It was much faster going down the cliff but also more dangerous. Ning Qingxue didn’t know what this rope was made of but it wasn’t slippery at all. She didn’t have gloves since she had already lost it on the way. She had only slid down 200 meters and already felt the skin on her hands rip.
Even so, Ning Qingxue didn’t dare to relax. The pain from her hand made her focus more. She slid down another 200 meters and suddenly felt her hands turn soft and weak. She had to find a slightly larger rock and rest on it.
Her arms were soft and sour, but she knew that if she couldn’t reach the bottom in one go, she wouldn’t be able to keep up. She looked at her palm, it was red. Her flesh was exposed to the open air but she didn’t feel pain now. It was as though her hand was numb.
She caught her breath and took out the remaining biscuits. She finished it all and drank all the remaining water before continuing sliding down.
Ning Qingxue didn’t know how long she slid down for. When her arm was too sour to move, she rested for a while before continuing. She even celebrated that she had resting spots on this cliff. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to stay out for so long.
The sky was getting dark. Ning Qingxue estimating that she had been down nearly 1 km, but she still didn’t reach the bottom. When she got to the end of the rope, she froze, the rope wasn’t long enough.
She looked down, it was still white mist. She couldn’t see the bottom, but she had nothing to go down with.
She continued before due to her determination, but once she stopped now, she felt quite dizzy looking down. Did she really come from up there?
If the rope wasn’t long enough, she could only keep going down. She could slide down from so high, but it would be impossible for her to climb back up.
She stopped on top of a rock and felt lost. She pulled the rope on top. She didn’t know what to do next. Would she connect her own? What if it wasn’t long enough as well?
If only this rope was 200 meters longer... She looked at the top which could no longer be seen. She subconsciously pulled the rope, hoping that it was just caught somewhere, but she knew this was impossible. She came from above after all.
Just when she was helpless and was prepared to connect her 100 meter long rope, her ropes suddenly loosened. Her heart skipped a beat and she looked at the rope. It was rolling down.
She immediately realized that the place she secured her rope on had loosened. She immediately stuck herself to the cliff wall. She was thinking that if that big rock was brought down too, she would be dragged down the cliff and die.
A huge rock fell from the top not far from Ning Qingxue. The wind it brought blew up her hair.
When Ning Qingxue reacted, the huge rock had fallen to the bottom and made a heavy sound. Ning Qingxue subconsciously looked at the rope on her waist. It was still very loose. She rejoiced. That meant she would arrive at the bottom soon.
Thinking about this, Ning Qingxue took off the rope from her waist, secured it on the rock, and started to slide down. She just went down 20 meters and saw the bottom. There was only a few meters left.
She felt relieved. She actually saw some clothes hung on a branch. It didn’t seem to happen long ago. Was that Ye Mo’s clothes? She only thought about Ye Mo and got excited. Her hands softened and could no longer hold the rope. She fell down like that. At that moment, she thought, was she going to succeed or plummet to her death? Good thing was she knew Ye Mo was here.
When she landed, she knew that even if the bottom wasn’t covered with leaves, she wouldn’t die since the ground was very soft.
She finally arrived at the bottom. Ning Qingxue carefully pulled out that short dagger and looked around. Other than the ragged cloth, she didn’t see Ye Mo and slightly felt relieved.
It was dark now but the moon light was good. However, at the bottom of the cliff, there was only very fuzzy moonlight. Despite so, she could still see everything clearly. Although she still had some light from her torch, she didn’t want to use it.
She picked up the dagger and walked a few meters. There, she saw a long snake. It was cut in half. The wounds were from not long ago. Ning Qingxue froze.
At that moment, she wanted to cry. Ye Mo was really here, and he didn’t die.
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