Drops of sweat slid down Instructor Hong's cheeks, and just as the two of them were about to be swallowed by the fire, the flames behind them suddenly disappeared!
A brief feeling of suffocation enveloped Instructor Hong's body, but this feeling of suffocation only lasted for less than a second before completely disappearing, as if it had never appeared.
Only the lingering smell of heat in the air proves that there was once a fire that swept across the underground.
It's Shen Qingzhu...
Instructor Hong gritted his teeth and moved up the passage little by little. After an unknown amount of time, a faint light appeared above his head.
That is the light of the flashlight.
"There's someone down there! It looks like Hong Hao!" A voice faintly came from above.
The beams of the flashlights converged on Instructor Hong. Those figures dropped rapidly. They were instructors with descent ropes hanging around their waists.
Seeing those familiar faces, Instructor Hong finally breathed a sigh of relief. His tense body could no longer hold on and his sweat-soaked uniform was dripping with sweat like a waterfall.
The instructors quickly took over the unconscious Baili Pangpang, put rope descent equipment on both of them, said something on the walkie-talkie, and slowly ascended.
"Instructor Hong, Instructor Hong! Are you okay?!" During the ascent, Han Li checked Instructor Hong's physical condition and spoke anxiously.
Instructor Hong, who was a little fuzzy, waved his hands and said, "I'm fine, just a little weak... There's another person down there."
Hearing this, Han Li turned around and looked at the other two instructors. The other two instructors nodded and continued to descend to search for the last person.
"How far is this place from the ground?" Instructor Hong asked weakly.
"200 meters, another 200 meters up, and we'll reach the surface." Han Li looked down at the seemingly infinite cave, "How deep is this place?"
"Two kilometers."
"Two kilometers?!" Han Li's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief, "How on earth did you get up here?!"
Instructor Hong shook his head, indicating that he didn't want to talk at all.
Han Li seemed to have thought of something. He looked up at the sky in a daze and fell silent.
Their equipment... was not enough to allow them to descend to two kilometers.
However, he did not tell Instructor Hong the news.
Not long after, Instructor Hong and Baili Pangpang were brought back to the surface, put directly on stretchers, and carried out of the mountain by medical staff.
After a long time.
Outside Jinnan Mountain, Yuan Gang silently watched Baili Pangpang and Instructor Hong being sent to the ambulance, which drove away into the distance amid the whistling warning sounds.
The car carrying Lin Qiye had already set off ten minutes ago.
"Commander, the people sent to search and rescue Shen Qingzhu are back." Han Li ran to his side and said, "Our rope descent equipment only went down to one kilometer underground. Later, the two instructors took the risk and used the tools to directly descend to the bottom of the cave.
but… "
"But what?" Yuan Gang frowned slightly.
"The original cave created by the Absolute Earth Domain has completely collapsed, and the earth and rocks have buried everything. They can't find Shen Qingzhu at all...
And judging from the response of the life detection equipment, there is no life fluctuation in the underground cave."
Han Li took a deep breath, "Based on what Instructor Hong just described, Shen Qingzhu... can be confirmed to have died."
Yuan Gang clenched his fists tightly. He looked back at Jinnan Mountain shrouded in the night. After a while, he slowly spoke:
"Evacuate... Leave the rest to the finishers."
…
The night gradually recedes.
In the dead silent Jinnan Mountain, a ray of light shines through the dark clouds and onto the endless barren peaks.
The originally heavy rain was getting smaller and smaller, and the dripping raindrops fell on the post-disaster Jinnan Mountains, dripping along the green branches and leaves to the ground.
Time flies.
The dark clouds dispersed and the sun shone brightly.
As the sun gradually sank into the west, the setting sun fell among the mountains, as if covering everything in the mountains with a layer of light golden gauze.
In a barren wasteland, a silk cocoon that fell on the soil trembled slightly, as if a new life was about to break out of the cocoon.
In the west, a seductive figure slowly walked out of nothingness, with long hair, phoenix eyes, and a tuxedo, noble and elegant.
He is one of the three "gods" of the Ancient God Church, in the "Klein" realm, [Mumbling].
"The aura of that projection disappeared underground here." Yi Yu looked down at the soil under his feet, his eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the thick soil layer.
"The projected soul was wiped out and died in a very strange way. It was also from that time that my spirit..." Yiyu frowned tightly, shook his head, and said no more.
"What on earth is happening here... Patrick! Let's go catch jellyfish!!!"
He had just finished mumbling halfway when his entire face twisted violently, and a sharp and strange sound came out of his throat. At the same time, his arms suddenly opened wide and an exaggerated smile appeared on his face.
Snapped!
A crisp slapping sound was heard, and Yi Yu slapped himself on the cheek. He lowered his head and gasped, his neck was red, and his eyes were full of anger and confusion.
"Damn it! What on earth is happening to me?!"
He growled in annoyance, grabbing his head with both hands as if trying to pull something out of it.
After a few minutes, he finally calmed down. The panic and rage he had just felt had disappeared, replaced by calmness and composure.
"No matter what you are... I will strangle you and never let you torture my soul again." Whispering frowned and whispered, "Everything started when that projection disappeared. Something must have happened here."
He stretched out his hand, placed his palm on the ground, and slowly closed his eyes.
"This underground... Is it a Flame Vein Earth Dragon? There is actually another Flame Vein Earth Dragon here... That idiot Ma Yitian is dead, hum, and there is another... Huh?"
Yiyu was stunned for a moment, then he opened his eyes, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
After hesitating for a moment, he stretched out his hand and grabbed in the air, as if he had taken something from the ground. The next moment, a charred body appeared out of thin air in front of him.
The body had been burned beyond recognition by the flames, without any trace of life. One of its legs had been completely carbonized and shattered into slag, and even the facial features were unrecognizable.
"Even after being burned like this, he's still alive?" A hint of surprise appeared on Yiyu's face. He looked at the body in front of him carefully, and his eyes lit up slightly.
"He has great potential and is a good candidate..."
The corners of his mouth slightly raised, he looked down at the disfigured Shen Qingzhu, and spoke slowly:
"I know you can still hear, you have great talent, and it's a miracle that you can survive despite such injuries... I decided to give you a chance."
The whisper came close to Shen Qingzhu's ear and said word by word,
"A chance to abandon the past and start a new life. I can heal all your injuries and make you stronger faster!
I just want you to believe in me and become... my [believer]. "