CH 5

She looked at her surroundings. It was extremely desolate with a cold, biting wind. She brought a thin, portable down jacket, but although it can protect against the cold, it can't keep the cold out for too long.

She's only been here for a bit, yet her hands and feet were already trembling.

The freshmen who entered the space-time rift with her disappeared. They were all probably teleported to different locations.

The sky is bright. She glanced at the time. It was nine o'clock in the morning.

The school came up with such an exam question. Lin Xinghe guessed that they wanted to test their outdoor hiking ability first, just like with the freshman of the Ancient Era Department. Survive on the island⁠—the first test was about outdoor survival skills.

Lin Xinghe rubbed her hands together and started moving.

She climbed up to a high point first in order to look for a way down the mountain.

Just as she climbed up to a high point, she suddenly heard the rumbling of a machine in the distance. She looked up and saw that it was a helicopter. Lin Xinghe didn't ponder on it and immediately grasped the broom and waved it vigorously.

The helicopter noticed Lin Xinghe and picked her up.

Besides the pilot, there was a little girl with her head bowed down onboard.

Once Lin Xinghe settled down, the pilot scolded her, "Didn't you see the notice at the bottom of the mountain saying that there would be extreme weather and to take caution going uphill? A snowstorm is coming and you still choose to hike up the mountain? Do young people nowadays not know how to cherish their lives? Wasting national rescue resources."

Lin Xinghe said very sincerely: "You're absolutely right. I'll never make such a stupid mistake again in the future. I will cherish my life and save the nation's resources!"

Lin Xinghe's good attitude eased the tension in the pilot's expression and his tone softened: "You're lucky. I got a mission to rescue someone on the mountain. If you didn't come across me, you would have froze to death or been buried under the snow when the snowstorm hit. This mountain is very evil. Sixteen people have died when they came here to explore the legends. If I came late or didn't see you, then you would have been the seventeenth."

When Lin Xinghe heard this, she focused up and asked: "What legend?"

The pilot's expression shifted and in a lowered voice, he said: "Don't ask so much and don't go anywhere you shouldn't be in the future." After that, he stopped speaking. When Lin Xinghe saw this she didn't ask any more questions.

She glanced at the little girl sitting next to her.

The girl looked to be only three or four years old. She was wrapped in a green military blanket and the exposed halves of her ears were pale from the lack of blood flow.

The pilot turned the helicopter around and left the snow mountain, saying that he had received a rescue mission and it was probably to rescue this little girl.

That's strange.

How did this little girl, who seemed to be no older than five years old, go up the mountain?

Lin Xinghe took a candy out of her backpack and offered it to the little girl beside her. She asked softly, "Little Sister, do you want to eat candy?"

The little girl finally raised her head, revealing a pair of round eyes.

Her face was entirely covered with some sort of filth. It was thick and dirty. She glanced at the candy in Lin Xinghe's palm, didn't say a word, and drew back again.

The little girl shrank and buried her head lower.

Before long, Lin Xinghe and the little girl were sent to the rescue center.

A relevant staff member came to ask about Lin Xinghe's situation. When they saw that she was okay, they let her leave, but the little girl suddenly grabbed Lin Xinghe's hand and refused to let go.

The staff tried to persuade her to stay and finally couldn't help but say to Lin Xinghe: "Her father has already been notified and is on his way from the city. Our place is a bit remote. We don't expect him to arrive until tomorrow."

Lin Xinghe thought about it and said, "It's okay. I came here to sightsee and have nothing else to do. I can help take care of her for a night."

"That would be perfect. You can stay with her and rest in our rescue center tonight. There's a resting room over there that has hot water and a bathroom."

Lin Xinghe didn't have parents growing up, nor did she have brothers or sisters around her. She fell in love as soon as she saw this little girl who looks like a piece of mochi. She took the little girl by the hand and went to the resting room.

When the helicopter descended, she observed the small town at the base of the mountain. It wasn't big. It was clearly twelve o'clock at noon, but there was almost nobody on the streets. There was snow everywhere and it was deserted like an abandoned town.

The rescue center was also very rudimentary and the facilities in the room were relatively old. Regardless, the heater, bed, bathroom, and hot water already made a world of difference from the freezing conditions on the snow mountain.

Gu Taoyao let out another emotional sigh for the European Emperor at the same desk!

They all stood on the same starting line. The other four freshmen were still on the snow mountain, huddling together for warmth. They found an abandoned cabin and were facing the oncoming snowstorm.

Meanwhile, her deskmate has already flown down the mountain on a helicopter, acquired a heated room with hot water, and encountered an NPC suspected of playing a major role!

Several barrages floated across the deserted livestream (1).

【This newcomer is really lucky. She already solved the initial survival problem. 】

【How can the person who took my magic broom for a tenth of its price have bad luck? 】

【It's hard to say. After all, she has to kill the Snow Woman. 】

【The little girl NPC might be bad news. It's not necessarily a good thing to be taken straight down.】

【The livestreams of the Modern Era Department are boring but at least they're better than the Western Fantasy Department. Watching them fight is like watching a CGI movie. Add in the Xianxia Department and it becomes chaos. 】

【Get lost. Don't chat if you don't like to watch. 】

【Heh, every dimension has a troll that wants attention.】

Lin Xinghe couldn't see the chat. She bent down and asked the little girl: "What is your name?"

The little girl didn't say anything and clenched Lin Xinghe's hand tightly.+