As the way ahead grew brighter and brighter, Ye Yuan finally made out the source of the light.
Up ahead in the passage was a sinkhole resembling a volcanic crater, with a diameter of a full thirty meters.
Just as Ye Yuan's body was carried past the sinkhole by the river.
He tightly gripped the rocks along the bank with both hands.
Then, with a burst of strength from his arms, his entire body clung to the rock wall like a gecko.
He exerted force with both hands, searching for every possible foothold.
It took Ye Yuan more than ten minutes before he finally escaped the underground river and reached the top of a rocky outcrop.
Standing on the protruding rock, he looked upward.
The cave entrance was several hundred meters above.
At such a depth, it would be impossible to see what lay below when looking down from above.
But Ye Yuan was looking upward from below.
He could easily see where the light was coming from.
However, the distance was simply too great.
Other than the nearby rocks, he could not make out the situation at the cave entrance clearly.
Having been soaked in the river for more than two hours, Ye Yuan was in no hurry to climb upward.
Instead, he found a relatively flat platform.
He took out some food and clean clothes from his storage space.
While building a fire and cooking, he changed out of the clothes that had long been drenched by the river.
While Ye Yuan was making a fire and cooking here, Xu Hang was frantic on the other side.
Just then, the skinny young man named Monkey, whom Hunter Falcon had previously sent down, finally returned to the mine.
Seeing Monkey return alone, Hunter Falcon, who had already been waiting