The fall in mid-air did not last long. The three of them soon fell on a rough slope and rolled down the slope.
The slope became steeper and steeper, and the screams of the three people intertwined. Xiaolan felt that there were bruises all over her body, let alone asking for help.
Then there was a nearly vertical slope, and the screams of the three people played for a few seconds before ending abruptly.
Xiaolan gasped and sat on the ground, blinking in confusion.
Wen Ling and Qin Yin climbed up from her right side, Qin Yin complained, and Wen Ling groaned in pain.
Weak light came in through the tunnel above the heads of the three people. With that light, Xiaolan could only vaguely make out some simple outlines.
There's a lot of space here, of course, as you can tell by the echoes.
In the darkness in front of me, there seemed to be several stone pillar-like things standing upright.
"Oh my god..." Qin Yin staggered up and climbed up, "Good guy, I'm still intact... Are you two okay?"
Wen Ling snorted weakly.
"It's okay, I'm okay," Xiaolan dragged the backpack behind her, "Wen Ling, is the door you mentioned right here?"
The backpack was bumping along with them. Although it did not fall apart, the contents inside had been crushed to pieces. Xiaolan heard Heipi's cursing voice. She reached out and groped in the bag. After a while, she finally found it.
got what she wanted.
Please, don't break it.
Xiaolan pressed the button, and a beam of pale white light suddenly shot out.
Fortunately, the flashlight is good.
Xiaolan turned the adjustment button, but the intensity of the light did not change.
Well, at least it still works.
The weak light of the flashlight could only illuminate a small area in front of the three of them. Xiaolan looked at the two of them. Qin Yin and Wen Ling looked at each other with their hair disheveled.
"Alas," Qin Yin sighed, "We are so miserable."
Xiaolan could no longer care about the misery and pointed the flashlight forward.
This is a vast and empty area. The dark ground has no undulations. There are only countless approximately triangular stone piles pulled up from the ground. The three of them stood on the edge of this area, leaning against the damp and dark stone wall behind them, thinking.
Wenling's flashlight was completely broken. Qin Yin's flashlight was fine, but it was only a little brighter than Xiaolan's.
"Where is the door here?" Qin Yin asked, rubbing the scratch on his elbow.
Xiaolan looked at Wenling, who was staring intently at the darkness in front of her, her brows furrowed as if she was thinking about something.
"Ask the spirit?"
"Huh?" Wen Ling turned around and said, "Oh."
"What's wrong with Wen Ling? Has something happened?" Qin Yin hurriedly came over and said, "Don't worry, we went to the wrong place. It's not easy to get up here."
"No, um..." Wen Ling bit her nails, then reached out and borrowed Xiaolan's flashlight.
She took a few steps forward, and the light of the flashlight hit the ground beneath her feet.
The ground here is also dark, and there seems to be nothing unusual about it.
The two followed closely and asked the spirit.
Go...go...
Wen Ling took another step and stepped on the ground in front of him.
Wow...
There was a sound of water.
Wen Ling's feet sank into the ground. She stared and raised her wet right foot.
The shoes are wet.
"This is water?!" Qin Yin was shocked, "It looks exactly like the ground!"
Wen Ling's right foot came and went on that piece of "ground" without causing a single ripple. The water surface was very similar to the land beneath the three of them, so similar that it was impossible to tell where the specific boundaries were.
Wen Ling seemed to be convinced of something and nodded firmly, "Next."
"The door is underwater?"
"Uh-huh!"
"But, how deep down is it?" Qin Yin asked, "If it's tens or hundreds of meters away, then I think we might not have the ability to dive."
Wen Ling hesitated for a while and shook his head.
It seems that she doesn't know the answer to this question.
"What are those things for?" Xiaolan pointed to the triangular stone piles protruding from the water.
"I don't know...but the shape is quite nice." Qin Yin made a similar shape with his hand, "It's a bit like petals."
"petal?"
Something flashed through Xiaolan's mind.
Xiaolan turned the aperture of the flashlight. Although the light intensity button was broken, the aperture could still be adjusted. After expanding the aperture, Xiaolan took a few steps further and took in the full view of these stone piles.
Countless stone piles are centered on a point in the middle of the black water, surrounded by a circle, like a blooming flower, emerging from the water.
"Lotus!" Xiaolan shouted, "This is a lotus!"
This is a stone lotus that is about to emerge from the water.
"Oh my god..." Qin Yin and Wen Ling were both stunned.
What on earth is this place?
"Could this be the true form of the fire lotus?" Qin Yin suddenly thought of the so-called mountain god, "So we have really touched the enemy's lair?"
"Maybe so."
But, this doesn't seem to be a good thing.
Do we really want these three defeated soldiers to steal the crystal?
"Otherwise, let's go take a look at the petals first," Xiaolan suggested. "It's okay to swim there, right?"
The nearest stone lotus petals were less than ten meters away from them. The three simply divided the work. First, Wen Ling was asked to stay on the shore, while Xiaolan and Qin Yin swam to the petals to check. After the plan was formulated, Xiaolan and Qin Yin
They took off their shoes and jackets face to face.
The black water was cold to the bone, and both of them shivered. After Xiaolan got into the water, she shivered uncontrollably and felt like she was going to cramp in the next second.
Fortunately, swimmer Qin Yin grabbed Xiaolan's collar and dragged her towards the stone lotus petals.
Qin Yin's wet left hand firmly grasped the surface of the petals. She raised her other hand and threw Xiaolan up.
"I'm so cold, Sister Xiaoyin," Xiaolan stood on tiptoes at one end of the stone lotus petals, shivering and said, "Why is this water so cold..."
It was so cold that Xiaolan felt like she had left some part of her body in the water.
"Quick... pull me up..."
Fortunately, the petals were big enough. The two squatted on either side of the petals, holding their arms and looking at each other pitifully.
Each petal showed an encircling posture, with both sides slightly drawn inward. Xiaolan held up a flashlight and shined it underwater. Sure enough, she could identify the shape of the petals underwater.
The petals were much larger than they imagined, and the slightly curved arc led directly to the depths of the water. Deeper, a black shadow appeared.
"What is that?" Xiaolan asked, "Sister Xiaoyin, can you see clearly?"
Qin Yin took the flashlight and said, "Well, it's pitch black... something."
"What is it?"
"It's round," Qin Yin said from a different angle, "it's a bit like a ball."