Chapter 42: Sinking into the Ground

The past few days of recuperation were the first time they had a leisurely time since they left the dormitory. In the past three days, the cafeteria building has been calm, and not even a single rat monster in the rat hole has come out. The only regret is that Xiaobai still hasn't come back, which makes Du Jiujiu more worried in addition to being lost.

The physical recovery ability of the awakened is really amazing, and Hu Xiaoyun's broken arm can already move a little after just three days of recovery, but there is still some pain when moving.

Although Wu Bin seemed to be seriously injured before, most of them were skin injuries, and after a night's rest, there was no major problem, so the work of caring for He Wenyuan fell on him. He Wenyuan was the most seriously injured of the few, and now he could barely sit up and eat some porridge. Without Chef He Wenyuan, the food standards of several of them plummeted a lot.

Du Jiujiu has not relaxed because of the comfortable environment in the past few days. Because she found her lack of combat power in the previous battle, after An Cheng recovered a little, Du Jiujiu pulled her to train every day.

Although Du Jiujiu's strength ability was very useful in the early stage, her weaknesses slowly became apparent after seeing more and more other types of abilities.

In terms of melee ability, she can't compare to the beast ability of the same level of evolution; In terms of long-range attacks, she can't compare to an elemental powerhouse like Hu Xiaoyun; In terms of the flexibility of the attack, it can't compare to An Cheng; When it comes to the importance of the team, she can't even compare to Xiaowen and Wei Qingqing.

Du Jiujiu's current strength at this time is just based on several times more energy than others. She was very worried that if she continued, her role in the team would become smaller and smaller, and even become a burden to everyone, which Du Jiujiu couldn't accept no matter what.

"Jiujiu, take a break." An Cheng sat on the chair next to him, and his forehead was already oozing with slight sweat.

"I'm okay, I'm not very proficient in the moves you taught me just now, I'll practice a few more times!" Du Jiujiu held a long knife in his hand, sweating like rain in an empty field in the cafeteria, constantly practicing the skills of using a knife.

This knife was rebuilt for her by An Cheng. After Du Jiujiu's strength continued to increase, it was already a little reluctant to use the previous one.

When making this knife, An Cheng deliberately selected some of the hardest metals and fused them together, and compressed them as much as possible, so that it weighed as much as five times that of the previous knife.

Even so, this knife was still a little lighter for Du Jiujiu, but it could only be so until a better metal could be found.

An Cheng originally wanted to help He Wenyuan and Wu Bin also make two more weapons. However, He Wenyuan said that he was used to the fire axe and didn't want to replace it for the time being, but Wu Bin directly asked for the knife that Du Jiujiu replaced, which saved An Cheng a lot of trouble.

Compared with everyone's leisure, An Cheng has been very busy these days. The gate destroyed by Wang Xiong and the others urgently needed to be repaired, the rat hole in the storage room also needed to be reinforced, and the weapon created for Du Jiujiu also consumed a lot of her energy. And the rest of the time, almost all of them were pulled by Du Jiujiu to be a sparring partner.

For some reason, from this morning onwards, An Cheng will feel a trace of palpitations from time to time, just like Du Jiujiu, as if some danger is slowly approaching, but when he thinks about it carefully, he has no clue at all.

After Xiaowen learned about their strangeness, she also used her mental power to probe the surrounding situation several times, and there was nothing abnormal. It's just that the range that can shield the detection of spiritual power underground seems to have become a little larger, and it is closer to them.

Du Jiujiu and An Cheng shared the same ominous premonition and the unknown area underground, indicating that this place was no longer suitable for habitation. After discussing it, they unanimously decided that they could not wait for He Wenyuan to recover completely and leave here early tomorrow morning.

The bags of the few of them were not much, just one backpack per person, only those piles of food, which were really inconvenient to carry.

However, they were pressed for time, so they could only take a small part of it first, and then slowly transport it there after finding a new place to live.

After packing his bags, it was past noon. They had hastily eaten lunch and were about to take a break, when suddenly there was a violent tremor from the depths of the earth, and long thick cracks spread across the marble floor with the tremor.

"This, is this an earthquake!?" Wei Qingqing ran out in a panic, but before he could take a few steps, the ground under his feet suddenly collapsed.

All of them fell downwards in unison, along with the debris of the collapsed house.

Du Jiujiu was in a hurry, so she could only pick up Hu Xiaoyun, who was closest to her, and jump up on the falling boulder. Unfortunately, her speed was still not as fast as the speed of falling and falling, and she only held up for a moment before falling with the boulder.

Fortunately, the distance of the fall was not long, only five or six meters, and in a moment both feet fell to the ground.

"Oops!" "Bang!" "Bump!" A few screams, accompanied by the dull sound of heavy objects falling on the ground, echoed in the underground pits.

This distance of five or six meters, although it is nothing for an evolutionary, is still a little dangerous for ordinary people. Fortunately, before landing on the ground, An Cheng tightly wrapped Guoguo's ankle with an iron whip made of a scimitar, cushioning part of the strength for her, so that she was not injured.

He Wenyuan was not so lucky, he was seriously injured and did not recover, and he fell to the ground fiercely, and was immediately knocked out of blood and fell unconscious.

After Du Jiujiu put Hu Xiaoyun down, he looked around. By the light coming from the entrance of the cave, she saw that there were many dense caves around, the diameter of the hole was about two meters, and it was pitch black inside.

"Jiujiu...... Here it should. It's a place I couldn't detect before......" Xiaowen whispered, her voice still trembling slightly, and the sudden change made her still a little frightened.

"This place is supposed to be a worm's burrow." An Cheng dusted off the dirt on his body and changed the weapon in his hand back to the shape of a scimitar.

"Whatever it is, let's get out of here! According to the size of this cave, there must be a lot of mutant bugs living in it, and if they find out, we won't be able to leave even if we want to! Wu Bin's expression was a little anxious, and after probing He Wenyuan's snort and confirming that he was still alive, Wu Bin looked around at the pit wall, trying to find a way to leave.

"It's too late to leave." Du Jiujiu's face was unprecedentedly dignified, and as her words fell, dense rustling sounded from all directions.

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