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What is this? A voice came from an unpredictable place, Ye Liancheng thought he was talking, and after listening carefully, he realized that it was Zhang Kezhao, who only had his legs exposed, who was in doubt in the cramped passage.
"Hey, Zhang Kezhao. Ye Liancheng squatted beside him.
Zhang Kezhao's body has adapted to the closure and narrowness of the passage, the passage has a slight angle of inclination, he can keep moving forward as long as he slowly squirms his body, and it doesn't take any strength to do these things, the only thing he needs is the courage to fight against the darkness.
"Zhang Kezhao?"
"I'm fine, I just feel narrower. Zhang Kezhao blew hard, blowing the gravel in front of him to the front, and the sound of the stone rolling in his ears made him understand that this passage was not over so soon. He suddenly felt scared.
"Master Ye, can you catch my legs?"
"Yes! You want to come out?"
"No, I'm going to keep going. Zhang Kezhao swallowed a mouthful of saliva, saliva ran down his throat and into his stomach, clinging to the rough stone floor of his chest to form a brief undulation, and his back immediately pressed against the top of the passage. This time he was sure that his feeling was right, the passage had indeed narrowed inadvertently, he couldn't help but be distraught, and wanted to retreat with his own strength, he propped his hands forward, and his body moved back a little, but the canine teeth on the rough stone wall seemed to be intentional, and once he tried to retreat, these deliberately sharpened step-like barbs would rub against his body, forcing the painful forward to dispel the intention of retreating, like a free choice—forward, the narrow path, and the skin and bones peeled off when he retreated.
The most terrifying thing Zhang Kezhao can think of is that he is stuck in this passage forever.
What should I do? It's still too late to retreat, but the strange auspiciousness that I just saw sparked curiosity. He had just said "what is this" because he saw a strip that looked like a fragment of a human garment, but he could only hold his hands in a forward position, so he couldn't pick it up.
Zhang Kezhao felt that another reason why there must be something strange in the key points of the passage was that he felt the cold wind blowing in front of him.
Purgatory is an eternally fiery existence, how can there be a cold place?
He had always had this thought, and when he first felt the cold, he wondered if the temperature was too high to cause his skin to have an illusion, but after being blown by this gust of wind for so long, he was sure that it was indeed cold air blowing from the end of the passage.
After making up his mind, he continued to squirm.
Ye Liancheng saw that his legs had completely disappeared from sight, and hurriedly lay on the ground to watch the situation in the passage.
Zhang Kezhao's body completely filled the passage, and the outside of the cave was full of firelight, but inside it was pitch black.
"Zhang Kezhao! I can't catch your legs. Ye Liancheng stretched out his arms desperately, and Zhang Kezhao's feet were in front of him, which was out of reach.
"I didn't ...... ...... thing"
Zhang Kezhao felt that his head was squashed.
It stands to reason that the size of the passage is no longer enough for his strong body, but he still can't stop moving forward, and even he feels strange - why can he still move?
The cold became more pronounced, and his muscles could not adjust to the temperature, and gradually stiffened.
It was harder to move forward, but he still moved forward without hesitation.
It was a boring and depressing journey, and he imagined himself by touch—he should have been stretched and deformed by the passage of the passage, his arms shortened by the resistance, his legs stretched by friction, his brain and broad shoulders pressed into a long, slender one, like a man made of mud stuffed into a gap, and his whole body alienated into a crooked curve.
"Zhang Kezhao?"
Ye Liancheng's worry came from behind him, he couldn't hear it anymore, and his ears were quietly smoothed out at some point.
He wanted to back off, he wanted to get out of here.
It's so uncomfortable...... Two tears flowed from his slit eyes, and he wanted to stop, but it was as if a huge hand was pushing him forward behind him.
He passed out.
"Zhang Kezhao?" Ye Liancheng anxiously shouted into the passage, but there was no echo, because his body absorbed the sound. Ye Liancheng didn't know whether he was happy or worried. In the middle of Zhang Kezhao's advance, as a bystander, he vaguely felt that this passage was not simple, and it was precisely because of this that he did not stop Zhang Kezhao from continuing to move forward out of exploration considerations.
But now, they have cut off contact, and no matter how much they shout, Zhang Kezhao has not been able to give any response.
After a long time, the echo could be heard in the tunnel.
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"It's courageous, how did you get here?"
This was the first voice Zhang Kezhao heard after he woke up, or more accurately after he was resurrected.
He looked around sleepily, black rumbling, everything was only faintly visible. The voice came from directly ahead, and he could roughly see the outline of the speaker through the dark red light from an unknown crevice in the rock.
It was a burly-looking man, and he was standing, indicating that there was plenty of space here.
"It's ...... Where is it?" Fang Cai's adventure was like a dream, and he raised his hands, full and strong, "Where did I come from?"
"Behind you. The voice answered only the latter question.
He turned around and saw that the only light was coming from behind him.
It is an irregular round hole with a diameter of only about three palms.
"This is ......" He just came out of such a small space, which made him feel incredible. "Who are you?"
The man sighed, "How did you get in? ”
"The Bird Kingdom is dying. Zhang Kezhao is actually not sure, but Ross said that this war is in his hands, and he is willing to believe it.
"I didn't expect it to be like this. The man said in a tone of sorrow as if he had heard that the people had gone.
"Who are you?" he asked again.
The man chuckled under his breath, "I don't know what you call me, I'm a mountain movers. ”
"There are a lot of mountain movers. ”
"I was the first. ”
Zhang Kezhao was slightly stunned, he didn't sound like he was lying, but wasn't the first mountain mover crying wolf in the central mountain?
"That's not me. He saw Zhang Kezhao's doubts, "I set a trap and deceived the judge." ”
"You deceived the judge?!" Zhang Kezhao was shocked.
"Shhh ”
"Yes...... What's going on? How could you be in a place like this? This is the country of birds. Zhang Kezhao didn't realize that he had said the same thing as a mountain movers.
"There are two reasons," the mountain mover did not mean to conceal, and seemed to appreciate Zhang Kezhao who was able to find this place, "First, I want to avoid the judge and escape the arrow under the crossbow, the judge can't imagine that humans will hide in the bird country; ”
"Black Abyss......" Zhang Kezhao heard Ross say that there is a black abyss in the territory of the Bird Country, an extremely cold place - he didn't care at that time, where did Purgatory come from as an "extremely cold place"?
"This is the Black Abyss?" he rubbed his hands together, a little cold.
"You know?"
"I've heard some rumors. ”
The mountain mover nodded: "It's not here, but it's close, you can see it if you come with me." ”
"Wait, I have a partner out there, I'll call him in. ”
The mountain mover shrugged: "Okay, let him hurry." ”
"Ye Liancheng!" Zhang Kezhao yelled at the hole, "Can you hear me?"
As a result, echoes came from all directions behind him at the same time.
He couldn't help but wonder how vast it was.
"Zhang Kezhao, are you alright?"
"Come in!
"Here it is. ”
Ye Liancheng heard a loud earth-shaking noise from the north, and it seemed that another huge white-eyed bird had fallen. This war is probably coming to an end. He thought to himself, mentally prepared, and burrowed into the passage of the twisted human form.