Liu Jialin and Zhang Xiao's expressions changed instantly when they heard the cry for help. Their eyes sharpened, and without the slightest hesitation, they rushed forward. They grabbed the small cocoon that had made the sound and yanked hard, ripping it straight off the rock wall.
The next second, Liu Jialin flicked her wrist and drew the sharp longsword she carried with her. A flash of sword light sliced easily through the thick gray cocoon shell.
The instant the shell split open, a pale-faced, utterly weakened man was revealed inside.
His entire body was limp and powerless, his breathing faint, as though he had been trapped for a long time.
The two women's faces turned ashen.
There was no need to think further. The remaining eleven cocoons most likely contained people as well.
The situation was urgent. The two immediately sprang into action, moving with incredible speed as they rushed up one by one, tore every gray monstrous cocoon from the rock wall, broke open the shells, and rescued the people trapped inside.
The twelve trapped people included both men and women, all under forty years old. Every one of them was weak and pale, unconscious or only half-conscious.
The first man to be rescued took quite a while before he slowly opened his eyes.
He stared dazedly at the two uniformed women before him, his gaze unfocused as he kept muttering under his breath.
"Why am I seeing a life flashing before my eyes? Am I about to die?
"But why isn't my family in this life flash... and I don't know these two investigators at all."
Seeing his bewildered expression, Zhang Xiao hurriedly stepped half a pace forward and asked softly, "Hey, are you all right? Does anything hurt?"
"..." The man said nothing, merely staring blankly at