Early the next morning, the rain gradually stopped. Chen Hao and Qin Yumo left the cave and found a place to bury the deceased Qin Family Members.
Chen Hao tested the communicator on his chest. Whether moisture had damaged it or something else was wrong, all he heard was static, with no other sounds coming through.
Chen Hao had already surveyed the area with the Heavenly Eye Art the day before. They were in a low-lying basin surrounded by sheer cliffs, with no path leading up.
Judging by the height of the cliffs, they were a good thirty or forty meters below the top. There was no way they could climb out.
"What do we do now? They won't assume we're dead and leave without us, will they?" Qin Yumo asked worriedly, looking up at the cliff top.
Chen Hao smiled. "Don't worry, they won't. Blackbeard still wants that remaining ten million from you. There's no way he'd leave you behind."
As he spoke, Chen Hao began gathering wood from around the basin. "What we should be worrying about isn't whether they'll leave, but whether they escaped the wolf pack safely."
The memory of the danger the night before sent another shudder through Qin Yumo.
They piled up dead branches and fallen leaves, then lit them to send up a smoke signal for help.
Watching the wisps of black smoke slowly rise, Qin Yumo said, "Chen Hao, thank you!"
At her sudden thanks, Chen Hao smiled. "Why are you saying that again all of a sudden?"
"The Qin Family owes you far too much. Whatever conditions you ask of us in the future, we'll accept them unconditionally," Qin Yumo said with utmost seriousness.
"Really? Even if I ask you to marry me?" Chen Hao teased.
Qin Yumo froze, then her