Chapter 30 Stairway to Heaven
After descending the steps, a few people arrived on the flat ground below. The light was already as dark as dusk.
Li Liya took out a few flashlights from the space and distributed one to each person, which she had collected in the previous world.
Lao Lin also had one in his bag, so when he saw her handing it over, he silently took it.
"Everyone, please be careful."
After Li Liya finished speaking, she turned her hand, and immediately there was a slender black knife in her hand. She held the knife at her side, and her whole aura instantly became fierce.
Following closely behind her was Cai Lan, who did not bring a weapon but released Hong.
Seeing the soft tentacles coming out of his back with my own eyes, I felt inexplicably terrified in such a dark environment.
Several people turned on their flashlights, and the white light circle swayed back and forth in the dark corner.
Although it has been ravaged by wind and rain, the layout inside still retains the original rough outline of the building.
There are separate small rooms lined up on both sides. The walls of some compartments have collapsed, but the overall preservation is relatively complete.
"This may have been an underground shopping mall before."
The small shops are arranged side by side in a compact manner, which must have been quite prosperous at that time.
Hearing Zou Yuxin's guess, Li Liya, who was walking at the front, was noncommittal. She scanned the small cubicle with the flashlight in her hand. It was so messed up that she couldn't tell why.
She secretly had a guess in her mind that this place was more like an underground prison than an underground mall, but this thought only crossed her mind and she did not say it out loud.
The further inside, the darker the light becomes, almost to the point where you can't even see your fingers, and the turbid air carries a damp, earthy smell.
"Yu, Sister Yu." Feng Lin stood close to Yu Lizhen, the flashlight in her hand flashing quickly in the darkness.
The girl's soft voice trembled, "Did you hear anything?"
From time to time, there would be a few subtle noises in the invisible dark place, but when the flashlight swept over, there was nothing.
Mother Lin withdrew the light from above her head and glanced at Feng Lin next to her with the faint light, her expression calm as usual.
"It's so damp here, it's probably some small bugs. There's nothing scary about such things."
After hearing what she said, Feng Lin nodded, seeming to believe what she said.
Lin Yu and Lao Lin were on both sides of Mother Lin, and they naturally heard the rustling sounds, but they did not believe Mother Lin's words to comfort Feng Lin.
Rather than bugs, they felt that there was something weird hiding here. The familiar damp smell reminded them of those difficult flea people.
"Let's go that way."
Li Liya in front suddenly made a sound, and the white light of the flashlight was pointed at a corner on the left.
At the end of this dark hall are several corridors, one of which has a beam of light shining in from the outside.
The inherent phototaxis of human beings is like a guide, causing them to subconsciously choose this path without anyone questioning it.
Before stepping into this long and slender corridor, Lin Yu also opened his own rainbow just in case.
The moment Hong was released, there was no buzzing sound in his ears. Lin Yu felt a little at ease. It seemed that there were no alien species nearby.
Qi Ran and Zou Yuxin, who were following behind, saw that Lin Yu in front suddenly had a layer of translucent black armor on his body, and his whole figure seemed to be cast in a blurry shadow.
Zou Yuxin asked quietly, "Hey, little brother, is this your rainbow?"
As if looking at some strange treasure, Zou Yuxin stared at him and looked him up and down. Qi Ran even touched it, and it felt cold and hard.
It's no wonder they made such a fuss. Since arriving in the other world, except for a few people present, they have basically not seen many other people, let alone a few people's rainbows.
When Cai Lan's rainbow appeared just now, they were startled, but the man didn't seem to be easy to talk to, so he didn't dare to ask in detail.
Now that they saw Lin Yu's rainbow, the two of them couldn't help but curiously asked, and approached each other one from the left and the other from the right.
"Yes, where is your rainbow?"
Qi Ran and Zou Yuxin also had rainbows, but before they came, Sister Li told them that their rainbows were relatively weak and they had to wait until the battle to open them to avoid wasting them.
"I have one too, but I don't think it's as handsome as you." Zou Yuxin looked at the armor on his body with envy.
Lin Yu's mouth curled up slightly, but it quickly returned to normal, turning his head back indifferently and raising his chin slightly.
"Hey, please pay attention behind you."
Although he felt a little refreshed when he saw these two people surrounding him, he still hadn't forgotten where he was.
Upon hearing this, Qi Ran quickly scanned the back with a flashlight. Only a black hole could be seen in the deserted hall, and there was nothing unusual about it.
Standing under the beam of light, Li Liya looked up and saw a narrow crack, with sunlight leaking from it, no more than the width of a finger.
Stepping through this faint light, everyone was plunged into the dark realm again.
Passing through this dark passage is a steep downward stone step. The slender steps dug along the wall can only be passed by one person.
Li Liya stood against the wall at the entrance of the passage, "Everyone, be careful and try to walk as close to the wall as possible."
The other side of the steps was empty, without any handrails. If he fell down, Lin Yu glanced down and realized, "Tsk, it's quite deep."
"Mom, please slow down."
Lin Yu saw Mother Lin going down and hurried to follow. Lao Lin followed closely behind, a line of eight people, leaning against the wall on the right, moving slowly downwards.
It was so damp here that Zou Yuxin, who was walking at the very back, not only had to pay attention to the slippery steps under his feet for fear of accidentally rolling down and injuring the people in front of him, but he also had to wipe away the water seeping from his head.
After wiping off the water dripping on his forehead, Zou Yuxin smelt fishy. He muttered in disgust, "Well, it stinks, it smells like saliva."
"What stinks so much?" Qi Ran, who was walking in front of him, heard his muttering and asked curiously.
"Is there water dripping on top?" he said, shining the flashlight at his feet and shaking it upward.
A pale halo of light fell on a scarlet face. The flea man was lying on the wall, hanging upside down above his head. The skinned muscle face opened its ferocious mouth - it was less than one meter away from him!
Bang! A drop of fishy saliva dripped down again, landed on Zou Yuxin's face, and slid down the corner of his mouth.
"ah--!!"
Frightened screams echoed in the silent cave. Zou Yuxin was so frightened that he took a step back, stepped on the air, and fell straight down.
"careful--!!"
Qi Ran turned around and saw him falling over. He grabbed his bright yellow take-out clothes and threw himself on the steep steps. He dangerously grabbed the hem of his clothes and the two of them hung there precariously.
Almost at the moment he screamed, the flea man had already rushed towards him, and its bloody claws were about to fall on Qi Ran's back.
The sharp and slender fingers swung across his back fiercely, barely scratching along his clothes, only catching a handful of air.
Bang——!
The hanging flea man jumped into the air with a fierce force and an unstable momentum, and he hit the wall hard.
The Flea Man was being carried upside down, his feet were firmly attached to the wall by a ball of black ink, and his sharp claws were waving desperately, scratching in vain in the air.
Lao Lin, who was leaning against Lin Yu, his heart almost leaping into his throat, looked at the flea man who stretched out his arms to try to reach him, and took half a step back in the direction of Lin Yu below.
Amidst the chirping and hissing, a deep slapping sound suddenly sounded——
"Hurry, hurry up! He's going to fall -"
The yellow takeout clothes with "Tuantuan Takeout" printed on them were slowly split by cracks and were about to be completely torn in half.
The person Qi Ran was holding in his hand was gradually falling down. A cold wind blew behind his head. He was stuck in the middle and was going crazy, unable to get up or down!
Chapter completed!