Chapter 491 [(*^▽^*)]

"No wonder Xue Qian has so many good things coming out of his mouth. It turns out that he has such a prop that can make him a calm, reliable, powerful and intelligent master player in the dungeon, so he can get a lot of good things."

Lin Leyou suddenly sighed as he said this, "I don't know what kind of incredible luck he had."

Xue Rui: "This prop is useless to us."

Lin Leyou nodded, "I know it's useless, but the other props he has are very useful, especially that golden stone. I wish I could snatch it!"

"That's right!" He suddenly sat up. "Xue Qian went into the Ten Thousand Souls Pit to find treasure. What if he actually finds it? Wouldn't we be..."

Does this mean their mission is doomed to fail?

Xue Rui said, "It's alright. Didn't the village chief and the others say there was no treasure? In my opinion, their machines must have malfunctioned. Maybe the village chief deliberately set a trap to lure them there."

Lin Leyou raised her hand to touch her hair, but only realized that Xue Rui was holding her hand the whole time when she moved slightly. The topic suddenly changed, "Why are you holding my hand like this?"

He originally thought Xue Rui would let go immediately and feel embarrassed, but to his surprise, Xue Rui looked at him and then, right in front of him, openly pulled his hand to his lips and kissed it.

In that instant, he barely felt the kiss on the skin of his hand, and he just stood there, stunned.

"You...you...when did you turn bad?"

Xue Rui blinked, puzzled. "Xiao You, what's wrong? It's okay if I kiss you, right?"

Lin Leyou felt as if the hand that had been lightly kissed no longer belonged to her. "No...no problem, but when and where did you learn it?"

He seems to have suddenly become very good at it; he's finding it hard to accept.

Actually, Xue Rui's idea was just a sudden whim. After all, he had just grabbed Lin Leyou's hand and squeezed it a few times and found it was quite soft, not at all like the cold and hard hand he used to be when beating and killing people.

Xue Rui was silent for a while before saying, "I didn't study anything, I just like you..."

Lin Leyou blushed. "You like me? You...like me?"

Xue Rui's face turned bright red, but taking advantage of the fact that neither of them could see each other clearly, he said calmly, "Yes, if I didn't like you, why would I agree to be with you?"

Lin Leyou's tone changed slightly, "You...you're right, that's right...that's correct."

Before Xue Rui could say anything more, Lin Leyou closed his eyes, lay down on the bed, and pulled the blanket over himself. "Let's check how things are at the thieves' pit first. We absolutely can't let them get any of the treasures!"

Xue Rui looked at the dark area beside him. Although he couldn't see clearly, he could still make out a bulge. This was Lin Leyou below him. So, was she shy?

Xue Rui wasn't as shy as before, and saying things like "I like you" didn't seem too difficult for him. After doing it once or twice, he became much more relaxed. As for Lin Leyou...

He stared at Lin Leyou with bright eyes. He really didn't expect that Lin Leyou, who had always been in the position of an older brother and elder and had given him a mature and steady impression since they met, would be so easily shy.

Xue Rui gently patted the quilt. "Xiao You, I didn't mean to."

Lin Leyou threw back the covers and peeked out, "What do you mean by intentional or not? The most important thing right now isn't that, but the Ten Thousand Souls Pit behind the village... no, it's the Thief Pit!"

Xue Rui lay down and then reached out to pull Lin Leyou into his arms. "Okay, Xiaoyou is right."

Lin Leyou was completely bewildered as he hugged her tightly. "What are you doing? Let go, it's broad daylight..."

At this point, Lin Leyou suddenly realized that the room was completely dark. Although it was daytime according to the time of day, there was no shade at all...

Xue Rui said, "I just feel that it's okay for the two of us to get a little closer."

Lin Leyou took a deep breath, then casually found a comfortable position for herself and leaned against Xue Rui's chest. "Hmph, I'm the one who's comfortable, of course I'm happy to be here. Stop fooling around! Let's check the situation over there first."

Xue Rui knew when to stop, so he said, "Okay."

He gently wrapped his hand around Lin Leyou's waist and placed it on his stomach. Only after Lin Leyou did not slap his hand away did he close his eyes in satisfaction.

So... flirting is such a simple thing. Did Lin Leyou see me as I did before, and how does he see Lin Leyou now?

The rope had been lowered for quite some time, but Xue Qian was still falling, as if the bottom of the Ten Thousand Souls Pit was infinite and he could never reach the bottom.

The vice-leader's expression had become extremely grave. "Could he be dead?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Keep going down. The rope keeps moving. Xue Qian can't possibly be dead."

The deputy leader licked his lips. "That's true. I really liked that thing he took out just now."

The gang leader sighed, "Alright, I agree, but don't bring it up again now."

The deputy leader smiled and nodded, "Thank you, brother!"

The rope continued to be lowered slowly, and Xue Qian descended step by step, completely unaware that the two gang leaders holding the rope on the ground had already plotted how to seize the treasure on his body.

It was pitch black all around, but Xue Qian could see the muddy pit wall in front of him, where he could leave footprints when he stepped on it.

The silent, dark environment made him feel as if he had fallen into nothingness. Fortunately, the rope wrapped around his waist gave him a sense of security. As time went by, he was lowered further down.

Xue Qian couldn't see it now, and the people above weren't standing close to the Ten Thousand Souls Pit, but rather some distance from the edge. So, no one could see that the rope, under the constant erosion of the black mist, had actually developed a slight damage! At the current speed, it probably wouldn't take half an hour…

However, Xue Qian actually stepped on the ground. Although it felt soft and spongy, like a thick layer of dead leaves, he still reached the bottom of the pit.

At this moment, the person holding the rope above also felt that the rope was loosening.

The deputy leader was startled. "What happened? Why is the rope loose? Did it break? Or is he dead? Or is there some other problem?"

The gang leader didn't say anything, he just grabbed the rope and pulled upwards. After pulling a couple of times, he felt resistance, and then he felt the rope being pulled back. After confirming this, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Xue Qian should have reached the bottom."

The deputy leader also relaxed and sat down on the ground with a thud. "That's good. I was really scared to death. I didn't expect him to actually make it to the bottom of the pit. I wonder what it's like at the bottom. This is the Ten Thousand Souls Pit. There must be countless corpses at the bottom of this pit."

The gang leader frowned slightly, as if he was thinking of a not-so-pleasant scene. "Probably."

Xue Qian felt the soft ground beneath his feet and looked around, but it was pitch black underneath and he couldn't see anything at all. He took out a flashlight and turned it on, but he could only see the area illuminated by the flashlight, and that was only around him. If he shone the flashlight further away, the light would be swallowed up by the darkness in front of him, and he still couldn't see anything.

He took a deep breath, used his flashlight to clear the way, and slowly walked along the edge of the pit, as if he wanted to walk around the edge to see if he could find any valuable clues.

He hadn't walked more than a few steps when he saw something illuminated by the flashlight beam ahead. Xue Qian was startled at first; something white had suddenly appeared in the dark pit!

But when he looked closer, he realized it was a person, and someone who looked very familiar. "It's him... what's he doing here?"

The person he saw was Jiang Changdong!

After Xue Qian clearly saw who this person was, he slowly approached. Then he saw that although Jiang Changdong was lying there motionless, his eyes were open!

Upon seeing Jiang Changdong's open eyes, Xue Qian frowned slightly and then planned to back away, but he soon discovered that although Jiang Changdong's eyes were open, he was completely motionless, like a vegetable.

Just then, he saw a plume of black smoke rising from Jiang Changdong's mouth and nose! What was that?

When Xue Qian saw the black mist, he quickly retreated, but then he saw that the black mist was mixed with the surrounding black fog that kept it away from him, and they were partially mixed together!

"This...this could be..."

Xue Qian wasn't sure if his guess was correct. He frowned slightly and ignored Jiang Changdong. If he continued to walk forward, he soon saw other people. Sometimes he saw corpses that had been killed, and sometimes he saw living people like Jiang Changdong who had lost consciousness but had their eyes open.

"This place is definitely a dangerous place. I'd better find the treasure quickly and leave here."

Although the deputy leader had been saying how terrifying the Ten Thousand Souls Pit was, Xue Qian had never heard of it in the real world. Even if he heard the other party say it was terrifying, he had no concept of it and naturally wasn't very scared.

Now that he noticed these people, he knew how formidable they were. However, this was only the tip of the iceberg of the Ten Thousand Souls Pit that he had seen. Neither he nor the people still above had noticed that the ropes, which were being continuously eroded by the black mist, had begun to break. It was estimated that they would completely break in another ten minutes.

Moreover, it wasn't just one or two places that were broken; it started from where the pit sank in, and the bottom part closest to Xue Qian was being eroded little by little.

The rope tied to Xue Qian remained unchanged because it was within the protection zone of the golden stone. Coupled with the pitch-black surroundings, Xue Qian was completely unaware that the rope outside the golden stone's protective circle had begun to rot and stink.