A secluded cave.
By then, Xia Ping and the others had left the scene and taken the weapons from the thugs, including their guns and grenades. After traveling more than ten kilometers, they finally found a secluded cave.
They decided to rest there for the time being. After all, several people were injured and couldn't travel far.
"You're saying you ran into a gang of thugs, and they killed several students from No. 88 Middle School? They even captured students from other schools?"
Jiang Yaru stared at Chu Rong as she listened to her describe what had happened. Their ordeal had been even worse than Jiang Yaru's group's: some had been injured, some captured, and some even killed.
The girls from Zhengde Middle School and the other schools were also relieved that they had left with Xia Ping and the others. If they had run into those thugs, they probably wouldn't have fared much better.
"Yes."
Chu Rong gritted her teeth. "Those thugs were ruthless killers. The moment they saw us, they started shooting without hesitation. We had to fight with everything we had just to escape."
"Even then, several of us were killed, and most were captured. Only a few of us managed to get away."
The girls from No. 88 Middle School looked dejected. What had happened still felt like a nightmare. They had never imagined they could face such danger.
Fortunately, they had run into Xia Ping and the others. Otherwise, they would surely have been captured by the thugs too.
"We wanted to notify the teachers, but the messages on our watches wouldn't go through. They're using jammers to interfere with signals across hundreds of kilometers."
Chu Rong clenched her fists. With no way to send a message, they were trapped like turtles in a jar.