Wei Xiaoyu was naturally scared as well. She didn't know what was going on around her, or what kind of place it was, or if there were any other dangers. But she knew at least that two opponents had climbed up. Because Zhou Xuan couldn't move, she didn't dare to shout loudly. She just reached out and squeezed Zhou Xuan's hand tightly, and stroked Zhou Xuan's face with her other hand, feeling his slight breathing, afraid that his breathing would stop.
In fact, Wei Xiaoyu's fear was unnecessary. The two surviving men fell into the water from such a height and did not know the situation. Naturally, they could not have been as prepared as Zhou Xuan. When they hit the water, their bodies had already suffered serious internal injuries. Although they climbed ashore, they would still die from their injuries if they did not receive timely treatment.
While Wei Xiaoyu was terrified, Zhou Xuan had already woken up. He examined his body and realized that he had suffered severe internal injuries. When the ice energy was falling and transforming to devour the rocks, he had exerted too much force and strength. Not only was he seriously injured, but he had also lost eighty or ninety percent of his ice energy. At this point, he could only weakly detect objects four or five meters away.
But even within that range of four or five meters, Zhou Xuan detected that their two backpacks had fallen to the right against the rock wall!
After catching his breath, Zhou Xuan whispered to Wei Xiaoyu, "Xiaoyu..."
"I...I'm here, I'm here!" Wei Xiaoyu's voice trembled with excitement when she heard Zhou Xuan call her name.
“You…” Zhou Xuan struggled for a moment before saying, “Go to the right, about four meters away, our bag is there, and it contains our two flashlights!”
"Oh... then I'll go over... but... but..." Wei Xiaoyu asked worriedly, "but you..."
Although she didn't say it aloud, Zhou Xuan understood what she meant. He gently squeezed Wei Xiaoyu's hand and said softly, "Don't worry, I'm fine. I was shaken when I fell into the water, and my body hasn't recovered yet. I'll be fine after a few hours of rest!"
Wei Xiaoyu whispered in his ear, "Be careful, there are two people climbing up over there. I'll be right back!"
Wei Xiaoyu didn't ask Zhou Xuan why he was so sure the backpack had fallen by the rocks, but she would obey whatever Zhou Xuan said. Perhaps it was because Zhou Xuan was seriously injured. When he fell, Wei Xiaoyu was convinced that he was going to die. Zhou Xuan held her in his arms and protected her from any harm or shock. She knew that. If they had died together, she wouldn't have thought so much. But she survived. In Wei Xiaoyu's heart, there was nothing but love and pity for Zhou Xuan!
Hearing that the two people who had climbed ashore were not making any movement, Wei Xiaoyu gently squeezed Zhou Xuan's hand, giving him a subtle signal, before quietly crawling to the right. Since she couldn't see anything, she first reached out to feel the situation before crawling.
When she reached a distance of about four meters, Wei Xiaoyu touched the fabric of the backpack as she reached out. Overjoyed, she pulled the backpack up to her feet and gently opened it. After a moment of searching, she found nothing. Inside, the backpack was filled with soft food and biscuits. She realized that this was the bag she was carrying, and the flashlight was in the bag Zhou Xuan was carrying.
He quickly reached out and touched it again, but it was only half a meter away. Right next to the cold rock wall, Zhou Xuan's backpack was there.
Wei Xiaoyu gritted her teeth, crawled closer, unzipped her backpack, and reached inside to find two flashlights. Thankfully, because the bag was full of bread, food, and drinks, the flashlights were still in good working order; however, she wasn't sure if they would still light up.
Volume 1, Chapter 343: The Enemy's Letter
Wei Xiaoyu didn't understand the situation. Since she and Zhou Xuan were alive, the others were probably in the same predicament. Besides, she had heard people climbing out of the pool, so even though she had a flashlight, she didn't dare turn it on. She put one backpack in each hand and quietly climbed back. ()
Zhou Xuan's ice energy is only slightly weak, and his injuries are severe. Ice energy cannot heal him for the time being; he can only restore his ice energy ability first. It's a pity he doesn't have any crystals on him. Otherwise, if he had crystals, he could restore his ice energy in just one night. But in his current state, it will probably take at least several days, or even longer, to recover. He can only heal his injuries after his ice energy ability is restored.
In this environment, we don't know what the situation is like here, or if there are any other dangers. If we can't recover our ice-energy abilities as soon as possible, we don't know if we can survive.
Zhou Xuan is now almost unable to move, but when he fell, the ice energy detected clearly that nine of the other eleven men had died from the impact on the rocks, and four of them had fallen into the water pit he had transformed and devoured. However, two of them died in the water after hitting the rock wall, leaving only two people. Those two are now just like him, suffering from shock injuries, not much better off than him.
Even if these two men were unharmed, they would pose no threat, because their guns had fallen into the deep pool. Based on their skills alone, they would be no match for Wei Xiaoyu.
After Wei Xiaoyu climbed back, she quietly said to Zhou Xuan, "Zhou Xuan, I got the backpack back, and the flashlight too!"
Zhou Xuan struggled and said, "Xiaoyu, turn on the flashlight and see if it still works?" He couldn't use the ice energy to explore the environment, so he could only use the flashlight to observe. The main problem was that Wei Xiaoyu could only see with her eyes, and she didn't even know if the flashlight would work.
Although Wei Xiaoyu was worried, she still turned on the flashlights to test them. Both flashlights were in good working order and the lights were very bright. Since she and Zhou Xuan hadn't used any flashlights on their way up the mountain, the power supply of the two flashlights was still sufficient.
Wei Xiaoyu turned off one of the flashlights and used the other to shine it around, observing the situation. What she saw filled her with shock and fear.
The place where she was standing was like a bottle, round at the bottom, about three hundred square meters in size. On the rocky spot where they were standing, in about fifty or sixty square meters, lay seven gruesome corpses. Zhou Xuan and the other two men who had climbed out of the pool were within four or five meters. Beyond the rock, there was only a deep, dark green pool of water. Above them, the arched rock wall extended to the top, gradually narrowing until, more than three hundred meters above, there was only a small opening of less than ten square meters. That was where they had fallen!
This is a cave, unknown to the world. After carefully observing the surroundings for a while, there was no other way out except for the hole above. The smooth, inward-curving rock walls were so difficult that even the world's top rock climbers couldn't climb them!
Wei Xiaoyu was stunned. She then looked at the other two men who had climbed up the rock. They were clearly exhausted and were lying there groaning.
Wei Xiaoyu wasn't worried about this. After falling, the men's pistols had obviously fallen into the deep pool, and only two half-dead men remained. They were no match for her if they tried to fight.
There was no other way out except for that deep, dark pool of water. Wei Xiaoyu was helpless. She looked at Zhou Xuan and was shocked to see that his face and mouth were covered in blood.
He quickly bent down and asked, "Zhou Xuan, are you alright...?"
Zhou Xuan took a deep breath and then said in a low voice, "I'm fine, I just need time to recover. Don't worry, we'll figure out a way out after I'm healed. Pack up the food in your backpack, this is our last food here."
Wei Xiaoyu nodded and checked the food in her backpack. The backpack had fallen, but the food was all sealed in plastic bags. The bread and biscuits were just flat or broken, but they were still edible.
Zhou Xuan lay there trying to gather the remaining ice energy, but it was very difficult. He knew from the feeling in his body that it would take at least a week to restore the ice energy to its original level. Even if it was restored to half, it would still take at least three or four days. When he fell, he was forced to transform and devour the ice energy due to the powerful fall from the sky, which is why he was so badly injured.
The other two men suffered severe shock when they collided with the water, causing their internal organs to shift. If they did not receive treatment at the Medical Center, they would certainly die. However, there was no way to treat them here. Of course, there was another method, which was for Zhou Xuan to use his ice-energy ability to treat them.
However, Zhou Xuan was too busy taking care of himself to treat them. Moreover, even if he were healthy, it would depend on the situation. If they were just in this space, he wouldn't be a good Samaritan. He was being kind by not killing them and would let them fend for themselves.
"Zhou Xuan, would you like something to eat now?"
Wei Xiaoyu stopped paying attention to anything else, since she couldn't get out of this awful place anyway, and her heart was completely focused on Zhou Xuan.
Zhou Xuan gently shook his head. He saw Wei Xiaoyu's worried expression. Her clothes were soaked, water was still dripping from her black hair, her face was as white as snow, and her lips were blue from the cold.
“Xiaoyu…” Zhou Xuan gently reached out his hand, and Wei Xiaoyu quickly grasped it, asking in a trembling voice, “You… don’t scare me…”
Zhou Xuan remained silent, focusing his energy to channel the last bit of his icy energy, forcibly converting and absorbing the moisture from Wei Xiaoyu's wet clothes. The icy energy circulated within Wei Xiaoyu's body, dispelling the chill.
Wei Xiaoyu was so worried about Zhou Xuan that she didn't notice that her clothes were dry, but then she saw Zhou Xuan's head tilt to the side and he faint again.
When Zhou Xuan woke up again, he felt his face was covered in dirt and water, and his mouth tasted salty. When he opened his eyes, he saw Wei Xiaoyu's pale and bloodless face, with tears dripping onto his face one by one.
Zhou Xuan's lips moved, and he said with difficulty, "Why are you crying? I'll be fine in a few days, and then we'll find a way to get out."
Wei Xiaoyu sobbed, "There's no one here to call for help, and the earth is in a deep cave thousands of meters away from the outside. Who would come and crawl into the cave in the middle of the night? Besides, what other way can you think of?"
Zhou Xuan had never seen Wei Xiaoyu so weak and feminine. Perhaps no one expected that he would see Wei Xiaoyu cry like this. He was probably the first person to see Wei Xiaoyu cry like this.
In fact, Wei Xiaoyu is indeed a very strong person. Compared to most men, she is an outstanding girl. However, now that she is in this kind of place, it will be very difficult to survive. When the food in her backpack runs out, it may be the time for her and Zhou Xuan to die!
Although she was in despair, being able to be with the man she longed for day and night, even if it meant dying together, was happiness. Compared to Fu Ying, whom she envied and resented, she had won. Fu Ying had the upper hand, but so what? The man she loved most was with her when she died!
The more she thought about it, the more heartbroken she became, but she also felt a sense of happiness. When Zhou Xuan fell into this abyss, he risked his life to protect her, so she was basically unharmed after falling into the water.
But what worried her more was that Zhou Xuan would die. Zhou Xuan looked too frightening. After hesitating for a while, seeing how exhausted Zhou Xuan was, she quickly whispered, "Rest for a bit, don't talk anymore!"