Xiao Jin was no fool. He had merely been panicked silly, and Lao Yao's reminder immediately made him see the light. Without needing Lao Yao to relay anything further, he ran over to Fris. "Lieutenant Colonel, I have an idea about transporting everyone. What do you think...?"
Fris glanced at Lao Yao, who pressed his palms together and bowed to him. Fris smiled behind his faceplate, though his tone remained unchanged. "Get to the point. Everyone's time is valuable."
Xiao Jin immediately rattled off his so-called "suggestion": "Transporting more than a dozen people without equipment is a real hassle. I think we should get that big Heavy Load Platform moving..."
Xiao Jin was still pushing his old idea, but phrased differently, it sounded entirely different.
He had already contacted the Long Tail River Supply Point. They had Heat Pump spare parts there and had said they would send a drone over to assess the situation, but no news had come for a long time. Rather than wait, they might as well send someone over to buy the parts and return—yes, send a Deep Blue Walker. It was only a dozen kilometers of Mountain Road. A round trip would be ridiculously fast.
Fris turned his gaze toward the sizable, heavy Heat Pump unit on the Mountain Road.
Xiao Jin immediately knew the officer was tempted, so he hurried to explain further. "We already inspected it. The damaged part is the Heat Pump's core component, but removing and installing it isn't difficult. We don't need to haul something this big along the road. The standard part weighs only around 150 kilograms..."
That was indeed no burden at all for a Deep Blue Walker. And if they could get the stalled Heavy Load Platform running, they could also haul back the two Off-Road