It was now exactly one in the morning.
Fortunately, Zhang Rong had a habit of wearing a watch, or we would not even have known what time it was.
But when the hour hand reached one and the village still did not appear, we were all dumbfounded.
"Does Heaven not want us meddling..."
Zhuge Ming was somewhat angry. "If it doesn't want us to save them, why let us encounter them in the first place? We already promised Shen Zhiyi. How desperate must she be when we don't show up? What kind of sense does that make..."
Zhang Rong checked his watch again and sighed. "Let's wait a little longer."
We could only keep waiting. Though it was still raining, none of us wanted to leave just like that.
Time ticked away, and before long, it was half past one in the morning.
We grew more and more discouraged. Looking at the enormous pit and the wasteland in the distance, we felt deeply dejected.
If we had known it would turn out like this, we would have acted last night. Even if we had just left all the food with Gou Dan, at least it would have spared him ten or more days of hunger.
But we had not known...
Soon, it was one fifty, and Zhang Rong and the others had already given up much hope.
I took the Entrenching Tool straight off Zhuge Ming's backpack and ran toward the enormous pit.
Boss Lei had prepared this Entrenching Tool for us. It could serve as a tool or be used to hack at people.
"Chen Mo!"
"What are you doing!"
Zhang Rong and the others hurried after me.
We reached the enormous pit. I stood at the top and took a look, then jumped straight down, raised the Entrenching