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"Yu Wan! Wake up!"

As Yu Wan awoke with a start, she simultaneously heard Yun Shang's tense voice, "The cave has collapsed, we must leave immediately!"

Yu Wan's drowsiness vanished instantly.

The cave... collapsed?

Yun Shang helped her to her feet, and she belatedly realized that the ground beneath her feet was shaking. All she could hear were the panicked screams of the miners and the sound of falling rocks.

Yu Wan was numb, tightly gripping Yun Shang's hand, "What exactly happened? Why did the cave collapse out of nowhere?"

Yun Shang pulled her outside, explaining, "I observed that this mountain has basically been hollowed out, and the mountain body has been severely damaged. In addition, the support structure set up by the miners is too simple and cannot support the entire mountain, which is why it suddenly collapsed... Let's not talk about that now, we must leave here as soon as possible."

The entire mine is in complete chaos.

The guards hidden in the shadows fled immediately. Now, the miners who were running around in all directions were confused and panicked. Instead of escaping, they made the situation even more chaotic.

Yu Wan was in pain all over from being squeezed, but Yun Shang held her tightly the whole time.

It didn't loosen at all.

In the dim light, Yu Wan could only vaguely make out the outline of Yun Shang's figure.

Watching his retreating figure, she felt inexplicably at ease.

The shaking in the cave grew more and more violent, and the panicked miners were on the verge of collapse. Their cries and screams were deafening, igniting the unease in everyone's hearts.

Everyone was crowding in one direction, and Yu Wan noticed that they hadn't moved an inch for quite some time.

If this continues, they'll probably all be buried under the mountain!

This can't go on like this!

The thought had barely crossed her mind when her hand was suddenly pulled, and she was pulled into Yun Shang's arms. At the same time, she heard Yun Shang shout:

"If you want to live, do as I say!"

At first, his voice was drowned out by the clamor of the crowd.

Yu Wan also shouted, "If you don't want to be buried alive under the mountain, do as we say!"

One cry after another, Yu Wan's throat ached from shouting.

Finally, those around them heard these words and, instead of being skeptical at first, decided to take a gamble and loudly conveyed Yun Shang's meaning to those around them.

Soon, the restless crowd seemed to be soothed by something and gradually calmed down.

Yun Shang spoke up at the right moment, "I know an exit. As long as you all listen to me, I guarantee I can get you all out of here safely."

Some people were skeptical, asking, "Why should we believe you?"

Yu Wan's heart tightened, and she turned to look at Yun Shang.

The man's cool and aloof features were now as if covered in frost. He didn't offer any words of self-justification, only a cold and calm question: "Besides believing me, what else can you do? Run away haphazardly and get buried here?"

"Whether you want to live or die is up to you."

Such a cold remark silenced everyone.

Yun Shang said expressionlessly, "I need to find the way at the very front."

The panicked crowd hesitated for a moment, and most of them retreated to the sides, leaving a narrow gap in the middle.

Yun Shang, with Yu Wan in his arms, struggled through the middle to reach the front. Without pausing, he said to the crowd behind him, "Follow me, don't push."

Then, he quickly ran in one direction.

Others quickly followed.

The crowd couldn't become orderly just because of his words, but compared to the previous chaos, everyone was now running in one direction, so at least everyone had a chance to escape.

The shaking of the mountain grew louder and louder, and countless rocks fell, blocking the original exit. Yun Shang changed direction again and again.

Dust filled the narrow mountain path, and people began to collapse one after another in agony. Yu Wan covered her mouth and nose tightly with her hands, barely managing to block out some of the dust.

Neither she nor Yun Shang spoke; they just kept running forward, struggling to escape the violently shaking cave.

Yu Wan could barely make out Yun Shang's figure.

He always stood in front of her.

Yu Wan tried to find a bit of humor in her situation, thinking that she and the male lead were practically brothers in arms.

After freefall cliff jumping and diving, she has now unlocked the extreme sport of parkour.

How can this not be exciting?

……

At this very moment, outside the mountains.

A group of disheveled guards watched from afar as the mountain continued to collapse inward, their eyes involuntarily drawn to the man sitting in a chair nearby.

The man was dressed in a magnificent purple robe of the finest fabric, which gave him an air of extraordinary bearing, unlike that of an ordinary person.

He wore a black veil that completely obscured his face.

"Are there any miners who escaped?" His voice was low and rough, clearly lowered on purpose so that no one would hear it.

Manager Zhu stepped forward and respectfully whispered, "We haven't found any miners who escaped alive yet."

The man rubbed his fingers against the black jade thumb ring on his thumb and asked casually, "How many miners are there in this mine?"

Manager Zhu replied, "Two more arrived yesterday, making a total of three hundred people."

“Three hundred people.” The man sighed, a hint of regret in his voice. “It’s such a pity that so many lives were lost just like that.”

He stood up and instructed Steward Zhu, "Such a commotion can no longer be hidden here. Before the officials arrive, erase all traces of this place, understand?"

Manager Zhu's expression hardened, and he replied, "Yes!"

"What if... some miners escaped alive..."

Upon hearing this, the man's aura turned cold, seemingly very displeased with the question asked by Steward Zhu. "Do I need to teach you that?"

"What's the point of keeping something useless?"

Manager Zhu lowered his head almost to his chest, and said fearfully, "Yes, I understand."

Just as he had come, the man in purple robes left silently.

Manager Zhu turned to look at the slowly collapsing mountain and said expressionlessly to the guard beside him, "Go prepare gunpowder."

A flicker of fear crossed the guard's face.

Does the person in charge mean... to blow up this mountain?

At the current rate of landslide, those trapped in the cave may still be able to escape, but once the gunpowder is detonated, the landslide will definitely accelerate, and may even collapse instantly, burying everyone below the mountain.

Seeing that the guard hadn't moved for a while, Steward Zhu gave him an unpleasant sidelong glance and said in an icy voice, "What, can't you bring yourself to do it?"

The guard quickly shook his head.

Manager Zhu didn't say anything, only looked at the dust-filled sky and said calmly, "If they don't die, we will."

"Do you want to die?"

The guard immediately shouted, "No! I want to live!"

"If you want to live, go and set up the gunpowder. We must erase all traces of this place before the government arrives, leaving no evidence whatsoever."

"Yes!"

With a deafening roar, a burst of flames that nearly engulfed half the sky suddenly appeared, the flames and dust that erupted seemed poised to destroy everything around them.