"With me, you won't die."

The clear voice was low.

"You ......"

Never thought that such words would come out of Qinglang's mouth, Ye Xiaoyu didn't know how to take it for a while.

"Oh, by the way, I'm already awake, let me down......"

Realizing that he was still lying on Qinglang's back, Ye Xiaoyu hurriedly said.

Hearing this, Qing Lang didn't shirk, stopped, and put her down.

A glimmer of fire flashed in front of him, and Qing Lang got a small torch from nowhere, lit it and held it in his hand.

Then in the faint light, Ye Xiaoyu found that the two of them were now in a place similar to a sewer, surrounded by green moss, dripping with water, and the dampness was terrible.

"Actually, I'm not particularly afraid of death......

After standing still, Ye Xiaoyu smiled.

She was telling the truth.

If before the change, such words came out of her mouth, it would definitely be comforting, but now it is different, especially after knowing that Qinglang has done so many things for her, even if he doesn't say it, Ye Xiaoyu also knows the importance of the seal to him, whether it is destroyed or preserved, if her death can be exchanged for Yabu to return to Qinglang's body, can let him live, and even realize his wishes, it will be a good thing.

"You don't have to die."

Sunny took the small torch in his hand and continued to walk.

Seeing this, Ye Xiaoyu silently followed.

The place under your feet is covered with moss due to the perennial accumulation of water. If you walk on it, you will slip if you are not careful. The two walked cautiously, especially Ye Xiaoyu, for fear that they would accidentally fall to the ground.

"Sunny ......"

After a period of silence, Ye Xiaoyu followed behind and called out carefully.

"Huh?"

Sunny responded unexpectedly.

"Can you promise me one thing?"

Ye Xiaoyu then asked.

Her head hurts more and more, and it is estimated that the seal is not far away, and she must say something, otherwise...... Maybe there's really no chance to say it.

“……”

Sunny did not answer.

"If. I mean if. If something happens again this time, can you stop saving me? ”

This sentence tossed and turned in his heart for a long time, and Ye Xiaoyu finally asked.

"Why?"

Sunny paused for a moment, but immediately continued to walk briskly.

"Ruijue told me all the things you saved me many times before. In fact. Even if she doesn't say it. Many times I can guess that it was you, like in Yuejing, who rescued me and Uncle Lu from prison......"

"Thinking too much. I'm not doing it specifically for you. ”

Unexpectedly, before Ye Xiaoyu's words were finished, he was interrupted by Qing Lang bluntly.

This surprised her a little, you know, although Qinglang's language ability has improved a lot compared to before, he has never interrupted others like this, and his "language skills" have not been so deep.

"Whatever......"

Although hearing such words made Ye Xiaoyu feel full of loss, and her heart felt as if she had been bitten hard, she still tried hard to pull a smile.

"Whoever you're for! Anyway, it's true that you saved me before, but there are some things I feel I need to make clear - my life is mine, I have the right to decide whether I want it or not, you are not me after all, please don't make decisions for me, especially without my knowledge. ”

This sentence hurts enough.

Nor was she intended.

Although her heart was now as uncomfortable as dripping blood, she still finished her words in one breath. No matter what the reason for saving her before, it was a sunny thing, and it didn't matter to her at all. All she wants to do now is hope that Sunny can live. Even, even if you already know that the person in front of you has never liked her.

Only now did Ye Xiaoyu realize a very sad thing.

- She already likes this man with facial paralysis to the point of being terminally ill and penetrating deep into the bone marrow.

The dark and damp corridor should be very careful not to fall when walking on it. When they got to the back, they could barely stand upright, and the two of them had to squat, with their heads down, to barely get through.

Sunny walks ahead, silent all the way.

But silence seems to be a daily occurrence for Qinglang, and it is not a strange thing.

*

After the two of them drilled in the low tunnel for a while, the surrounding terrain suddenly rose up, which can almost be described as "suddenly enlightened".

kept squatting forward, Ye Xiaoyu's two knees were about to lose consciousness, and she was suddenly able to stand up, making her stumble and almost fall to the ground, but fortunately, she moved quickly and casually held on to a stone pillar beside her.

"Be careful—"

Qinglang, who was walking in front, suddenly came back and quickly pulled her aside.

Then he looked her up and down nervously, for fear that Ye Xiaoyu would be injured.

"I'm fine......"

This sudden action made Ye Xiaoyu a little flattered, and she couldn't help but smile and said.

"Don't mess around here."

After confirming that she didn't get anything on it, Qinglang said lightly.

"What's wrong? What's around here? ”

Ye Xiaoyu frowned and began to look around, but unfortunately, there was nothing around except for the smooth stone walls.

"Look at this ......"

Qinglang pointed to the pillar she was holding on to just now.

Ye Xiaoyu turned his head and looked in the direction he pointed, the stone pillar was smooth and there was nothing.

"What's up there......"

She found nothing.

"Look closely."

It seems that Ye Xiaoyu has long expected that Ye Xiaoyu will not be able to find out, Qinglang continued.

Seeing that he was so persistent, Ye Xiaoyu cautiously poked his head forward.

After getting closer, the things on the pillar made her break out in a cold sweat out of thin air.

- I saw that it was densely covered with small, slender insects, which were like slender threads. All of them are glued to the pillars, because the color of the body is no different from the stone pillar, and in the dim light, you can't find it at all if you don't look closely.

"This ......"

"This is a nemato, which lives in the dark and damp underground all year round, and lives by sucking human flesh......"

Sunny explained calmly on the side.

"Yes...... But this is a dungeon that no one knows, it's true that it's dark and damp, but where does the human flesh come from for it to suck? ”

After listening to the sunny words, Ye Xiaoyu took a few steps back. looked at him with a look of horror.

"The purpose of building this underground palace in the first place. It is used to hold the seal. The world only knows that human blood is needed to activate the seal, but it does not know that the seal is a living creature, even if it is not activated. Eating is also ......"

"W-what!!"

Ye Xiaoyu couldn't listen to it at all.

Isn't the legendary seal just a seal made of stone? Hear Qing Lang say that. Seems to be a monster that wants to eat.

"The seal is just a name. Its true form after activation is a huge three-headed beast. ”

Seeing Ye Xiaoyu's doubts, Qinglang explained.

"But, but Zou Youheng saw it from the history books. That's not the case......"

Ye Xiaoyu's face turned pale, and she couldn't help but look carefully at her feet, for fear of stepping on something.

"In the information that Zou Youheng got from Juyitang, it was clearly recorded that Ling Yu's mother stole the seal from the clan to Ling Yan, and she was also sentenced to death. This is all well documented. ”

The amount of information is too large, and Ye Xiaoyu really can't overturn the knowledge she has gained all at once.

"What she stole at the time was just a primer to activate the seal."

Qing Qing still has a calm face.

"If, if it's a three-headed beast, then how can we destroy it?"

Ye Xiaoyu suddenly remembered that Qing Lang had said that he would destroy the seal before.

When she heard this, she thought that she was just destroying a big seal made of stone or jade, but if that monster was strong, even if it was sunny and strong in martial arts, it was full of danger.

"The seal needs to be fed every once in a while, and in the past, in order to reduce casualties, the Southern Barbarians selected people who were dying or sick and sent them to the underground palace as their food. But a few decades ago, Ling Yan revived it, causing the destruction of the entire Aba Beike City, too many people died, most of them were piled up in this underground palace, it had enough food, so in the past few decades, even if no one deliberately prepared food for it, it could survive safely. And these nematodes are born in this way. Judging from the fact that the dungeon is so clean at the moment, the food has been used up......"

Qing Lang said as he looked around at the vast hall.

"So, when the stored food runs out, will this monster run out to forage for food?"

The more Ye Xiaoyu thought about it, the more scared she became.

"No, it won't. But it emits demagogic toxins that lure people from the surrounding area to their deaths. ”

Although Qing Lang was around, after hearing this, Ye Xiaoyu was still so frightened that her whole body trembled.

"Those people are just obsessed, aren't they? Such a monster is still scrambling for it. ”

Ye Xiaoyu said.

However, when she thought of the hateful faces of Jia Wei, Jia Xiuyu and others, if she came according to her selfish intentions, she felt that it was okay to let these people taste the bitterness.

"They didn't know it was a living thing."

Qing Lang said, extinguishing the torch in his hand.

As soon as the fire was extinguished, the stone walls around the main hall began to light up, flashing and flashing, as if covered with fireflies.

It was just a breath of light, and those tiny threadworms crawled down from the stone wall densely as if they felt popularity, squirming in the direction of the two of them.

For a moment, it was like a shining Milky Way, spreading out on the ground.

Just as the Milky Way was about to approach, Sunny rekindled the torches in his hand, and the things disappeared without a trace.

"They are afraid of fire and light."

Sunny turned and walked forward.

"But there were obviously a lot of them on the ground just now, and even if the torches were lit, those things were just invisible to our naked eyes, and in fact they were still there. For example, a little in front of you, isn't it the gathering place of the swarm of nematomys just now......"

Ye Xiaoyu asked Qinglang while carefully moving according to the memory of the direction in which the threadworm appeared just now. (To be continued......)