"Yang Fei! He Lin! Go collect dry moss from the cave walls, or pit props. The more, the better!"
Yang Fei and He Lin exchanged a glance and immediately did as she said.
Song Ning stayed nearby, lowering her head to sift through the debris where the light was bright.
The two college students were quick to act.
There were plenty of pit props scattered around the cave, and they soon gathered a small pile.
The dry moss was harder to gather in quantity. Even after several trips, they had only collected a few handfuls.
"That's enough moss! You can collect some more pit props!"
By the time the two had carried over nearly all the pit props they could find, Song Ning had finally unearthed a short, rusty steel rod from the rubble.
"Song Ning! Can I ask whether you're planning to blast a way out? Or... start a fire?" Yang Fei asked.
"Neither! We don't know the terrain here or how far and deep the collapse extends. These few detonators aren't enough to blast a passage through!"
"Then what's all this for..."
"Sending a signal!"
"A signal?"
He Lin couldn't help asking, "Um, back in that mud house, when we were discussing escaping, you-you didn't support it! Why are you now..."
"How long had it been since you were kidnapped then?"
"About... two hours or so!"
"And now?"
"It's already light out. It must have been six or seven hours!"
"Exactly! Back then, it had only been two hours. The Military couldn't possibly have gotten anyone here yet! They had weapons. If we ran, we'd die! Now six or seven hours have passed. The teams searching for us must already be in the mountains, and I've seen what our captors are holding in reserve!"
Song Ning offered no