In the dark and deep cave, the light of the flashlight illuminates the front brightly.
The light in Tianling Continent's flashlight does not come from electricity, but from crystals. A lighting crystal is installed inside the flashlight, and a switch is set to emit light at any time.
Such lights are brighter and more holy than electric lights, but they cannot dispel the psychological pressure caused by darkness.
The road ahead splits, with two dark and deep roads extending to the left and right respectively.
"Do we want to separate?" Yun Xi asked.
She is not too afraid of what may be hidden behind this, she has confidence in herself.
Oreki did not answer immediately, but walked towards the fork in the road and used the light of the flashlight to observe the two stone walls.
These stone walls are the same as before, with no signs of wear and tear.
He squatted down again and looked for clues on the ground. After a while, he stood up.
"Nothing, this shouldn't be."
There was dust on the ground, but there were no footprints or debris. On the other hand, along the way they walked, the ground was not as solid as they imagined. In many places, the stones would turn into tiny pieces if stepped on lightly, but here
But nothing was found.
"Could it be artificially built?" Yun Xi hypothesized.
"You mean it formed naturally?" Oreki rubbed his thumb against a sharp convex stone, "Maybe it's possible. You can only know if you go in and take a look."
If you don’t get any clues, you can only look for clues.
Oreki took out a lighting crystal from the storage ring, installed it on the top of the cave, and carved a return arrow on the wall nearby.
"Let's work separately. If you don't gain anything, come back. When you return, remember to leave a mark here to remind everyone."
"Okay."
Oreki looked at the two intersections and finally chose the left: "Chitanda, let's go this way."
"Hmm."
Taking Chitanda with him, Oreki stepped into the intersection on the left.
"Oreki-senpai, wait."
Yunxi stopped Oreki.
"Huh?" Oreki turned around.
Yun Xi took out a small jade bottle and handed it to him: "This is a healing medicine. It has a miraculous effect on treating injuries. If you are injured, just take it. There are two pills in total. A person can only take one pill within three months." Oreki stared at the jade bottle in Yun Xi's hand and reached out to take it: "Thank you."
The light faded away, and Oreki and Chitanda disappeared at the intersection on the left.
"Let's go too."
Yun Xi took Ying Nianling into the intersection on the right.
The road in the cave was winding, and Yun Xi and the others took several turns, not knowing where they were in the mountain.
"Yun Xi."
Ying Nianling's voice suddenly sounded in the dark and silent cave, which seemed particularly bright and abrupt, startling Yun Xi.
"What's wrong, Xiaoying?"
Ying Nianling looked around and said to Yun Xi uneasily: "Yun Xi, I feel a little uncomfortable here. Can we stop moving forward?"
"Uncomfortable?"
Yun Xi was stunned for a moment, then frowned slightly.
Ying Nianling is the strongest one in their team. If she feels uncomfortable, it is definitely not a simple physical discomfort.
"Xiaoying, can you tell me specifically how you feel?"
Ying Nianling held her hand tightly: "Just, I feel like there is something very scary in front of me..."
‘Is there something terrible ahead? Is it because my spiritual consciousness is stronger than mine that I can sense it in advance? It seems like we are about to reach the end, but...’
Seeing Ying Nianling's uneasy expression, Yun Xi's expression became even more tangled.
If there was no punishment for failing the mission, she would not hesitate to give up 5,000 points and turn around and leave with Ying Nian Ling, but she couldn't afford the punishment of recycling all the props.
'That's not right... I have ten days. At worst, I can just call a few more people and find a few stronger ones!'
Thirty-six strategies, stability is the best strategy, Yun Xi felt that she could no longer act as recklessly as before.
So, Yun Xi said: "Then let's go back first, maybe the senior will find something."
"Hmm!"
Ying Nianling was relieved after hearing her words.
So, the two turned around and left.
Their eyes followed the light, and just as Yun Xi and the two were about to take steps, they suddenly discovered that there were something more on the way back.
Under the faint cold light, right in front of where they were facing now, a figure without facial features stood quietly, watching them silently.
"Ah! Damn it!"
"Ah!!!"
"Pa!"
The flashlight fell to the ground, and the moment they looked at each other made Yunxi's hair suddenly rise. She let out an instinctive exclamation originating from the depths of her soul, and retreated violently behind her.
Unprepared, fear almost swallowed her up.
Ying Nianling was so frightened that she screamed harshly and froze on the spot and closed her eyes.
A ray of sword light suddenly appeared. Yun Xi, who was still in shock, suppressed the fear in his heart. Yu Xi held the sword straight in his hand, and the aura was dazzling.
"Who!"
The waves flowed on Yun Xi's sword. As long as this person made any rash move, Yun Xi would kill him.
The spiritual light bloomed on the sword, illuminating the figure in front of it. It was not a human, but a skeleton without any flesh and hair. The skeleton was hunched, its shoulders were hunched down, and its arms were hanging down weakly.
"What is this?"
The skeleton did not respond to Yun Xi's doubts. It raised its hand, its claws were fierce and the wind was strong, and it grabbed the Ying Nian Ling closest to it.
Ying Nian Ling was stunned in place, closing her eyes tightly because of her initial fear, and was not aware of the approaching danger at all.
"Xiaoying!"
Yun Xi shouted, the waves surged, and the sword light slashed across.
Cang!!!
The skeleton's finger bones hit Yun Xi's sword, leaving not even a sword mark.
"!"
Yun Xi was shocked in her heart. Her Yutide Sword was a genuine spiritual sword, and it couldn't even hurt a broken skull?
"Yun Xi..."
When Yun Xi called out like this, Ying Nianling also opened her eyes and saw the figure blocking her in front of her.
Yun Xi did not look back, her eyes were still locked on the skeleton in front of her, but her voice was surprisingly gentle: "It's okay, Xiaoying, I'm here, don't be afraid!"
"Hmm!"
Ying Nianling nodded slightly, then leaned out half of her body from behind Yun Xi, and took a peek at the thing that scared her in front of her, and then discovered that it was actually just a broken skeleton...
"Yun Xi."
"Huh?"
"Let me deal with it."
"Huh?"
Yun Xi couldn't help but turn around. Ying Nianling, who was so scared just now that she didn't dare to open her eyes, now pursed her cherry-colored lips and her crimson eyes became brighter.
This girl...can still be angry?
This was the first time Yun Xi saw Ying Nianling angry.
‘This girl is so cute even when she’s angry!’
Ying Nian Ling walked out from behind Yun Xi and faced the skeleton. A faint spiritual light lingered on Ying Nian Ling's body. Her fingers danced lightly, and small talismans slowly emerged in the limited space.
The skeleton in front of it didn't seem to understand anything. It twisted its neck left and right, and its slumped body began to move again.
It was the sound of bones rubbing together, and the skeleton took the initiative to attack again.