Chapter 86: Rescue on the Desolate Planet 9 [2nd Update]

"It feels like this road is endless. I'm really worried that we will walk through this desolate planet!" Ruan Xi felt that his worries were justified. After all, they had been feeling that they were going down, but they didn't feel any oppression of being underground, nor did they experience any shortage of air. It really didn't feel like they were going deep into a cave.

Could it be that their perception was wrong? They felt like they were going down, but were actually going up? If that were the case, wouldn't they be able to return to the surface soon?

"It's a bit like being trapped in a maze..." Ruan Xi said this word which was quite old-fashioned in his previous life. When He Ziqian heard it, he looked puzzled.

"What is a ghost wall?" He Ziqian immediately showed the practical spirit of asking questions when he doesn't understand, and asked very seriously.

Ruan Xi: "...It's similar to...a maze? You know a maze, right? It's like a spider web, winding around and around, and there's no way out. If we go on like this, we'll either be trapped to death or exhausted to death. I'm afraid it won't be easy to get out." Speaking of spider webs, Ruan Xi suddenly thought of a horror movie his grandmother had dragged him to watch in his previous life. The movie was full of all kinds of horror elements, such as ghosts, zombies, magic circles, curses, and so on. It dazzled him and he couldn't be afraid at all. He even wanted to laugh.

The magic circle in it looks like a huge spider web, which is very complicated. It has only entrances but no exits. Anyone who falls into it will die.

Isn't the current situation quite similar to that spider magic circle?

Ruan Xi was lost in thought, completely unaware that He Ziqian was staring at him and calling him every now and then, but he was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't hear anything at all.

When Ruan Xi finally came to her senses, she looked up and met He Ziqian's eyes. She was stunned for a moment and subconsciously asked, "Why are you staring at me?"

He Ziqian laughed dumbly and said, "What are you thinking about so intently? You can't even hear me calling you. Have you come up with any new clues? Or do you have any new perceptions?"

"There really are clues. I think we might be trapped in a magic circle. There are probably a lot of hallucinogenic things in this magic circle, which makes us lose our direction and unable to find the real way out. We can only keep wandering in this magic circle, and eventually we will be trapped and exhausted to death." Damn it, he doesn't like any way of dying. He just wants to die peacefully in his own bed at home!

"Magic array? What is this?" As a senior talent born and raised in the interstellar era, He Ziqian said that he didn't understand it at all and just felt it was weird.

"I haven't studied this either. It's like a simulated scene that is no different from the real thing, making it impossible to tell the truth from the false." Ruan Xi racked his brains to come up with this explanation. It was a bit difficult to understand even for himself, but strangely, He Ziqian seemed to understand it a little.

"Just like a magnetic field can affect an instrument's judgment of direction, the formation you're talking about will affect our entire judgment of the surrounding environment. Is that correct?"

"Almost, but I always feel like something is missing..." Ruan Xi had never studied things like magic arrays. In his previous life, he was too lazy to even go to school. He devoted himself to Chinese medicine and herbal medicine. How could he have the time to study these mysterious things? His grandmother, on the other hand, would talk about similar things from time to time, but he didn't take it seriously.

Now I really feel like I didn’t listen to the advice of the elderly and am suffering the consequences. I miss my grandma so much... At this time, the grandmother on Funong Star is completely unable to comfort her longing for grandma.

"Let's keep going forward. I feel there are clues ahead." He Ziqian's words sounded quite mysterious, but they echoed Ruan Xi's topic, which made Ruan Xi perk up a little.

"Okay, I haven't found that good thing yet, I can't give up so easily!" What if it's a treasure even better than a rainbow? Just thinking about it makes my heart flutter!

With such expectations, the two continued to move forward. He Ziqian still silently held Ruan Xi's wrist. Ruan Xi felt uncomfortable with her wrist being held, so she silently moved her hand and directly put it into He Ziqian's palm, "It will be more comfortable this way."

After saying that, he simply clasped his fingers with He Ziqian's and continued to explain, "It's safer this way."

He Ziqian: "..." Okay, what you said makes sense, he just needs to accept it silently.

Besides, it’s quite comfortable to hold Ruan Xi’s hand like this.

When both of them thought that this road would lead to the end of the world, they turned a corner and suddenly there was no road ahead. A familiar stone wall blocked their way tightly. They pondered for a long time but could not figure out whether the stone wall was naturally grown or man-made.

"Should we go back?" Ruan Xi was extremely conflicted, because he had a strong feeling that the good things he had sensed before were just ahead, which meant that the good things were most likely behind this stone wall.

How could he give up? If he didn't give up, how could he break through the wall?

well……

Ruan Xi sighed in his heart while searching for clues. If possible, he even wanted to climb up to the top of the cave wall like Spider-Man and search inch by inch, hoping there might be some mechanism there!

But Ruan Xi, an amateur, didn't find any clues, and He Ziqian, a professional, didn't find any clues either. Soon, they were exhausted and sweating profusely, and the temperature around them seemed to have risen by several degrees.

"That's not right. Why is it suddenly getting hot? Is the air getting thinner..." Ruan Xi noticed something was wrong around him and immediately moved closer to He Ziqian, fearing that if he wasn't careful, they would be separated again. Where would he find anyone then? He had no confidence that he could survive alone on such a desolate planet where almost everything was unknown.

"Xiaoxi, Xiaoxi, Xiaoxi... There are good things behind this wall, you must get them! Hurry up, otherwise you will be eaten by the monster!" The little tree in the plant atlas suddenly made a fuss, and kept repeating that he should quickly pass through the wall to get the good things, so as not to be beaten to it by the monster.

But the question was, how could he get through the wall? Could He Ziqian send out his mecha to break the wall? Then He Ziqian's Red Scale would probably need repairs again.

But the little tree is a thousand times more unreasonable than the big tree. When it is emotionally excited, it is basically impossible to communicate. It just keeps repeating a few sentences, just like a real child, a disobedient child, which makes him feel only headaches, all kinds of headaches.

"Okay, okay, little tree, be good. If we want to get the good stuff, we have to find a way to deal with this wall first!" How can we get the good stuff if we can't even get over the wall?

But Xiaoshu was like a madman at this moment, determined to get that good thing. He was just like a naughty kid who deserved a beating, making Ruan Xi almost unable to control his wild power.

At this moment, He Ziqian suddenly turned around and said, "There is a gap here. It's a door and it can definitely be opened." However, how to open it and how long it will take to open it are completely unknown.

He Ziqian was unsure, and Ruan Xi was even more unsure.

Just as the two were thinking hard, Ruan Xi felt something slowly coming out from his sleeve. He subconsciously looked down and saw that the branches and leaves were so ripe that it could not be any other than a small tree.

"Little ancestor, what are you doing out here? Go back to the atlas!" At least the atlas is safe for the time being. The worst possible outcome is that they will die together.

"No! I can help you open this door!" Xiaoshu said proudly. Ruan Xi almost imagined a little child with his hands on his hips asking for reward in his mind, and he couldn't help but want to laugh.

But, no, no, Ruan Xi wanted to stuff the branches of the small tree back into his sleeves, but as soon as one branch of the small tree was stuffed back into his sleeves, several thin branches and leaves stretched out at the same time, heading towards the stone door without stopping.

Ruan Xi reached out to grab it, but it was too late. Those thin branches had already plunged into the gap that He Ziqian had just discovered. Then, the branches and leaves began to grow wildly, and finally, they actually pushed open the almost tightly closed stone wall bit by bit.

He Ziqian acted decisively and rushed over quickly, widening the gap until it was wide enough for one person to pass through. He then beckoned Ruan Xi forward and said, "Come close to my chest, and we'll get through together."

He Ziqian was worried about letting Ruan Xi go ahead alone. What if there was danger ahead? He was also worried about leaving Ruan Xi here alone. What if there was danger behind? After much thought, he decided it was safest to take Ruan Xi with him. He didn't know why, but he couldn't imagine Ruan Xi in danger at all. It was heartbreaking.

The energy in the small tree seemed to be about to be exhausted, but the gap created by the man and the tree was not enough for both of them to pass through.

"You go first!" He Ziqian had no choice but to make a difficult choice. Before Ruan Xi could react, he pulled Ruan Xi with one hand and threw him over with lightning speed. Then he also squeezed sideways and successfully reached the other side of the stone wall before it bounced back.

As soon as he landed, he quickly looked for Ruan Xi's trace. When he saw her, he was suddenly shocked.

"Ruan Xi? Ruan Xi!" The person disappeared. The two of them crossed the stone wall one after the other, with a time difference of less than a second. How could Ruan Xi, a living person, disappear silently out of thin air?

"Ruan Xi!" He Ziqian's face looked grim. He looked around but found nothing. The situation on this side of the stone wall was almost exactly the same as on the other side. The only difference was that there seemed to be some kind of moss attached to the rocks on this side. In the dark cave, it flickered with green light. Although it had a certain lighting effect, the scene was really a bit creepy.

He Ziqian wouldn't be frightened, but Ruan Xi might not be...

Well, not necessarily!

What was Ruan Xi doing at the moment? He was lying on the ground, carefully observing a plant growing from a crack in the rock in a very unsightly posture.

The plant actually looks a bit like a miniature apple tree, with bunches of orange fruits on it and a refreshing aroma.

At this time, in Ruan Xi's mind, the plant atlas had already begun to broadcast the information of this plant. Ruan Xi's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he became excited.

"Golden Sun Fruit!"