82: Chapter 82: The Festival of Sacrifice (Twenty-Seven)

Tai Feng was still hesitating, but Meng Yu showed him with her actions: Just get it done!

Wiping her tears with one hand and throwing punches with the other, Meng Yu smashed the skeletons approaching her one by one, their bones caving in from the force.

The more she fought, the more skeletons appeared behind, constantly shrinking the space they had to stand in.

"Damn it! These things are too cunning," Tai You couldn't help but complain.

He now suspected that they had truly been lured in on purpose.

Looking at the remains below, he wondered if they had also been forced to jump down in the same way, eventually becoming one of them...

At this thought, Tai You shuddered.

He didn't want to die!

"Aren't you guys going over?"

In this critical moment, a voice suddenly reached their ears.

Upon hearing the voice, Tai You whipped his head around and saw Qian Ye holding her hong ling umbrella, looking completely at ease.

???

When did she come over again?

Didn't she see so many skeletons appearing here?

"How did you end up in such a sorry state in just a short while?"

Qian Ye looked at Tai You, who was covered in a mess, and was at a loss for words.

Meng Yu was still busy smashing the skeletons rushing toward her, ignoring the movement beside her.

The corners of Qian Ye's mouth twitched.

"If you want to continue, then I'll be off."

Qian Ye stretched and turned to leave.

"Hey?"

"Don't, save us..."

Tai You wanted to turn around and grab Qian Ye, but he froze when he saw the scene in front of him.

Then, looking excited, he shouted, "Meng Yu, Meng Yu!"

"What? Don't interrupt me while I'm fighting!"

Meng Yu's furious voice was laced with a hint of sobbing.

Tai You was speechless.

"Sister, turn around and look."

Right in front of them, a bridge made of stone slabs extended from the central platform.

Qian Ye had already returned to the high platform.

"Hurry, hurry, the platform is moving!"

Tai You pulled Meng Yu, who was still throwing punches, and ran toward the high platform.

A second later, and the extended bridge began to rotate to the side.

The skeletons behind them were still pursuing them, falling like dumplings into the mountain of remains below.

"Adding more bricks and tiles to their pile again." With the environment safe, Tai You returned to his usual flippant state.

Looking at the remains below, he was even in the mood to joke.

The next second,

"What the!"

"They can even do that!"

The skeletons that fell didn't shatter; instead, they headed toward the central platform.

Using their hands and feet, they began to climb up directly.

The group of remains below, which had been quiet, started to struggle to rise, spurred on by the few skeletons above, and began to sway toward the platform.

This led to the cursing coming from Tai You on the platform.

The skeletons below were climbing very fast, while the bridge on the platform was still in the process of moving.

The three of them stood back-to-back, kicking down every skeleton as soon as it climbed up.

As time passed, the once slow skeletons began to speed up, and countless skeletons surged upward.

"How... how much longer? I'm so, so tired!"

Tai You panted heavily.

Looking left and right, good grief, the two girls were something else; one swung her umbrella and knocked down a group, the other punched and smashed half of them.

...

It seemed he was the only useless one.

Finally, after repeating the action of kicking them down countless times, the bridge clicked into place against the stone wall.

It connected to a cave on the other side.

Seeing this, Tai You was moved to tears, and the three of them quickly left the place.

Qian Ye walked at the back. Looking at the countless skeletons below and the ones already climbing onto the bridge, she flicked a Little Red Lotus from her fingertips.

Instantly, massive flames engulfed the area, consuming the high platform behind them completely.

Inside the cave, it was no longer pitch black; there was a flickering light.

The further they went in, the more obvious the light became—a dark red glow.

"Thump, thump..."

"Thump... thump..."

"Did you guys hear any sound?" Meng Yu twitched her right ear, as if she heard something from the right.

"What sound?" Tai You pricked up his ears, but didn't hear anything.

Meng Yu was silent for a moment; the sound was still there.

"Thump... thump..."

"Thump..." Meng Yu simply described the sound she heard.

"Isn't this a heartbeat?"

"Are your nerves too tense? You're mistaking your own heartbeat for a strange sound?"

This made Meng Yu pause.

That's right, no wonder the sound felt so familiar.

It was the sound of a heartbeat!

What was beating?

How could there be a heartbeat here?

Qian Ye held her hong ling umbrella, her small leather shoes making a "click-clack" sound against the ground.

"Well, it's getting closer." Qian Ye grinned.

"Did you hear it too?" Meng Yu was eager to know if it wasn't an auditory hallucination, but a real sound.

"Shh, I heard it too."

"Thump, thump..."

"Thump... thump..."

"It beats with such power."

What kind of thing could beat so loudly?

The further they went, the clearer the sound became, and the dark red glow grew more intense.

"My goodness!"

Tai You widened his eyes; in front of them was a giant heart.

On its left and right sides, endless black mist poured out from the cave.

This heart was as tall as an adult, "thumping, thumping..." beating powerfully.

"I, we aren't really inside the body of some giant creature, are we!"

Only inside a living thing would there be a heart.

"My goodness, how big of a giant creature would have such a big heart!"

Tai You was still sighing in wonder.

Qian Ye and Meng Yu had already started walking forward.

Walking inside, there were still caves on both the left and right sides, exactly where the black mist on both sides of the heart extended.

Qian Ye and Meng Yu each chose one side to investigate.

Before long, the two returned to the front of the heart.

"It's all black shadows in there."

"Same over there."

"I suspect these black shadows are related to those villagers."

Qian Ye nodded; as it seemed now, it was indeed very likely related.

Assuming these black shadows were those villagers, they would lose control every night.

What could control them might be this heart in front of them.

The food hunted at night probably ended up being offered to this heart inside.

"What on earth is this village doing?"

"Do those villagers know what they have done?"

Meng Yu also had a pile of questions in her heart, but she couldn't get any answers.

"So what should we do now?"

Tai You spread his hands, looking helpless.

Unlike the helplessness of the other two, Qian Ye stared at the giant heart in front of her with interest.

The next second, the little flower in her sleeve moved again.

Staring at the heart in front, the little flower acted exceptionally excited—more excited than when it saw the black mist—its whole body swaying outside the flower pot.

"Mmm, mmm, mmm, Master, Master, big supplement, big supplement!"

Qian Ye was speechless upon hearing this.

"You're so young, what kind of supplement do you need?" Qian Ye plucked at its leaves, pulling it back.

"You better stay quiet and stop always thinking about eating, eating, eating."

"Sooner or later, you'll eat yourself into a pig!"

Qian Ye poked the little flower in her hand, her eyes full of disdain.