1384 It’s Still Warm! (1/2)

”My god, am I dreaming? Zhufeng saved our captain!” Liu Chen was both shocked and filled with exhilaration. Her eyes welled up with tears as she ran up towards Ning Yuchen, proceeded to walk in circles around him, examining him in disbelief to assure herself that she was not hallucinating.

”Captain! Is that really you? Are you okay?”

Hu Ben who had been putting on a tough front, broke down when he saw Ning Yuchen.

Of course, they were tears of utter joy.

”I'm fine! Can't you see that I'm perfectly fine? Come on, the both of you. Stop crying! You're gonna make me cry too!” Ning Yuchen was deeply touched by his friends' concern for him.

Proverbs has it that good friends go through thick and thin together.

The three of them, Ning Yuchen, Liu Chen and Hu Ben were comrades on the battlefield; their friendship was sincere, drawn from the bottom of their hearts. Even Chen Xiaobei could not help but be touched by their loyalty towards each other.

”Captain! How did Zhufeng rescue you? Tell us! Tell us!” Liu Chen's eyes were wide with curiosity and delight.

”Yeah! Captain! Hurry up and tell us! The commanding officers led a search party for three days but they had no leads at all!” Hu Ben asked impatiently.

”Err…”

Ning Yuchen did not know what to say. He promised Chen Xiaobei that he would keep the secret.

”Bro Ning was infected by malaria in the forest. He was unconscious for three whole days. I treated him and then brought him out.” Chen Xiaobei answered.

”Yes! That's exactly what happened!”

Ning Yuchen nodded.

”Really?” Liu Chen looked suspiciously at Chen Xiaobei. ”Zhufeng, you know how to treat malaria? I don't believe it!”

”I was trained with wilderness survival skills before. In areas where malaria is present, there will also be herbs nearby that can cure malaria! All I had to do was find the herb, and treat Bro Ning with it!”

”No! There's something fishy going on!”

Liu Chen narrowed her eyes at Chen Xiaobei.

”What's fishy? Look at me, didn't I come back in one piece? You're still not satisfied?” Ning Yuchen scolded.

”I am! I am! Captain's safety is more important than anything else!” Liu Chen dropped all her doubts and smiled cheerily back at Ning Yuchen. She then turned to Chen Xiaobei and said, ”Zhufeng! This is all thanks to you! I thank you from the bottom of my heart! Thank you!”

”Yeah! Zhufeng, I want to thank you too! You saved our captain!” Hu Ben said earnestly.

”Oh, come on, we'll all friends. There's no need to be so polite.” Chen Xiaobei said.

”Oh, right, Zhufeng, what are you going to do next?” Ning Yuchen asked.

”I can't go back to base camp. Anyway, I killed a small Demonic Beast so I'll need to go to the Chamber of Commerce to sell my loot. So, I'll be going back to Silver Plume City.”

”A small Demonic Beast? Zhufeng, did you go out hunting on your own outside of the perimeters of Silver Plume Forest while we are gone? What rank is the Demonic Beast?” Hu Ben asked.

”Don't be stupid, Hu Ben! Our little brother Zhufeng is just a Zero-star Black Steel! What rank of Demonic Beast do you think he could kill?” Liu Chen giggled. ”Zhufeng, if the Demonic Beast you killed is not even Black-steel rank, you don't need to go to the Chamber of Commerce. No one will want to buy anything from you!”

”Liu Chen! That's enough!” Ning Yuchen rebuked. ”Zhufeng may be a Zero-star Black Steel now, but in the near future, he may very well reach Platinum or higher!”

”What? Platinum? Captain? Are you having a fever?” Liu Chen stared at her leader in bewilderment.