It can be seen from An Lan's actions of chopping bushes that she is indeed very professional.
In this kind of bush, it is not just a matter of strength that can quickly open a path. It requires skill, and this is not something that ordinary people can do.
After walking like this for more than ten minutes, I stopped and called out to An Lan.
She also thought that I had found traces of Wang Yi, so she hurriedly turned back to me and asked, "What's wrong? Did you find something?"
I shook my head and replied: "I think we must have made the wrong decision. There is a high probability that Wang Yi is not on the path we have chosen."
After a short pause, I continued: "I observed all the way, and there was no trace of anyone passing by at all."
An Lan was silent for a moment and said in agreement: "I feel the same way, and the bushes get denser the further we go in. Wang Yi doesn't have professional equipment, so it won't work at all."
I nodded, then thought for a moment, and then said: "We have two options now, either continue walking along the original route and see if there is a good fork ahead, or change the route and take a route that is more likely to find her.
"Rely on"
An Lan is not the kind of woman who has no ideas at all. She often has more ideas than me.
When it came time to make this choice, An Lan was not ambiguous. After a moment of silence, he said: "I think we should continue to move forward to see if there is a factor. We currently have no better route. If we return to the original route at this time, assuming
She is on the route we chose, which means we may not be able to find her."
I tried my best to calm down and thought carefully about An Lan's words.
What she said is right and makes sense.
If we give up halfway and go back to choose a new route at this time, not to mention the delay, more importantly, we will give up the route directly.
What if Wang Yi is really on the route we chose?
No one can tell for sure, the only way is to keep looking until there is no hope at all.
After weighing it for a while, I finally nodded and replied: "Yes, let's continue going down."
An Lan didn't say much, and she didn't give me any more advice. She turned around and chopped off a branch in front of us with her knife.
Compared to her neatness, my heart is a little messy.
Because I know so much about wilderness rescue, I know that the next steps we take are almost all in vain.
But it is because of the small possibility that we do not dare to take the risk of changing the route.
Even if there is only a tiny bit of hope!
"Boom!"
There was a sudden loud noise above the head, and then the dark forest was illuminated as if it were daytime, allowing people to see everything around them clearly.
I also discovered that our surroundings were really complicated, full of all kinds of bushes and thorns, and some places were very close to faults.
Fortunately, when we went up the mountain, An Lan changed me into a pair of professional hiking shoes.
If ordinary sports shoes slip under your feet and fall into the fault, you will have a narrow escape.
But in an instant, there was lightning and thunder in the sky, and the storm started.
We knew that there would be a thunderstorm tonight, but we still went up the mountain. This was undoubtedly asking for death!
Fortunately, the leaves above our heads are dense enough to help us shield ourselves from some rainwater.
But the rainstorm was so fierce that the sound of dense raindrops falling on the leaves could be heard all over my ears.
"No, we can't leave. We have to find a place to take shelter from the rain temporarily." I finally called An Lan.
Although I am extremely anxious at the moment, I have to ensure our safety while finding Wang Yi again.
An Lan then turned to me and said, "Hurry up, I see there seems to be a raised place in front of me, where we should take shelter from the rain."
An Lan and I sped up our pace and rushed to find a shelter before the heavy rain came.
An Lan was still swinging his machete in front, so I started to pull away the thorns.
We worked together to rush towards the protruding rock in front of us.
But the place we were in was too dangerous, with cliffs on one side and cliffs on the other, and various vines blocking the road.
If we were not careful, both she and I might fall off the cliff and die on the spot.
It's not an exaggeration at all, but I didn't feel An Lan was nervous at all. If it were any other woman at this time, she might have been too frightened to walk.
It was An Lan, who not only led the way, but also kept urging me to follow her closely.
As we continued to move forward, I heard the sound of something loosening coming from above.
I subconsciously looked up and saw that the spotlight above my head just illuminated a stone the size of a basketball, which fell from a height.
Facing An Lan!
"careful!"
I yelled and instinctively rushed towards her.
I protected her tightly, and the stone bumped against the stone wall, then clung to my back and fell to the bottom of the cliff.
What fell with the stone was the satellite phone in my hand.
Because I was so nervous at that moment, and I only thought about protecting An Lan's safety, and forgot that I still had the satellite phone in my hand.
In shock, An Lan and I looked under the cliff together.
It's so deep that you can't see anything.
I looked at An Lan dullly. After she came to her senses, she didn't say anything and pulled me forward and ran forward.
Behind me, I heard the sound of rocks falling again, it was extremely thrilling!
Heavy rain came in torrents immediately.
And we finally ran under the rock where we could take shelter from the rain. The space here was quite large, almost twenty square meters, like a cave.
It took me a long time to stabilize my breathing.
And An Lan also sat down on a clean stone next to me, breathing heavily.
I felt a little guilty because I lost my satellite phone, which was the only thing I could use to communicate with the outside world.
Here, there is no cell phone signal at all.
This feeling was really terrible, especially hearing the thunder that shook the sky and the pouring rain.
I know very well that we are trapped here.
The only lucky thing was probably the cave we found to take shelter from the rain, but the rain was really heavy, and the wind was blowing, so rainwater kept drifting in.
An Lan suddenly said: "Wait a minute, wait until the rain stops. This heavy rain probably won't last long."
This is the only way, but I am in a bad mood, because while I am worried about Wang Yi, I am also worried about myself and An Lan's safety.
I was really scared, afraid that we would really get lost, and once we got lost in this mountain, it would be really difficult to get out.
I exhaled heavily, lit a cigarette as usual, and took a few puffs before calming down.
I smiled bitterly and said, "What's this? We came to save people, but we didn't expect to be rescued?"
"Don't be so extreme. We are just taking shelter from the rain temporarily. I believe Ajian and the others are also taking shelter from the rain now."
"I'm not extreme, but" I suddenly hesitated, feeling that I was a trouble anyway.
An Lan didn't reply anymore, and her mood couldn't be said to be very good. After all, her current situation was indeed very bad.
All around you could hear the wind and the sound of rain falling from the leaves.
I suddenly hated the mountains. My destiny seemed to be blocked by the mountains. Wherever there are mountains, I would always encounter troubles of one kind or another.
I can't calm down!
At this moment, what I'm thinking about is Wang Yi's current situation. I hope she can find a safe place to escape this sudden rainstorm!