"Tick tock!" the water dripped down on the stalactites with a crisp sound, and the wisps of echo echoed through the cave.

"Huh~?" Gu Chen slowly opened his eyes and looked at everything around him, only the cave with an inexplicable faint light was extremely narrow, and it seemed that it could accommodate up to two people to pass through.

Gu Chen shook his dizzy head, the pain in his hands and feet reminded him of the battle that had just happened.

After the demon vine went crazy, he threw Gu Chen far away, and then he broke something when he fell, and finally Gu Chen's head hit the ground and he fainted.

"It looks like I fell into a cave, damn it, I have to get out quickly, I will be worried that they can't find it, second uncle. Gu Chen hurriedly wanted to get up, but as soon as his hands and feet were slightly forced, a sharp pain swept into his head.

"Whew! it hurts. He looked at his body and found that his two arms were entwined with vines with blue-black strangulation marks, and his right foot was the same, and the torso part was scarred, which should have been injured by something like a tree branch in the process of falling.

The clothes were also scratched and torn, and the blood stains attached to them made it look like they had experienced a terrible battle.

Gu Chen touched the wall next to him, leaning on it slightly, he needed to rest to recover his energy and strength.

"I don't know how long it has been, but I'm so hungry. Gu Chen found a comfortable position to lie down, but at this time, his stomach began to protest.

But he was in a cave now, and there was nothing else to enter except for the ticking droplets. In order not to let Gu Chen have the slightest burden, dry food or something was on Gu Liren and them.

Gu Chen touched his shriveled stomach and licked his parched lips, he looked at the dripping place, and his body crawled towards that side inch by inch.

The most important thing for Gu Chen now is to let himself survive, and only if he survives can he be qualified to find a place to leave.

Gu Chen came to the dripping platform, he stretched his head over with all his might, opened his mouth wide, and followed every drop of water. At this time, he never thought that having water to drink was such a happy thing.

After half an hour, Gu Chen twisted his sore neck, he no longer felt thirsty now, but the emptiness in his stomach also made him very hungry.

Following this trend, Gu Chen didn't know how long he could last, at least, now he lacked the ability to act, he could only wait here, and prayed that Gu Liren and they could find him soon.

Gu Chen carefully observed this cave at this time, except for a trace of light on the platform where he was drinking water now, the rest of the place was extremely dim, there was a strong smell of dampness in the air, and there seemed to be no other creatures around except him.

Gu Chen looked at the top of his head and found that it was all stalactites hanging on it, and it was also pitch black, he didn't know how he fell into this hole, but now was not the time to think about it.

At this time, Gu Chen planned to go down this narrow road, he thought that he couldn't just wait blindly, he couldn't go on like this when the lamp was almost exhausted, what he had to do.

Gu Chen, who had regained some strength, reluctantly stood up, leaned against the wall, and walked step by step towards the unknown depths.

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At night

Almost all the people in Gujia Village fell asleep and enjoyed a rest after a tiring day.

At this time, Gu Chen's house was brightly lit.

"I'm sorry, Brother Huaqing, sister-in-law, we searched for ten miles in a radius, but we still couldn't find Chenzi. Gu Liren's body was covered with bandages, and it seemed that his injuries had been treated, but he gritted his teeth and said to Gu Huaqing and Wang Yinan very ashamedly.

After saying that, Gu Liren's whole body relaxed, and it seemed that he also accepted the fact that Gu Chen had lost the news.

The hunters stood at the door of their homes without saying a word, their faces contorted to show that they were trying to stop the sadness in their hearts.

Gu Ye and Gu Quan thought that Gu Chen liked to go to their house to play since he was a child, because there were many novel things in their homes that Gu Chen had never seen, such as monkeys that could swing by themselves, dolls that could bark, and so on.

The sensible and well-behaved Gu Chen seemed to have been thinking about it in his ears all the time, although this kid was a little naughty, but they had always treated him as his own brother.

Gu Tian squinted his eyes even more, holding back his tears from falling, this iron man seemed to have a tender side.

Gu Chenshi was the only child in the village who was not afraid of Gu Tian's appearance, and when he was a child, he often rode on Gu Tian's head, letting Gu Tian take him everywhere to play, and the smile of that sunny guy has always been deeply imprinted in his mind.

Gu Tian still remembered what Gu Chen said to him: "Brother Tian, others say that you are the most vicious person in the village, but I don't think you are at all, I think you are much gentler than Uncle Gu." ”

Gu Huaqing didn't say a word, but his clenched fists showed that he was very uncalm in his heart, and Wang Yinan had already cried into tears on the side, and it could be seen that she couldn't accept such a reality.

"My Chen'er!" Wang Yinan roared out the pain in her heart, she thought that this hunt should not be the result of this, with Gu Liren by their side, they would not be hurt at all.

But Gu Chen didn't come back, thinking that Wang Yinan, who had lost his only son, was almost crying and fainting.

"Chen'er won't die like this, I'm convinced. Gu Huaqing, who had been calm for a long time, said suddenly.

"I'll go find Chen'er now. Gu Huaqing stood up and walked out of the door, he thought that the hunting team members had not searched in place, and they must have missed some corner.

But this kind of thinking is a bit like self-deception, with everyone's familiarity with the back mountain for many years, it is impossible to let go of any corner, but Gu Huaqing still wants to look for it again.

Gu Huaqing has the strength of the martial artist Six Heavens, in the early years, Gu Huaqing went out to practice alone, and his father died and did not come back. After twenty years, he took Wang Yinan and the newborn Gu Chen back to Gujia Village.

"I'll go with you, Brother Hua Qing. Gu Huaqing patted the table and stood up.

"I'll go too!" Gu Tian said.

"Let's go too. Gu Ye and Gu Quan said in unison.

Gu Huaqing looked at everyone, nodded heavily, and said to Wang Yinan: "Nan'er, I will definitely bring Gu Chen back intact." ”

Wang Yinan looked at Gu Huaqing with a firm face, and nodded gently, at this time, she still had a trace of luck in her heart.

So, everyone headed towards the back mountain again, and they had only one task this time: to find Gu Chen.

Inside an unknown cave

Gu Chen walked slowly for I don't know how long, but it hasn't reached the end yet, this cave seems to be a bottomless pit, and it will never reach the end.

Suddenly, Gu Chen felt a cool breeze blowing, and he said in surprise: "Is it windy? There must be a road leading to the outside ahead!"

Gu Chen couldn't help but speed up his pace, because he saw the hope of survival.

After walking for about five minutes, Gu Chen came to a wide place like a square, different from the previous dim and narrow road, this wide place was very bright, and the walls were covered with night pearls the size of basketballs.

There was a staircase in the middle of the square, and there was a platform on the staircase, and there was nothing else in the whole square except this platform.

Gu Chen kept feeling the side of the wall, trying to find an exit or something like that, but to his disappointment, after walking around, there was nothing unusual about the rugged and rough wall.

Gu Chen, who was cornered, could only have hope of going out if he stepped onto the platform, and his intuition told him.

Gu Chen stepped on the steps step by step, and with each step, a lot of dust would be splashed on the steps, and it seemed that no one had been to this place for a long, long time, and he didn't know who built this stone room.

Gu Chen finally stepped onto this platform, there was a stone table in the middle of the platform, and there was a box on the stone table.

This place seemed to have been left by someone who had left something here, Gu Chen gently took the box in his hand and looked at it carefully.

I don't know what kind of wood the box is made of, it is extraordinarily light, the whole is purple and gold, and there is a hint of soothing fragrance, which is refreshing to smell.

There are nearly 100 patterns carved on the box, including mountains, water, stones, beasts, etc., the most conspicuous thing is a sword-shaped pattern in the middle of the wooden box, this sword-shaped pattern has only one outline, but there is an inexplicable momentum in it, which makes Gu Chen very shocked.

Just the pattern has such a deterrent effect, what exactly is in this wooden box? Gu Chen thought secretly in his heart.

Gu Chen planned to open the box to see what was inside.

The box was easily opened by him, without the slightest obstacle, and the moment he opened it, a golden light emitted from the box, which flashed so that Gu Chen couldn't open his eyes, and then countless small swords flew out and dissipated in the square.

The light dissipated, and Gu Chen opened his eyes with difficulty and looked at the things in the box.

It was an ordinary sword mark, not the slightest peculiar, except that the unknown symbol in the center added a bit of mystery to it.

Gu Chen picked up the sword seal, he didn't know how this ordinary sword mark emitted such a light. As he looked up and down, left and right, his fingers ached.

"What's it?!" Gu Chen let out a painful sigh, as if he had stabbed the sword mark in his hand, he didn't know at all, after the sting, a drop of blood flowing out of his hand quietly merged into the sword mark.

In the next moment, the sword mark emitted a golden light again, but this time it was not as dazzling as just now, only to see that the sword mark faded from the shell on its surface, and a golden light flew into Gu Chen's eyebrows. Left behind a sword-like symbol, extremely eerie.

Gu Chen subconsciously wanted to dodge, but the golden light had disappeared, he touched his eyebrows, and didn't find anything unusual. But the shell of the sword mark in his hand just now had turned into powder and was scattered in the wind.

Suddenly, the whole square rumbled and began to shake wildly, as if it was about to collapse.

"Not good!" Gu Chen realized that this square was about to collapse, and just when he was anxious, an illusory door appeared in front of him, with countless symbols on the door, which seemed to lead to another world.

Just when Gu Chen was wondering what this thing was, a boulder suddenly fell next to him behind him, almost smashing him into meat sauce.

Seeing this scene, Gu Chen didn't have time to think about it, gritted his teeth, and rushed into the door with all his might.

The next moment Gu Chen entered the door, the entire square collapsed, including the trail when Gu Chen came in.