"For fifty years, I have not been able to successfully break through the critical point. It seems that my physical strength and mental strength are not enough to compete with the restriction, so I plan to enter a state of meditation for a hundred years, surpass the King level, become a Junior Venerable, and try again."

Another blank line. The remaining handwriting was running low, and it was becoming increasingly sloppy. Yaorao continued reading.

"It's a pity... I still can't get out!"

It seems that this was not the handwriting of a senior who wrote it immediately after he finished entering into meditation, but rather it was a passage written after he was promoted to the peak of the initial stage of the Venerable and immediately challenged the "thousand-meter" taboo again, but still failed.

Judging from the fragmentary notes kept by this ancestor, when he wrote the last paragraph, it was already the 165th year since he entered the secret realm.

For so many years, he had endured loneliness and solitude, doubt and hesitation here alone, but he was still stuck in the same place as he was 165 years ago, without making any progress.

There was no need for a complicated inner monologue. Just the three words "can't get out" which were a circle larger than the other words instantly made Jun Zichen, Xu Errong, An Ran, An Yu and Su Fanjun feel a bitterness spreading in their hearts.

"Becoming a novice venerable is the pinnacle of my lifetime potential. I can sense that the sweet scents in the air have little effect on me. Even if I remain in meditation for another hundred years, I won't be able to advance even one step further. This is already my limit."

"What good is being powerful? Such strength is unheard of in the outside world, but he can't free me, can't let me escape from this hellish prison. After nearly two hundred years of living underground, I've seen through everything."

"Before, in order to become a powerful warrior, I blindly immersed myself in training and ignored the feelings of my family. Even now, what I long for and miss most are the care and concern of my parents and the concern of my friends. It's a pity that I realized all this too late."

"I still have at least a thousand years left to live, but I no longer have the courage to face this nightmare that I have no idea how to break. So I plan to hold my breath, cut off my meridians, and sit in this damned secret realm."

"If any future generations come here and see the message I left behind, I hope they will learn from my failure and find a different way to crack the system."

"I am truly tired and exhausted. I have no energy to search for the so-called treasure anymore."

The last few words were written in exceptionally large size on the crystal fragments, and all the content ended abruptly there.

These texts recorded in different years describe in detail the entire life trajectory of this ancestor in this underground secret realm.

After listening to Jun Zichen's retelling of the contents on the paper, Xu Errong, An Ran, An Yu and Su Fanjun felt a little sad in addition to worrying about their own future.

Such a talented and brilliant genius lived alone in such a monotonous and strange tunnel for nearly two hundred years, struggling with the unknown, fear, and his own doubts until he had completely exhausted all his strength and decisively ended his own life.

"Is this all we can do? Can we only wait to die in this passage?" Su Fanjun asked dejectedly.

"Yeah, it sounds like we are doomed." Jun Zichen said casually, and the restlessness and uneasiness on his face disappeared.

It's a very strange feeling. When you understand what you are going to face, you will no longer be so afraid.

"This is not bad. At least there are five of us and we won't commit suicide because of our own wild thoughts." Xu Errong continued, not feeling agitated or uneasy because of the bad news.

An Yu's face also showed a relaxed expression. He laughed a few times, looked at Su Fanjun, Xu Errong and Jun Zichen, and said, "Being able to die with the three of you, we can be said to have shared the hardship!"

Finally, he looked at An Ran in his arms, and said with great reluctance and self-blame, "What a pity, I couldn't send my beautiful sister away, leaving you to suffer with me. I'm really sorry for you, and for my father and mother..."

Perhaps it was because she felt the relaxed atmosphere and the despair and decadence of everyone that An Ran finally relaxed.

She raised her head for the first time, looked at An Yu and said, "Don't blame yourself. If it weren't for me, you would never have been involved in this plan. I should be the one to let you down..."

After saying that, An Ran looked up at Jun Zichen and said, "If it weren't for me, I don't think you would have taken the initiative to cooperate with us, and then waited for death in this hopeless passage, still being the First Young Master of the Vast Land..."

Jun Zichen raised his eyebrows and looked at An Ran, then smiled evilly and said, "What's wrong? Are you particularly touched? Do you want to make a bet with me? If we can get out, then you agree to be my fiancée? How about it?"

Although what he said sounded like a joke, Jun Zichen's expression was as devilish and unruly as before, but if you look closely, you can see the seriousness and persistence in the deepest part of Jun Zichen's eyes...

An Ran rolled her eyes speechlessly. It was already this late, and Jun Zichen was still joking. She wasn't in the mood to laugh, okay?!

Feeling Jun Zichen's embarrassment, Xu Errong looked at An Ran and An Yu with a smile and said jokingly:

"If that's what you two are saying, then do I have to apologize to you two as well? I should be the one to apologize to you two. If I were to complete this plan alone, it wouldn't be impossible. But now my junior sister has been dragged into this, and a bunch of people have been dragged into this as well..."

Watching the four of them chatting and laughing, Su Fanjun hesitated several times, wanting to interrupt, but held back...

This time, he finally mustered up the courage, looked at An Yu very seriously and asked, "If the five of us really can't get out, can I ask you something?"

An Yu looked at Su Fanjun in confusion. There were almost no secrets between the two of them, so why would Su Fanjun ask this?

"It's okay. We are good brothers. I will tell you whatever you want to ask." An Yu promised generously.

Looking at the two of them, and recalling the messages circulating in the academy, the expressions of An Ran, Xu Errong, and Jun Zichen all changed slightly...

An Ran's eyes flickered with gossip. She looked at Su Fanjun expectantly, her heart pounding: Is this the time to confess? Come on! Confess quickly! What are you still thinking about?! Although she already had a brother, she definitely wouldn't mind having another one to protect her!

(To be continued.)