Only he remained calm throughout.
"Whether the boneless flesh and blood is actually bone or not, we don't know. But the Dragon King later said, 'It is one of the few things in the world that can contend with the rootless water.'"
"In other words, the two should be able to check and balance each other."
"Didn't we already collect the water without roots? Why don't we take some out and try it?"
Seeing that everyone hesitated for a moment, Zhao Chen quickly said:
"We're trapped here now and don't know what will happen next. Although the water without roots is important, what's the use of collecting all three items if we don't have a way to leave? Do we even have a chance to get out?"
Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly realized the truth.
Yes, they are now trapped here. Even if they collect the items, they cannot directly hand them over to the Dragon King.
Moreover, what Zhao Chen said was not without reason.
Thinking of this, everyone took out the Rootless Water they had collected from the stone tablet from their storage bags and carefully opened the bottles.
Instantly, a rich, fresh fragrance of life wafted over, purifying the damp, sticky air.
At this moment, the chunks of flesh that were wrapped around everyone suddenly began to tremble, as if they were struggling.
"It works!"
Seeing that the mere sight of the bottle containing the Rootless Water had been opened, and the aroma alone was enough to elicit such a reaction from the flesh, everyone was overjoyed.
Zhao Chen then slowly dripped a drop of rootless water onto the massive chunk of meat.
Instantly, the piece of flesh that came into contact with the rootless water seemed to be electrocuted. After a violent tremor, it was directly peeled off from the huge piece of flesh, forming an independent individual.
The individual was now as quiet as a sleeping baby, no longer capable of causing the slightest ripple.
Everyone stared wide-eyed at this strange scene.
One of them reached out to try to touch the detached piece of flesh, but felt as if his hand was touching a steel plate, unable to budge it an inch.
"It seems that this is the real boneless flesh and blood."
The man murmured.
Zhao Chen nodded upon hearing this, then turned around and said to everyone:
"This confirms what the Dragon King said back then—'Boneless flesh and blood is the hardest bone in the world, so hard that even a piece of iron might not be able to break it.' It seems we really have found it!"
Upon hearing Zhao Chen's words, everyone couldn't help but smile.
"But...how do we get out of here..."
One of them tried to break free from the flesh that bound him, but to no avail, and sighed in despair.
Upon hearing this, everyone fell into a deep silence.
Suddenly, a hoarse, aged male voice came from afar:
"Do you possess water without roots?"
Upon hearing this voice, Zhao Chen and the others frowned slightly and subconsciously looked up, but they did not see any figure.
At that moment, the voice came again:
"Don't be afraid. I am not a living person. I am someone who was devoured by these chunks of flesh. It was the water without roots in your hands that awakened my soul, allowing me to communicate with you."
What do you need us for?
Zhao Chen asked, frowning.
"You're trapped here, aren't you? I can let you leave..."
As if afraid they wouldn't believe it, the voice said again:
“I mean you no harm. Since you can obtain the Water of No Roots, you can leave this place. I can help you leave, but you will have to do me a favor after you leave…”
"What kind of help?"
Zhao Chen asked, puzzled.
"It's very simple... just build me a grave after I get out, so my soul can leave this place and I can rest in peace..."
Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned, seemingly not expecting this person to make such a request...
"Okay. I promise you, as long as we can leave here, we will build a tomb for you once we are outside."
Zhao Chen agreed earnestly.
"Alright, alright, my name is Ye Jue, I'll take you away now..."
As the man spoke, everyone felt a gentle breeze brush against their cheeks, and the flesh enveloping them gradually shrank, revealing a gap.
Seeing this, everyone understood what was happening and jumped out of the gap without hesitation.
"Next, take out the water without roots and drip a drop into each of your palms."
Everyone did as instructed.
After the dripping was finished, the pieces of flesh that had originally wanted to approach the crowd retreated and squeezed together to the sides of the ground, creating an invisible path for the crowd.
“Follow this path and you will return to the surface. I hope you will keep your promise then…”
The voice grew softer and softer until it became faint and indistinct, and finally disappeared.
Zhao Chen picked up the boneless flesh that had been peeled off earlier and put it into his storage ring.
Then he looked at everyone and slowly said:
Let's go.
The group stepped onto the empty road, feeling a soft, yielding sensation under their feet, and it wasn't too strenuous.
Before long, light gradually appeared ahead, and everyone was invigorated, heading towards the light with joyful expressions.
"We're finally out!"
"She's alive!"
...
They all shouted excitedly as they rushed out of the darkness and stood in the sunlight again; the feeling of being reborn was so wonderful.
However, their excitement didn't last long. Remembering their earlier promise, they found a proper place to erect a monument for Ye Jue, bowed in unison, and then turned to leave.
Everyone left in a good mood.
Now that they have collected the Rootless Water and the Boneless Flesh and Blood, if they can find the Land of No Life, they can have the Dragon King send them out of the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts and back to the Sunset Forest...
With this in mind, everyone quickened their pace.
Zhao Chen, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped, which puzzled everyone.
"What's wrong?"
Zhao Chen pointed to the location of the Land of No Life marked on the map and frowned, saying:
"This seems to be a dead end..."
"Dead end?"
One of them took the map from Zhao Chen and began to examine it carefully.
"yes……"
Zhao Chen nodded.
Pointing to a line on the map, he said:
"From here, you'll reach a valley, but the strange thing is that after you reach the valley, the route branches off into several more paths, but they all eventually converge on this one path."
As Zhao Chen spoke, he pointed out each point one by one.
"And this route is the land beneath our feet right now..."
Upon hearing Zhao Chen's words, everyone fell silent.
"Could the map be wrong?"
Someone made a guess, which was immediately refuted.
"The map is definitely correct, since the previous routes were all right. The problem lies in the route after we reached that valley... According to the map, after leaving the valley, we'll return to the ground we're standing on now. So what's the point of going back to the valley?"
"And the location of the Land of No Life is also within this area..."
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