"Yan Qing, how are you feeling?" Yue Qi reached out and barely caught Wen Jiajia as she fell, only to find that she had completely lost consciousness.

If Wen Jiajia in the middle was already in such a state, he was extremely worried about Yan Qing.

A weak voice came from above, "Don't worry, I'm still alive."

Her voice sounded weak and listless. Yue Qi understood that even though Yan Qing's physical condition was much better than Wen Jiajia's, girls' constitutions are naturally weaker, and she was probably nearing her limit.

"Yan Qing, why don't we just go back? Even if we have to rejoin the Sun family, it's better than dying here."

Yue Qi's suggestion was rejected by Yan Qing; the voice from above firmly refused him.

"Yue Qi, do you think we can go back? I've already tried it; this stone staircase can only be walked forward, not backward."

Upon hearing this, Yue Qi fell silent. Instinctively, he turned around and tried again, but naturally, he failed.

At that moment, Yan Qing's leisurely voice came from above.

"Yue Qi, do you think we might be in one of those little hells right now?"

They had passed through several different minor hells on their journey. According to the Nine Hells, they had already experienced all of them except for the Central Hell of Universal Calamity, the Eastern Hell of Wind and Thunder, and the Western Hell of Vajra.

“Eastern Wind and Thunder Hell? I don’t think so,” Yue Qi’s mind was working quickly. “This place is a void, completely silent, and I can’t feel any wind or thunder. It can’t be the Wind and Thunder Hell.”

Yan Qing thought so too, "Then there are only two places left. Let's use the process of elimination. According to the Sun family, to enter the Central Hell, one must break a certain formation, so this place is probably not it either."

“Yes, that’s what I think too,” Yue Qi agreed.

If that's the case, then this place must be the Western Vajra Hell.

Yan Qing gave a wry smile. The Ninth Prison was probably the last place she wanted to be.

The Vajra Hell—this name might sound unfamiliar, as it's a Buddhist term. However, if you were to use a more common name, almost everyone would have heard of it.

—The Avici Hell.

The Avici Hell represents eternal damnation and endless suffering from which one can never escape. The modern saying "once you go there, you can never return" originated from this place.

She had initially regretted leaving the unconscious Mu Xiao at the entrance when the three of them came in, feeling a little reluctant to do so.

Looking back now, at least they managed to save the other person's life by doing this. In that respect, they did right by him.

Otherwise, she really couldn't bear the thought of such a handsome man perishing here.

Just as they were racking their brains to find a way out, at the entrance to the Vajra Hell, the handsome Mu Xiao, whom she had been thinking about, had just woken up and was about to run into a group of people with ill intentions.

—It was the Sun family again.

However, this time, the Sun family's original five menacing figures had dwindled to three, with two of the Sun family disciples missing.

Mu Xiao's face darkened. Without even thinking, he knew that these two people would never come back.

Looking at the remaining three people, without exception, they were all charred black from being struck by lightning, their clothes were torn in many places, and their wounds were clearly visible, making them look extremely disheveled.

Were these people struck by lightning?

Sun Qiang, the leader, looked extremely pale. Ignoring his own injuries, he hurriedly asked him as soon as he appeared.

"What about the other three people?"

Mu Xiao pointed to a bottomless black hole not far behind him, where the only visible staircase was, and shrugged.

“They must have gone there—look, when I woke up, there was a note left on me, this is it.”

He handed over the note without hesitation, but after Sun Qiang finished reading it, his expression suddenly changed drastically.

"impossible?!!"

Then, somewhat incredulously, he asked Sun Gui behind him, "Quickly, let me see what the date is today?"

Sun Gui looked completely bewildered, pointed to his watch, and asked, "Today is the 13th? What's wrong?"

"Impossible!! We clearly arrived on the 13th, how could it still be the 13th after so many days? Could you be mistaken?"

Sun Qiang could hardly believe his ears. He remembered that after his and his five companions had their escape route cut off, they had no choice but to turn back to the Eastern Wind and Thunder Hell.

After paying an extremely heavy price, they ultimately gained nothing, only managing to escape by the narrowest of circumstances.

All told, I only stayed inside for two days. So, the current date should be the 24th.

It's absolutely impossible that it's from the 13th!

“But—Big brother, look for yourself!” Sun Gui also thought of it. He took out all the various timekeeping tools on everyone’s body and put them together to check them over and over again.

"It's May 13th! A full six months have passed! How...how is this possible?!"

Everyone was stunned by the discovery, especially Mu Xiao, who felt that he had only slept for a few hours.

Now someone is telling him that a full six months have passed?! How is that possible?!

"Sun Qiang, why do you suddenly feel that the time is wrong?" Mu Xiao still didn't believe him. What if this was another member of the Sun family?

Sun Qiang silently handed the note back to him, and Mu Xiao finally saw the signature on the handwriting—November 13, 2023.

This was left to him by Yan Qing, so that he would know where they had gone when he woke up.

The note also said that they would be inside for a few days at most, and that he should wait where he was and never go in alone.

Could this world be a fantasy?

He had only recently woken up. Following this line of thought, wouldn't he have been in a coma for a full six months? If he hadn't eaten or drunk anything for six months, he would have been dead long ago, right? How could he be as lively and energetic as he is now?

No, he still doesn't believe it. Something must be wrong.

Mu Xiao looked up at the Sun family group, his eyes filled with absolute vigilance. This might just be part of the Sun family's conspiracy!

Sun Qiang naturally didn't miss his expression; the bitter smile on his face deepened.

He turned around and told the others to sit down and rest, while Sun Qiang himself sat directly opposite Mu Xiao.

The atmosphere suddenly became exceptionally quiet; everyone was busy tidying themselves up. No one spoke to him at all.

Mu Xiao hesitated for a long time before finally pointing to the injuries on the Sun family members and asking,

"Where have you been? How did you get so badly injured?"

Sun Qiang leaned back, his entire body pressed against the stone wall behind him, his tone tinged with sorrow.

"If I told you that we were ambushed, would you believe me?"