Chapter 75 Brown Bear

Jiang He retracted his gaze and looked at the gray rat: "Why are these deformed beasts not moving?"

The gray squirrel understood and immediately said, "Their habits are different from ours. They only come out after midnight when the temperature in the mine drops sharply."

This reminded Jiang He of something he had mentioned before when he and Brown Bear and the others were trapped at the bottom of the mine.

Gray Rat continued, "Low-level aberrations can move freely during the day, but the higher their level, the more they're affected by the mine's environment. Those aberrations crawling on the cliffs of the abyss are at least level six or seven."

Jiang He checked the time on his wrist. Although they hadn't been delayed at the bottom of the mine, they had been delayed by the mutant beasts they encountered. It was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

"These deformed beasts will soon be able to move freely." Yao Leng said, "What should we do?"

He was asking about Jiang He, and before he knew it, everyone was focusing on Jiang He.

"Wow, you're still alive. You're so lucky."

The warden's surprised voice came from a distance.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw the warden and his two companions about ten meters away from them. They had probably walked to the abyss from another mine tunnel.

Jiang He glanced at the three people and didn't respond. She said to Yao Leng, "While they are still unable to move, I will go downstairs. You wait here. If I am not back before ten o'clock, you will return the same way."

"I'll go down with you." Yao Leng said immediately, "My ice spikes are very useful on cliffs."

"I'm going down too," Old Man Shi shouted. "I don't have much time left to live. If I could see the inner layers, it would be a great experience."

"I'll go down too," said the gray mouse. "I can dig a hole in the wall, and maybe I can help you in a critical moment."

“Cough cough cough…”

Jiang He looked at the coughing consumptive man and asked, "Why, you want to go down too?"

Fortunately, the consumptive patient didn't have so many thoughts as everyone else. He was as afraid of death as he appeared to be. "No, no, no, cough, cough, I'll wait for you here."

Jiang He did not try to persuade the others. The people in the training camp were not weak and they all had their own ideas. None of them were willing to sacrifice themselves for others.

No matter what these people think, Jiang He has to go down.

She threw three flashlights in a row and saw clearly that the rainbow hat was in the abyss.

Jiang He took out the food from the package and shared it with Xiaolu, Bicui, and a few other people. Time was limited, so after quickly replenishing some energy, Jiang He asked Xiaolu and Bicui to play on it and wait for her to come back, and then she took the lead to climb down along the edge.

Although those deformed beasts were motionless, they were still conscious. Jiang He climbed down by grabbing their bodies. She saw them slowly turning their heads and opening their mouths, trying to bite her.

But if she didn't make a loud noise, the heads of these deformed beasts wouldn't turn.

Jiang He pursed his lips, took on the lightest breath, and climbed down silently.

The warden saw Jiang He climbing down and snorted, "How courageous!"

Zhang Yue said to her, "Wait here, I'll go down and take a look."

The gray mouse glanced towards them in the direction of the sound.

The three of them walked together all the way, and no one knew what had happened. They were no longer as tense as before, and seemed to be willing to work together.

He didn't look any further, lowered his head, and after Yao Leng and Shi Lao Ren climbed down, he also climbed down into the abyss.

Suddenly, his hand was stepped on by a foot.

He looked up and saw it was the consumptive man, who was stepping on his hand without taking it as an offense, staring at him with his grey eyes, coughing repeatedly.

The other person's eyes looked lifeless and gray as if they were out of focus, but at that moment, the gray mouse seemed to be seen through by him inside and out, with nowhere to hide.

Gray Mouse didn't dare to meet his gaze again, so he turned away and asked him, "What's wrong?"

The consumptive ghost slowly squatted down, got closer to him, and asked, "How many times?"

The gray mouse's pupils suddenly shrank, and even his hands trembled a little. Fortunately, the consumptive ghost stepped on his hand, otherwise he might have lost his balance and fallen into the abyss.

"One hundred and twenty-seven," the gray mouse murmured softly.

Consumptive: “Probability.”

The gray mouse shook his head bitterly.

It has not been successful so far.

The consumptive man moved his feet and stood up.

The gray mouse realized what was happening belatedly and broke out in a cold sweat. When he looked up again, he found that the consumptive ghost had stopped paying attention to him. He was standing with his hands behind his back, staring into the dark abyss, and no one knew what he was thinking.

The gray mouse opened his mouth, full of questions, but he was not as bold as the other party and did not dare to ask a single word. He simply pursed his lips and crawled down into the abyss.

If you are lucky enough to climb up, find a safe place and ask again.

Jiang He climbed the fastest. With the strange bodies of these deformed beasts as ladders, she easily climbed down twenty or thirty meters, but still could not feel the bottom.

Not only is there no light in this abyss, but even after adapting to the darkness, you can only see vague silhouettes within half a foot in front of you. If you are not careful, you will end up grabbing nothing.

As she climbed deeper and deeper, the cold fog that had appeared around her became thicker and thicker.

The sticky, damp mist soaked into her body, making her feel suffocated and stuffy. A chilling feeling continuously penetrated her body, and her limbs became increasingly stiff due to the cold.

Jiang He's climbing speed slowed down unconsciously because of the fog.

But she herself did not notice that she kept turning her head and looking around while climbing.

She deliberately chose the direction of the rainbow cap as she climbed down.

But after all this time, there's no sign of the hat. Is it because I'm going the wrong way? Or is it because the darkness is blocking my view and I can't see clearly?

No matter what, the brown bear must have been here. Jiang He calmed his mind and continued to climb down.

She could no longer read the time on the bracelet, and it was getting darker and darker. She couldn't even see what she was holding on to, and had to rely on her body's subconscious to sense her surroundings.

It's really cold here. If I had known it would be so cold, I should have put on all the prison uniforms in the package.

Jiang He's fingers trembled, and just as he was about to continue grabbing downwards, his vision suddenly went dark.

Two extremely large eyes were almost touching hers.

The fishy smell from the other person's mouth was very close.

Jiang He slipped and fell several meters before he managed to grab the horn of one of the deformed beasts to steady himself.

The horns were moving, shaking Jiang He up and down in the darkness.

The wet mist swept Jiang He, and she could vaguely hear the sound of wind in her ears.

The whistling wind was as fast as a gale, rushing towards her head.

Alarm bells rang in his mind. Jiang He grabbed the horns and swung himself hard to avoid the strong wind. He thought he would fall into the abyss, but the next moment he landed on a deformed beast.

She realized that a deformed beast had just tried to eat her, which was why she felt the strong wind.

Now, she fell on top of the other person.

The opponent's speed was so fast that Jiang He was almost thrown off. She grabbed a piece of scale on the opponent's back tightly and grabbed the root of the wing while climbing around.

It turned out to be a deformed bird with wings. No wonder it could fly in the abyss and cause strong winds.

But why didn't it hang motionless on the cliff like the other deformed beasts?

Perhaps because of Jiang He's climbing, the deformed bird was very angry and flapped its wings faster, rushing around in the abyss, diving, flying sideways, or flying upside down.

He wanted to throw Jiang He off his back in various positions.

Jiang He was dizzy from its spinning flight, but he still gritted his teeth and held on tightly to its back spike.

The angry deformed bird would occasionally crash into the cliffs of the abyss, grab the motionless deformed beast and swallow it into its mouth to chew.

Jiang He guessed that the deformed bird was the natural enemy of these deformed beasts on the cliff and was at the top of the food chain.

The deformed bird couldn't get rid of her and was tired of flying, so it fluttered into a cave on a cliff, which was probably its nest.

Jiang He kept clinging to its back like a little bug pretending to be dead. No matter how it struggled, it just refused to get off its back.

After all the hard work, both the man and the bird were exhausted.

Jiang He was so cold that her body froze to the deformed bird without her noticing.

Seeing that the deformed bird seemed to be fast asleep and not moving, she stiffened her body and slowly got off the deformed bird.

The deformed bird buried its head in its wings, and suddenly a head popped out from its tail, its two round eyes staring at Jiang He dimly.

Jiang He knew that most deformed beasts had multiple heads, but he had never seen a deformed beast whose head was not on its neck but on its butt.

She was startled and had no time to react before the bird's beak opened and its spiked tongue flicked towards her.

Jiang He had heard the sound of it chewing the mutant beast.

It chewed those deformed beasts with tough leather armor like snacks.

She believed that she was not as strong as the deformed beast and could not be caught in its mouth.

Although her whole body was stiff, Jiang He's survival instinct made her use all her strength to roll to the side in an instant.

But she had already rolled into the corner and had nowhere to retreat.

Am I going to die in this bird's stomach today?

But when she thought about this creature with its head at every turn, and how it had swallowed so many deformed beasts, if she were to be swallowed by it, she would have to share a room with all those crushed deformed beasts, whose bodies were smelly and fishy. Just thinking about that scene, Jiang He inexplicably felt a surge of strength.

I can't die like this! Jiang He endured the stiff feeling of her body being frozen into a popsicle, and used her hands to support the deformed bird's big beak that was pecking at her again. The deformed bird stared at her with its big eyes, revealing a mocking look.

You are just an ant, trying to shake a tree.

Just as the deformed bird was about to flick its tongue towards Jiang He, a vine circle was suddenly caught in its beak.

The deformed bird angrily pressed its beak against the ground and flapped its wings, causing the sand and gravel in its nest, which was too small for it, to roll.

Jiang He's hand was held, and someone said to her, "Let's go."

It was a woman's voice, very unfamiliar, not the warden's, nor Zhang Yue's.

Jiang He was stunned for a moment, remembering that Gray Rat seemed to have said that there were two new robots in the training camp.

Could it be one of them?

Have those robots successfully entered the abyss?

Jiang He was confused, but there was no time to think too much in this situation. Her body was frozen stiff as an iron rod, and the other party was very strong. He dragged her forward like a sack.

It was not until they passed through a gap that they found that Jiang He's body was being pulled horizontally. Only then did the other party react and hurriedly pulled Jiang He vertically into the gap.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Just as he finished speaking, Jiang He's head hit a protruding stone in the crack again.

The gap was narrow, only enough for two people to sit with their heads tilted. Although the deformed bird had escaped the vine ring, it couldn't stick its head in. It was so angry that it kept digging dirt and rocks in the narrow gap.

Seeing that Jiang He's body was becoming increasingly stiff, the woman bit the tip of her finger to collect some blood and fed it into Jiang He's mouth.

Her blood was boiling hot, like a ball of fire rolling into Jiang He's throat. It was so hot at first that it was painful to death, but soon the heat spread to her limbs and bones, and she found that her body was no longer so cold.

Jiang He moistened his throat, imitated her, and walked sideways through the gap, whispering, "Thank you for saving me. My name is Jiang He, what's your name?"

"Honghong." Honghong said to Jiang He, "Don't thank me, someone asked me to save you."

Her tone was not very good, as if she was being held hostage.

Jiang He: "Anyway, thank you."

Honghong snorted coldly.

Jiang He followed her in the crevice for a while before finally reaching the end. After leaving the crevice, there was another cliff.

Honghong moved aside and said to Jiang He, "Come here."

Jiang He walked over, but before he could stand firmly, she reached out and pushed him into the abyss under the cliff.

She was falling, and there was nothing around her, nothing to climb onto.

Jiang He didn't scream out loudly in fear. Since Honghong saved her from the mouth of that ferocious deformed bird, she would definitely not kill her for no reason again.

There is only one possibility if you push her down: she won't die from the fall.

Sure enough, countless vines suddenly stretched out from the darkness and wrapped Jiang He.

The vines were afraid that she would get hurt, so they wrapped her tightly. The cold was no longer around her, but warm and comfortable.

Jiang He's tense nerves gradually relaxed and he closed his eyes for a while.

Faintly, she heard someone calling her.

"Xiao He, Xiao He, don't sleep anymore, we will be home soon."

Jiang He woke up in a daze and saw that she was covered in blood and it was the brown bear carrying her on its back.

The brown bear had a broken arm, and the bloody arm made her pupils shrink, and she immediately jumped off him.

After jumping down, I found that the brown bear was covered with wounds.

The two of them were now walking in the yellow sand, with no smoke in front and no village behind.

She asked in a trembling voice, "Brother Xiong, what's going on?"

"We killed the worm mother." Brown Bear took her hand and said happily, "The method you proposed really worked. Now that the worm mother is dead, we can finally live in peace from now on."

He held Jiang He's hand tightly, afraid that if he let go, they would get separated in the yellow sand. "But it's getting dark soon. We have to get back to the village quickly before it gets dark."

After hearing what he said, Jiang He suddenly realized that she and Brown Bear went to the Zerg's nest together to kill the Zerg Queen. They killed the Zerg Queen together, but both she and Brown Bear were seriously injured, and Brown Bear lost one of his arms.

Fortunately, we are all still alive, and that’s good.

The brown bear continued to say to her, "Xiao He, you should continue to lie on my back. I will walk faster."

Jiang He couldn't bear to lie on his back again, "I can walk."

But she had an injury on her leg and couldn't walk fast. Soon, the brown bear threw her on its back again.

"The night sky is so beautiful tonight." Brown Bear looked up at the sky: "It looks like there are countless lights in the sky."

Jiang He was also surprised. She didn't expect the starry sky tonight to be so beautiful like a dream. "It's so beautiful. I wish I could see it every night."

"Yes," Brown Bear comforted her, "we will get better slowly in the future."

The two hurried and returned to the village before the sandstorm arrived.

When the villagers learned that the insect queen had been killed by them, they were very happy. They surrounded them in joy and were all imagining the future.

As they were talking, everyone started to make a fuss and suggested that Jiang He and Brown Bear get married as soon as possible.

Jiang He used to say that he wouldn't consider getting married until he could kill the Insect Mother. Now that the Insect Mother is dead, the important matter of lifelong happiness has to be brought up. The population of the village is dwindling, and everyone is trying their best to bring Jiang He and Brown Bear together, hoping that they can get married and have babies as soon as possible.

Amidst the crowd's jeers, Brown Bear blushed and stammered, "Xiao He, I, I have a broken arm now. Will you marry me? It's okay if you don't want to. I, I have a broken arm, so I'm not as strong as before..."

Jiang He looked at the red-faced brown bear.

They had fought back to back against the tide of insects. Countless childhood playmates had died, but only the two of them were still alive.

She could feel the brown bear's heart beating wildly. He was very nervous. Although he was smiling at her, his body was gradually becoming stiff.

The eyes he looked at her were like stars falling into the night sky, shining brightly. He seemed to be using all the light from the stars to look at her.

Jiang He nodded, and she heard herself say, "Okay, I'm willing to marry you."

In the crowd, Dazhuang was standing far away on the periphery, staring at her expressionlessly. His eyes were too calm, very different from the innocent eyes of a child on ordinary days. Jiang He was dazed for a moment, and when she looked again, she found that Dashu had already pulled Dazhuang to play in the corner.

She hugged Brown Bear around her waist, and he could easily lift her up with one arm.

"Xiao He, Xiao He, you promised me, you promised me, hahaha..."

The brown bear's laughter was so bright and cheerful that it made Jiang He's chest swell. It was great, she thought, the insect mother was killed, she and the brown bear would marry, and they would soon have children, adding to the population of the village.

There were not so many particulars in the village. Early the next morning, everyone decorated the brown bear's house in a very festive manner.

Even Jiang He wore a red wedding dress and a veil on her head. She sat in the house early in the morning, waiting for Brown Bear to come and pick her up.

There were laughter and cheers outside, and firecrackers were crackling.

Suddenly, a small black ball rolled under Jiang He's feet.

Jiang He lowered her head slightly, her red veil swaying slightly. A little head popped out of the window, and a childish voice asked her, "Are you really going to marry Brown Bear?"

She recognized it as Da Zhuang's voice.

The child's voice was puffed up, as if he was questioning someone.

Jiang He raised his foot, wanting to step on the small black ball in front of him, but finally put his foot down slowly.

"Yeah," she said, "There hasn't been a new baby in the village for a long time."

The man got even angrier after hearing what she said, "Think about it again, who are you marrying?"

The small ball on the ground was rolling in circles. Jiang He felt it was strange and was about to raise his foot to touch it when the door opened.

"Xiao He, I'm here."

It's a brown bear.

Jiang He then withdrew his feet and sat down properly.

Amid the noise of villagers playing and fighting, the brown bear carried Jiang He on his back from her home to his, and the wedding ended successfully.

It was getting dark, and Jiang He's veil had been lifted by the brown bear.

He stared at her blankly, "Xiao He, you look so beautiful today."

Jiang He had never seen a brown bear look so silly before, and was amused. "I wasn't good-looking before? I won't be good-looking in the future? Why am I good-looking today?"

The brown bear hurriedly shook his head and stammered, "She was beautiful before, and she will be beautiful in the future. Xiaohe is the most beautiful."

He wanted to touch Jiang He with his hands, but he didn't dare.

He could even kill the Insect Queen easily and skillfully, but in front of her, he didn't even dare to take a step closer.

Those passing by the window couldn't wait any longer and kept urging, "Big Bear, are you able to do this? You haven't done anything in half a day. Oh, you're really driving me crazy."

"Big Bear, hurry up and become the best warrior in our village. Don't say you are incompetent."

…

The brown bear went out with a dark face and chased all these guys away.

As soon as he returned to the room and met Jiang He's smiling eyes, his heart began to beat wildly again.

Jiang He held his hand and said softly, "We're tired after a day, let's go to sleep."

Sleep, sleep... The brown bear's mind was full of thoughts, and he looked at the woman's eyes and became dazed again.

He caressed her cheek, his fingertips trembling, but he didn't dare to go any further. It seemed that even now, he still couldn't believe it. "Xiao He, Xiao He, are you really willing?"

Jiang He didn't say anything. She leaned over and kissed his forehead.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a rainbow hat placed at the head of the bed, which looked out of place with the bright red quilt and pillowcases.

Jiang He didn't know why, but tears suddenly rolled out of his eyes.

She stared at the brown bear's eyebrows and said in a hoarse voice, "Brother Bear."

She clenched her fist and punched through the brown bear's heart in an instant.

The red candles, the wedding quilt, the beautiful scenery, all scattered like splashing raindrops, and were all destroyed in an instant.

Jiang He's eyes were filled with darkness.

She still maintained the posture of clenching her fist to smash through the brown bear's body.

It seemed as if it was frozen and did not move for a long time.

In the darkness, the brown bear's painful voice rang out, "Xiao He, my chest hurts so much."

Jiang He seemed to react at this moment. She blinked again and again, suppressing the tears in her eyes.

Caihe said that the Demon Eye Fantasy Sky Vine is different from most deformed beasts and is best at weaving illusions that captivate the mind.

Jiang He waited until his pounding heart calmed down before he said coldly, "I don't need such a grand illusion. You might as well just come out and fight me fair and square. You're so much stronger than me, it's not like you can't beat me."

Sure enough, a voice rang out in the darkness: "You are quite self-aware. That illusion was not yours in the first place."

"It's the brown bear's." Jiang He's guess was confirmed. She clenched her fingers tightly together, murderous intent swirling in her chest, but her voice was overly calm. "You can't kill his consciousness. Just throw him into the illusion and tease him to wear him down."

"Hehehe, you're so smart, no wonder he likes you." The voice of the Magic Eye Illusion Sky Vine was getting closer and closer to Jiang He. "Since you've seen through it, why don't you satisfy him? Hey, you cruel woman, that guy was always thinking about marrying you and reproducing, but you just beat him to death with one punch."

The next moment, Jiang He suddenly jumped forward and punched forward fiercely.