The rain had stopped, but the thick clouds lingered, keeping the sun hidden.
Clarice couldn’t accurately tell the time.
If they didn’t receive help soon, their situation would only worsen after sunset.
Clarice was starving. She bit into a compressed biscuit, quickly replenishing her energy.
Exhausted and freezing, Clarice struggled with the satellite phone. It wouldn’t work, and lacking experience with such devices, she guessed the cave’s environment might be interfering with the signal.
She tried a few spots near the cave entrance but still found no signal—perhaps the satellite phone was broken.
As she considered venturing farther to test it, she suddenly heard a thud behind her. Ivan, who had been leaning against the cave wall, had collapsed onto the ground. Clarice immediately rus
