After Xu Milu finished speaking, she looked at the other two. Liu Na had no objections, but Emil hesitated.

"Why don't you go up first and wait for the captain to come down and help us? You look too thin and weak, I'm afraid you won't have the strength to climb halfway up..."

"Don't worry, you definitely won't fall."

Xu Milu said irritably, really wanting to tell the other party that to her, an adult man was not as heavy as some little vixens, and that she could lift Emil over her head with one hand.

"Alright, I'll cover the rear. Don't worry, I'll take care of those dead bugs."

Liu Na agreed readily without any hesitation.

"bring it on."

Xu Milu reached out as if to help Emil up, and after holding back for a long time, the latter finally spoke his mind:

"It's too embarrassing for an evolved being like me to be carried on the back of a toy like an ordinary person."

So that's what I was struggling with.

Xu Milu finally understood why the other person had been so hesitant earlier, and upon hearing this, she couldn't help but roll her eyes:

"Don't worry, no one will laugh at you. Are you coming or not? Or we can leave you here alone—as long as you're not afraid."

As if in response to her words, a scraping sound of limbs scraping the ground echoed from the pitch-black surroundings. Emil was immediately horrified, shaking his head repeatedly with a pained expression.

"No, no, I'll go with you! Please take me away from this damned cave!"

Xu Milu shrugged, but instead of carrying Emil on her back as he had expected, she squatted down, gathered some white hair roots, threaded them under Emil's arm, tied them up, and carried him on her back like a schoolbag.

Emil, on the verge of tears, said that things weren't much better.

...

The banana tree trunk had been hollowed out, and with pre-cut openings to facilitate climbing, Xu Milu climbed very quickly.

Of course, this was under the premise that she deliberately slowed down, since her current persona was that of an "ordinary, thin young man," so she would lie down for a while and then pretend to be exhausted and pant for a while before continuing to climb.

Whether the acting was superb or not is unknown, but at least Emil and Liu Na believed it.

As she crawled, Xu Milu could see a little light. She realized that she would be out soon, so she quickened her pace.

In no time, she scrambled out like a giant spider, only to find herself face to face with a somewhat familiar one as soon as she poked her head out.

But she didn't have time to think, and immediately called out, "Are there people up there? Then come and lend a hand, we finally made it out."