Chapter 61: The Cliff
"Grandpa, have you ever been to Zu'an?"
After listening to the description of the white-haired old man, Su Xi could probably guess that he should have been to Zu'an, otherwise he would not have said something that was not recorded in the book, after all, in the book, the description of Zu'an was only a simple line: a mysterious and dangerous, but full of opportunities, an underground city, other than that, there was not even a portrait.
"Zuan, of course I've been there, but that was decades ago......"
The white-haired old man fell into his memories and read out the past.
Forty years ago, when he was a twenty-three-year-old young man, there was a craze throughout Piltover to find Zaun, especially for people like Jaklau who were poor and had very mediocre heroic talents, and who yearned for the legendary underground city of Zaun.
So, the enthusiastic Jackawu organized a few like-minded friends who had the same fate and embarked on a journey to find Zuan based on the little information in the book.
"Hey, Jack, we're running out of water and food, and we probably only have two days to go, so let's not forget it."
A chubby young man named Luken stepped forward and patted Jaclawu on the shoulder and said with a worried expression.
"Yes, Jack, we've been looking for a week, and we haven't found anything at all, so it's better to go back early, I'm fed up with this broken environment in the wild."
Another woman named Bao Lan patted the dust off her body and echoed.
"Jack, forget it, maybe Zuan is really just a legend, we ...... Let's give up. ”
A man with short yellow hair and a potholed face also followed Luken and Bao Lan to persuade him, this person's name is Ning Ren, and he is a friend of Jack Clau since childhood.
"Again...... Let's find another day, if you really can't do it...... Only...... Let's go back. ”
Jaclau lowered his head and thought in silence for a moment, and finally, raised his head to look at the other companions, and said hesitantly.
"I ...... I listen to Jack. ”
The last tall young man who was a little shy said that his name was Zesai, and he was also a friend of Jackawu since he was a child, and he trusted Jackaou's words 100%, so when everyone else asked to return, he stood up for Jackawu.
"Anyway, it's all in vain, why bother, so many people in the city set out to find Zu'an, and in the end, they came back in disgrace, and there are even some people who have not been heard from since, while the five of us are all okay now, go back as soon as possible, anyway, everyone is the same, no shame."
Ning Ren said with a reluctant face, this week's fruitless search made this usually very impatient young man more and more irritable, and he couldn't wait to return to Picheng to guard now and lie down at home for a day.
"Brothers, believe me, for the last time, let's go over this mountain to see, and if we don't get anything from it, we can only give up, how about it?"
Jaklawu thought for a moment, then pointed to a hill a few hundred meters in front of him.
The others thought for a moment, then nodded and followed Jackawu in the direction of the hill.
Eventually, at dusk, the five of them finally reached the top of the mountain, but unfortunately, there was a cliff on the opposite side of the mountain, and it was pitch black and bottomless.
"Okay, okay, go back, go back, it's boring."
Ning Ren walked to the edge of the cliff and glanced down, it was obvious that Zu An couldn't be down here, so he showed an impatient look, turned around and urged a few people to leave.
When the others saw this scene, they knew in their hearts that this trip to find Zuan was fruitless, so they planned to rest and rest, and when the sun came out during the day, they would go down the mountain and return to Picheng to guard it.
But an accident happened, when Bao Lan on the side was about to stay away from the cliff, he accidentally tripped over the stone next to him, and the whole person fell backwards.
Fortunately, when Bao Lan was about to fall into the cliff, Ning Ren on the side was quick and grabbed Bao Lan, so he didn't let Bao Lan not fall.
"Don't move, I'll pull you up."
At this time, Bao Lan was hanging on the edge of the cliff, and below, there was a bottomless abyss, Bao Lan just looked down, and the whole person panicked, and her body began to writhe.
"Don't move, you three, come here to help, I'm ...... It's about to be pulled down. ”
Ning Ren took Bao Lan's hand with great difficulty, gritted his teeth, and shouted to the three people behind him,
The other three were immediately shouted back by Ning Ren from their panic, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab Ning Ren's other hand.
But at this time, Ning Ren almost half of his body was on the edge of the cliff, fortunately there were three other people pulling him, otherwise, Ning Ren might really be pulled down by Baolan.
"! It's so heavy, what's the situation? ”
Jack Cravu, who was at the back of the team, pulled Luken's hand in front of him, Luken held Zesai's hand, and Zesai held Ning Ren's hand.
At this time, Ning Ren's whole body was already hanging in mid-air like Bao Lan, and his whole body was still sliding.
"You guys can't do it, how do I feel that my whole person is getting down and down, give me some strength!"
Ning Ren looked up at Ze Sai and shouted.
"No...... No, I ...... I don't have the strength anymore. ”
Suddenly, Jaclawu, who was at the back of the group, felt that his strength was almost exhausted, and the other hand that was grasping the stone on the ground suddenly let go, and suddenly, the five people fell into the abyss screaming.
"And then...... And then what? ”
Hearing this, Su Xi couldn't help but get nervous, grabbed his legs tightly with both hands, looked at the old man with a nervous expression and asked.
"And then ......"
"Here...... Is it heaven? Damn, it's ugly, it's not heaven here, it's hell or not. ”
When the five of them opened their eyes, they found themselves in a pond that emitted a foul smell, this pond was not human, and Cleveland's height of 1.75 meters was probably only up to his waist.
"Vomit ......"
On the side, Bao Lan couldn't stand the smell and vomited on the side, while the other four people looked at the surrounding environment.
"This ...... Where is this? ”
Ning Ren looked at the surrounding walls, behind several people, another dirt road that didn't know where it led, stretching all the way, and everyone couldn't see where the end of the road was.
"We ...... It seems to be alive. ”
Jaclawu touched his face and found that his face was still warm, which means that everyone did not die after falling into the cliff, but came to this pond that emitted a foul smell.
"Is it a trick? Could it be that the cliff is just a trick, no...... No, there's a stone wall on top of it, this ...... It doesn't make sense. ”
Luken looked up at the stone wall above him and muttered to himself.
"Tube...... Whatever...... Anyway...... alive Just survive. ”
Zesai doesn't care so much, it's already a good thing to fall off the cliff and still be alive, regardless of whether it's a trick or not.
"It seems that there is only this way, everyone, take a rest and get ready to go, I have a hunch, the end of the road is the Zu'an we are looking for, we are really lucky with shit."
Jaklawu stood up excitedly and pointed to the dirt road and said, and the others looked at it, and this dirt road with no end seemed to be the road to Zaun.
So, the five of them rested for a while, and after everyone had regained some strength, they walked along the dirt road.