Chapter 492: Chapter 492

A bolt of lightning struck the mountain, a white gleam tore through the gray and purple sky.

Thunder roared, echoes resounded in the mountain, fierce winds whipped rain drops like gravel across the whole mountain.

Song Moting and Fan Jianguo wiped the rain from their eyes, unable to see the road ahead.

They received notice to descend the mountain.

Almost everyone was descending the mountain.

Others acted quickly.

Fan Jianguo muttered, still wanting to take a look, there were a few pits near them that hadn’t been searched.

Just a bit more and they could finish observing.

Song Moting pulled him along; they hadn’t kept up with the group ahead because the sudden downpour scrambled everyone’s plans.

The heavy rain took her by surprise; her clothes were thoroughly soaked. Jiang Xiaoxiao hurriedly took cover in the nearest pit, which was only a matter of crouching.

Once the heavy rain passed, she would continue on her way.

The temperature dropped rapidly by seven to eight degrees within ten minutes. While a cooling is welcomed in summer, such sudden changes make one feel unusually cold.

That’s how it felt now.

The intense wind gradually dissipated, yet the rain continued to pour steadily, unmistakably a rhythm of continuous heavy rain.

The authorities said this rain would last three days.

Jiang Xiaoxiao felt somewhat anxious.

Now the rain had formed small streams flowing beneath her feet, the pit’s position was quite low, the rainwater found the most favorable spots to gather.

She couldn’t wait here long.

Jiang Xiaoxiao adjusted her hat, took out a bottle of peach juice. This bottle of peach juice possessed warming effects, she had distinguished the peach juices in her space.

Her body couldn’t handle the cold.

Jiang Xiaoxiao pressed her hat down and started to walk into the rain.

Once again, she resumed her search.

Song Moting and Fan Jianguo were already lost.

Couldn’t see anyone ahead, the rain remained heavy.

"Xiao Song, I don’t know the way now?"

Fan Jianguo stopped to catch his breath. They had been circling this mountain path for almost two hours, completely unable to find their way out.

Song Moting stood upright.

"Why not find a place to rest first? Going on will exhaust us and we won’t get out."

Both were drenched. Although it was September, it wasn’t cold enough since the ’autumn tiger’ phenomenon remained strong here.

Both had on short sleeves and long pants, now soaked thoroughly, the sudden temperature drop made them shiver.

Fan Jianguo nodded, "Alright! I agree... ah..."

He slipped suddenly, his whole body falling, sliding across the slippery mud towards the cliff at the roadside.

Song Moting reacted swiftly, instinctively grabbing a vine on the cliffside with one hand and held onto Fan Jianguo’s ankle with the other.

As the unforgiving weight of Fan Jianguo dragged him over the mud towards the cliff, the entire experience felt dream-like; time seemed to slow, sounds becoming distant and strange.

Then something tightened around his waist, slowing their slide towards the cliff, his shoulders were in agony due to the pulling forces on both sides.

Fan Jianguo’s foot started slipping further; Song Moting gritted his teeth, holding him tighter.

His feet sunk into the mud, using all his power to pull back, desperately clenching Fan Jianguo’s ankle.

The danger was immense; if Fan Jianguo went down, he would too, he would never let go even in death.

The speed gradually slowed.

But Song Moting realized, due to the vine breaking, they slid forward once again.

Song Moting could hear his own angry shout, mixed with Fan Jianguo’s terrified scream.

Jiang Xiaoxiao heard noises nearby, amidst screams and angry shouts, she dashed towards the sound.

Only seeing a gigantic pit.

Like a beast with its giant mouth awaiting to swallow everything.

"Hey! Is anyone there?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao tried calling out.

Then suddenly, the ground beneath her feet, once seemingly solid, started collapsing.

Her whole body vanished.

Then her right shoulder struck something hard, she was swallowed by darkness.

When Jiang Xiaoxiao awoke, her shoulder blade hurt terribly, her whole body lying on the ground unable to move.

The pitch-black conditions made her blink for a long time before fully regaining clarity.

Beyond these sensations was widespread pain throughout her body, unceasing. She was badly injured, felt as if she fell from somewhere...

She recalled, she fell into a pit.

Yet she was fortunate enough to be alive.

A sound from afar, yet near.

Jiang Xiaoxiao reluctantly opened her eyes; injured badly, she found it hard to control even her own consciousness.

She thought to leave it be, let her rest a while.

But she heard someone else.

The person who fell earlier?

No matter who, she didn’t want to care.

Yes, she came to find Grandma and Grandpa, and now trouble really occurred.

Jiang Xiaoxiao struggled to shift her body, then violent pain surged in.

Her whole body felt disintegrated, bones seemed out of place.

She shut her eyes, allowing the golden stars before her eyes to quiet down.

Finally began sorting her thoughts clearly.

Now injured, regardless of severity, she could self-rescue, certainly wouldn’t die.

First step should be entering her space to get peach juice for healing injuries, damn fool!

Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn’t move; if she could, she would slap herself, why hadn’t she thought of entering space when she fell?

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gotten hurt.

Often, she truly didn’t treat space as a must-have weapon, seemed quite unfamiliar at utilizing it.

Now she needed to learn, space was life-saving gear.

Though not yet capable of killing or robbing, yet encountering danger in the future, it was essential.

After drinking the peach juice, she lay waiting for the effect to take hold.

She had drunk the peach juice, its specific effect hadn’t manifested yet.

Her body gradually felt like soaking in warm water, the warmth ushering in dreamy consciousness, her whole body seemed detached from herself.

Light, yet comforting and warm, made one unwilling to stop.

Jiang Xiaoxiao suddenly opened her eyes, sitting up, her arm that was aching terribly seemed restored, her whole body began becoming hers again.

"Cough... cough... help!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao clearly heard, the previously indistinct voice now more articulate.

Indeed, someone else fell.

Jiang Xiaoxiao had adapted to such darkness, crawled seeking the sound.

Standing abruptly, head sharply hit, she realized the pit’s height was low, not enough to stand, but crouching allowed passage.

The issue being that crouching required more effort than crawling.

So she switched to crawling.

Before reaching the sound’s source, she encountered some object, amidst groping, someone groaned.