Fu Hang never looked back again, and ran all the way until he finally reached the foot of the mountain.
There were still 10 guards left behind at the foot of the mountain.
Seeing these 100 newcomers, I didn't know how to respond.
They were also a little panicked, because His Highness the Crown Prince had left after giving his instructions in the morning and never returned.
Now they don't know whether to go up and check or go back to get reinforcements. They are naturally very happy to see reinforcements coming over on their own.
Fu Hang dismounted and stood to one side, waiting for Shen Jiaojiao.
"This is the Crown Princess. Please explain the situation in detail." Fu Hang lowered his head, avoiding eye contact with the beautiful but venomous woman.
His heart was racing after taking a quick look. He thought this might be what his mother meant by poisoning, and that he needed to stay away from the source of the poison.
Shen Jiaojiao noticed that Fu Hang was looking down but didn't think much of it. She herself knew how to ride a horse, but her body was still too delicate, and her legs felt sore after strenuous exercise.
She forced herself to remain calm and went forward to listen to what they had to say.
The remaining 10 people bowed to Shen Jiaojiao and then began to speak: "Reporting to the Crown Princess, this morning His Highness the Crown Prince led 50 men to this place. After arriving, he left 10 of us at the foot of the mountain, while the other 40 men split into four groups and went to the cave from four directions. However, none of them returned!"
Shen Jiaojiao asked, "Where is that cave?"
“Go straight from here; this is the shortest route His Highness the Crown Prince took!”
"Alright! You lead the way, let's go see what's going on!" Shen Jiaojiao and her group headed towards the cave.
…
Meanwhile, Chu Tianling and his group, after falling into the cave, felt a soft, yielding surface beneath their feet. A stench assaulted their nostrils, and they immediately covered their noses as soon as they got up.
quack quack quack
quack quack quack
A series of shouts rose and fell, startling everyone.
Chu Tianling stood still, looking in the direction of the sound. He saw a dense swarm of toads croaking at the ten people not far away.
There were several freshly crushed corpses where he had just fallen.
A toad with a broken leg was crawling out on its two front legs.
A three-meter-wide vacuum zone quickly opened up around Chu Tianling. Not knowing what was going on, Chu Tianling tentatively took a few steps forward, and the toad retreated a few steps.
They maintained a distance of exactly three meters.
Before he could decide whether to leave, the mechanism above his head was activated again, and unsurprisingly, another 10 unlucky people fell down.
Meeting Chu Tianling's disappointed gaze, the ten men stood up in shame, bowed, and stood obediently to the side without making a sound.
Useless thing, a tall guy of 1.8 meters is all for nothing!
A bunch of good-for-nothings!
Chu Tianling cursed inwardly, looking at the croaking toads in front of him and then at the twenty big, dumb guys behind him, and considered whether he should move forward.
His main concern was that if he left later, twenty more big, dumb guys might fall from above.
Maybe we should wait and see, in case someone clever notices something amiss!
But years of bad luck have taught him that whenever he thinks of something bad, it will almost always happen.
Sure enough, reality soon proved it right; in the end, both teams fell down one after the other.
Chu Tianling watched these idiots fall with a dark face, and his father was so angry that he wanted to say something. This damn bad luck was still going on.
I wonder what Jiaojiao is doing. I wonder if she's missing me since I haven't been around for so long.
Now that everyone was present, there was no need to hesitate. A group of people squeezed behind Chu Tianling and slowly walked inside.
As he approached, the toad kept backing away, causing a stampede among the toads, which croaked incessantly.
Why are there so many toads?
Didn't they say someone disappeared? This feels like I've stumbled into some kind of drug den!
Chu Tianling was furious. The croaking of the toads was giving him a headache, and he felt that his body was not feeling well again. At this moment, he missed Jiaojiao terribly.
The fishy smell in the air grew stronger. A man was walking along when he suddenly collapsed. Because he was at the back, he felt his whole body go limp, and his legs gave way, causing him to fall.
Looking up at his brothers in front of him, he weakly raised his hand and slightly opened his mouth.
A silent cry: Help me! Help me!
Unfortunately, the surrounding area was already too noisy with the cawing of birds, and the lighting was very dim with the pervasive poisonous gas, so everyone inhaled some of the poison.
So he fell down and no one noticed.
Chu Tianling walked forward, and soon the person who had fallen was no longer within three meters of him.
Soon those disgusting toads transformed into ferocious creatures and jumped onto the fallen man, one after another, until he was quickly overwhelmed by countless toads.
The commotion behind him went unnoticed by those in front. At this moment, Chu Tianling began to feel unwell, and the people behind him came over to support him.
Everyone was gritting their teeth and persevering. A light white mist began to rise in the air, and no one had been seen since they entered.
"Your Highness! Perhaps we should turn back! I feel a little dizzy, as if I've been poisoned. If we continue forward, I'm afraid I'll slow everyone down!"
"Yes! I also think it's not good, and the fog is getting thicker and thicker, we can't see anything ahead at all."
"If we go back, someone will eventually find the place where we fell, and we'll be rescued sooner or later!"
"Yes, Your Highness..."
…
A loud discussion erupted behind him. Chu Tianling also felt extremely dizzy and was now relying entirely on two people supporting him from behind.
He turned around and looked at the dense crowd of people behind him. The visibility was getting lower and lower, and he could only see a dozen or so blurry faces. The rest were swallowed up by the white mist.
The croaking all around was still as noisy as ever, making my head spin.
"Is everyone certain that they want to turn back?"
Chu Tianling asked in a deep voice.
Everyone answered in unison, "Your Highness, let's go back!"
"Alright, since you want to leave, then turn back!"
He had a bad feeling; the trap he had fallen into was clearly man-made.
I wonder who raised so many toads here, and since they anticipated that someone might fall in, they should have considered where those people would go.
Is going back really useful?
boom
A tremor came, and suddenly someone behind shouted, "Your Highness, a stone gate has appeared behind us! The road is blocked, we can't go back!"
"What? I'll give it a try!"
"It really won't open!"
"You bastard! Come out! Stop playing tricks on me, come out!"
...
The crowd suddenly became chaotic again!
Sure enough, my damn intuition came true again.
Chu Tianling forced himself to stay alert, his face pale, and said loudly, "Keep moving forward!"
There was no other way; this was the only option. By blocking off the back, they were clearly being allowed to continue moving forward!
gurgle
Suddenly, Chu Tianling felt something rolling under his feet. His heart skipped a beat. Everyone was already on edge, and they all stopped when they heard the noise.
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