CHAPTER 266: CHAPTER 266 ORIGINAL SIN 75

The journey was silent, and after reaching the place, Song Lian instructed those returning to rest to move quietly, then grabbed a shovel, intending to work near the edge of the cliff. This place was dangerous during the day and even more so at night.

Who would have thought that upon arrival, he found someone already working hard, swinging a shovel. With a long ponytail and a slender back, it was clear at a glance that she was a girl.

Song Lian was so shocked that he hurried a few steps closer, and upon careful examination, it was indeed Yun Shuangshuang, who had been sound asleep in the camp!

"What are you doing here?" In his shock, Song Lian couldn’t help but blurt out.

Yun Shuangshuang turned her head and blinked, standing up with an innocent look towards Song Lian, saying, "I woke up when you guys got up! But you soldiers are really disciplined; you don’t make a sound when you move, so I just followed behind you all the way here."

Song Lian...

Yun Shuangshuang looked at Song Lian, who was stunned speechless by her sudden appearance, inexplicably finding the dazed look of the cool soldier in front of her somewhat cute, making her want to laugh.

To avoid breaking into laughter, Yun Shuangshuang held back her amusement, lowered her head, and resumed her work. After a moment of daze, Song Lian didn’t say anything further and started working too. He had long been acquainted with Yun Shuangshuang’s stubbornness and knew it was pointless to say more, so he saved his breath.

The spot where Song Lian worked was right next to Yun Shuangshuang, intending to ensure her safety should anything happen.

After working during the day, everyone was already very tired, having slept only a few hours. The fatigue had not been properly rested away, and continuing to work felt indescribably arduous.

Even Yun Shuangshuang was beginning to feel exhausted, so the others were even more tired. However, Yun Shuangshuang was still stronger than the others, so when it was time for a break, she didn’t go to rest.

Primarily, because Song Lian beside her didn’t rest, he only let the person pushing the cart behind them take a break. Yun Shuangshuang, not needing anyone to push her cart, continued working alongside Song Lian.

Previously, Yun Shuangshuang hesitated to not rest for fear of the soldiers copying her. Now, with Yun Shuangshuang working with Song Lian, the soldiers who tried to keep up were immediately scolded by Song Lian.

One soldier was unwilling, looking at Yun Shuangshuang with the implication that he couldn’t be outdone by a girl. Song Lian didn’t persuade him, just gave a cold laugh, "If you can go toe-to-toe with me for five minutes, I won’t care whether you rest or not. If you can’t, then get some rest!"

Once Song Lian showed his authority, the soldier fell silent, realizing Yun Shuangshuang wasn’t an ordinary girl, but one who could stand her ground against Song Lian, a real tough girl!

Sending those who went to rest away, the remaining ones continued working. This time, Yun Shuangshuang and Song Lian never stopped, advancing at a very fast pace. Such high-intensity work finally made Yun Shuangshuang feel exhausted.

First, her waist felt tired since the continuous long hours of bending made it feel as though it was about to break, both sore and in pain! Even her arms, due to overexertion, felt the muscles trembling slightly, making each swing of the shovel tough.

But Yun Shuangshuang gritted her teeth, refusing to rest, and continued working because she knew that these soldiers around her were already very fatigued, yet still persisted. She didn’t want to become a burden by requiring special care, especially not at such a time when she couldn’t afford to rest because of tiredness.

As the night passed and the sky brightened, after a night of dedicated hard work, the roadblock ahead on the highway finally showed signs of clearing. Seeing that just a couple more hours of work might completely clear the debris from the road, everyone cheered, even the exhausted Yun Shuangshuang and Song Lian, who felt like collapsing for a long sleep, broke into smiles, filled with joy.

Just as everyone was rejoicing and exchanging with the incoming soldiers, an accident occurred. A huge rock that was solidly on the mountain suddenly rolled down without any warning!

Under the boulder were three people, the first to react was Song Lian, almost moving simultaneously upon seeing the boulder falling, running swiftly towards the people below the boulder, with Yun Shuangshuang following closely behind him.

Song Lian reached and immediately pulled the two nearest people backwards, rapidly retreating to avoid the boulder that was almost overhead, but with only two hands, he could save the two in front, leaving no time to rescue the third person under the stone!

Having pulled the two people, Song Lian could only watch helplessly as the youthful soldier below stared in horror at the falling boulder, everyone’s heart clenching instantly!

Such a close distance! Such a large stone! Everyone could almost foresee what would happen to this young soldier! A fate of being crushed by the falling stone to death, bones shattered and muscles torn, a certain death!

At this critical juncture, a slender figure dashed forward swiftly, with long dark hair in a ponytail flashing before everyone’s eyes! Song Lian had no time to react, not even to shout a warning at Yun Shuangshuang for her recklessness.

Yun Shuangshuang acted too quickly, and he was still pulling the two soldiers he saved backwards due to inertia!

In the panicked gazes of everyone, Yun Shuangshuang rushed with all her might, grabbing the stunned young soldier sideways at the moment the boulder was about to fall! Leveraging the acceleration from her sprint, she flew out with the young soldier as if both were airborne!

Yun Shuangshuang fell to the ground with the young soldier, rolling several times to wear off the momentum she had during the rush, behind came a loud crash! Accompanied by the dull thuds of the boulder rolling off the cliff!

Yun Shuangshuang had nearly risked her life driving her body to its limits, saving the young soldier’s life from King Yama’s grasp at the last moment before the boulder came crashing down!

Lying on the ground now, Yun Shuangshuang felt her whole body trembling, too exhausted to move even a finger. Those few seconds earlier had drained all of her strength!

Yun Shuangshuang was too spent to move, while the young soldier beside her was scared stiff in that life-and-death moment, lying on the ground, heart pounding as if about to leap out of his throat, too frightened to move even a finger.

Yun Shuangshuang was exhausted, this young soldier had been scared stiff, too. He was truly too young, appearing hardly older than Yun Shuangshuang and not very sturdy either! At this point, he lay on the ground shivering like a small quail!