The rancid air rushed into Yu Chi's lungs. Even though it smelled so bad, Yu Chi could not help but open his mouth to take a deep breath like a newborn crying.
But the next second, Yu Chi realized something was wrong. After all, he was wearing the heavy-duty protective suit …
He opened his eyes and saw that he was surrounded by a lifeless swamp. The protective suit he was wearing was torn and his oxygen mask was missing. However, the cadaver container was perfectly fine beside him. The stench of formalin permeated the air.
"Is this the foreign world? How is everyone?"
Yu Chi tried to push himself up but a splitting pain shot through his chest. It was so painful that he almost fell into the swamp next to him.
It felt like one of his ribs was fractured … or at least two or three of them were broken …
"Ah …" Yu Chi's forehead was covered in cold sweat from the pain. He groaned in pain.
When he passed through the black fog, the spirit barrier, Bux, almost swallowed him whole. The sixth pillar collapsed, the fifth pillar crumbled, the fourth and third pillars were cracked, and only the first and second pillars were intact.
Now the spirit barrier had weakened significantly. It was like a beast that had suffered a great loss and was licking its wounds in the dark.
Yu Chi knew it was Deng Ximei's mental power that pulled him back.
In terms of mental power and spells, Yu Chi was not weaker than Deng Ximei. They were on the same level in terms of talent and skill. But obviously, when it came to matters related to the foreign world and the Carlop Civilization, the Fogbreaker had to rely on Deng Ximei's talent.
The cold wind blew, carrying with it the eerie caw of the crows and the weak pulsation — on this side, the world was still humming.
But the pulsation came from behind him. Yu Chi turned his head around with difficulty. His eyes widened when he saw a membrane wall that reached into the clouds.
The area of the black fog was the womb, crossing the boundary was like the feeling of being born … Yu Chi understood all of this. It was the amniotic membrane, the amniotic membrane of the black goat.
At that moment, Yu Chi heard a familiar voice calling him, "Who is there? If you are conscious, please answer me. " It was Lou Xiaoning's voice. It came from the wind, not the walkie-talkie, which seemed to be damaged.
"It's me, Yu Chi, I'm over here …" Yu Chi couldn't shout. Whenever he spoke, the ribs in his chest ached.
Soon, Lou Xiaoning, Malachite and Peacock appeared before Yu Chi. They moved cautiously, the automatic rifles in their hands were never lowered.
Even though Yu Chi was injured, they still had to follow standard procedure to check on his personality and mental state. The pillar was of great use, it gave them more confidence in the results of the test. Yu Chi was still Yu Chi, they were still themselves.
Because the severity of rib fractures could be big or small, if there was damage to important organs, such as the heart or lungs, it could put the injured person in danger. Therefore, none of them moved to move Yu Chi. They left him lying on the muddy ground until they found Uncle Dan.
"Captain Yu, you'd better pray that old pervert survives this ordeal." Lou Xiaoning scanned the surrounding swamp, "Or you'll be in grave danger."
Perhaps Yu Chi was not fated to die, or perhaps Uncle Dan was lucky, they found Uncle Dan less than 50 metres away. Uncle Dan merely had a scratch on his face.
However, since Uncle Dan had long regarded looks as dirt, and he did not have them anyway, Uncle Dan did not mind. After he passed the test, he rushed toward Yu Chi.
By then, Deng Ximei, Feng Peiqian, Bell Grant and the rest had arrived.
All eight members of the fog-breakers had successfully crossed the boundary. Their equipment and supplies were fine. They had lost some, but not much. Only their protective suits, walkie-talkies, and other communication devices were useless. The few trucks of supplies were all gone. A few barrels of pure water scattered in the shallow layer of the swamp indicated where the supplies had gone, but they sank before they could be salvaged.
Conversely, the storage tanks that contained the Necro-skins were intact. All eight of them had crossed the boundary.
All eight of them had different degrees of injuries. Most of them were superficial wounds that could be cleaned, disinfected and stitched up. The most serious was Yu Chi's fracture.
Once she saw Yu Chi lying on the ground, Feng Peiqian rushed over nervously, "Captain Yu?"
"Peiqian …" Yu Chi was cooperating with Uncle Dan's examination. He grimaced in pain, "Thank goodness, we're all here … Have you found any trace of Captain Gu's team?"
Deng Ximei shook her head, "Not yet."
The group shared their experience of crossing the boundary. Other than Feng Peiqian and Bell Grant, the other five members had a hard time crossing the spirit barrier. All seven of them received Deng Ximei's help.
Deng Ximei was not used to being showered with praise and gratitude, "I … was merely stating my feelings."
"Don't be so humble." Lou Xiaoning waved her hands impatiently, "You're always so nice and easy to understand. That's very important, you'll have to continue to be like this in the future."
Peacock and Malachite shared the same sentiment. If they all spoke like Dirty-minded Yu, before they and Dirty-minded Yu understood what was going on, it would be over.
"I'll try my best …" Deng Ximei did not know what to say.
In terms of mental support, Yu Chi suffered the most damage. There were some cracks but other than him, no one else had their support collapse.
This indirectly showed how powerful 'Brox Lenton' was.
"The third and fourth ribs on the upper left chest and the fourth rib on the upper right chest are all fractured."
Uncle Dan gave Yu Chi a close inspection and said, "The good news is there are no open or comminuted fractures, there shouldn't be any hemothorax or pneumothorax, the problem should be manageable."
This kind of rib fracture could be treated conservatively. Normally, Yu Chi would only need to rest for a month or two and he would be able to recover on his own.
However, there was no way to rest here. Yu Chi still had to continue participating in the team's exploration and battle. This was the problem.
The group and Yu Chi understood this but they were here on a mission so they could only bandage their wounds and force themselves into battle.
The team did not have much medical supplies. Other than the med kit that Uncle Dan brought, the other members carried some as well.
Considering Brox was born without all his ribs and the fact that the twelve sets of ribs were a disease, Yu Chi's personal supplies came with rib fracture fixation straps. They could stabilize the thoracic cage and restrict the movement of the broken ribs. It could reduce pain and help the bones heal.
Uncle Dan used procaine to perform an intercostal nerve block on the lower edge of Yu Chi's fractured ribs. After the pain was stopped, he put on the straps.
At the same time, Lou Xiaoning, Deng Ximei and Bell went to investigate their surroundings to see what this place was and to search for traces of Gu Jun and the rest.
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