1984.

Himalayan Mountains, Devil's Col.

The Molmon expedition team's camp was stationed on the edge of Devil's Col.

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"Haiyang, Dalu, you two brothers are going to pick up stones again!" Shi Yong shouted at Zhao Haiyang and Zhao Dalu, who were preparing to leave the camp.

Zhao Haiyang looked back at Shi Yong and said with a smile, "What's wrong, Brother Shi, do you want to come with us?"

The other groups had basically gone out to collect samples. Shi Yong glanced around the camp and found that there was still a security guard on duty, and everything was normal, so there was no need to worry about safety issues.

Shi Yong ran up to Zhao Haiyang and Zhao Dalu in a few steps, his face full of smiles: "Hahaha, okay, I have nothing to do anyway, I'll follow you to do scientific research!"

Shi Yong's optimistic personality was very popular among these Chinese scientists. He often livened up the atmosphere, and he was also a warmhearted person, often helping everyone out and lending a hand from time to time to repair equipment (no matter what problems the equipment had, Shi Yong could always fix it as long as he took it apart and studied it).

Although the Chinese members of the expedition team didn't know much about Shi Yong, they all vaguely guessed Shi Yong's "bodyguard identity," but no one publicized it, and they treated Shi Yong as a repair engineer.

Although Shi Yong only graduated from junior high school and his education level was completely inadequate compared to this group of PhD researchers, everyone did not discriminate against Shi Yong. On the contrary, they favored his positive and upward-looking personality.

Shi Yong asked Zhao Haiyang and Zhao Dalu full of longing: "Do you think it's possible for me to pick up a gem today, the kind that's worth a fortune?"

As soon as he asked this question, Shi Yong realized that he had made a mistake, and quickly made amends: "No, no, this kind of thing must be handed over to the state, I can't keep it for myself."

Zhao Dalu jokingly said to Shi Yong, "What picking up gems and stones? We are doing scientific research and geological surveys, and collecting soil samples at the same time."

Shi Yong muttered, "Every time I see you two brothers bring back a lot of strangely shaped stones, who knows if there are any gems in them..."

Zhao Haiyang was amused by Shi Yong. He put his arm around Shi Yong's arm and said to him quietly, "Today we're going to pick up stones, and we'll only pick the valuable and good-looking ones. My second brother is always so serious, don't pay attention to him, let's go pick up stones, let him do his research."

Shi Yong's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Zhao Haiyang nodded: "Of course, when I used to do geological surveys, I often picked up all kinds of strangely shaped stones, like that kind of not-so-valuable Xiu jade. I don't have to hand it over to the state, I just use it for my son Chenguang to play with."

After hearing Zhao Haiyang's words, Shi Yong's heart blossomed: "Then I'll pick up some gems for my son Xiaochuan to play with too. I haven't seen him for a long time. Now that I think about it, I miss him and his mother."

Zhao Haiyang patted Shi Yong on the shoulder: "Don't worry, this expedition mission is coming to an end soon. After it's over, we can go home and reunite with our wives and children."

"Yes!" Shi Yong nodded heavily, full of expectations for the future.

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Five days later.

Himalayan Mountains, Devil's Col, Molmon Expedition Team Camp.

A burst of noisy static suddenly came from the camp radio. After a while, a crackling, unclear human voice could be heard.

A hissing human voice came from the radio: "e...***cy...emer...gency..."

The security guard stationed at the camp immediately realized that something was wrong, so he quickly adjusted the radio equipment.

"e...mer...**...cy...emer...gency..."

"e...mergen...emergency...gency..."

"He Rui...calling...emergency..."

The signal was still very weak, so the security guard simply pulled the radio line outside the tent and carried the equipment to a higher position in the camp to continue receiving the weak signal.

"Emergency, emergency, emergency, can you hear me? Is anyone there?"

With constant attempts and adjustments, a clear human voice finally came from the radio, from a Chinese team member.

"Camp received! Please report the situation!"

The security guard picked up the microphone and repeated this sentence to the radio communication channel. In order to allow other field teams to hear, he opened the channels of multiple frequencies at the same time.

"Camp received! Please report the situation!"

"Camp received! Camp received! Please report the situation! Please report the situation!"

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"Received, received, this is He Rui, this is Group Two, I have lost contact with Han Dongsheng, Frank, Rick, and Shakya, over."

"Camp received, camp received, are all four of their communication handsets online? Over."

"He Rui received, our equipment was carefully checked before departure, there were no problems, their communication handsets are carried with them, but I can't contact them, I've lost contact with them for almost twenty minutes, I'm worried they may be in danger. Over."

"Camp received, please report your current location. Over."

"He Rui received, I'm in the southeast direction of the camp, about five hundred meters straight ahead, I'm near Crescent Rock. Over."

"Camp received, please stay where you are, I will notify other teams to meet you. Over."

"He Rui received. Over."

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