Sleepless Mountain (29)

『I can't... anymore... They've come to get me... Please Don't let them take me Save me It's all your fault I shouldn't have been here at all Save me I beg you, save me......』 As Chen Ming passed by, he kept begging me. But I had also reached my limit. My vision was gradually blurring, and the Shandai on my shoulder felt as heavy as a hundred pounds of iron, making me feel like I could collapse at any moment. From afar, I heard Chen Ming's sobbing, followed by screams twisted by fear. Finally, a 'gurgling' sound came from his throat, and then I never heard Chen Ming's voice again. This journey, like a living hell, stretched on endlessly. At this moment, besides my heavy breaths and Shandai's heartbeat, the earth was deathly silent. I instinctively knew this couldn't go on. Shandai's and my body temperature were continuously dropping. Unless we could find a windbreak from a rock face, before this night ended, Shandai and I would freeze to death here. However, fate was not on my side. My foot caught on something, and Shandai and I both fell hard. My headlamp was thrown somewhere, I don't know where. In the dense fog, I finally understood. There was no possibility of survival anymore. Shandai was still alive, but his breathing was very weak, and he kept repeating in his mouth: 『Kiyoko, I'm sorry. I'm sorry........』 His consciousness was clearly in chaos. But I also saw it. In the fog, countless figures were moving around us.