But the reality was...
Over seven hours had passed since three in the afternoon. His only contribution so far had been nodding along with grunts of agreement before standing aside to wait.
"Should we just pack it up and go home for today?" he thought.
This soul-crushing wait would be bearable if they knew what they were up against. But they knew nothing. They didn't even have a rough estimate of when the door would open. It would be better to fall back and return tomorrow for a war of attrition.
With this thought in mind, Li Hu looked away. He glanced at Liu Cheng's four-man team still busy at the door, along with Ai Jianfeng's newly added eight-man apprentice squad, and cleared his throat.
"Hey, Liu Cheng, old Mr. Ai, hurry up and come over for some soup!
"It's freezing out here. Can you guys even get it open? How about we just call it a day?
