Li Wenxi looked at the salt mines all over the ground, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and prepared to finish work.
"Is this enough?" She nodded with satisfaction and looked up to ask Xu Xin if it was enough, but found that Xu Xin and Ji Chaoyang had run deep into the mine again.
"Didn't these two people agree not to go deeper?" Li Wenxi stomped her feet, feeling a little dissatisfied and worried, but this mine was so strange that she didn't dare shout for them to come back.
No, they must be let out!
Li Wenxi thought about it, and while cleaning up the salt mine on the ground, he sent a voice message directly to Xu Xin, wanting to tell him to come out quickly and not stay in the deep place as it was too dangerous.
As a result, the voice call did not go through.
"Huh?" Li Wenxi was stunned for a moment. "What's going on? There is no signal in this mine?"
She glanced at the two people who were looking at each other against a wall, and called again.
Still can't get through.
She didn't believe it, so she looked at Qi Xuefei who was observing the situation at the entrance of the cave and called Qi Xuefei.
Qi Xuefei's watch vibrated. She raised her hand to look at the watch, then froze for a moment. She looked at Li Wenxi again, but the call was not connected. She raised her watch and asked, "What's the matter? You're calling me when you're so close?"
The distance between the two people was only about ten meters, so they could still hear each other clearly.
“Huh? Sister Xuefei can get through? Then why…” Li Wenxi turned his head and looked inside the cave.
Then she froze.
The depths of the cave had become empty. Without the trace of the two men and two beasts, the cave was extremely quiet.
"Huh?" Li Wenxi thought he was dazzled, rubbed his eyes, and looked into the cave again.
Deep in the cave, it was still empty.
Li Wenxi gradually opened his eyes and was stunned for two seconds.
"...Sister Xuefei, they are gone! All of them are gone!" Li Wenxi recovered from her shock and turned to look for Qi Xuefei. She found that Qi Xuefei had already walked over and was standing behind her, frowning and looking inside.
"I saw it, they suddenly disappeared." Qi Xuefei was also very shocked at this time.
She had been keeping an eye on the two people over there. Just now, in the blink of an eye, the two people and two beasts disappeared. Because it was very dark in the depths of the cave and she had not eaten the red berries, she did not see clearly what was going on.
She only vaguely saw a black object flash by. The cave was already dark, and that object was even darker, almost pitch black. Because it was only a moment, she couldn't guarantee that she saw it clearly.
She told Li Wenxi about this.
"A... black thing?" Li Wenxi looked deeper. She had eaten red berries before, so she could see everything inside clearly. She remembered that Xu Xin and the other person were standing by a wall on the side, not knowing what they were checking.
She took two deep breaths to calm herself down a little.
When Xu Xin was around, she could still act according to her temperament. But now that Xu Xin and Ji Chaoyang were both missing, she had to stay calm.
She took out a crossbow from her backpack and looked into the depths of the cave. "Sister Xuefei, let me go in and take a look. There must be something strange about the wall they have been observing. That wall should be the one Xu Xin just mentioned, the wall that emits a white light when cracked."
Qi Xuefei held her back and whispered, "Don't worry. It doesn't matter for now. They are not dead. Their names are still on the watches. They haven't turned gray yet, which means they are still alive."
"But… "
"Look, the white horse is still sitting at the entrance of the cave. It hasn't changed at all and its mood is very stable. This means that its owner should be fine now."
Qi Xuefei did not intend to let Li Wenxi take risks.
In terms of personal strength, each of the two missing people is stronger than them, and they also have a Silver King by their side, which is also considered a leader among intermediate mutant beasts.
If they can't solve the problem, even if they really find them, they will just die.
If it was a problem they could barely solve, the two of them, who had non-combat abilities and weak fighting power, would become a burden if they went there.
She told Li Wenxi about her idea. Although Li Wenxi was still worried, he no longer insisted.
Indeed, the two of them are not strong in combat at all. Even if they meet, they will only be protected.
"Sister Gui Xin's ability is still more useful..." Li Wenxi sighed.
She also wanted to have the same powerful strength as Wen Guixin. If she were Wen Guixin, she would definitely rush in with confidence to save people.
Unlike her, who wants to save people but is worried about becoming a burden.
"Don't underestimate yourself. Our abilities are beyond the reach of Wen Guixin." Qi Xuefei comforted.
"Um… "
Li Wenxi opened her watch and found that the names of Xu Xin and Ji Chaoyang were normal, which made her feel relieved for the time being.
"Let's just wait at the cave entrance for a while." Qi Xuefei pulled her out of the mine entrance. "If they don't come out after dark, we can go find them later."
“… These two guys brought us here, but they disappeared. How can we go back?” Although Li Wenxi said this, he had no intention of leaving and looked into the depths with a worried expression.
"There is a white horse..." Qi Xuefei looked at the white horse, "It's a pity that it doesn't listen to us."
"I hope they are okay..."
"Don't worry, they all have my healing medicine on them, so they will hardly die." Qi Xuefei comforted them. She looked into the depths of the mine, and a hint of worry flashed in her eyes.
The two stood quietly at the entrance of the cave for dozens of seconds.
“… I’d better not just wait here! I’ll be driven crazy!” Li Wenxi couldn’t stand it anymore.
She handed a backpack to Qi Xuefei: "Sister Xuefei, you watch here. This backpack contains the salt ore I just collected. There is a lot of it. Put it here first. I won't carry it with me. It's quite heavy. There are a lot of metal ores around here. I'll go see if there is anything I can mine. At least I can do something I can do."
"Okay, go ahead. I'll be the one watching over here. If there's any danger, we'll keep in touch." Qi Xuefei raised her left hand with the watch on it. "Do you have enough pills?"
"That's enough, Sister Xuefei. I'm leaving now!"
…
On the other side, in a strange cave.
“Boo? Boom?” Coco circled around Xu Xin, who was sitting on the ground with a dizzy head. Then she jumped onto him and nudged him with her little paws, “Boom!”
"I'm fine, Coco." Xu Xin rubbed his temples to relieve the dizziness, and touched Coco's little head with his other hand.
"嘤." Seeing that Xu Xin was fine, Coco wagged her tail with relief, and ran to the Silver King who was sitting on the ground shaking his head to ask.
"Was that a purple-black vortex just now? Did you see it clearly?" Ji Chaoyang was also sitting next to him at this time, holding his forehead with one hand.
"Yes, it is. It is a purple-black vortex." Xu Xin slowly stood up from the ground and responded.
Just now, after finding nothing, they had decided to leave the cave.
But at this moment, Coco suddenly jumped out of his arms. Xu Xin wanted to catch it but failed, and it hit the wall that they had been checking.
But at this moment, an accident happened.
Coco's small body did not hit the wall directly, but passed through it with a "whoosh".
At the same time, a purple-black vortex was generated from where Coco passed through and expanded instantly.
Before he could react, his eyes were instantly surrounded by a purple-black color, and all he could see was a purple-black color!
Then, the feeling of weightlessness invaded his whole body. He felt as if he was falling from a high altitude and experienced the feeling of free fall.
It was exciting, but so sudden that he almost screamed out loud!
However, this process only lasted for a few seconds, and then I could feel the ground under my feet.
In an instant, his heart, which was about to jump out of his mouth, felt safe.
But what followed was an incomparable feeling of dizziness and nausea. He couldn't stand and fell directly to the ground.
"What on earth is going on..." Looking at the unfamiliar scene in front of him, Xu Xin was really confused.
In front of him was a cave, similar to a salt mine cave, three or four meters high, a little damp inside, with the sound of water dripping from time to time. There were sharp stone pillars protruding up and down everywhere in the cave.
This is a cave!
Looking behind me, I saw the end of the cave, which was just an ordinary uneven cave wall.
Xu Xin felt dizzy again and felt that he was still a little unstable. He subconsciously wanted to hold on to the wall.
But thinking that the situation just now was caused by Coco touching the wall, he immediately withdrew his hand, but he stumbled and lost his balance, with one hand still on the wall.
This time, nothing happened, it was just an ordinary wall.
This made him feel relieved, but also a little disappointed.
It seems that there is no way to go back by the same method.
"You should have seen the vortex just now, right?" Ji Chaoyang stood up shakily, shook his head, cleared his mind, and asked Xu Xin.
"… Yeah, I saw it once. In the center of a tornado during a rainy season, there was a purple-black vortex like this."
At first, he concluded that the other side of the vortex was connected to other places, like a portal, and should have the same ability as his coordinates.
It was extremely dangerous behind the tornado's vortex. Not only did the wooden stick he stretched out feel a strong pull, but after being pulled back, it had also been corroded beyond recognition.
But where was this place? Was he teleported to the other side of the wall
Looking at the surrounding rock walls and a cave in front of him that was similar to a salt mine cave, with no end in sight and some curvature, a map emerged in Xu Xin's mind.
His current position startled him.
"... We are still inside this circle of hills, but..."
"But what's wrong?" Ji Chaoyang was originally looking at the deep cave in front of him. When he heard Xu Xin say this, he remembered that one of his abilities was map authority, which allowed him to see his current location.
"However, it's quite far from the salt mine cave, basically at the other end of the hilly resource area."
Xu Xin was surprised when he saw his current position.
He thought that he might just be on the other side of the wall, but he never expected that he had actually... crossed the entire hilly resource area!
If his current position is connected with the location of the salt mine cave, it is basically equivalent to a diameter of the entire circular hilly resource area, which truly spans the entire resource area.
He looked at the time again and there was nothing wrong. The transmission just now only took a few seconds.
"Hmm?" Coco ran back to Xu Xin's feet, climbed up his body, and wanted to climb back onto Xu Xin's shoulders. However, Xu Xin grabbed her by the scruff of the neck and pulled her in front of him.
The man and the little panda stared at each other.
"You little guy, why are you touching me!" Xu Xin was furious when he saw Keke. It was because of this little guy running around that they were sucked to this place.
“嘤…” Keke was originally a little dissatisfied for being picked up by Xu Xin, but after hearing his words, her little head and big tail drooped down, as if she realized her mistake.
“Forget it… Now that we’re here, let’s contact Wenxi and the others first.” Xu Xin shook his head, hugged Keke in his arms, and sent a voice message to Li Wenxi.
"No, I've tried. You can't use a watch to communicate here." Ji Chaoyang walked to Xu Xin's side and his voice became deeper. "There must be some secrets in a place where you can't use a watch to communicate. They are not allowed to be shared with others, so communication is temporarily prohibited."
The secret of the world
It seemed that he had only been banned from communicating in the dungeon, and in that dungeon, he did meet the Changyin family who existed before the end of the world and learned part of the truth about this world.
As for the underground world before, he didn't have a watch at that time, but he thought that communication should be prohibited in that kind of place.
"So, have we made the right decision this time?" Xu Xin was a little surprised.
"Indeed, this may be the place we are looking for."
They came here to explore in order to find out the truth about why there are so many people with special abilities in this area. Maybe they can find it now!
Hearing Xu Xin's words, Coco, who had curled up in his arms because he had done something wrong, immediately stood up his ears. He raised his little head and looked at Xu Xin, scratching his scales with his little claws: "Oh! Oh, oh, oh!"
"Okay, okay, I know you did that because you think there are good things here." Xu Xin touched Coco's little head and said with a smile.
So it was really relying on Coco's feeling to get in. If Coco hadn't suddenly jumped up, they might have been out of the mine now.
"嘤!" Coco also raised her little head and climbed onto Xu Xin's shoulders in two moves.
"Ah!" The Silver King had also returned to normal and walked to Xu Xin's side.
Looking at Ji Chaoyang who was standing nearby and looking into the depths of the cave, Xu Xin smiled.
This lineup is much stronger than when he explored the dungeon by himself, so there is no need to worry too much.
I just don't know what happened to the two people outside. I hope they don't get sucked in as well. Just wait outside. After all, if he encounters any danger, he still has the confidence to deal with it. Ji Chaoyang doesn't need him to worry about him, but I'm a little afraid of what might happen with those two people.
Those two are very important in the team, and we must not let anything happen to them!
After waiting for a long time and seeing that neither of them came over, Xu Xin and Ji Chaoyang looked at each other and nodded.
It seems that either the purple-black vortex will never appear again, or they were smart enough not to come in and chose to wait.
Either way, it's good.
"Let's go." Xu Xin took a step deeper into the cave, "Let's find the secret of this area!"
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