After thinking for a moment, Wei Xiaoyu turned around and took off the outer garments of the people who had fallen to their deaths, spread them out on the cold rocks, then helped Zhou Xuan lie down on the outer garments and covered him with the clothes. But it was only at this moment that she realized that her and Zhou Xuan's clothes were dry.
Didn't we just climb out of the water? Our lips were trembling from the cold just now, but we don't feel like we did when we fell into the water. If we did, we probably wouldn't last a day or two. It's too cold!
But to be honest, Jie Xiao was a little confused and couldn't quite figure out what had happened. Could it be that her memory and nerves had both gone wrong?
"Help...help me..."
Lost in thought, Wei Xiaoyu was suddenly awakened by the cries for help from the other two men. Looking up, she saw the two men struggling to get up, their faces pale and terrified. They were using the flashlight in Wei Xiaoyu's hand to survey the environment at the bottom of the cave, trembling as they called for help!
"What are you yelling for? No one will come to save you anyway, save your energy!" Wei Xiaoyu said coldly, her words surprising even herself. How could she act as if nothing was wrong?
There seemed to be a hint of secret joy in her heart. Was she really willing to fall into this godforsaken place? Was she willing to disappear from the world with Zhou Xuan in this mysterious place? Otherwise, why would she act so nonchalantly, talking to those two men like a bystander?
The two men could barely walk. They had exhausted all their strength just climbing out of the water. At this point, even a small child could easily push them over with a flick of their finger!
Zhou Xuan sighed and then said, "Xiaoyu, give each of them a piece of bread and a bottle of water. Their lives are in the hands of fate; let them fend for themselves. Then turn off the flashlights. We need to conserve electricity; use it only when you need it. Once it's used up, it's gone!"
Wei Xiao was stunned for a moment, then, after thinking for a while, obediently followed Zhou Xuan's instructions. She took two bags of bread from her backpack and tossed them to the two men, along with a bottle of water. Water wasn't scarce here, but food was. Once the two men had trembling hands holding the bread and water, they turned off their flashlights.
After turning off the flashlight, Wei Xiaoyu disregarded her shyness, pulled up her coat and lay down, then hugged Zhou Xuan tightly, nestling her head in his arms. Since she was going to die anyway, even if it was only for a few days, she no longer hid her feelings.
At home, or even in ordinary times, Wei Xiaoyu never dared to reveal her feelings. She was afraid of hurting her younger sister, Xiaoqing. Although both she and her sister were in the same situation—Zhou Xuan could never like them—she still didn't dare mention it to her sister. But now it was different. She and Zhou Xuan couldn't leave this place. The food in their two backpacks might only last for a week at most. After a week, they would run out of food. She couldn't imagine how she and Zhou Xuan would die when they ran out of flashlights and food.
Zhou Xuan closed his eyes, lost in thought. Although Wei Xiaoyu's warm and soft body in his arms was very tempting, he couldn't let his heart be moved. Moreover, he felt as if there was something he hadn't finished, and he kept thinking about it.
Wei Xiaoyu nestled in Zhou Xuan's arms, her right hand tightly interlaced with Zhou An's left hand, her left fingertips gently drawing circles on Zhou Xuan's chest.
Zhou Xuan held the soft girl in his arms, inhaling her intoxicating scent, when suddenly a thought flashed through his mind, his body trembled, and he quickly said to Wei Xiaoyu, "Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu..."
Wei Xiaoyu was startled and quickly sat up, turning on her flashlight and asking, "What is it...?"
Zhou Xuan pointed to the bodies of those who had fallen to their deaths and said, "Xiaoyu, look for the body of that middle-aged man again. There's a letter on him. I... I need to see that letter!"
Zhou Xuan's words immediately reminded Wei Xiaoyu of what had happened before. Before she fell, the middle-aged man who seemed to be the leader handed her a letter, saying it was for Zhou Xuan. At the time, she also found it strange that this person would know about Zhou Xuan.
If it were before, Wei Xiaoyu might have thought that Zhou Xuan was colluding with these people, but now she definitely didn't have that thought. It's just that there are too many suspicious points about Zhou Xuan, making him seem particularly mysterious. But no matter what, Zhou Xuan's importance in her heart only increases. No matter how mysterious Zhou Xuan is, or how many things she doesn't know, she understands that Zhou Xuan is not the one who will harm her.
Wei Xiaoyu took a flashlight and searched among the pile of corpses. Zhou Xuan struggled to say, "The third one by the rock wall, that's it!"
Wei Xiaoyu was looking around. There were a total of seven corpses in this area, and she didn't know which one it was. The heads of these people were all deformed from being hit, and it was impossible to recognize which one it was. Zhou Xuan said it was the third one, and she didn't think much of it. She looked towards the third corpse by the rock wall.
The corpse was also unrecognizable, covered in brain matter and blood. Wei Xiaoyu suppressed her discomfort and reached into the corpse's chest pocket, where she found a yellow paper envelope.
He walked back strangely with the envelope in his hand, wondering what might be written inside.
Zhou Xuan said with difficulty, "Xiaoyu, open the envelope and see what Su wrote inside?"
Wei Xiaoyu was naturally curious, so she reached out and tore a narrow strip off the edge of the envelope, then felt around inside and found a white letter.
The letter had been folded for several days. Wei Xiaoyu deftly unfolded it and, by the light of her flashlight, read the following lines: "Zhou Xuan, by the time you see this letter, I'll be certain you've fallen into my trap. How does death feel? Having enjoyed everything before dying, it's not a wrong. Besides, eleven people will be buried with you, giving you company in Jia Cave. Of course, perhaps you'll have a chance to escape again. It all depends on you. I'm waiting for you—your enemy!"
Volume 1, Chapter 344
Wei Xiaoyu paused for a moment, then, noticing Zhou Xuan's expectant gaze, realized she had been asked for help and immediately read it aloud to him softly.
After listening, Zhou Xuan fell into deep thought. It seemed that this person really was after him, but who could this person be?
This person clearly knew him, but Zhou Xuan just couldn't figure out which one it was. Gaining ice-based abilities wasn't easy; the most likely way was through the golden stone, but golden stones were even harder to find than diamonds or pearls. Without the golden stone, Zhou Xuan was almost certain he wouldn't have the ice-based ability. Besides, without the ice-based ability, the crystal was useless; without the ability, it was no different from ordinary glass!
But who exactly is this person?
In an instant, Zhou Xuan went through everyone he knew in his mind, but still couldn't think of anyone who resembled this person.
Wei Xiaoyu had even more questions in her mind. She turned off the flashlight, then lay down next to Zhou Xuan and whispered in his ear, "Zhou Xuan, who wrote that letter? I think you're very strange. There are many things I don't understand and can't figure out!"
Zhou Xuan smiled wryly, then said in a low voice, "Xiaoyu, I know there are many things you don't understand, like how we were in the city museum, and then inexplicably came to Moyin Mountain. You wouldn't understand any of this, you just haven't asked me. Do you want to know? This is my biggest secret!"
Considering the current situation, Zhou Xuan had no confidence that he could escape. His ice energy was severely depleted, there was no way out upwards, and downwards lay underground pools with no way out. Even if there were underground rivers, who could guarantee he could get out? Besides, there was Wei Xiaoyu. He couldn't possibly abandon her. Underground, the terrain was different in every place. If the underground river flowed for too long, even with his ice energy ability, he would still die. With Wei Xiaoyu by his side, the time Zhou Xuan could hold out would be greatly reduced, making it even more difficult to escape alive!
The most critical problem is that his ice-based abilities cannot be recovered quickly and completely under these circumstances.
This is just like an ordinary person. After being starved for several days, you are then forced to do a thousand kinds of work without any food to replenish your strength. As a result, your physical strength will be depleted even faster.
After listening to Zhou Xuan's words, Wei Xiaoyu said softly, "If you're willing to tell me, I'll listen. If you're not willing to tell me, that's fine too. I don't care whether you know or not. Anyway, I'm with you now, and I don't want to think about anything. If the sky falls, the sky falls; if the earth collapses, the earth collapses; if the world ends, the world ends. I heard people say before that 2012 was the end of the world, but I didn't believe it then. But now I'm thinking, let the end of the world come!"
After Wei Xiaoyu poured out her heart to Zhou Xuan and expressed her feelings without reservation, she didn't want to leave this place. She knew that as soon as she left, Zhou Xuan would become Fu Ying's Zhou Xuan again, and the thought of that made her heart ache like it was being torn apart.
Zhou Xuan was unaware of what Wei Xiaoyu was thinking. In this environment, the two of them snuggling together would only increase the warmth, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with Wei Xiaoyu hugging him.
"Xiaoyu, actually, the secret I have isn't anything special. Maybe we can't get out of here alive. Ultimately, it's all because I fell for the trick of the person who wrote the letter. Even after falling for it, I didn't know who this person was. The reason I fell for this person's trick is because this person has superpowers!"
"Superpowers?" Wei Xiaoyu was somewhat prepared to accept the secret Zhou Xuan was talking about, but she was still taken aback when she heard him say it. Despite her extensive knowledge, she had only ever seen such things in movies. In reality, she knew that it was impossible for anyone to have such abilities; it was all just fiction!
"Do superpowers really exist? What kind of superpowers would they be? Teleportation? Instant teleportation? Like those scenes in the movies?"
Zhou Xuan sighed and said, "No, I've never seen that kind of ability before. The person I'm talking about, you should have seen him. Just before we fell, didn't a person wearing a ghost mask appear on the left? That person has superpowers!"
Wei Xiaoyu was even more surprised and asked, "That person has superpowers? How do you know?"
"Because he is the one who wrote me this letter!" Zhou Xuan said, word by word, "The reason we fell into this abyss was all because of a trap he set!"
Wei Xiaoyu paused, then asked, "If it was a trap he set, that's unbelievable. How did he know there was an unfathomable pit underground? And when we fell from above, I reckon we were all lying on top of that hole, and the weight couldn't support us, causing the collapse, right? There was no explosion, and no other tools were used. He couldn't possibly have collapsed the ground from that distance, could he? Besides, the ground seems to be quite thick rock; you couldn't break it without considerable force!"
"Actually, this is what I wanted to tell you!" Zhou Xuan said in a low voice, "That person wearing the ghost mask has a special ability that allows him to turn any object into gold within a certain range, about thirty meters. He can also devour the gold with his ability. The place where we are standing is where he used his ability to turn that rock into gold and then devoured it, which is why we fell from there!"
Wei Xiaoyu was speechless for a long time before finally saying, "He has such an ability? It's simply...unbelievable, but...but...how can you be so sure he has this ability?"
Zhou Xuan paused for a moment before replying, "Because I possess this ability, and that person has the same ability as me!"