"Zhong Qingzhu?"

In the darkness, Shen Shi held his breath and shouted tentatively, there was silence all around, except for the "ticking" sound of water droplets dripping into the water from nowhere, there was no other sound, not even the sound of insects.

Alone, in this strange darkness, it seems to feel a special loneliness, Shen Shi is inexplicably a little flustered, and he is also a little worried about Zhong Qingzhu's safety for his uncertain fate. He still remembered the scene when he was carried around by the terrible torrent before he fell unconscious, and now that he was still alive, even he felt a little lucky to think about it.

But could Zhong Qingzhu's luck be so good? When they first met on the steps of the Immortal Worship Rock, Shen Shi still remembered that Sun You said that this girl was said to be a person with bad luck, uh, did you say so, anyway, it was quite bad luck.

Shen Shi thought wildly in his heart, and began to tentatively grope farther beside him, and at the same time, every once in a while, he called Zhong Qingzhu's name, hoping to find her.

Before, because things were too hasty and sudden, Shen Shi didn't even see the appearance of the entrance of the cave clearly, but vaguely remembered that the cave didn't seem to be big, but he didn't expect that under the impact of this huge wave of rapids, the water waves took them to the cave for a long distance and did not see the bottom, until he passed out.

Now in the darkness around him, he cautiously groped for a while, and suddenly fell into a situation like a blind man, which really made him very uncomfortable, but when he touched it, he roughly realized that he should still be in a cave, and not far from the puddle around, he could touch the hard stone wall, and the cave was not very tall, only about half a person high, he couldn't even stand up straight, he could only bend down and crawl and grope in the water. In addition, perhaps because of the rushing water, the stone walls of this dark cave were very damp, and there were constant droplets of water dripping, which was how the ticking sound was heard in front of me.

But Zhong Qingzhu still didn't hear back.

Shen Shi couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his heart, although he roughly understood the surrounding situation, he obviously knew that it was useless to know that he was in the cave, and Zhong Qingzhu's whereabouts were unknown and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, in addition to worrying about her safety, Shen Shi also had a little unspeakable fear of his future, could it be that he was going to die in this dark place inexplicably?

An inexplicable irritability rose in his heart, and Shen Shi couldn't help but grit his teeth and scold under his anxiety: "Zhong Qingzhu, where did you die?"

Before the words came out, Shen Shi felt a little regretful in his heart, shook his head with a wry smile in the dark, thinking that he was still not determined enough, and he would lose his temper so easily in this situation, and after sighing lightly, he was about to cheer up, and when he was groping forward, he suddenly heard a faint voice not far ahead:

"I—I'm here ......"

Shen Shi's body shook, and he almost didn't believe his ears, but although the voice was weak, it was very clear in this darkness, how could he hear it wrong? At that moment, Shen Shi's first reaction was overjoyed, and his second reaction was to subconsciously roll his eyes at the darkness, and said in his heart: "I called you for a long time and didn't respond, and I couldn't help but scold and actually ......."

But anyway, with this response, Shen Shi suddenly felt refreshed, maybe people are like this, even if they are surrounded by lonely and cold darkness, but as long as they feel a companion by their side, they will subconsciously feel warm and safe. Shen Shi immediately adjusted his direction, facing the direction where Zhong Qingzhu's voice came from in the dark, and shouted, "Don't move, I'll come to you now." ”

"Hmm......" Zhong Qingzhu's voice sounded a little timid, slightly trembling, and I don't know if it was because of fear or because he was injured by the torrent impact not long ago.

The sound of water gradually sounded, it was Shen Shi groping in the puddle and crawling forward, after the initial exploration just now, although he couldn't see the surrounding situation clearly, he already had some impressions in his heart, and at the same time, every time he advanced a distance, he would call Zhong Qingzhu, and when Zhong Qingzhu answered, he slowly approached her by sound in the dark.

The sound was getting closer and closer, but it was still dark all around, and the sound of water was faintly rattling at the feet of the hands, and the ticking sound was far and near. A moment later, his palm groped forward, and suddenly touched a soft body, and at the same time, Zhong Qingzhu's voice sounded in front of him, and his tone seemed to be filled with joy and excitement, and said:

"Brother Shen?"

Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, then grinned in the darkness and said, "It's me, don't worry, there are no ghosts here." ”

Zhong Qingzhu's body shook suddenly, but he grabbed his arm with his backhand, although he couldn't see her face clearly, Shen Shi could detect that she seemed to be very scared suddenly.

"Uh...... I was wrong. Shen Shi felt that Zhong Qingzhu's nails seemed to have pierced into the flesh on the back of his hand, smiled bitterly in the dark, and said in a low voice, "It's my mouth that is cheap, and I shouldn't talk nonsense." ”

Zhong Qingzhu seemed to gasp for a few moments in the dark, and then faintly calmed down, and then quickly realized that his hand was wrong, and quickly let go of his hand, and said, "Ah...... I'm sorry Brother Shen, I, I'm just scared, I didn't think about arresting you......"

"Call me Shen Shi. Shen Shi interrupted her somewhat chaotic words and said, "I'm not much older than you." ”

Zhong Qingzhu was quiet for a while, and after a while, he said in a low voice, "Okay." ”

Although there were several mistakes and omissions after this encounter, the atmosphere was not as relieved and joyful as expected, but was inexplicably a little embarrassed, but Shen Shi still felt a lot more relieved, after all, there was someone talking beside him, even if the surrounding darkness was still deep and cold, he felt as if he was not as lonely and terrible as before.

"Where is this?" After a while, Zhong Qingzhu asked in a low voice.

Shen Shi shook his head and said, "I don't know, but it should be in some underground cave deep in the cave just now." Uh, that's right!" Suddenly he became happy, and said, "Didn't you find your cave, you must know what is going on in this cave, how do you get out?"

Zhong Qingzhu's voice suddenly fell silent, and after a while, I heard her voice with caution and apology, and said in a low voice: "I, I just saw this cave by chance when I was picking shellfish before, and I didn't come in." ”

"Huh?" Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, suddenly deflated, full of hope turned into nothing, and was speechless for a while, and Zhong Qingzhu was also silent, and seemed to not know what to say.

After a while, Shen Shi suddenly came back to his senses, no matter what, he couldn't just sit here and wait for death, shook his head at the moment, cheered up, and said, "Okay, no matter what, let's go and see if there is a way out." ”

Zhong Qingzhu agreed softly in the dark, and then the sound of water sounded, and she seemed to roll over and get up in the puddle, but after a while, she heard her snort softly, and seemed to gasp.

Shen Shi was stunned and said, "What, where are you hurt?"

Zhong Qingzhu hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't know, there are many places on my body that hurt, but my left hand seems to be very painful here, and I can't use my strength." ”

Shen Shi frowned, but he didn't feel too surprised, when he woke up just now, there were at least a dozen pains on his body, fortunately, it looked like there were some large and small skin injuries, and there were no fatal injuries such as broken muscles and bones. But now it seems that Zhong Qingzhu is really a little more unlucky than herself, and her luck is not very good......

"I'll show you this, but don't break your hand. Shen Shi said, reached over and groped, and grabbed Zhong Qingzhu's arm.

In the dark, Zhong Qingzhu's body moved slightly, and he seemed to say two words in his mouth, but he didn't know if it was shyness or something else, his voice sounded a little blurred, Shen Shi frowned and said, "What did you say? Is it wrong? Do you mean that I pressed it wrong......?"

As he spoke, his fingers lightly pressed a few times on several joints on Zhong Qingzhu's arm and wrist, and after Zhong Qingzhu was silent for a moment, he said in a low voice: "It doesn't hurt." ”

Shen Shi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, it doesn't look like a broken bone, it's a skin injury, it's not in the way." ”

Zhong Qingzhu was silent for a while, and after a while, he whispered: "I, I mean you took my wrong hand, this is my right hand, and I hurt my left hand......"

Shen Shi's hand stiffened, and then slowly released the palm that was holding Zhong Qingzhu's arm, and he couldn't say a word for a long time, so he could only mumble in a low voice at the end, saying:

"Then you didn't say it earlier......"

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In the darkness, the sound of water sounded clearly, Shen Shi half-knelt in the water, groping and slowly crawling forward, and behind him, the sound of water sounded equally softly and regularly, it was Zhong Qingzhu following behind.

After groping and checking in the dark, Zhong Qingzhu's left arm was indeed broken rather unlucky, perhaps because of the injury when he was carried by the torrent and hit a hard stone wall in front of him, but in this situation, there is no good way.

In the end, Shen Shi could only casually tear some strips of cloth from her body, and tied some of them on her arms, so that her arms hung in front of her neck and chest, and no longer moved, and then found a way to heal her after she got out of the current danger.

As for groping for the direction of finding a way out, in fact, because they are in the cave, there are vaguely two directions, the front and back, but the surroundings are dark, and the two of them can't figure out which road is the exit.

It stands to reason that the best way is actually that the two of them should go their separate ways, one of them to grope in one direction to find, but after starting to look forward, Zhong Qingzhu followed behind Shen Shi silently, and Shen Shi himself didn't say anything.

Between the two people, there seems to be a faint silent tacit understanding, in this deep, dark and oppressive underground cave, the road ahead is boundless, life and death are unpredictable, no matter what, having someone by your side always seems to make people feel more at ease.

I groped and crawled forward like this for a long time, and I didn't know if this direction was right, but in the feeling of the two of them, this deep and narrow cave seemed to be bottomless, and the darkness was endless ahead, as if it would never end.

I don't know when the two of them suddenly stopped talking, and there was silence all around, only the sound of water droplets dripping from the stone wall echoed silently in this darkness.

"Shen Shi. ”

Suddenly, Zhong Qingzhu's voice came from behind him, sounding a little tired.

"What's wrong?" Shen Shi stopped and turned his head to look, although there was darkness and nothing could be seen, he could still vaguely feel her figure.

Zhong Qingzhu was quiet for a while, and then said faintly: "You say, will we die here?"