At this moment, everything around us was pitch black, with only the torches we were holding emitting a faint glow.

However, as the wind blew, the torchlight became very diffused, making it impossible to see the surrounding environment clearly.

All I know is that this area is a very dense forest, and I've never been here before.

This area is so huge, it makes me feel uneasy.

"Sihai, listen, that sound seems to be coming from underground!"

Wang Xiaoxiao tugged at me and whispered, her eyes scanning the surroundings warily, as if searching for the direction from which the sound was coming from.

Hearing what Wang Xiaoxiao said, I immediately calmed down, carefully watched the sounds on the ground, and moved forward little by little.

After walking about ten more steps, I suddenly heard the sound become clearer and clearer, and it was indeed coming from underground.

Holding the torch, I looked around and found a round pit not far away. The sound was coming from that pit, intermittent and seemingly very weak.

"Quick, there's someone over there!"

I yelled, and several male colleagues behind me immediately came over with torches.

I carefully stretched out the torch to look into the pit, and then I realized that the pit was exceptionally deep, and there was a person lying inside.

"Xiao Qiang? Is that you?"

I shouted loudly into the room, but they were still muttering something quietly inside, which I couldn't understand at all.

"I think we should send one of us down, otherwise we won't be able to come up in her current condition."

Chen Jian spoke up from the side, and I also felt that Xiao Qiang below must have suffered some serious injury, otherwise, how could he not respond at all?

But I can't go down to save Xiao Qiang.

If I go down there, and the people above turn against me, then Xiao Qiang and I inside will surely die.

Wang Xiaoxiao, Liu Jiaojiao, and Xu Wei, who remained on top, were in the same danger.

Chen Jian seemed to sense my predicament and immediately volunteered: "Why don't I go down? I'm quick enough to move around."

I nodded, and a surge of gratitude welled up in my heart again: "As long as you can save Xiao Qiang, I will definitely repay you properly when we get back."

Chen Jian nodded, quickly turned around and found a very large tree branch next to him. He lit the branch and it gave off a little light. He tied a torch to the branch and peered down into the cave.

I glanced down and confirmed that the person lying below was indeed Xiao Qiang, but she didn't seem to be in good condition.

Fortunately, there were no sharp objects such as branches or other sharp objects in the cave. However, the cave was about three or four meters high, and it would be very dangerous to go down there empty-handed.

I looked at Chen Jian and told him to be careful.

Chen Jian nodded at me, turned around and climbed down the cave entrance, carefully pushing against the cave wall, before finally falling down with a thud.

All I heard was Xiao Qiang's voice inside, and it sounded like another scream. I was terrified.

Chen Jian quickly spoke up from inside, reporting Xiao Qiang's condition.

"She's unconscious and covered in blood, but we don't know where she's injured. I'll get her up right away. You guys hurry and find a rope or something."

But when we came out, we never expected Xiao Qiang to fall into this pit, so we didn't bring anything out except torches and guns.

I turned around and looked around. I saw a lot of branches nearby, but they were obviously not long enough, which gave me a headache.

At this moment, Wang Xiaoxiao tugged at me and pointed to the vines on the side: "Why don't we take some tree bark and tie it to the vines to make a rope, and see if it's long enough?"

With no other tools available, this is the only, albeit clumsy, method we can use.

I immediately directed my male colleagues to quickly pull down the vines and bark.

Lin Xubo stood lazily to the side, not intending to reach out. I was furious and raised my gun, shooting Lin Xubo in the head.

Lin Xubo then turned around in fear and quickly followed the other male colleagues to start pulling on the vines.

It took us more than 20 minutes to tie all the vines together.

Once we had enough thickness, I lowered the tree pit little by little, and had Chen Jian tie Xiao Qiang up first, then we pulled Xiao Qiang up.

Chen Jian agreed, and then a rustling sound came from the bottom of the cave.

"Alright, you guys can start pulling now."

Chen Jian seemed to have picked up Xiao Qiang, and we immediately started to lift her up.

This is where the men's strength came into play. Several male colleagues reached out and quickly pulled Xiao Qiang up from the hole.

Under the torchlight, I noticed that Xiao Qiang's face was deathly pale, her legs were covered in blood, her lips were dry and peeling, and she was dazed and not very conscious.

Wang Xiaoxiao, who was standing next to her, also had tears in her eyes. She and Xu Wei hurriedly pulled Xiao Qiang to the other side, and then pulled several female colleagues to surround Xiao Qiang, seemingly to examine her.

Xiao Qiang pulled me up, and I threw the vines down into the tree hole again to pull Chen Jian up.

Chen Jian was, after all, a man, and he wasn't injured at the moment, so he quickly climbed up the walls on both sides of the cave.

We were all much happier to have saved Xiao Qiang, and Bai Wei wanted to go over and take a look too.

But Xu Wei and the others were checking right now, so I grabbed Bai Wei and said, "Even if you're in a hurry, it won't make a difference if you wait a little longer. Let's check it later."

Then Wang Xiaoxiao and the others turned around and looked at me, saying that Xiao Qiang's leg might be broken.

My heart sank, but a broken leg is better than losing my life.

"Now that we've found her, let's go back first. Although the medicine in the cave is a bit expired, it's better to have something than nothing. Once Xiao Qiang wakes up, she'll recognize many herbs. Let's go back to the tree hollow, give her some simple treatment, and save her life first."

The male colleagues around me had wanted to leave for a long time, and when they heard what I said, they found Xiao Qiang and immediately nodded in agreement.

I carried Xiao Qiang on my back, and Wang Xiaoxiao followed behind me with a gun. Our group walked out of the woods.

But just as they were about to reach the edge of the woods, a series of shouts and cries suddenly came from inside.

It sounded very rhythmic, and the tone and intonation of the voice were almost human.

We all paused, and I immediately turned around to look at the people around me. I counted them carefully, and no one was missing.

So what exactly was making that noise in the woods?

Lin Xubo panicked at this moment, grabbed the torch and wanted to leave quickly, while calling out to Bai Wei and not forgetting to express his loyalty.

“Mr. Bai, this place is very strange. I think we should leave quickly. No one has dug any traps here, so how could there be such a round hole? I suspect there are savages here. If we are caught by savages, we will definitely be eaten like those bones we just saw!”

Lin Xubo's words were like a wake-up call. The group of colleagues around me panicked immediately. My mind went blank, and I looked around at the people and whispered, "Run!"