Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 373 - 10: Radiation Tundra, Good Husband, and Falling Behind

Chapter 373: Chapter 10: Radiation Tundra, Good Husband, and Falling Behind

Chu Baichuan was not just deeply in love with his wife, but a real man. His act of removing his clothes immediately grabbed the attention of the newbies. Seeing him standing bare-chested in the sub-zero icy landscape, they couldn’t help but admire him.

Chu Baichuan wanted to put his protective clothing on his pregnant wife, but she refused and they were arguing about it.

"Idiot, that garment can only be worn by oneself." After putting on a thick down jacket, Pang Meiqin finally caught her breath and found the time to remind them.

"Shit, this is life-threatening. Don’t just stand there, hurry up and put on your protective clothing, the radiation suits." As soon as Tang Zheng opened the Geiger counter, the built-in buzzer started to produce a rapid series of beeps, the alarm going off rapidly.

"This has gone too far." Tang Zheng initially had several coats and down jackets in different colors prepared. He naturally would choose white looking at the snow falling heavily. But there was no time to pick, the terrifying value exceeding 100 on the LCD display shocked him. He quickly put on a down jacket, then hastily donned the triple defense costume.

Yin Shangwu has never experienced this kind of radiation environment and was half-beat slow to react, only Dantai Zongqi was fast. This fellow was willing to consume points and bought a full set of anti-radiation props after hearing Silver Trojan’s mission introduction.

"Why are you standing there? All of you newbies put on the protective clothing first. Even a little protection is better than none." While putting on his clothes, Tang Zheng realized that it would cover his wristwatch. He had to take out an AK74 rifle and a travel bag filled with loaded clips and hand grenades beforehand.

The female models in the swimsuits were already turning iron blue from the chill. Without needing Tang Zheng’s reminder, they had already started putting on their protective clothing. The other newbies didn’t dare delay any longer. With panic across their faces, they glanced at Tang Zheng’s Geiger counter and put on their suits as fast as they could. No detailed explanation was needed, the word ’radiation’ itself represented fear and death. No matter how unaware they were, they had definitely heard of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant leakage incident.

"120μSV/HR, this has exceeded the safe level hasn’t it?" After Lu Fan put on the smaller triple defense mask, he started breathing heavily. Combined with the restricted field of vision, a sense of suppression suddenly rushed in.

Liu Heng had evidently spent all his points, and could only resist the radiation after his pleadings with Zongqi proved useless.

"The protection suit can block part of the radiation and also provides some warmth." Zongqi walked up to Tang Zheng, while holding his gun on alert, he chatted with him, "However, we can’t continue like this, we must find a safe campsite soon. Otherwise, if we don’t freeze to death, the excessive radiation will rob us of our fighting power."

Having seen the attitude of Qin Yan and others towards Tang Zheng, and him always being at Tang Zheng’s side, Zongqi figured out Tang Zheng’s group leader identity.

"Where should we head?" Tang Zheng had observed his surroundings from the start, other than the endless snowy plains, there were sparse birch tree forests.

After Tang Zheng put on a coat, he slung his travel bag over his shoulder, checked his AK74 rifle. Luckily, it was an unblemished gun. Otherwise, in this ice and snow environment, the gun bolt would probably freeze.

Clearly, the Silver Trojan didn’t intend to let the players freeze to death from getting lost as soon as they entered the game. A beep sounded from the wristwatch. All the conquerors looked at Liu Heng, who was the only one without a triple defense suit.

"It’s a map, marked with an arrow pointing north." After Liu Heng finished speaking, he uncertainly added, "’N’ represents ’north’ right?"

"Let’s go." With this weather, summoning velociraptor mounts wouldn’t work. The snow had accumulated too much. Tang Zheng was about to put on his military coat, but after glancing at the pregnant woman, he gave it to Chu Baichuan, "Give it to your wife to wear."

"Thank you." Though Chu Baichuan was a brute, he hadn’t reached the point where he couldn’t tell right from wrong. He thanked him quickly, then helped his wife put on the coat.

Tang Zheng gave a sigh when he saw an elderly couple shivering from the cold at the back. He threw over another spare military coat and down jacket, put on his last coat himself, and started advancing in the snowstorm.

"There’s really high radiation in this place." Lu Fan was having great difficulty moving, so Tang Zheng gave her a piggyback again. But instead of relaxing, she remained alert for their surroundings, while observing the readings on her screen.

"This is really hard to walk through." It would be feasible if they were playing on a beach. The female models wouldn’t find it tiring even after a whole day. However, now, just after twenty minutes, they were wailing. They complained a few times at the start but once they opened their mouths, the bone-chilling wind pierced in. It felt like even their tongues were freezing off, so they quickly learned their lesson.

Everyone wrapped their clothes tighter, curling themselves up as much as possible to lessen the heat loss, all of the newbies, who couldn’t protect their heads, had their ears and cheeks red as they froze. They had to rub them continually.

"Could this possibly be Most?" Gao Yu warmed his hands with a breath, gave a curse, shook his right foot. Snow had gotten into his boot and melted, making everything slick and uncomfortable.

"I don’t know why, but I am reminded of those unfortunate German soldiers who froze to death on Soviet territory. I hope I don’t follow in their footsteps." The border defense soldier called Gao Wei was in his thirties, not the optimistic type, but he still managed to crack a joke to his companion. He saw the soldier Little Du looking worried, and wanted to cheer him up.

"There were also the French musketeers. Napoleon had invaded Russia too." Lu Fan was also terrified of the icy terrain of the Far East. She even felt like her blood was turning into ice.

"You were stationed at a post in the highlands too, right?" Tang Zheng turned to look back, spotting the two soldiers in their green military coats. Due to their adaptive skills, it was obvious they were used to the highland conditions.

"The most western frontier post in Tibet, adjacent to Kashmir." Du Peng replied. His tone was somewhat cold and furious. It couldn’t be helped, he was the soldier who got the M200 sniper rifle. He was the only one without protective clothing, and he had no choice but to endure the radiation.

"Don’t worry, when we get back alive, the Trojan can help you restore your body to a healthy state." Tang Zheng could only offer these comforting words, feeling powerless.

"You didn’t sacrifice yourselves in battle against someone else, did you? Militant groups? Is it really chaotic there?" Lu Fan’s voice was heavy but full of vitality.

"Stop talking, save your strength, once it’s safe, I’ll treat you all to a big meal." Tang Zheng halted their conversation, this was the only way he could cheer them up right now.

Du Peng nodded, his attitude considerably friendlier, he knew how precious food is in such a harsh environment.

Thud, after thirty minutes, the old woman slumped down in the snow due to exhaustion. The old man didn’t call for help, he just silently stayed by her side.

Three models lagging behind witnessed this— however, they quickly pretended not to notice and focused on keeping up, not wanting to be left behind in this snowstorm, which would be akin to death.

Others were too caught up in moving forwards to notice, the effort it took to continue on was already strenuous.

"Uncle, someone is falling behind." After some hesitation, Lu Fan nudged Tang Zheng’s shoulder.

"Who?" Tang Zheng stopped and wanted to look back, but he was wearing too many layers, so he had to turn around.

Tang Zheng was originally leading the way, when he stopped, everyone else followed suit. The two soldiers even lowered their posture to be alert, thinking there might be danger.

"No worries, he’s not that reckless." Dantai Zongqi, who was in the fourth position, prompted others not to worry. If there was danger, Tang Zheng would not have reacted like this. Despite not knowing him long, Zongqi realized Tang Zheng was extremely cautious and detail-oriented.

"The old couple." Ing seeing Tang Zheng started to walk back, Lu Fan sighed, indeed, his uncle had begun to show his kindness again.

"Hold on, you shouldn’t waste your stamina in vain." Dankai Zongqi grabbed Tang Zheng’s arm as he passed by, his cold voice, muffled by the triple defense mask, seemed even colder.

Everyone looked over at once, staring at the two men.

"I don’t need others to tell me what to do." Tang Zheng brushed off his hand, disliking his tone of voice.

"The old couple didn’t call for help, which indicates that they have given up hope for life. Why do you have to interfere?" Zongqi reached out again to grab Tang Zheng’s arm and coldly said, "Besides, they are old, there’s no value in rescuing them."

Zongqi didn’t care about people’s opinions, he directly ignored the questioning gazes.

"Tang Zheng, you’ve already expended a lot of energy opening the way in this snowstorm, don’t do any more unnecessary things." Pang Meiqin also disagreed with the rescue.

"I’ll do it. The person in the front carried the most load and risk in the snowstorm, not to mention carrying a child, but you never got lost, keep going, I trust you." Gao Wei came over, patted Tang Zheng on the shoulder, and then headed toward the old couple forty meters away.

"Humph, there are really lots of fools these days." Zongqi snorted and stopped dealing with them, he walked straight to the front.

"No need, we don’t want to go any further." The old man tried to refuse Gao Wei’s assistance, but Gao Wei lifted the old woman without asking and quipped, "Let’s go, when you really lose your strength, you can lie down in the snow."

Tang Zheng’s stamina advantage came into play again, he had to slow down so the others could keep up with him, and not get lost. He had considered going ahead alone in his Iron Hellfire, it wouldn’t be a problem to carry around four or five people, but seeing the struggling newbies, Tang Zheng gave up on it in the end.

"Let’s assess the situation, there might be hidden team missions!" After another half an hour, more people were starting to fall behind. The first one to give in was the drunken fat man and two models, but none of their friends came to help. There was one brief look from the rest of the models, then they continued moving forward, it was clear those two were unpopular.

Chu Baichuan’s pregnant wife also looked pale, with her large belly, she couldn’t be carried. Baichuan was sweating profusely from anxiety, having yelled out in frustration several times already. The pair of brothers were also supporting each other.

Tang Zheng summoned the Velociraptor Mount and lent it to Chu Baichuan. Even though it was still difficult to ride in the snow, it was better than nothing. Tang Zheng didn’t want to see the girl miscarry, or a life that hadn’t even been born to pass away.

"Damn, there’s a rabbit." Gao Yu, who was already numb from the cold, suddenly saw a rabbit in the sparse woods. He instantly perked up, raised his rifle, and pulled the trigger. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to qidian.com to vote and support, your support is my biggest motivation.)