Chapter 12: The Dilemma

Things are worse than expected.

After listening to Quark's words, Tang Ling's face was already extremely pale, but he still had to rely on Quark and do what he said.

The underground passage is so vast that at least tens of thousands of people in the settlement have never been explored. In fact, even the underpass under the seat belt, they said they couldn't do anything.

In addition to black-toothed rats and all kinds of unknown dangers, the underground passage is like a huge maze, and the slightest mistake can get lost in it.

This is the secret path that Quark is familiar with, and without him, Tang Ling and the three of them will become 'blind'.

But there are at least hundreds of 'nests' of black-horned purple snakes in Quark's mouth.

The good news is that they are big and small, and some may be less dangerous. The bad news is that Quark had managed to alarm them after breaking the wall, and the guys crawled out and scattered in the passage.

According to the habits of the black-horned purple snake, they may not be too far from their nest. The uncomfortable thing is that the nearest and only exit from this passage is very close to their old nest.

Thinking about it this way, what is the use of quarks being familiar with this channel? The purple-striped snake that can pop up at any time is deadly.

What's more, Tang Ling couldn't think of a reason to go out from this passage! Do you want to go to the ground and face the hordes of corpses?

Tang Ling didn't believe that they all poured into the ground.

But Quark insisted on going out through the exit.

"This passage doesn't even lead directly to the safe zone. You can't doubt its significance either! Actually, if you go out from there, you're already very close to the gate of the security zone. Quark tried to convince Tang Ling.

"But what? What does that mean? "Will the safe zone be open? Tang Ling would not believe in this possibility.

"Means opportunity! In the face of such a disaster, there will still be tenacious rats that escape to the gates of the safe zone. The safe zone doesn't have the courage to give up all the people, you must know that the warriors and even the 'fresh blood' of the Purple Moon warriors have to rely on the blood transfusion of the colony. It is not without the presence of big figures in the settlement. Quark said.

Tang Ling didn't answer again, Quark wasn't lying, as far as Tang Ling knew, at least two Purple Moon Warriors were born in the settlement.

But Tang Ling didn't fully believe Quark's words, he felt that Quark had something to hide. It's like he never talked about how he escaped after he found the black horned purple snake?

But there is no need to say it at this time, but it is necessary to be vigilant.

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Despite the bright light, the silence of the dimly lit and bifurcated underground passages was unsettling.

Tang Ling tore off a piece of dried meat, put it in his mouth and chewed it, Quark only glanced at him in a little surprise at this action, and then stopped caring about it.

However, the mother-in-law glanced at Tang Ling worriedly, but she didn't ask more.

In the wordless walk, about ten minutes later, they encountered obstacles.

In front of me was a wall made of rubble, which looked extremely rough, but it also meant that the safe distance was over.

There is no doubt that this wall is the masterpiece of quark.

He has been doing this since he discovered the Purple-veined Serpent. Because he couldn't guarantee that one day a black horned purple snake with no eyes would wander into his shop in the fifth battalion.

Luckily, until the wall was completed, there was no snake to 'stop' his work, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to safely have a 'safe distance' to buffer.

Taking out a small tool, Quark began to dig through the wall, until a small hole appeared, and he began to place something again.

At this point, Tang Ling just watched quietly, and in the end, he only saw Quark put a tube in the wall.

"Don't be surprised. This thing isn't enough to see in this damn world. Hey, I said you should step back a little further. Quark pulled a long thread out of the tube and lit it as if nothing had happened.

"Is that the explosive?" Tang Ling asked softly.

"Get down." Quark just didn't hear Tang Ling's words.

With a roar, the rough wall was blasted open a large hole, although it was not enough for people to pass through, but the surrounding fragmented rubble only needed a few strong kicks to pass through.

"There you go." Quark said to Tang Ling, and turned off the cylinder by the way.

The light source was gone, and the passage was completely plunged into darkness, and Tang Ling patted his mother-in-law and sister on the back to show comfort, so he got up straight and kicked the broken wall out of a passage.

Precision instincts told him that at least there was no danger here.

"There can be no more light. The black-horned purple snake is sensitive to light sources. I'd advise you to speak quietly, these guys are more sensitive to sound sources. Quark lowered his voice and whispered.

And Tang Ling just silently tore his sleeves, and then rolled them into a rope, tying his sister, mother-in-law and his own arms together.

The clothes made of the stems of the rat grass are still strong enough.

"Let's go." Tang Ling urged, but the action of eating meat still did not stop, but became faster and faster.

"You'd better follow me, only I know the way." Quark muttered again, obviously dissatisfied that Tang Ling hadn't tied himself together.

But Tang Ling couldn't explain at all.

His steps began to slow down, and even his breathing became much lighter, and in the absolute darkness of the loss of the light source, every step was fraught with mortal danger.

Compared to Tang Ling, the other three were much more relaxed, because no one noticed that it was only a short distance of two hundred meters, Tang Ling's forehead was already covered with fine sweat, and even his eyes were terribly red.

"Thirty meters ahead, there is danger in the left corner. Parry. In order to save his physical strength, Tang Ling even spoke extremely concisely.

But fortunately, at a distance of two hundred meters, Quark had already formed some kind of tacit understanding with Tang Ling, and after Tang Ling sensed the danger, he could always find a fork in the road to avoid perfectly.

But because of this, the road has become long.

A trace of nosebleed had flowed out of Tang Ling's nose and was silently wiped away by him.

In fact, the instinct of precision is the ability to anticipate danger, even instantaneous danger, but that requires a high degree of mental concentration.

Tang Ling had never tried to use the precision instinct for such a long time, because he knew that if it was a little longer, his head would be swollen and painful.

However, there is no choice!

In the slow progress, time passed by minute by second, and the jerky he grabbed from Quark was almost eaten by Tang Ming.

But the hunger pangs in my chest were surprisingly not alleviated much.

This made Tang Ling, who was in a state of drowsy, a little uneasy, could it be that the intensive use of precision instinct consumed something?

"It's coming." Quark finally brought good news and pointed to a place.

But at the same time, Tang Ling said calmly: "Twenty-eight meters ahead, there is danger. ”

"You're not kidding? There are no forks in the road ahead, and I deliberately avoid them. Quark's face suddenly turned ugly.

"More than one place. Within 100 meters, there are seven dangers. Tang Ling always maintained an inexplicable calmness, he didn't tell Quark, where Quark was pointing, there was a huge danger, and he almost suffocated when he sensed it slightly.