Chapter 534

"Therefore, Ban Jie Li barely steadied his mind, lowered the curtain a bit, leaving only a slit to look out."

"At this time, he heard the voices getting closer, and there was a little bit of dim yellow light; that light was extremely faint, but Ban Jie Li was not unfamiliar with it—it was the faint light emitted by the kind of stone on the cave walls."

"Later, Ban Jie Li specifically studied it and realized it wasn't the stone glowing, but a special kind of moss attached to the stone."

"When that group of about seven or eight people got closer, Ban Jie Li saw more clearly that everyone was holding a net bag in their hands."

"In the nets were those stones covered with glowing moss; these people used this faint light to illuminate their way."

"That cluster of faint and dim yellow light looked very much like ghost fire, reflecting those people, yet he couldn't even distinguish their facial features!"

"He could only see the snow-white faces of those people; that strange, pale skin color even had a reflective effect, making the scene before him look extra eerie!"

"Those people, like Forty-Two, had extremely white skin, and the hands holding the net bags were equally pale; their clothing showed at a glance that they were Mongolian, but it was different from what Ban Jie Li had seen on the grasslands."

"Ban Jie Li was stunned, his heart pounding wildly, his lips dry; those people walked past him just a few meters away."

"After they walked far away, the outside fell into darkness again!"

The audience below became nervous immediately upon hearing this.

The people outside had left, so Ban Jie Li would definitely lift the curtain to go out.

Once he went out, the outside was an unpredictable danger.

Although everyone knew Ban Jie Li was safe and sound in the end.

But as the story reached a critical juncture, everyone couldn't help but follow along nervously.

In the mysterious room, Chang San also stared at Zhang Lin without moving.

He was very concerned about this pitch-black mysterious place—what exactly did it have to do with Lei Cheng?

Based on Chang San's understanding of Lei Cheng, the things revealed in Zhang Lin's story now had absolutely nothing to do with Lei Cheng!

There wasn't even a shadow of the Thunder-Listening Clan appearing.

Lei Cheng had fire, and the people of Lei Cheng were not afraid of fire.

But that woman named Forty-Two treated fire like a flood or a wild beast, which was completely different from Lei Cheng.

Chang San thought about it over and over, but couldn't understand what kind of place this was.

If it were an imperial tomb, it should be underground; so where did the upright Sea Curtain and Sea God Palace come from?

Such contradictory claims made Ban Jie Li's situation even more unfathomable.

Everything had to follow Ban Jie Li's perspective to uncover the secrets bit by bit!

……

"Seeing that everyone had left, Ban Jie Li steadied himself, turned to take a stone with glowing moss to put in his clothes, lifted the curtain, and slid out with his arms stretched."

"When the curtain hung down behind him, he was completely in the darkness!"

"Ban Jie Li supported his upper body and moved a few steps outside before turning back, only to find that he couldn't even find the cave where the curtain had just hung!"

"In an instant, he realized what kind of predicament he was in."

"If he couldn't find Forty-Two or a way out, it would be very difficult to go back after sneaking out this time."

"The absolute darkness also deprived Ban Jie Li of a way back."

"He took a few deep breaths, recalled the situation of those people coming and going, confirmed that the nearby area was all flat ground, and then slowly slid forward with his body stretched."

"He couldn't recognize any direction at all, so naturally, he had to go wherever he ended up."

"After walking for more than ten minutes, Ban Jie Li reached out to touch the ground; the places he touched were either stones or sand, and he still couldn't know where he was."

"It didn't look like a desert, and it didn't look like a grassland."

"Ban Jie Li was already somewhat desperate at this moment; in a daze, he actually shouted loudly toward the darkness."

"After shouting, he realized in an instant that he had done a stupid thing; once he was discovered, he would have the same end as Old Mi!"

"Just when Ban Jie Li didn't know what to do next, he suddenly heard someone shouting in a rough voice not far to his left!"

"That was very pure Borjigin language, scolding Ban Jie Li and telling him not to make a loud noise!"

"Hearing human voices, Ban Jie Li couldn't help but be both shocked and happy; he immediately responded vaguely a few times."

"At this time, he felt someone approaching him, and there was more than one."

"But due to the deadly darkness, he couldn't know who the newcomers were at all!"

"He originally wanted to take out the stone with glowing moss from his clothes to take a look."

"But fortunately, Ban Jie Li reacted quickly, thinking that if he couldn't see others, others couldn't see him either."

"That way, in a dangerous place, it would be easier for him to muddle through, so he stopped his action immediately."

"Those people walked over, and someone scolded him in a low voice, mostly saying he was making noise for no reason."

"Ban Jie Li responded twice, then felt someone pull him; these people didn't seem to be surprised at all that he was lying on the ground, dragging his body forward."

"Those people walked forward, and Ban Jie Li could only follow along."

"Before long, he felt people joining in from all directions."

"When people came, they made one or two strange calls, and those who left responded; the shouting sounded like the password for an army marching at night!"

"Ban Jie Li now understood why this group of people wasn't surprised that he had a broken leg and was dragging his body; because he saw such people in the team too."

"Not only that, these people seemed to be different from him; it wasn't that their legs were broken, but that their legs were very thin, not at all like normal people's legs."

"Such people all had stones hanging on their bodies, and when Ban Jie Li looked at their faces, he also saw a terrifying scene."

"Most of these people's faces were deformed; their noses, eyes, and mouths seemed to have their own ideas, growing messily and randomly."

"Ban Jie Li had seen such people; when he was a child, there was such a child near his home, and his parents told Ban Jie Li that the deformed child's parents were siblings, so they gave birth to a monster!"

"At this moment, seeing so many monsters appear, Ban Jie Li couldn't help but tremble in his heart, unable to stop himself from thinking: could the parents of these freaks also be siblings?"

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