The closer we get to the truth, the more we want to go berserk.

- Preamble

The aurora in the night sky was like waves on the surface of a broken lake, and the emerald green waves flooded into the dark cave from time to time.

With the aurora on their backs, the three figures slowly moved in, and the slender shadows that were constantly disappearing because of the aurora that appeared and disappeared from time to time dodged as if they were suspicious of each other.

"Whew...... Huh...... "The weather is cold, but sweat is all over Bai Gu's forehead. Heavy gasps turned into white vapor and dispersed into the air, and from time to time a few snorts of pain squeezed out of his teeth, mixed with Jane Gray's sobs, as if foreshadowing the tragedy.

"Sit down, sit down. Xuan Junyang's voice came from the darkness, and there was the low laughter of monsters outside the cave, but there was no figure to poke into the cave.

Bai Gu leaned against the cave wall weakly and slid down little by little. The light flickered, illuminating his broken right arm and the trail of blood that ran through the hole.

"If you hurt, shout out. Xuan Junyang squatted in front of Bai Gu and bit his sleeve, pulled out a slender strip of cloth with a "stab" sound, and put it on Bai Gu's arm. Jane Gray, who was kneeling beside Bai Gu, was already crying silently at this time, and she couldn't even say a complete sentence. At this time, Bai Gu was so weak that he could barely speak because of excessive blood loss.

Xuan Junyang pulled the strip of cloth that bound Bai Gu's wound, and was upset by Jane's crying, so he turned his head uncontrollably and roared: "Are you annoyed!"

"I, I......" Jane couldn't refute it, she could only stutter and choke, rubbing her hands with tears and snot all over her face.

"What are you," Xuan Junyang glared at her, "If it weren't for your shouting, would Bai Gu have become like this!

Although Xuan Junyang always reprimanded her, Jane Grey had never seen him so angry.

Staring at those red eyes, Xuan Junyang continued: "Why don't you speak? Isn't it usually an endless happy story? Aha, by the way, you still want to marry Bai Gu, let me tell you, if Bai Gu can't survive tonight, I will kill you too!"

Bai Gu stretched out his left hand, which was still intact, patted Xuan Junyang's shoulder, and slowly opened his mouth: "She is unintentional, don't be angry." ”

Xuan Junyang was sad and angry for a while, so he stopped talking, and only pulled the cloth to stop the bleeding for Bai Gu.

Hearing this, Jane Grey burst out into an even more intense cry: "But Bai Gu, your hand, blame me, blame me!"

Bai Gu smiled reluctantly: "Maybe you will have to write with your left hand in the future." ”

......

Xuan Junyang looked at the sculpture in his hand, and his surprised gaze could not leave it. The pair of dull and empty eyes on the sculpture emanated from the green light that was almost indistinguishable from the distorted aurora in the sky.

The monsters surrounded Xuan Junyang, smiling strangely but not daring to step forward.

So Xuan Junyang made up his mind, lifted the sculpture in front of him, took a step forward, and scolded loudly as if he was bold: "Ha! Get out!"

Sure enough, as he thought, the monsters were indeed afraid of the sculpture, and when they saw Xuan Junyang coming forward with the sculpture in hand, they all shrank back, but they were reluctant to let such a good prey escape, so they surrounded Xuan Junyang in a circle from a distance and followed closely.

"How can this be?" Xuan Junyang muttered as he looked at the sculpture in his hand.

"Xuan Junyang! Xuan Junyang——!" Suddenly, he heard Jane Gray's call. The sound that was almost wailing made Xuan Junyang's heart chuckle.

Jane Grey doesn't care, nothing can happen to Bai Gu.

Clutching the statue in his hand, Xuan Junyang rushed towards the place surrounded by black shadows.

"Xuan Junyang!

Jane Gray's voice became more and more poignant, making Xuan Junyang's heart nervous.

Holding the statue in front of him, Xuan Junyang rushed to the place where the black monsters were surrounded: "Get out! Get out of here!" For a while, those pitch-black fear species fled in all directions, like magnet crumbs pushed out by magnetism.

Layers of black dispersed, and finally white gray hair was revealed.

"Bai Gu!" Xuan Junyang held the statue with one hand and grabbed Bai Gu's shoulder with the other. Surrounded by black shadows, the light in the sky was blocked out, making Xuan Junyang unable to see clearly. He only felt something wet and sticky in his hand, and there was a smell of rust. When he found that he couldn't catch Bai Gu's hand several times, a cold sweat rushed down from Xuan Junyang's body as if he was sick.

The black shadows gradually retreated, and Xuan Junyang, who saw Bai Gu through the light, almost sat down on the ground - Bai Gu, who pounced on Jane Gray and blocked the monsters with his body, his right arm was nowhere to be found, and it should have been bitten off and ripped off by the black shadows.

"Bai Gu!" Xuan Junyang hugged Bai Gu's waist and picked him up, Jane Gray also quickly got up from under Bai Gu, and the two worked together to support Bai Gu, who was crumbling.

"Bai Gu, Bai Gu, how are you!" Jane Grey reached out to cover Bai Gu's broken wound, but the blood was the same as her tears, and she couldn't stop it.

Bai Gu's eyes were in a trance, and he could barely hum a few syllables out of his throat.

"Xuan Junyang!what should we do!" Jane Grey pleaded and looked at Xuan Junyang, she could only pin her hopes on him now, "Bai Gu is dying!"

Xuan Junyang gritted his teeth and looked around at the black shadows that surrounded them in the center, and he found that as long as he lifted the statue, the monsters in front of him would retreat, but the monsters behind him began to try to pounce again.

"Mountain...... Cave ......"

Just when Xuan Junyang was anxious, a murmur floated in Xuan Junyang's ear, making him turn his head in surprise. Bai Gu, who was almost unconscious, and Jane Gray, who was already in a mess, didn't seem to be the ones who said that.

It is true that they will not be exposed to the enemy with their backs against the mountains, but it will drive them to a dead end.

"Ah——!h

"Dead horses should be live horse doctors!"

With the mentality of breaking the jar, Xuan Junyang turned his head to Jane Gray and said, "Go up the mountain!"

After speaking, he grabbed Bai Gu and quickened his pace and walked towards the mountain. It's just that Bai Gu was weak at this time and couldn't cooperate with Xuan Junyang's support, and there were countless black shadows behind him, and it took them an unknown amount of time to climb up the mountain while protecting Bai Gu and forcing back the black shadows with statues.

Up the mountain, the pace of the monsters was noticeably slower. They may be stupid enough to roam the plains, but not the rugged and steep mountains.

But this is still not the way, they have already spent too much time, and Bai Gu will die of shock due to excessive blood loss. And Jane Gray's thin clothes didn't keep out the cold, and she just endured the numbness of her legs and feet, not wanting to make the situation look worse.

Xuan Junyang naturally understood, he recalled the apocalyptic murmur, looking for the "hole" mentioned in the evasive words.

Suddenly, a cave appeared in the mountains swept by the distorted emerald green aurora. It was as if someone had anticipated their crisis and had deliberately carved it out for refuge.

"Xuan Junyang!" Jane Grey naturally discovered the cave, "Cave! there's a hole there!"

Suddenly, there was another strange laugh behind them, and the black ghosts that were chasing after them approached again.

"Let's go!" Xuan Junyang grabbed Bai Gu, and the three of them, who were almost exhausted, stumbled towards the cave.

......

"What about those monsters?" Bai Gu stretched out his head to look at the entrance of the cave, and no black shadow seemed to come in.

"Who knows," Xuan Junyang said with a solemn face, "If you force us into this cave, there will be no movement." ”

"Yours is a great place to find. Bai Gu smiled, his face even paler than usual.

Xuan Junyang looked at the strip of cloth in his hand with a weak heart, and he didn't dare to say what was in the dark night, so he could only respond briefly: "It's just a fluke." ”

Jane Grey was so frightened and tired that she was curled up next to Bai Gu at this time, almost falling asleep. Fortunately, Bai Gu was dressed thicker, and opened his clothes to take her into his arms, barely able to keep warm.

"Maybe we're really going to die here tonight," Bai Gu laughed, "Do you remember your epitaph?"

Xuan Junyang shook his head: "No, when the sky dawns, those monsters will naturally disappear." ”

"I'm just afraid of ......" Bai Gu turned his head to look at the entrance of the cave, and a burst of green aurora light shone in, "This terrifying night will never end." ”

As soon as the words fell, an extremely terrifying scream suddenly came from Xuan Junyang's feet, making the three of them tremble involuntarily.

"What's it?!" Looking at the past, Xuan Junyang only had the life-saving sculpture at his feet. The sound just now must have come from its mouth.

"You take it with you?" Bai Gu frowned and looked at Xuan Junyang, although he could vaguely see Xuan Junyang using this statue to force back those monsters in his half-dead state, he still felt that this thing was extremely ominous.

"Ah, hmm...... Xuan Junyang said, "because I don't know what else it is for, so I put it by my side." ”

"It, what's it talking about?" asked Jane Gray, holding Bai Gu's left arm tightly.

At this moment, two green rays of light suddenly shot out from the statue's eyes, illuminating the entire inner wall of the cave.

The three of them stretched out their hands to block the sudden bright light, and when they slowly adjusted to the sudden light, they were stunned by what was happening in front of them.

Illuminated by a green glow, the inner walls of the cave were covered with images. Countless patterns weave together, leading all the way into the deeper, darker parts of the cave where the light is incomprehensible.

Reaching out to pick up the sculpture, Xuan Junyang carefully examined the mural with the light it shone. He could not tell what age it was, for the techniques and techniques used to paint the murals did not appear in any of the eras he remembered. But the level of sophistication and the ingenious use of cave space is even far beyond contemporary. This made him wonder.

"This is ......" crawled out of Bai Gu's arms, and Jane Gray looked at the murals with Xuan Junyang. While watching, she grabbed Xuan Junyang's sleeve and shone the light from the statue to the top of the cave.

Bai Gu and Xuan Junyang seemed to say "ah" at the same time - the pattern painted on the top of the cave, the huge wings, the empty eyes, and the strange and indescribable figure were the unknown existence that appeared in the dream of the two.