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Chapter 510 - 501: Come Out

Chapter 510: Chapter 501: Come Out

The collapse below naturally alerted those above.

The entire hall swayed left and right, with sporadic stones unexpectedly falling from above.

As soon as Xu Zhao steadied himself, he quickly led people to the hole at the bottom of the pool to assist.

If he couldn’t even save his own employers, the failure of the task would be the least of his worries; he dared not imagine the consequences.

Even Yin Chong and the others standing in the corner couldn’t attend to the situation immediately.

Fortunately, before he dove in without hesitation, a few beams of flashlight light came from the hole, which somewhat eased his mind. He shouted loudly, "How are you guys?"

"We’re fine, how’s it above?"

"The ground has started collapsing, stones are falling from above, you need to hurry."

"Okay, almost there."

Jiang Lingxi grasped the hand Shen Yunqing offered, and with a boost, leapt onto the surface. Outside, it was already as if an earthquake had occurred, with rubble scattered everywhere in disarray.

Several members of the Changcang Sect, heavily injured, were struck by falling stones and killed as they couldn’t dodge in time.

Wu Jue, who was the last to climb up, glanced over, put his hands together, and chanted a Buddhist prayer.

The next second, there was a rumbling sound behind them as the hole they just climbed up from completely collapsed and sealed shut, causing the entire Black Pond to sink down.

Simultaneously, the whole hall shook violently as if it had Parkinson’s disease.

Xu Zhao wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, "We need to leave immediately!"

No one disagreed with this proposal; the hall looked on the verge of collapse.

As for the creature that appeared earlier, no one had the mind to catch it for research now; survival was the priority!

Everyone dodged the falling stones while quickly retreating along the path they came from.

As Yun Yi was running, his trouser leg was suddenly yanked, almost causing him to fall, frightening him into a cold sweat.

He thought he had caught onto something accidentally, and looked down to see Lian Lian clutching his trouser leg, "Save me, take me with you, please, Yun Yi, I don’t want to die here!"

Yun Yi truly hadn’t paid attention to Lian Lian and Li Yan, especially during such a critical escape. He was about to kick her away, but caught a glimpse of her bulging belly and hesitated.

Although this journey had made him witness death firsthand, the deceased deserved it. He couldn’t ignore someone who was pregnant.

Hesitating for just a second, Xu Zhao, who was behind him, directly instructed his team, "One person carries one, maintain the pace."

In his view, saving two ordinary people who were not part of the Changcang Sect was essential. Even if they were guilty, they could deal with it once they got out.

Two team members immediately ran over, efficiently hoisting the people onto their backs, and continued running with the group.

They sprinted through a concealed passageway all the way to the Ming Hall, where they finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

However, they soon felt this hall also swaying slightly, although not as significantly, it was still not negligible.

"Squeak!"

Following the sound, everyone saw the little green-eyed creature squatting on their luggage placed there, visibly agitated.

Wu Jue’s expression turned somber, "A pull on a hair moves the whole body; we need to get out quickly."

The entire Underground Ancient Tomb was about to collapse!

Everyone swallowed their words and quickly grabbed the necessary luggage.

Wu Jue extinguished the fire in the hall last, "I’m counting on you, little one!"

Before the person next to Wu Jue could understand the meaning, the green-eyed little creature had already darted far away.

"Quick, follow it!"

What followed was simultaneous running and collapsing.

The scene could be called spectacular, but at this moment, no one running forward at full speed had the mind to look back at the spectacle.

They kept crawling into a hole one by one.

Jiang Lingxi, upon seeing the interior with a flashlight, remarked, "Is this that petrified tree? No, this one seems thicker."

Wu Jue’s voice came from behind, "It’s a twin tree, this one should lead to the exit."

The petrified tree was extraordinarily hard; once inside, everyone could breathe a bit easier. Shen Yunqing glanced back at him, "Should?"

"Ahem, isn’t that little one leading the way? There’s a greater possibility it’s leading us to a way out, but I can’t guarantee it absolutely, though I can largely guarantee it."

After hearing his explanation, everyone: "..."

What else could they do now that they had followed this far but to keep following anyway?

They climbed non-stop upwards; at first, there were steps carved out, but later, only grooves that barely fit half a foot were left, turning their ascent from climbing ladders to rock climbing.

Fortunately, after a short climb, Zhang Ying, who was at the top, suddenly cried out in surprise and joy, "I see light leaking from outside!"

The people below immediately felt a surge of energy.

Everyone continued climbing upwards with renewed vigor, except for one figure that stopped.

As Jiang Lingxi crawled past, she glanced at the little green-eyed creature, seeing it looking up at the little bit of light leaking from above, but it quickly shrank back as if pricked.

"Wu Jue."

"Hmm?"

"Isn’t this little guy unable to go out?"

After a moment of silence, Wu Jue replied, "It’s of the utmost yin; sunlight is deadly to it."

As he passed the little creature, Wu Jue freed one hand, patted its head, then rummaged in his pocket, finally taking out a shriveled, blackened banana and handing it over, "Eat, it’s the last one."

Jiang Lingxi looked down at it, wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.

More than ten minutes later.

Over twenty people lay sprawled under a shriveled tree, its trunk still standing, too exhausted to say a word.

After a while, Jiang Lingxi sat up, took the water Shen Yunqing handed over after sitting up first, and drank a few sips slowly, finally feeling some relief from her burning lungs.

She looked up at what she thought was a tree trunk, which was actually just a branch of the petrified tree, and remarked, "I didn’t expect the petrified trees underground to extend above ground."

Even with an internal space leading underground.

But now, the underground was probably a complete mess.

"Those people from the Changcang Sect, unless there were surprises, are probably buried underground, right?"

Wu Jue, who was sitting cross-legged resting, trembled slightly at her words, his lips moved a little, but in the end, he said nothing.

Xu Zhao slid down from the sand dune on one side, "I just checked, our previous camp is now to our south, about a mile away."

Yun Yi struggled a bit but failed to stand with his legs turned into noodles after relaxing, and quickly said feebly at hearing that: "Let’s rest a bit more, please, please!"

So he was dragged along.

This time it took nearly a quarter hour to walk back to the camp.

The tents were still there, but they had been blown askew by the wind over these days.

They briefly tidied up before going in.

Before entering the tent, Jiang Lingxi turned her head to look at the neighboring camp.

It was silent as a tomb.

After turning back, behind the tent flap was the comfortable sleeping bag Shen Yunqing had already laid out.

"Rest first."

"Mm."

Closing the tent door, lying in the sleeping bag, shielding against wind and sand, it wasn’t long before they were sound asleep.

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