Stone Ridge Mountain, Heading to the Rock Carving District

The message contained only two words: "Need backup."

Then a location pin came through.

The place was called Stone Ridge Mountain.

I tapped it open and took a look. It was quite far away—over a hundred kilometers from the city, already within the Rock Carving District.

Though I had no idea what had happened, it definitely wasn't anything simple.

Otherwise, given Mao Jing's personality, he wouldn't have sent me a text so casually.

Since Mao Jing had texted me, he clearly wasn't in a position to make a call, so I didn't call him back directly.

Instead, I sent him a message asking: What happened?

But Mao Jing didn't reply right away.

I had just gotten off work and returned to the shop. It was already seven in the evening, and since it was winter, night had fallen.

I couldn't afford to worry about anything else. No matter what he had run into, I had to get there as quickly as possible.

I hurried back to the second floor and started gathering my gear.

At the same time, I called Zhang Yuchen.

The phone rang for quite a while before Zhang Yuchen finally answered.

"Where are you?"

Zhang Yuchen sounded puzzled.

"Just got off work. I'm at the factory entrance eating pork trotter rice. It's damn good. What's up, Brother Jiang?"

"Mao Jing just sent me a message asking me to go over.

He's over in the Rock Carving District and might have run into some trouble.

Get your things ready too. I'll drive over to pick you up right now, and we'll go together."

I spoke quickly as I packed my things.

Zhang Yuchen instantly perked up when he heard that.

"Ou Doudou! Alright, alright, alright, I'll get ready right away.

Just come straight to the entrance of our