The Plan to Leave

Sending Them Off

The entire rescue team gathered, staring at the path that simply wasn't there along the edge of the platform. They couldn't help drawing in a collective, startled breath.

The temperature had barely begun to rise, so it was a genuine gust of cold air, cold enough to make their hair stand on end.

A mere hundred meters was nothing on level ground; they could have covered it at an easy jog. But on such a steep slope...

Every step was a risk. They'd probably be more likely to fall to their deaths than make it across.

There wasn't a single rock-climbing expert in the rescue team who could conquer terrain like this. Professor Zhu and the Public Security Bureau hadn't planned things through when putting the team together. They had only considered the conditions inside the cave, never anticipating this kind of terrain.

For a moment, everyone except Li Bai was at a loss. Just looking up made them dizzy, let alone trying to climb it.

"Climb up from here? Yikes!"

"Th-this is passable?"

"I've never climbed a slope like this. It looks incredibly dangerous."

"Hey, Doctor Li, can we make it across?"

"Nothing could possibly get across here, could it? It's too dangerous."

Many people, including Feng Shui Master Zhou Shuigen and archaeological team teaching assistant Jiang Yue, began to lose heart. It wasn't that they were cowards. Anyone who'd joined the rescue team and stuck it out this far wasn't a coward. But... I just can't do it!

This was completely beyond their abilities.

"Doctor Li, why not get the army to help? With terrain like this, I'm afraid only Special Forces Soldiers could make it up."

Zhou Shuigen tugged at Li Bai. He was a Feng Shui Master, but that didn't mean he had