Chapter 31

"Oh, sorry, are you okay?" Although his head still hurt a little, Ying Zhao asked the first time.

"It's okay, be careful. There is water ahead. Don't move. I'll go and see how deep it is." Wan Di looked back to make sure Ying Zhao was okay and then said.

The undercurrents in these caves are very dangerous. Besides being impossible to tell how deep they are, they could also contain toxic substances or even strange creatures. If you enter the water rashly, you could run into an accident.

Ying Zhao nodded quickly and perked up again. He only looked back at Wan Di when he heard Ji Wenxue yell, "Sister Wan Di, be careful!"

Only then did they notice that they had reached an open area again. The undercurrent below was surging and shimmering under the illumination of the night pearl. The water surface was very dark, and it was impossible to see what was below.

Wendy took off her coat and pulled out a cube, something resembling a Rubik's Cube. She then plucked a strand of her hair and wrapped it around the cube. Miraculously, the moment her hair was pulled free, it instantly turned snow-white, even reflecting the light. Then Wendy dropped the cube into the water, creating a series of ripples that gradually expanded.

"Huh?" Ying Zhao looked at Jiang Zouwei. If there was anyone here who could answer her questions, it would be Jiang Zouwei. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Ji Wenxue also looking surprised.

Jiang Zouwei felt the gazes of the three people and took the initiative to say, "Wandi was captured before and injected with a human-modified vaccine. After the treatment, her hair became as if it had been programmed to absorb nutrients from Wandi's body. Like a parasite." Jiang Zouwei spoke lightly of the past, but there was still heartache in her eyes. She still remembered how painful the treatment process was. However, the virus vaccine mutated in Wandi's body due to the treatment. Caught in a dilemma, she had to abandon some cells to let the virus mutate and save most of the cells.

"However, to ensure continued nourishment, these hairs will also perform various actions to cooperate with Wadi. They can become bait to attract nearby creatures, transform into thin, hard poisonous stingers, or even absorb solar energy and automatically convert it into light for illumination. Currently, Wadi is using the bait to test the basic conditions of the water flow."

Yao Si listened and looked at Wan Di. She had always thought Wan Di's hair was shiny and nourishing, and sometimes even spiritual. Her pretty face was the icing on the cake, but she had never expected there was such a story behind it.

"So the hair turns white because it lacks nutrition once it leaves Wandi's body?" Ying Zhao said, and the miraculous change suddenly turned cruel.

Jiang Zouwei nodded.

"Is it not possible to shave off all my hair?" Yao Si asked. She has always been straightforward in her thinking and doesn't use any strategies. She just solves problems wherever they arise.

Jiang Zouwei gave a negative answer, "No, we tried it before. After shaving the hair, the virus cells will randomly transfer to other organs and may cause new mutations." At that time, the first part attacked by the virus cells was the brain. After Wan Di fainted, she almost lost her memory. No one dared to experiment again and had to let the virus cells stay in the hair follicles.

Elsewhere, Wandi watched the floating cube shift. She then spotted the shape and length of the stone pillars hanging above the cave and quickly made a decision. With a light leap, she grasped the pillars firmly, letting her body dangle in the air. After rocking back and forth a few times to regain her balance, she unexpectedly let go!

He curled up his body and turned around in the air, hooked his feet on the stone pillar, slowly bent down, stretched his arms, and then quickly retrieved the cube with his hands and eyes.

Until Wandi returned to the shore, everyone was still a little confused.

Jiang Zouwei had long known that Wan Di had such abilities. Seeing everyone's stunned expressions, she felt amused and proud. Although she was also surprised when she first saw her, she had seen her many times before and was now completely calm, like a family member.

Ji Wenxue, whose mind wandered constantly today, felt a mixture of emotions. She didn't know how to describe it. She'd been feeling a bit awkward because of last night's events. She'd always thought she, Zou Wei, and Wanti were the three of them, the top three in Wanti's heart. However, it wasn't just the others; Yao Si and Ying Zhao had quickly formed friendships with Wanti, and Zou Wei and Wanti's relationship seemed to have grown even closer.

She was in an awkward position.

She was a little conflicted just now. She wanted to be closer to Wandi, but also wanted to stay away from her. She was worried about her, but also felt a little vicious and hoped that there would be some kind of punishment.

Yao Si's mind was still on Wan Di's difficult yet smooth movements. Such impressive skill, such a seamless and effortless movement. If only one day she could do it with such ease, secretly enjoying everyone's amazed gazes.

Ying Zhao felt it was more comfortable for her eyes here, perhaps because of the reflection of the water and the wider field of vision. She was still thinking about the virus and hair in Wan Di's body. Would this unclear coexistence be dangerous?

Wandi looked at the cube carefully and had a rough idea in mind. "Just swim over there."

The undercurrent was not strong, and everyone moved quickly, so we soon reached the other side. After stepping onto the other side, we took a few steps and the passage became narrow again, and we walked around in circles for a while.

"There are so many turns here that I'm dizzy." Ji Wenxue felt dizzy as she walked. Later she realized that she seemed to be one of those people with poor sense of direction.

"That's true, but most caves like this seem to be like this. I haven't been there often, but I remember it was like walking through a maze every time." Yao Si blinked and looked around. She had a good sense of direction, but her memory wasn't great. She could get the general direction, but she couldn't remember where they had been or which path they had taken.

"You can rely on the water flow, or you can make some marks yourself. Usually there is more than one exit in such a cave." Wandi added.

We continued walking, and soon the ground became much smoother. Honestly, there was no real trick to finding energy stones; it was just a matter of luck. We simply walked like a stroll, observing as we went.

"I've read in books before that this kind of cave is likely the lair of some monster. If we wake it up, it will get furious. We should be careful." Yao Si's footsteps automatically became much lighter as she spoke. She wasn't afraid of the Monster King, but she just wanted to avoid trouble.

"You're not talking about storybooks, are you?" Ji Wenxue asked, "Popular science books generally don't say that." The most basic classification of things for her is what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten, and she doesn't care about the rest.

Wandi raised an eyebrow. "Didn't you say before that you only read recipes?"

Ji Wenxue: "Ahahahahahahahaha." She smiled awkwardly. She had indeed said this before and emphasized it many times. But after all, she still needed to read more books as she got older.

Ying Zhao laughed along as they played, but she also internally marveled at their excellent stamina. They could walk through mountain paths, waterways, and even caves like this as if they were flat ground. She herself exercised regularly, but only in very simple, basic ways. This amount of exercise must have been two or three times her normal amount.

"Ah! What's that?" Ji Wenxue suddenly exclaimed. A thing that looked like a chicken but had claws like a crab suddenly jumped out from the left wall. Its claws opened and closed with a clear and loud sound, but its eyes looked dull.

“Stand back!”

Before Wandi could say anything, everyone had already taken refuge. The sudden appearance of this person suddenly woke everyone up.

This monster, which looks like both a chicken and a crab, has a cute face, but seems to have a very violent temper. With a "crunch", its claws crushed the stones on the wall next to it.

After crushing it, it staggered towards them. Wandi and Jiang Zouwei took out their knives at the same time. They looked at each other and stabbed it from both sides to ensure that the thing was dead.

But before anyone could breathe a sigh of relief, rustling sounds were heard from both sides of the passage. The red feathers on each monster's back connected into a large red patch, blocking the path on both sides.

"What...what should I do?" Ying Zhao was about to jump to the top, holding Yao Si tightly with his fingers. Just looking at this strange thing made his heart feel like jumping out, and that voice made him feel even more creepy.

Ji Wenxue handed the night pearl to Yao Si and took out a gun from her bosom, "Sister Wan Di, try a fire attack?" Generally, these creatures are afraid of fire.

"Can."

At a command, Ji Wenxue pressed the trigger, and the flames flew across, illuminating the entire passage as brightly as day. A cloud of black smoke instantly rose from where the flames landed, accompanied by the smell of something burning.

However, a moment later, the monsters continued to advance unscathed. Wandi made a quick decision, "Do it."

Wan Di and Jiang Zouwei coordinated their strikes, each one a killer. Ying Zhao suddenly felt a pull on his trouser leg. Looking down, he happened to meet the monster's eyes. He screamed, and saw that Wan Di's knife was still stuck in the monster's hand. A sharp kick swept over, using the force to spin in the air, blocking the throat of the one in front and strangling the one behind.

Ying Zhao couldn't catch his breath for a long moment. Under the violent strangulation of Wan Di and Jiang Zou Wei, the passage returned to silence. Everyone continued to move forward, their heartbeats gradually calming. It was just that everyone, intentionally or unintentionally, moved closer.

Unfortunately, after all the trip, they still found nothing. But after returning, Wandi showed everyone something.

"A little dragon?! A wounded little dragon."

"Poor little fellow."

"Oh my god, such beautiful scales. It looks like a fierce black mamba, but it feels so docile in Big Sister's hands."

Seeing everyone coming over, Wandi smiled but seriously corrected them, "It's a little snake. There's no dragon here."

There are no dragons here, Wandi said this, which seemed to imply that the imperial power represented by the virtual creature dragon no longer exists here.