Everyone listened in silence to the fierce thunder outside. No one spoke. Only pairs of eyes, still wide with terror, exchanged glances, as if trying to draw some pitiful sense of safety from one another.
Time passed second by second, and every second was sheer torment.
Chen Shouyi leaned against the wall, gazing blankly up at the jagged rock ceiling. Beside him, Xu Jie leaned lightly against his side, her body trembling faintly.
With a mature woman's soft, fragrant body leaning against him, Chen Shouyi would have been itching to make a move in any other situation.
But at that moment, he had no such thoughts at all.
He didn't know how long it had been when, all at once, the thunder abruptly stopped.
At the same time, the dim light outside the cave gradually brightened.
A ray of sunlight shone into the cave entrance, and countless specks of dust danced in the beam.
"It looks like it's over! The sun's out, too." Zhao Zhishan broke the silence.
"Captain, I'll go take a look!" A military martial artist stood up and cautiously walked to the cave entrance. He glanced up at the sky, then turned back to report to Xiao Changming, "It's really stopped."
Chen Shouyi came back to himself and jolted. He gently moved Xu Jie off his shoulder, then stood up.
Xu Jie rubbed her aching jaw, secretly annoyed. He really doesn't know how to treat a woman gently.
Chen Shouyi strode out of the cave and saw that the dark clouds had begun to disperse. Sunlight streamed through gaps in the clouds and spilled across the earth. The oppressive atmosphere from before had vanished, and even the air had turned fresh.
With the gloom gone, everyone's spirits began to lift.
"This is my first time seeing a