Zhao Tianxue and Qian Hongwen heard Du Ming's words, and they could only sneak back into their own tent with a sullen face. Qian Hongwen muttered to himself again, "Only the governor is allowed to set fires, but the common people are not allowed to light lamps!"
Yun Cai heard Qian Hongwen's muttering, and couldn't help but burst out laughing. Then she worriedly pulled Du Ming and pointed to his injured arm, "Du Ming, is your injury okay?"
Du Ming waved his hand nonchalantly, "Of course it's nothing, as I said, this little injury doesn't count for anything to me."
Yun Cai said with some concern, "You've been so busy these past few days, and you even got hurt today. Are you sure your body won't collapse from staying up all night like this?"
"It's okay, it's no big deal, I don't care about my body at all. You go to sleep quickly, I'll watch over you guys, don't worry."
Yun Cai nodded slightly and walked into the tent to sleep.
Du Ming lit a small fire beside the tent to keep the temperature inside, and then sat down cross-legged at the edge of the tent, starting to meditate.
After the true energy circulated throughout his body for a week, Du Ming opened his eyes and let out a depressed sigh.
This bottleneck is really hard to break through! I don't know when I can find a way to break through.
After practicing for a while, Du Ming stood up and walked into the tent to change the towel for Bai Mei again.
After changing into a towel, Du Ming sat down outside the tent again to run his true energy and start cultivating.
So, one night, until dawn, Du Ming kept repeating this.
Waiting until the sky was bright, Yun Cai took the lead to walk out of the tent and saw Du Ming practicing outside. She walked over and patted him on the shoulder.
Du Ming was startled and almost choked on his breath. He opened his eyes, turned his head to look at Yun Cai and asked, "You're awake?"
Yun Cai nodded, "Mm, how are you? Is there anything uncomfortable?"
Du Ming smiled and said, "I've told you, you don't need to worry about me anymore. I really am fine."
"What about White Rose? How is she?"
Du Ming said, "The white rose is much better now, but it's best if the rescue team can come today to take her back."
Yun Cai nodded, and at this time the curtain of another tent was lifted, Qian Hongwen and Zhao Tianxue walked out one after the other.
Qian Hongwen yawned and asked, "How was it last night? Did anything happen?"
Du Ming said, "No, but you two are just in time, I have a task for you."
"What? Go collect withered branches again? No problem."
Du Ming shook his head, "It's not a withered branch. Didn't we discuss before when the rescue team would arrive? The earliest they can arrive is today, so we need to leave some signals for them to ensure they can find us."
Qian Hongwen asked curiously, "How to leave a signal? What kind of signal to leave?"
Du Ming stood up, "I'll teach you, then you go leave a mark later."
Du Ming told the two people in detail how to lay out SOS on the empty land with stones, how to reflect light sources regularly with mirrors to send out distress signals, and asked them to bring some wet branches when they came back.
Qian Hongwen was taken aback and asked in confusion, "Damp tree branches? Are you sure? You want them to be damp?"
Du Ming nodded and waved his hand impatiently, "Yes, it's humid, go quickly, go quickly."
Qian Hongwen and Zhao Tianxue had no choice but to run in the direction Du Ming said, and sure enough, they soon came across a clearing.
Two people followed Du Ming's words and picked up a lot of stones. On the most conspicuous place on the ground, they arranged a huge SOS.
Then the two of them went back into the woods, picked up a lot of damp dead branches, and returned to the mountain pass.
Du Ming saw the two people bring back wet branches, nodded, and used yesterday's dry wood to reignite a flame, then filled these wet branches in.
The damp wood burns quickly, but due to the dampness, it does not burn thoroughly, resulting in a flame that soon gives off black smoke.
The black smoke is very thick and billowy, rolling up into the sky, making it quite visible. If there were any planes or ships passing by, they would definitely notice this fire.
Du Ming took out a mirror again, and every half hour, he used the reflection of the sun to send out a distress signal.
Suddenly, Du Ming tilted his ear and listened carefully, saying, "There's a human voice!"
The other three people who heard it were also stunned, "What? Is someone really here? Has the rescue team arrived?"
Du Ming's face turned serious and he fell silent, listening carefully. "The sound seems like it's from the rescue team."
Soon, Yuncai and others also heard the footsteps, and they excitedly turned towards the direction of the footsteps. They saw a small team of people wearing orange clothes with "Search and Rescue Team" written on them.
"Really! Someone has come! We're going to be rescued!" Zhao Tianxue exclaimed excitedly.
The leader of the rescue team was also surprised to see Du Ming and others, and hurried over, "Finally found you."
Du Ming nodded, "It's okay, three days, it's not too late, within our budget."
That person saw at the mountain pass, Du Ming's tent, the fire pit, and the skewers of roasted meat, and was shocked. He pointed at those things and asked, "Who... who did these?"
"It's me," Du Ming said calmly, "what's wrong?"
"That person said, 'Our rescue team has basic wilderness survival training and we have rescued many people who were stranded in the wilderness. However, even some professional personnel with complete equipment had living conditions far worse than yours when they were rescued!'"
Du Ming waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, just some basic skills."
That person saw the wolf skin and wolf meat placed on one side, and exclaimed in surprise, "Is this a wolf? Did you kill it?"
Du Ming nodded, "Yes."
"That person said in surprise, 'But didn't you drift here after a plane crash? How can there be weapons?'"
Du Ming pulled out a Swiss Army knife from his waist and made a few gestures with it, "It's not a bad habit to carry a Swiss Army knife with you."
"Swiss Army knife?!" The man was even more astonished. "You killed a wild wolf with just this small Swiss Army knife?"
Du Ming said, "What's wrong with that? Alright, stop talking nonsense. Did you guys come by boat?"
That person hastily nodded, Du Ming waved his hand, "Don't dawdle, we still have someone injured, take us on board quickly."
Du Ming walked back into the tent and carried out Bai Mei with a princess carry.
That person saw Bai Meigui's completely red face and hastily called out to someone beside him, "Quickly, quickly go and get her."
Du Ming said impatiently, "Never mind, I'll just carry her. You guys just lead the way and take us to your boat, let's hurry up."