Upon hearing that they had arrived at the most dangerous area, Ruan Tian had no sense of danger whatsoever!
Along the way, although they encountered several crises, with Jing Zhenxu by her side, Ruan Tian had nothing to worry about and successfully dodged several attacks with his help.
Moreover, perhaps because Jing Zhenxu used to go down into the mines often, he knew the plants inside the mines like the back of his hand and handled them with ease.
This made Ruan Tian even more curious: how exactly did Jing Zhenxu manage to do that?
But in such a critical moment, Ruan Tian was too embarrassed to ask anything, so she just kept quiet and obediently followed behind Jing Zhenxu.
Wherever Jing Zhenxu went, she went too. In the process, the two grew closer and closer, and there was an urge to stick together.
Jing Zhenxu was walking quietly ahead, but Ruan Tian's breathing behind him was a little too obvious. He could even feel Ruan Tian's breathing against his back.
"..."
Jing Zhenxu coughed, his face unconsciously flushing red, and said softly:
"Actually, Ruan Tian, you don't need to stand so close to me. We should just keep a distance. You're too close to me right now."
"Hey!" Ruan Tian finally realized that she was probably too close to Jing Zhenxu. She rubbed her cheeks a little embarrassedly.
"I understand, I'll step back a little now."
She obediently took several steps back, but she retreated a little too far, and Jing Zhenxu stopped again.
When Ruan Tian saw Jing Zhenxu stop, she wondered if she had been standing too close, so she became even more embarrassed and said:
"Am I standing too close to you? If it's really too much, I'll move back a little."
Upon hearing this, Jing Zhenxu gently shook his head. He subconsciously opened his mouth as if to say something, but after a moment, he blushed and finally spoke:
"You're a little too far removed from me right now."
One minute she says the distance is too close, the next minute she says it's too far. Ruan Tian is a little unsure of what the actual distance between herself and Jing Zhenxu should be.
She coughed. "Then tell me, what should the distance between us look like?"
Upon hearing this, Jing Zhenxu grabbed Ruan Tian's wrist and pulled her to a suitable distance.
"Just keep this distance, it's perfect."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Tian nodded solemnly.
"But, Inoue, is this surrounding environment really that dangerous? If this is the most dangerous area, isn't it a little too quiet around here?"
Jing Zhenxu also found it quite strange. The last time he came here, these plants were all very wild, giving the impression that they wanted to melt people's bones.
Now that the two of them have ventured deep into the most dangerous area, the surrounding plants still don't seem to be reacting much.
Ruan Tian glanced around and, by the faint light of the fire, made out the plants on the wall.
Compared to the plants in the safe areas, the plants in the most dangerous areas were all asleep, each one quiet as if they were asleep.
In the outermost area, nothing happened; the plants were fast asleep.
Jing Zhenxu shielded Ruan Tian behind her, protecting her body tightly, afraid that Ruan Tian would get even a little bit of the sticky fluid on her.
However, Ruan Tian was also worried about Jing Zhenxu's health, and she spoke in the lowest possible voice:
"Don't worry about me, I'm fine!"
How could Ke Jingzhen not worry about Ruan Tian? If anything happened to Ruan Tian, he wouldn't want to live anymore.
After living for so many years, I finally found a ray of light in my darkness. If this light just disappears, what's the point of continuing?
"Then why don't the two of us try holding hands?"
Ruan Tian generously extended her hand to Jing Zhenxu; as long as the two held hands, there wouldn't be any problem.
But Jing Zhenxu wasn't as generous as Ruan Tian. His face immediately turned red, he coughed slightly, and his eyes began to dart away.
"Should we hold hands? Is that really a good idea?"
Sensing Jing Zhenxu's awkwardness, Ruan Tian couldn't help but chuckle softly. She lowered her voice and said:
"Oh, it's just a little handshake in this situation, we're not doing anything else, right?"
Upon hearing this, Jing Zhenxu also felt that Ruan Tian's words made sense. He nodded quietly, and although he didn't show any reaction in front of him, his ears were already bright red.
The two continued walking inside, gradually lowering their guard.
Ruan Tian thought the plants inside would become more active as they went deeper, but to her utter surprise, the plants inside were even more dormant than those outside!
She pointed to one of the carnivorous flowers, swallowed hard, and whispered:
"Hey, Jing Zhenxu, don't you think this flower looks really scary? I can even see its sharp teeth. If those teeth were to bite someone, wouldn't it hurt like hell!"
Ruan Tian started to feel pain just by imagining it in her mind.
"How strange, these plants weren't like this when I first came here. Why is that?"
Jing Zhenxu frowned. He asked Ruan Tian to take a few steps back, and then he walked up to carefully observe the condition of the plants.
Some plants are quite clever. I've encountered some plants that play dead before, curling up their bodies and pretending to be asleep.
But as soon as humans let their guard down and get close to take a look, the plants will suddenly lash out, drag the humans into the bushes, and devour them completely.
So, after taking a closer look at the plant and finding that there was nothing seriously wrong with it, Jing Zhenxu breathed a sigh of relief.
"You can come and take a look now."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Tian cautiously approached. The seemingly ferocious plant had already fallen into a deep sleep.
It was sleeping very soundly. Ruan Tian looked at it carefully for a moment and couldn't help but say:
"Have you ever seen such a scene in all your years of traveling?"
Jing Zhenxu gently shook her head, "I've never seen anything like it before. I don't know why, but all these plants have fallen into a deep sleep."
The two of them were initially speaking cautiously, but nothing happened yet, and now they couldn't help but raise their voices.
Jing Zhenxu walked a few more steps inside and noticed some unusual fluctuations in the air. She couldn't help but frown and say:
Why do I feel like there's something fluctuating in the air?
Who would have thought that Ruan Tian's perception was even better than Jing Zhenxu's!
She sniffed the air a few times, then immediately led Ino to a pile of vines. Pointing at the vines, she excitedly said:
"They are protecting what's inside!"
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