Chapter 197: Chapter 197: Do I Still Have a Chance?
Deep within Wolong Ridge
The search and rescue team, armed with flashlights, struggled towards the coordinates Mr. Liu had provided.
A younger member of the search and rescue team whispered a complaint, “Captain, I know Mr. Liu is pitiable, but if we are really going to carry out a search, we should do it during the day. It’s very easy for accidents to happen at night, thankfully we are well-equipped with ample manpower.”
The captain of the search and rescue team gave a wry smile. It was Mr. Liu who said the Fairy insisted they go now, and he had cried and offered more money for them to carry out the search.
The police had brought along a sniffer dog named Lightning, which suddenly started barking.
In the flashlight’s beam, the rescuers noticed Lightning circling around a black wallet.
The police officer immediately picked it up and upon opening, exclaimed with a shock, “This is the missing person’s ID, the missing person must be nearby!”
The night at Wolong Ridge was deathly still, with mountains rising one after another, and the distant sound of wolves occasionally piercing the silence.
Facing such a vast mountain, even the search and rescue team didn’t know the exact location, yet someone from afar had pinpointed the exact coordinates.
The thought sent shivers down everyone’s spine, and their previously despondent spirits were suddenly invigorated.
Following Mr. Liu’s directions, the search and rescue team captain marched on, “Head north along the west side of the stream… There really is a stream!”
The stream shimmered under the moonlight as if fish were swimming through.
They had actually found it!
The police officer, leading the team, remained vigilant of the surroundings. After walking for over half an hour, they detected the smell of something burning. Follow current novᴇls on NoveI★Fire.net
In the cave, a middle-aged man was bound hands behind his back, his lips pale, murmuring, “Water… water…”
Next to him, a fierce-looking man slapped Liu Jingyuan’s face, saying, “Mr. Liu, why did you have to cross the Tang Family? They are one of the eight prestigious families.”
Liu Jingyuan was groggy, his head weakly resting against the rough cave wall, as if he had reached the threshold of death. His dry lips moved, “Do I, do I, do I still have a chance? Is there, a chance, to live?”
The man laughed, “Mr. Liu, as long as you hand over the core technology, you can live. Wolong Ridge is an undeveloped area; the search and rescue team won’t find you, you…”
Before the man could finish, a sudden burst of shouting erupted from outside the cave, “Police! Everyone get down!”
How could there be police in this place?
The people inside the cave were stunned as two police dogs pounced and pinned the criminal down, causing him to howl in pain.
The police and search and rescue team swarmed in, freeing the incredulous Liu Jingyuan and checking his condition, then offering him water and food.
Was he… was he saved?
Liu Jingyuan lay on the stretcher, his tears flowing with the relief of survival, “I thought, I was a goner.”
One of the rescuers exclaimed in awe, “Just over an hour ago, we thought the same.”
Everyone had believed Liu Jingyuan had fallen to his death while hiking!
Thinking back to the demand to conduct a nighttime rescue, the search and rescue team captain shuddered with fear.
Because if they hadn’t gone tonight, Liu Jingyuan definitely wouldn’t have made it to the next day!
Liu Jingyuan was carried out by the rescuers and once they left the mountain, they finally got a signal. Feeling a bit better, he borrowed a cell phone to call home and report his safety.
At that moment, Mr. Liu was at Haicheng Airport, getting ready to fly to Wolong Ridge overnight.
Right before boarding, he received a call from the search and rescue team captain.
Mr. Liu’s heart was in turmoil as he answered, but then he heard a familiar weak voice, “Dad.”
That single word filled the old man’s eyes with tears.
An airport staff member reminded him, “It’s time to board, what are you… doing??!”
Mr. Liu, trembling, knelt down and bowed in the direction of Haicheng to the east!