Chapter 36 I Won't Leave You
Xu Chuchu didn't hesitate and hid inside immediately.
Xiao Yu first pushed the stone tablet a distance, then aimed it at the concave direction of the wall and pushed it down with force. Before the stone tablet fell, he jumped in and landed next to Xu Chuchu.
Then there was a loud "bang" and the stone tablet hit the hard wall, breaking into several large pieces, completely blocking the small concave space.
The whole process takes only a moment.
Xu Chuchu touched the edge of the entire space and confirmed that there was only a small gap on the right side. The rest of the space was tightly blocked, and he finally felt relieved.
She squatted back next to Xiao Yu and patted him to show her success.
The two dared not make any more noise and sat quietly in the dark, without turning on the lights or speaking.
Sure enough, not long after, the rustling sound of the crawling corpse silkworms approached again, and several huge corpse silkworms swarmed into the ear chamber.
They sensed the presence of living people and searched back and forth in the ear chamber. One of them even crawled directly over the broken pieces of the stone tablet that covered them.
Xu Chuchu was very nervous. Although she knew that these corpse silkworms had no intelligence or thoughts, she was not sure to what extent they could feel the same way as living people.
If they were really discovered, with the strength of these corpse silkworms, one by one could easily smash the stone tablets open.
She didn't dare to breathe and could only hold her breath, taking a shallow breath when she couldn't hold on any longer.
However, Xiao Yu's breathing beside him became more and more intense.
Xu Chuchu's heart skipped a beat, and she didn't dare to say anything. She just pushed him lightly, wanting him to be more alert, but she didn't expect that when she reached out her hand, she touched a trembling body.
"Xiao..." Xu Chuchu almost cried out, and said hoarsely, "What's wrong with you?"
She thought Xiao Yu was injured somewhere in the dark just now, so she randomly touched him a few times and found that he was not only breathing rapidly and shaking violently, but also sweating on his forehead.
What's going on? Why did it suddenly become like this?
Xu Chuchu examined his symptoms and found that his heartbeat was also abnormally fast. The words "claustrophobia" suddenly popped up in her mind.
If you experience these symptoms in a dark, enclosed space without any trauma, it's most likely claustrophobia! This is a traumatic disorder that makes you prone to anxiety and collapse in a closed, dark environment.
Her first thought was to pick this guy up and pour out the water in his brain.
He has claustrophobia and yet he goes down into the tomb. Does he think his life is too long?
"Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu." Xu Chuchu squeezed next to him and patted his back vigorously. "It's okay, I'm here with you."
She tried her best to comfort Xiao Yu while listening to the noise outside.
It was unclear whether the corpse silkworm noticed their voices or not, but it still did not leave.
However, Xiao Yu seemed to be finding it increasingly difficult to control himself, and he suddenly grabbed Xu Chuchu's shoulders forcefully.
"No... leave... no, don't lock me up... no!" His voice was suppressed and unbearable.
Xiao Yu's grip was extremely strong, and Xu Chuchu grimaced in pain. She pushed several times but failed to move it away. She heard the corpse silkworms outside becoming even more restless, and she became extremely anxious.
"Don't be afraid, Xiao Yu." She knelt down and stroked Xiao Yu's hair like she was petting a puppy. "I won't leave you. I won't hurt you. Just be at ease, okay?"
Xiao Yu's trembling continued unabated, and he let out a faint, suppressed sob. He was still conscious, still trying his best to control himself, and this situation made Xu Chuchu feel distressed.
She straightened up, pulled Xiao Yu into her arms, and tried her best to comfort him with her body warmth and hug.
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm with you." She hugged Xiao Yu tightly.
This guy...what on earth has he been through in the past?
Almost at the same moment, Xiao Yu let go of her shoulders and hugged her back tightly, burying his head in her neck, like a drowning man who finally found driftwood on the water.
Drops of hot tears slid down her neck, soaked into her Taoist robe, and then disappeared.
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After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Yu finally calmed down, his body stopped shaking, and his breathing gradually became normal.
Corpse silkworms cannot hear any sound, so even if they can sense a living person nearby, they will slowly leave one by one if they cannot find one.
They would not destroy tombs instinctively because they fear the world above ground and tombs are also their nests.
Xu Chuchu didn't dare to let go of Xiao Yu rashly. She held him tightly until she was sure that there was no corpse silkworm left in the ear chamber, and then she slowly let go of her hand.
"Are you okay, Xiao Yu?" She lit a tinder again, and the gentle light instantly filled the small space. "Is this better?"
Under the firelight, Xiao Yu's face was very pale, but perhaps because of the tears she had shed, her eyes were bright and her eyelashes were still a little moist.
He looked at Xu Chuchu for a long time, his expression frighteningly calm.
Xu Chuchu recalled the time when they first met. She once ran into him combing his hair early in the morning and he had the same expression on his face.
Calm, but sad.
No one knows what he is thinking, but it makes people sad involuntarily.
He released his arms around Xu Chuchu.
"I'm sorry," he whispered. "I haven't had this illness in years. I thought I was cured."
"It's okay." Xu Chuchu also gave up the idea of complaining about him, thinking that the child was quite pitiful.
"What happened just now..." Xiao Yu pursed her lips mid-sentence, "Just pretend it never happened."
What he was talking about was naturally the hugging between the two of them just now. He didn't intend to discuss it with her and just said that it didn't happen.
Although it might seem hurtful from the perspective of an ancient woman, Xu Chuchu wasn't someone who cared about such things. Not only was she open-minded, she also comforted Xiao Yu: "It's nothing, we were just helping each other. Don't think too much about it, and I won't spread any rumors."
"The most urgent thing now is how we should get out." She used the light from the tinder to peek out through the cracks in the stone tablet. "The corpse silkworms have left for now, but we're not sure if they'll come back. Will they go back to their nest or wait in the passage?"
From the perspective of avoiding monsters, the best way is of course to wait. The longer they wait, the safer it will be for them to go out again.
But the sad thing is that neither of them brought any food or water with them, so they had not eaten or drunk anything for almost a whole day.
Even if the two of them could still hold on, Xu Chuchu was worried that Xiao Yu would fall ill again in the underground.
"See if there are any tunnels dug by tomb robbers nearby." Xiao Yu suddenly said, "They moved so many things away, it's impossible for them to just dig one hole and leave."
"That makes sense," Xu Chuchu realized instantly. The robbery hole they had seen earlier was very close to the main tomb chamber, but to this side chamber... well, it would take at least half an hour to walk, not to mention a thousand miles. It was impossible for the tomb robbers to move everything in the side chamber into that hole and carry it away.
If they were able to empty the burial objects, there must be an exit nearby.
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