Chapter 2853

Holding this thought, no one acted rashly—they were waiting for Yang Lu to drop down on her own. But just at this critical moment, a fierce roar suddenly rang out from the darkness above!

Everyone's nerves tensed up at once. In that instant they immediately realized what had appeared—anyone with half a brain would know what had shown up.

It could only be that jellyfish-like monster from before. Even though it hadn't shown itself yet, everyone was crystal clear about it now; their hearts leapt into their throats.

At that moment Wang Kaixuan and Hu Bayi didn't think twice and raised their gun muzzles, but Shen Qiong immediately pressed them down—firing in that direction now would be pointless.

On the contrary, if the monster used its rapid ascent to move, stray bullets might very well hit Yang Lu. That was what she truly needed to worry about, so they absolutely could not make that choice.

Shen Qiong had no time to explain. Just then she had planned to follow the claw-hook line straight over to help Yang Lu, but unexpectedly Yang Lu, dragging A Xiang along, immediately roared: "Torch!"

Yang Lu didn't hesitate for an instant—it was as if the moment she came out she had realized this monster definitely wouldn't let things rest.

Given that premise, it would definitely find a way to come over and stop her.

Yang Lu didn't know whether this monster had any intelligence, but she was now certain of one thing: she had to wipe this monster out completely.

Otherwise it would all be a lingering worry. Only by destroying it could the matters that followed be free of concern. Originally, what Yang Lu had been worrying about wholeheartedly was the Wang family's situation.

But now, with the reality laid out before her, it seemed Yang Lu had also realized the Wang family most likely wasn't coming. Still, none of this had been confirmed by Zhang Lin yet.

Only when Zhang Lin told her from atop the New Moon Restaurant that the answer was affirmative would she choose to believe it; otherwise she would keep walking forward with that doubting attitude forever, because one never knew when an accident might strike.

If she settled her mind into a very calm state right now and simply didn't care, who knew what might happen later when the Wang family possibly showed up?

She absolutely could not let her mindset fall apart ahead of time—that would only be digging her own grave.

Once she was certain of this, Yang Lu became even more resolute than before, and everything she did now leaned entirely toward that line of thinking.

The others didn't know what Yang Lu wanted the torch for, but since she had said so, they wouldn't hesitate for an instant.

Wang Kaixuan was holding a torch in his other hand at that moment—he had the most strength here—and without hesitation he tossed the torch straight over!

Yang Lu caught it smoothly, then immediately drove the claw hook into the back of that jellyfish and charged forward.

She shoved the torch into the monster's mouth. If she had run into something like this outside, Yang Lu wouldn't have needed to go through so much trouble—one grenade could have solved everything.

But in this kind of half-enclosed space, especially in such a narrow valley, if Yang Lu did that, it would be no different from leading everyone to their doom.

Based on this, Yang Lu made the choice she did.

The moment the torch was thrown into the monster's mouth, the creature's entire body was set ablaze in an instant.

A flash of delight immediately crossed the eyes of those watching below.

But very soon they couldn't laugh anymore, because Yang Lu had miscalculated after all. Although the monster was destroyed, her body also instantly lost balance. On top of that, the cliff face above began to loosen, and the claw hook fell off in an instant.

A Xiang was still behind her, and the two of them plunged downward at once.

Actually, at that moment Yang Lu had another option: she could abandon A Xiang. If A Xiang let go now, Yang Lu could fire another claw hook and regain control of her body's balance.

But as long as A Xiang didn't fall, the moment Yang Lu fired the claw hook, the combined weight of the two of them would push Yang Lu beyond her current load limit. Yet Yang Lu didn't make that choice—she knew there was a pool of water below, so even if the two of them fell, they wouldn't die from the impact.

And there was another crucial point: according to Yang Lu's guess, only by going down could they find the path ahead. Otherwise they could only stay here waiting for Zhang Lin to ascend the New Moon Restaurant. That was why Yang Lu made no attempt to save herself.

She simply turned around, held A Xiang, and plunged all the way down into the pool.

Everyone who saw this sucked in a sharp breath!

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