The waiter removed his hand, stood up, smiled and said to the lamp:

"Get up, you can go. ”

Deng Ke moved his leg again, it was no longer painful at all, he struggled to stand up, but he was about to fall down again, and the waiter helped him.

"In the belly of an empty marlin, you have to be extra careful. With that, he let go of his hand and walked towards the shadows. The lantern swayed behind him, feeling like he was walking on a balloon. Was it in the belly of the fish? He must have misheard, he thought. But it didn't matter, now that his leg had been saved, the next step was to save his voice as well. He staggered after the waiter, and finally caught up in the shadows, but neither the waiter nor the keeper were there. Deng Ke panicked, he looked around, and there was nothing in front of him except a soft wall.

"Waiter!" he shouted, but couldn't make a sound. He turned around again and looked around, but there was still no one in sight. The waiter and the keeper just disappeared. What kind of world is this? It's all so strange, it's so strange! It must be a dream, a long dream, you have to wake up quickly. Deng Ke thought and pinched his face fiercely. It hurts, but it doesn't work. Holding his breath might wake him up, he held his breath and suddenly felt a wave of dizziness in his brain. Great, I'm about to wake up. He thought happily as the whole room spun around, and the lamp was slammed to the ground and rolled with the room. After a period of upheaval, the surroundings finally calmed down. Lamp Ke gradually opened his eyes, "What's the matter?, are you home?" he looked around carefully, it was still the same dark place, except that the wall beside him twisted and opened a crack, and a beam of light mixed with some water poured in. As he was thinking rationally about the reason, the soft ground had already pushed him into the crack, and then a huge impact squirted him out. He felt like he was back in the lake, and he really believed the waiter's words when he looked at the big patterned fish in front of him. The big fish turned around and swam towards him, and he fled in a hurry, swimming as hard as he could. After swimming out of the water, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the shore was nearby, so he hurried ashore. Turning around to see that the big fish was not chasing, he sat down on the shore and wanted to rest. The silhouette of a building could be faintly seen on the misty lake, "I'm not going back to the Guardian's Hall, am I?" thought to Lamp Ke, "Probably not, this building looks like a pyramid, with the spire facing upwards, and the spire of the Guardian's Hall facing downwards, just inverted to the shape of this hall." But where is this?" looked left and right, and behind him was a dead forest, and beyond the woods, you could see a towering snow-capped mountain. "Wherever it is, hide in a safe place first. Lamp Ke thought about getting up and walking towards the dead woods.

"Wait. There was a shout from the lake behind him, as if it was a woman's. Deng Ke turned his head in surprise, and the lake began to surge. Soon, a large golden-red fish jumped out of the water.

"Oh my God! This big fish can talk. Deng Ke was terrified and retreated again and again. The big fish twisted his body disdainfully, and a column of water spewed out from his back, and the top of the water column splashed, and Deng Ke saw a woman standing on top of the splash, who was as beautiful as a fairy, but her expression was very cold. She was wrapped in a turquoise gown, like a goddess in spring.

"You're the Lamp?" she asked, fluttering down to the Lamp.

"Hmm, how does she know who I am?" Lamp Ke's eyes widened, and he looked at the woman in even more amazement. The woman looked at the lamp carefully and walked around him. Lamp Ke pointed to his throat uncomfortably, letting the woman know that he was mute.

"Oh, I forgot, you can't talk. The woman smiled faintly and pulled out a glowing egg from her sleeve.

"How did she know I couldn't speak?" Lamp Ke was shocked, looking at the woman with a confused face. Still smiling, the woman brought the egg to the top of Lamp Ke's head, and Lamp Ke instinctively dodged backwards and covered her head with her hand. He never expected that his instinctive reaction would anger the woman. The woman was still holding the egg, her face became ugly, and her eyes were full of contempt and disappointment for the lamp. Deng Ke didn't understand why she was like this, which made Deng Ke feel very uncomfortable.

"I can't believe you're so cowardly. The woman lowered her hand. "Even if I really want to kill you, do you think you can stop it with your hands?"

Hearing the woman say this, Deng Ke's face burned like fire, and a feeling of humiliation arose. There was a hint of anger in his eyes, to support what little pride he had.

"Hmph. The woman sneered. "Are you angry, or scared?" she said, slowly approaching Lamp Ke, who did not back down this time, glaring angrily at the woman.

"Don't be afraid, the waiter asked me to bring you back to the mine safely, and he gave you a very precious gift. That's it—the Soul Cover. The woman lifted the haloed egg back in front of the lamp, who was so shaken that he could barely open his eyes.

"With it, you will be able to withstand all attacks, and no force will hurt you in the slightest. As she spoke, the woman tapped the egg twice on the head of the lamp, and the egg cracked, and a cold air flowed out, flowing down the head of the lamp Ke to the soles of his feet, and he suddenly felt that his whole body was covered in air. The woman threw the empty eggshell into the water, turned to the lamp and said again:

"You shouldn't have brought this, you know, you should suffer a little more, so you might be braver. ”

"Who wants to bring this!" If he could speak, he would have shouted out a long time ago, but now he could only stand there sulking.

"Alright, I'll take you back to the mine now. The woman closed her eyes as if muttering to herself, and her body began to glow green.

"What does she want to do?" thought to Lamp Ke indignantly, "Look at her like a firefly." Isn't it just able to shine? Isn't this great? Can you teach others at will? It's really ......" Just as he was about to grit his teeth, a great earthquake trembled, and the woman opened her arms peacefully, while Deng Ke fell to the ground. He struggled to his feet to get out of here, but the ground in front of him suddenly cracked, and he fell again. With a bang, a large gray bird sprang out of the cracks in the ground, and the world immediately fell silent. The big bird let out a long roar, spread its wings and flew towards the sky, and after circling a few times, it fluttered and landed beside the woman. The woman smiled happily for the first time, and she gently touched the big bird's hairy head like a loving mother. Lamp Ke calmed his beating heart and stood up, he could now take a good look at the big bird. The bird looks like a crane on land, except that its fur is fluffy and gray, and the top of its head is not as red as it is. On top of that, he was much larger than the cranes on land, at least twice as big.

"His name is Ash, and he's a very obedient rippling bird. Come and shake his hand and let it take you back to the mines. The woman touched the ashes as she spoke, and she didn't look at the lamp. Deng Ke couldn't stand it any longer, he went straight to the woman, grabbed one of the woman's hands with force, and wrote with his fingers in her palm:

"Can you let me speak? I want to speak. ”

The woman was startled and calmed down when she saw the words written by Dengke. She shook her head with a wry smile. Deng Ke did not give up, he wrote again: "I know that you can, this is the method that the waiter did on my neck, and you will also do it, so you will definitely be able to let me speak." ”

The woman shook her head again, and he held up the lamp's hand and wrote on it, "No, I can't. You can only live if you don't speak, you see. When you can speak, you will naturally speak. ”

Deng Ke was stunned for a long time, and then he began to write again:

"Why are you helping me?"

The woman smiled faintly and responded, "For a rumor." ”

Deng Ke didn't understand, he tilted his head to look at the woman, and the woman also tilted her head to look at him. Deng Ke shook his head helplessly.

"Well, whatever it is. If you really want to help me, please let me talk, I can pretend to be dumb and promise not to show my stuffing. ”

The woman shook her head, "You should go back to the mines." She pulled Lampke's hand in front of Ash. Ash bent his head and touched it in a friendly way, and the lamp smiled at it unnaturally. He withdrew his hand and wrote in the woman's hand:

"Who are you?"

The woman withdrew her hand. "You'll find out later. Ash and take him to the mines. As she spoke, she raised her hands and pointed at Lamp Ke, who only felt flickered, and the whole person sat on Ash.

"You're going to have to hold on, it's going to be going to be fast. The woman shouted loudly while laughing, and Deng Ke quickly hugged Ash's neck. Ash flapped its wings and ran quickly, and finally it retracted its legs and flew in the direction of the snowy mountain.

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