I sprinted as hard as I could in the endless darkness, the raging wind carrying away the cold sweat and sliding towards the screaming beast behind me.

"Left!"

A low and firm voice sounded in my head, I didn't dare to slack off, my right foot suddenly stretched out, and the whole person brushed the ground and turned in a half arc, and ran again as if I was dead!

The faint light around them suddenly faded! There seemed to be something else in the inky darkness, surrounding the humid air around them!

I can't wait to analyze, that old voice once again thundered through the cranial cavity!

"Jump!"

Like a conditioned reflex, I lowered my center of gravity, my upper body retreated slightly, the tendons in my legs tightened under the pull of inertia, and finally at the bottom of the slope that turned sharply, I grabbed the petite Yao with both hands and jumped hard!

Gliding through the air, the surging wind with a mournful wail ghostly swept me into it.

The sound of teeth interlocking and the crumble of rocks crumbling and exploding in the midst of the force drifted through the ears.

One step later, this will be the end of Yao and me.

"Damn!"

The hard ground appeared without warning, and I slammed my left shoulder down on it, and before I could get out, the wails were interrupted by a whirlwind tumbling!

"Thieves! Your path is nothing but death! The forest won't let go of its prey! When hell freezes over!!! ”

An earth-shattering roar reverberated in the narrow space, and I tried my best to cover my ears, but the smile was already on my lips involuntarily, no matter what, we were still alive.

The surging excitement and joy intertwined and overlapped, pushing my pounding heart to the brink of exploding.

I couldn't hold back any longer, I stood up with my hands and feet, and yelled hysterically in the direction of the monster,

"Lao Tzu goes to the forest of nm!!"

Unfortunately, the disgusting thing was silent after a few seconds of being in place, but I was only concerned with catharsis, and I didn't care how weak and weak my words were.

"Just gone?! Isn't it arrogant?! Pretend to be someone else, you're a coward! Lao Tzu ......"

Halfway through the shout, I suddenly found only the echo of my own deformation and distortion, and for a moment I closed my dry lips and groped to Yao's side.

"Hello? Feed! Where are you? ”

As I shouted, I realized that the mysterious voice had led me to a cave in the cliff, and that my eyes had been completely useless after losing the glow of the river.

But what's even stranger is that no matter how much I shout, Yao seems to have evaporated from the world without any movement.

"Are you okay? Yes? Anyway, what the hell are you—"

Just as I was anxiously crawling, there was a sudden warmth at my fingertips, and the smell of rust entered my nostrils in due time.

"Blood, it's blood...... Yao, Yao! ”

I was stunned for a moment, and then I threw myself like crazy on the hard rock face in front of me, and sure enough, in that cold square inch of iron, it was her weak body that lay down.

In astonishment and despair, I picked up Yao, who had no reaction, and trembled like a cave in ice.

"Yao?"

With a shrill voice, I trembled and touched the soft ends of her hair, but by the time my palm was over it, all I could see was a sticky clot of blood.

It was only then that I realized that my cheeks were covered in interlaced tear stains.

"Let's go, time is running out."

The old voice urged, without a trace of superfluous feelings. I don't know how I judged it, and I can't figure out why I couldn't be the slightest bit defenseless against the owner of the voice, but the only thing I could appreciate was trust that never existed.

Almost the next second he finished speaking, my lips twitched, and I pleaded in a low voice,

"Save her."

The voice did not reply, and only the harsh cold wind was left around. After half a ring, with a sigh, his question also drifted into my mind,

"Why?"

Without thinking, the answer blurted out,

"I can't lose her."

This time, the silence lasted longer, and as I felt Yao's movements becoming more and more subtle, my heart also fell into the deep pool of darkness.

Just when I wanted to speak again, the mysterious voice took the first step to compromise and said,

"Okay, that's good, but you don't know it, you ...... yourself"

Hearing his affirmative reply, I was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly hugged Yao lying in the crook of my arm in front of me and shouted eagerly,

"How?! What am I going to do!! ”

And the other party, who had not yet spoken the second half of the sentence, was also interrupted by this uncontrollable emotion, and became a dark shadow that can never be clear in my memory.

"Take five hundred steps in the direction you are facing, and as for the rest of the journey, I will naturally tell you when you arrive."

The voice read unhurriedly, as if the outcome of this matter was only a result for him.

But I don't dare to delay, every step I take right now can increase the possibility of Yao being rescued!

So, ignoring the myriad doubts that had been deposited in my breast, I immediately stepped on the dense gravel under my feet, and planned to step in the direction he had spoken.

However, before leaving, almost subconsciously, I said a completely unintentional question,

"By the way, what should I call you in the future?"

After a few seconds, I heard a chuckle in my ear, and the voice sounded two illegible syllables as if I had been lost.

"Ten of you."

Buried deep under tons of mud and sand shale, the extreme coolness unscrupulously pierced into the joints, and the sharp knife wandered over the tight skin, leaving real scars.

"Yao, hold on, Yao."

I muttered softly in the cave where I couldn't see my fingers, and I could only rely on my hearing and the cold rocks beside me, and stumbled step by step in the direction that Yuten had guided.

Not long after the time has passed, Yao's body temperature has dropped a lot, but the so-called place that can save her is still far away.

"Stick to the right."

Yu Shi is still that calm, calm with inexplicable indifference.

"How long will it take?"

I don't know if it's an illusion, but the caves wrapped around the left and right seem to be a little narrower, and the oppressive atmosphere suddenly makes me feel a little breathless.

And Yu Shi didn't care about my mood, and replied flatly,

"It's coming."

"But!"

"Ten more steps."

Hearing his words, I couldn't help but feel a little weak, obviously it was generally dark before and after, where there was a shadow of a way out, and this voice that appeared out of thin air was a bit too abnormal no matter how I said it, although he did take me and Yao to escape from death, but for the threats lurking everywhere, we still can't simply take it lightly.

With some tentative meaning, I pondered the words and asked,

"By the way, this place you're talking about, it's-"

"Here we are."

At the same time as the words fell, an extremely soft clicking sound suddenly sounded, and the stone that carried me suddenly sank for half a minute.

I was a little flustered, and hurriedly asked,

"What's the matter, hey! What's going on?! ”

But in the end, all that remained in my ears was the slightly tired instructions of the Ten Days,

"Hold her tight."

Suddenly, the stone slab under my feet suddenly pulled away, and with the exclamation of being stretched in a long line, I fell into the trap that I had been preparing for a long time without resistance.

"Ah!!!h

Although it was useless, I still instinctively stared at the direction of my toes, wrapped in the sand and rocks and slid down all the way!

The clothes were rolled up to my waist under the friction of the ramp, and the whole exposed skin was rubbed against the rough rock wall, and I slammed into the ground like a piece of tattered gauze with a more violent collision than before.

Manipulating my smashed head, I staggered to look at Yao who was motionless in my arms, if it wasn't for me just now, I'm afraid there would be no need to save her at this time.

"You old immortal! Can't you just say it in advance! ”

I yelled like a shrew, but Jushi replied as if on purpose,

"Aren't you in a hurry?"

"Me! ——”

Being provoked by him, I almost couldn't hold back and scolded again, but thinking that there was something more urgent to do, I had to suppress my anger and pout,

"Tell me how to save her! You'd better not tell me I'm going to go again! ”

"Hmph, young man."

When the sarcasm of Kushi's disdain ended, as if he was afraid that I would complain, he followed up and explained,

"On the wall directly behind your right hand, there's a switch."

To be honest, I'm tired of Jushi's attitude of cherishing words like gold, but there's no better way, and it's a problem to get him out of my brain, and if I have the chance, I'm sure

"You're going to leave him far away, huh?"

"Huh? How-"

I was shocked, and the plan I was thinking about inexplicably came out of my mouth, and I suddenly felt my scalp tingle. However, before the surprise faded, he added to himself,

"Alright, get it done early, do you think I'm willing to do this?"

"But you, you, you—"

"Yes, that's right, I know what you want, he's smart, and so is privacy. I'd love to see you play around like an idiot, but I'd like to warn that girl that she doesn't have much time. ”

After his reminder, I suddenly came back to my senses, and then slapped my backhand on the bulge on the wall next to me. After the mechanism was pushed to the bottom, there was a dim pale blue glow in the slightly spacious cavity, which just outlined the outline of every furnishing in the room.

Rubbing against the blue-gray rock wall, I swayed to my feet, and saw a sunken stone platform about two arms long on the ground five meters wide, and in the center of it was a pool of incomparably clear water, reflecting the cold light like a mirror.

"It's ......"

I held Yao in my arms, and the blood on her face had solidified, and at first glance it looked like an ugly scar.

"Put her in there, wait."

Carefully, as if holding a fragile ice flower, I held up Yao's soft body and solemnly placed her in the indifference as clear as a broken moon.

Compared with the cold temperature around her, the clear water in the pool was much warmer, and I saw that Yao's sleeping face seemed to be a little more relaxed, and her chaotic breathing also stabilized in an instant.

"Great, great."

I was so relieved that I almost cried with joy.

"yes, that's good, it's back to the old days."

As if he couldn't see me happy, Yu Shi Yin and Yang said strangely.

But in an instant, the sorrow that lurked beneath the mockery stretched out its crooked tentacles, climbing up every crack.

Just as he could hear my heart, I could also feel his emotions, a kind of despair that could not be dissipated.

The cold light swayed, splashing on the hard rock, but could never penetrate the emptiness behind it.

Yu Shi slowly spoke, but what he said was deep sadness,

"It's just that before, it was you who lay here."

And the ones who hurt you are them. ”