It was not only Professor Furnal and Scholze who had survived the disaster.
The main force advancing along another broad passage had likewise encountered the "earthquake" that had nearly overturned the entire ruin.
Struggling to his feet, Wang Peng gritted his teeth and shoved aside the stone pinning down his leg. If this had been on Earth, that leg would probably have been done for. Fortunately, Mars's gravity was only 0.37 times that of Earth, so aside from some pain, it had not affected him too badly.
He pulled out the flashlight mounted beneath the barrel, tossed his broken rifle aside, then went over and dragged Fan Tong out from beneath the rubble.
"I told you before... cough, cough... that thing was useless."
"Useful or not, it's broken now."
After checking the various systems on his spacesuit, Fan Tong sighed in relief and leaned against the rock wall beside him.
"Where are the others?"
"I don't know..."
Aubrey and Lomonov had been separated from the group while escaping and had been forced into another fork in the tunnel. Whether they were alive or dead was still unknown, but Wang Peng could not be bothered to worry about them.
What truly worried him was that Lu Zhou had also gotten separated from them!
"...Damn it!"
He slammed a fist against the rock wall, sending debris shaking loose from overhead.
Wang Peng's outburst startled Fan Tong, who hurriedly reached out and grabbed him.
"Brother, don't get worked up... Things are already like this. Let's think of something."
After all, he had come from the special forces.
Taking a deep breath, Wang Peng quickly calmed himself down.
"I'm going to find him."
Fan Tong said with a helpless laugh, "How are you going to find him? Can you blow open this rock wall?"