Chapter 543
When everyone heard this, the smiles on their faces froze instantly, and their excitement was replaced by nervousness.
The students who had just been immersed in the joy and pride of reaching the summit were now looking at each other in panic to see if their familiar classmates were there.
Li Xiang shouted loudly: "Wu Jin! Is Wu Jin here?"
However, there was no response to his call.
Li Xiang quickly said to a few old members, "Wu Jin was behind us just now. She was still there when we were at the pavilion. I don't know when she disappeared. We have to go find her!"
The president made a quick decision to let four members accompany the new student to rest on the top of the mountain, while the others went back along the same route they had taken to look for him.
Half an hour later, regardless of whether they came back or not, the four members had to lead the other students down the mountain.
After one group of people left, the others lost interest and sat together in a circle.
He Rong nervously grabbed Su Miao's arm and said worriedly, "Miao Miao, is anything going to happen? What should I do?"
Su Miao patted He Rong's hand and comforted her, "Don't worry, that senior is a member of the Flying Eagle Club and has some mountaineering experience. The members have already gone to look for her. We just need to be patient and wait."
Guo Xiaojie is now a member of the club, but because she is a new member, she is automatically classified into a group of protected new students.
She said anxiously, "How about we look for it together? There's strength in numbers, and it will be faster."
Su Miao glanced at the old member who was comforting other students and said:
"Let's just follow the president's instructions. We have no experience. If one or two of us get lost along the way, wouldn't that just make things even more chaotic? Let's observe the situation first and then help when it's our turn."
The waiting time is always hard to bear. The members have not returned for a long time, and even the four old members who stayed behind are worried.
There were two people sitting relatively close to Su Miao, so even though they spoke in low voices, she could still hear some of what they said.
"What should I do? It's getting late. If I can't find it, I have to call the police immediately."
"Yes, the president just told me that if they don't come back in half an hour, we will lead the team down the mountain and have the driver take us to find a phone to call the police."
"At night, the mountains are very dangerous. If we were just lost, it wouldn't be a big deal. We have all received training and can easily survive a night in the wild.
I'm afraid I'll fall, get hurt, and lose my ability to move, which would be troublesome!"
"Shh! Stop talking and don't scare the other students. We need to calm everyone down and get them back to school safely."
When Su Miao heard the word "fell", her scalp suddenly felt numb because she suddenly remembered an incident in the past.
In her previous life, after she came to University A, she also received a flyer from the Flying Eagle Society. However, because her physical fitness was far worse than it is now, she had no intention of joining.
My two roommates joined in actively, and one time I accidentally told them about an accident that happened at University A in the dormitory.
In the spring of 1989, more than a dozen students from University A organized a spring outing.
The location was set in the mountains more than 100 kilometers away from the capital, and they stayed together at a fellow villager's home on Saturday night.
Because the students had different schedules, they were divided into two groups on Sunday.
One team will return on Sunday morning, while the other team will continue to play and return to school on Sunday afternoon.
Among them, there was a senior student named Wu who was left alone when participating in the connection between the two activities.
Students on both sides thought she was in the opposite group until the next day, Monday, when they were in class, that they realized she was missing.
After notifying the parents, everyone first searched the campus but to no avail. Then several classmates who had participated in the outing took the senior student's parents to the outing location to continue searching.
The police and the senior student's parents and classmates searched the entire mountain but couldn't find her. It was not until the third day after the senior student disappeared that a local villager saw what looked like clothing halfway up the mountain.
When everyone arrived, they found that the senior sister had no vital signs.
Su Miao's heart suddenly began to pound. No way? They were both surnamed Wu... They both disappeared in the mountains in 1989...
No! No! That happened in the first half of the year. Now it's the second half, and that was a class activity, not the Flying Eagle Club. It can't be the same incident.
Su Miao calmed herself down and tried not to scare herself.
Half an hour later, the group began to descend the mountain.
Unlike the excitement when climbing the mountain, the team fell into low spirits because of the loss of companions.
On the winding road down the mountain, they did not encounter other members who were looking for the lost member.
Only the occasional faint voice or two from a distance calling out the name of that member broke the silence in the mountains, but it also made everyone feel even more uneasy and anxious.
Maybe they didn't find anyone on this route, so they expanded the search to other places.
In the team, a student looked worried and couldn't help but ask the experienced veteran member next to him:
"Senior, should we shout together? There are so many of us and the noise is so loud, maybe the senior sister will hear us."
The old member looked solemn, shook his head, and patiently explained:
"If so many people shouted at the same time, it would be chaotic. When we were looking for someone in the mountains, we not only had to let her hear our voices, but most importantly, we had to receive her response.
This is the only way to determine her location, follow the sound to find her and provide assistance.
So there is a skill to calling people. Call a few times, stop and listen, then change your position and call again.
Don't worry, after we get down the mountain, we'll call the police and ask for help. Everything will be fine."
"Then let's go down the mountain as quickly as possible and don't stop for a moment. We have rested enough at the top of the mountain just now." Another classmate suggested anxiously.
Everyone nodded in agreement, and then everyone lowered their heads and quickened their pace as they walked down the mountain.
When passing by the pavilion where everyone had just rested, everyone's mood became increasingly heavy.
Just now, Li Xiang mentioned that the member was still in the team when he was resting in the pavilion, so Su Miao took a special look around when he passed by.
The pavilion is built right in the middle of the up and down mountain road, with two small paths on both sides. Everyone usually walks on the inner one.
Su Miao looked at the small path outside, which seemed particularly quiet because there were few people there.
In addition, it rained several times in the past few days. Even though it was autumn, the plants beside the path were still growing very lush, almost covering the road surface.
She felt that such roads were the most dangerous. When visiting graves, the uncles and aunts who led the way would specifically remind those behind them.
It looks like land covered with vegetation, but in fact it is a slope when you step down, and some are even deep holes.
After people slide down, the plants above are still covering them, and it is difficult to find them if no one is following.
Suddenly, she noticed that some grass near the outside seemed to have fallen a little, as if someone had slipped there.
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