"Ah!"
Hearing the scream from inside the mine, Yun Sheng, Yun Yao, and the others outside paled at once. They grabbed their walkie-talkies and called, "Chen Hao, Qin Yumo, are you all right?"
Inside the mine, after a brief free fall, Chen Hao and Qin Yumo plunged heavily into a pool of water.
Fortunately, Chen Hao had summoned the Qi Armor in time, keeping both of them from suffering serious injuries during the fall.
But the space at the bottom of the shaft was extremely narrow. After landing, their bodies were pressed almost flush together, leaving them unable to move.
Water kept dripping from overhead, and most of their bodies were already submerged in the pool. Both of them began to panic.
"Chen Hao, Qin Yumo, are you all right?"
Suddenly hearing the broken voice from his walkie-talkie, Chen Hao struggled to get hold of it. "We're fine. We're just stuck."
Everyone outside the mine breathed a sigh of relief when they heard his reply.
Yun Yao asked anxiously, "Do you need us to come down and help?"
The reply came over the walkie-talkie. "Not yet. It's too cramped here. You probably wouldn't be able to help even if you came down. Let us assess the situation first, and we'll call you."
"All right. Be careful."
As soon as he put down the walkie-talkie, Chen Hao asked with concern, "Are you okay?"
Qin Yumo shook her head. "I'm fine. It's just so cramped here. I can't move at all."
Chen Hao tried to climb a little higher to give Qin Yumo some breathing room.
He would have been fine if he had stayed still, but the moment he moved, his breathing grew a little ragged.
Their bodies were pressed tightly together, face-to-face, so when Chen Hao moved, they inevitably rubbed