we would have been reduced by a third!"

Speaking of this topic, everyone became heavy.

The current progress of the rescue is not optimistic. The main reason is that there are too few people, and with the increase in the number of rescued people, their manpower and material burden is also increasing. Even the antifreeze "potion" and other materials that were abundant before have become overstretched, not to mention things such as felt blanket tents.

"I don't know when the help from the nearby fortress will arrive." Master Ravia muttered.

Although I didn't experience the taste of being wiped out by an avalanche, there were some situations during the rescue process. As a companion of the team, although they are not familiar with each other, they will inevitably feel sad in their hearts when they see the scene of some rescued people holding their dead companions and crying bitterly.

No one expected that such a sudden catastrophe would be encountered, and a hopeful and honorable return would be made. into a journey of death.

And after this disaster, the future of these recipients has become somewhat uncertain.

Lin An saw that Master Ravia's exhausted "Lu" leaned there. I don't know why my mood became very low, and it was not easy to ask directly, so I took his previous words and asked:

"Has the distress signal been sent out?"

"Yes, although His Excellency Dudley, the leader of the team, has passed out in a coma. Luckily, there's also Master James, who has an extra set of distress tools on him. And it happens to know the specific signal code. ”

Mage James also hit the road with them. It's just that unexpectedly, he is not the leader of this team, but just an ordinary member who went back with the team, and after he started, he ignored Lin An and the others, and hid in the carriage except when he camped and ate, and almost did not "show up", which was very different from his original "sexual" personality My cute sister army.

After this avalanche, Master James was able to act as a temporary coordinator in terms of seniority, ability, and prestige, so after a short discussion, he organized the initial rescue.

Lin An didn't expect that James still had a backup distress signal, and when it came to James's unexpectedly low-key after he was pulled, she couldn't help but be suspicious.

It is important to know that the communication between the armed forces has specific tools and ciphers, and this set of tools and ciphers is only in the hands of a few people to ensure the safety and confidentiality of use. For example, a team like theirs is generally kept by the team leader, and at most there is a spare pair to keep with the team leader's deputy, so as to avoid accidents or separation of the team leader, and can be flexible - but the team leader's deputy has not yet been searched and rescued.

Therefore, James took out this set of spare tools, and others may not think much about it because of James's identity, but Lin An, who had been warned by Sarin, inevitably had a trace of suspicion-

Of course, given James's background and experience, she would never suspect that James was in harmony with others, but only that he would have received the harbingers of this catastrophe or knew something inside.

Just as he was thinking, a footstep came hurriedly behind him.

"Guys, are you done meditating? We have just identified a possible rescue point on our side, and we are not manpowered! The mage's voice was a little hoarse, and it was clear that the long period of continuous rescue organization had put a lot of burden on his body - not only him, but most of the people involved in the rescue

"They can't do it yet, I'll go." When Lin An heard this, he took out a crystal bottle, and there was only a shallow bit of magic liquid in the bottle, which was originally left by Lin An in preparation for an occasional need.

The mage also recognized her, and when he saw Lin An drink the magic liquid, he nodded to Sidney and Ravia, and strode away with Lin An.

When Lin An arrived at the rescue point that the mage said, Mage James happened to be there, standing on the edge of the excavation point, with a stern face and a face to cooperate with the excavation with spells, and the bright red robe was particularly conspicuous in the snow.

Lin An thought of his guess just now, his eyelids jumped, he didn't say anything, he simply nodded and greeted the others, and quickly joined the excavation.

……

Eventually, at this excavation point. They found seven or eight people, only three of them were still breathing, but only one of them was still slightly hot in his chest, and the other two were almost a lump of ice, already in a dying state.

Everyone was already numb to this situation, only a few people showed their grief, and others quickly launched first aid for the three people.

The magic power of Lin An and James had been exhausted in the excavation just now, and they were standing on the periphery of the crowd at this time, paying attention to the results of the first aid.

"Master Lynn. Don't be too sad, as long as we dig it out with a breath of air, with the means at our disposal at the moment. At least they are guaranteed to survive. ”

Seeing that Lin An had been watching the crowd, Master James whispered comfort.

But if they don't wake up in the first aid, at least seven of them will be in such a state of suffocation and freezing for the rest of their lives, because of the suffocation and freezing they suffered when they were buried. For their families and for themselves, such a state of affairs is tantamount to death. ”

This is why Lin An regards half a day as the best time for rescue.

In fact, in the avalanche disaster, due to the fact that the people of this world are generally stronger than the earthlings, they will not die soon, and some people may die before suffocation. The body's instinct causes the body's metabolic function to drop to a very low level to maintain their basic vital signs, but only requires a very small amount of energy - just like the possibility proposed by Lin An's scientists in his previous life to use freezing to keep the human body alive for thousands of years. It's just that the latter takes the initiative and the former is forced, and the damage is greater.

But it is precisely because of this irreversible freezing injury that if the rescued person cannot quickly restore the body's low metabolism to a normal level in a short period of time after being saved, then the probability of these people regaining consciousness in the future will be extremely low. That is, the "vegetative person" demon in the previous life.

Master James was stunned, "Could this be the case?" I thought the rescued were in a coma. It's only temporary. ”

Because it was Lin An who said, he didn't doubt it too much and believed it, his brows furrowed, and his face was a little ugly, "I didn't expect Master Lin to study in this field...... But then it's even worse! ”

Lin An knew what he was thinking of, although there were not many unconscious people rescued now, but as the rescue time went on, the proportion of such unconscious people among the rescued people increased significantly, and according to what Lin An said, most of them might not wake up.

James and the rest of the rescue team, who had been glad to see many of the buried under the snow after such a long time, were still alive, but now it seems that they were too happy.

"Is there a solution to this problem?" James asked hopelessly.

"With the current conditions, no, it can only depend on their will to survive." Lin An shook his head.

In the current fragile state of the rescued, she didn't even dare to use mental spells, and if she couldn't wake them up so that their bodies could recover on their own, then even if their bodies later recovered from the freezing state and their consciousness could not wake up, it would still be useless.

And with such a level of spiritual spells, Lin An is far from being able to reach it.

James immediately understood the reason why Lin An didn't say this: it would not help to say this question, but it would be extremely demoralizing.

He couldn't help but slap his forehead hard and sighed.

"Do you regret it?" Lin An's voice sounded in his ears.

"What are you talking about?" James looked up, his gaze shrinking as it touched Ann's dark but insightful eyes.

"You know what I'm talking about."

Lin An's tone was firm, with a slight indifference.

"I feel sorry for the leader, His Excellency Dalley.

In the aftermath of this catastrophe, others may be rewarded for their outstanding rescue, but as the leader of the team, he will inevitably be severely held accountable by His Majesty the Emperor and the Minister of State......"

She turned her head to look at the tent that housed the unconscious.

"Sometimes I wonder that perhaps His Excellency will not wake up, but rather a kind of luck, and that His Majesty may not offend his family and his wife and children for the sake of his miserable situation.

――Did you say yes? ”

Behind Lin An, James's face darkened.

(To be continued)

ps:

Heck, I'm using euphemistic aristocratic rhetoric again. Let me translate Lin An's last few words for everyone, ouch, someone knew the opportunity early and hid quickly, so he shirked his obligations early and let Dali block the disaster. Then the matter is over, he jumps out to preside over the overall situation, fame and fortune are both gained, and the benefits are all obtained by someone, Dudley, you think you are unlucky, who let you fight for your father can't fight someone, you deserve to be used to block the disaster, you are unlucky to be ruined, who calls you soft-spoken and has no backstage - pinch--this is said in front of James, sharp enough to be sarcastic and vicious enough, borrowing Dudley's experience, in fact, the irony is that someone is an aristocratic communicative rhetoric, using words that seem gentle and tactful, to scrape off the last fig leaf that you have damaged. It's like the scolding between the ancient literati, without a dirty word, the gorgeous prose can scold people to vomit blood three liters! I think this kind of dialogue should be between the nobles, after all, people say so, it is also a thousand years of history and cultural etiquette, although politicians can fight and scold the street in the court (popular among the doctors of the Ming and Song dynasties), but I think most of the time, their dialogue should be like this, in fact, there are some similar dialogues in the previous article, I won't say it, you may have an impression. As for some conversations that may arise in the future, I don't necessarily expect every sentence to be translated like this time.

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