"Second Brother, if we fight against it, what are our chances?" Xiao Yuxi stared at the mother bear looking at them from above.

It kept on gazing at them below, growling loudly as though it was calling its cub. Xiao Fenghao had managed to get rid of the cub’s persistently biting at him thanks to Xiao Yuxi’s help in pulling the little one.

At the sound of its mother, it opened its mouth. Alas, Xiao Fenghao already stuffed a cloth inside, not allowing it to let out any sound.

They weren’t sure whether the mother bear could really see them down there; they definitely didn’t want to risk the gigantic wild animal going down and joining them.

"What chances?" Xiao Fenghao muttered, his skin crawled.

As much as he hated to admit it, they would have no chance against such a huge bear at all. Perhaps Xiao Jingran had a small chance at winning, but not them, a total rookie.

Just looking at its huge figure, which was around eight chi or definitely over two and half meters tall, it was better to use their energy to run instead of fighting it; only then they would have a chance of survival.

"So, we have no chance at all?" Xiao Yuxi pursed her lips. "What should we do? The sky outside is definitely getting darker. At this rate... we might spend the night here."

The temperature would definitely drop sharply at night.

Xiao Fenghao frowned. He looked up, and no matter how many times he did that, their situation seemed to be hopeless right now.

They didn’t know whether their family had begun to search for them, and considering their current location, would they be able to receive help in time?

"Is it leaving?" Xiao Yuxi muttered, glancing at the light above.

She had been occasionally checking that direction, and it had been a while since the brown bear had poked its head toward them. She collapsed to the ground, hugging her own knees. "At least it won’t jump inside to accompany us."

They stayed like that for another quarter of an hour, and then...

"Hiss, what is it?" Xiao Yuxi stared at the thing in front of her in bewilderment. It had slapped her face, and her fair skin had turned slightly red because of the force.

"Snake?" She jumped away, grabbing her brother’s hand warily.

Xiao Fenghao approached the rope and turned to look in the above direction. Xiao Yuxi followed his gaze and was stunned.

There was someone there, poking their head to look inside. Xiao Fenghao was sure that he wasn’t hallucinating right now. He really saw the figure of a person looking down at them. Unfamiliar face.

"I have led the bear away." A female voice shouted. "One of you, grab the rope and I will pull you out! Quick, before it returns!"

"Really? Can you pull us out?" Xiao Yuxi widened her eyes, and then, she became worried.

The girl didn’t seem to be old. Will she have the strength to take them out of this underground place?

"Xi’er, grab the rope. It’s not hurt to try. I will help to push you up there," Xiao Fenghao hurriedly said.

After he uttered his words, they also heard the girl speaking. "I am quite strong. I will try. Hurry up!"

Xiao Yuxi immediately grabbed the rope with both her hands. Xiao Fenghao saw that the rope was actually quite long, so he took the initiative to use the rope to wrap around his younger sister’s waist.

"Wait!" He shouted as his hands worked fast. "I will give you a signal when we are ready."

Doing a lot of craft definitely comes in handy at times like this. Xiao Fenghao finished wrapping the ropes around his younger sister in no time. After making sure the rope won’t get undone halfway, he nodded and shouted. "Go!"

He picked up Xiao Yuxi and began to push her.

"Brother, give me the baby bear!" Xiao Yuxi hurriedly said. "That mother bear wants it. Maybe if we give its cub to it, it won’t target us anymore."

With the rope wrapping around her waist, her other hand was free.

Xiao Fenghao hesitated for a moment before he stuffed the confused baby bear into Xiao Yuxi’s hands. "Hold on tight and be careful."

The person above had started tugging on the rope, trying to pull Xiao Yuxi out. She almost fell back a few times, but Xiao Fenghao held on, even when he already started trembling at the weight.

He couldn’t let his sister fall down!

After a lot of effort, they finally managed to bring Xiao Yuxi out. The girl collapsed to the ground, tossing the baby bear away.

Now, she finally got a good look at the girl who had helped her get out of the underground place.

"Is this the baby bear it’s looking for?" She was also gasping for breath, but she was still carefully inspecting the baby bear.

"Did you lure the bear away?" Xiao Yuxi couldn’t resist asking.

The girl nodded. "Yes... if not, I wouldn’t be able to approach the hole. It thought it was its cub that fell down there. Turns out, there is you and your brother."

She got up and took the baby bear, placing it a little farther away from them before returning to Xiao Yuxi’s side. Meanwhile, Xiao Yuxi carefully examined her.

The girl appeared to be around Xiao Fenghao’s age, which means she was older than her. After she stood up, she was also much taller.

"Take some rest first," the girl told her, wiping her sweat. Her face was still slightly flushed as she fanned herself. "We will pull your brother out after this."

Xiao Yuxi nodded, and she thanked the girl profusely. They both sat on the ground for five minutes, and the girl threw the rope inside again.

"Second Brother, grab the rope, we will pull out from there!" Xiao Yuxi announced.

However, after Xiao Fenghao finally got ready and just as they were about to pull the rope, they heard an earth-shattering roar.

The mother bear has returned.