Elsewhere, Nan was dragging her teammates in a desperate flight. As for their teacher, he had separated from them to draw the enemy away.
"Nan, are we still running?" The girl who spoke glanced at the other girl, who was gasping for breath. The long-distance sprint had clearly pushed her to her limits, and the speaking girl did not look much better herself.
Nan turned back to look at the girl who was nearly collapsing. Although Zhou Yang had once drilled into her the idea of minding her own business, kind-hearted as she was, she still could not abandon her teammates. So even though she knew stopping would be dangerous, she still chose to look after them.
Even if they were resting, they needed to choose suitable terrain. So Nan and Qiang—the one with slightly better physical strength—helped Hongye, the weakest of the three, over to a tree and began surveying the surroundings.
Fortunately, Nan eventually found a cave behind a massive boulder. Its entrance was extremely inconspicuous, only wide enough for two people, and mostly concealed by the rock. If one looked from even slightly off-angle, it would be completely invisible.
The two of them then helped Hongye into the cave. After settling her down, Nan stood up again and left the cave under their puzzled gazes.
"Qiang, did Nan abandon us?"
"No. I believe Nan would never do something like that."
With that trust, the two remained in the cave for ten minutes.
"Qiang, Nan still hasn't come back. Did she leave us?"
This time, even Hongye was uncertain. She did not believe Nan was that kind of person either, but Nan had been gone for ten minutes now, and there was still no sign of her.
Just as their patience was nearly exhausted, Nan finally appeared.
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