Shen Ningning and her classmates ran out of the mountain villa, heading straight for the road they had come on.
"Don't go over there!" Lu Shaoyuan grabbed her wrist.
The little one's bright black eyes looked ahead, filled with astonishment.
The wooden bridge they had crossed was snapped in two. The teacher and many of the villa's servants were inspecting it.
A glance down revealed a chasm thousands of feet deep.
Lu Shaoyuan frowned. "It's been so hot the mountain itself has started to crack. The weight of so many of us crossing must have made it worse, and that's why it collapsed."
Shen Ningning had already recovered from her initial shock.
She saw the people around her, drenched in sweat, their faces etched with worry.
Some of the more timid ones were so scared they started crying.
"Does this mean we can't go home? WAHHH..." This was the only road down the mountain, and now it was broken.
