The passage extends forward and is a straight road, but there is no end in sight.
The torches in Ning Tao and Bi Mingzhu's hands have been renewed seven or eight times, and they have walked more than ten kilometers, but the passage is still extending forward.
"How long is this road?" Bi Mingzhu expressed her anxiety from the side. The farther she goes, the farther she has to go to come back, is just one of her many anxieties. In addition, there are landslides, falling wells, enemy attacks, unknown monsters...
Ning Tao was also very depressed. Before he came in, he was quite sure that he would find some answer in this passage, but until now he has not seen any answer. If that answer were compared to a person, he wouldn't even be able to find a hair on that person.
However, Bi Mingzhu's words pulled him out of his anxiety, and he also discovered a situation: "Mingzhu, do you know which direction we are going?"
Bi Mingzhu shook her head: "We have been walking in this passage for so long, and I have long lost my direction."
Ning Tao said: "We are heading towards the Holy Palace."
"Huh?" An excited expression appeared on Bi Mingzhu's face, "If your judgment is true, then wouldn't we have taken a shortcut?"
"You can say that." Ning Tao said.
Another smile appeared on Bi Mingzhu's face: "This is great. With our current strength, we can't cross that plain at all. But if we enter the Holy Palace through this passage, not only can we avoid those people , we can also get that new opportunity before all of them.”
Is it really as easy as she said
Ning Tao was not as optimistic as her, but he didn't say anything. If she is so happy, let her be happy for a while longer.
However, Bi Mingzhu ended her happy state by herself. After walking a few steps, she suddenly remembered something, her expression darkened, and she said: "Old Sui, if there is only one chance of rebirth, there can only be one person." What would you do if you could get it?"
There's that vexing question again.
Ning Tao didn't want to face it, but he couldn't escape it.
Especially this time, he was sure that the passage had extended to the bottom of the plain, and was very likely to go directly to the Holy Palace. Then he would soon face this problem, how to escape
"Why don't you speak?" This time, Bi Mingzhu obviously wanted to know the answer.
A bitter smile appeared on the corner of Ning Tao's mouth: "If there is only one chance of rebirth, you and I will take half of it. If we can't separate it, then I don't want it. I will give you the chance and I will find a way to go back on my own."
A smile also appeared on Bi Mingzhu's face: "Then I don't want it either. I'll go with you to your universe, or to mine."
Ning Tao held her hand: "No matter what, let's go take a look first and then talk."
"Yes." Bi Mingzhu responded softly, and simply took Ning Tao's arm and walked forward with him.
The road ahead is long, but you can walk without getting tired. The two of them talked, laughed, and moved each other along the way. Unknowingly, they were left behind for another dozen kilometers.
There is no passage in this world that is endless. No matter how long the passage is, it will have an end.
After switching to which torch, the end of the passage finally appeared in front of Ning Tao and Bi Mingzhu.
It was still a hole as dark as ink, with fibers of various sizes extending upward from the bottom of the hole. It was covered with blood and mist, and the exit could not be seen.
Ning Tao carefully observed the surrounding environment. If he hadn't found only one passage when he came, he really suspected that he had detoured through a large passage.
The circle circled back to the previous hole.
It was certain that he had come from one big pit to another, and Ning Tao felt disappointed. He was very confident that he would find some answer before, but here he still couldn't find even a hair of the answer.
"Let's go up and have a look." Ning Tao gave up looking for answers here, because there was none.
Now it seems that this is just a "U" shaped passage that leads from the bottom of the Holy Mountain to here, but what is above the exit is unknown.
Is the Holy Palace above this passage
Maybe, but Ning Tao didn't hold out much hope.
Sometimes the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. He had just experienced this situation. He dug into wood and made fire to find the answer, but he couldn't find any answer.
Ning Tao tied a torch to her arm and prepared to climb up, but Bi Mingzhu blew out her torch.
"What's wrong?" Ning Tao asked.
Bi Mingzhu opened her mouth, puffed up her cheeks, and blew out Ning Tao's torch with one breath.
The bottom of the abyss suddenly fell into darkness.
Ning Tao wasn't worried about the torch. He could get it done by drilling wood to make fire in a few minutes, but Bi Mingzhu's behavior confused him: "Mingzhu, what are you doing?"
Bi Mingzhu's voice came from the darkness: "Old Sang, we may reach the Holy Palace as soon as we go up. I don't know what situations we will face, but I have a hunch..."
Ning Tao followed the sound and hugged her in his arms: "Don't think wildly. As long as I'm here, I won't let anyone hurt you. I won't separate from you either. Didn't you say that if there is a chance for a new life? Only one person can get it, so we will find a way to go to my universe or your universe. The opportunity for rebirth cannot be separated, and we will not be separated. "
After all, he is a professional god, and he is very good at comforting women. Bi Mingzhu was so moved that she buried her head in Ning Tao's neck, breathing in his scent and feeling his heartbeat. Everything about him made her heart beat.
Ning Tao reached out and patted Bi Mingzhu's waist gently: "Okay, let's go up."
Bi Mingzhu did not let go of him, and whispered into his neck: "We will face those terrible situations as soon as we go up. I want to stay here with you for a while. We have walked so far, and you also need to take a rest. Otherwise, how can we face those ferocious enemies?"
Ning Tao responded softly: "Well, let's take a rest here... um."
Before he could say anything more, something blocked his mouth. It was the fragrance of flowers and plants, the breath of spring.
Beautiful things are always touching.
It was said to be a break, but things went in the opposite direction.
After a while.
"Mingzhu, let me tell you a story." Ning Tao said.
"Okay, what story?"
Ning Tao said slowly.
long long ago…
A hungry beast went out to look for food. It entered a valley, and suddenly it started to rain. It ran in the valley, and the rain wet its fur and made the grass muddy.
It ran very hard, but it couldn't stop because it knew there was going to be a flash flood and it had to escape.
It ran and ran, and finally fell in the muddy valley, foaming at the mouth and died...
"That beast is so stupid." Bi Mingzhu said.
"Yeah, it's so stupid. It won't die if it doesn't enter that valley." Ning Tao said.
"But its brave spirit moved me very much. I want to listen to it again.
You speak once. " Bi Mingzhu said.
"Want to hear it again?"
"Well, I like hearing that story."
"Okay, let me tell you again. A long time ago, there was a wild beast. It was hungry and broke into a valley..."
The story ends with the beast falling in the valley, foaming at the mouth and dying.
That beast is such a sucker.
After telling this story, Ning Tao felt like he was that silly beast. There's nothing wrong with being bored to death in the universe you control. I have to run out to take risks in this so-called real world and face these headaches. Isn't this stupid
"Laosong, I want to hear it one more time." Bi Mingzhu said.
Ning Tao: "..."
I really don’t know what’s so good about this story. After hearing it once or twice, I still want to hear it a third time.
"I was moved by the beast's indomitable character." Bi Mingzhu added.
Ning Tao had no idea, so he changed his posture and said slowly.
long long ago…
Beast pawn.
"Laosong, that beast is so stupid." Bi Mingzhu said in Ning Tao's ear.
"Yeah." Ning Tao's response was weak.
"But its tenacious spirit moved me. I want to hear you talk about it one more time." Bi Mingzhu's blue eyes were full of longing.
"Well, the beast is dead." Ning Tao's voice was also weak.
"How did it die?"
"It was starved to death before it even had time to go out to look for food," Ning Tao said.
"No, it's not dead. How could it die if it's so strong? Let me save it and bring it back."
Ning Tao: "..."
long long ago…
The beast dies again.
At a certain point in time, something suddenly fell from above the head and hit the ground with a dull sound.
Ning Tao, who had just finished telling the seventh edition of The Beast's Story, was startled and took Bi Mingzhu and hid in the passage. This abyss is at least several thousand meters deep. Even if a piece of mud falls from above, it can seriously injure people or even kill them.
The great co-lord of the three realms, the God who sent his children with destiny, was smashed to death by a piece of mud after telling the story of the beast. This will become a joke in countless universes and will make people in all universes happy for tens of millions of years.
"What's going on?" Bi Mingzhu's reaction was a little slow, but considering her own situation, this was normal.
Ning Tao lowered his voice: "Stop talking, someone is throwing something up there."
As soon as he finished speaking, something crashed down from the entrance of the passage, making a dull sound.
Ning Tao reached out and fumbled around and touched a ball of fibers that were tied together.
This did not fall due to natural causes. Someone really threw something down, otherwise there would not be fiber ropes tied together.
"Have we been discovered?" Bi Mingzhu became nervous.
Ning Tao said: "Probably not. Didn't we throw things into the abyss before, but we couldn't even hear the sound."
"That means the people above can't hear my voice." Bi Mingzhu said.
Ning Tao nodded: "You shouldn't be able to hear it."
Bi Mingzhu breathed a sigh of relief: "That's okay."
Boom!
I don't know what hit the ground, and the ground covered with fiber ropes shook slightly.
Ning Tao stuck his head out from the entrance of the passage and looked up, but he only saw darkness.