"Okay!" A few nodded, then started searching separately, shouting as they did. But no matter how they shouted, there was no response at all.
Their search in the vicinity expanded from an initial ten ters, twenty ters, to one kiloter, two kiloters. However, they still returned empty-handed.
Unable to find anyone, Ling Qi and the others regrouped on the flat ground. They stood together, all looking towards the cliff in unison.
At this mont, they had only one thought in their minds, that Zero One was in trouble, he had fallen into the cliff.
"What do we do?" They looked at each other, then suddenly their eyes turned red. After a while, Ling Qi managed to suppress his emotions, taking out the communicator to relay the unfortunate news to Chen Ming.
"What did you say?" Chen Ming’s face changed, and his voice involuntarily rose. After Ling Qi repeated the words, Chen Ming was completely stunned.
How could this happen? Zero One was so skilled, how could he fall into the cliff? It’s a cliff, can soone survive after falling?
Thinking that Mu Qiancheng was probably lost forever, Chen Ming’s heart couldn’t help but tighten. After a long while, he suppressed the grief in his heart and said to Ling Qi, "See if there’s any way to get down there, alive or dead, we need to find him."
"Understood!" Ling Qi responded, then ended the communication.
"Ah Lang, you’re familiar with this terrain, is there any way down the cliff around here?" After hanging up, Ling Qi directly asked Ah Lang beside him.
Actually, he had just checked; the cliff was very steep with no path at all. Unless they used ropes to descend from the top of the cliff.
However, he still held a glimr of hope, thinking maybe Ah Lang would know. Yet, he was disappointed.
Ah Lang shook his head, saying, "There’s no path. Even animals that co here fall down and can’t climb back up."
"What should we do then?" Shi Wu looked at Ling Qi and asked. At this point, Zero Eight, who hadn’t spoken, suddenly said, "There are vines over there, let’s get a few and see if we can go down."
"That’s all we can do." Ling Qi said as he headed towards the vines. He cut a few vines, brought them to the cliff, then tied one end to a tree while he held the other end, heading down the cliff.
However, the vines were of limited length, and the cliff was too high. Even after descending about fifteen or sixteen ters, he still found nothing.
All he saw below the cliff was a misty expanse with nothing visible. He tried shouting a few tis, but apart from his own echo, there was no response at all.
Ling Qi wanted to go further down, but the vines had reached their limit. In the end, after persuasion from Zero Eight and the others, Ling Qi had to climb back up.
Unable to find Mu Qiancheng, unable to descend the cliff, and with dusk approaching, Ling Qi and the others had to return to the cabin.
Back at the location, Chen Ming looked at them, disappointed at not finding anyone. He then took out the communicator and reported the situation to his superiors.
The people above, upon hearing about Mu Qiancheng’s accident, were also very worried. After learning they couldn’t descend the cliff, they ordered them to return for now, and that another team would be sent to search for Mu Qiancheng.
Chen Ming and the others felt sowhat uncomfortable with the orders from above. But as soldiers, following orders is their duty, so despite their reluctance, they could only obey.
However, no one slept that night. The next morning, after a simple al, Chen Ming led the group out of the forest.
As soon as they left the forest, the helicopter sent by the troops arrived. Everyone boarded the helicopter, and they quickly returned to the base.
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