Professor Gu's daily life in the countryside after his rebirth

Chapter 225 Going up the mountain to save people

The cold raindrops hit Gu Zhan's face, temporarily relieving the drowsiness brought by the high fever. With this sense of clarity, Gu Zhan continued to move forward.

"Help, is there anyone? Help!"

Faintly, Gu Zhan heard a cry for help.

Auditory hallucinations caused by fever?

Gu Zhan hesitated for a moment, then continued walking towards the rocky area ahead in the heavy rain.

"Help!"

This time, Gu Zhan really heard the cry for help. There was indeed someone shouting for help.

He stopped and looked around, only to see the green mountains in front of him hidden in the mist. There was fog everywhere and no human figure could be seen at all.

The cries for help continued. Gu Zhan stood there and listened carefully several times before he was sure that the cries for help came from the mountain on the right side of the road.

So, there is someone on the mountain?

Gu Zhan looked around and saw only high cliffs. The view was unclear and climbing up the mountain was even more difficult. There was no way to find out what was going on.

After taking a look at the mountain, Gu Zhan continued to walk forward, following the place where everyone was moving stones. After walking about one or two hundred meters, he saw a narrow mountain road hidden in the bushes.

Gu Zhan guessed that we should be able to go up by following this path.

Gu Zhan went up the mountain almost without any hesitation.

As I passed through the bushes, the raindrops from the branches and leaves clung to my body. After just a few steps, my clothes were completely soaked and stuck to my body. The fabric pulled at my body, making every step difficult.

The path is a gentle slope, and after going up it, walking along the road inside, it is still a cliff.

The rain curtain blocked his view in front of him, and he could not see any situation in the mountain at all. Gu Zhan wiped the rain off his face, and after taking a clear look at the terrain in front of him, he realized that he could not go any further in such heavy rain.

"Is anyone there? Where are you?" Gu Zhan made a megaphone shape with his hand and shouted to the opposite side.

On the other side, on the small path under the cliff, Han Sheng and Zhang Yuanzhi, members of the geological survey team, supported each other and moved forward step by step. However, fearing the heavy rain and the occasional falling rocks, the two walked slowly and carefully.

After the two of them walked a few steps, Han Sheng fell to the ground due to exhaustion, and Zhang Yuanzhi fell as Han Sheng fell.

If you look closely, there is a large patch of blood on Han Sheng's calf, which has soaked through the entire trouser leg.

The two men fell together. Zhang Yuanzhi, who fell first, didn't have time to care about his bleeding hand that was scratched by the stone. Instead, he hurriedly helped Han Sheng who fell on him.

"Old Han, are you okay?"

Han Sheng panted and waved his hand and said, “It’s okay, this won’t work, Lao Zhang, you go first, if we continue to go like this, we will drag you down.”

"Old Han, what are you talking about? We are comrades who have experienced countless trials together. How can I leave you behind?"

"My leg is injured, and I can't move at all. The road conditions in this part of the mountain are complicated. If the rain continues for a while, there might be a flood. The information we collected is valuable, you must bring it back."

"Impossible. I can't leave you behind, Old Han. Give up on this idea. I will definitely take you out of this mountain safely." Zhang Yuanzhi said firmly.

"Why are you bothering?"

Then there was the cry for help that Gu Zhan heard.

"Is anyone there? Where are you?"

Zhang Yuanzhi thought that it was impossible for anyone to pass by this desolate village with no village nearby and no shop nearby, and he just wanted to try his luck, but unexpectedly someone actually responded to him.

"Old Han, someone responded, someone really responded...Haha, that's great, Old Han, there's hope."

Gu Zhan's voice was not small, and even though they were quite far apart, both of them heard it.

Han Sheng, who originally thought that he was going to fail here this time, also had a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

"Here, we are here." Zhang Yuanzhi shouted towards the source of the sound.

The sound penetrated the rain curtain and reached Gu Zhan's ears clearly.

Looking at the path in front of him that could only accommodate one person and where rocks kept falling, Gu Zhan frowned, then resolutely walked towards the path ahead.

Even though he had a fever, his young body, which had been doing farm work for many years, remained light and flexible. Before long, he had walked quite a distance.

There was no one, still no one. Gu Zhan looked at the increasingly dangerous terrain ahead and was considering how to proceed when a medium-sized rock rolled down from the mountain and landed in front of him.

Gu Zhan's heartbeat accelerated for a moment, and he hesitated in the face of the unknown risks ahead. Suddenly, the smiling faces of Liu Xiaoxi and his daughter appeared in his mind.

My wife and daughter are still waiting for me to come home. If something happens to me on this trip, what will they do in Beijing, where they are unfamiliar with the place?

Gu Zhan's mind was racing, and he felt the road beneath his feet suddenly become steeper, and the path ahead was even more rugged.

Path? Rockfall? 1978?

In a trance, Gu Zhan remembered a piece of news from a newspaper in his previous life. At that time, he was already in college and had more or less knowledge of some things in the outside world.

One day, he saw a news report about the discovery of a large iron ore mine in Yuncheng. Behind this iron ore mine, there was no doubt the hero who discovered it, Han Sheng. This member of the exploration team, named Han Sheng, was injured on the way back and unable to move. Finally, he was accidentally hit by a falling rock and died...

This report was published in all mainstream newspapers at the time, but because it was a long time ago, Gu Zhan only remembered it vaguely.

So, now... this happened to me...

Gu Zhan smiled bitterly, this really was God's will.

At the same time, the courage that had mostly disappeared from his heart became abundant again. Since he could change his fate once, he could do it twice. God gave him the opportunity to be reborn, and there must be a meaning to this rebirth.

Isn’t this the coincidence before our eyes?

After realizing this, the road under Gu Zhan's feet suddenly became extremely solid, and his mind and thinking became clear at this moment.

He strode across the path where falling rocks kept rolling down, and finally saw Zhang Yuanzhi helping Han Sheng walk forward at the corner of the path.

"Are you the ones calling for help?" Gu Zhan said, panting, as he stood in front of the two of them.

Seeing Gu Zhan standing in front of them, Zhang Yuanzhi felt like he had met a living god. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that they would meet in the wilderness on such a rainy day?

"Yes, we were the ones calling for help." Zhang Yuanzhi and Han Sheng said one after another.

"We accidentally encountered a rockfall, and our teammates were injured. It's difficult for them to walk now." Zhang Yuanzhi simply told Gu Zhan about his current situation in one sentence.