studiobondurri Chapter 1882 - 1877: Eerie
Chapter 1882 - 1877: Eerie
After five minutes, Hu Xiaobei finally reached about halfway...
Looking up at the cliff face, Hu Xiaobei found that the top was no longer visible.
"It should be about 500 meters deep."
Muttering to himself, Hu Xiaobei carefully surveyed the surroundings.
He noticed that the rock walls here were particularly smooth...
Not to mention trees and roots, even rock fragments were sparse.
"This place is really quite eerie indeed!"
Murmuring to himself, Hu Xiaobei continued deeper.
...
At this moment, wisps of pure white mist gradually began to coil around.
"Interesting!"
Seeing that they couldn’t be dispelled, a hint of surprise flashed in Hu Xiaobei’s eyes.
Thinking of how this place was previously designated as a forbidden area by the Cao Family, Hu Xiaobei felt at ease.
With a calm demeanor, Hu Xiaobei continued walking forward, and soon, he was completely engulfed by the undispersable dense fog.
Once completely surrounded by the thick mist, Hu Xiaobei could barely see his feet.
Luckily, he was already close to the bottom of the cliff.
Taking a deep breath to calm himself, Hu Xiaobei quickly jumped the last bit of distance.
With a cold gaze in the distance, Hu Xiaobei began to carefully sense his surroundings.
Earlier, when he was on the cliff, Hu Xiaobei felt a faint sense of danger here.
Now, as he moved closer, that feeling intensified significantly for Hu Xiaobei.
"No wonder the Cao Family previously marked this as a forbidden land; it really doesn’t seem easy to deal with!"
Silently reaching this conclusion, Hu Xiaobei strode forward with strong confidence in his abilities, believing he could retreat unharmed.
At this moment, the Treasure-hunting Rabbit, separated from Hu Xiaobei, was unaware of the situation here.
He was still diligently searching...
Now, he stood in a valley.
For some reason, he felt there should be something to gain here in the valley.
Trusting his intuition, he searched thoroughly, even though the valley seemed no different than any other place.
"Strange, there’s nothing different here!"
After searching through most of the valley, his eyebrows furrowed rapidly.
He really couldn’t find anything unusual...
"Could it be that there’s something unique inside that mass of white fog?"
After a pause, he looked up at the undispersable white fog not far ahead.
He had noticed this somewhat peculiar white fog before but couldn’t see through it, so he hadn’t intended to approach.
But now, he knew he must; having carefully searched everywhere else, he found nothing out of the ordinary...
After examining it more carefully, he finally began to walk forward slowly.
Soon, he was completely swallowed by the white fog.
Once inside, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Because there was no discomfort at all...
He realized that although the white fog appeared eerie, it had little effect on him.
Glancing at the far end of the valley, he walked forward quietly!
Since he had come, he would remain!
Since something he needed might be here, he definitely couldn’t leave regardless.
...
"Damn it, there’s really nothing here!"
After a while, Treasure-hunting Rabbit was so frustrated he could vomit blood!
Carefully making his way to the valley’s end, he found it was just an ordinary cave.
Inside the cave, there was nothing...
No, not even the most common of medicinal herbs were here.
It was completely filled with broken stones.
"This shouldn’t be, really shouldn’t be! If there’s nothing here, why did I feel like there was something before?"
After circling around and turning over every nook, he muttered to himself.
He was not willing to give up just yet.
After circling one more time, the Treasure-hunting Rabbit suddenly looked up at the undispersable white mist.
"Could it be that the reason I sensed something before was because of this undispersable white mist?"
At the moment this thought occurred, the Treasure-hunting Rabbit gazed at it quietly.
In that instant, he felt a slight stir.
Within the white mist, the Treasure-hunting Rabbit indeed detected a faint herbal fragrance.
It was subtle, but it was definitely there...
"It seems the reason I sensed something before was because of this undispersable white mist, but I don’t know where it’s coming from!"
Muttering to himself, the Treasure-hunting Rabbit began looking around intently...
After a while, Hu Xiaobei found a deep fissure among a pile of rocks.
Seeing the white mist seeping continuously from the fissure, the Treasure-hunting Rabbit began to carefully sense it.
Soon after, his eyes lit up.
Because here, the Treasure-hunting Rabbit could more clearly feel the rich aroma of medicinal herbs.
"If I’m not wrong, there must be herbs urgently needed by the master on that side."
Reaching this conclusion, a hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes.
He wanted to rush in directly but was also worried about potential dangers.
"Should I notify the master first?"
At that moment, he gently shook his head.
He figured it was better not to notify Hu Xiaobei yet because the situation on this side was still unclear.
It might just be false hope.
"Time is of the essence to the master, so I should explore first, then notify him."
Thinking this, he glanced again at the spot where the mist was emanating, and in a flash, he disappeared into it.
And just like that, it vanished...
For some reason, after the Treasure-hunting Rabbit disappeared, the speed at which the white fog emerged began to decrease, eventually stopping completely...
Unaware of what was happening here, the Treasure-hunting Rabbit was currently rushing forward like mad...
...
Desolate...
After passing through the fog, Hu Xiaobei saw a vast, barren hinterland...
The first feeling was one of desolation...
Truly the kind of indescribable desolation.
It was as if across endless years, no life had ever existed here...
"What kind of place is this? Why does it seem so out of place?"
Regaining composure, Hu Xiaobei furrowed his brow and muttered to himself.
After speaking, he crouched down, grabbed a handful of sand, and examined it closely, his pupils constricting slightly...
This reaction was because Hu Xiaobei discovered many white particles within what appeared to be ordinary sand...
Even though they had been buried for many years, Hu Xiaobei was able to recognize them as fragmented bones...
Due to their age, he couldn’t determine which animal the bones belonged to, but he knew the number buried beneath exceeded his imagination...