There was a tremor in his face.

It seems that something is dripping on the face. In this silent darkness, Xiu can feel it faintly.

Slowly, albeit slowly. But it's always there, and it keeps dripping on the face.

The consciousness that was immersed in chaos but safe began to stir in this touch after touch. It's like a sleepy person being harassed tirelessly, and irritability suddenly brews in his heart.

He patiently tilted his head to avoid the thing.

He dodged.

But it didn't completely dodge.

The thing dripped to the side, but splashed on his face. More irritability almost erupted.

Xiu forced himself to open his bloodshot eyes, quietly waiting for his blurred vision to slowly recover, waiting for his gaze to find focus again.

It didn't take much effort for him to find the culprit. Because the thing was so close to him, it almost stuck to his face.

It was a large clump of bare, wet tree forks, probably I don't know when. On the branches, a drop of water condenses little by little, a little bit of condensation.

Then it dripped mercilessly on his face with a "snap".

He stiffly twisted his head little by little, his gaze following the branches, down the trunks, and finally on the yellow surface of the trunks, which were still half submerged.

It was supposed to have been broken by a flash flood out of nowhere, and it ended up here. It's not too big, maybe a little thicker than Xiu's body.

He twisted his head and looked around.

He must have been in a stone cave, or rather a relatively large crevice in the rock. By the beginning of the bright sky, he could barely see what was going on outside the hole. This was no longer the narrow river that washed him all the way down, but a large dark lake that suddenly widened. On the surface of the lake, there is a large area of oppressive mountains, which looks like it is about to be suppressed at any time.

This is an underground lake hidden under the mountain, in the lake can barely see many thick stone pillars supporting the heavy mountain, the flood water hit a large water pattern on the stone pillars, as the water deepens by the vast water of the lake little by little to dissolve the momentum, and finally in the dark depths of the great lake is silent.

He was now at the mouth of the flood, in what was the narrow crevice of the cave. There was a small pile of wet mud washed up at the entrance of the cave, and I don't know how it was washed up by the floodwater.

A faint pain suddenly beat in his brain, and his eyes, which had not been opened too much, closed tightly in a subconscious frown. At this moment, the tide of fainting rushed into his brain, and he almost fell asleep again.

If it weren't for the cold of his body and the constant pain that kept him awake...

But... But... He wanted to just go to sleep.

It was difficult to control the movement of his fingers, but he could feel them wriggling like bugs. After a while, he felt a small softness on his chest.

He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The girl he tried so hard to protect was still there, and he didn't lose her.

With the exception of the brain, the rest of the body no longer feels pain other than the cold. The prolonged cold brings weakness and weakness that even the bones have to soften.

It's a feeling of no strength at all, and even the bones become like cotton. He just wanted to warm himself up with something thicker now, and then get a good night's sleep, the kind that no one could disturb. And you must be full of sleep, and when you wake up, you have to lazy the kind of bed.

But he knew he couldn't do that now.

No...

Xiu suddenly hated why he woke up so early, why didn't he let himself sleep a little later, why he couldn't let himself rest more.

He didn't want to move, he really didn't want to move. Now even if there is a Honkai beast in front of him, he doesn't want to move, he can eat it whatever he wants, he wants to take a break, he wants to stop no matter what.

But...

But no, it doesn't work... He tried to keep his eyes open so that he wouldn't fall asleep again.

He knew better that if he hadn't woken up, he might have actually fallen asleep. But when he woke up, he couldn't do it.

Taking a few deep breaths, he turned over with all his strength and pushed the girl on the ground. After doing this, his breathing began to rapid.

After a moment of gasping, he moved his arm a little and took off the heavy cloak on his body.

Although the cloak of Destiny is waterproof, it cannot withstand direct soaking in water. Now that the inside is soaked with water, such clothes will not only not help to keep him warm, but will make him colder and colder. And it's not only cold, it's also unimaginably heavy. Originally, I only felt that the cloak was a little thick, so heavy that Xiu's fingers could barely move it.

No, this may also be because the cultivation is too weak.

Luckily, the cloak was only draped over the body, only with a knot on the chest, which could be taken off if you loosened it. He thought to himself.

But soon, now it's just that the cloak has been taken off, and the next step is to take off the armor ... Starting from the right, just pull a few knots, it doesn't take much effort, it's very simple...

He thought silently, the fingers of his right hand moving his arm little by little, pulling on the knot of his armor, but he couldn't pull it.

Then wait, wait...

Thinking of this, my arm stepped down so softly and rested it on my chest. He could feel the twitching of his fingers from the overexertion of force.

He was resting, but it seemed that because of the small movement just now, he could not even provide the strength he needed to breathe. Even though he couldn't feel the physical pain now, he could feel how bad the situation was in this body, which was shaking even for breath.

What the hell have I done, why is it so miserable. He looked blankly at the uneven stone wall above his head.

Sneak attack at night, chasing ninjas all night, all the way here... He thought back and forth, and he didn't know how long.

Why, it's as dangerous as facing Honkai, or even worse than facing Honkai...

He closed his eyes to relieve the dryness in them.

He moved his fingers, and felt like he could move.

Go on, go on...

Gotta untie them, it's too heavy for me right now...

It took a long time to repair, and I stopped to rest for an unknown number of times before finally slowly taking off my armor. For the first time, he hated why this thing had so much trouble with knots.

As he pushed the breastplate away, he felt his breathing lighter a lot.

However, all that was left of him was a thin single coat that was wet and sticking to his body.

Suddenly, a breeze swept by.

Even though his body was cold to the point of numbness, he still felt the cold to his bones.

You have to find a way to keep warm, or you'll freeze to death here.

He subconsciously wanted to do something, but his motionless body reminded him again that he couldn't do anything now.

He felt like a puddle of mud, unable to move.

He couldn't move for a moment, he didn't even want to move his eyes.

He looked at the stone above the cave with his eyes half-open and gasping slightly, lying there meaninglessly, helplessly.

Scold... Never mind. So be it...

He gave up the struggle completely, and collapsed on the ground staring blankly at the top of the stone.

I don't know how long it took, at the entrance of the big lake, a ray of light quietly shot down, reflecting on Xiu's side, and as time passed, little by little spread towards Xiu's body.

When the cultivator perceives the presence of light, it is the temperature that warms up a little bit from his side.

The sun is out.

It's a huge help. Xiu felt the sunlight and made him warm and thick a little bit, and he didn't know where the strength surged again, and he rolled around with difficulty, so that his wet body was completely shining under the sun.

It was only a few minutes after this gradually recovering temperature, and the whole body seemed to come back to life.

He suddenly remembered that the girl, the thinly dressed girl, was still inside.

He actually propped up half of his body like this, climbed a little distance, and crawled to the girl's side. But he found that he still couldn't hold her, so he simply hugged the girl tightly, and with some strength, rolled around the girl twice, and finally rolled into the sun, the only source of warmth.

There is no doubt that the clothes on the girl's body are very wet, and Xiu originally planned to take them off, but he hesitated to raise his hand for a long time, and he was not embarrassed after all.

Although he soon regretted it.

He lay on the side and watched Sakura's wet clothes ooze a little bit of water stains on the stone, always thinking that this was inappropriate, but in the end he didn't do anything.

"Yes, there won't be any problems." He thought almost prayerfully in his heart.

He finally closed his eyes in peace of mind and fell into a stupor.

Or will it be more just because I have to find a job, so it takes a long time...... Sorry indeed...... Anyway, this book is cool, so let's have fun reading it

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