After settling Wu Siyue down, Gu Shi tiptoed out of the cave.
When he arrived at the exit, Gu Shi did not rush out, but quietly stuck his head out from the edge of the stone wall.
Gu Shi's breathing paused for a moment, and what came into his sight was a somewhat deformed monster. Its body was like a mouse, covered with gray hair, but its face was smooth, and two huge black eyes took up most of the space.
This very uncoordinated face is not the strangest part of the monster. The strangest thing should be its tail.
The monster's tail is also smooth, with the same thickness at the front and back, and the same length as the monster's body. It is the same yellow-green color as the swamp, and if you look closely you can see some light black lines on the surface.
The monster was now lying on the ground, with its long tail folded beside it, patting the ground repeatedly. It looked very relaxed.
Gu Shi made a rough estimate and found that the strength of this monster should be around the initial fifth level, so it would be very easy for him to kill it.
However, Gu Shi did not do so. He did not forget that his top priority now was to find the other two missing people. It was okay to clean up the monsters later.
If he takes action now, what if the chaos caused by him clearing out the monsters affects other people? Wouldn't this just make things more difficult for himself?
With the help of the invisibility item, Gu Shi successfully bypassed the monster guarding the gate without attracting any attention.
Next, it’s time to decide the direction. Should I go left or right?
Gu Shi chose to trust his intuition and walked towards the tunnel on the right after hesitating for two seconds. However, he did not expect that this underground tunnel was actually interconnected. After he took two steps forward, there was another fork in the road.
Since he had chosen to trust his intuition, Gu Shi just walked on as he pleased. Every time he came to a fork in the road, he would close his eyes and walk blindly.
Of course, in order to find it back in the end, Gu Shi still remembered the way.
Gu Shi circled in the tunnel for a while. He originally thought that he would not gain anything this time. After all, he had been walking around in the tunnel for so long, and he might just get lost.
Who knew that when Gu Shi turned another corner, he suddenly ran face to face with a rat-shaped monster. Fortunately, he was still invisible and the monster didn't notice anything wrong.
Gu Shi looked the monster up and down. Its appearance was very similar to the one he had just seen, except that it was a little smaller, and there was a motionless human-shaped black shadow tied to its tail.
Gu Shi quietly followed the monster. After a careful look, he confirmed that the person tied to the monster's tail was a living person, but he was not sure whether it was the one half he was looking for.
Seeing that the figure was being swung up and down by the monster without any reaction, Gu Shi guessed that he must have fainted.
The figure looked just as disheveled as Wu Siyue. Not only was he covered in mud, but Gu Shi also saw a lot of faint bloodstains on his body. It seemed that he had suffered serious injuries.
Gu Shi followed it for a while and came to another guarded cave.
The monster came to the entrance of the cave and swung its tail as if throwing away garbage. The man flew in and rolled around on the ground several times after landing.
After doing this, the monster left.
Gu Shi took the opportunity to sneak into the cave.
As soon as he entered the room, he saw a man kneeling beside the person who was thrown in, feeling for the heartbeat of the unconscious person with trembling hands.
It was at this time that Gu Shi showed up.
The kneeling person was frightened by him and was about to scream when he was stopped by Gu Shi.
"Shh, don't make any noise. I'm Wu Jingshan, the man who came to save you. This is a healing potion, give it to him quickly."
Gu Shi immediately revealed his identity and handed the potion to him.
Hearing the familiar name, the kneeling man breathed a sigh of relief, let down his guard, and quickly took the potion and fed it to the person.
"Thank you so much. I'm Xu Kai and his name is Hu Pinliang."
Seeing that the unconscious Hu Pinliang's condition had improved, Xu Kai felt relieved. When he saw Hu Pinliang being thrown in just now, his heart almost sank. Fortunately, he was still alive.
"Did you come here from Old Wu? Have you seen his son? There are only two of us here. We were forced to separate at the beginning, and I don't know how the child is doing now."
As he spoke, Xu Kai's voice was tinged with worry. The people in their team were basically a generation older than Wu Siyue, and they usually took good care of the child.
Wu Siyue himself is also very likable. He is very well-behaved towards this group of uncles and aunts. He is the type that the elders like most, and they have a good relationship with each other.
Gu Shi nodded, "Don't worry, I have found Siyue, he is safe now."
After exchanging information, Gu Shi took out some food and drinks. After Hu Pinliang woke up and both of them recovered some strength, he planned to take the two of them away.
Before leaving, Gu Shi specifically instructed: "I will take you to Siyue now. No matter what happens on the way, you two just need to follow me closely. I will take care of everything else."
Now that the person has been found and Siyue's safety is guaranteed, Gu Shi no longer has to be as restrained as before when taking action.
He led the two people out of the cave without any fear of being discovered by the monsters.
As soon as the monster guarding the cave met them, Gu Shi froze it into an ice sculpture. The monsters they encountered later would receive the same treatment.
Because he was afraid of collapsing the underground maze, Gu Shi did not use any powerful magic, but even so, these monsters, which were only level five at most, could not last more than a minute in his hands.
It didn't take much time for Gu Shi and the other two to successfully return to the cave where Wu Siyue was.
"I'm back, Siyue, are you in any danger?"
Seeing the three figures walking in, Wu Siyue's eyes lit up, "Brother Gu Shi, I'm fine. Uncle Hu, Uncle Xu, I'm so glad that you're all okay!"
Seeing the three of them hugging each other excitedly, Gu Shi clapped his hands helplessly, "Alright, alright, if you have anything to say, let's talk after we get out. Uncle Wu is still waiting outside."
Gu Shi didn't know any earth-based magic, so he simply chose to use force to break all spells. He forcibly opened a big hole in the ceiling, surrounded it with a shield, and rushed up from underground with the three of them.
When they broke through the mud and saw the sky again, Wu Siyue and the other two breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
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