Outrageous?!

I was amazed at what I saw.

I stood there motionless, stunned.

Could it be that I didn't think so?

Didn't the tsundere boys go this way?

So where did they go?

In the thorny forest, the young man opened the way all the way, and I could see the traces very clearly from beginning to end!

Everything points to the cave, the passage I just entered.

In the middle of winter, it was like a basin of cold water poured over, but soon, a wave of anxiety rose in my heart.

I froze, staring at everything in front of me in bewilderment, my eyes wandering to look at my surroundings.

When I was outside the cave, I never thought it would be like this when I walked in!

Who would have thought that I would walk into a similar path to the cave passage I had walked before, and then continue to the northeast.

I envisioned a passage through a mountain to another place.

I couldn't come back to my senses, and I looked ahead and stood there thinking.

Later, I walked to the water's edge and crouched down to test it.

My hand hadn't touched the surface of the water, but I saw some marks on the side of the water.

I withdrew my hand and hurriedly stepped forward to look closely, and I could see that there were some crumbs on it.

If you're not careful enough, you'll ignore the debris mixed in the dust, but I'm more detailed.

I watched, and my heart moved, and I reached out and picked up a bit of crumbs to compare it with the torch in my hand.

It was obvious to me that both were the same traces, in other words, they were crumbs falling from the torches.

What does it mean to have ground distributed near the waterfront? It seems to be next to the water, could it be that the boy fell from here?

With his kung fu, think about it and feel disobedient.

After all, the tsundere boy is not a person who casually lets down his guard against people, it seems that only I will.

Generally speaking, when he walks the rivers and lakes and meets those strangers, he is vigilant and acts detached.

Not to mention someone like the decrepit uncle, who has always had a bad impression from the beginning to the future.

In my concept, I think that tsundere teenagers will not be easily recruited.

So after knocking me out, what about Uncle Decrepit who followed his tracks? He also fell?

I imagined the picture of them coming in with torches, and then they moved their hands on the water's edge, and they all fell into the water, uh, and this conclusion made me a little confused.

A series of questions popped up, and I couldn't find the answers for a while, staring at the water in a daze.

The debris falling from the torch could not be faked, it must be real.

The location is on the edge of the water, and the water does not know the depth.

At this point, it seems a little embarrassing, how can I continue to pursue it?

Do you have to go back and continue to search the thorn forest? There will be more traces over there, and I quickly dismissed that in my mind.

In my opinion, whether it is the tsundere boy or the decrepit uncle, they are more likely to enter the cave.

I understand at least one thing, how can the road be suddenly interrupted?

In the absence of force majeure, the topography of a place will not be easily changed.

Severe disasters such as earthquakes and avalanches like those in the Northland may cause changes in the region's landscape.

Even after I was knocked unconscious for a short time, the terrain would never suddenly change dramatically.

It's not like I'm coming back after a few years!

If there is an earthquake or the like, the original terrain may be changed.

If you want to hypothesize, it has to be a reasonable hypothesis, I can't figure it out!

Besides, looking at the cave in front of you, there is nothing wrong with this passage.

Anyway, it doesn't look like it's just been a disaster.

The stone wall over there blocked the way, and it looked like it had always been.

It is said that there is a large thorn forest outside the cave to block the passage, and there is still a place for the tsundere boy to open the way, and there will be a few people who can easily walk in.

He cut through thorns along the way, and had to spend time carving out the road in the thorn forest, just to reach the foot of the mountain to find out.

I reminded myself to calm down, if I was careful, I would definitely find some details here, when I followed Yun Chu before, he mentioned it to me more than once.

Don't mess around.

I took a deep breath and continued to look at the debris on the ground near the water's edge, at the marks left on the water's edge.

Looking more closely, it seemed that there was something more on the ground, and by the light of the torches, I lowered my head and looked at it with wide eyes again, and finally saw clearly.

There was a sudden thump in my heart, and a bold thought suddenly came to me.

I'm thinking, is the boy and the decrepit uncle

This is a conclusion that cannot be easily drawn.

The other side of the stone wall is mysterious and unknown, I thought about it casually before, and I didn't think it could be a conclusion, but in the current situation, it seems that the more I think about it, the more reasonable it becomes.

The sound of water I keep hearing from a distance means that there is another water source nearby?!

I stared at the water for a while, never taking my eyes off it, and after thinking about it, I mustered up the courage to make a decision.

But I knew I needed to do some preparation before I could do that.

Without hesitating too long, I unwrapped the baggage off my body and checked the contents one by one.

What must be carried, protected? Naturally, it was my hard-earned medicine.

My brother helped me and put the medicine in a vial, and no matter how dangerous it was, it never left my body along the way.

Among the things I carried with me, there were also the treasures that the black-bellied senior brother coveted, and the old man gave me by the master, which must not be left behind!

I'm sure I'll be able to use it by the time I get to the Northland!

I have a hunch!

As for the other things, I think I have to streamline them and bring them again, my eyes swept over the things in the baggage one after another, reached out and picked up the same at random and looked at it, and put down the same.

I'm thinking maybe I'll have to get rid of something inconsequential.

You know, it's hard to make a decision now.

Because of the streamlining of the road several times on the way, the tsundere boy and I have been walking on our legs in the mountains since we gave up the means of transportation, the carriage.

I threw more than one thing with him along the way.

Me is the same, and so is he!

Now I have to throw away even one item, I have to think about whether I can use it in the future!

If I throw it away and need to use it later, in the barren mountains and mountains, or in a cave, where do I find it?!

That's a problem!

I sighed, I still had to continue the difficult choice.

For me, there's not much time left for me.

I'm still worried about the personal safety of the tsundere boy, so I'll try to catch up as quickly as possible!

Right now, he didn't know where it was, what was the situation, whether he had already met with the decrepit uncle, or whether they were still going their separate ways, separated by a distance?

The debris of torches on the water's shore is not conclusive, and sometimes we have to guess.

It wasn't until I met him that I knew what had happened before.

It took me some time to get the contents of my baggage in order.

In particular, I took care of the most important items that I had always followed me with me.

The bottles were waterproof and sealed with wax, they were safe, and I carefully checked the rope that held the bottles.

After all this time of walking, I have learned that sometimes it takes risks to break a seemingly desperate impasse.

Even when I was walking alone in the mountains, I encountered situations that drove me crazy, and I ended up here.

If I hadn't tried again and again, I wouldn't have gone far.

No one knows what the road ahead will be, so I want to give it a try!

When the overwhelming water hit, the surroundings suddenly fell silent.

The water temperature was higher than anything I had ever touched with my hands, and I was reminded of the hot springs we had seen on the road before, and the environment in this area was somewhat strange.

I have limited time and I have to hurry.

Following the direction, I tried to descend a little deeper, deeper into the water, because I wanted to see if the stone wall blocking my way would be all the way down or if it would be suspended in the air.

The thrilling turn of events happened in that instant!!

A torrent rushing down upstream actually formed a whirlpool at the bottom of the water.

Looking at the calm water before, it was definitely an illusion on my part, and I felt suffocated at that moment!

Under the pressure, I was even worried that my life would be reimbursed in this unknown cave!

When I lay on the shore, the whole person was in a state of prostration!

What a terrible experience!

I didn't expect to come up, but when I was washed underwater, a thought suddenly flashed through my mind.

Yun Chu and I once encountered a dark ambush in the river, when there was still gunpowder on the boat, and the moment we entered the water, the river was even more turbulent.

He took me with me, and it was a miracle that he was able to get out of the river in the first place.

Of course, most of it was due to his kung fu, but I asked him something similar when I was in the cave.

I remember every word he said to me very well.

At the bottom of the water just now, it seemed to be a repeat of the situation, the pressure of the water rushing down from the upstream was huge, and the force was greater than that of the water in the river, but if you followed the direction of that force, you did not struggle hard, but were carried forward by the current.

Leverage strength, not become resistance!

I understood this just when I was about to run out of breath, and I bravely tried it.

But the tremendous power of the current still exhausted people's strength, so at the beginning of the landing, I could not exert any strength at all!

After resting for about ten minutes, I felt that I would not be able to grasp the waterfront if I continued like this, and if I fell again, I would be caught in the undercurrent washed down by the upper stream and continue to move forward.

Who knows where it will go?!

I tried to move my hands and feet, and I climbed up with all my might.

Anyway, you have to go ashore first!

The whole person was still dripping with water after going up, and I fell to the ground regardless of it to continue to slow down.

I closed my eyes, and the faint sound of the waterfall was faintly ringing in my ears, and the waterfall that was rushing upstream was now to my northwest.

It is still through the stone wall, and it is impossible to see it.

The fact that I could think of diving from under the water was entirely my own speculation, and in that case, I couldn't find a more plausible explanation.

I knew it was risky, but if I looked ahead, or I would have to leave the cave and go back to the sand, giving up the search for it.

In that case, it doesn't matter to me whether the tsundere boy is dead or alive, but can I really go to the Northland with peace of mind?

I can't do it!

I've definitely always had it in my mind, especially when he protected me all the way through the mountains and rescued me several times.

I believe I made the right choice, and if the boy changes places with me, I am sure that he will not sit idly by.

Our team didn't break up for a day, does it mean that I am still a companion with him, and what does it mean to be a companion?

It means someone who can entrust security to the other person.

How can I live up to these two words at will?!

The only sound in my ears was the sound of water, and in this cave, I couldn't even hear the wind outside.

After a while, my hands and feet were able to move again.

I knew that I was in slightly better shape this time than I was when I came up and barely climbed to the shore.

I reached out and touched the perimeter, and my hand touched a foreign object.

The next second, I was suddenly excited.

What is it? What did you just come across?

I reached out and touched it again, making sure I had a torch similar to the one I had worn before I entered the cave.

I've got this stuff with me, and it's definitely soaking wet right now.

My eyes lit up, and I reached for the torch and fumbled for the flint.

It took a lot of effort to dry the torches, and now there were ready-made ones on the shore, though not necessarily dry, better than the ones I always carried with me.

I clutched the torch that was noticeably drier in my hand, and as far as I guessed, someone had thrown it here and didn't need it!

That person probably knows me, like Tsundere Boy or that decrepit uncle.

After the first choking puff of smoke, the torches lit.

Flickering and dimming, I took it in my hand and stood up with some strength.

I opened the burden that was tightly tied to my body, and wrung out the water by the way

I looked at the passage ahead, and I still couldn't see the edge of the cave, similar to the passage I used to walk through when I and the tsundere boy tracked down Uncle Decline.

Usually no one knows how long they will walk in such a passage until the light comes in, or until they hear a sound coming from outside.

If you're lucky, maybe half an hour or another.

If you're unlucky, you might have to walk for most of the day or even longer.

What kind of environment will lie ahead, and whether there will be a fork in the road, I can't think about it so much for the time being.

I searched the water's edge, and when I got here, the marks were more visible.

At least someone had been here not so long ago, and the torches were newly tied up, and there was not a speck of dust on them.

I can't estimate how long the people who arrived before me stayed, and the only way in front of me was to continue walking along this passage. (To be continued.) )