Darkness;

And cold.

...

"Rumble rumble..."

"Has everyone remembered the mission procedure for this operation?"

"Remembered!!"

"To all the leaders and members of the Xia Kingdom International Rescue Team: The plane has landed at Lahore International Airport, the outside temperature is 39 degrees Celsius, the plane is taxiing, for everyone’s safety, please do not stand up or open the luggage racks, please wait until the plane has come to a complete stop, then unfasten your seat belts and organize your belongings..."

In a daze, Gu Ji heard different sounds coming repeatedly to his ear.

There was the roar of an engine;

There was also a chorus of shouts from people;

And the arrival announcement from the purser and flight attendant.

The Xia Kingdom International Rescue Team?

Gu Ji suddenly opened his eyes, and saw in the cabin of the civilian aircraft, both front and back seats were full of rescue personnel dressed in orange-red reflective emergency combat uniforms, both men and women, looking relatively young, each with a passionate expression on their face.

Except for a middle-aged man in a dark blue suit in the front row, it seemed there were no ordinary passengers in the cabin.

Chartered flight?

"Hmm..."

At this moment, he suddenly heard a sound beside his ear.

Turning his head, he found that on the seat next to him, there was actually a black adult Labrador wearing an orange-red multifunctional reflective dog vest.

Gu Ji knew this was a search and rescue dog.

But what intrigued him was that inside the transparent plastic lining of the vest’s collar, there was a person’s name sewn in: Xiao Jian.

[The items you brought have been delivered, open the backpack to view them!]

The first line of game text began to appear before his eyes.

He didn’t have time to think it over carefully, and began quickly searching the personal belongings of the character he was inhabiting, phone, ID card, ordinary service passport, ticket, and even an action procedure sheet.

By piecing together all the information, Gu Ji finally confirmed the character’s identity.

Bian Shizhang, 28 years old, former soldier of the Third Engineering Corps of the 4069 Engineering Unit of the 38th Group Army, later transferred by the General Staff, joined the Search Team of the International Rescue Team from the Xia Kingdom’s second squadron as a canine searcher.

In the ID photo, Bian Shizhang had a short haircut, slightly dark skin, a square-shaped face with pronounced features, thick eyebrows, and single eyelids exuding a fierce aura.

Nowadays, with Gu Ji’s physical fitness constantly improving.

Only special occupations like soldiers, police, and firefighters, without negative buffs like diseases, can perfectly inherit his attributes.

Picking up the action procedure sheet, it clearly stated the background of this rescue operation.

On May 8, 2025, at 14:11, an 8.1 magnitude earthquake occurred in eastern Punjab Province, Pakistan (38 degrees 12 minutes north latitude, 77 degrees 58 minutes east longitude), with a focal depth of 20 kilometers, and at 18:24, another 8.1 magnitude earthquake struck, the epicenter located in Hafizabad, with the maximum intensity reaching X degree, the severe intensity area extending east from the epicenter.

May 8.

Isn’t that "today"?

Because the Dragon and Tiger Assault Team needs to be on standby for duty 24 hours, there was no adjustment during May Day, so Gu Ji remembered very clearly that today, May 8, happens to be their big weekend off.

Then, it was mentioned in the background.

On the morning of May 9, at the request of the Pakistani government, the Xia Kingdom’s government dispatched a 68-member Xia Kingdom International Rescue Team, boarded a chartered civilian flight departing from Jingzhou Capital Airport, and flew to the earthquake disaster area for humanitarian rescue.

According to the needs and specific requirements of the Pakistani earthquake disaster area, the Xia Kingdom International Rescue Team, led by the director of the Emergency Rescue Department of the Xia Kingdom Seismological Bureau, Yian Qingwen, comprised 62 experienced search and rescue team members, medical team members, earthquake experts, and technical support staff, and they brought a large amount of search and rescue equipment, rescue equipment, medical equipment, and six search and rescue dogs.

If Gu Ji recalled correctly.

The full name of the Xia Kingdom International Rescue Team is the Xia Kingdom National Earthquake Disaster Emergency Rescue Team, established in 2001, co-founded by earthquake experts from the Xia Kingdom Seismological Bureau, a military engineering unit, and medical personnel from the Armed Police General Hospital, specifically to respond to collapse disasters caused by earthquake disasters or other sudden events, to implement emergency search and rescue.

Because most of the team members are professional military personnel.

So the team has a strong execution capability, reacts quickly, not only conducting domestic earthquake relief and rescue but also participating in international humanitarian rescue operations.

"To all leaders and comrades of the Xia Kingdom International Rescue Team: The plane has completely stabilized, please disembark from the front boarding door, wishing everyone a successful operation in advance, we will await your safe return in the motherland!"

"Thank you!"

"Everyone, immediately organize your backpack items and prepare to disembark!"

As the voice fell.

[Crisis begins!]

[Please choose your initial reward!]

[Strength Enhancement (Large)] or [Canine Training Specialization (Large)]

Without a doubt, in this level, Gu Ji should definitely prioritize choosing the second option.

Yellow [Canine Training Specialization (Large)]: Proficiently master basic experience and knowledge of canine training, increase 58% ability to communicate canine body language, language, and emotions, increase 41% canine obedience, improve 52% command ability for canine search in crates, bloodstains, and rubble, increase 39% canine work focus.

After the imprint fell.

Gu Ji’s mind itched, and the little knowledge he learned from the canine trainer in the Dragon and Tiger Assault Team was directly elevated, as if someone directly gave him an enlightening insight.

Looking down again, the expression and movements of the Labrador search and rescue dog were immediately understood by him, clearly a bit nervous, unable to settle down, praying for him to remove the dog muzzle and play with it for a couple of rounds.

[New goal: Arrive at the rescue location successfully within 2 hours!]

"Almost done, Xiao Jian."

Gu Ji reached out and touched the Labrador’s dog head, then quickly unbuckled the seatbelt, and from the overhead luggage compartment, took out his own rescue backpack and helmet.

Looking inside, the backpack was packed with basic rescue tools and equipment.

Besides that, there was Gu Ji’s "private stash," such as the [Poison Needle Trap] mine, but thinking about it carefully, it’s probably unnecessary for this natural disaster level.

Leading the search and rescue dog, donning the red safety helmet, Gu Ji obediently stood in the team, queuing up orderly to disembark.

This is the good thing about professionals from the Xia Kingdom military.

Strong discipline, high execution, Gu Ji very much liked performing tasks with such a team, if during the India Flood level he had encountered such a reliable group of teammates, he probably would have cleared it long ago.

As he stepped out of the cabin door.

A wave of heat smashed into him, now it’s early May, Pakistan has entered the hot season, and it’s just after 9 a.m., the temperature has already soared to nearly 40 degrees, and Gu Ji’s felt temperature was even hotter.

Adding to the fact that he was wearing full gear, within a few seconds, beads of sweat had appeared at the tip of his nose.

"Hum droning..."

At Lahore Airport, the tarmac and runway were scattered with civilian aircraft and military transport planes, and there were numerous transport vehicles and bulldozers shuttling between aircraft cargo holds, moving supplies back and forth, it was packed full of staff.

It was the first time Gu Ji had seen an airport as busy as a marketplace.

A moment later, a Pakistani official in a gray suit with a big bushy beard, led his subordinates, hurriedly ran to the front, shaking hands with their rescue team leader, the man in the dark blue suit.

Communication took place in English.

After learning that the Saudi Arabian International Rescue Team had already gone to the disaster site, the director of the Emergency Rescue Department, Yian Qingwen, instructed the second squad leader of the rescue team, Han Yue, to organize supplies and set off immediately.

As the bulldozers removed the rescue equipment and medical supplies brought by the Xia Kingdom from the civilian aircraft’s cargo hold one by one.

The vehicles prepared by the Pakistani officials were already in place.

Two assault vehicles, two buses, led by the Pakistani Emergency Fire Brigade, headed at full speed to the disaster site.

Lahore is Pakistan’s second-largest city in terms of population, an important industrial center with 10 million people, close to India, it’s also the most densely populated metropolitan area, bar none.

And the epicenter, was in Hafizabad, west of Lahore.

Since the earthquake impacted the eastern region, the outskirts of the Lahore metropolitan area were naturally also affected.

"Within less than a day, two consecutive major quakes, that’s very rare!"