There’s no love or hate without a reason in this world, just like the sky doesn’t suddenly thunder during the day for no reason. The air felt heavy, as if something big was brewing.
With lightning flashing through the gaps in the dark clouds, everything around me was pitch black. I had to turn on the tactical light on my climbing helmet again. Just as I was about to check the other side of the treetops, I realized that Fatty, who was supposed to help me open the coffin, had vanished. I quickly asked Shirley Yang, “Have you seen Fatty?”
Shirley shrugged, and we hurriedly searched around. How could a big guy like him just disappear in the blink of an eye? There was no sound anywhere. When I turned around, I spotted a shoe next to the jade coffin—it was Fatty’s!