The chanting was very soft and faint, as if it came from far away in the sky.
At this moment, the ground was still shaking. The fatty and I felt as if we were in the middle of an earthquake. How could we have the time to listen to the incomprehensible song?
The fatty was still having a mental breakdown. Even though we were in danger of falling into the crack, he didn't care.
Left with no choice, I continued to hold him with one hand while my other hand tried to grab something to slow down our falling momentum. I didn't want to fall to our deaths.
After grabbing for a long time, I finally grabbed something that looked like a tree root. The fatty and I paused in midair. Unfortunately, the fatty was too heavy. Before we could stabilize our bodies, the tree root was torn off, and we continued to fall.
Fortunately, not long after I fell, I felt my body slow down. It wasn't as straight as before, but rather, it was as if I was rolling on a slope.
After a while, there was a thud in front of us. The fatty seemed to have hit something. Before I could react, I bumped into the fatty, too. Finally, we stopped.
It was dark around us, and I couldn't see anything. Rocks and dirt kept falling from behind, hitting me.
I didn't know where I was, but I knew we were in danger. I panted and gritted my teeth, trying to get up. However, the pain in my body made my limbs weak. After I got up, I wanted to call the fatty. But suddenly, my legs went soft, and I fell to the ground again.
This time, I didn't have any strength left. My head was still spinning, and I couldn't move anymore.
There was still the sound of rolling rocks and sand, but it was much calmer than before. I could faintly hear the faint chanting from before. However, the content of the chanting was more difficult to understand. I couldn't even understand it. Sometimes, it was high-pitched, and sometimes, it was low-pitched.
When it was high-pitched, it sounded like hundreds of birds singing, making people feel happy. When it was low-pitched, it sounded like an oriole singing at night, making people feel sad.
I didn't know how long it had been, but the chanting that lingered in my ears finally quieted down. My vision turned black, and I fainted.
When I woke up, I still hadn't opened my eyes when I felt my body aching. I couldn't move even if I wanted to. There was also a burning pain on my left hand.
Just now, when we were rolling down, I was holding the fatty with my right hand, and my left hand was grabbing everywhere. It was probably at that time that my left hand was cut by something.
At that time, the situation was critical, so he didn't feel any pain. It wasn't until now that the pain was unbearable.
Apart from that, the place where my left thigh was in contact with the ground felt cold and slippery. It seemed that the ground there was very wet.
I didn't notice at first, until something moved against my thigh, crawling up my thigh like a snake or an earthworm.
This time, I was scared out of my wits. I didn't know where my strength came from, but I jumped up and kicked my legs. After a long time, I finally got rid of that thing.
I was afraid that the thing would crawl onto my body again. I wanted to run, but it was completely dark around me. I didn't know which direction to run in. Moreover, I was with fatty when I fell. Now, it was completely silent. I didn't know if fatty was still here.
"Fatty … Fatty …"
While preventing the thing from crawling onto my body again, I called fatty's name. However, after a long time, I didn't get any response.
In the end, I had no choice. I squeezed the jade bracelet on my neck and called for Red Shadow a few times. However, she didn't appear. I even felt that the jade bracelet wasn't as cold as it usually was. I had a strange feeling that Red Shadow wasn't inside the bracelet.
I stood there and thought for a long time. Eventually, I came up with a solution. I used my feet to feel around and found a few small pebbles. I carefully hooked them to my side and picked them up. Then, I threw them around one by one.
While throwing them, I continued to call for fatty.
After throwing a few pebbles around, I confirmed that I was in a relatively open area. There was a slope on the North side, which was where we had fallen. The south side was very wide. I used all my strength to throw the pebbles, but they didn't hit the wall. The pebbles hit the walls on the West and East sides. However, the difference was that the West wall was very close to me, while the East wall was very far away. After one or two seconds, I heard the pebbles hit the wall.
Through this method, I roughly understood that I was in a tunnel that faced the North and South. The West wall was closer to the West wall.
From the pitch-black surroundings, I guessed that after we had rolled down, the gap above us had been covered. Otherwise, there would have been no light at all.
After confirming the environment, I calmed down a little. I felt my way to the West wall and used my feet to collect some pebbles. Then, I threw them in the direction where I had gotten up.
After throwing a few pebbles, I heard a muffled thud. It was obviously different from the sound of the pebbles hitting the ground. I was happy and hurried to call fatty's name. I called him a few times, but there was no response. So, I continued to throw and call him again.
After a long time, I finally heard a muffled groan.
I had never thought that the fatty's voice could be so pleasant to listen to. I was so excited that tears almost flowed out. I hurried to ask him, "Fatty, are you awake?"
Before the fatty could reply, I heard him curse, "F * ck, what the hell is this?"
Then, there was a commotion. I guessed that the fatty was just like me. He had just woken up and found that something wet and slippery was lying on his body. He was scared.
After a long time, the fatty stopped moving. He gasped for breath and asked, "Third Baby, is that you?
What's going on? Why is it so dark? "
Then, the fatty's voice became softer. I guessed that he remembered what had happened before he fainted.
I was afraid that he would be sad, so I hurried to tell him what had happened after I had woken up. I told him what kind of environment we were in. I asked him to be careful and walk to the West. Once he reached the wall, he would meet me.
The fatty knew that it wasn't the time to be sad, so he did as I told him. However, he kept his mouth shut and didn't say another word.
I didn't think it was a good idea to continue like this. After he walked to my side, I asked him what we should do next.
The fatty was silent for a while. Then, he finally said, "It's so dark. The place where we came from must be buried. But since we can still breathe, it means that there's oxygen here.
Didn't you say that there's a passage to the South? Let's go there. Maybe we can find the exit. "
According to the current situation, I didn't need to discuss anything. I knew that the only way was to go south. The reason why I asked the fatty was because I wanted him to talk more and not be too sad.
After discussing, the two of us held onto the wall and carefully walked forward.
Although it was dark, the road was smooth. The only accident was that my hand accidentally touched a wet and sticky thing on the wall. It felt similar to the thing that was lying on my leg when I woke up. It almost scared me to death.
I didn't dare to hold onto the wall during that part of the road, so I could only use my feet to move forward. Fortunately, besides this small incident, I didn't encounter any other accidents.
I didn't know how long we had walked, but the road started to twist. The fatty and I took a semi-circular route. Because it was pitch-black, we couldn't find our direction anymore. We could only follow the road and walk forward in a daze.
Because we had walked for too long, the fatty and I had almost lost all hope. But at that moment, a light suddenly appeared in front of us.
After being in the dark for so long, the fatty and I didn't care whether the light in front of us was a blessing or a curse. We were a little excited, so we quickened our pace and quickly walked towards the light.
What made us even happier was that although the light was very far away, it seemed to be getting closer to us. At first, it was only a dot of light the size of a soybean. But after a while, it felt like a candlelight in front of us.
After walking for a few more minutes, we finally saw it clearly. There was a group of people in front of us. They were holding a bright red torch in their hands, and they were walking towards us.
Since they could hold a torch, they were definitely human. They weren't the two monsters we had encountered outside. The fatty and I finally relaxed. We raised our hands and shouted in that direction.
In this dark and quiet environment, sound could easily travel a long distance. The people on the other side heard the noise and sped up, heading toward us.
When we reached them, I saw the old Daoist next to Old He. He was holding the torch that was the only source of light. Besides him, there were a few other people. Their ages varied, but they all looked young. They were the people who had dug up the grave with the fatty's father.
However, Old He, the other old man beside the old Daoist, and the middle-aged man whose arm had been torn off weren't here.
That group of people recognized us. The old Daoist asked, "Are you the two kids outside?"
After seeing them, the fatty and I didn't feel so scared anymore. We hurried to the old Daoist and told him what had happened after we fell.
Then, the fatty asked about his father's situation. "Did the old Daoist see his father's body after we fell?"
Strictly speaking, we were still alive because the fatty's father had sacrificed his life. Although we weren't sure if he could survive, at least we were still alive.
The old Daoist sighed and shook his head. "I didn't see the fatty's father's body."
Then, he briefly explained the situation on their side.
After they fell, the old Daoist was lucky enough to fall not far from the group of people. What was even luckier was that a car had fallen with them.
The group of people took out the gasoline from the car and poured it on their clothes. Then, they tied a stick together and made a simple torch.
After verifying the information on both sides, the old Taoist sighed. "I sensed the airflow here and thought the exit was in the direction you came from … Now it seems that we went the wrong way at the fork. Let's turn back."
Then, he said, "You two kids, follow behind me. Don't stray too far from me."
With that, he led us back to the road we had come from.
Not long after, we saw the fork in the road the old Daoist had mentioned.
As soon as I saw the fork, I understood why the old Daoist and the others had chosen the road we came from. I was afraid it wasn't because they wanted to sense the air flow.
At the other fork, the ground wasn't as flat as the road we had come from. There were some short stone pillars erected on the ground. They seemed to be arranged in a messy, unknown pattern.
What was even more different was that there were actually a few egg-sized beads embedded in the rock wall around the fork in the road. They emitted a faint light, causing people to feel a chill in their hearts. It was as if this place led to the Yellow Springs of the Nine Nether.
Not to mention that the old Daoist was a very capable person, even an ordinary person could tell that this cave entrance couldn't be entered easily.
"Liu Dayi, light the torch. We're going to check first."
The old Daoist gave his order.
Then, someone lit a fire with a lighter. A young man walked out with a newly lit torch.
The old Daoist had great prestige. After he gave his order, the young man didn't dare to disobey. He braced himself and walked in.
It was strange. The young man was holding a torch, and the cave was decorated with pearls. However, as soon as he walked in, he disappeared from our sight.
Then, before we could react, we heard a blood-curdling scream coming from the cave.