When Li Qing regained consciousness and woke up, he felt pain all over his body, especially his head, which was in severe pain.

He touched the back of his head and found his palm covered in blood, which actually made Li Qing feel much more relaxed.

The injury was severe, but at least it was only external and there were no internal injuries.

With the totem warriors' self-healing abilities, Li Qing believed he could recover from this minor injury quickly.

His immediate thought was that since he wasn't dead, where was he?

Looking around, he found that this place was similar to the Black Crow Forest, dark and gloomy, and the climate seemed rather cold.

Looking behind him, Li Qing saw a steep rock wall, very high above the ground. He thought to himself that he was incredibly lucky to have survived falling from such a height.

But soon, Li Qing realized something was wrong. He found that it was as if a blanket was draped over his head, which blocked out the meteorite and the storm. Li Qing could see that it was still raining heavily above him and that there were many places where fires were burning. But he, who was below, was completely unharmed. This scene was so magical that it was as if this was a completely independent space from the outside world.

"It's amazing! How did they do that?" Li Qing was deeply shocked. Even in his previous life, he had only seen such things in science fiction novels, and at that time, he could hardly imagine such a scene. Now, he had actually experienced it firsthand, which filled Li Qing with countless emotions and amazed him at the wonders of this world.

With his eyes closed, Li Qing seemed to hear the cacophony of the meteorite exploding on the ground overhead, and he could almost see trees and rocks scattered everywhere by the storm.

These things seemed both very close to Li Qing and very far away; they seemed within reach, just a finger's breadth away.

"It seems to stretch on forever..." Li Qing looked ahead and found that this magical space was very large, at least within the range of visibility, this strange phenomenon was everywhere.

"Why hasn't the Black Wind Tribe noticed this place? It's right near their tribe. Have they never... wait, could it be that this place is actually hundreds of meters below the surface?"

Looking at the towering rock face, Li Qing thought of this possibility.

If that's the case, then it's not surprising that the Black Wind Tribe never discovered it. What tribe would be so idle as to dig so deep?

The reason he was able to get here must be thanks to that high rock wall. Li Qing recalled that he had lost his memory in the short time he slid down, and maybe he had been falling for a long time during the time he lost his memory.

Li Qing thought about it more and more and felt that his guess was very likely. He stretched out a hand into the sky and muttered to himself, "If that's really the case, then this is simply... an underground palace! No one has ever been here before, and I believe no one has ever known about this place. If this place can withstand a natural disaster that is enough to destroy a small city, then this place is enough to be our tribe's second home!"

After a moment of contemplation, Li Qing readjusted his thoughts and bent down to check on the injuries of Atuna and Lieyan.

When Li Qing woke up, he found that Atuna and Lie Yan were still by his side. However, their recovery abilities were not as abnormal as Li Qing's, and they were still unconscious and had not woken up.

At least they are still alive.

Li Qing tested their breathing and found it to be somewhat weak.

"I don't know how long they can hold on. Judging from their injuries before they lost consciousness, if their injuries aren't properly treated within an hour, they won't live much longer. After what just happened, their injuries must have worsened. But now I don't even know where I am. How am I supposed to lead them to Cang and the others?"

Suddenly, he saw a dark figure appear in front of him.

"Big Black!"

The way Big Black sticks out its tongue now looks fierce rather than cute, but whenever Li Qing feels helpless, Big Black's action always brings him a little comfort. He asked in surprise, "Big Black, are you alright?"

Looking Big Black up and down, Li Qing noticed that it only had a few scratches, but it wasn't a big problem. Its injuries were much lighter than his own, and with Big Black's ferocious beast physique, it would definitely recover quickly.

Struggling to stand up, Li Qing's mind gradually cleared.

"First, we need to leave this place, and then... see if we can find a way back to the tribe!" Li Qing finally made up his mind. He knew that whether he reunited with Dian and the others or returned to the tribe, he could only choose one path in this terrible situation. After considering everything, he ultimately wanted to believe that Dian could lead the tribe out of their predicament—Xu, Chu, and the others were people Li Qing was willing to trust, but the tribe was different. The tribe was in danger, and it needed someone to stand up and save them. Moreover, he had promised Atuna and Lieyan that he would save them.

Li Qing turned to help Atuna, then asked Dahei if it could sense how to leave this place. But after sniffing for a long time, Dahei still couldn't smell anything. Seeing Dahei's guilty look with its head down, Li Qing already knew that this was probably the answer. After all, if this was underground, it was very normal for Dahei's sense of smell to be off.

Li Qing carried Atuna and Lieyan onto the back of the big black dog. He no longer needed to worry about "infection" or anything like that. In any case, he had already had countless physical contacts with Atuna and the others not long ago, so if it really came about, he wouldn't be able to escape it anyway.

Li Qing looked up at the "battle" overhead again and slowly said to Da Hei, "Let's go, let's walk forward and see. Anyway, there's no road behind us, so we can only go forward now. We'll decide which way to go when we see a fork in the road."

What Li Qing didn't notice was that since arriving at this place, the injuries on Atuna and Lieyan had undergone obvious changes. Although their skin color was still that frightening color, the patches of blood clots on their bodies, which looked like "patches," had been healing at a visible speed while they were unconscious. After Li Qing carried them onto Dahei, many of those blood clots had disappeared. Even Lieyan, who hadn't woken up yet, twitched his right index finger slightly when Li Qing wasn't looking.