Everyone froze.
They had never imagined that Feng Ling would be the one crawling out of the hole.
Feng Ling did not notice the subtle atmosphere at all. Overjoyed, she pushed off hard and jumped out of the hole, patting the sand and dirt off herself as she sighed. "The route was way too complicated. Every hole looked the same, so I wandered around for ages and nearly got dizzy! If I hadn't seen flashlight beams moving over here, I probably would've kept circling for another half day!"
She looked around and found that this Mine Cave was only slightly wider than the tunnel she had just crawled through. Other than that, there was no difference.
"This isn't outside either..." Feng Ling muttered. She turned to Huang Yi, Ye Zheng, and Li Qing. "Why are you all here?"
Seeing that she was safe and sound, Huang Yi silently let out a breath. He had nearly thought that all four missing team members were gone for good.
"Your signal was cut off, so we came down to look for you," Huang Yi said calmly.
"Oh, I fell into an underground hole. There's no signal down here," Feng Ling explained.
Since she had brought up falling down here, she had to explain the process to Huang Yi. Otherwise, she would look utterly incompetent—how could she fail to avoid such a huge hole?
But before Feng Ling could speak, an old man's voice sounded beside her.
Feng Ling looked at Old Hassan and asked in confusion, "What's this old man saying?"
"He's asking why the Giant Devouring Earthworm didn't eat you," Huang Yi's secretary answered.
"That Great Earthworm? I killed it." Feng Ling looked as though it were the most natural thing in the world. "Of course I couldn't leave it alive. That