The gate was already in front of them.
“Fuck!” Chang Yin couldn’t help but swear, “This, this, this… Coming over? Coming straight over? Quick, quick, push the door and see if we can get out!”
Xu Xin reached out and pushed the door helplessly.
The door slowly opened, and behind it was a stone staircase corridor going up all the way. It was obviously the corridor leading to the ground!
"This... This is the closest we've been to the ground in nearly fifty years." Xue Lan's voice trembled a little.
"Mom, can we reach the ground now?" the little boy statue looked up and asked.
“Okay, it will definitely work this time…” Xue Lan took the little boy’s hand.
Xu Xin had already walked into the staircase. This staircase was similar to the one he had come down from, with a damp and moldy smell, and there were unlit candlesticks on both sides of the staircase.
When everyone entered the passage, as he expected, there was a "clang" sound behind him. Looking back, they saw that the door had been closed. Then a strong wind blew out from both sides of the door, and the candlesticks on both sides of the passage were lit one by one, until the light reached a place that could not be seen above.
Xu Xin always felt something was wrong, and a sense of crisis was gradually becoming apparent in his heart.
"Oh oh oh!" Coco on Xu Xin's shoulder suddenly became agitated. It pointed at the walls on both sides and above, and kept gesturing to Xu Xin and the others. Then it jumped off Xu Xin's shoulder, grabbed him and wanted to run up.
Xu Xin keenly discovered that the surroundings seemed to be too humid. It was no longer a matter of dripping water, but the entire wall was leaking water!
There is danger! There is definitely danger! And it has something to do with water!
"Hurry up!" Xu Xin shouted to the stone statues behind him, and then he took the lead in running upwards, stuffing various blue-grade fruits into his mouth. Coco followed closely behind Xu Xin.
"What's wrong?" Although Chang Yin and the others didn't quite understand Xu Xin's actions, they still quickly caught up with Xu Xin.
The floor was very slippery and he could fall if he wasn't careful, but Xu Xin couldn't care less.
"There's a high probability of flooding later!"
Before Xu Xin finished speaking, the sound of rocks breaking and water rushing came from behind him.
He looked back and his pupils suddenly contracted.
"What the hell! What the hell is that?!"
The wall below cracked into several pieces, and a torrent of water poured out from the cracks, instantly flooding the entire gate!
But what scared Xu Xin the most was that it wasn't just water that came out of the cracks, there were also groups of loach-like creatures! These loaches were covered with blood-red patterns, some of them were in the water, and they floated up with the water, as if as long as the water surface covered Xu Xin and his body, they would rush up!
The other part was drilling into the walls on both sides of the tunnel, making creepy cracking sounds and making the already cracked walls even more riddled with holes. The water began to flow out more violently, and the speed at which the water level rose was almost the same as the speed at which Xu Xin and the others were running!
"Run faster. Don't let the water cover your body, otherwise it will be over!" Xu Xin ran upwards with all his might.
Chang Yin swallowed back what he was about to say, "I'm not afraid of water." Those mutated loaches seemed to be specifically designed to deal with stones!
"Hold on, I'm going to stomp my feet!" Chang Yin shouted, then stomped his feet hard on the ground. A thick stone wall quickly rose from the tunnel, blocking the entire tunnel!
Xu Xin staggered after being kicked by Chang Yin. Looking back, he found that the tunnel was blocked by a wall. Just as he relaxed a little, a dense "crackling" sound came from the wall. Then with a "click", a loach was squeezed out by a stream of water from a newly appeared small hole in the wall. Then countless small holes appeared. The stone wall lasted only a few seconds before collapsing.
"Fuck! Stop stomping your feet and get up quickly!" Seeing that Chang Yin was still about to stomp his feet, Xu Xin quickly stopped him. His wall could not slow down the flow of water at all. On the contrary, the vibration of the stomping feet greatly affected their progress. The ground was so slippery that they would slide down if they were not careful.
Changyin turned around and ran upwards somewhat unwillingly.
"We can't absolutely not be submerged in water. Those mutated loaches can cause damage to stones. I'm afraid they are specially used to deal with us!" Chang Yin said to Xue Lan and the maid who were running with the child while running quickly.
Xu Xin cursed in his heart that this staircase passage was inhumane.
If there is only water, he has water plants (blue) in his hands that allow him to breathe underwater, and his pressure will be much less. As long as he is not too deep and the water pressure is too strong, there will be no problem.
But now, with these mutant loaches around, he could only run upwards desperately.
He doesn't want his body to be turned into a hornet's nest by the mutant loaches!
Coco and the cheetah ran very fast. Coco even climbed directly onto the cheetah's back. For some reason, although the cheetah didn't let him touch it, it didn't dislike Coco.
Xu Xin had the idea of riding a cheetah, but the cheetah's body was so slender and its endurance was so poor that if he took it with him, he would probably fall down after running a few steps. You know, the speed and explosive power of cats are gained through endurance.
"Oh, oh, oh!" Coco lay on the cheetah's back and looked back, anxiously urging Xu Xin and the others.
Xu Xin looked back and saw that the water level was getting closer and closer to them.
Under such intense activity, even with Xing's ability, Xu Xin still felt a strong sense of breathing difficulty, especially since the air underground was so turbid, which made him even more uncomfortable.
He looked at the four stone statues behind him. Xue Lan and the others had fallen behind Xu Xin for a long distance in order to wait for the long seal, but now they had caught up with him and were obviously faster than Xu Xin.
Xu Xin continued to run up at full speed, panting and asked: "... You... aren't you tired?"
“Not tired.”
"Not tired. We are stone statues, how can we be tired?" Chang Yin replied. He did look very comfortable, but his expression was also very solemn, with his stone brows furrowed. "But we are already running at full speed, and we can only go this fast."
Xu Xin gritted his teeth and chose to trust the stone statue that brought him out: "Can you help me hold my backpack? It really consumes too much energy to carry it!"
The backpack is filled with supplies, and even if the weight is reduced to 10%, it is still a heavy load.
"Hmm? Oh, okay." Chang Yin took a backpack handed to him by Xu Xin and put it on his back without even looking at what was inside.
"Let me get one for you too." Xue Lan's voice came, her voice was still so soft even when she was running at full speed.
Xu Xin gritted his teeth. The weight of the backpack really affected his speed. He had no chance to distance himself from the water level behind him. Even if Xue Lan didn't return it to him after he got out, there was nothing he could do.
"good!"
Without the two backpacks, he suddenly felt much lighter. After carrying the weight for a long time, Xu Xin felt his body became lighter. He took a deep breath, quickened his pace, and maintained the same speed as Chang Yin and the others.
At the beginning, the water surface behind them was still some distance away, but as they climbed, the width of the passage became narrower and narrower, and the water level rose faster and faster. They could even hear the sound of a group of loaches wriggling on the water surface behind them.
"I saw the exit!" A ray of light suddenly appeared in front of Xu Xin. He shouted and quickened his pace as if he was making a final sprint.
The cheetah running in front no longer maintained the same speed as Xu Xin and the others. It howled, and its speed burst out instantly, rushing upwards quickly. It probably hadn't seen the light for a long time.
Even the Changyin family around Xu Xin became excited: "Light, it's the sun! Oh my god! I can see the sun again!"
It is now daytime of the second day, so there is naturally sunshine outside.
"Don't worry about it for now, run faster, the water behind is coming up!" Xu Xin quickened his pace again. He felt like his lungs were about to explode. This feeling was much more uncomfortable than the final sprint of a thousand meters on the side.
The original spot of light became bigger and bigger, and Xu Xin could already see the clouds outside.
The cheetah was incredibly fast and had already disappeared into the passage with Coco.
The water level behind them was only two or three meters away from them. Xu Xin took three steps at a time and ran upwards madly.
"We're out!" Several people crawled out of the underground cave and saw the scenery outside. Before they could be happy, Xu Xin's face suddenly changed.
This is a dried-up lake pit! They are now in the center of the lake, and the lakeshore is at least four or five meters high!
"Quick! Hurry up and get up! Otherwise this place will be filled with water!"
The excitement of the Changyin family who saw the jungle outside was beyond words. At this moment of helplessness, they chose to follow Xu Xin's command: "Okay! Where should we go?"
Xu Xin looked around quickly.
"Boo!" Coco's voice came from a distance. Xu Xin looked in that direction. Coco was anxiously watching them from the shore. And that was where the slope was the gentlest, so they could just run up.
Water was already gushing out from the exit, and countless mutated loaches were twisting and rushing towards the five people.
"Go over there!" Xu Xin rushed directly towards Coco, and Chang Yin's family followed immediately.
The gushing water had already covered the soles of their shoes. Finally, when the group of loaches were about to bite Xu Xin's heels, they finally rushed to the edge of the slope, kicked upwards and escaped from danger.
Although they had not yet climbed onto the lakeshore, the lake pit was very large and the water level was rising very slowly, so it no longer posed a threat to them.
After climbing a few steps to the edge of the lake, Xu Xin was breathing heavily, while Chang Yin and others stood beside Xu Xin, staring blankly at everything around them.
The cheetah had gone nowhere, so Xu Xin opened the map and found that the light spots representing the cheetah were moving quickly around, as if it was reliving the feeling of running on the grassland.
Finally, Xu Xin laughed out loud and fell to the ground.
It’s finally out!