On the day before his cat cafe opened, Shen Cheng found a cat-eared girl who had fainted from hunger at his shop's entrance. From then on, his world underwent earth-shattering changes.
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Holding Meng Nian's hand, Shen Cheng walked into the cave carefully.
The cave was still as silent as dead water, and it was pitch black at first glance.
Shen Cheng has the ability of night vision, so he doesn't have to worry about these things, but considering that Meng Nian doesn't have such an ability, Shen Cheng took out his mobile phone and turned on the flashlight.
Squeezing Meng Nian's cold little hand, Chen Cheng smiled and said, "No matter what, don't separate. Got it?"
Meng Nian nodded vigorously. Even in such an environment, there was still a happy smile on her face.
It seemed that as long as she stayed by Shen Cheng's side, she would always feel very happy.
Looking at Meng Nian's smile, Shen Cheng's nervousness eased a lot.
Although he didn't understand why this cave was revealed by the touch of dreams, facing this place that was full of weirdness, Shen Cheng's mind was always in a state of high concentration.
The cave was very cramped. When Chen Cheng and Meng Nian stood side by side, they almost filled the width of the cave.
Unfortunately, after walking for a while, the cave came to an end and became a dead end.
Shen Chengmo, who thought he had hope of leaving here, sighed, and his heart sank to the bottom again.
Just as Shen Cheng turned around and was about to leave, he suddenly discovered that there seemed to be something on the stone wall on the side.
Walking forward, Shen Cheng looked closely, and the next moment, Shen Cheng suddenly froze in place.
It's text!
Unfortunately, this kind of writing is so different from Chinese characters that Shen Cheng can’t understand it at all.
In addition to text, there are also a bunch of murals on the stone wall.
The murals were also very abstract. Shen Cheng thought about it and walked back to the cave entrance. He found that these words and murals were indeed carved from the cave entrance to the end.
He read it again from beginning to end, because he couldn't understand the words on it, and just looking at the murals, Shen Cheng couldn't make out anything.
The murals include mountains, animals, people, and some strange and messy things.
At the very end of the mural, there is a huge dragon head. Compared with the extremely abstract murals in front, this dragon head is lifelike.
The dragon head is looking straight ahead, its eyes seeming to look down upon the world, giving people an incomparable sense of oppression.
There was one mural that left a deep impression on Shen Cheng.
There were four stick figures on it, and I didn't know what fuel was used to paint them. There was a white stick figure, a black stick figure, and a yellow stick figure. The stick figures of three colors stood together, facing a red stick figure.
It's just... weird.
After thinking about it, Shen Cheng decided to take pictures of these first.
When he opened the camera of his mobile phone, the photo that Shen Cheng had previously captured in the corner of the camera interface appeared in Shen Cheng's eyes.
After a moment of hesitation, Shen Cheng couldn't help but click in.
The photo was enlarged. It was a screenshot taken when Chen Cheng was on a video call with Huihui and the others. It showed Huihui and the others gathered together, but unfortunately, there was neither Chen Cheng nor Liusu.
"Wait for me, I'll be back soon..." After muttering softly, Shen Cheng turned the phone back to the camera interface.
Turning on the flashlight of his phone, Shen Cheng started from the entrance of the cave and took pictures all the way to the end of the cave.
“Crack—”
The moment the dragon head was photographed, as the phone's flash lighted up, something unexpected happened!
The dragon head's eyes suddenly lit up with golden light, as if it had come alive in an instant.
Chen Cheng's heart tightened, and just as he was about to pick up Meng Nian and run out of the cave, a dragon's roar suddenly entered Chen Cheng's mind -
“Hoo! My eyes! Ahhhhhhhhhh!!”
The voice seemed to resound between heaven and earth, and it echoed in Shen Cheng's mind for a long time, as if it was accompanied by a huge sense of oppression, but...what he said seemed a little wrong?
Shen Cheng: “…”
Stopping, Chen Cheng looked at Meng Nian with a puzzled look: "Did you hear that?"
Meng Nian shook her head.
Turning around, I saw that the dragon head's eyes on the mural were still shining with golden light.
At the same time, that majestic voice sounded again in Shen Cheng's mind: "Boy, are you disturbing my eternal sleep?"
Is this the secret of Mianlong Cliff?
But for some reason, Shen Cheng always felt that this dragon head spoke like an old charlatan.
"But I won't argue with a junior like you. It's your blessing that you found this place. So, I see that you have unlimited potential. How about you help me with something?"
After thinking about it, Shen Cheng raised his phone and pressed the shutter button again at the dragon head.
“Crack—”
“Roar!!”
After hearing the dragon head's scream, Shen Cheng finally put down his phone with satisfaction: "You want me to help you?"
The dragon head was silent for a moment, and then he said calmly: "Yes, I will give you a corresponding reward for this."
This time, the leader didn't speak in that condescending tone.
"What do you want me to do for you?" Shen Cheng asked.
"You have to agree to help me first before I can tell you. This matter is very important." The leader replied.
"What can you give me?" Shen Cheng asked again.
“…” The leader was silent.
"Can you get us out?" Shen Cheng asked.
“…” The dragon head fell silent again.
"After all, he's still a charlatan." Chen Cheng shrugged and turned to leave.
"Wait, wait!" the dragon head hurriedly stopped him. "Aren't you curious about what kind of existence the child next to you is? Or how this space came into being? Boy, don't leave yet. It's okay if you don't help me, at least keep me company for a while."
"Meng Nian is Meng Nian. Also, I'm busy going out and don't have time." Shen Cheng said lightly.
"You can't take her away!" Just as Shen Cheng was about to leave, Longtou suddenly said in a deep voice.
Shen Cheng paused, turned around, and frowned: "What did you say?"
Meng Nian couldn't hear the conversation between Chen Cheng and Longtou, she could only see Chen Cheng talking to himself facing the stone wall with a confused expression.
"This child... Mengnian, is that the name you gave her?"
The dragon head inquired for a moment, and when Chen Cheng nodded, he continued, "This child is the scale I scattered before Bo Tian. You should have noticed that this child has a lack of laws. This is because there is some damage on the scale I scattered, which has led to her current appearance."
The lack of... rules?
Botian's words reminded Shen Cheng of the story the old man in the village had told him before.
Is this the golden dragon that blasted the hole in the sky?
Looking at it today, why does it seem that the prestige that had accumulated in his heart has disappeared in an instant?
However, if this guy is really the golden dragon, Shen Cheng can seriously consider helping it.
Of course, what Shen Cheng cares about most now is the problem with Meng Nian.
"You said... Dream Thoughts are your scales?" Shen Cheng asked with a frown.
Looking at Meng Nian's appearance and listening to the old charlatan-like voice in his mind, Chen Cheng felt uncomfortable no matter how he looked at it.