"I've made some crutches for you. It's getting late, we need to hurry down the mountain."
Lin Fan wasn't sure if the things in the cave were alive or immobile. In any case, the sooner they left, the less danger there would be.
"Right, let's go quickly!" Professor Fu was now completely obedient to Lin Fan.
"Can you stand up?" Professor Fu looked at Xiao Hu and said, "Xiao Hu, you two have recovered well. Each of you support one, and with me, we'll leave quickly."
Xiao Hu glanced at the equipment and tools nearby and asked, "Teacher, what about the things we brought?"
Lin Fan looked at the equipment and tools on the ground and said, "I'll carry them for you." As he spoke, Lin Fan had already picked up the climbing bags one by one. He hadn't expected them to be so heavy, weighing at least two hundred jin combined.
"Doctor, can you manage?" Professor Fu looked at Lin Fan doubtfully.
Lin Fan smiled casually, "This is nothing. Villagers do farm work every day, I'm used to it."
And so, the group began to descend the mountain. Although Lin Fan was carrying five or six heavy climbing bags and dozens of pounds of instruments in each hand, he still strode with vigor, moving as fast as lightning, leading the way. Professor Fu and the five students followed behind, their steps unsteady. If it weren't for the belief of returning home, they might have collapsed on the ground long ago.
"Teacher, let's call the rescue team." Xiao Hao was tall. Although the round-faced student with glasses was trying his best to support him, he was also losing strength over time.
"I'll try." Professor Fu took out his phone and his face lit up with surprise. "There's a signal!"
"I knew the underground magnetic field was interfering with the light particle signal!"
"Doctor, Doctor!" Professor Fu shouted to Lin Fan ahead, "My phone has a signal! I'm calling the rescue team now!"
Lin Fan looked back at him and shook his head forcefully.
"What's wrong?" Professor Fu looked confused, completely unexpected that Lin Fan would disagree to call the rescue team. Lin Fan stopped and explained, "Luofeng Village is more than two hours away from Shimenzhen by car. I don't know where your rescue team is, but by the time they arrive, it will be dark. At that time, the mountain path will be difficult to navigate, and finding you might be in the middle of the night." Lin Fan swept his gaze over everyone and continued, "And that's if everything goes smoothly. If anything goes wrong, it might take even longer. Are you sure you want to do this?"
Professor Fu gave a wry smile, "I forgot about that. Then forget it, we'll just persevere a little longer. It's not far to the mountain."
At this moment, Xiao Hao shouted, "Teacher!" Professor Fu turned to look at Xiao Hao, only to hear him say with surprise, "We can make a call! Call someone from the village to pick us up."
The other students nodded in agreement, "Yes, the villages at the foot of the mountain aren't far from here. Just have some people come and pick us up."
"We came here to help them improve their welfare, and we offered our help for free. If something like this happens, and they ignore us, it's not right, morally or logically." The students had just recovered from being poisoned and were tired, so it was inevitable that they felt resentful. At this moment, they began to complain, each speaking over the other.
Lin Fan was very helpless, but he didn't know how to persuade them. Fortunately, Professor Fu, seeing their behavior, sternly shouted, "Silence!"
"You are talents in geology. Can't you endure such hardship?"
The students shook their heads, "Teacher, we just feel that we deserve help." Xiao Hao looked up at Lin Fan and said, "Brother, please help us. Contact Sister Mengyao and ask her to send some people up the mountain to pick us up."
Lin Fan chuckled, "It's a good idea, but most of the people in Luofeng Village are old and weak women and children. There aren't many young men, and they might not necessarily help."
Xiao Hao was stunned and said indignantly, "Then other villages must have people. Go and find them."
"Other villages are in the same situation." Lin Fan was getting impatient, his expression darkening.
"Hey, I don't believe it! I'll call Sister Mengyao right now. What makes you think this way!"
"We didn't charge the villagers a cent for our help, and this is how they treat us?" Xiao Hao said, taking out his phone.
Lin Fan finally couldn't stand it anymore and reprimanded, "Student, what you're saying is incorrect."
"First, our Luofeng Village never invited you. Secretary Tian acted on her own. She alone cannot represent all the villagers of Luofeng Village."
Xiao Hao took a breath, "No, what do you mean?" He was a student union cadre at school, so he spoke with a lot of arrogance.
Lin Fan ignored him and continued, "Second, our village really cannot send people, it's not that we are ignoring you."
"Third, you can choose to wait for the rescue team here, but now, I am going down the mountain." Lin Fan looked at Professor Fu and asked, "What do you think?" He had already made up his mind that if Professor Fu and the five students thought the same way, he would immediately drop everything and leave. The trouble was caused by Tian Mengyao, and helping to save them was already more than enough. As for calling people from the village to help, he would not do it without being sure of the risks involved. Other people's lives are lives, and the lives of the villagers of Luofeng Village are also lives.
Professor Fu said apologetically to Lin Fan, "Doctor, don't get agitated. They are just children and don't know any better. Don't take it to heart." Lin Fan grinned. The five students present were university students, definitely older than him, so were they still children?
"Then let's go, let's get down the mountain before it gets dark." Since they couldn't agree, what could he do? He didn't care if the people behind him could keep up, and turned to leave.
"Teacher, this person is ungrateful!"
"We almost lost our lives, what was it all for?"
"Is this how we're treated?"
"Finally, I understand what 'poor mountains and bad waters breed uncivilized people' means. This ghost place will never develop!"
"That's right, they deserve to be poor!"
The students spoke one after another, their voices becoming increasingly angry. Professor Fu glared at them fiercely, but it only made their voices a little quieter. Lin Fan, with his excellent hearing, heard everything.
"We deserve to be poor? We'll never develop?" Fine, you are noble, you are capable, I won't serve you anymore! Lin Fan threw the equipment and climbing bags on the ground and turned back to say, "Everyone, I can't carry them anymore. Figure it out yourselves." He cupped his hands and turned to leave.
Professor Fu, seeing this, shouted anxiously, "Doctor, don't do this!" Lin Fan ignored him, walking faster and faster, disappearing in an instant.
"Teacher, he's throwing a tantrum at us!"
"Pfft, what a piece of work!"
"I've never felt so wronged in my life!"
"This poor place, I never want to come back!"
"Exactly!" The students were indignant one by one. Professor Fu also felt that Lin Fan had gone too far. Although, just now, Lin Fan had saved their lives.
"Teacher, what do we do now?"
"Take the spectrometer and the detector, and hide the rest of the things somewhere first. We'll come back for them later." After Professor Fu finished speaking, the students began to act. They would curse the villagers of Luofeng Village sometimes, and curse Lin Fan at other times. Their curses were quite unpleasant, and they had completely forgotten that it was Lin Fan who had saved them.