Chapter 196
As expected, after walking for a few more minutes, there was an open space in front of us. It was not only bright as day, but there were also many animals around the altar in the middle. The three from Qiao Sheng’s family were particularly conspicuous because they were big enough.
After a rough count, the animals surrounding the altar were not too big. The cassock cub was the largest one among them. The smallest ones were rabbits, and the largest was a roe deer.
It felt like these animals were performing some kind of ritual. The altar was made of stone, and a huge night-shining pearl was suspended in the middle. The light was also emitted from this night-shining pearl.
All the small animals were kneeling and worshipping, which looked creepy no matter how you looked at it. Qiao Sheng couldn't help but whisper to Li Mu whether this was feudal superstition. Fortunately, no yellow-skinned man was involved, otherwise he would really think he was worshiping the moon.
Li Mu's scalp was tingling because of what she said. She forced herself to calm down. She was afraid that the noise would be too loud and affect the animals, so she sent her an email instead.
Before the two of them said a few words, there was a sudden noise from the altar. All the animals retreated immediately and then looked up at the night pearl.
Qiao Sheng closed the email and watched the night pearl getting brighter and brighter, until she couldn't help but block the light with her hand. Not long after, the light dimmed. She moved her arm away and her eyes widened.
The reason was simple. A wild boar suddenly appeared on the altar, which was empty just now. The wild boar walked down the stone altar, and the night pearl burst into light again. Then a wild wolf appeared on the altar.
There was no need to communicate in this situation. The two of them took out crossbows from their wrist bags at the same time and started shooting. Then an embarrassing problem occurred. Killing on one side, refreshing on the other side, accidentally forming a cycle.
Thanks to Qiao Sheng and his team's high attack power, the refreshing speed did not exceed their killing speed. After refreshing thirty beasts, the two decided to change their strategy. This cycle would only consume their physical strength.
As soon as they were completely exhausted, they would be surrounded and attacked by the beasts. Moreover, the three cassock cubs were still in a state of mental confusion and could not help at all.
Who knows, the three beasts might attack them in a while. The solution was simple. The two of them attacked while approaching the altar. When they got closer, they could see clearly that the night pearl was indeed suspended in the air. No one knew how it was done. There were no other similar items nearby. It seemed that the key point was this night pearl.
Qiao Sheng even deliberately went around to block the light from the night pearl. Sure enough, the cassock cubs were no longer confused. They ran towards them twice, and after leaving the shadow blocked by Qiao Sheng's body, they lost their minds again. Now their thoughts were much clearer.
"Li Mu, go over and wrap cotton cloth around the eyes of the cassock cubs, and then leave this cave immediately." Qiao Sheng kept firing the crossbow in his hand and gave orders to Li Mu.
"You go first, I can run faster than you." Li Mu definitely didn't want her to stay in such a risky situation.
"Don't be silly, I let you go out so that I can keep a trump card. If there is a real danger, you will definitely find a way to rescue me. I'm not afraid of anything else, but I'm afraid that this cave will collapse. Don't waste time, it will take more than half an hour for you to leave. I will take off the night pearl in half an hour. Don't worry, I also have a trump card. I've brought Qing Wan's token of love, and I've also put the stone that seals the door in my pocket. It can turn danger into safety and resist a fatal blow. There will be no problem." Qiao Sheng still felt that it was safer to let him go.
It's not heroism, but letting him go, if there is a real problem, he has high attack power and is a strong man, it must be more convenient for him to move bricks and stones and dig people.
Li Mu thought about it after listening to her, it's useless to be so entangled, it's better to seize the time and go out first, there is a backup, if there is really danger, he can still save people, he didn't even give the cassock boy a few bundles of cotton cloth, one for the left hand, one for the right hand, and another under the armpit. He
told Qiao Sheng to be careful, according to his pace, it will be possible to operate in about 20 minutes, and then he ran towards the cave with the three little wastes.
Qiao Sheng couldn't rest even if she stayed, because the Night Pearl was still constantly refreshing wild beasts. Fortunately, none of them were too big, they were all wild boars, wild wolves or leopards. These beasts seemed to have a stiff debuff when they were refreshed.
She gave up the crossbow and replaced it with a sword, approached the altar, beheaded one as it appeared, and immediately put the corpse into the ring space, without wasting any food. While waiting for the refresh, she also dealt with all the animals that had just worshiped the Night Pearl.
Although they were all small animals, the legs of flies were also meat, and they could be exchanged for food later, so that more food could be left for the group of children.
She calculated in her mind, and about fifteen minutes later she received an email from Li Mu, saying that he had run out and it was time to start.
Before I closed the mail panel, I received another mail from Xia Beibei. There was nothing in the mail, just a sea monster heart. I knew it was borrowed by Li Mu.
I didn't have time to say anything to Xia Beibei. I took the sea monster heart with me, killed the beast that just spawned, and took the night pearl off the altar.
As expected, it was almost as she expected. When the night pearl was taken off, the cave shook violently. Qiao Sheng was almost unable to stand. She had to wait for the rocks to fall or run out of the corridor. She chose the former because this place was more empty.
She had just studied the location. There was no absolutely safe place. She could only try to avoid it and use the loot she brought with her to save her life. Her own loot increased her defense value by 50% and blocked a critical hit.
Xia Beibei's Heart of the Sea Monster was simpler. The wearer could choose to avoid serious damage once or be invincible for one minute. If you can dodge in front, dodge. If you can't dodge, just resist. If you lose blood, take medicine to increase your blood line. When the most rocks fall, turn on the effect of the Heart of the Sea Monster and resist for one minute.
After that, you still have a resistance to critical hits, and then you can only rely on the Sealing Stone to turn danger into safety.
The cave collapsed at about the same speed as she expected. The plan was carried out thoroughly. After using the Heart of the Sea Monster and Qing Wan's token of love, Qiao Sheng began to pour medicine into her mouth and leave it to fate.
All she could think about was how bitter the Baibao Pill was, how fishy the cod liver oil was, and whether she could get some blood-recovering medicine that was not so unpalatable.
During the earthquake, she kept moving around, trying to move higher. It was not that she was not afraid of being hit, but she was afraid that if she was buried too deep, Li Mu would have trouble digging her out. If she
really buried herself at the bottom, she might die before Li Mu could dig her out.
After using up all the medicines, including the medicines that Li Mu sent to her later, Qiao Sheng was hit on the head by a big rock when she was about to die. She fainted and her only thought before she lost consciousness was that she hoped Li Mu could take her whole body out and not leave her on this island.
She completely forgot that if she really died, she would just turn into a white light and disappear from the game, and there would definitely be no body left.
The landslide stopped shortly after she fainted. I don’t know if it was because of her good luck or the sealing stone worked, but there really was no more rocks hitting her afterwards.
Li Mu also suffered an earthquake outside the cave, and stood on the open space with the cassock kids until the earthquake stopped, then he called the three little ones who had already woken up and started looking for Qiao Sheng’s location.
The entrance to the cave he had just entered had long been blocked by collapsed boulders. He tried to move the boulders by using his backpack, but found that the inside was completely blocked and the entire passage had collapsed.
When Qiao Sheng woke up, she was already lying on her bamboo bed. She climbed up and found that she had no wounds on her body. Li Mu, who was sitting next to the bed, looked frighteningly thin and had a scruffy beard. When he saw her open her eyes, he stared at her with disbelief and didn't even dare to blink.
After confirming that she was really fine and awake, he heaved a sigh of relief and finally put his heart at ease.
Qiao Sheng finally had time to ask him what happened, how she was dug out, and how he made her like this. After all, she saw that she didn't have any injuries on her body, and even the T-shirt and shorts she wore were not the same as when she went up the mountain.
Li Mu didn't rush to answer her questions. He first served her a bowl of ginseng chicken soup that had been hot, and then took a bottle of Baibaodan and brewed water for her to drink a large cup.
This was very tiring for Qiao Sheng. She didn't do anything. She just drank enough water first. Seeing him eagerly staring at her while she ate, she quickly took out the food she had prepared before from the ring space and let him eat some. It was obvious that he hadn't eaten properly for a long time.
After Li Mu had eaten his fill, the two of them finally had the energy to talk about what happened before. It turned out that the cave collapsed seven days ago. Li Mu dug Qiao Sheng out the next morning. After discovering that the passage was completely blocked, he asked Yousu and Ah Dai to use their animal instincts to search the mountain for her approximate location.
"I thought you wouldn't forget the passage, so I asked them to search the approximate location of the cave. Later, I found that their method of finding people was not very reliable. After digging in vain for two hours, I found Xia Beibei. She hadn't slept all day, waiting for news. When I asked for the direction and number, she immediately said 99 steps to the east. Sure enough, according to the location she said, you were dug out before dawn." Li Mu felt distressed when he thought of the situation at that time.
Qiao Sheng looked like a rag doll when she was unconscious. If it weren't for the remaining sanity that told him that death would disappear in the game and she was just seriously injured and unconscious, she would definitely be fine, he would have wanted to follow her.
"Why is it 99 steps to the east?" Qiao Sheng's focus was always so strange.
"She said you must be blessed like the East Sea, and 99 steps means you must live a long and long life." Li Mu didn't have time to ask her why she reported this location, or she was just mumbling about it in the email.
He didn't read it at the time, but later, after he settled Qiao Sheng, he read it when he received Fang Yueyi's letter during the long wait.
"As blessed as the East Sea? Then shouldn't longevity be as good as the South Mountain go south?" Qiao Sheng felt that there was something to Xia Beibei's brocade carp character that stood firm. "
Xia Beibei said it couldn't be the south. The accident happened in the mountains. And it was the South Mountain. Mountains and rare mountains are unlucky. It must be the east." Li Mu raised his eyebrows and repeated Xia Beibei's original words. It was rare that he had a good memory.
Things were much simpler after that. At first, Li Mu only bandaged the wounds on her limbs. Ke Junhua and Cao Hanshuang came over to help change her clothes. After her injuries healed, the two of them helped her take a bath. She was really like a mud monkey after being dug out of the mountains.