“Boohoo, did Jiang Fan and Zhou Niannian die?”
Dai Xiaomei was unwilling and searched everywhere.
She understood Zhou Niannian and Jiang Fan well. She believed that with their intelligence, if they had truly arrived in this secret realm, they would have left a mark even if they were looking for something.
She searched everywhere but found no marks left by Jiang Fan and Zhou Niannian.
“Could it have been covered by the sandstorm?”
After a near-carpet search, Dai Xiaomei checked all the prominent places nearby again, but still found no marks.
“Jiang Fan, Zhou Niannian, stop playing hide-and-seek, come out.”
Dai Xiaomei cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted. There was no response, and her disappointment was evident.
The viewers in the live stream also became anxious.
“It seems Jiang Fan and Zhou Niannian didn’t arrive?”
“Oh my god, could they have really died?”
“Don’t talk nonsense, Jiang Shen is lucky and strong, he’ll definitely be fine.”
“I think they were blown to a slightly farther place by the blizzard and will be back soon.”
At this moment, Yao, who had filled several water flasks with snow water, came over.
Dai Xiaomei quickly grabbed Yao.
“Is it that my voice is too quiet and Jiang Fan and them can’t hear me? Can you help me shout?”
Yao nodded and let out a sharp wolf howl.
The howl was so sharp that some lizards and venomous snakes hiding in the desert rocks were startled and ran out, scurrying everywhere.
If Jiang Fan heard this in the distance, he would surely respond with a howl.
After a long wait, there was still no response from afar.
Dai Xiaomei’s heart sank little by little. She sat on the ground, motionless.
Her nose twitched, and she felt like she was about to cry.
She had initially thought that with Jiang Fan and Zhou Niannian’s abilities, they would be fine, but unexpectedly, she couldn’t contact them.
By this time, it was already afternoon.
The scorching sun stretched Dai Xiaomei’s shadow long.
A venomous lizard crawled out of a rock crevice. Seeing Dai Xiaomei motionless, it came over, intending to take advantage.
“Get lost!”
Dai Xiaomei was already full of anger. Seeing this ugly thing, she unceremoniously kicked it, and the venomous lizard immediately flew into the air.
Yao stood by silently, not knowing what words to use to comfort Dai Xiaomei.
He was not good with words to begin with, and in such a situation, he didn’t know what to say even more.
After a long while, he picked up a water flask and handed it to Dai Xiaomei.
“Have a drink of water first.”
Dai Xiaomei shook her head. She was in no mood to drink water.
She just sat in the desert and waited. Yao didn’t know what to say, so he sat down beside her.
The venomous lizard that had been kicked away returned and rubbed against Dai Xiaomei’s shoes obsequiously.
Seeing that Dai Xiaomei didn’t react, the venomous lizard also sat down beside them.
Unknowingly, many desert animals came and sat around Dai Xiaomei.
Dai Xiaomei’s expression was full of sorrow, and she exuded an aura of despair.
Animals were the most sensitive. At this moment, they were like customers in the fresh food section of a supermarket, waiting for a fish to take its last breath before being moved to the dead aquatic product section.
They queued up, waiting for this person who had lost the will to fight to be baked to death under the scorching sun, and then to eat her.
After waiting for two hours, the sun was about to set, and Dai Xiaomei was still motionless.
In the live stream, there was also a rare silence.
The viewers all felt that Jiang Fan and Zhou Niannian were in grave danger.
Otherwise, with Jiang Fan and Zhou Niannian’s speed, they wouldn’t have been so much slower than Dai Xiaomei.
“It seems they really died…”
“Tragedy. They really didn’t survive. Human power is no match for heaven. In the face of natural disasters, we mortals are all ants.”
“Alas, let’s light a white candle for Jiang Shen and Ouhuang.”
“Without Jiang Shen leading the team, I’m afraid Dai Xiaomei is also in grave danger.”
“She must have known this, that’s why she’s crying.”
As the sky gradually darkened, Dai Xiaomei, filled with grief and sorrow, knelt on the ground and began to sob silently.
Yao, standing by her side, was at a loss for what to do.
Suddenly, Dai Xiaomei burst into tears, looking utterly helpless.
“They’re dead! They definitely couldn’t escape the avalanche, they all died!”
“Jiang Fan and Zhou Niannian are dead, what will we do?”
“They led us all the way. We definitely won’t be able to get out.”
She seemed to have aged decades in an instant, transforming from a lively and cute girl into an old woman on the verge of death.
Her brows were filled with a dense aura of death, the deathly despair of having completely lost hope in life.
Yao didn’t know what to say, he just patted Dai Xiaomei’s shoulder with all his might.
It had no effect. Dai Xiaomei continued to cry.
The animals at her feet and hiding behind the rocks noticed, licked their lips, and revealed their sharp fangs.
This human had lost the will to live and would soon die, becoming their prey.
As the saying goes, human joys and sorrows are not shared. However, at times, sadness is contagious.
The viewers in the live stream also gradually began to cry uncontrollably.
At first, it was just a small-scale crying.
Then, it turned into widespread wailing. Almost everyone cried.
“Woo woo woo, Jiang Shen and Ouhuang won’t come back.”
“I really hope they come back.”
“If they come back, I won’t watch the live stream anymore. Let them leave the secret realm.”
“Damn secret realm, damn bystanders, I’m going to report!”
“This company that eats people without spitting out bones.”
In the dormitory, Zhou Ye cried like a sobbing mess, repeatedly hitting the bed with his hands.
Even the usually calm Lin Yang had no mood to console Zhou Ye.
He bit his lip tightly, leaning against the wall, his eyes vacant, lost in thought.
Like Lin Yang, most of the viewers in the live stream were ordinary people.
Ordinary people’s lives were hard. Two points and one line, work and commute, earning meager wages.
Jiang Fan’s exploration, his brave progress through countless dangers and hardships, gave these people hope.
It turned out that as long as one had courage, one could overcome all difficulties and carve a path through treacherous and thorny environments.
Countless ordinary people automatically identified with Jiang Fan.
Jiang Fan’s optimistic and cheerful smile at all times brought them deep comfort.
But now, Jiang Fan was suddenly gone, as if heaven was telling them, “What are you ants scrambling around for?”
You are just ants in my hands, and I can deal with you whenever I want!
It turned out that our lives were destined to be so tragic.
Wanting to carve out dawn from darkness was just our illusion.
Those who dared to defy fate were all heading for a dead end.
Their hearts, like Dai Xiaomei’s heart, died with Jiang Fan’s demise.
At that moment, in the live stream, a familiar voice was suddenly heard.
It was actually Zhou Niannian’s voice.
“Dai Xiaomei, why are you crying for no reason?”