The road is always under our feet, and ignoring it will only stop you. Perhaps, from the very beginning, I was keen to put myself in a place of no return, and then sink with peace of mind with the laziness whitewashed by the pain.

The light of the unknown rhythm and rhythm meanders through the droplets between the cracks in the stones, slowly unfolding into an abstract painting with no end in sight.

I took Yao's cold palm again, and walked by feeling in the wide corridor, the dusty and sweaty clothes rubbing against the skin of my shoulder blades, like a wire with sparks.

There was a heavy silence except for the slight murmur of the breeze, and as I walked, I glanced behind me. At the edge of her gaze was Yao in a dark purple sweatshirt, her wrinkled hood blocking most of her face, and her red lips were faintly revealed in the shadows.

When Yao decided to get back on the road, my confidence was swelled like never before. But now that I think about it, I'm afraid she's just been infected by my emotions, and whether she can really escape may not be that important, after all, sometimes for people who are desperate, all that's missing is a gentle push from others.

And......

I twisted my neck and immersed my mind in the mysterious buildings around me, savoring the spectacle of the eternal journey, trying to interrupt my dangerous thoughts.

At the end of the day, even I can't be sure where this journey will end up, maybe it's a glimmer of life, or maybe it's ......

I gazed at the intricate patterns on the surface of the stone wall, and my enthusiasm on a whim suddenly diminished a little.

"It's almost there."

Just as my pace was getting slower, Yu Shi suddenly whispered. Hearing his prompt, I quickly put away all my negative thoughts and focused my attention on the corridor that stretched straight ahead.

Wrapped in almost the same scene, each scene was not significantly different, and many times, I just felt like I was soaking in a bowl of dark green soup, and the line between the wall and the floor had long been blurred, and I could only rely on gravity to guide me forward.

But while I was holding my breath, my senses were still perceiving some subtle changes.

"It's ...... Downhill? ”

As soon as I blurted out the words, I actually already had the answer.

During the blind trek, many details were overlooked, intentionally or unintentionally, and I didn't even notice when the road at the foot of the road changed direction.

Picking myself up again, I began to look around intently.

The continuous dome slopes downward along with the ground, and the pale lines gradually converge into an indescribable, expansive pattern, which has no fixed shape, but conveys a strong sense of oppression and shock.

I slowly looked away at the walls on either side, the pair of stone walls that had always stretched parallel at an extremely slight angle, slowly expanding as we went deeper. It's as if someone has forcibly broken this corridor and bent it deeper to the bottom.

Piecing together the scattered patterns in my mind, I seemed to understand where I was now.

"That's right."

Before the mystery was revealed, Yu Shi added in a timely manner,

"This is where all the pipes come together, where life exists, where forests thrive – the White Lake."

Anyway, at the very far distance, at the bottom of the long corridor that went diagonally, a flood of white light burst into my eyes.

It was the purest color, perfectly inlaid between the turquoise stone walls, and it seemed to flow directly into my eyes, giving off a soft glow.

I felt like I had been inspired, and I suddenly felt an uncontrollable excitement in my heart, and even my pace was much faster than before.

As I breathed rapidly, the parts of the White Lake that had been obscured by the angle were revealed, and then its unrivaled scale was unreservedly displayed in front of me.

Encouraged by the inexplicable impulse, my steps became more and more compact, and in the end I even pulled Yao to run. But a few minutes passed, and the overflowing white still floated in the distant sky, and apart from a slightly wider view, I could only glimpse its grandeur like a leopard.

"Damn, why is it so far away?"

Gasping for breath, I slowed down and stood still looking out at the calm lake.

"Heh, what's the hurry."

My brow furrowed slightly, and I was about to say two sentences when I suddenly realized that I had lost my god-like state before.

Probably guessed what I was going to ask, Yu Shi playfully explained,

"Hmph, don't worry, it's just the instinct of the lower creatures, don't panic."

"What ......"

I lifted my dizzy head, controlled my gaze away from the spotless pure white, and at the same time eagerly turned my head to look at Yao, who had been standing beside me for a long time, until my eyes were clear, only to find that she was still staring at the white lake in the distance.

"Hey!"

Although Yu Shi didn't care much, I didn't have room for error at the moment, and when Yao came back to his senses, the hanging heart shook and put it back in his stomach.

"Surprise me, don't look at it again, or else—"

However, just as I was earnestly instructing, not far behind Yao, a black light suddenly flashed.

"What?"

I removed my palms from her shoulders and walked suspiciously towards a short section of pitch-black object a few steps away.

In the glow that swirled around me, I bent down and gently picked up the cylindrical strip half the size of my thumb at my feet, and then placed it in front of me, rummaging thoughtfully for clues in my memory.

Suddenly, as if there was a thunderous roar, I was shaken! Shake the knuckle rubbing thing back to the ground! Then he vigilantly withdrew a few steps, and glanced left and right like crazy! It's like inside those cracked rocks, hiding countless prying eyes!

Because the half-cut round strip with a little wood residue left behind came from the arrows held by the gnomes under Wei Ming's men!

"What's going on?! How are they—"

I kept Yao behind me on my beware of the arrows that could shoot at any moment.

But a few minutes passed, except for Yao, who was pushed and pushed a little dissatisfied, there was no second abnormality, and the imaginary shadow lurking in the corner was still dormant in the field out of sight.

"Hey, what the hell are you doing?"

Yao's slightly reproachful tone came from my side, and I was momentarily speechless, and when I hesitated whether or not I should tell her what I had just discovered, the adrenaline courage had already dissipated.

"No, nothing..... I was wrong, haha. ”

Prevaricating, I pretended to inadvertently block Yao's view.

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"Strange."

Seeing my unusual behavior, Yao just put aside a rather pertinent comment, and squatted to the side with her legs folded decadently.

"Tut-tut."

Don't give me a chance to rest, Yu Shi asked again,

"Why don't you say it?"

Listening to his ill-intentioned tone, I knew of course that the troublesome old man had already turned over all the things hidden in my head, and the reason for asking more questions was nothing more than to find a step for more bitter sarcasm to follow.

However, what choice did I have, I had to sigh and explain helplessly,

"Well, what can you do if you say it, and ask for trouble?"

"Hmph, so if you don't want to, it doesn't mean it hasn't happened? Cover your ears and steal the bell? ”

"Forget it, take a step and see—"

"Shut up!"

Suddenly, Yu Shi shouted with all his might, and stuck the half-uttered words at the root of his tongue. Savoring the resentment that lingered in my chest, I was able to figure out for sure that he was really angry.

It's a pity that I don't think I'll have a chance to understand the reason for this in my life.

After a brief blank slate, a few rebukes accompanied by a soft hum came from the depths of my mind,

"You've always been like this! Rats' eyes! ”

Yu Shi lowered his voice, but the displeasure mixed in it did not decrease in the slightest,

"Take it one step at a time? Hmph, do you really think you can survive on this? Amusing! ”

Receiving his inexplicable reproach, my mood was also pulled to the lowest, so I replied in the same caustic voice,

"Yes! For a 'person' who is not even alive, there is indeed time to think! ”

For some reason, he fell silent, his voice blurring with emotions that didn't belong to me. But I, who was angry, didn't care about this, and continued to scold aggressively in my consciousness,

"You have always come to experience the warmth and coldness of the world! Come on! Let me also feel what it is like to be a voyeur who has nothing to do...... Examine. Ten of you? ”

Finally, even I sensed that something was wrong, and an ominous atmosphere rose up, and cold sweat inadvertently crawled all over my spine.

I closed my bitter tongue and whispered tentatively in my mind,

"Hello? Ten of you? Can you hear me? ”

But all that came back was a dead silence of nothingness, and my own noisy thoughts.

"Ten of you! Don't be kidding! Can I apologize? Yes? ”

I panicked, and my heavy breath passed through the two gaping holes under the bridge of my nose, and the lobes of my lungs swelled as if they were about to burst!

But the truth is like a sharp blade straight into my heart, and every movement is a painful pain.

My body was like a sifting chaff, and the pressure of the whole world fell on my head at this moment.

Savoring the indescribable panic, I suddenly gave up my legs and fell to my knees.

When did I start to put my fate and life in the hands of someone else? Throwing yourself like a pawn of hope to a stranger who doesn't know the details?

Yao was right, I was so weird.

He could only hold a mushy head like a disgusting waste.

And the reason for all this is because of the man who I have never seen with my eyes, but who is in control of my life all the time.

He disappeared