Li'an suburb • Nature Reserve

Everything happened too fast.

After a long and eerie dead silence, at last, Gui Ying let out a terrible and miserable scream and knelt on the ground in despair. Mo Yunxia immediately knelt down with her, hugging her body tightly, as if he was afraid that she would be like Jinbi, and he couldn't think of jumping into the terrifying wormhole entrance.

At the entrance to the wormhole, the thought of this word in my mind caused a terrible chill to surge. Looking at the sparkling lake, it seems to be a giant beast that has just had a good meal and is licking its fangs comfortably at the moment.

I couldn't help but take a few steps back. Glancing at everyone, only Chu He noticed my subtle movements that were not easy to detect, and stared at me in a daze. The puzzled gaze was a little chilling, and I quickly gathered my emotions and looked back at him with a slightly trembling chin and a tearful gaze, and he seemed to be moved, retracting his strange gaze. I breathed a sigh of relief, and my thoughts became more and more determined.

Get out of this hellish place.

The sooner the better.

"Gui Hotaru, how are you, cheer up a little!" Mo Yunxia pressed his chin tightly against Gui Ying's messy head, and his eyes were filled with sad and stoic tears. "Look at me, Gui Hotaru, you look at me!"

He picked up Gui Ying's bloodless face washed by tears, and hugged her tightly in his arms. Gui Ying didn't mean to resist, but just let her tears wet Mo Yunxia's thin shirt, crying so much that she couldn't speak.

There was a sudden sultry touch on my shoulder, and I raised my head, and sure enough, I saw Chu He, who was in tears, hugging my shoulders tightly, as if he was afraid that I would do something as impulsive and terrible as Jinbi. The exertion of force from his powerful arms on me was slightly uncomfortable, but any movement to break free at the moment was undoubtedly out of place, so I had to relax my shoulders and lean gently against his slightly trembling body.

"Gui Ying, you must cheer up..."Mo Yunxia stroked Gui Ying's back, and his tone became more and more gentle, "Shui Qing Jinbi has been sucked in by this thing like Xiao Li, you must not have another accident!" ”

"I'm going to save them... Mo Yunxia, let me go down and save them! Gui Hotaru was already crying and her throat hurt, and she muttered with difficulty and hoarseness, "No one can help us anymore!" You let me go down, go down with them, please, okay, I beg you! ”

Mo Yunxia was so distressed that she couldn't speak, and she didn't know how to choose for a while, but hesitantly wiped the tears that were dripping down for her. I seized the opportunity, twisted my body slightly, broke free from Chu He's embrace, and stepped forward to hug Gui Ying's weak body tightly.

"Return to Hotaru! What stupid things are you talking about! I stared firmly into her crying eyes, "Six people have lost three now, do you still want to sacrifice yourself for nothing!" Have you ever thought about how dangerous it will be for you to jump in again, only Chu He and I will be left in the Astronomical Society! Have you ever wondered... Mo Yunxia, he finally mustered up the courage to find you, are you going to make a fool and abandon people alone in this barren mountain and wilderness! ”

Gui Hotaru's face, distorted by excessive grief, flattened slightly, and her gaze finally focused on my face, as if she had listened to my words a little. I immediately took advantage of her momentary sobriety to help her up from the ground, Mo Yunxia's expression froze for a moment, and then he also stood up by himself, standing closely behind Gui Ying, refusing to take a step back.

"That's... What should we do ......? Gui Hotaru grabbed my forearm and threw a desperate look at me like a begging look. What do you say we should do now, Zhuo Ying, you know everything, you know everything, you must have a way to save them... Shui Qing, as well as Jinbi and Xiaoli, they... You can't leave them alone! Zhuo Ying, you must have a way, right, right! ”

I was slightly speechless, turned to look at Chu He, but saw that Chu He didn't seem to have the intention of persuading Gui Ying with me, but looked at me with the same begging eyes as Gui Ying, waiting for me to say how to rescue Xiao Li and them. My heart twitched slightly, and I sighed in infinite embarrassment.

"Gui Hotaru, you better be sober, at this moment, we can't solve any problems at all. The only thing we can do now is to get out of the mountains immediately, find the nearest house, and let them put us in touch with the police who can rescue us! We don't know anything about this wormhole, only by letting ** know what happened tonight, they invited experts in this area, and Shui Qing and they have a glimmer of hope for salvation——"

"-No!" Gui Ying shook off my hand and took a few steps back, but fortunately, Mo Yunxia hugged her so that she didn't fall. Her sparkling gaze wandered between me and Chu He, containing an overflowing pleading and unwillingness. "We're here now... One more point of delay, one more point of danger for them! If we could find help tonight, we wouldn't have pitched a tent here! If they can't find it, they really can't save it! ”

"—then what do you want! Lian Gui Hotaru, I beg you to calm down, okay! I immediately stopped her inference, frowning and staring into her eyes, "Chu He and I are also as anxious as you, but no matter how anxious we are, we have no other way!" You should also think about the good, Mo Yunxia also said, maybe Shui Qing and they just entered the mirror universe, as long as they find the key, they can return to us by themselves! You don't even know their lives and deaths, so are you going to risk yourself too! ”

"I don't care! I don't care if they live or die! Gui Hotaru screamed hysterically, as if she was on the verge of collapse. If they are still alive, then only by finding them can we solve the dilemma faster! Do we still have to sit here and wait for death knowing that they are in dire straits? Even if... Even if they die...... I-"

"—they're not going to die."

I was stunned for a moment, and Gui Ying seemed to be surprised by this sudden interruption, and looked in the direction of the Chu River with me.

"I'm not going to die." Chu He suddenly opened his usual warm smile to Gui Ying, and took a few steps forward firmly, "Even if we really die, we have to go to them and die with them." ”

I was so shocked that I couldn't put together the right words for a while. turned to Gui Ying, but saw that her face, which was originally crying white, seemed to have a little blood, and slowly bloomed into a peaceful and trusting smile. And Mo Yunxia behind her not only did not resist or say anything, but also had admiration and approval on his face, and nodded slightly to Chu He with light in his eyes.

"We're going to die together."

"—You're crazy!" I let out a runaway scream, which brought the attention of the three of them. "Can this dark matter be demagogic? Can you be sensible! You know that Gui Ying cares about Shui Qing's safety, Chu He, what are you fanning here! If this fire really burns, none of us will survive! ”

"Zhuo Ying, I'm not crazy, and I haven't fanned the flames. No one bewitched me, I'm very sober now. Chu He looked at me firmly, his words sonorous as iron, "You should understand that Gui Ying is not the only one who cares about Shui Qing, and I can't see any of them in danger of Xiaoli or Jinbi." Since I got up this mountain, everything that has happened has been like a nightmare to me, how I wish it wasn't true, how much I wish it was really just a dream, and that everyone would be together when I woke up! But... But all of this really happened! If you want me to leave them and go down the mountain to save my life, I can't do it! Even if I, Chu He, are dead, I don't want to turn my back on my friends and steal my life! ”

Chu He's words were like ice cubes, piercing my heart word by word. I suppressed the chills around me, trembled forward, and hugged his arm weakly.

"Chu River... Chu River, I know...... I know that something happened to them, and you feel uncomfortable, because you have always been the one who has the most important feelings among us. But Chu He, I beg you to calm down, you think about it, you follow Xiaoli, you also go to jump that wormhole, can this help them? Isn't it... Should you leave here with me, and go down the mountain with me, that is the greatest help you can do for them-"

"Zhuo Ying, you don't need to say it again." Chu He shook his head and gently broke away from my hands. "Right and wrong, I think clearly. I know I'm betting on my life this time, but I'm willing to gamble this time for the lives of my three best friends. At least, I don't need to drive Xiaoli's dad back to school and tell Professor Chang how I watched his daughter disappear and couldn't think of a way to save her......"

Gui Yingser on the side shrank and was supported by Mo Yunxia. Obviously, she also thought about the embarrassment and shame of facing Shui Qing's parents after she went back. Shui Qing's family has always been very good to her, and she naturally couldn't accept it, and personally told Shui Qing's parents what happened to their daughter.

There was a strong sourness in my heart for no reason, and a thought quietly germinated, should I, as the president of the Astronomical Society, work with Gui Ying and Chu He to pursue my fallen friend without hesitation......

No, no! Almost instantly, the thought was stifled by reason—I want to keep my sanity, the sanity that everyone has lost. Even if I was the only one left to persevere, I could not allow myself to be blinded by vulnerability and compassion.

Only by leaving here and looking for rescue can the damage be minimized, and the wisest and safest way to rescue everyone.

The only way.

The belief in my heart grew stronger, and I could feel my emotions slowly returning to calm. The breathing has stabilized, and the breath is no longer as vague and trembling as it was when it comes out of the mouth.

"As the thirteenth president of the Astronomical Society of Li'an University, and your friends, I plead for the last time." I took a few steps back, and heard my own voice calm without a hint of warmth. "Gui Ying, Chu He, I beg you, go back with me."

"Zhuo Ying ......" Gui Ying stopped crying and lowered her head lower and lower, "I'm sorry, I don't have a choice. Just like I don't force you to jump with me, I hope you can also forgive me for my decision at this moment. If we do die today, please tell our parents that we are leaving for our friends. ”

Speaking of this, she looked up at Chu He, and the two looked at each other and exchanged a warm and peaceful smile. Chu He turned his head and did not look directly into my eyes, his lowered eyelids trembled slightly, and he could not hide the loneliness and disappointment that he could not express in his obscure and bleak mouth. Finally, he wiped the dirt from his face with his cuffs, and after all, he didn't say anything more.

"Chu He, won't you change your mind?" There was a thin layer of tears in my eyes, and I couldn't really see his face facing me. "Do you really want me to go down the mountain alone, through this mountain range alone to find help?"

"When we went out, we found someone and came to save us." He let out a long exhalation and grinned at me with a slightly goofy grin. "Zhuo Ying, for so many years, you have always been our most trusted person. I...... Trust you. ”