Lin Xiao Tian sensed his surroundings again, ensuring there was no danger before letting Li Xue go out.
Yang Xin, standing on the shore, stared blankly for a few seconds when she saw Li Xue emerge.
When Li Xue reached the shore, Yang Xin burst into tears.
"Auntie Xue, I... I finally see you."
"Alright, alright, don't cry," Li Xue wiped Yang Xin's tears. "Come over there with me. It's too dangerous to stay outside."
Yang Xin was still hesitant, but under Li Xue's comfort, she finally entered the cave.
Soon, she saw Lin Xiao Tian.
"It's not that I don't want to go out, it's that I absolutely cannot go out right now," Lin Xiao Tian spread his hands helplessly.
"What's wrong with you?" Yang Xin was stunned.
"It's too complicated to explain. You can understand it as me being poisoned."
"Ah! Is it very serious? You're a doctor, you should have a way, right?"
"I do! But it will take some time."
Then, Lin Xiao Tian looked at Yang Xin. "What happened just now?"
Hearing Lin Xiao Tian's question, Yang Xin's face turned bitter.
"Miss, what exactly happened?" Li Xue was also very curious.
Yang Xin sighed and began to recount her recent experiences.
After she separated from Li Xue that day, she fled alone. She thought she was doomed, but unexpectedly, she encountered Yang Lin and others.
When Yang Lin fled, he brought the geologist and the female doctor. With these three, Yang Xin felt like she had grasped a lifeline.
Not long after, they met the tall martial artist Wang Li, who had narrowly escaped death.
As for the other short martial artist, he had died at the hands of the monsters while covering for them.
Yang Xin told Wang Li about the other martial artist's situation. She had also separated from Li Xue because she saw the short martial artist.
When Wang Li heard that his brother had been turned into something like a puppet, his heart was filled with grief. They were brothers, and if the short martial artist hadn't desperately protected him during their previous fight, he would have died there too.
Yang Xin comforted Wang Li, but Yang Lin on the side didn't think so. Instead, he warned everyone to be wary of the short martial artist and suggested that if anyone was captured in the future and encountered again, they should run if they couldn't kill them.
Yang Lin's words completely enraged Wang Li.
Since entering the valley, and learning that no one could get out, the attitudes of everyone towards these two scions of noble families had already changed.
Outside, they were high and mighty young masters.
But inside, they were no different from burdens.
No one brought this up. These people had been trained by the Yang family, and their loyalty to the Yang family was etched into their bones. Therefore, even though Yang Lin was excessively rude, they endured it.
But the death of his own brother had completely changed Wang Li.
After Yang Lin finished speaking, he was struck by the martial artist. When others tried to intervene, the martial artist directly spoke his true thoughts.
"Why are you still protecting them? Their status as noble-born sons is useless here. This place is about strength. I don't care what you think. From today on, whoever drags the team down, I will absolutely kick them out, no matter who their parents are!"
After Wang Li's speech, everyone else tried to persuade him to calm down.
But his words seemed to be like a flame, subtly influencing everyone.
Following this, they encountered fish-men and other terrifying monsters, which made them understand their predicament even more.
After that, they encountered some people, and to their surprise, these people were survivors from the previous expedition team.
Initially, a conflict was about to break out between the two groups because Wang Li had supplies. However, Wang Li also possessed a gun. For the sake of food, these people told them the situation here.
When a person is completely despairing of their surroundings, those so-called distinctions of status are unceremoniously erased.
From the survivors, they learned that this place was a death trap, and it was far larger than indicated on the map. They had spent more than ten years trying to get out.
After obtaining the supplies, that group of people left, and this reality completely unleashed Wang Li.
Before, he had tried to restrain himself, but now, if he found Yang Lin displeasing, he would beat him up.
Wang Li was the strongest among them, and all the weapons were concentrated in his hands. Most importantly, the geologist also stood by his side.
They treated Yang Lin like a slave, and even planned to do the same to Yang Xin.
It was also Yang Xin's first time seeing the true colors of the geologist. She never expected that this middle-aged man, who looked honest and dependable, was so utterly depraved inside.
For example, the female doctor, Jennifer, had injured her left leg by a monster, and it was beyond repair. Wang Li decided to abandon her, but the geologist suggested that the female doctor should serve them.
The female doctor was very beautiful, and the geologist had long coveted her.
Faced with survival and dignity, Jennifer ultimately chose the former.
To keep the geologist in line, Wang Li also shared Jennifer with him.
In the geologist's words, their current team consisted of Wang Li and the geologist as the leading lions, Jennifer as the tamed lioness, Yang Lin as the slave, and Yang Xin was defined as a wild female beast yet to be tamed.
They didn't force Yang Xin, but tried to coerce her into submission, and they didn't spare her any trouble along the way.
Just now, on the shore, the geologist had intended to have Yang Xin all to himself. Fortunately, Lin Xiao Tian was quick-witted, otherwise, Yang Xin would have been defiled.
"What scoundrels!" Li Xue cursed. "When we get out, we'll make them pay!"
"Auntie Xue, can we still get out?" Yang Xin asked.
Li Xue looked at Yang Xin and was rendered speechless.
"We can. Have you forgotten? Luo Ping got out. We will definitely have a chance. I think the answer might lie with that man-faced sheep monster."