The Happy Farmer Wanderer-Chapter 318 Trapped in Zhulong Valley_1

When those rumbling sounds echoed, the stone pillars near them began to shake violently.

"Get away quickly!" Li Qing urgently yelled.

Sister Hu and Qi Xuelan were both terribly frightened and hurriedly ran to an open area.

"All of you be careful, don’t run around, I’ll go check what’s going on!" Li Qing shouted loudly.

He carefully skirted the teetering stone pillars, heading toward the entrance of the valley.

The sound had come from that direction just now.

As Li Qing approached, he was stunned.

Damn it all to hell.

Is the valley sealed off?!

At this moment, a pile of stone pillars lay haphazardly at the valley’s entrance, countless falling rocks blocking it tightly.

It was a deep gorge stretching north, at least one or two kilometers long, but there was only this one exit.

"Hey, is anyone there?"

Li Qing called out at the top of his lungs.

After shouting seven or eight times, finally a voice responded, "How come there are still people inside?"

"How did you get in?"

"Of course, we came in from here!" Li Qing yelled, "Quickly think of a way to let us out!"

"Didn’t you see the construction sign? Why did you still go inside!" the person outside yelled back.

"You just set up a sign, without explaining anything. Who knew you were going to dig this place up!" Li Qing shouted angrily, "Quick, think of a way to get us out!" 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Although they were definitely at fault, being trapped here with no way out, he was terribly anxious!

"You can’t get out now," the person outside shouted.

Li Qing instantly became frantic, "Are you trying to bury us alive? Think of something!"

"There’s a shack inside, take refuge there for the night. The gorge is surrounded by sheer cliffs that no one can climb. Wait until the truck arrives tomorrow, then the road will be clear!" the person outside yelled.

"No, just dig a bit now, and we can get out!" Li Qing was really desperate.

Asking them to make do in this place for a night, who knew if there were other dangers.

"Brother, I just have a Demolition Hammer, and with such a high pile of rocks, where can I dig?" the person outside shouted.

Li Qing was rendered speechless.

What the hell kind of situation was this!

He looked at those crisscrossing stone pillars and shouted, "Do you have a rope? Throw one over!"

Although these stone pillars looked tall, they were only about the height of two or three stories.

If they had a rope, they might be able to climb up.

"Bro, don’t joke; you’d need at least two or three hundred meters of rope, which is impossible to handle! And besides, you can’t use ropes, these stone pillars could break at any time. If anything happens, I can’t be responsible!" the person outside shouted.

"That shack used to be lived in by a designer; it’s very safe. Now that it’s getting dark, make do for the night and you’ll get out tomorrow. Don’t do anything rash, or if there’s a collapse, it’s over."

"To tell you the truth, the only way you can get out now is to find a helicopter; there really is no other way!"

Li Qing was completely dumbfounded.

Everything was fine when they came in, but now they couldn’t go back.

And what was this, anyway?

Like shooting fish in a barrel?!

"Do you have any food?" Li Qing gave up struggling and had to settle for less.

"Bro, don’t you have any?" the person asked, yelling back.

"Nonsense, if I had any, would I still be asking?" Li Qing was infuriated.

"Bro, this pile of rubble extends at least a hundred or so meters in depth. Even if I have food, I can’t throw it over!"

Li Qing completely fell apart.

He hadn’t paid attention and thought the depth was only a few meters.

But in reality...

Over a hundred meters, there was no climbing that, a fall into the crevice could kill you.

Having no other option, Li Qing had to turn back and regroup with Sister Hu and Qi Xuelan.

"Xiao Li, what exactly is going on?" Sister Hu asked anxiously.

"All the stone pillars at the mouth of the valley have been brought down, now there’s a mess of them lying crosswise, and the route is completely blocked," Li Qing said.

"What? What do we do now?" Sister Hu instantly became nervous.

Li Qing raised his hand, "Don’t panic just yet, I’ll call the guide and see if there’s anything she can do from her end."

After the call connected, Li Qing quickly explained the situation on his side.

It gave that Guide Song quite a scare.

"I’m so sorry, so sorry, I forgot to inform you about the construction in Zhulong Valley," she said.

"Please don’t wander off, stay put and rest, the machinery will be in place by tomorrow, and the road should be clear."

"Don’t try to get out on your own at all costs, Zhulong Valley suffers from severe wind erosion, and the cliffs around could collapse at any moment."

"..."

That Guide Song rattled off a whole bunch of things.

But the result was almost identical to what that person outside had said before.

Stay put, don’t move an inch.

Because the temporary shelter was built on open ground, only there was relatively safe.

In other places, rocks could fall at any moment, or even the whole area could collapse.

Rescue from above was utterly out of the question, they could only wait until the entrance to the valley was cleared the next day before they could get out.

This phone call caused Li Qing to abandon his last attempt and he no longer dared to try on his own recklessly.

If he were to lose his life in this place, it would be too unjust.

"It’s all my fault, if I hadn’t insisted on coming in to have a look, none of this would have happened," Sister Hu said, full of self-reproach, "what can we do now, we’re not going to be buried in here, are we?"

"Sister Hu, don’t be too anxious, just hold on for one night," Li Qing reassured her.

At this point, blaming her was pointless.

"It’s getting dark soon, we better find that shelter they talked about quickly," Li Qing said.

"Sister Hu, no one could have expected them to take down the stone pillars at the entrance of the valley," Qi Xuelan also consoled, "it’s just one night, we can make it through with a bit of endurance."

Sister Hu nodded gently, but her face was still filled with guilt and frustration.

After walking about two hundred meters deeper into Zhulong Valley, they finally saw a light blue tin house.

"This must be the shelter they mentioned, it looks quite safe, staying one night shouldn’t be a problem," Li Qing said.

He cautiously pushed open the door, and a strong smell of dust rushed toward him.

Li Qing waved his hand a couple of times and walked in.

Inside the house, there was only an iron bed, a table, and a pile of cardboard boxes scattered around.

And a portable stove made of tin, probably used by previous occupants for cooking and boiling water.

"At least there’s a place to stay," Li Qing said with a smile that managed to find humor in the hardship.

While he was talking, Guide Song called again.

"We just got in touch with the construction crew, they’ve started working overnight, it’s expected to take eight or nine hours to clear the road, just bear it a little longer," she said.

These words brought a great deal of hope to Li Qing’s heart.

He went outside to listen and could indeed faintly make out the rumbling sound of machinery.