985 Perplexed and Smitten 45 (2/2)

”Sure.” An Xiaoning opened the bottle of water and took several gulps.

Once Fan Shixin returned, the two of them stood in front of the tree with a shovel in hand and began digging a spot on the ground where there were obvious marks.

The soil was loose and it was obvious that someone had once dug it up before.

Thus, it did not take much effort to dig it up.

Soon, they dug up a square hole that had a uniform width of about one meter.

An Xiaoning instructed Fan Shixin to wait above ground while she stepped inside the hole. She also told him to fill the hole up and hide at once if someone else was to arrive.

Fan Shixin bore her words in mind and kept watch by the hole.

An Xiaoning discovered that the space underground became more spacious the deeper she delved in.

She walked down the stairs and stopped when she was about a few floors underground.

The night luminescent pearl was hung in an obscure spot and had not been stolen away.

The walls and stairs were all paved with stone tiles, which made them rigid and more resistant to damage.

An Xiaoning stood at the exit and gazed at the sight before her. She felt as if she were in an underground maze instead of an ancient grave.

She proceeded to walk inside in a straight line.

She did not make any markings and quickly searched for the stone wall that the mysterious Mr. Xiao had told her about.

To her dismay, the geographical bearing was different from that of S Nation and there was no way to tell between North, South, East, and West.

Hence, she decided to use the method of elimination.

Although it was rather time-consuming, she had no other option.

Fan Shixin, who was waiting upstairs, was filled with worry and anxiety. He was extremely concerned about An Xiaoning's safety, especially since graves were full of evil presences and there were also booby traps everywhere.

After all, if anything happened to her, he would have to be the one to save her. Otherwise, Jin Qingyan was not going to let him off!

Ten minutes passed, then twenty, and soon, thirty…

Forty, fifty… now one hour had passed…

He was getting a little impatient.

At this very moment, he heard some miscellaneous sounds coming from afar.

Without hesitation, Fan Shixin immediately filled the hole with soil, as instructed by An Xiaoning.

The hole was not too deep and he could fill it up rather quickly.

Fan Shixin then climbed up onto a tree and hid behind the branches. Coincidentally, he was dressed in a green outfit, which allowed him to blend in with the leaves and gave him a perfect camouflage.

One or two minutes later, three people appeared in Fan Shixin's field of vision, and they were chatting with each other.

It was none other than He Yi, Wen Lele, and another man whom Fan Shixin had never met before.

”Bad news. Someone has already gone inside,” He Yi said after taking a look.

”What are we waiting for, then? Let's hurry and go in to take a look,” said Wen Lele, who sounded eager and impatient.

Hence, the three of them began digging up the soil effortlessly. He Yi lamented, ”The soil is very loose and seems to have just been filled, but we didn't see anyone else while on our way here.”