Version 3 Chapter 97
Originally, the fat man just felt like a roasted "chicken" in the ground, but now he felt that he was a rat running in a glass test tube with magma inside and out. I don't know when this fragile tunnel will be digested by the lava and turn into a suckling pig, which is worse than just on the island in the lava lake.
Several people urged their maximum strength, and they were already out of breath in the cave, but the red light on the surrounding rocks was still getting brighter and brighter.
Wu Xie was so anxious that he forgot the pain, and felt in his heart, "Maybe I will be buried here alive, maybe I will be cremated directly." What about the stuffy oil bottle, the fat man and Tingting? Are you dying here like me? No! It can't end like this, there must be a way, first of all, you can't be caught up! But when he looked back, the lava had appeared behind him like a waterfall, billowing in. He shouted, "Quick! You're going to be caught up by the lava poured down! "But a few people really can't increase their speed anymore, and it's good to be able to keep going like this.
Suddenly, Wu Xie noticed that there was a reflection of the rock wall in front of the passage, and he lost his voice and said, "Is it the end?!" No way? Wall! β
Yan Tingting, who was at the front, naturally saw it, and suddenly, a trace of despair and grief hit her heart. When there were still dozens of meters away from the end, Yan Tingting took a closer look, raised her eyebrows, and shouted happily to Wu Xie: "It's not the end, it's a fork!" β
Wu Xie laughed and said, "Haha, I know that there is no way to be endless!" But where should I flee? β
The road on the right can see the ground, on the left you can only see the top surface, and the stuffy oil bottle at the back affirms: "Go to the right!" Yan Tingting, who was running in front, also nodded in agreement, and the fat man and Wu Xie responded, "Okay!" The fork in the road was instantaneous, and the hot magma was about to burn the little brother's pants behind, and the four mermaids rushed into the tunnel on the right. The lava flow behind them crashed into the rocks in the middle of the bifurcation, and the lava splashed, burning several holes in their trouser legs, and the hot legs twitched and nearly fell. Fortunately, the slope of the fork on the right is relatively flat, and the flow slows down after the magma rushes in. Most of the magma diverted to the steep fork on the left slope. Yan Tingting shouted happily, "Oh! "Haha!" And the slope of the tunnel is getting smoother and smoother, and it has almost become a flat ground with no slope, but the magma flow can still come, but only a little slower. However, with the speed of Iron Triangle and Yan Tingting, it is enough to throw off a long distance from it.
After turning a corner, the cave became pitch black again, and Yan Tingting re-released the Boundary Spirit Stone, emitting a faint warm light. She said to Wu Xie: "I really can't run, let's walk for a while, shall we?" "Isn't Wu Xie exhausted? The fat man hurriedly agreed, "Yes, I'm soaked with sweat, it's too hot!" β
Wu Xie looked at the fat man, and then at the stuffy oil bottle, and found that they were all embarrassed, but they finally escaped for the time being. "Stuffy Bottle, how are your injuries?" Wu Xie remembered that the injury suffered by the little brother when he rescued him was not light, and he tossed it like this again.
The right shoulder of the Stuffy Oil Bottle still looked unable to move as usual, but he said in a calm tone, "It's okay, it's nothing." β
After walking for a while, Wu Xie looked at Yan Tingting's chapped lips and asked, "Tingting, do you want to drink water?" β
Yan Tingting was stunned for a moment and said, "Of course I want to drink water, I'm dying of thirst!" But where is the water in the stone tunnel inside the lava? β
Wu Xie grinned and said, "I have a pot in my backpack, as well as dry food." β
The fat man was overjoyed and rushed up and said, "Oh, naΓ―ve, you can't favor women over men!" β
Yan Tingting really didn't expect it, and said in surprise: "Ha, it's incredible, you guy carries everything!" What exactly do you have in your bag? You won't bring all your home, will you? Then he smiled bitterly: "Hey, I said you actually put food and shoes, socks and pants together!" β
Wu Xie raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then the eldest lady doesn't want it?" β
The fat man said uncontrollably: "He doesn't want me, I don't dislike it, we haven't drunk any water?!" β
Yan Tingting smiled bitterly and said, "Hmph, I don't care about you, of course I want to!" Then he directly helped Wu Xie unload the backpack.
Wu Xie opened the bag and said to the fat man: "Don't worry, there is your share, and there is a stuffy oil bottle." In addition to water, there are some pancakes, vitamins, towels, knives, matches, plastic bags, a small bottle of two pot heads, berberine, gone. Tingting's eyes widened wider and wider, and she thought, "No, what kind of little man is this?!" β
"Wow! Okay, okay, great, I don't want the second pot head, give me another pancake. Vitamins too! Yan Tingting said in surprise as she took the kettle, raised her head and took several big sips, and a line of water overflowed from the corner of her mouth and flowed down her thin swan-like head and neck. Wu Xie watched her finish drinking blankly, took the kettle and drank several big sips, and immediately felt sweet and refreshing, and the smoking throat could be regarded as extinguishing the fire.
The fat man took the kettle and found that there were still many more, so he took back the sentence "heavy color and light friend", thinking that you kid don't make your brother sad. After drinking, he handed the kettle to the little brother, and ran to ask Wu Xie for the small bottle of two pots. Wu Xie gave him and the stuffy oil bottle some pancakes.
He himself was so hungry that he ate two pancakes in three times and five by two, and his spirit was shocked.
At this time, Yan Tingting sighed and said: "I really don't understand, a boy like you has more things than us girls!" β
Wu Xie also replied with a sigh: "Alas! I wonder why this earthquake is so outrageous. The mission information you received is too unreliable! β
In fact, Yan Tingting was also very puzzled in her heart, and said to herself: "Yes, I also want to know why this is happening?" The Liberty Society's mission has always been very accurate, but recently there has been a succession of such super-level incidents. If you can go back, you must ask Uncle Huang for a good time! β
But this is not the time to discuss problems after all, packed their backpacks, and the four of them didn't dare to slack off, and ran again. After walking and eating and drinking for a while, it is estimated that the lava flow should be closer again, so they rushed all the way, for fear of being caught up by the lava. But at this moment, a vaulted stone chamber appeared in front of them, more than thirty square meters, and although the walls were rough, they were obviously hand-hewn. Wu Xie blurted out: "There are traces of human activities in the cave under this lava lake, this is incredible!" β
Yan Tingting: "Yes, how can there be humans here?" What did they do? β
The fat man sneered: "Why do I look so kind, shouldn't it be a tomb?" Could it be that there is a big fight below! Ha ha! β
They also found that there were two passages on the left and right, one facing up and the other facing down, and Wu Xie said to himself, "It's starting to look a bit like a labyrinth here." β
Yan Tingting: "Can't stay here, the magma will come soon!" Which way do we go? β
Wu Xie pointed to the hole on the left that was facing upwards and said, "It should be up, right?" Magma doesn't flow to that hole, does it? β
But when they walked to the center of the stone room while talking, Wu Xie and Yan Tingting suddenly began to have headaches, the kind of pain that swelled and swollen. Wu Xie squeezed out from between his teeth, "Tianji Bright Stone!" "Four words.
Tingting, on the other hand, slowly turned her head to the hole on the right facing downwards and said, "That's the direction!" β
In order to avoid the lava pouring into the cave behind him, Wu Xie originally wanted to suggest escaping through the upward hole on the left side of the stone chamber. But the sudden burst of headaches and swelling of the two made them realize another very important thing.
That is the "Tianji Mingshi" related to the "Earth Restart" project, Yan Tingting and Wu Xie both clearly sensed the direction of the "Tianji Mingshi". But this direction actually comes from the right hole that leads deeper into the "lava lake", which is simply a point of no return! Once the lava enters this tunnel, it will undoubtedly accelerate its pursuit.
Wu Xie spoke first: "Tingting, this is too dangerous, do you still want to find the 'Tianji Bright Stone'?!" β
Then the stuffy oil bottle interjected: "I have to go this way." β
Yan Tingting replied decisively and firmly: "Yes, I think this risk is worth taking. Because there is a large amount of lava poured in, if you don't find the 'Celestial Bright Stone' now, it may be destroyed, and this is the last chance. If the clue to the 'free realm' is broken, how do we restart the planet? Sooner or later, I'd rather risk it for hope! β
The fat man added: "The hole on the left facing up may not necessarily be safe, and who knows how the road inside will change." Without an airtight 'inverted U' structure, sooner or later it will be swallowed up by lava underground. β
Wu Xie thought to himself, "Even if there is a closed 'inverted U' structure, it will be suffocated to death." He said, "I understand, since we have decided to do so, let's go as quickly as we can, and try to buy as much time as possible!" β
The four of them immediately continued to explore downward from the hole on the right-hand side, and this was more than just an escape. When the stuffy oil bottle entered, it was still customary to carve a mark with a knife.
Running all the way downhill, turning and turning, there were no forks in the road, and the floor and walls were all groomed.
Finally, for the first time, there was a fork in the road, Wu Xie and Yan Tingting relied on the strength of their induction to the 'Tianji Bright Stone' to judge the direction, and walked through the labyrinthine tunnel, while the stuffy oil bottle made marks all the way. After that, there was a very long passage, straight and endless, and several people felt that the maze was mostly over. But suddenly, they noticed a doorway on their left. In this case, I shouldn't have paid attention to other side matters, but there seemed to be some strange movement inside, as if it was still some creature. In such an ancient catacomb, what living creature would want to stay here when the lava erupts? Listening to that voice couldn't have been the guy who had attacked them before.
Curiosity is a human instinct, let alone tomb robbers, and they don't dare to leave any unknown hidden dangers behind them. So the four of them stopped, and crept back to the strange stone door.
Wu Xie held the "stainless steel shoulder blade" tightly in his hand, followed the stuffy oil bottle and the fat man and slowly leaned into the doorway.