Delta: Who are you saying has suffered a loss of strength?

Chapter 250 Salvage

Led by the prison guard who discovered Dayong, all the prison guards participated in the salvage operation, and even the four hammer-wielding soldiers came to help.

Even with a dozen or so prison guards pulling and dragging, it was still very difficult. Da Yong's body was too heavy. The machine gunner's armor was all metal, and with several hundred kilograms of weight submerged in water, it was even more difficult to move him.

Several prison guards who were good swimmers dived into the water and lifted Dayong's body up, while the rest of the guards used ropes to pull him up from the shore. Even so, it still took a lot of effort to finally pull Dayong out of the water and carry him to the warden's office.

Dayong's body was placed on the ground, and water seeped out from the gaps in his armor, forming a small puddle on the floor.

"You've all worked hard. You can go back now. Leave this to me. Da Yong will be able to rejoin you all soon after he recovers," Han Che said.

The prison guards nodded, left the office, and returned to their posts.

After dismissing everyone, only Han Che, Shi Dingduya, and Dayong lying on the ground remained in the office.

Han Che called up the system to check: [One machine gunner has been killed. Resurrect? Resurrection will cost 1 million HAF coins.]

The countdown was still ticking, the red numbers decreasing second by second. Fortunately, it hadn't timed out. Han Che immediately activated the system to revive Da Yong: "Revive!"

[Resurrecting, 100 million Haff coins consumed, prison account has 310 million Haff coins remaining]

The three of them stood there quietly watching Dayong on the ground, waiting. The second hand of the office clock ticked away, each second feeling exceptionally long.

Dayong twitched his fingers, and after a while, he slowly raised both arms and waved them wildly in the air, as if he were digging for something.

Han Che and Shi Ding were both a little confused and didn't know what to do for a moment.

Raven jumped off the back of the sofa, walked to Dayong's side, reached his hand next to Dayong's head, his fingers gripped the edge of the helmet visor, and with a forceful tug, the visor opened.

Only then did the others see Dayong's face. He was puffing out his cheeks, biting his lip tightly, closing his eyes, and his face was turning purple.

The raven patted his face. "Stop swimming! You're out of the water, we're on land! Wake up! Open your eyes and look around! We finally managed to pull you out, don't suffocate again!"

Upon hearing Raven's words, Dayong slowly stopped.

He slowly opened his eyes, and the light from the ceiling in the office shone into them, a little dazzling. He squinted for a moment, slowly adjusting.

His eyes darted around, and he saw several faces surrounding him. Only then did he realize that he was no longer in the water.

He loosened his grip, his mouth opened, and water gushed out. He coughed twice, choking up even more water, which dripped from the corners of his mouth and down his neck.

He was breathing heavily, his chest heaving, and the purple color on his face was slowly fading.

"Cough cough cough..."

Shi Ding and Han Che breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Dayong had finally woken up, and then quickly went forward to ask him what was wrong.

She crouched down, her gaze sweeping over his face. "How are you? Is there anything else that's bothering you?"

Dayong wiped his mouth with his hand and shook his head. "No...it's nothing! I'm sorry to have worried you!"

"It's alright, it's alright!" Han Che nodded repeatedly, relieved. Luckily, they made it in time. If it had been any later, they would have missed the last chance to revive him.

"Dayong, why did you go into the water? Didn't you say you couldn't swim during training?" Shi Ding asked as Dayong recovered. He really couldn't understand why Dayong would go into the water.

Before Da Yong could answer, Han Che asked, "Shi Ding, when the prison was open yesterday, and I was evacuating from the water evacuation point, was it you who fired the shot underwater and killed those two players?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Ding and Raven were both shocked. Shooting and killing two players underwater? Is that even possible?

Da Yong nodded and looked at Han Che, "Yes, Your Excellency Warden, I did it..."

"At the time, I went over there to intercept those two players who were delaying their evacuation by going to the water, but then I saw you and your squad coming over. In order to avoid conflict with your team, I jumped into the water..."

Shi Ding's eyes widened, his eyebrows shot up, and his voice was filled with anger. "What were you thinking? You couldn't even swim properly during training, how dare you?!"

Da Yong was a little embarrassed, his face flushed with shame. He lowered his head, avoiding eye contact. "I couldn't swim well during training, but I could still climb ashore, so I thought it was fine, I could just climb back up..."

"Then why didn't you come up this time?" Han Che couldn't help but ask.

Before Da Yong could explain, Shi Ding shouted, "It would be a miracle if he even made it up here!"

Then, looking at Han Che, he said, "For safety reasons, when we trained the prison guards to swim, we always did it in that water pit at the very bottom of the elevator shaft. The water there is so shallow! Even if they ran to the edge and stood up, it wouldn't submerge their heads!"

"How deep is the water in the reservoir? There's nowhere to climb out!"

After listening to Shi Ding's words, Han Che finally understood the reason.

The water pit below the elevator shaft was very shallow in some places, barely reaching the knees, and no more than two meters deep in others. There were also steps leading to the stairs around the pit, making the water even shallower.

Even someone like Dayong, who can't swim, can run to the shore.

Although it was safe, it gave Dayong a strange sense of confidence, making him think that even if he couldn't swim, he could still make it to shore.

The reservoir is different; it is more than ten meters deep, and the water surface is several meters away from the shore.

I fell in, but I can't find the bottom, and I can't find the shore either.

Da Yong could only be held underwater by his heavy metal armor, and he could only walk underwater for a while before running out of oxygen, and then he couldn't come up.

By then, it would be too late to send a distress signal...

Looking at Dayong again, he was looking down, his fingers rubbing together incessantly. "I didn't expect it to turn out like this. I'll just practice swimming more in the future..."

Hearing Da Yong's words, Shi Ding and Raven seemed to want to say something, but before they could speak, Han Che interrupted them, "So why did you specifically go to ambush those two players?"

"Didn't I say before that as long as these solo players don't cause trouble, it's fine to let them go? Defending and exchanging fire is one thing, but why take such a big risk to block them?"

Han Che couldn't understand this.

The water storage area is on the outermost edge of the prison, not the core area. Da Yong should never have been in the water storage area. It would be even stranger if he was there specifically to ambush people.

What's in it for him?

Upon hearing this, Da Yong paused in his work, then gradually straightened up, sitting upright on the floor with a solemn expression. He said, "Your Excellency Warden, I think that squad is problematic!"