Dead wood doesn't always come in spring, and snow can also be a harbinger of bitter cold.

When the lies are stacked to the wrong height, the next is a tragic collapse.

I told everything I knew, starting with the encounter on the Holy Mountain, every turn, every reason for her to move on, as well as Yao's current situation and the conditions proposed by Baihu, word for word.

It's just that in this near-complete story, Yao is also in the position of the victim I have made up.

Perhaps, in my opinion, if she can transfer all her resentment to herself, even if it is out of sympathy, she has a great possibility of choosing to save Yao.

But this kind of arrogance of speculating on people's hearts with simple pros and cons is only what I can do.

"Sh."

I looked at the girl not far away, her face was already extremely ugly, and her whole body was trembling uncontrollably in heavy breathing,

"At least Yao is innocent."

However, she did not react to my defense, she always stood a few meters away from me, staring at me with a gloomy face, and I saw her jaw twitch a few times, but she still did not say anything.

Outside the vast cavern, the cold night is approaching, and the original bright pillars of light are inadvertently dyed with rich ink.

"Why?"

Suddenly, an extremely suppressed voice came, and she spoke,

"Why lie to me?"

yes, why.

Is it because of my weakness? Is it because you want to live a secure life?

Maybe from the first time I saw her, I didn't think about how my words and actions would affect her, after all, she was just a monster hiding in the forest.

Of course, it's too late to regret it now.

"Ahem!"

Before I could speak out in a weak defense, the long-standing spur suddenly burst out, and her cheeks, distorted by pain, pressed against my forehead like lightning.

Then, before the effective visual transmission reached the brain, the terrifying force instantly stuck my neck, and my feet were empty, and the whole person was pinched and carried into the air.

Feeling the distorted and twisted veins in the muscular wrap, I felt as if my skull was about to explode, and the darkness of nothingness slowly diffused from the edge of my vision.

"Shut up!!"

Shrill tinnitus wrapped around my high-pitched howls and plunged into my soul before my consciousness shattered,

"Is this the result you want?! Playing with other people's trust and feelings? You know what Jue means to me, why do you do it?! Why didn't you tell me?! If Yao is safe and sound now, how long are you going to lie to me? What do you say!! ”

A stormy reproach hit my face, but I could only taste my own faint breathing, praying for it to be over soon.

"Ahhh!!h

However, she didn't want my insignificant life, and with an exaggerated wail, my body sank, and I flew out quickly.

"Ahem! Ahem! Heh-ahem! ”

Slammed into the ground, all the internal organs rushed to the edge of the bone made of bones in a sudden pause. Oxygen poured in from my gaping mouth, and the emptiness that enveloped my eyes receded in an instant, and I coughed violently as I looked up at my angry face.

"Hmph, yes, that's good."

She laughed, her eyes full of inexplicable sarcasm,

"We're all going to die here now, well done, Luo."

Listening to the words clasped to my heart like sharp teeth, I struggled to get up, and stood stupidly like a stake, not even daring to look at her again.

Although she had stopped, I still felt that the abrasions on my body were unbearable.

I don't know if I want to save this ugly situation, or if I just want to defend myself, I shuddered and shouted,

"Why! You can hate me, but what about Yao? What should she do? There's no way I'm going to get her out alone! I can't—"

The explanation was extremely pale at this moment, and she just raised her arm, pointed in the direction we came from, and said lightly,

"Get out."

"Bah!"

There was no value in my hysterical call, and she shook her head lightly, still repeating weakly with her head in her mouth,

"Get out."

Looking at her ceramic-stiff expression beneath the tousled ends of her hair, I finally swallowed the last bite of hope.

"Well, I'll go, I'll go!"

After saying that, I no longer hesitated, and immediately dragged my tired body and staggered backwards.

But when I was about to take the first step, the unwillingness and sadness in my heart inexplicably surged into my brain, I couldn't imagine what would happen next, and I couldn't understand why she was so cold-blooded, even now, for the sake of an innocent girl, she was unwilling to let go of her anger? Not for a moment?

Carrying the incomparably heavy despair, I slowly twisted my neck and squeezed out a few resentful entrustments from between my teeth,

"Well, don't forget to collect our bodies."

With that, I no longer expected any response, and stumbled down the deserted street.

The cold wind became more and more biting, drowning out the remaining sunlight in the cavern like a turbulent current.

Turning the dirty and dilapidated street corner, a cry finally rang in my ears.

The long nights in the forest nourish countless stories that keep you awake. The ghosts that wander among the rotten trees, and the beasts that lurk in the darkness, are always waiting, waiting for the ignorant prey, waiting for the lost travelers, and then patiently and happily watching the frightened footsteps to fill the traps that are waiting to be fed.

A scream rang out from the woods, calling hungry crows.

After a long journey, I finally found a large hole in the wall made of roots and tendrils.

A howling wind poured out of the cavern, slowly filling the dim dusk that hung over the city.

"Huh-"

I exhaled the turbid breath that had been held in my mouth for a long time, and suddenly lost the desire to move on.

Not to mention that I don't have any lighting equipment or a sharp blade for self-defense, even if I take 10,000 steps back, what is the point of a miracle that allows me to successfully penetrate the dense vines in front of me? I still can't get Yao out. And the only thing I could do was watch her being ripped to pieces.

"Well, let's go."

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sigh helplessly, and my heart was filled with more than simple sadness.

At least leaving is a decent thing to do, and if she regains the idea of saving Yao, she won't be discouraged by seeing me again.

With my determination, I sucked every alveoli in my sternum hard, then reached out and pulled open a few pieces of tendrils the thickness of an adult's fist, stepping into the endless darkness in front of me.

The cold licked my skin, and the cold sweat seemed to be frozen into a thin frost before it trickled down my forehead.

Every time I took a step, a few dead branches would be crushed to pieces, and the light had been gone for a long time, but the sound of bones cracking never stopped.

I staggered and groped in the direction of my memory, not a single superfluous murmur to be heard in the silence of the cavern, and the occasional hanging branch was tossed by the breeze and dotted on my back and shoulder, like a witch's shriveled fingers.

Hmmm-

"Damn? It's—"

In the midst of extreme tension, the soles of my feet pressed against some slick object, and unlike the monotonous grinding of grass and earth, it seemed to be the subtle hum of metal trembling.

As I guessed, I slowly leaned down, and the blind man leaned towards my right foot like an elephant.

With the cold touch in my palm, I had a rough idea of what I was touching—a sword that I had lost sight of after I jumped off a cliff.

"How did it get here? It shouldn't be so close......"

I grabbed the delicate wooden hilt and lifted the slightly heavy blade out of the dust.

Perhaps it was the hard stone that hit, and the ethereal sword roared all over the dead caverns underground, feeling the more and more eerie atmosphere, and the uneasiness also rose.

In order not to be driven to madness, I muttered about this unreasonable change,

"Hey—I've only been on for more than ten minutes now, and it's still in the absence of light and signposts...... Could it be possible for this sword to fly so far? Or is there someone else ...... when I and I left?"

“...... Excellency. ”

"Who?! Who is it!!! ”

The sneaky voice pierced the eardrum, and goosebumps suddenly crawled all over the back!

I swung the blade of my sword like a crappy dancer, my eyes staring at the foggy darkness around me.

"Hehehehehe......"

An eerie mockery sounded next to my face, and I immediately screamed and threw an ellipse with the tip of my sword, but in addition to the rapid sound of breaking the air, the world gradually suffocated in silence.

"Don't panic, Your Excellency."

I could hear the sound of internal organs and mucous membranes pushing against each other, and there was an inexplicable smell around me.

No matter what Wei Ming has become now, it is already close at hand!

Heavy footsteps drew closer, and moist and warm breath slowly lapped against my face. Almost squeezing out the last of my courage, I raised my sword and shouted through gritted teeth,

"TMD is coming! I'm not afraid of you!! ”

But this time, the fork in the road of fate was once again placed in front of my eyes.

Wei Ming's disgusting voice sounded like a ghostly smile,

"Your Excellency, I can send Miss Yao to you intact, as long as you-

Help, I, kill, kill, go. ”