Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!

Chapter 437 - 428: Danger Beneath the Waterfall

They only stood on the riverbank, growling softly, occasionally letting out incomprehensible roars, as if communicating something.

As the raft drew closer to the break, the current became more turbulent.

"Second Senior Brother, what should we do, what should we do?"

She didn’t want to die here, and her heart was filled with terror.

She clutched Yuan He’s sleeve, deforming it as if holding on to the last straw of life.

"Use your Inner Strength to protect yourself, falling down doesn’t necessarily mean death," Yuan He said with a stern face, looking gravely at the end of the current.

"But, but I can’t swim."

Miss Xiao explained pitiably.

Her eyes welled with sparkling tears, this time she was truly frightened.

Cheng Xiaoxiao’s pupils contracted too, and the muscles of her body tensed up.

Falling from such a high waterfall brings no good; if one hits a rock or something, it could be fatal. Or if the pool below isn’t deep enough, it’s still life-threatening.

"Boss, are you there? Someone’s life is in danger, come quickly to save us!"

Cheng Xiaoxiao clutched the Crystal Pendant at her waist, constantly muttering softly.

"Boss, boss, I’m not joking this time, we’re reaching the waterfall soon, falling down is a matter of life and death."

The others also looked ashen; if it were their peak times, it would be fine, but now they were exhausted of Qi Force and seriously injured. With such a huge impact and unknown conditions below, escaping from calamity depended solely on luck.

The group faced the most brutal challenge with anxious hearts, having reached the end of the riverbank with a group of monkeys glaring at them from the banks, leaving nowhere to escape or hide.

The breeze brushed past their faces, amplifying the chill in their hearts, as horror mixed with fear.

Cheng Xiaoxiao, in the fifth raft, watched as the figures of her senior brothers vanished instantly, her heart pounding.

This rescue mission exceeded her imagination, she really had done her best.

Now she could only ensure her own safety before thinking about saving others.

"Boss, could you come out, is there any way to save everyone?"

Cheng Xiaoxiao stubbornly asked a few more times.

Unfortunately, there was still no response.

She cursed the other party hundreds and thousands of times in her heart.

Clearly having the ability, yet standing by idly, how unscrupulous.

In the midst of her thoughts, the raft she was on was less than two meters from the break point.

"Men are all unreliable bastards, they become untrustworthy at critical times."

She had to rely on herself.

A certain someone who was inexplicably cursed seemed to feel something, his ears twitched.

He opened eyes like deep mountain pools and slowly closed them again.

He didn’t think that this small crisis, the little girl couldn’t overcome.

People are weak, but not to such an extent.

If a real life-and-death crisis occurred, he wouldn’t stand by idly.

If Cheng Xiaoxiao knew what someone thought of her, she would undoubtedly be fuming with rage and try to find a way to restore her dignity.

At the moment of weightlessness, she couldn’t stop her heart from palpitating.

How irrational must she be to follow and jump a waterfall? If she wanted to go ashore, she had plenty of methods, and if not, skydiving would be better.

But unfortunately, none of those could be exposed casually, so she could only go with the flow, and as she descended, she donned a shock-resistant swimsuit.

Then she silently used her Inner Strength, flowing through her limbs and bones, hoping the fall wouldn’t be too disastrous.

The turbulent water surged, vast and mighty, flowing down, among which small black dots fell like dumplings, splashing countless water.

The screams, long and distant, unceasing.

This was no longer cries out of fear, purely an uncontrollable reflex under extreme conditions.

In the vast and boundless forest, the sound echoed in the quiet, ghostly mountain woodlands, disappearing into the plunging waterfall, quickly consuming the silence, leaving only the rolling slap of water.

Plop!

Plop!

One after another!

The pool was calm and deep, its coldness bone-piercing and suffocating.

Luckily, apart from the impact from the height, no other accidents occurred.

After sinking to a certain extent, one by one, they resurfaced, everyone popping their heads up.

Breathing in the fresh air in large gulps.

As if reborn.

Everyone helped each other climb ashore, their bodies heavy as lead, trembling with cold.

Even those who couldn’t swim were rescued ashore.

Looking back, they saw seven or eight bodies floating in the deep pool.

Their hearts sank a few notches, surely those were severely injured brothers.

Someone dragged their exhausted body back into the pool and retrieved those people, checking for any signs of life.

Unfortunately, all showed no signs of life.

A cool breeze blew, turning their faces pale and cyan, shivering from the cold.

The pool water was bone-chilling cold, the cool wind chilling their hearts.

They had to take off their heavy outer garments to reduce the burden on their bodies.

"Who has a fire starter?"

The speaking senior brother took out his own fire starter, finding it already broken, could only ask others for help.

If they don’t light a fire in this weather, not only could their limbs be frostbitten, but also cold air might enter their bodies, potentially affecting their cultivation in the future.

"I have one."

"I still have mine."

Quite a few disciples weakly replied, but when they took out their items, they were all wet. Despite waterproof measures, much was soaked inside, the fire starters rendered unusable.

"This..."

The disciples who were just feeling lucky immediately fell silent.

The fire starter, in fact, was something everyone carried, only during the escape, either they were lost or knocked out.

The few remaining are now completely useless.

"Second Senior Brother, see if mine can still be used?"

Miss Xiao, her face pale, took a sachet from her waist, with a small box inside.

She handed the small box to Yuan He.

Earlier, she thought she was going to die, submerged in water, unable to breathe, only able to struggle desperately.

Fortunately, Second Senior Brother saved her.

Yuan He opened the exquisite and beautiful box, inside were two Elixirs and a fire starter, only slightly damp, still usable.

Miss Xiao immediately showed a pale smile, "Glad I can assist Senior Brother."

"Achoo!"

Miss Xiao couldn’t help but sneeze, rubbing her swollen nose.

"Second Senior Brother, there are no burnable branches here."

Hearing this, everyone became aware and surveyed the surroundings.

Where they rested was a stone beach, with reed-like grasses growing upwards, blocking their distant view.

They stood up and looked into the distance from the over two meters tall reeds; no tall trees were visible, at most three or four meters old stumps, leafless, with bizarre dry tree trunks, vines entwined tightly.

A disciple parted the reed field and discovered an endless marsh.

They soon turned their eyes to the other side of the riverbank.

The big trees were luxuriant, not ancient towering trees that couldn’t be embraced even by ten people, but at least each was thick and sturdy.

It seemed they had to swim to the other side.

But everyone was so tired they had no strength left.

It was Yuan He who first called two people to gather wood across, only when the fire was lit did everyone set out.

Otherwise, they would have to wait, soaking in cold water again.