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Autumn Shadow was the first to lead the way, carefully examining the walls of the pit, only to realize that the walls were all stuck with stone slabs, the gap between the two slabs was not more than a finger, and there was nothing strange about it other than that. She pricked up her ears and listened intently to the echoes created by their footsteps, but she realized that the echoes had always been the same, but the positions of the echoes would change as they moved forward!

After another round of walking, everyone returned back to normal. Xia Yu could not help but curse: "What the hell! Why is this place so strange? "

"There's a trick to this!" "When we were walking just now, I deliberately listened to the echoes from the tunnel. I realized that the echoes seemed to have come from the top of the tunnel at the beginning, but then they seemed to have come from underneath. What does that mean?"

"This means that you are too nervous to even understand your voice!" Xia Yu rolled her eyes at Autumn Shadow.

"That's not right!" There must be a reason for Qiuying to say that! " Dong Han said.

"I understand!" If my guess is right, we should be moving in a large arc from above to below, which is why we are always back to where we started! " "Because the design here is very special, the slope is not obvious at all, so when we leave, we will not notice it at all. In addition, the stone slabs on the walls of the crater appear to be smooth and smooth, but in fact, they fit very well with the circular arc, which is to say, the top of the crater is almost parallel to the ground, which makes it very confusing. That's why we always think that we are walking on the flat ground, while in reality, we are continuously climbing and going down the slope!"

"You mean, even though we intuitively think that we're walking on a very smooth path, in reality, we're going up and down, and then we're going around in endless circles along this weird circular path?" Chun Mo asked.

"That's right!" "Because the stone slabs on the walls of the hole will rise or fall along with the slope, it gives us an illusion. That's why, it's hard for us to discover the secrets behind it!" Autumn Shadow said.

"So that's how it is!" Gui Wuji was suddenly enlightened, then he looked at Qiu Ying with a face full of admiration, "Since you've already seen through the mystery, can you think of a way to break this weird circle?"

"Pfft!" In one breath, Qiu Ying blew out half of the wax in her hand before instructing, "Everyone pull each other's clothes, form a row, and follow me slowly forward. No one will fall behind!"

When Gui Wuji heard this, he could not help but ask, "Could this be your idea?"

"I understand!" Autumn Shadow must be doing this to avoid those stone tablets from giving us a visual illusion. Maybe by using candles to find the exit we can't find, touching the darkness will make us find it! " Xia Yu laughed.

With her reminder, Chun Mo immediately pulled on Autumn Shadow's sleeve, Dong Han pulled on Chun Mo's sleeve, and Xia Yu pulled on Dong Han's sleeve. Gui Wuji tried twice in a row, but was too embarrassed to try pulling on Xia Yu's sleeve, after all, he felt that Xia Yu was a little difficult to deal with and wasn't too friendly to him. Unexpectedly, Xia Yu extended her other hand and pulled on his sleeve instead, and whispered: "Gui Xia, I'll leave it to you, you have to protect everyone!"

Gui Wuji was relieved when he heard about this. He quickly added, "Don't worry! If you have me as the backup, I will ensure that no mishap happens to you! "

As he was speaking, he suddenly heard another voice from the tunnel. The voice was a bit hoarse, a bit low, and also a bit weak, as if it was the voice of a person on fire that had been crying out for help after being thirsty for three days. The voice said, "Someone, save me!"

Once the voice was released, it immediately made everyone tense up. Xia Yu could not help but quietly ask, "Who made this sound? Could it be that he's not used to being a ghost just now? "

When she asked this question, her back was covered in cold sweat. However, she heard the voice continue to yell: "Hurry, someone come! I'm afraid of the dark!"

Hearing this, Xia Yu's scalp tightened, and all the hair on her body uncontrollably stood up. Just as she was at a loss for what to do, she heard Dong Han let out a sharp cry, "Ah, it hurts so much!"

"Ah?" What's the matter with you? Have you been caught by a ghost? " Xia Yu screamed.

"Where is the ghost?" Chun Mo was also very frightened and his heart was trembling!

"Don't be afraid! There are no ghosts here! " Gui Wuji shouted.

However, this persuasion was no longer effective. After all, true fear came from the heart and not the outside. When a person's heart was occupied by fear, how could they accept more thoughts?

But just at this moment, that creepy voice spoke out once again, "Why haven't you come over yet? How many more times do you want me to die? "

Everyone felt that this place was already eerie and eerie, and the boundless darkness surrounding it was actually like the shadow of an evil ghost. Even the echo in the wall of the pit had turned into the mocking laughter of the evil ghost. For a moment, their fear reached its peak!

A gust of cold wind blew over, making people shiver. Xia Yu couldn't hold it in any longer, she opened her arms and pulled a person into her embrace, panting heavily as she said with a trembling voice: "Don't hook me, I don't want to die!"

He might not feel any fear because of the gloomy and terrifying atmosphere, but because of how tightly a girl was hugging him, he felt his heart pounding. After all, he had never experienced that soft feeling before!

Perhaps, Gui Ji's heartbeat had a calming effect, or perhaps, that heartbeat easily brought Xia Yu back to reality. Xia Yu's body was no longer shaking as it was before, she tried to slowly sort out the situation, but suddenly, she heard a "pa" sound, and a spark suddenly lit up in front of her eyes!

Ah!" Xia Yu shouted out loud and quickly closed her eyes. She then tightly buried her head in Gui Wuji's bosom and said, "I don't want to look at your eyes. Go away!

Qiu Ying lit up the wax in his hand and then looked at Xia Yu in surprise. He asked, "Sister Xia, what's wrong?"

"Don't talk to me, I don't know you!" Xia Yu shouted loudly.

When Gui Wuji heard this, he couldn't help but push her shoulder and softly say, "Miss Xia, are you alright?"

"It looks like our Miss Xia has been scared out of her wits by this little demon! "Hahaha!" Chun Mo wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead and said with a smile.

Hearing Chun Mo's voice, Xia Yu suddenly felt that she had become a lot bolder. She subconsciously turned her head to look and saw Chun, Qiu, and Dong merrily staring at her from under the candlelight. She blinked and then asked, "What, are there no ghosts here?"

"What the hell? The real ghost is in your heart! " Gui Wuji bitterly smiled.

When Xia Yu heard this, she looked towards Gui Wuji, only to realize that she was hugging him tightly, causing her to blush in embarrassment. She hastily ran to the side, to the point where the other three girls couldn't help but sneer at her, but she couldn't find the words to explain her anger, after all, this embarrassment was too big for her!

Just at that moment, the voice from before sounded out once more, "Are you all dead?" Why aren't you coming over? If I could move, I would have flown over to look for you all, you fools! "

Although the voice was as terrifying as before, it sounded different under the candlelight. Everyone felt that there was nothing to fear about the voice but despair and helplessness. Qiu Ying could not help but become suspicious as she said, "Since the voice has reached this place, there must be hope once we leave. We must find the one who made it!"

When everyone heard this, they could not help but feel full of confidence. Therefore, they spread out and carefully searched the stone wall, trying to find the hidden mechanism!

However, this place seemed to be completely impregnable. At least, it didn't look like a trap from the surface. Everyone couldn't help but feel disheartened. Xia Yu angrily sighed and said, "What kind of trap is here?" I think this is clearly a dead end! We came in here in a daze, and even if we knew everything clearly, we wouldn't be able to get out!

Just as she said that, she heard the same voice from before, "You fools, can't you use your heads to hit the wall? You are all so stupid anyway, it's useless to keep your heads! "

When Xia Yu heard this, the anger in her chest flared up with a "teng". She no longer cared about fear and immediately opened her throat to curse, "Who the hell are you? Are you a human or a ghost? If you have the ability, then stand up and let me see. I won't believe that you have a genius' head! In my opinion, you're just a crappy mouth! "

The more Xia Yu cursed, the angrier he got. In the end, he placed his hands on his hips and stared straight ahead, thinking of the darkness ahead of him. He waved his right hand with all his might and shouted, "Get out here! "You cowardly turtle, you think that you're amazing just because you're trying to scare people by putting on a show here. In fact, you're not even a piece of dog shit!"

She scolded for a very long time, but that voice could no longer be heard. The entire tunnel suddenly became much quieter. Xia Yu couldn't help but turn to Qiu Ying and probingly ask, "Why is he not speaking?"

"You can scold him like that, but won't he die from your anger?" Autumn Shadow laughed bitterly.

"But he's too angry. He knows it's dark here, but he's still frightening. Serves him right to be angered to death!" Xia Yu said.

She was just about to say something when she saw Gui Wuji slapping the stone wall. 'Bang!' The stone wall suddenly opened, and a stone door appeared!

With regards to this sudden turn of events, everyone was stunned for a moment, then they were pleasantly surprised. Xia Yu couldn't help but loudly shout: "We can go out, that's great!"

"Don't get excited yet. It's hard to determine whether this is an exit or not." Gui Wuji poured cold water on the cave and carefully looked at the cave for a long time, "This is another passage, I wonder where it leads to?"

"Another passage?" Xia Yu was slightly surprised, "How many passages are there?"

"Autumn Shadow, should we go in and take a look?" Chun Mo asked.

Qiu Ying muttered to herself irresolutely before sighing. "It's a pity that the voice just now suddenly stopped. Otherwise, we would have been able to discern its location from the sound and be certain that we can go through this passage!"

Hearing that, Xia Yu felt awkward, but luckily, Gui Wuji continued, "Right now, there is only one path, we have no other choice! Even if it's not the exit, we should at least go in and try our luck! "

"Right, right. Let's go in!" Xia Yu agreed.

He immediately walked over slowly with the candle in his hand. Looking into the hole, he saw that the tunnel was very deep and narrow, so he couldn't see the end of it. She turned around and reminded him, "The road ahead is too deep, if we reach a bad place, I hope everyone doesn't regret it!"

"Stop nagging, go on!" As Xia Yu spoke, she appeared behind Autumn Shadow.

Qiu Ying had no choice but to enter. Afterwards, he led the way, his pair of eyes constantly watching the walls of the pit, afraid that he would miss anything out of the ordinary!

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, the passageway became much narrower than before. Only one person was allowed to walk through from the side, and the top of the head was also lower. If they continued forward, they would have to bend down!

"It seems like this passage is a dead end!" Autumn Shadow said with a frown.

"It can't be? If this is a dead end, then where is the path to survival? " Xia Yu tried asking.

"You bunch of fools! I've been waiting for so long and I'm almost bleeding, but you guys are still bumping around like headless flies. This is so infuriating!" The voice from before came in a low voice. It actually sounded even weaker than before. It seemed that they had indeed walked further and further away from the sound!

"Retreat!" Gui Wuji decisively finished his sentence and backed out. The rest of the people followed closely behind and went back the way they came. When they reached the end, they found that the entrance was long gone!

Xia Yu was so anxious that she kept pushing and knocking against the stone wall, and even used her foot to kick it, but none of them reacted. She couldn't help but curse in anger, "What the hell is this place, it's too evil, I'm about to go crazy!"

After she finished speaking, she finally felt her body go weak. Her legs went soft, and she fell to the ground, weakly saying: "Forget it, I will die here! This is still better than dying from exhaustion! "

Actually, she was not the only one who had such thoughts, it was just that the other people's desire to live had not been completely extinguished. Gui Wuji could not help but advise: "Miss Xia, you can't give up! If you give up, you might really not be able to get out! "

"Don't try to persuade me anymore, I won't move no matter what!" Xia Yu said with a bitter face.

"Xia Yu, stand up!" Qiu Ying shouted harshly.

"No, I can't!" Xia Yu said in extreme pain.

"You can do it!" Autumn Shadow stared fixedly at Xia Yu's face. "Do you still remember the oath we four sisters made when we kowtowed? In this life, only the master will go through fire and water, not live the same year as the master, but die the same day. If you die here today, how can we live alone? "

"I …" Tears fell from Xia Yu's eyes, "I've let down my master and all of you, but this damn place is too weird, I've had enough!"

"Xia Yu, stand up!" Chun Mo took out his short sword from his sleeve and placed it around his neck. "If you can't do it, then as a big sister, I'll have to die here with you!"

"No!" Xia Yu exclaimed and hurriedly stood up from the ground. "Why are you so stupid?"

"We are sisters, don't you remember?" Chun Mo asked.

"No, I didn't!" Xia Yu felt a surge of excitement in her chest, and an invisible power rose from the bottom of her heart, "Good! Since the lives of us sisters are as one, then I can't always drag you down. Let's keep looking, I don't believe that the heavens have a peerless path! "