Dark, damp.
There was water in the passage, covering the tops of my feet, and it was freezing to the bone.
Li Liang couldn't see anything. In this strange world of consciousness, the double-ring ring disappeared and the ability of "Heaven Spirit" no longer existed.
He turned back into an ordinary person, holding the puppy in one hand and groping forward little by little by touching the wall. The passage seemed to have no end.
His perception of time became blurry. He didn't know how much time passed, whether it was twenty minutes or half an hour, but he touched a corner.
There was a fork in the passage.
Woof~
The barking of the puppy broke the dead silence and sounded extremely harsh.
Li Liang hurriedly knelt down and listened.
Fortunately, there was no movement, but he always had a feeling that something seemed to be moving in the darkness.
He leaned closer to the puppy and asked in a low voice: "What did you find?"
If this world of consciousness is constructed with the help of Laplace's power, then Laplace must be familiar with it.
The puppy licked his finger and suddenly struggled.
"Hey, hey," before he could react, the puppy broke free from his hand and jumped down.
The sound of gurgling water quickly faded away.
Li Liang gritted his teeth and chased after the sound.
This kind of pitch-black place will be completely ruined once lost.
His instinctive fear of the dark drove him to run desperately, with his hands stretched out in front of him to prevent him from hitting the wall.
The puppy splashed loudly and kept turning left and right. At first, whenever he encountered a corner, he would hit the corner hard. Later, he mastered the method. Whenever he heard the sound of water flowing around the corner, he would reach out and touch the wall on that side. When his hand was empty, he would immediately turn around, so that he could barely keep up.
After all, the puppy was weak and his speed gradually slowed down. A few times, his legs even felt the waves of water from the puppy.
After running for a long time, at least an hour, the puppy made rapid panting sounds and walked very slowly. He who followed behind was no better, holding on to the wall and stumbling.
Now he knew where this place was.
This was a fucking maze. He had lost count of how many turns he had made along the way, so much so that he could determine the location of the passage without touching the wall.
All passages have uniform specifications, and the water on the ground has no variation in depth and is equally cold.
His feet went from cold pain, to burning, to numbness. Now, he could no longer feel his feet and could only rely on his will to stumble after the puppy.
The extremities of his limbs were gradually becoming numb, which was a sign of hypothermia. He thought in a daze, what on earth was Laplace looking for?
Sudden.
The sound stopped.
Due to inertia, Li Liang ran a few steps forward and froze.
Where is the puppy? What about Laplace?
died?
He slowly squatted down, stretched his hand forward little by little, and suddenly touched something uneven and rough, which felt a bit like wet crocodile skin.
What's this?
The next second.
The sound of fierce dripping water suddenly sounded very close, and quickly moved away to the left.
If that was a puppy, what did I touch?
His heart skipped a beat, and Li Liang immediately leaned back.
call!
A strong wind blew past the tip of my nose.
Fuck you, uncle!
Just by the feel of the wind on his skin, he knew that what just passed by was extremely sharp, and if he was a second too late, his head would be gone.
He lay down and rolled to the side. Just as he was about to get up, his waist hurt, and then he flew up and hit the wall hard.
boom.
He fell sideways into the water. He didn't even have the strength to struggle. His head was buzzing and his waist felt like it was broken.
Crash, crash.
The sound of running water sounded, and the monster attacking him was approaching step by step.
At this time.
Li Liang heard a strange sound.
Suddenly~ suddenly~ suddenly~ suddenly~
It sounded like something spinning rapidly.
The monster obviously heard the sound, stopped and stood silently in the darkness.
next moment.
The sound of breaking wind suddenly sounded, from far to near.
Boom!
There was a muffled sound, and the monster seemed to stagger, and then let out an earth-shattering roar. Like a violent brown bear, it touched the ground with all four limbs and rushed in the direction of the sneak attacker.
The sound of dripping water came, followed by the rumble of footsteps on the ground that quickly disappeared.
Li Liang propped up his body, shook his head, and stood up holding on to the wall.
Must leave quickly.
He took a deep breath, endured the severe pain in his waist, and stumbled in the opposite direction. After a moment, another sound of water dripping sounded in the distance.
Woof~woof~
puppy? Laplace!
Li Liang perked up, clutching his waist and staggering after him.
After a few minutes, the sound of running water suddenly became dull, and the puppy seemed to have gotten into somewhere.
Woof ~ woof ~ woof ~
Li Liang fell into the icy water, crawled forward a few steps using his hands and feet, and reached out to touch a wooden board.
At this time.
Accompanied by an angry roar, a rumble came from behind.
Damn, the monster comes back.
He groped anxiously for a moment, and finally found a hole with a jagged mouth. Then he plunged in with both hands.
The hole was extremely narrow, and the wooden thorns instantly tore through his clothes. He struggled hard, and the puppy bit his wrist and dragged it in with force, whining.
The rumble was getting closer and closer, and the roar was about to come around the corner in the distance.
Li Liang let out a low roar and kicked his feet.
bass!
The muscles on his shoulders were scratched, and he finally crawled in and lay down in the water.
The next second.
A gust of wind blew in from the entrance of the cave, and Li Liang smelled the smell of rotten earth.
Someone came in?
Then, there was the sound of digging water in the darkness, and someone put a piece of mud on his face and smeared it randomly.
mud?
odor?
Can monsters smell?
Li Liang was stunned for a moment and stirred the bottom of the water with his hand. It turned out that there was a thick layer of mud at the bottom of the water.
The rumbling sound was close at hand, and the subtle vibrato when the monster roared was clearly audible. He no longer hesitated, dug in the mud with his hands, and applied it to his body frantically.
boom!
There was a loud bang and all sounds disappeared.
Li Liang froze and held his breath.
A few minutes later.
Wow, wow, wow~~
The sound of running water slowly faded away.
Li Liang still didn't dare to move until a faint light lit up in the darkness.
He blinked and looked around.
This is a room of less than fifty square meters, with water ripples on the ground, a broken spring bed in the corner, and several wooden boxes soaked in water, with some dirty garbage piled on top of the boxes.
There was a small candle lit on the box next to the spring bed. An unkempt man was holding a puppy with his head lowered. He was huddled in the corner of the spring bed, shivering.
Li Liang swallowed and tried to stand up, but he hissed in pain.
Hearing this sound, the person at the corner of the bed trembled and shrank inward.
Li Liang frowned and took a step forward.
The person on the corner of the bed trembled again.
Li Liang didn't dare to move anymore and looked at the room.
Counting the candles, there were five boxes in total. On top of them were broken glass bottles, iron sheets, some ropes, a few stones, a box of wet matches with only two left, and some rusty cans.
Among them, there is a curved iron sheet tied between two sections of rope.
Li Liang realized that the man just used this tool to sneak attack the monster. The stone was placed on the curved iron sheet and swung up with a rope. When the speed was fast enough, the stone was knocked out by centrifugal force.
He reached out and picked up a half-eaten can, and smelled it. There was a rotten smell, worse than canned herring, and the stench hit his forehead.
There were a bunch of empty cans scattered around the box, indicating that the man had been eating this stuff to survive.
Thinking of this, Li Liang gently raised his feet and took a step forward.
The person huddled in the corner of the bed was shaking violently, suddenly holding his head and crying.
woman?
Hearing the cry, Li Liang was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly understood and shouted softly: "Cain?"
The woman curled up and cried louder. The puppy slipped weakly from her arms and rested his head on her feet.
What on earth had he experienced that could make Cain so scared?
At this time.
In the dim light of the candle, Li Liang noticed something on the wall behind Cain.
He slowly leaned forward and squinted his eyes.
It was a map... carved with stone on the metal wall.
The crooked lines outline a huge square maze with countless forks and dead ends. Cain has marked every dead end with a cross. At a glance, it is densely packed with crosses.
Li Liang remembered the length between two consecutive forks. In proportion, this maze was unimaginably large. How long did she stay here to explore this map? What's more, there is a powerful monster in the darkness...
monster……
Could it be a heroic spirit?
Is this labyrinth the place where Cain and the heroic spirits have a "decisive battle"?
Li Liang stared blankly at Cain, who was crying. His heart ached. He slowly stretched out his hand and shouted softly: "Cain."
However, Cain covered his ears and showed no response. His face was buried in his knees, shaking like chaff.
After thinking for a while, he whispered another name:
"Xiao Mian."
After crying, Cain's fear significantly eased.
"Xiao Mian, don't be afraid," Li Liang shouted softly, putting his hand on her shoulder little by little.
In the flickering candlelight, Cain slowly raised his head, with a pair of confused eyes on his face covered in mud.
"Little Mianmian," Li Liang whispered, "Don't be afraid, I'm here to protect you."
Cain blinked, stood up suddenly, pulled his arm, pointed to the map on the wall, and made a meaningless hoarse sound in his throat.
Uh, uh, ho, ho...
Li Liang's eyes heated up. It turned out that she was speechless.
Cain lay on the wall, head tilted up, and his fingertips followed the path drawn by the lines.
Li Liang's eyes followed her fingertips, and soon, her fingertips moved to a small square area.
Uh-huh.
Cain pointed to his feet.
"Is this the room?" Li Liang asked.
Uh-huh.
Cain's fingers continued to move, making gestures every time they reached a special place.
The canned room, the rope room, and the iron room were found scattered in different corners of the maze.
Finally, her fingertips followed a path all the way to the center of the maze.
There was a blank area surrounded by lines, with a big question mark carved in the middle.
"Is the heroic spirit guarding here?"
Cain shook his head and traced his fingers randomly through the maze.
"You mean the heroic spirits move randomly. Then, where is the middle place?"
Cain shook his head and tapped the center of the maze with his fingertips again.
"You want me to go there?"
Cain nodded.
"Why?"
Cain didn't answer, but kept pointing his finger at the center of the maze.
"How did you survive it?" Li Liang murmured.
Cain thought for a moment, took his hand, came to the head of the bed, and pointed to a word carved on the wall.
"cold".
Li Liang was stunned and said in a trembling voice: "I am Li Liang, Xiao Mian, I am Li Liang."
Cain shook his head and shrank back into the corner of the bed.
The puppy came closer. She reached out to touch the puppy, held it in her arms, and looked at the empty space with her eyes, her expression calming down.
this moment.
Li Liang realized that Cain had been completely lost and could only remember the word "Liang" and a location - the center of the maze.
He turned to look at the door.
We must go out, go out together.
