"Get farther away! Hurry! Keep going!"
Outside the base, at the foot of the mountain, An Ke and Huang Liang supported He Zheng between them as they ran for their lives.
Lin Yu did not even dare look back. Like a rabbit, he darted left and right, dodging the fragments of rock that kept shooting out behind him.
The earth shook and the mountain groaned, like a beast caught in a trap, giving a muffled howl before its death.
An enormous cloud of dust chased them like a desert storm.
Lin Yu gasped for breath, his face deathly pale. Even though they had already run nearly half a kilometer, the terrifying power of nature still left him trembling with lingering fear.
Luckily, they had run fast. Any slower, and they probably would have been crushed flat inside!
Before he could catch his breath, An Ke, who kept glancing behind them, suddenly paled. She seemed to be calculating something, and her expression turned utterly grim.
She stopped abruptly, looked at the gradually collapsing entrance passage, and quickly raised her Wristwatch.
"Ye Lin!"
"Get out, now! There's no time! The passage is about to be blocked!"
Her injuries had not fully healed yet, and after that urgent warning, even her arms were shaking.
She had no idea what Ye Lin was doing, but by her calculations, he should have reached the entrance by now!
Though Ye Lin was much faster than they were, once the exit was blocked, he would never get out. He might not even survive!
Was Ye Lin still looking for the sword? What was he doing!?
Unable to understand why Ye Lin had not come out yet, An Ke was about to ask again in desperation when He Zheng, supported between the two of them, woke up.
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