Ch 107: TGCIR

With a firm decision in mind, Li Weilan gestured towards the outside to Shen Cheng, indicating that he wanted to go out and take a look.

Shen Cheng wasn’t keen on going outside.

In the apocalypse, there was no electricity, and with only moonlight at night, the whole house looked dark and eerie, shrouded in a natural atmosphere of terror.

With the enemy lurking in the darkness, and not knowing what danger the curse she had just removed posed, Shen Cheng would rather stay in the room until dawn and then go out to investigate.

She had to admit she was timid, afraid of the dark, and easily scared.

So when Li Weilan gestured to her to go outside, Shen Cheng’s first reaction was to grab his hand and shake her head.

She even timidly moved towards the door, wanting to close it to avoid seeing anything.

The safety of others, the delay in time. If that thing was going to attack them, it would have done so already, just like it did with the guard outside the door. They were safer staying in the room and checking things out in the daylight.

Li Weilan hesitated for a moment when she pulled him, fully understanding her meaning.

But having seen what he had just split apart, Li Weilan didn’t immediately turn and leave. Instead, he squatted down, lightly tapped the ground, then held out his hand in front of Shen Cheng.

In the moonlight, Shen Cheng couldn’t see what was in his hand.

It seemed like his hand was shimmering faintly, giving the scene an eerie appearance. Shen Cheng couldn’t help but ask, “What is this?”

There was some powdery substance on the ground.

Li Weilan had clearly felt his spatial crack split apart the middle of that ghostly thing, and what had fallen from it was this powdery substance.

It scattered on the ground.

Whatever that thing was, it must have suffered some minor injuries from his blow. This was Li Weilan’s confidence in venturing into the darkness.

Shen Cheng also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it wasn’t a ghost, she wasn’t afraid. What she feared most was those silent, invisible things. If the thing had a physical form, she wasn’t afraid anymore.

That’s why she dared to go fight monsters in the game, but her main reason for cowering in the room just now was because she was scared.

Seeing her look of sudden realization, Li Weilan was about to say something when he suddenly noticed a strange black shadow at the edge of the door crack. Just as his gaze shifted there, the shadow suddenly trembled and then retracted in a blink of an eye.

Whatever that thing was, it seemed unwilling to confront them directly.

Li Weilan felt a bit more assured. Although Shen Cheng had woken him up just now, compared to leaving her alone in the room, anxious and uneasy, he felt safer being with her.

He held Shen Cheng’s hand, the other hand tightly gripping the Thunder Blade, its electric dragon radiance flickering, illuminating the path ahead in the darkness.

Shen Cheng looked up at him. In the dim light, Li Weilan even managed to smile at her, indicating for her not to worry.

Before she could even let out a sigh of relief, suddenly the entire room seemed to be lifted up by something. The floor, the eaves, the ground shook violently, and the two of them stumbled, hearing a cracking sound. The floorboards cracked open, revealing a dark abyss below.

Li Weilan, in an unstable position, heard the creaking of the floorboards breaking beneath him. Before he could react, he began to fall. As he realized what was happening, he was about to let go of Shen Cheng’s hand to avoid dragging her down with him. Shen Cheng, without much thought, immediately transformed into a bear. With one swipe, she tossed Li Weilan upwards, while she herself fell into the hole due to the force.

She was instantly swallowed by the sensation of weightlessness and darkness.

“Chengcheng!” Li Weilan cried out uncontrollably, but in just a few seconds, Shen Cheng could only hear a buzzing in her ears. His voice was gone.

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This hole seemed to lead to who knows where. The space beneath the house had been hollowed out, deep and vast. Shen Cheng felt a tremendous force around her waist, even the bear form being securely bound by something unknown. She couldn’t move and could only fall along with the force pulling her down.

Li Weilan, just regaining his balance, realized what had happened. His face turned pale, about to jump down, when Tang Lu, who had just woken up, rushed over and grabbed his hand desperately. “Brother Li, Brother Li, don’t be impulsive!”

The shaking just now had woken up even the dead.

Seeing Li Weilan and the others in their current state, Tang Lu knew that only the two of them were unaffected by the sleepiness that had overcome the rest of the group. With this ready-made expert here, how could he let him go? If Li Weilan jumped down, and whatever inexplicable creature that caused everyone in the room to fall asleep and killed the guard at the door returned, they would all be sitting ducks.

Li Weilan turned his face towards Tang Lu, his gaze ice-cold, and said only one word to him, “Let go.”

Tang Lu had never seen him like this before.

He still felt unwilling. “Brother Li, fate favors the worthy. You said that person is the owner of your base, so her ability must be extraordinary. Although I’ve only met her once, I believe that with her concern for you, she wouldn’t want to see you jump down by yourself.”

Of course, she wouldn’t want him to jump.

Li Weilan knew that she didn’t value her own body as much as others did. That’s why her first reaction to danger was to throw him up alone.

“You jump, I jump” sounded like foolish behavior, but now that Tang Lu and his other bodyguards were awake, there was nothing more important to him than ensuring her safety.

“She hopes I’m well. I hope she’s well too. No matter how powerful she may be, in my heart, she’s just a girl who needs my protection.” Li Weilan didn’t say anything sentimental, but Tang Lu saw the sincerity in his eyes, and his hand involuntarily loosened.

He couldn’t understand.

If it were him and Bai Su…

Tang Lu’s heart was filled with a hint of doubt. He naturally wouldn’t jump, but would Bai Su?

Li Weilan had already jumped down without looking back. Tang Lu glanced at the black hole and sighed as the bodyguards crowded around him. Looking at the roof above, which was about to collapse, he shook his head. “Let’s go out.”

As soon as he stepped out of the house, there was a loud bang, and the entire house collapsed in front of him, dust flying everywhere. Even the hole and what was inside it couldn’t be seen anymore.

Tang Lu frowned.

Now, even if they made a discovery inside, it seemed they couldn’t come out from the hole.

“Boss,” one of the bodyguards cautiously approached and answered, anyone could see that Tang Lu’s mood didn’t seem too good.

“Have you checked around the house?” Tang Lu asked.

“No traces, no footprints, no signs of anything else moving,” the bodyguard replied.

Their accommodation was checked according to a set procedure and standards. They had checked it yesterday according to the process and confirmed that there were no abnormalities before moving in. Now that such a big mishap had occurred, even the main family and themselves almost got into trouble. Even the bodyguards didn’t know what was going on and were puzzled.

Thinking of the big hole just now, Tang Lu asked them without patience, “Have you checked underground?”

How could they check underground? Would they have to dig up everything and look around?

The bodyguards looked at each other, unsure how to answer.

Tang Lu frowned slightly. According to his style, since the house had collapsed, the person couldn’t possibly come out the same way again. The place of danger was not suitable for staying long. It was more important to return to the J City base as soon as possible to ensure his safety.

However, for some reason, perhaps moved by the two people just now, Tang Lu hesitated and didn’t choose to turn back to the base right away. Instead, he waved his hand weakly and said, “Forget it, let’s wait here for another day. You guys light up the fire and try to clean up the debris.”

“Tang Ge,” the lead bodyguard hesitated. This wasn’t Tang Lu’s usual style at all.

Tang Lu sighed silently. “Just one day.”

If there’s no news in a day, he’ll hurry back to the base, and the previous fifty will be considered a loss.

Shen Cheng felt like it took her a long time before she landed on the ground with a “thump.”

The bear’s buttocks still felt sore. She defensively curled up, protecting her head and belly, and when she felt there was no danger, she blinked and sat up, looking around. To her surprise, it was quiet all around, with only a faint glow shimmering in the air, illuminating her path.

The corridor was dark and long, with no end in sight.

At this moment, Shen Cheng suddenly felt a little lonely and scared. When she threw Li Weilan up just now, she thought he was safe, comforting herself. But now, facing such a strange, dark, and cold environment alone, she couldn’t help feeling a little hesitant and wanting to stand still and wait for the 24 hours to pass so she could go home.

The bear silently scratched her head, scratching on her thick fur, but seemed to only scratch a bit of loneliness.

She was hesitating when suddenly she saw someone drop to the ground on the other side of the corridor with a “clang.”

Before she could take a closer look, the person already showed a gentle expression towards her. “Cheng Cheng.”

“Ah,” Shen Cheng couldn’t tell whether she was more excited or angry at the moment. She didn’t throw him up there to have him come down and accompany her. Now, both of them were stuck in the cave. The bear opened its mouth, showing a human-like bewildered expression on its furry face.

She blinked, feeling a warmth in her eyes. “Why did you come down too?”

“Let’s go.” Li Weilan stood up, not intending to answer her question. He carefully measured the height of the cave. Although it was deep underground and seemed a bit damp, the cave wasn’t narrow or low. But considering the bear’s height, it seemed she couldn’t walk in this cave and could only crawl slowly, which was inconvenient.

Without him saying, Shen Cheng switched back to her human form. But when she switched back to her druid physique, Shen Cheng immediately frowned slightly. With the affinity and sensitivity of a druid to nature, she could feel the air seemed to be filled with an indescribable restlessness, even causing her whole body to heat up.

She couldn’t describe what that restlessness was specifically.

It was just as if something deep in the cave was calling her to come forward.

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