Chapter 244: Hand in Hand
Seeing Su Xiaoting's slightly wet sideburns and unconcealable joyful eyes, Ji Yuning's heart suddenly filled with an inexplicable joy: "Well, I've worked hard for you this time~"
"No, this is what I should have done, not only did I fail to protect you, but I hurt you......" Su Xiaoting hung her head with some guilt.
"Hungry?" Ji Yuning asked suddenly.
"What?"
"I'm afraid I'm going to stay here for the night tonight! Find out if there's anything to eat first! ”
"Oh, good~" With such a fork, Su Xiaoting's attention quickly shifted to the surrounding walls.
After searching around, it doesn't look like you can find food here, so you can't cut down the roots of those trees and cook them, right?
Probably because the wound no longer stinged, Ji Yuning's physical strength also recovered most of it, and proposed:
"Do you want to go in and have a look, if there is no exit, we will try to get out of the place where we fell tomorrow." Anyway, there is no day and night in the cave, so it is better to find the exit by the way.
Su Xiaoting is as good as flowing, Ji Yuning has always been thoughtful, and even if she can't find an exit, it's better than doing nothing.
Walk through the dreamlike world of green fluorescent to the other side of the cave and find two arched doorways in the walls that lead inside.
Ji Yuning casually chose a passage and stepped in first, "Follow me!" ”
Su Xiaoting raised her finger and illuminated Ji Yuning from behind.
Starting from the doorway, as if a dividing line, the sand on the cave wall becomes ordinary, and the light gradually dims.
This passage is about ten meters long, and when I walked out again, it was already dark.
Su Xiaoting walked to Ji Yuning's side and looked around with the only light source.
The two of them were once again shocked by the sight in front of them, this cave was much narrower than the previous one, the middle walkway was less than 2 meters, and many room-sized caves were carved out of the walls of the cave on both sides.
The caves vary in size, but they all have arched doorways and wide windows, and they look a lot like the shops selling souvenirs when Su Xiaoting traveled to Mediterranean countries.
It's just that now there is nothing left in it except dust, and there are no items left that can be examined.
However, on the floor of the passage, there is a faint pattern of pebbles, and on the outer wall of each cave, there is a small stone platform, perhaps used to hold candles.
The two of them walked and stopped, and there were as many as forty or fifty of these caves. In some caves, there are even sand tables and mounds left directly during the excavation, and only a silhouette can be seen at this time.
After walking about a hundred meters, two steps and a passage appeared at the end.
Su Xiaoting stretched out her head to look at the vertical distance of the steps, which was actually two stories high, and couldn't help but take two steps back.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing...... I just, thought of a place. Su Xiaoting hugged her arms and rubbed the goosebumps.
Although this was not a dungeon, the same darkness and emptiness still triggered that memory, and it still felt palpitating when she thought about it, and her body had crossed her will and responded.
"......" Seeing Su Xiaoting's movements, Ji Yuning suddenly understood, yes, this place is indeed very similar to a dungeon, although there is no overwhelming metal cement.
Thinking of the scene where the two met for the first time in the dungeon, Ji Yuning deeply felt the magic of fate, and at the same time, she also felt pity for Su Xiaoting, I am afraid that this place has evoked her painful experience.
"Don't be afraid! I won't leave you behind~ You know! As if to confirm his words, he held one of Su Xiaoting's Rouyi.
"I'll face any danger with you, and if it's too reluctant, you can come back at any time, okay?"
Maybe it was Ji Yuning's voice that was unusually gentle, Su Xiaoting nodded like a ghost, and followed Ji Yuning down the stairs.
Halfway through, she came back to her senses, was this a child who was afraid of the dark by the city lord?
Feeling the warmth and calmness of the big hand wrapped around the back of his hand, his heartbeat was a little chaotic, and his face was flushed with shame.
Fortunately, it was very dark around, and Su Xiaoting walked down mechanically, but her mind was a mess.
As a voice-controlled, she always knew that Ji Yuning's voice was as beautiful as Lin Laiquan's rhyme, and in her deep voice, there was a metallic and clear texture.
When speaking, the two voices are naturally and perfectly connected, like a melodious music, which is intoxicating. But there wasn't much emotion in his tone before, unlike just now......
As if wrapped in the gentle water, his heart vibrated with his voice.
It turned out that a person's voice could be heard to this extent, and Su Xiaoting felt that just listening to this kind of voice, she could drink enough water......
But she was also distressed that she was powerless to resist this kind of demagogic voice, and she didn't know how to refuse at all, which was also a terrible thing!
The lord of the city, who has a sweet voice, is really not an immortal who has fallen into the mortal dust to tease the world? Otherwise, how could God have inflicted so many virtues on him? Does this keep anyone else alive?
"Xiaoting? Let's go? ”
A voice interrupted Su Xiaoting's YY, "Ah! Good ......" She was still dizzy, and she didn't notice that Ji Yuning had changed her name.
At the end of the stairs is a circular cave of about 20 square meters, and the six openings are fan-shaped, evenly arranged in front of the cave wall.
The entrance to the cave was dark and deep, as if some terrible earth dragon monster would emerge from it at any moment.
Su Xiaoting not only did not take the initiative to let go of Ji Yuning's hand, but because of the more oppressive and humid environment here, she unconsciously got closer.
Ji Yuning listened attentively for a moment before comforting: "This place is at least 30 meters above the ground, there will be no beasts inhabiting here, and I haven't heard any insects and ants." ”
He shook Su Xiaoting's hand again and encouraged: "Don't be afraid, it's just the two of us here, why don't I go and have a look first?" ”
"Don't ...... I, I'd better go with you! Su Xiaoting hurriedly held Ji Yuning's hand.
It seems that she was really frightened last time, Ji Yuning was a little hesitant, and finally decided to take Su Xiaoting to continue looking for an exit.
If he wasn't mistaken, this should be a dungeon that belonged to the Boundless Land, but he still needed to confirm it further.
"Okay, it's up to you to choose this time!" Ji Yuning looked back at her.
"Then 6, go to the last one~" 6 is Su Xiaoting's lucky number, I hope there will be no new dangers.
The two of them slowly walked into the rightmost corridor, which might be more appropriately called a tunnel.
Because this passage does not have a flat wall roof like the cave just now, but an oval vault, with Ji Yuning's height of 1.88 meters, he almost touches the top of the wall.
And the passage is narrow, so it can only accommodate two people walking side by side.
On both sides of the tunnel are evenly distributed caves, but compared to the previous layer, they are much narrower, a bit like the caves in northern Shaanxi.
Inside each cave, there is only one arch that connects to the outside world.