Chapter 697: Ruins or Graveyards? (1/2)

Because when he did, he was greeted with pitch-dark darkness as quiet as death.

He took out an origin lamp. Yellow light illuminated the surroundings as he poured his energy into it. The sight made his heart turn cold in dread.

Bones! There were bones everywhere!

If Bai Xiaofei had been wondering what the eerie chill around he felt the moment he woke up with was, then he now knew the answer. It was a similar chill as that from the second layer of the Falling Flower Formation – the hatred and grievance from the dead.

His mouth twitching as he realized this place was dangerous, Bai Xiaofei scanned the area. He quickly found Leng Liuli, who had fallen together with him.

“Liuli, wake up!” He called and poured his origin energy into her body.

Leng Liuli gradually regained consciousness and groggily looked around. Like Bai Xiaofei, she was alarmed by what she saw.

“Where are the others?” she asked, but Bai Xiaofei could only shake his head helplessly.

“I haven’t seen them, we are the only ones around here. However, they should be with Golden Feather, so they won’t be in any danger for a while,” Bai Xiaofei comforted both Leng Liuli and himself, otherwise, he might lose his mind from being haunted by pessimistic guesses.

“What… is this place?” Temporarily putting aside her worry, Leng Liuli looked around again and instinctively shuddered from the biting cold.

“If I’m not wrong, this should be The Ruins. Not sure if this is the one our elders had been to, though.” Bai Xiaofei frowned as he said the worst possibility.

If this was really The Ruins that Lei Shan and the elders had told him about that was extremely difficult to survive in, then their situation had gotten very complicated…

Before he had seen The Ruins, he wanted to know the real face of it more than anyone else, but now that he was in it, he finally knew how naive he had been. This was the kind of curiosity that could cost him his life!

“Has that voice sounded again?”Leng Liuli asked.

“I haven’t seen anything else alive except the two of us.”

Bai Xiaofei shook his head and summoned Huskie. He didn’t dare to even relax. If necessary, he would fuse with Huskie right away.

“Take this. If something happens and I can’t save you in time, you will only have yourself to rely on.” He gave one of his Starnet Brillances to Leng Liuli, then looked at Huskie. “Can you find the others?”

After a long silence, Bai Xiaofei gritted his teeth and his eyes grew resolute.

“Let’s go!”

Leng Liuli was stunned, but she quickly understood what he meant. Her instinct was to stop him, but her mind dismissed the idea. She knew why Bai Xiaofei was desperate to the point he would take this risk – it was the only way to find the others.

Given a situation where everyone was separated, they needed a common reference to gather, and that roar was the only reference!

No matter how dangerous it was, they had no choice.

Bai Xiaofei and Leng Liuli believed that the others would think similarly. Moreover, they hadn’t been far from each other when they fell, so they should not be far from each other now. If they headed towards the same point, they should be able to see each other along the way and then they’d have a choice whether to go deeper in or leave.

“Alright!” said Leng Liuli after thinking it through.

As they hit the road, those in the underground ruins with the same idea also headed toward the direction of the roar. However, the majority were with the purpose of seeking wealth in big risks, which was just human nature…

“There’s something!”

As they carefully moved forward, Huskie suddenly jumped out. A little later, he returned with a strange, round item in his mouth.

Receiving the item, Bai Xiaofei and Leng Liuli inspected it. It was a bracelet adorned with a piece of transparent glass, felt heavy, and emitted faint energy fluctuations.

Unable to figure out what the item was after half a day, Bai Xiaofei used his energy to probe it. Suddenly, the item burst with a bang, frightening them into bouncing away instantly. However, nothing else happened except that a pile of items appeared on the ground.

Carefully inching close, Bai Xiaofei squatted down in front of the pile. He didn’t recognize many of the items, but it was still possible to make rough guesses. After classifying the items, the two were surprised.

The contents of the bracelet were quite… complete.