Chapter 84

(Listen, listen, listen (Great thanks to 'Single? Public Nuisance!' for the donation! As always, my supporters, don't you want to give it a try too?))

Wu Yan thought that, having jumped into so many pits in his life, he should be very adept at dealing with such situations. However, today, Wu Yan felt that his previous thoughts were too naive.

Although he didn't know how much time had passed, it was clear from Wu Yan's arms, which had gone numb from holding the girls, that it had been a considerable amount of time.

But it was still endless...

It was as if it were a bottomless pit, so deep that it made one shiver. After flying for so long, they still couldn't see the bottom.

Just as Mikoto couldn't help but complain, Wu Yan's eyes lit up.

"Ikaros! Stop for a moment!"

Ikaros spread her wings backward and came to an abrupt stop.

"What are you doing, so suddenly..." Mikoto rubbed her head, looking at Wu Yan with dissatisfaction. The sudden stop had made her bump into Wu Yan's chin, but she didn't consider which of the two would hurt more.

"Take a look at those walls..."

The stone walls, which had been monotonous and unchanging, now had countless holes, densely packed like a beehive, all of the same size.

A faint wind blew out from the countless stone holes, converging in the center of the large pit. It was strange how the wind flowed away, despite being visible to the naked eye, it didn't touch their bodies, which was quite surprising to Wu Yan and the others.

Mikoto turned her head to look at the countless holes, her eyes feeling a bit blurry before she finally looked away, feeling amazed.

"So many holes, and they're all the same. Which one should we enter?"

Hearing Mikoto's words, Wu Yan frowned and turned to Ikaros. "Ikaros, can you see if any of these holes are special, different from the others?"

Ikaros immediately activated her deep red eyes in Queen of the Sky mode, with streams of light flowing through them. She scanned the holes continuously.

"Calculation result: 99% similarity, zero error..."

"So, they're all the same?" Wu Yan couldn't help but start to feel a headache. If even Ikaros couldn't find anything different, then he certainly couldn't, and he was sure Mikoto couldn't either.

At that moment, Chrysanthemum, who was in Wu Yan's arms, groaned. Hearing the groan, Wu Yan immediately realized that the president was about to wake up.

If she woke up now, she would have to faint again. So, Wu Yan quickly said, "Forget it, let's just pick one and go in!"

This suggestion was immediately agreed upon by Mikoto and Lilin. After being held for so long, they were also feeling a bit uncomfortable. They didn't know how much longer they would have to fly, and waiting wasn't a solution.

Ikaros glanced blankly at the countless holes and then chose one nearby, flying over.

As they landed, Wu Yan and Mikoto both sighed in relief, and Chrysanthemum also woke up.

Looking around at Wu Yan and the others, Chrysanthemum slowly sat up.

"Yan... Mikoto... Why are you all looking at me like that?"

"Right, just now..."

"Nothing happened! Chrysanthemum, it's better if you don't remember..." Wu Yan patted Chrysanthemum's shoulder, feeling helpless about the president's fear of heights.

Ignoring the confused president and the stifled laughter of Mikoto and Lilin, Wu Yan stood up and looked into the cave.

Apart from the stone walls, there was nothing special about the cave. Wu Yan scratched his palm.

"Let's go in a bit further, maybe we can find a way out."

"Why didn't they mark the conditions inside the treasure on the treasure map?" Mikoto said不满地.

Hearing this, Wu Yan could only smile bitterly. Breaking into someone's treasure vault, not finding a way out, and then blaming the owner of the treasure, Mikoto really had a sense of humor...

The five of them set out again...

Fortunately, this cave wasn't as endless as the previous pit. It didn't seem to go on forever. After a short while, the five of them emerged from the cave.

It wasn't that they had walked out, but that they had found a way out.

Three teleportation magic arrays lay before them...

Exchanging glances, Wu Yan led Mikoto and the others over to the three magic arrays.

"Which one should we take?" Chrysanthemum played with her hair and said directly.

"These three magic arrays are identical, how do we choose?" Mikoto sighed, seeing no difference between them.

Wu Yan looked at the three magic arrays again and felt helpless. With no other choice, he suggested, "They're all the same, so why not just pick one at random?"

"That's the only way..." They all sighed in unison, wondering if they had made a mistake by choosing to intervene this time.

As they stepped onto the magic array, it activated, and a flash of light transported Wu Yan and the others.

The scene that appeared before them was shocking.

"This... this..." Mikoto took a few steps back, her face pale. Chrysanthemum immediately hugged Lilin, covering her eyes and closing her own, unable to bear the sight. Wu Yan's face was also ashen.

Dead bodies! Everywhere were dead bodies!

And all of them were from the large group that had come to seek the treasure!

The bodies were densely packed on the ground, pierced by countless stone spikes, blood pooling everywhere. Some were nailed to the walls, and others had been impaled through the head, their faces unrecognizable!

Seeing the ground covered in bodies, Wu Yan, Mikoto, and Chrysanthemum couldn't help but draw in sharp breaths, even though the air was filled with the scent of blood.

After all, these dead people made up about seventy percent of the treasure-seeking group!

"What... what happened? Why are they like this?" Although they had seen dead bodies before, Mikoto and Chrysanthemum were still in shock.

They had all come together, on the same airship, and into the treasure vault. Now, these people were all dead!

So, the kind-hearted women couldn't help but feel overwhelmed, tightly biting their lips, almost to the point of breaking the skin.

"How could so many people die? What did they encounter?" Wu Yan's fists were clenched, his face pale. It wasn't that he was cowardly, but the unknown was the most terrifying. Without knowing the cause of their deaths, even Wu Yan felt a chill.

"Crack... crack..."

Suddenly, a series of cracking sounds began, faint at first but growing louder and more frequent over time, until they became a continuous noise.

"What... what is that sound..."

Surrounded by countless dead bodies and a river of blood, the sudden strange sound made anyone's heart race, especially the girls.

Chrysanthemum and Mikoto instinctively moved closer to Wu Yan, pressing against him, looking around to find the source of the sound.

Although Wu Yan was a bit uncomfortable, he had seen many situations before and was a man. At this moment, if he couldn't be relied on by the women, he wouldn't deserve to be called a man.

Standing in front of the two women, Zetsumei Shana appeared in Wu Yan's hand, and he held it with one hand, the blade at his waist.

"Chrysanthemum, Mikoto, don't stay too far from me. Let's see what's happening first. Take care of the little girl, Ikaros, take care of Chrysanthemum and Mikoto!"

"Understood!"

"Yes, Master!"

At that moment, the source of the sound finally appeared before Wu Yan and the others...

(End of page AD)

(Start of page AD)