Chapter 404: Then, You Have My Condolences

By the time everyone returned to Everest Base Camp, it was already twelve noon, and what had originally been a trio had expanded to eleven people.

Yes, eleven people.

After rescuing Saito, at an altitude of 5,400 meters, Bi Fang's detector reacted again. Upon digging, it was like uncovering gourd babies; except for one individual who died on the spot, six others suffered various injuries but could still walk.

Given that the altitude was not far from Base Camp and that they had left the range of the Khumbu Glacier, Bi Fang had the six of them support each other and walk together.

As for why four plus six equaled eleven, the reason was that Bi Fang had also found an old acquaintance, one of the two Sherpa guides who had initially cut the rope to save their lives.

The other, unfortunately, Bi Fang had not found, and their fate remained unknown...