Chapter 802: Life-and-Death Grass

But now, if he leaves Lin Yi, there may be no chance of saving him.

Just as Ning Chen was torn between two choices, a sudden roar erupted beside him.

The sound was strangely familiar; Ning Chen froze on the spot in an instant.

It was clearly made by Lin Yi; at this very moment, Ning Chen could not help but grow panicked.

Lin Yi was, after all, someone he had brought along; no matter what, he did not wish for him to suffer any harm.

But in the current situation, he did not even know where Lin Yi was, let alone go find him.

The more anxious he became, the more irritable he grew.

At the same time, Ning Chen leaped directly into midair to survey the surroundings.

Countless crows and bats had appeared all around; they gathered here, likely attracted by the scent of blood emanating from this arm.

Ning Chen looked left and right but found no moving object whatsoever.

Could it be that Lin Yi was not in this cave? If so, where exactly was he? Yet he had clearly heard his voice.

The situation grew ever more perplexing, while his determination to find Lin Yi grew ever stronger.

Just then, countless crows suddenly seized the same arm.

They then flew toward the depths of the cave, a phenomenon that caught Ning Chen's attention.

He could roughly guess that something in the cave's depths must have a scent that attracted the crows' notice.

This was what caused those crows to fly in that direction.

Perhaps following behind those crows would lead him to Lin Yi's whereabouts; thinking thus, Ning Chen began running in that direction.

However, those crows were exceptionally wary; from time to time, they placed the arm on the ground, paused for a while, then continued flying onward.

Ning Chen could only hide his tracks from time to time.

【What is Brother Shiguang doing? It's pitch black all around; it looks so terrifying, too gloomy.】

【You don't understand. Didn't you see that the little boy beside Brother Shiguang is gone? I reckon he must have gone to save him.】

【This journey has truly been fraught with misfortune; one must say, having already lost his girlfriend, he now suffers so many blows.】

For a moment, everyone felt even more pity for Ning Chen, but now Ning Chen had no time for such emotions.

If he did not find Lin Yi soon, by the time he saw him, Lin Yi might already be a pile of shredded flesh.

Thinking this, Ning Chen quickened his pace.

Just as the crowd in the live stream was tracking Ning Chen's movements, they suddenly saw his figure flicker brightly and dimly.

He looked as if he were not a real person.

Though they felt puzzled, no one raised any questions.

After turning a corner, Ning Chen was startled; for at some point, the crows he had been pursuing had already vanished without a trace.

This was not good news for him; after all, Lin Yi had not yet been found, and now he had fallen into danger again—this was adding frost to snow.

Ning Chen stood still, relying on his hearing and sense of smell to scan the surroundings.

He searched for any trace of Lin Yi's presence nearby.

Just as he detected a faint, wavering scent and prepared to run toward that location, he arrived at a fork in the path.

One must say, the situation he faced was indeed one link after another, each interlocked, leaving him no chance to catch his breath.

The two directions at this fork were clearly different: one had no scent at all, while the other emitted a gentle breeze.

Ning Chen observed the situation from the side, then prepared to walk toward the windless direction.

This path must have an end; that is why it appears this way.

However, the instant he walked forward, Ning Chen sensed something amiss in the surrounding atmosphere.

With every step he took, that breathing followed him on both sides.

The sound was truly too terrifying, yet Ning Chen did not take it seriously.

If there truly was danger, even if he wanted to hide, he could not escape; so he might as well charge straight at it.

If it dared come, he would simply eliminate it; moreover, the mantis people around had already vanished.

The greatest enemy had disappeared; thus, he could say he now had no opponents.

Just as he pondered this, a sound of breathing suddenly reached his ear.

It was as if someone had blown warm breath right into his ear.

This made Ning Chen involuntarily shrink his neck.

Damn it!

Ning Chen whipped around to look, yet behind him there was no object present at all.

An illusion?

The events unfolding around had made Ning Chen utterly irritable.

He must find out what finally happened in this village, leading to the mantis people running rampant.

Just then, a white figure suddenly appeared ahead.

After Ning Chen looked over, he suddenly discovered that the white figure was slowly taking on a solid form.

And the one who appeared was Lin Yi.

He was standing nearby, watching him silently, motionless, not even making a single movement.

That appearance was truly too terrifying.

But Ning Chen still walked straight toward him.

"Lin Yi."

He instinctively reached out to pull Lin Yi over, but just then, Lin Yi suddenly vanished before his eyes.

The events unfolding around grew ever more perplexing.

If he stayed here any longer, he feared he would drive himself mad.

If not for Lin Yi, he would never have appeared here.

Just then, the wall beside him suddenly caught his attention.

Countless tiny golden flowers were carved upon that wall.

They looked exceptionally vivid, just like real fresh flowers.

This made Ning Chen feel rather strange.

When he turned his head to look, he discovered that a string of characters he was not particularly familiar with had appeared right there.

Everything and anything seemed somewhat unfamiliar.

But who was Ning Chen? He was a person who possessed a System; such things held no meaning for him.

After staring carefully at these characters before him, Ning Chen directly recorded them into the System.

Soon, a reply came from the System side.

【Ding! Host, please identify carefully; what follows will be the content you wish to know.】

Hearing the System's words, Ning Chen calmed down, then listened carefully.

【Life-and-Death Grass: a plant growing in dark, damp places where corpse qi runs rampant. Because it has long inhaled corpse qi, it has gained certain effects; it can heal white bones and revive the dead.】

What?!

Ning Chen paused for a moment, then began to carefully examine this small grass on the wall before him.

He never expected such a plant to possess such powerful effects.