84: Chapter 84: The Festival of Sacrifice (Twenty-Nine)

"I know!"

Qian Ye stared at the stone caves on both the left and right sides; the skeletons inside were not much affected, and their general positions had not changed.

Qian Ye looked back and forth, discovering that the skeletons on the left side were on all fours, in a posture of crawling toward the outside.

On the right, however, those skeletons were in the motion of running inside.

Qian Ye pondered for a moment and decisively chose the right side.

Even if there was no exit inside, there might be other spaces.

The caves on both sides seemed to be enclosed by railings. Qian Ye aimed at the right railing, and the hong ling umbrella in her hand swept across it rapidly, snapping it in half.

Qian Ye's action made the other two understand immediately.

The three of them quickly entered the cave on the right.

After entering the cave, they did not stop, rushing straight inside. The vibrations behind them grew louder, but unexpectedly, the commotion here was very faint.

"Su Ye, it really has to be you." Tai You couldn't help but give Qian Ye a thumbs up.

Every time, it's a narrow escape.

Qian Ye smiled slightly.

Meng Yu walked in the front, not expecting that there was truly a whole new world inside.

Meng Yu walked for a distance, then stopped and pointed at the pitch-black passage ahead.

"There is a narrow passage hidden here."

Tai You stepped forward and stretched his head in to look. Good grief, it was truly pitch black; he couldn't see anything, so he couldn't help but step back a few paces.

Turning his head, he met Meng Yu's look of disdain.

"Truly useless at critical moments." Meng Yu's tone was full of contempt.

"I really don't know why you were brought along!"

"Why isn't it Jiu Jiang?"

Not knowing which sentence had provoked him, Tai You instantly straightened his back.

"It's just a passage! I can do it."

"It's... it's just a little dark... that's all, phew!"

Tai You lifted his foot and looked back at Meng Yu; she was watching him with composure, her eyes full of mockery.

"Ahem, I, I think..."

"Pfft, coward." Meng Yu pushed him aside and walked inside.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't see that coming." Qian Ye walked up to him, looked him up and down, shook her head, and then went in as well.

"Hey, hey, hey, wait for me." Tai You gave up on pretense; anyway, these two already knew his true colors.

What was a little more dark history? It didn't matter. Hehe, plus he had two beauties, one big and one small, escorting him.

It was fortunate that Qian Ye and Meng Yu couldn't hear his inner thoughts, otherwise he would surely have been beaten up.

He really had the nerve to think that!

——

Inside the passage, the space was very narrow, pitch black without a trace of light.

Little Red Lotus appeared very considerately, drifting through the narrow passage; instantly, the passage became a little brighter.

This illumination was fine, but suddenly Meng Yu lifted her head and saw dense, swarming things clinging to the stone wall above. Instantly, her scalp tingled.

She instantly bit her lower lip, suppressing the urge to scream, and goosebumps broke out all over her body.

Her pace forward became somewhat quick, and at the same time, somewhat stiff.

Qian Ye's brows twitched as she noticed her abnormality, recalling her actions just now.

She also looked up, instantly understanding why she had become like this.

On the stone walls on both sides above were dense insect cocoons, along with some insects half-exposed.

At this moment, they seemed to be sleeping.

Qian Ye watched Little Red Lotus moving higher and higher, seeing it jumping around excitedly, and instantly thought: "Oh no!"

The next second, she saw those insect cocoons moving, and the exposed insects also moving slowly.

"Run!" As soon as Qian Ye said this, Meng Yu moved as if she had received a command, advancing at top speed.

Tai You was still looking confused when he suddenly heard movement above. Something fell onto his head. He looked up and exclaimed, "Holy crap."

"Ahhh! Help."

He ran forward while brushing off his hair.

Little Red Lotus seemed to know it was its fault, quickly transforming into several little flames and burning its way forward to escort them.

They didn't know how long they had been running when they finally saw a dim light ahead. With one final burst of effort, the three of them, one after another, finally ran out.

"Huff, huff, huff..."

"Huff..."

"Tired, I'm exhausted."

"Holy crap, were those... were those insects up there?"

"Huff... were those... huff... were those all the children of that thing from before?"

"Damn it, it's too, huff... too disgusting."

"Hey, right, right, right, hurry, help me check my head!"

Tai You realized that after talking for a long time, there was no response.

He looked up and saw the two of them both tilting their heads at a forty-five-degree angle, eyes staring fixedly ahead.

What were they looking at?

The thought had just appeared when he was pulled away by Meng Yu, "Run!"

Tai You didn't understand why, and turned his head with some confusion. Seeing the thing in front of him clearly, his pupils shrank. He backed away in fright, his legs going limp.

In front of them was a super-giant insect like a small hill, and they were currently facing its nose.

At this moment, it had its eyes open, staring at them in anger.

As it moved, the whole surroundings shook violently.

Tai You came to his senses and quickly ran forward.

While running, he didn't forget to complain, "Oh my god, we weren't just inside its body, were we?"

Thinking of this possibility, Tai You instantly felt nauseous.

He really didn't expect that, damn it, they really were in a bug's stomach.

The commotion behind them continued, accompanied by wailing sounds.

Tai You listened to the sound; it sounded like pain.

"What's wrong with it?"

"Why does it feel like it's in a lot of pain?"

Qian Ye gave him a cold look, "You dug out its heart, and now you're burning its nose with fire. Tell me, if it were you, would you still be alive?"

After saying this, Qian Ye looked at him as if he were an idiot.

"..."

Tai You was instantly speechless.

He slowed down his running speed, glaring at her back.

Stop scolding him all the time; he'll really become stupid!

The commotion behind them grew quieter and quieter, and there were no signs of anything chasing them, so they all slowed down.

Tai You turned his head and saw a patch of red; it felt like flames were about to burst out in the next second.

As if responding to him, the next moment, with a "bang," a bright red thing burst out of the hole.

It rushed directly toward them.

Until it rushed in front of Qian Ye, the little thing finally revealed its true face; it was none other than Little Red Lotus.

At this moment, it was floating in front of Qian Ye, chattering and bouncing around, asking for credit.

"Hee hee, Master, I set it on fire."

"Aren't I amazing?"

A little point popped out on top of Little Red Lotus; if it had facial features, it would surely be very proud right now.

Qian Ye flicked the little point that had popped out, looking excited, "Hee hee, that's really good, well done!"

Qian Ye watched the white color turning red at a speed visible to the naked eye, bit by bit turning bright red from the inside.

Qian Ye looked at it, blinking her eyes, her gaze clear, "It really looks like a giant lobster!"

The two of them were stunned after hearing this, staring at her in shock. Seeing such a disgusting thing, she could actually think of food.

One could only say, it really has to be you.

The three of them stood not far away, watching helplessly as this hill-like insect was burned bright red.

The insect didn't even have time to make a big move before it was burned to its last breath.

"Why didn't you just burn it to death all at once?"

Tai You looked at it and felt nauseous in his stomach.

Qian Ye looked up, and suddenly a figure flashed by. There was deep meaning in Qian Ye's eyes, "Ah, it seems we still alerted the enemy."