Chapter 111: Day and Night Reversed

On the seventh and eighth days of the journey, Gu Fan and the others decided to rest during the day and travel at night, thereby reducing the risk to its lowest conceivable extent.

After passing these few days in relative peace, however, the irregularity of their sleep patterns was beginning to take a toll. Nobody voiced their grievances, for the eerie sounds echoing from the recorder still haunted their minds.

They knew they couldn't go on like this – not Lu Yi and Jie, who knew Gu Fan was intent on finding all twelve missing students, nor anyone else. If they kept going, not only would their chances of finding the missing students dwindle, but their own chances of falling into danger would increase. It just wasn't worth it anymore.

Not only Gu Fan and his group, but also Teacher Liu, Xu Haowen, Qin Jia, had started harboring the idea of retreat - they too, thought of turning back while it was still possible.