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The dark silver light at Ning Gu's fingertips slowly expanded, and its edge was approaching the Nine-Winged Mask.
"This mask cannot be taken off," Jiu Yi said, "I'm not lying to you."
"Why?" Ning Gu looked at him, "Will you die if I pick it?"
"Maybe," Jiu Yi said, "I'm not sure, I can only be sure that something bad will happen."
"Speak clearly." Ning Gu said.
"I can't explain it clearly," Jiu Yi said, "I can't remember clearly. I only have a vague impression of many things, good, or bad, acceptable, or scary."
"Why are you the same as Lian Chuan?" The light from Ning Gu's fingertips stopped. "Are you also a precursor test subject?"
"No," said Jiu Yi, "I am a bat."
Ning Gu can be sure that even if there is really no such thing as a brain, it probably won't have any impact on Jiuyi's IQ.
This brainless monster led so many people in the Lost Valley to fight against the main city. For so many years, the hyenas could not set foot in the Lost Valley. The brainless monster could even secretly cooperate with the main city to get survival supplies...
Jiuyi looks crazy, but he is not stupid.
He couldn't believe Jiuyi's words, even though Jiuyi looked calm and sincere now.
Lian Chuan was able to keep his expression calm even when he knew that he was just a pioneer experimental subject. Jiu Yi might be able to do it too.
"I'm going to take off your mask," Ning Gu said, "I'll say it again, don't move, or you'll really die."
"You really think you are Lianchuan." Jiuyi's metallic laughter came from under the mask.
But he stood still.
Ning Gu raised his hand and pinched the edge of the dog-head mask.
"Let me see," Jiu Yi said, "whether you are the savior."
Ning Gu ignored his words and hooked his fingers on the edge of the mask and lifted it slightly.
Jiuyi's face was warm, and he was indeed a living person.
But just as the edge of the mask was lifted away from his face, a few strands of dark red light surrounded by black mist floated out from under the mask.
This light is exactly the same as the dark red light in the cracks of the cave walls in the Lost Valley.
Ning Gu's hands suddenly froze and he looked at Jiuyi in shock.
"The poet is coming!" Fulu shouted beside him.
"It's the poet who didn't get into Dajiong!" Shouxi jumped up at the same time as him and blocked the entrance of the cave behind Ning Gu.
Ning Gu turned around and saw a large amount of the same red light wrapped in black mist appearing in the cave. They kept rolling and swirling in the air, gathering in wisps, and then constantly separating, slowly pressing towards the cave entrance.
"Let go," Jiu Yi said, "We are no match for the poet."
Ning Gu turned his head and stared at Jiuyi again. He knew that when Jiuyi said let go, he wanted him to let go of the mask, but he was just holding the mask. This action only required Jiuyi to raise his hand and press the mask back on his face, but Jiuyi asked him to let go.
At this moment, Ning Gu missed Lian Chuan more than ever. Only Lian Chuan could make all the judgments quickly in this situation without even having time to think.
Right now he can only rely on Lian Chuan's two words.
Win every bet.
You won’t die if you make the wrong choice, but you will die if you hesitate.
No matter what, Lianchuan is still in the cave, and it is not a good thing for the poet to come out at this time.
Lianchuan cannot be in any danger, not even possible danger.
Ning Gu loosened his fingers that were hooked around the mask and put the mask back on Jiuyi's face.
"Attack." Jiuyi jumped up and kicked Fulu and Shouxi aside in the air.
Ning Gu didn't hesitate and waved his hand violently at the rolling red light in the cave.
Several dark silver rays of light flashed through the red light, instantly tearing the gathered red light into several balls.
The black fog wrapped in red light suddenly rushed towards the cave entrance.
Jiuyi spread his arms and extended ten finger spikes. When he brought his arms forward, interweaving cold lights appeared at the entrance of the cave, like a net, sealing the entrance.
The black fog wrapped in the red light was swirling in the cave, unable to gather again, nor able to break through the net, but it did not dissipate either.
"Go call Black Ring," Jiu Yi said, "guard all the entrances and exits of the poets. If there is any abnormality, notify me immediately. Don't attack. You can't win."
"You go," Fulu looked at Suki, "I'll help here."
"You go," Suki looked at Fulu, "I'll help here."
"Everyone go, it's safe here," Jiu Yi raised his hand, "Don't bother me."
"Let's go." Fukuroku, Shouxi and others jumped onto the top of the spike at the same time and quickly climbed up the cave wall.
Ning Gu looked at the net at the entrance of the cave. After a few seconds, he suddenly turned his head and glared at Jiu Yi: "Open it!"
"Are you crazy?" Jiuyi was shocked.
"Open it!" Ning Gu rushed to him and grabbed his collar, "You sealed Lian Chuan in there! Open it!"
"He will be fine," Jiuyi said, "I conferred the title of poet, not Lianchuan."
"You locked Lian Chuan and the poet together!" Ning Gu roared.
"Lian Chuan is not in there!" Jiu Yi also shouted, "He is still in the poet's consciousness!"
"If the poet takes his shell away," Ning Gu's voice sank and became hoarse, "what if he can't come back?"
"I can just find him a shell," Jiu Yi said, "It's not that difficult."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Ning Gu's voice was almost broken. "I want that shell! I don't want any other shell!"
"Why?" Jiuyi pulled his hand but couldn't budge it. He sighed, "Are you afraid that other shells won't be as pretty as Lianchuan?"
Ning Gu suddenly raised his hand, and dark silver light instantly exploded above the two people's heads, covering the space between the sharp vertebrae.
"Neither Lianchuan's shell nor his consciousness can change." Ning Gu said word by word.
“… I was just teasing you.” Jiu Yi said.
"Don't tease me at a time like this," Ning Gu said, "I'll kill you."
"The poet will not move his body," Jiuyi sighed, "Qi Hang's body has been in the cave for so long, and he never moved it. I burned it. This is not what he wanted."
"Why did you burn Qi Hang's body?" Ning Gu narrowed his eyes and stared at Jiuyi.
"Fake savior," Jiu Yi said, "thinking that he could become a god just by finding the poet... Let go, I promise Lian Chuan's shell will be fine."
Ning Gu did not let go. He turned around and looked into the cave again. There was no change inside, but the red light wrapped in black mist did not seem to be rolling as fast as before.
Faintly he could see Lian Chuan, lying there, looking the same as before, with no black fog approaching him.
Ning Gu stared at Jiuyi for a few seconds and loosened his collar.
The dark silver light above his head slowly dissipated.
Jiuyi jumped onto the top of the spike, squatted there, and sighed.
Ning Gu stared at the cave entrance, and after a while he spoke: "Come down, I have something to ask you."
"Just ask," Jiu Yi said, "If I want to hear what you say here, I can hear it in my vertical hole."
"I need to look at you when I ask." Ning Gu said, "I don't want to look up when talking to people."
Jiu Yi jumped down again: "Ask."
Ning Gu looked at him: "What is your relationship with the poet?"
"I don't know." Jiuyi answered simply.
"Where's your brain?" Ning Gu moved closer.
"I don't remember." Jiuyi answered straightforwardly.
"I will now assume that what you said is true. You don't know and you don't remember," Ning Gu said, "I just want to ask you, you are not stupid, have you ever thought about it?"
"What?" Jiu Yi asked.
"You are the poet." Ning Gu said.
"Ning Gu." Lian Chuan called out softly in the darkness.
There was no sound around.
Lian Chuan was not sure where he was now, he only knew that he should be at the bottom of the water, in a hole at the bottom of the water.
And the place they passed before was real water. His uniform was still wet, and he could hear the subtle sound of water dripping on the ground.
Lian Chuan reached out and touched under his feet.
This is an artificially dug underwater cave with a flat and smooth surface.
The energy source of Lian Chuan's uniform has been exhausted, and the light source is gone, so he can only rely on his intuition.
Ning Gu was not in this cave. This was his first judgment. Years of training had enabled him to be aware of any living creature around him, even if it was dead.
If Ning Gu did not return to Lost Valley, he must have been taken away by some force.
He needed to find an exit from this hole.
Lian Chuan held his breath, looked around, and felt that the wall behind him was the closest to him.
He felt the ground, turned around and slowly moved backwards, and soon touched a smooth wall.
The touch of my fingertips was metallic.
This is a bit similar to the main city.
He tapped the wall lightly with his fingertips and moved slowly forward counterclockwise.
It didn't take long for him to determine that this was a circular metal room. At the height of his finger, there were no obvious entrances or exits.
Lian Chuan knocked on the wall twice with his fingers, and the echo was a little muffled.
He tapped the metal part of his uniform on the wall a few times with his elbow, and this time the echo was much clearer.
He walked towards the wall opposite to his left.
After knocking a few more times, I determined that there was a hole behind the wall slightly above.
Lian Chuan didn't consider what was in the hole or where it led to.
He just had to make sure he got out of this room.
Lian Chuan jumped up twice, found out the height of the cave top, and also found out that there was no button or other device in the empty cave that could be opened.
Then he retreated to the opposite wall, took two steps and leaped into the air.
Kicked accurately in the empty space.
There was a dull yet elastic "bang" sound, which made people feel uneasy in the completely quiet environment.
Lian Chuan rushed out and jumped up again, kicking out for the second time, landing in the same place as the last time.
Suddenly, a thin strip of light appeared on the wall.
Then the third leg.
The cracks in the wall were very neat, and the leaking light outlined a square frame.
When Lian Chuan was about to kick again, the cracked part of the wall suddenly fell off. A piece of metal plate fell to the ground, and soft white light poured into the room.
Just as Lian Chuan judged, this was a round metal room without any doors or windows.
Except for the square hole that was now opened, the entire room was empty.
Behind the square opening is a not very wide corridor. It turns after about ten meters and it is impossible to see where it leads to.
Lianchuan jumped into the corridor through the opening.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, he felt the flow of air behind him. When Lian Chuan turned around, he found that the opening had moved from left to right, as if it was rotating, and then the opening disappeared behind the wall of the corridor.
Although many places here seem similar to the main city, Lian Chuan can be sure that this is not the main city.
Walk along the corridor to the end, then turn right and there is a similar corridor.
But it was very short, only about ten steps to the end.
At the end of the corridor is a door that looks completely out of place with the style of the entire corridor.
It was a very light cream color, with a gold handle on it, and even a very ancient looking keyhole.
Lian Chuan grasped the handle and twisted it downwards gently.
The door lock made a click.
The door opened.
There is a room inside.
It has a completely different feeling from all the rooms in Lianchuan's impression.
For a moment he didn't know how to react.
Before he had time to see the specific layout of the room, the person standing in the middle of the room made him stunned.
Ninggu
Although the name was about to come out of his mouth, Lian Chuan still held it back without making any expression.
The person in front of him, who looked exactly like Ning Gu and was looking at him calmly, was not Ning Gu.
"Who are you?" the man asked.
Lian Chuan didn't answer, staring at the man's face.
"Come in," the man looked behind him and said again, "It's going to collapse."
Lian Chuan sensed something unusual behind him and looked back.
The corridor behind me is no longer a complete corridor.
The surrounding walls, the ground, and the ceiling were disappearing, as if they were shattered by some force. Starting from that end, the entire corridor was turning into pieces bit by bit.
Outside the corridor was a darkness that seemed to have no end. Countless fragments of the corridor flashed silver light, quickly flew into the darkness, and then disappeared.
Lian Chuan stepped into the room.
The door closed behind him.
He reached out to turn the handle again, but the person in the room said again, "It can't be opened."
Lian Chuan looked back at him: "What do you mean?"
"I don't know how you got here," the man sat on the chair next to him and looked at him, "but now that you're here, you can't leave."
"Who are you?" Lian Chuan asked.
"I asked first," the man said.
Lian Chuan looked at this "Ning Gu" and felt a little uncomfortable, but he knew that this should be one of the "Ning Gu" that Ning Gu had seen before and who looked like him.
"My name is Lian Chuan." Lian Chuan said.
"Lianchuan," the man thought for a moment, "I've never heard of this name."
"Who are you?" Lian Chuan asked again.
"My name is Ye Xi," the man said, "I think you know me."
"I don't know him." Lian Chuan said.
"Would you like some tea?" Ye Xi asked, "Or juice? Coffee?"
Lian Chuan looked at him: "Where is this?"
"Here?" Ye Xi stood up, walked to the table next to him, picked up a cup, put some tea leaves into it, and poured in hot water.
This was the first time Lianchuan saw tea in person.
Which generation of the main city's "Ning Gu" is this Ye Xi
"If you don't want to tell me what you want to drink, just drink tea," Ye Xi put the cup on the small table next to him, "I like it very much, sit down."
Lian Chuan looked around. The room was quite large, separated by an empty bookshelf in the middle. The inside should be the bedroom, and the living room outside was filled with tables, chairs, and several cabinets, all made of wood.
He sat on the sofa next to him.
"It doesn't exist here." Ye Xi said.
Lian Chuan's hand, which was reaching for the cup, paused briefly in the air, then he picked up the cup and slowly took a sip of tea.
The tea-flavored water in Lost Valley smells similar to this.
But it's not very tasty, with a slight bitter taste in the fragrance.
It doesn't exist here.
Lianchuan felt vaguely uneasy.
"Where are you from?" Lian Chuan asked.
"From where there is no existence." Ye Xi said.
Lian Chuan put down the cup: "I want to go back."
"Going back to your main city?" Ye Xi asked, "You can see it by opening the curtains."
Lian Chuan saw the curtains next to the bookshelf, he walked over, grabbed the curtains and pulled them to both sides.
A French window appeared before his eyes.
It was dark outside the window.
This room was the only thing that could be seen in the entire darkness.
"Wait a moment," Ye Xi came over and stood beside him, "You can see it when you turn around."
From what Ye Xi said, it seemed that the room was rotating, but Lian Chuan didn't feel it at all.
But then light slowly appeared from the right side of the window.
Lianchuan saw the light thorn.
I saw the main city wrapped in a ball of white light.
Saw the bubble above the main city.
Saw the flames gushing out of the main city.
He couldn't describe the feeling at this moment.
He seemed to be standing outside the world, outside of time.
In the distance is the main city, suspended in the darkness like an isolated island.
"You can't go back," Ye Xi said, "You are a bug that shouldn't exist in the first place."