Li Qianfan, who had been dormant under the accumulated snow for 26 hours, finally awoke!
During the past 26 hours—
While in a deep state of hibernation, Li Qianfan's mind, operating on idle mode, was constantly pondering one thing.
That was: "Did the original host of the 209, which appeared out of nowhere, really consist of some frogs?"
The reason for this lingering doubt was that he recalled frogs being hibernating creatures.
When winter arrived, frogs, being cold-blooded animals, would experience a drop in body temperature along with the falling ambient temperature.
At this time, their life activity would be very low, and they would enter a dormant state for survival, hiding somewhere without eating or drinking, waiting for the season of spring blossoms.
When Li Qianfan first hid, he had worried about being unable to endure the extreme cold brought about by prolonged immobility.
In reality though?
He couldn't say he slept comfortably, but at least he didn't feel any discomfort, remaining in a semi-awake, semi-sleep state.
Despite sleeping—
He could hear movements on the snow surface and even feel a hunting dog sniffing vigorously above him.
If it weren't for the "six-six powder" in the ointment he applied, which made hunting dogs uncomfortable when they smelled it, he might have actually been found by the dogs (six-six powder is a chemical poison that can damage a dog's olfactory nerves).
"I am clearly human, but after activating the original 209, I can possess the hibernation function of a frog."
"The experts on the dark web, after using the improved version of 209, also exhibit frog-like leaping."
"It seems the original 209, even if it didn't come from a frog-human world in some dimension, might be a virus from a frog."
Li Qianfan mused as he slowly sat up from the snow hollow.
In the dark blue night sky, scattered snow drifted with the wind.
A white, dead silence pervaded the surroundings!
Li Qianfan first carefully observed his surroundings, ensuring there were no anomalies, before looking towards the warning sign.
It was about a kilometer away, and with snowflakes drifting, he couldn't see anything.
However, based on Li Qianfan's speculation, the third president of the dark web should still be lingering before the warning sign, maintaining a "widow-like" posture to gain the Li family's favor and lay a solid foundation for accelerating infiltration into the Eastern Lands.
Li Qianfan also anticipated—
That Rhodes might release the explosive news of "Mr. Li Qianfan froze to death somewhere" online after the search.
It was bound to cause the effect of loved ones grieving and enemies rejoicing.
Li Qianfan would not pay attention to how much his enemies gloated.
He would only consider his loved ones—
Currently, with his grandmother and Old Li at the Dragon Ruins, his elder sister wife would be fine.
Sister Wujiang, who had already rushed to the "besiege and lure reinforcements" location, and Su Nanyin, who was guarding the home, also knew that Li Qianfan would not freeze to death.
What Li Qianfan worried about most were Su Daddy, Mother Lan, and Shen Chongchong, among others.
They didn't know that Li Qianfan was immune to freezing to death.
How much pain would they experience upon seeing the video of Li Qianfan freezing to death?
However, to ensure the success rate of the plan, Li Qianfan could only let them suffer temporarily.
After all, the period of suffering would not be too long.
A faint buzzing sound interrupted Li Qianfan's thoughts.
It was a patrol drone.
These drones, capable of flying at all times for reconnaissance and timely engagement, were known as the Grim Reapers of the snowfield!
However, Li Qianfan, who was coated in thermal insulation ointment, was not too concerned about this thing.
At most, when it flew slowly overhead, he would hold his breath to prevent the heat radiated from being captured by thermal imaging search equipment.
After listening to the drone fly away, Li Qianfan took out some pre-prepared items from his coat.
Chocolate, which could quickly replenish energy, was a must-carry.
Li Qianfan had also considered whether to bring some dried beef back then.
But considering the extreme cold, he decided to think about the integrity of his teeth.
Although the chocolate was also frozen hard, causing toothaches, it could be eaten after being melted in the mouth for a while.
After eating a few pieces of chocolate with the accumulated snow, Li Qianfan felt his spirits significantly lifted.
He then took out a slingshot.
This slingshot was specially made for him by an elder from Li Family Village.
Both the frame and the rubber band were highly cold-resistant.
It came with over a hundred steel balls with octagonal tips.
Li Qianfan had tested this slingshot; its range was a full hundred meters!
The reason for carrying a slingshot instead of a firearm was also carefully considered by Li Qianfan.
No matter how good a firearm, when firing a bullet, it would leave a faint blue trajectory in the night sky.
That would expose his general coordinates.
However, with a slingshot firing steel balls, there was no need to worry about the trajectory.
The third item was a state-of-the-art thermal imager provided by Su Nanyin.
It was a lithium battery-powered model, and a single full charge could last for ten days to half a month even in extreme cold environments.
The enemy could install thermal imaging scanners on drones to search for any intruders.
Of course, Li Qianfan could also use the same equipment to search the vast snowfield for enemy spies hidden in the snow.
After continuously eating a few pieces of chocolate, Li Qianfan put on the hood of his white robe and slowly stood up from the snow hollow.
He paid no attention to the obvious human-shaped snow hollow or the footprints he left as he walked on the snow.
He turned on the scanner and began to scan slowly.
The effective scanning range of the scanner was about eighty meters, even more advanced than the one on the drone.
Beep!
Beep beep—
The pistol-shaped scanner suddenly emitted a beeping sound.
At 12 o'clock, 66 meters away, two red dots were flashing incessantly.
"High-tech, truly high-tech!"
Li Qianfan praised silently and, crouching as low as possible, quickly moved in the direction of the targets.
When he was about thirty meters away, Li Qianfan, based on the direction of the outer defense perimeter, determined which way the heads of these two brothers, frozen while lurking in the snow, were facing.
They would definitely be facing away from the defense zone, not towards the forest.
After confirming the enemy's orientation, Li Qianfan put away the scanner, took out two steel balls from his coat, and, using the howling wind as cover, nonchalantly walked towards them.
"Hoo!"
Pete exhaled a puff of hot air and said to his companion Jason, who was lurking beside him, "It's really cold tonight. I wonder when this damned mission will end. If the money wasn't so good, I really wouldn't have the confidence to keep going."
"It should be almost over, right?"
Jason replied, "After all, the young master of the Dragon Ruins has fallen here. The Eastern Lands really don't have much reason to persist at the negotiating table."
"That's true."
Pete said, "Who would have thought that the dignified young master of the Dragon Ruins would die here so silently?"
"Heh heh."
Jason sneered, "Whether it's the young master of the Dragon Ruins or Madam Rhodes, aren't they all human like us? They'd die from a single shot too."
"You're right."
Pete looked up at the quiet front, "Let's have a smoke to warm up. We'll be off duty in another two hours."
Smoking during an ambush was a definite taboo.
But it also depended on where one was ambushing.
There was no problem smoking within the virtually impregnable defense zone.
Jason sat up and lowered his head to take out a cigarette.
Just as he lowered his head to get the cigarette—
Perhaps, it seemed, maybe he heard a sharp "swoosh!"
Then Jason knew no more.
Pete also heard this sharp "swoosh."
He instinctively turned his head to look—
And saw a white figure about ten meters behind him.
"Is it the person coming to relieve us?"
Pete instinctively thought, and then he heard the sharp "swoosh" again, a bloody hole appearing precisely on his forehead!
As blood spurted out with a "poof," Pete's life, like Jason's, who had been shot in the back of the head, came to an abrupt end.
Killing these people—
Li Qianfan felt no psychological burden whatsoever!!
Think of Star.
Think of the grandson of Hua Ye Shen.
Think of those internet celebrities who were now living a fate worse than death—
Li Qianfan's expression was cold, and without blinking, he walked up to their corpses, pulled down their pants.
After a quick look to discern the direction of the warning sign, Li Qianfan tied their ankles with their pant legs, holding a corpse in one hand and the scanner in the other, and walked towards it.
After walking about eight hundred meters, Li Qianfan discovered two more lurking enemies.
As the drones roared overhead, Li Qianfan took out his slingshot again.
More than ten minutes later.
The number of corpses Li Qianfan was dragging became four.
Another eight hundred meters—
Li Qianfan couldn't help but sigh, "Every eight hundred meters, there are two lurkers. This shows that Rhodes is indeed cautious; she's quite capable. Pity, she's just short-lived."
Another ten minutes later.
The number of corpses Li Qianfan was dragging became six.
He had also arrived at the warning sign.
Tens of meters east of the warning sign, the off-road vehicle was still parked there.
Li Qianfan knew that Jiao Yin was sleeping soundly inside.
Thinking of her rosy lips—
"Damn it, my thoughts are getting increasingly vulgar!"
Li Qianfan quickly suppressed the wicked fire in his heart and got to work!
He hung the six corpses on the horizontal bars of the cross on both sides.
Precisely.
What a beautiful scenery.
As the wind blew—
The six corpses swayed back and forth with the wind!
But Li Qianfan was nowhere to be seen.