Chapter 159 - Leaving (1/2)

”Are you ready?” Qian Ling asked Ariana to make sure she was feeling fine to travel.

”Yes,” Ariana responded as she tightened the knot that attached the map to her arm.

”It's around fifteen minutes' walk to the exit. I'll guide you to the exit and let you know when it is safe to sneak out.” She said as she checked the time. Around this time, there should be one guard or none around this area.

Raising her hand to her left ear, she took off her earrings. Holding the flower designed earrings, she pushed it into a blackened spot on the landscape wall painting and twisted it. Sounds of rotating parts could be heard behind the wall as she continued turning the flower earring.

Once the sounds had stopped, Qian Ling smiled and said, ”Let's go.”

”Huh? Go where? I don't see any doors.” Ariana looked at her confusedly as if she was suggesting a crazy idea.

”Through the walls, silly.” Qian Ling walked straight ahead towards the plain wall. Ariana reached out to prevent her from hurting herself, but saw Qian Ling walking into the wall with no problem at all. It was a shocking discovery as she used her hand to touch the wall in front of her.

Her hand literally passes through the wall with no interruption. Feeling that it was safe to continue, she closed her eyes and walked right through it. Her tightly squeezed eyes opened to see a dim, narrow path in front.

Qian Ling smiled, ”Let's go.”

Looking back and forth from where she came from to where she was heading; her mind was getting all mixed up already. She whispered lowly as she didn't know whether the walls were soundproof or not. ”What happened just now?”

”Oh, that. It was one of the successful coding researches that I've completed. I accidentally created it and after some modification, I managed to make an illusional wall. Of course, you need my flower earrings as the key to open the passageway. Without my earring, it would have been a plain wall.” She explained to Ariana as they strolled deeper into the route.

This route was not like the ones that she had encountered before. It was definitely cleaner and easier to walk through. After walking for a while, Qian Ling stopped and asked if she could continue walking.

Ariana nodded in response and wiped off the sweat on her forehead. Finally, they've successfully reached the exit, and it was time for them to separate.

”I can only walk you till here. Be careful on your way out. If you sneak out towards the left direction, it will bring you back to the main road. Find a way to contact your husband and take care of your child. Don't act recklessly. Remember to put your child as your top priority.” She reminded Ariana one last time.

”Thank you. I'll remember your words and come back for you. I'll definitely save you.” Ariana gave her a tight hug before leaving. Without turning back, she listened to Qian Ling's words and ran towards the left.

”Left... and then, aha, the main road is right there.” She smiled and made sure that nobody else was guarding that area before running to the trees. Quickly, she found the tree that she and Chen Nan had marked.

Seeing that the other bag was missing, she knew that he must have escaped safely. Searching through her bag, she found her cellphone and immediately called Chen Nan. When she called using her cellphone, he was packing the necessities for his second trip to the tunnel.

Ringtone~

”Ariana..??” He said loudly, gaining everyone's attention. Swiping his finger on the screen, he picked up the call and said, ”Hello?”