A week later......

CD in the inpatient ward of a large hospital.

Hospitals, always with white as the main theme. The white doors, the white beds, the white ceilings, the white walls, it seems as if everything here is the same white.

The monotony of white, the boring feeling of white. But those who have not personally experienced the fear, helplessness, and horror of being in the dark will never understand the warm power that white can bring.

Cao Mianmian curled up in the corner of the bed, her back against the wall, wrapped her body tightly in the quilt and refused to show a gap, as if this was the only way to give her a sense of inexplicable security. Her eyes were staring straight at the bedsheet, and there was no focus in her empty eyes.

On the side of the hospital bed, Cao's father looked sad, sighing from time to time. Cao's mother was also teary-eyed, looking distressed at her lifeless beloved daughter wiping her eyes from time to time, and she was about to dry her tears.

At this time, two knocks on the door sounded softly, and then the door was pushed open, and a group of mermaids entered. Cao's father looked up and saw two acquaintances unexpectedly. It's not familiar to say that it's familiar, but the two policemen who walked in the front have been here many times, and Cao's father naturally recognizes them. The two policemen were followed by a man dressed as an officer, and two men who were dressed in civilian clothes and did not show their occupation, but were over half a hundred years old and looked a little like an old pedant, but these three Cao's father had never seen them.

Out of politeness, Father Cao got up and greeted, "Officer Chen, Officer Yao." ”

The two policemen smiled at him and nodded in response, and Officer Chen, who was slightly older, stepped forward and stretched out his hand to shake it and said, "Mr. Cao, I'm sorry, I'm here to disturb again." ”

Father Cao barely squeezed out a stiff smile on his face and said, "It's okay. ”

"Let me introduce you." Officer Chen pointed to two men over half a hundred years old in civilian clothes behind him and introduced, "This is Professor Zhao, this is Professor Liao." Professor Liao is an expert in geology and Professor Zhao is an expert in archaeology. He pointed to the last officer and said, "This is Major Li of the Armed Police Force." ”

Father Cao was stunned, and then a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He naturally understood what these people were here for, but although he understood, he couldn't refuse.

After greeting Cao's father and Cao's mother, the people who came in invariably set their eyes on Cao Mianmian, but the object of their attention was still dull, looking at the sheets with straight eyes, and there was no reaction to the arrival of these people.

Officer Chen hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Is Miss Cao better today?" ”

Father Cao sighed and shook his head silently. He glanced at his daughter with a look of distress between his eyebrows, and sighed: "I didn't sleep all night last night, so I sat like this." He refused to speak, and he refused to even take a bite of food. ”

Cao Mu on the side lowered her head and quietly wiped her tears again.

Officer Chen asked in a low voice, "What did the doctor say?" ”

Cao's father said with a wry smile: "The doctor said that she had a heart disease, and she had to think about it herself." ”

Officer Chen sighed with Cao's father, they all understood where the source of Cao Mianmian's heart disease was, but they couldn't do anything. Because the source of this heart disease, Yang Xiaozhi, has still not been found.

That's right, the reason why Cao Mianmian became so lifeless, as if he had lost his soul, was indeed rooted in Xiao Zhi. This started a week ago.

A week ago, two mountain rangers patrolled into the depths of the Qinba Mountains and encountered two lost women in the deep mountains, who were Cao Mianmian and Zhu Xiao, who had just escaped from the terrifying underground cave. Speaking of which, it was also their luck, not long after they escaped from the ground, they were lucky to meet these two mountain rangers. If it weren't for that, even if they had successfully escaped from that cave, most of them would have ended up in the belly of the beast.

At that time, Zhu Xiao had high fever symptoms due to excessive fright, and was already in a severe coma when he was found. Cao Mianmian carried her on her back, scurrying around the mountains and forests like a headless fly. When he met the two mountain patrol members, Cao Mianmian, who was already exhausted, only shouted "help" in a hoarse voice and immediately fainted.

Two members of the mountain patrol team hurriedly carried them out of the deep mountain and immediately sent them to the nearest ambulance station. However, because Zhu Xiao's condition was more serious, the two were immediately transferred to the big hospital of CD for treatment.

Cao Mianmian woke up the day after she was sent to the CD hospital, but when she first woke up, she was like a crazy woman, and her hysterical appearance frightened everyone. Cao Mianmian, who was still lying in bed and asleep one second, suddenly jumped up from the bed the next second, completely ignoring the drip tube inserted in his body, and screamed in horror. The high-decibel scream was heard by almost the entire floor. The doctors and nurses who rushed over couldn't hold her down, and just when a nurse was about to inject her with a tranquilizer, Cao Mianmian suddenly came to her senses, grabbed the nurse's clothes, cried bitterly and begged her to save Yang Xiaozhi quickly.

Just when the doctor and the nurse looked at each other and didn't know what to do, the police came to find them. In fact, when Cao Mianmian and Zhu Xiao were just transferred to this hospital, the police had already come once, but both of them were in a coma at that time, and the police had to wait until the next day to come back to take a look, not wanting to just run into Cao Mianmian and wake up.

As soon as Cao Mianmian saw the police, he immediately turned to them for help, pulling the clothes of several policemen, crying and begging them to save people, and the words "save him" and "save Yang Xiaozhi" came and went.

Fortunately, these policemen also have some experience, and with the doctor's coaxing and deception, they finally calmed Cao Mianmian's almost uncontrollable emotions. After that, he used the trick of clichés to slowly restore the whole thing.

The whole thing is actually very simple, it is nothing more than seven well-fed college students who accidentally saw an article on the Internet about the Ghost Face Ridge in the depths of the Qinba Mountains, and were immediately deeply attracted by the various weird and bizarre stories in this article, and had the idea of exploring the Ghost Face Ridge. So the seven of them agreed to go there together during the holidays.

After that, the development was a bit evil, and the group had an accident on the night they first arrived at Ghost Face Ridge, and the next day they were trapped in the dark underground cave and couldn't find a way out. Then there were accidents one after another, and in the end, only Cao Mianmian and Zhu Xiao were lucky enough to escape.

After listening to the whole thing, they finally understood what was going on with Yang Xiaozhi that Cao Mianmian had repeatedly mentioned. It turned out that Yang Xiaozhi was trying to save them, but he was finally trapped in a cave and couldn't escape. Cao Mianmian didn't know whether it was out of emotion or guilt, so she kept thinking about saving him.

The incident was quickly classified as a missing person case by the police, but another thing revealed by Cao Mianmian made them quite concerned. According to Cao Mianmian, after Zhu Xiao was frightened and fell into a coma, she and Xiaozhi found an ancient tomb on the way to continue looking for a way out on their backs to Zhu Xiao.

The police immediately reported the situation to deal with it, and the relevant departments at the higher level did not dare to delay much after receiving the report, and immediately organized a search and rescue team, and at the same time notified the archaeological research institute of the news about the ancient tombs in the cave.

On the other hand, in order to appease Cao Mianmian's emotions at that time, the police casually promised that they would go to rescue Yang Xiaozhi immediately, but for various reasons, they did not fulfill it. Cao Mianmian waited day after day, until a week was almost over, and there was still no news of Yang Xiaozhi. And the police came again and again, but they asked about the ancient tombs in the cave.

Finally, Cao Mianmian waited from the initial hope to disappointment, until finally turned into despair. Slowly, she became self-contained, reluctant to speak again, and even her parents were reluctant to communicate more.

Officer Chen knows all this, but he can't help it. It's been a week, but the search and rescue team can't even get into that maze, let alone save people.