But after that man, no one else came in.
Song Ning realized that the enemy was short on manpower.
The Master from earlier had brought four men with him.
The smaller black-clad figure, who was very likely Tian Mingfeng, had brought two.
So far, they had seen eight people.
Two had been guarding the cave entrance, and both had been shot dead.
The man who came later was probably a roving sentry.
The remaining five had most likely split into two groups.
The two leaders were hiding separately.
That gave them better odds.
In a situation like this, they might also have to negotiate with the military.
So they would not hide in the same place as the hostages.
Otherwise, finding them would mean finding the hostages, exposing their last bargaining chip.
If they had more people available, they would not have simply locked the students in the cave and left them alone.
Song Ning sighed inwardly. After several years of running wild, these people had finally reached the end of their rope.
Fortunately, the situation was now under control.
She had three guns and a dagger.
There was also a locked iron gate...
Thinking of the gate, she asked Yang Fei to turn on the flashlight and found the key on the first man who had come in.
Reaching through the iron bars, she locked the gate again.
She tucked the key close to her body.
That way, no matter how many people outside tried to rush in, they would have another barrier to get through, giving her time to deal with them one by one.
The university students, who had been tense all night, finally breathed a little easier.
They were much safer now. All they needed to do was wait for the military to rescue them.
But