Time passed by minute by minute, and the cold wind continued to blow towards us from the depths of the cave. The goose bumps on our bodies looked particularly scary.
At this time, after resting for a while, Xiaohu was finally able to open his eyes with great difficulty, but he still looked weak.
As for Da Ding and Xiao Ding, there is no need to say much at this moment. These two people have never seen the world before, and they must be panicking now.
Now that things have come to this, looking at this life-or-death chess game in front of me, my heart is filled with incomparable complexity, and at the same time, I can only say to them helplessly:
"This is a trap. If we really want to get through, we need someone to lead the way. If we're not careful, we'll be killed without a burial place."
I tried my best to keep my expression soft as I said these words, but how could I do that in this situation?
The chessboard in front of me basically means the lives of the four of us. I must be extremely nervous inside right now, and I feel very unnatural.
After seeing the expression on my face, Xiao Ding felt extremely panicked. Even Da Ding in his team was scared, so how could he not be scared?
He said with some trembling in his voice, "Why don't we find another way to get there? This place is too dangerous."
Although Xiao Ding's suggestion is a good idea, it is basically impossible for us now. How could there be other roads in such an empty cave?
It was Xiaohu who woke up at this time and said, "I believe in your ability. Just guide us there. It's just a small mechanism."
While saying these words, Xiaohu struggled to stand up from the ground. Even though his figure looked so weak, the expression on his face was so determined.
He kept thinking in his heart: Even if I really die here today, I will die without regrets. Anyway, I can't let the beasts in the cave harm the villagers anymore.
Perhaps it was because of Xiaohu's words that gave everyone in our team a little more confidence, and the atmosphere was not as low as it was at the beginning.
I took the lead and walked to the front and said, "Yes, it's just a small mechanism, no big deal, we can just walk over it."
After saying this, he turned to the struggling tiger and said, "You can rest here for a while by yourself, otherwise you will have to follow us and can't start again."
Although Xiaohu looks very energetic at this moment, we all know in our hearts that his energy is just an act.
After the recent battle, if you don't take a day or two to recover, how can you recover your energy immediately? What's more, there are no measures to follow up now.
But after hearing what I said, Xiaohu expressed his disagreement. He felt that he was here to be a guide in the first place, so how could he be a coward later on?
Seeing the stubborn expression on Xiaohu's face, if he wasn't injured, I would definitely let him sit in the front row.
But now, looking at Xiaohu's bruised arms, I could only harden my heart and scold him fiercely, saying, "Don't cause us any trouble here."
"Your body is already so weak, why are you still holding on here? Hurry up and go to the back obediently. What if something goes wrong later?"
After hearing this, Da Ding couldn't help but comfort him: "You're right, you're too weak right now, so stay at the back."
Seeing that three out of the four people were persuading him to stay behind, Xiaohu had no choice but to agree no matter how reluctant he felt in his heart.
Time passed by minute by minute, and after we were ready, we finally decided to play this game of life and death. The whole cave was filled with a tense atmosphere.
There seemed to be a faint sound of wind blowing past my ears, and the sound of the wind made me feel a little scared inside, and I was extremely nervous at the moment.
Looking at the stone slabs in front of me, my heart was filled with complicated emotions. After all, if I guessed wrong on one, I would be dead without a burial place.
Although I don't value my life very much, there are so many things waiting for me to do now. How can I stop here?
I continued to move forward step by step. In the blink of an eye, I had already walked more than half of the way. I finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this situation.
I was secretly delighted, thinking: People say this chess game is the hardest in the world, but now it seems to be just like this? I really thought it was so terrifying.
Just when I was feeling complacent in my heart, I suddenly realized that the stone slab ahead seemed different from when I first came here.
I was distracted from the beginning, so when I noticed some changes in the strange things in front of me, I had already taken my left foot.
When I hurriedly pulled my left foot back, the group of people behind me felt a little overwhelmed, afraid that something had happened.
Even Xiaohu's voice was trembling as he asked, "What's going on? Why don't you keep going forward? Is there something going on up ahead?"
When faced with such a question, I didn’t answer it at first. I just looked quietly at the stone slab under my feet, thinking about something in my heart.
After observing for a long time, I suddenly felt that everything in front of me was so strange, and immediately shouted to the three people behind me:
"Hurry back, all three of you, retreat! I really didn't expect this mechanism to have this trick up its sleeve. Retreat now!"
Since I didn't give them any chance to react when I said these words, the three people behind me were all shocked when they heard my panicked voice.
At that moment, the three of us retreated in panic, with expressions of extreme fear written on everyone's face, but in the end we retreated safely out of the chess game of life and death.
Only after I calmed down did I frown and look at everything in front of me, thinking in my heart what I should do next.
The three people next to me just stood there quietly, looking at me with a thoughtful look on their faces. Each of them was truly filled with immense sorrow in their hearts, but they didn't know what to say.
The atmosphere in the air suddenly became extremely awkward, but this awkwardness only made me feel a little overwhelmed from the bottom of my heart.
After hesitating for a long time, I couldn't help but say, "There's another new mechanism ahead. I'd better go explore the way alone."
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