9999 Caves: The Silent Search

Li Wangchuan couldn't speak, but he could hear the mountains whisper secrets no one else could. When his mother vanished without a trace, the villagers dismissed her as a runaway or suicide. But Li knew better. Armed with only his inexplicable connection to the caves and an unshakable conviction, he descended into darkness—nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine times. In the 900th cave, her youthful face flickered on crystal walls. In the 3,000th, underground rivers hummed her folk songs. Now, at the final cave where legends claim no one returns, he finds a stone statue bearing her likenes…