Rebirth: I Am Super Rich in Apocalypse-Chapter 407: Rescuing Someone from a Deep Ditch

Although that’s what they said, no one dared to take the bet.

The speaker was a man, who felt somewhat awkward as he saw everyone’s reaction.

"Hahaha, seriously, you guys, with such little courage.

I really don’t know how you’ve managed to survive.

Let me show you how it’s done—"

With that said, he leaped down.

"Huh?"

Jhiang Yuan hadn’t even reacted when she wanted to stop him; he was already at the bottom.

The rest of the group was also very nervous, watching him without missing a beat.

The man didn’t use a rope and jumped directly; the moment he landed, it was tense.

Then, he became smug.

"See? I told you there was nothing to worry about. Why be so jumpy? A bunch of cowards," he said.

As he talked, he even picked up a twig from under his feet and tossed it up.

"How about that, is this firewood dry enough?"

Follwing was a hearty laugh.

Jhiang Yuan sighed in relief, glad that nothing had happened; at times like these, nobody wanted any accidents to occur.

It was a natural human sentiment—there was nothing worth mocking.

"Since it’s safe, let’s have a few more people go down and help gather everything together," she said.

The speaker was the captain of the Guard Team.

Jhiang Yuan wasn’t sure how the military ranks worked here, so she kept referring to these people as the Guard Team, as she had been accustomed to doing.

"Yes, Sir!"

Someone responded immediately and began to loop ropes around those heading down.

Jhiang Yuan and the others didn’t plan on going down; they just watched from the side, not needing to help.

The man at the bottom, hands on his hips, wore a triumphant expression.

"Just jump down like I did, why go through all this hassle? So boring," he said mockingly.

The teasing tone made everyone feel a bit uncomfortable, but no one retorted.

After all, the man did indeed have courage.

But his triumph lasted less than two seconds.

He soon became uncomfortable, scratching at something on his body unconsciously.

It was like he was scratching an itch, but his expression was much more distressed.

Jhiang Yuan didn’t know what was happening, but had a bad feeling about it.

"Are you okay? What’s wrong?" she asked.

Hearing the commotion, everyone looked over.

The people who were busy with the ropes also became frightened and hurried to the edge of the ditch.

"What’s going on?"

"Captain, Captain, I..." the man began, covering his neck with the same motion as the waitress in the restaurant had done.

"This is bad, it must be insects," Jhiang Yuan shouted, and everyone immediately backed away in fear.

The captain, unwilling to accept this, couldn’t imagine abandoning a comrade.

He grabbed a rope and threw it over.

"Quick, grab it—I’ll pull you up!" he yelled, but the young man at the bottom couldn’t control himself anymore.

Jhiang Yuan watched the veins on his neck swelling and felt panic, unable to do anything.

He seemed to realize this as well and reached for the rope, but it was too late.

His body fell straight back, and then he lay there, eyes wide open in agony.

"What do we do now, what do we do?" someone at the side was breaking down, a female comrade.

Jhiang Yuan had seen such scenes before, but now she felt just as helpless.

It seemed that those above had also noticed the situation below and were running over.

Song Yi and Jiang Yuan took the lead, and it seemed like she saw hope, but what could they really do?

Without a word, Song Yi arrived and leaped down, followed by Jiang Yuan.

The former landed steadily, while the latter stumbled upon landing.

Jhiang Yuan was a bit worried; the bottom was full of large branches, which already made walking difficult.

In the current situation, jumping down blindly was hardly a wise move.

"Song Yi, Jiang Yuan, be careful!"

The two men quickly reached the young man whose veins had already turned a purplish color, extending to the area around his ears.

Song Yi was also shocked by the pattern of the veins.

"Jiang Yuan, I’ll hold him down; you pull the insect out," he said.

"Alright, brother, I apologize in advance."

At this time, trying might mean death, but not trying meant certain death.

The people who ran over with them also jumped down one after another, helping to hold him down.

Jhiang Yuan was also very worried and started moving forward to see the situation for herself.

The people behind had the same idea and followed suit.

Jiang Yuan didn’t even have time to disinfect much; he picked up a scalpel and cut a slit on the man’s face.

Just in case, the incision was made where the insect hadn’t reached but was about to.

Everyone watched intently without looking away.

Getting closer and closer, just as the insect was about to emerge.

All of a sudden, the insect stopped. People below didn’t understand what was happening and didn’t dare to breathe, staring fixedly ahead.

Suddenly, as if the insect realized something, it started to retreat.

Jiang Yuan had not expected this to be possible.

However, it was clear that it couldn’t turn around; it could only move backward.

So, at the first opportunity, he used tweezers to block its path.

The insect, being stubborn, charged several times but failed to get through.

Then, it stopped again, pondered for a while, and started moving forward once more.

At the wound site, Jiang Yuan had intentionally not cleaned up the blood.

He guessed the creature must like the smell of blood since it seemed to move through the blood vessels.

Sure enough, upon reaching the wound, the insect hesitated for a few seconds but still ventured out tentatively.

At first, only its small head emerged, a shade darker than its body.

Gradually, it began to emerge bit by bit.

When it was halfway out, for some reason, it tried to go back.

But in the heat of the moment,

Jiang Yuan, holding the tweezers, acted swiftly, accurately, and forcefully, grabbing it.

However, the stubborn insect wouldn’t give up so easily.

It struggled fiercely, and as both sides pulled, it suddenly came out entirely.

"Ah~"

The young man’s agonizing scream echoed, terrifying those above.

They feared the worst, and Jhiang Yuan, in particular, was extremely anxious, dreading the possibility that the insect might harm Song Yi and Jiang Yuan.

"Ha ha, you can’t escape now, Xiao Zhao~"

Jiang Yuan turned around, thinking of taking the creature back as a specimen for research.

However, it slipped away, and not because he let go.

The insect had actually broken into two pieces.

It had to be said, it was quite temperamental and, moreover, extremely aggressive.

"Be careful!"

Song Yi pulled Jiang Yuan aside and immediately drew out the ignition gun Jhiang Yuan had given him.

With a "click" sound, a flame burst forth, igniting the half of the insect’s body that had emitted loud crackling noises.

Then a pool of pinkish liquid fell on the branches.

The other half astonishingly slipped through the crevice of the branches and into the interior.

Thus, it could apparently still survive.