When the footsteps were completely inaudible, we turned out from behind the boulder.

He Xuanya said: "Let's hurry up and get out of here, if there are any more Xihuang people or demon immersion bodies passing through this tunnel, there will be trouble again." ”

All three of us nodded. Everyone began to walk in the opposite direction from the group that had just left.

After walking a few steps, He Xuanya suddenly turned around and said, "Hey, why did you come with you." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and walked to the snake beast that was following the back of the group, stroked its long neck, and said, "The outside world is very dangerous, so you should stay in this cave obediently." I don't know if you're the only one here or if you still have your family here, but this should be where you live for a long time. You can't follow us out of the cave, at least not yet, because we still have important tasks to complete, and it's inconvenient to take you with us. ”

The snake croaked twice, revealing a sad expression, and a few tears rolled down its eyes.

He Xuanya hugged its neck and said in a heavy tone: "Don't worry, when we finish our business, we will come to see you, you have to take care of yourself, and when you encounter monsters and Xihuang people, you must hide far away, don't let them find you." Okay, here we go. ”

After saying that, I walked straight forward, and I looked back, and the snake beast stood in place, motionless, like a sculpture, and its eyes kept staring at He Xuanya, who was gradually moving away.

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We walked for a long time in the dark tunnel, and we didn't know if it was day or night outside, according to the time on He Xuanya's watch, we were separated from the snake beast from five o'clock in the morning, and we walked to the entrance of the tunnel at one o'clock in the morning the next day. In this way, it took more than 20 hours to walk.

When we got to the entrance of the tunnel, we were worried again.

I looked at the boulder of the house above my head and said helplessly, "All the difficulties have come, it seems that this last hurdle is not easy." ”

He Xuanya pondered for a while, then suddenly ran to Zhiyong and said, "Zhiyong, how did you get in?"

Zhiyong babbled and screamed in his mouth, gesturing for a long time. I just understood what he meant.

I asked Ji-yong, "You mean you were also captured by monsters?"

Zhiyong nodded.

I asked again, "You pretended to be dead first, and then took the opportunity to escape the clutches of the monsters on the way?"

Zhiyong nodded again.

I then asked, "Just escaped and fell into that big black hole?"

Zhiyong shook his head, made a running motion, and pretended to fall to the ground, and then drew an arc in the air with his hand, accompanied by "Woo woo woo...... Smack!".

I laughed and said, "You mean it took a while to run away and fall into the hole?"

Zhiyong nodded again and again with joy and excitement. I know that every time someone can read him, it is a great happiness for him.

He Xuanya said on the side: "That's not the same. ”

The hopes pinned on Ji Yong were also dashed. We fell silent again, and everyone thought of a solution.

We sat under the boulder, thought about it for a long time, and couldn't come up with a way to do it.

Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound from the depths of the tunnel, like a galloping horse, gradually approaching us from a distance.

He Xuanya got up with a grunt and said, "Everyone, pay attention, it may be that the Demon Immersion Body is about to come out of the hole." Hurry up and hide. ”

We scattered and ran away, each of us hiding in a dark corner.

When the sound reached the bottom of the boulder, I realized that it was not the Demon Immersion Body, but a large group of Snake Beasts, including the small Snake Snake Beast we had encountered earlier.

The little snake beast looked around and walked towards the place where He Xuanya was hiding.

He Xuanya walked out of the shadows, touched the head of the little snake beast, and said happily: "It turns out that you are not alone here, there are so many companions, then I feel much better, just now I felt a little unbearable to leave you in this hole." ”

As he spoke, he changed his words and said with a little reproach: "You little guy, why are you so disobedient, tell you not to follow us, why did you still follow us after all, and you brought such a large group of the same kind." You people will be terrified when they see it. Take them back with you. Just send us here. ”

As we spoke, the three of us came out of the darkness and gathered together.

The little snake croaked twice, lay itself on the ground, and pointed its head at its back.

He Xuanya said, "What are you doing here?"

But I saw its intentions, so I said, "Sister Xiaoya, why don't you understand what it means, obviously let me ride it on its back." ”

The little snake croaked twice.

He Xuanya said, "Oh! But where is it going to take us?"

I said, "Let's ride it first, it shouldn't hurt us anyway." Maybe they've found another exit. ”

One by one, the four of us rode onto its back.

At this moment, the snake beasts that came with the little man all fluttered and flew up from the ground and rushed straight to the boulder.

They flew to the side of the edge of the boulder, propped themselves up on the wall of the cave with their hind legs and tails, and then pushed their heads against the boulder.

Dozens of snake beasts held the boulder together, and after a while, a faint blue light came through the edge of the boulder.

As more and more light came in, the boulder was pushed higher and higher.

When the boulder was about a meter high from the entrance of the cave, the little snake beast flew up violently and flew through the gap between the boulder and the cave entrance, and landed outside the tunnel.

The little snake didn't wait for us to get off its back, and with a flick of it, it threw the four of us in the weeds.

Without looking back, it burrowed into the gap in the mouth of the cave again, and then the boulder closed with a "bang".

The four of us lay on the grass and laughed out loud.

For the first time in a long time, we've had a breath of fresh air. The air is filled with the fragrance of trees and flowers, and we can't help but feel a burst of intoxication. Although there is a smell of earth in the air, the smell of dirt outside is sweet, unlike the smell of dirt underground.

There is a half-moon hanging in the sky, illuminating the entire mountain col. Although the stars in the sky were slightly sparse against the moonlight, they still densely packed the entire sky.

The towering peaks around it look so handsome and refined at this time, and they are no longer as majestic as before.

Even the occasional strange beast chirping and birdsong from the hollow valley in the night is very pleasant to listen to at this time, like a welcome concerto that nature has dedicated to the four people who have just escaped from the cage.

In short, our hearts are filled with a sense of happiness and joy that we have come back from the dead.

After the joy, we felt the pain of the wounds all over our bodies, except for Zhiyong, all three of us screamed in pain.

At the same time, the whole body seemed to fall apart, and there was no strength at all, because we were tired to the limit after a few days of tossing.

After lying on the ground for more than an hour, He Xuanya stood up tremblingly and said, "Let's get out of here first, in case the monsters come out from under the boulder, we will be in danger." Go to the front and find a place to rest. ”

Zhiyong and I also got up from the ground, only the sailor was still lying on the ground and shouting, and we all knew that he had the most serious injuries on his body.

Zhiyong didn't suffer any major injuries, and he was a little stronger than us children. He stepped forward to pick up the sailor, and carried him step by step to follow me and He Xuanya slowly.

After walking for a while, we reached the edge of the cliff above the sky.

I looked down at the cliff, the valley was dark and secluded, bottomless, and the cliff wall was as straight as a knife and axe, and it was extremely steep.

He Xuanya also looked at the bottom of the cliff, shook her head and said, "In the middle of the night, I think it is impossible to go down to the bottom of the cliff, so I can only stay on it until dawn and then find a way to go down." ”

I echoed: "Sister Xiaoya is right, it is indeed dangerous to go down at night, it is better to rest here for one night and make plans tomorrow morning." ”

The sailors and Zhiyong also agreed.

He Xuanya said, "Then let's go." ”

I was puzzled for a moment and asked, "Didn't you say to rest on the top of the cliff? Where is this going?"

He Xuanya said, "How can you rest here? This is the place where the Demon Immersion Body must go down the mountain, and resting here is the same as resting on the edge of a boulder, and it is not safe. You have to find a slightly safer place. ”

I said, "From the mouth of the boulder cave to the edge of this cliff, there is such a short mountain pass, no matter where it is, isn't it a must-go place for monsters?"

He Xuanya said, "Then don't be in this mountain pass." ”

I exclaimed, "How is this possible?"

Because this col has a hole blocked by boulders at one end, a cliff at the other, and towering peaks on both sides. There is no third way out of the col other than to descend from the cliff or lift a boulder into the cave.

He Xuanya said, "You come with me." "Then he went in the direction of the mouth of the boulder cave.

After walking about half a mile, she stopped, raised her hand and pointed to the straight and steep mountain on her right, and said, "Look. ”

All three of us looked up at the same time, looking in the direction she was pointing.

I carefully observed for a long time, and then I found that at a height of five or six meters above the ground, there was a large area of neatly arranged and tightly arranged natural stone pillars. There was a small trace of moonlight shining on one of the stone pillars.

I thought about it, and suddenly understood what He Xuanya meant. But I just smiled and didn't make a sound.

The sailor looked at it for a long time, didn't want to see anything, and asked, "Sister Xiaoya, why didn't I see anything, what is on it?" ”

He Xuanya said: "You see, there is moonlight shining on the stone pillar in the center of the cliff, which means that there is a gap or hole in the mountain in that place, and I don't think it is very high, as long as you can go up, you should be able to go to the back of the mountain." ”

When the sailor and Zhiyong heard this, they both jumped up excitedly. The sailor said again and again: "Sister Xiaoya, you are so smart. ”

We climbed behind the moonlit stone pillars, and sure enough, we found a hole in the shape of a date kernel in the middle of the cliff, which was hidden behind several stone pillars, but it was difficult to find it on the ground of the col.

We went through the hole and found that there was also a col on the opposite side, but this col was much deeper than the previous one, a hundred or two hundred meters from the hole we were standing on to the ground of the col, but fortunately there was a narrow mountain road that led to the bottom of the col.