The team spent the night trembling in the dark, icy cavern, and it was not until the sun shone through the cracks in the rocks that they knew that a new morning had finally arrived. However, they still didn't dare to go out, because they could still faintly hear the sound of "shirring" footsteps outside, indicating that those King Kong giant apes had not yet withdrawn, and now going out was a dead end.

In the cave, the team has lost a single qiē supply, and if they are trapped in it for a long time, they will only starve to death, and almost all of them will have "grunts" in their stomachs. But there is another threat that is more imminent than starvation, and that is hypothermia of Yan zhòng.

Since they fled into the cave in a state where their clothes were all soaked with water, and because Lin Hai's night was already very cold, surrounded by the walls of the cave surrounded by hard rocks, the cold was even higher, and in this case, the person's body temperature would continue to lose, and they would become very drowsy, and once they could not resist the sleepiness and fell asleep, they would never wake up. At first, the priest Nusan Shudna was able to use his mastery of light magic to keep everyone's body temperature high enough to stay awake, but one person's magic power was always limited, and with the need to expend a lot of mana to heal serious injuries, Nusan Shudna probably couldn't last long.

Seeing such a predicament, Ipeia took the initiative and said: "It's not a way for us to be trapped here like this. Since there is an air flow gushing out of the depths of this cave, it means that there may be other exits, and I want to explore the way. ”

Nanokai volunteered without thinking: "I'll go!"

But Ipeia didn't give it permission immediately, she shook her head and said, "You haven't recovered enough to summon the Servant Beast a second time, can we? ”

So, after a short discussion, the team was divided into two groups: Ipeia, Julian, Owen, and Ray were tasked with exploring the unknown area of the cave, while the "Riverman", Nanokai, and Nusan Shudena stayed behind to protect and continue to rescue the three seriously injured Dante, Sasha, and Milalie, who were unconscious.

Four explorers, relying on the faint light of the silver cross, groped their way through the cave. The cave was narrow, but it was possible for two people to walk side by side, so Ipeia and Julian cleared the way in front, while Ray and Owen kept an eye out for threats from behind.

The cave is very long, about a kilometer or so, still no exit has been found, and no animal has been encountered along the way, but there is an amazing discovery: if the cave in front of more than 500 meters is formed by pure nature, then the cave behind is artificially excavated, and the deeper you go inside, the more obvious the excavation marks left on the cave wall.

At this point, the long silence was broken.

"Miss, you should tell us what enemies or traps we will encounter next. Owen asked suddenly.

Yipeiya, who was walking in front, looked back slightly and said, "How can the concubine know about it? Otherwise, there is no need to investigate deeply." ”

"That's right. Owen didn't seem to have any intention of digging any further.

But since Owen pierced the window paper, the outspoken Ray directly expressed his doubts: "Why do I always think that the eldest lady deliberately brought us into this cave? It's as if you grew up in this forest. ”

"So, do you think that the concubine is deceiving everyone?" Ipeia asked rhetorically.

"Don't get me wrong, neither Ray nor I meant that, it's just that things are a little different than usual. Owen, who provoked the conversation, hurriedly said, "We just think about things according to the thinking of ordinary people, and it is inevitable that there will be some confusion." In fact, a person is very familiar with a strange place, it does not mean that he has actually been there, and there are two other unusual possibilities. ”

At this moment, Ipeiya's interest was aroused: "Then I would like to ask Mr. Owen, what are the so-called two 'unusual possibilities'?"

Owen smiled, showing an expression that he had known that the other party was asking, and replied: "The first unusual possibility is that this person has been to a certain place in his previous life, and has left a deep obsession with this place, so even if he has never been there in this life, he will unconsciously feel very familiar. ”

"Interesting, Mr. Owen, do you believe that there is a so-called 'past and present life'?"

My first master was a visitor from the Far East, and in his homeland people have always believed in reincarnation, just as we people in Olopa have always believed that souls return to God of Light after death. ”

"Interesting statement. So what's the other 'unusual possibility'?"

"The second possibility is the future. When you see certain people, places, and things, you suddenly feel familiar, maybe not a residual memory of a past life, but at some point in the future, you may see or experience the same people, places, and events. In other words, you are unconsciously glimpsing some fragment of the future. ”

This statement is even more interesting. Mr. Owen must have thought that there is a force in the darkness to write the future of man and then let him follow his established trajectory, right?"

"Miss, this is a mistake. I have always believed that a person's destiny is in their own hands. However, people's personalities, experiences, and circumstances will make people make many decisions between various accidents, and push their fate towards a certain 'future'. Therefore, if a person 'foresees' the future, it is actually what he worries or expects the most to happen, and then all his actions in the future are unconsciously causing it to happen. ”

"It's a philosophical conversation," Ipeia clapped her hands lightly, "and the concubine finally understands why Mr. Owen is a soothsayer. ”

"It has nothing to do with whether I am a soothsayer or not. I'm just repeating some of the teachings of the master, and I'm going to add a little reflection on the stupid things I've done. Owen shook his head and said, "But then again." Although one is talking about the past and the other about the future, these two 'unusual possibilities' I am talking about are not completely opposites, and they may be the same thing at all. ”

"Oh, how do the past and the future become one? ”

"Like my master and craftsman, I believe in the doctrine of reincarnation. This theory holds that after people have experienced the cycle of life and death, all the memories and feelings about their past lives will be disappeared and emptied and restarted, but it does not rule out that there are a very small number of people who can still retain a small number of feelings and some memory fragments of their previous lives after they are reincarnated, and this residue will prompt them to make various decisions in this life, invisibly pushing their lives in this life to the lives they had in the previous life, repeating the tragedies that happened in their previous lives. ”

At this point, Owen stopped abruptly.

Ipeya didn't reply, her face was blue and her palms were clenched, as if she was very concerned about what Owen had just said, and the other person who was also very concerned was Ray, who looked at the broken gun in his hand thoughtfully. Past life, this life, cut it, whatever? Ray is not too used to being sentimental, and he doesn't think about things he can't figure out anymore.

As for Julian, when Owen and Ipeia were engaged in the "philosophical warfare" just now, he remained silent. But Julian could hear that there was something in Owen's words, ostensibly talking about philosophy, but in fact warning him that he had to be careful with someone. But even if Owen doesn't pierce such a layer of window paper, with Julian's ingenuity, he should be able to sense some kind of potential threat, but whether he can accept it or not is another matter.

When the common thread disappeared, the team fell silent.

After walking about 1 kilometer or so, they came to the end.

It is not accurate to say that it is the end, it should be said that it is the end of the narrow passage, because at the end of the exit, there is an unusually large underground space. The same type of crystal as the Dark Elves' underground kingdom filled the ground, emitting an eerie cold light that illuminated the surroundings. The four of them could clearly see that in this huge "basement", there were the bones of many giant creatures.

Although they have been reduced to white bones, judging from their relatively complete outlines, it is likely that these giant skeletons were dragons in their lifetime.

They have come to an amazing place: the dragon's grave!

"I'm sorry. Ipeya stepped back, and she bowed deeply to Julian, Owen, and Ray to apologize, "Please forgive the concubine for hiding something." That's right, the concubine did deliberately bring everyone to this cave, and she also knew where the cave led. Because for a long time, the concubine body has always wanted to do one thing, and to do this, you must rely on the strength of several people. ”