Qhianqhian cautiously maintained her balance and walked steadily on the wooden plank.
Just at this mont, a sense of crisis enveloped both of them, and suddenly, Qhianqhian turned her head in panic. The next second, the plank carried her up into the air, and in an instant, the sense of crisis from earlier was gone.
In no ti, she felt herself landing, without any sensation of a high fall, seemingly on sothing soft below...
"Yann Yao?" Qhianqhian swallowed, as her flashlight was thrown out when the plank flew up, leaving her in total darkness, unable to see anything.
"I’m here." A slightly deep voice ca through, and Qhianqhian felt the rope on her being pulled.
Soon, a greenish light appeared. She saw Yann Yao holding a Luminous Pearl, frowning tightly, sitting less than three ters away from her, obviously injured, with his clothes torn and looking quite disheveled.
Qhianqhian quickly crawled over: "How are you?"
"Hit by the plank, but I’m okay now." Yann Yao observed their surroundings with a frowning, attentive gaze.
Although dim, the area revealed a textured floor and wall, and the surrounding shape wasn’t regular, almost resembling an enclosed space, more terrifying than the path they had been on.
The wall’s texture also seed peculiar, and the surroundings slled different from what they had slled on the path, with the coldness they felt earlier dissipating significantly.
The wall’s color was dark cyan, slightly appearing pale, though uncertain how authentic it was under the green light.
The floor was even more uneven than the walls, evoking a sense of familiarity in its texture.
"If I’m not mistaken, we are now..."
"Between the teeth." Qhianqhian interjected.
Before Yann Yao could say anything, Qhianqhian pointed in a direction, surprised to see two rows of sharp rocks rging unevenly.
At this mont, he confird his thought.
Indeed it’s...
"What do we do?" Qhianqhian, looking at those sharp teeth, felt speechless. This was truly reshaping her worldview. Could such a thing really exist?
The ancients were not wrong...
But given the situation, finding a way to escape now is the priority.
"Do you think there’s a chance we survive if we’re expelled?" Qhianqhian asked Yann Yao after pondering for a long ti.
Yann Yao looked shocked at her: "Are you kidding?"
What gets expelled? How could they remain intact.... Moreover, how big is Kun’s body? Waiting for this process might also take a long ti, right?
"Rather than that, we’d better truly be wedged in the teeth." Yann Yao, looking earnest, glanced at the sharp white rocks about tens of ters away, and took a deep breath: "Our first goal is not to be flushed away."
Qhianqhian, seeing the space as large as a sports field, was dumbfounded by Yann Yao’s words; flushed away?
If this Kun drank water...
It could truly rival a flood!
She shivered in fear, quickly held herself, and uneasily looked towards the large teeth: "How often does it drink water?"
"I don’t know. Knowing what species this is already seems lucky, and if information like this is known, it wouldn’t belong to the realm of strange knowledge, but common sense." Yann Yao stood up, pulled at the rope on his body: "Hopefully, this will protect us..."
Just as they hadn’t managed to react, the ground shook, causing both of them to fall simultaneously, afterward sensing a light appear, imdiately bringing them a sense of dread, fearing the water would gush in.
However, greeting them was a swirling motion, a dizzying shift, with weightlessness and blinding light.
Both covered their eyes, not daring to look, yet scared of being swallowed and turned into digestive waste to be expelled.
More afraid of being absorbed, leaving no trace.
"Boom!"
"Ah..."
"Ugh..."
Yann Yao and Qhianqhian groaned in pain simultaneously, the heavy sound marking their bodies’ contact with the ground, both opened their eyes nervously, fearing digestion awaited them.
But before them was an uncontaminated piece of land, an island with only one tree and so flowers and grass, about the size of a few dozen square ters, smaller than the space inside Kun’s mouth, but at least stable and not fearing becoming waste.
The ground was dark soil, with vibrant flowers and towering trees, conveying a clear feeling. The verdant trunk seed made of Jade but carried a lively presence, with pristine white leaves, free of any polluted color, yet not resembling snow’s false whiteness on them, nor feeling out of place, as if this tree was ant to have such leaves.
"Where is this?" Upon asking, Qhianqhian’s face showed a hint of awe.
However, she didn’t realize the man beside her had fallen unconscious, the culprit being the plank they used to pave their path.
After waiting for a while without receiving a response, she followed the direction of the rope, finding Yann Yao’s forehead bleeding.
The entire area was vastly open, surrounded by boundless water, with no boundaries or sight of ships or bridges, nothing visible but the endless water and illusory white mist.
After bandaging Yann Yao’s wound and covering him with a blanket, Qhianqhian stood up to untie the knot at her waist, inspecting the place.
No matter the current situation, understanding the environnt is the imdiate priority; staying complacent isn’t wise.
Although terd an earthly paradise, it lacked so celestial aura, but it couldn’t be denied that a cold presence perated the surrounding.
Having walked the small area twice, she directed her gaze at the large tree in the island’s center, noting this place doesn’t seem like a prison but felt devoid of human presence.
Then thought of the other four paths.
If they faced Kun, what the others encountered likely wasn’t sothing simple either?
The tree’s leaves emitted glow, intriguing Qhianqhian, who wished to touch, but withdrew her hand, suspiciously watching the leaves.
Feeling sothing on the leaves but frightened to touch them, fearing poison.
After contemplating, Qhianqhian took out a pair of convenient chopsticks, trying hard to jump and reach the leaves, although even the lowest leaves were nearly two ters from the ground, jumping was necessary to reach them.
Using chopsticks, she grabbed a leaf cautiously, rinsed it with mineral water, then took it in her gloved hand.
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