55: Chapter 55 The Sleeping Dragon? A False Alarm

Ye Xing kept urging Su Chen to leave quickly from the side.

However, Su Chen's gaze remained fixed on the massive object below, lost in thought.

"Ye Xing, Su Chen, are you two okay?"

Captain Song Lei's anxious voice came from above.

Originally, seeing Su Chen save Ye Xing had made him breathe a sigh of relief.

But after waiting for a long time without them coming up, he thought something unexpected had happened.

Or perhaps, Ye Xing's injury was very serious.

Ye Xing hurriedly looked up and gestured for Captain Song Lei to be quiet.

At the same time, he pointed downwards.

Captain Song Lei and the others looked blank, and could only look in the direction Ye Xing was pointing.

And when their eyes focused and they clearly saw the thing at the bottom of the canyon,

Their expressions all changed.

"Wh-what is this thing?" Tang Xiao asked, her voice trembling.

"It looks like a black... dragon." Wang Yi's tone was full of uncertainty and surprise.

"A dragon? Fortune Teller, what kind of joke are you making? How could there be dragons in this world!" Cao Hua swallowed hard and said.

"How can you be sure there aren't? Don't forget, we are inside the Ancient Tomb of the Heavenly Dao Game. If the Heavenly Dao Game can exist, why can't a dragon?" Wang Yi retorted.

The others fell silent.

Wang Yi's words left them unable to refute.

"Then... is the dragon good or bad? Will it... will it hurt us?" Tang Xiao asked again.

Wang Yi was silent for a moment.

"Regardless of whether it is good or bad, it is a carnivore."

"It looks like it's hibernating right now. Once it's woken up, with an empty stomach, it will immediately start hunting for food!"

"In that case, we would become food delivered right to its mouth."

These words made Captain Song Lei and the others' hearts tremble.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's run quickly," Cao Hua said.

"Ye Xing and Su Chen are still down there. How can we run away by ourselves?" Captain Song Lei said.

"That's right. Ye Xing might be injured, we can't abandon them and flee for our lives. But... what is Su Chen doing? Why hasn't he come up yet?" Wang Yi's tone was filled with anxiety.

"Su Chen... Su Chen, what are you doing? Come back quickly!"

Ye Xing's voice drifted faintly from above.

Everyone hurriedly looked down and saw that Su Chen was currently heading down the slope.

Is he planning to observe that "Black Dragon" up close?

This thought made Captain Song Lei and the others' scalps tingle.

Has Su Chen gone crazy? Facing an unknown creature that might be a "dragon," not running away immediately is one thing.

But to actively approach it!

However... based on their usual understanding of Su Chen, he is not the type of person to act impulsively without regard for his own safety.

Therefore, there must be a reason for his behavior.

What could it be...

...

"Su Chen, come back quickly, don't stir up trouble."

"Watching Su Chen approach that thing, my heart rate is uncontrollable, it feels like it's about to jump out."

"That's right, it's really too nerve-wracking. It feels like I'm the one approaching that monster."

"Is it possible that Su Chen realized this thing is already dead, which is why he went down?"

"Even if it's dead, there's no need to go down and check, right? Could it be that Su Chen discovered some very important treasure on this thing?"

"That can't be it, right? Who would just carelessly discard their treasure in a canyon!"

...

"Haha, I pray that this thing is a sleeping dragon, and that it wakes up soon."

"These Dragon Country people won't be wiped out so quickly, will they? That would truly be gratifying."

"This Su Chen is really too stupid. If he had retreated quickly just now, he might have had a chance of winning, but now he insists on courting death, so he can't blame anyone else."

"I am already prepared to welcome the notification of their failure. Let this moment come quickly."

"Great Dragon, wake up quickly, your extra meal has arrived!"

...

Su Chen quickly made his way down the slope.

A few minutes later, he finally stood at the bottom of the canyon, only a few meters away from the five or six-meter-long black giant object.

And when he stood still and looked at the thing.

The tension in his heart instantly relaxed.

Because he was certain that this thing was not a living creature, but a stone!

A stone that had been carved into the shape of a dragon!

Half of the stone's body was buried in white snow, and from the exposed patterns, one could see that the carving was extremely exquisite.

Su Chen actually didn't know why he felt a strange sensation in his heart when he saw this thing on the snowy slope.

It was as if there was a powerful attraction on this thing, luring him to approach.

So, he just followed his feeling and came all the way down.

He had originally thought that discovering this thing would earn him a Heavenly Dao reward.

But it was quiet all around, and there was no notification sound from the Heavenly Dao, so it seems that wasn't the reason.

There must be some secret on this stone that guided him all the way down.

...

Captain Song Lei and the others were above, completely unaware of the situation below.

They could only stare at Su Chen without blinking, constantly watching his condition.

At this moment, watching him approach the black monster step by step, everyone's hearts were in their throats.

"Su Chen is too bold, to dare to get so close," Cao Hua exclaimed.

"This thing must be dead, otherwise someone as rational as Su Chen wouldn't approach it so easily," Wang Yi analyzed.

Just at this moment, Su Chen looked up and waved at them.

Signaling them to come down!

"Wh-what does this mean? It wasn't enough for him to take risks alone, he wants us to go down and be crazy too?" Cao Hua asked, his eyes wide with confusion.

"Let's go, let's go down and see," Captain Song Lei said as he began to climb down.

"Y-you guys..." Cao Hua was momentarily speechless.

He wanted to say that everyone had gone crazy, but he quickly realized that he had already said this many times.

Based on his understanding of everyone, this trip to the canyon was inevitable.

"Fine! Let's go then, who's afraid of whom?"

"Even if this really is a sleeping dragon, I don't believe that with our combined strength we couldn't escape. At worst, we'll just fight it to the death!"

"When the time comes, I, Cao Hua, will be someone who has fought a dragon, that's something to be proud of!"

Cao Hua muttered to himself as he followed them down.

Soon, the group arrived at the bottom of the canyon and met up with Su Chen.

Before they could ask, Su Chen already spoke.

"Everyone, don't be nervous. This thing is not a living creature, it's a giant stone statue!"

"A statue?"

Everyone finally understood, it was just a misunderstanding.

A statue had scared them into being so timid; it was actually quite laughable.

...

"Good grief, so it was a statue. We worried for nothing!"