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Chapter 82 Silent Forest (6)

The two began to slowly search for the three people using the location information.

An Jing followed You Long silently for a while, then suddenly said in a low voice, "This time...we might as well not report it."

Youlong was taken aback, stopped and turned around: "You mean Chichen?"

“Hmm.” An Jing nodded, his gaze calm. “We told you that we encountered a mysterious creature underground. Although it was strong, you took care of it.”

“But she’s not a mystery,” Youlong frowned. “She’s a person, though not from our world.”

“Yes.” An Jing nodded. “She’s too strong, so strong that she’s beyond the level that humans can contend with.”

She paused, shifting her gaze from the ground to the front: "Do you think the research department can do anything to her just because we've spoken up?"

Youlong opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.

“Speaking out about problems that can’t be solved will only increase worries. If the research department finds out, they’ll definitely have to spend a lot of time and effort researching it, and if that disturbs Chichen, it won’t be good.” An Jing’s tone was calm, but it revealed a firmness. “It’s enough for us to know about this.”

She looked at Youlong with an unprecedented seriousness in her eyes: "She said she would help us, and I believe her."

"Are you so sure she's a good person?"

“In her eyes, we were as weak as two ants. The fact that she didn’t kill us was already proof of her mercy.”

"...What you're saying isn't pleasant to hear, but it makes a lot of sense to me."

After a long silence, Youlong finally sighed and nodded again: "Then I won't say."

He was also afraid that the research department would disturb that powerful figure.

When I get angry, I'll just wipe them out.

The two reached an agreement, walked for a while, and returned to the big tree.

Upon approaching, they saw Dongqing, Yunji, and Youxin, all fully armed and guarding the spot.

Dongqing was the first to see them. She rushed over and looked them over from left to right. After confirming that neither of them had broken any limbs, she finally breathed a sigh of relief: "We were so scared! Thank goodness you're alright!"

"It's nothing, it's nothing." An Jing waved his hand, then glanced around and asked in a low voice, "Did anything unusual happen while we were away?"

“No.” Dongqing shook his head. “After you were suddenly pulled underground, this place became as quiet as a dead city. Nothing happened. We didn’t dare to move, so we stayed here and guarded the place, afraid that you wouldn’t know where we were later.”

Yunji chimed in, "Yeah, this place is incredibly eerie. Hey, what happened to you guys down there?"

"That's good, saves us from searching aimlessly." An Jing smiled, her tone light. "It's nothing, there was a mysterious creature down there, quite troublesome, but Captain Youlong eventually took care of it."

Yunji and Dongqing both breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."

But You Xin narrowed her eyes and glanced at An Jing.

Her gaze wasn't hostile, but it clearly indicated that she didn't quite believe it.

The previous lantern bearer, number 018, is also quite capable.

She is not very physically fit, so she ranked lower.

But she is smart.

I also know Xu Yanyi.

Xu Yanyi has a little habit of really enjoying reporting on her work.

She also noticed An Jing's habit of not talking much.

An Jing was the one who answered just now, while Xu Yanyi remained silent.

If you can't detect anything fishy, ​​then all your hard work will have been for nothing.

An Jing saw it and even made eye contact with her.

But she only returned a calm, expressionless look.

There was no explanation, nor any attempt to cover it up.

The two of them remained silent, tacitly agreeing to keep quiet.

An Jing was indeed a little concerned: "You're saying nothing happened? There wasn't even a fluctuation in the magnetic field?"

"No." Yunji shrugged. "The detector showed no abnormalities throughout the entire process."

An Jing frowned slightly, a hint of doubt arising in his heart. If the strange phenomena they encountered underground were merely created by Chi Chen, why didn't they immediately dissipate after Chi Chen left?
So what exactly is this magnetic field? Is there no connection between magnetic fields and sincerity?
Just then, the old tree behind me suddenly glowed red again.

Red dots of light appeared on the tree canopy, dancing, spinning, and falling like stars.

Youlong instinctively grabbed Anjing.

"Here we go again?" Dongqing exclaimed in surprise.

“No, this feeling…” Just as An Jing was about to analyze, a blinding white light suddenly burst out from the blood tree!

The light wasn't aggressive, but it was so bright it was blinding.

Immediately afterwards, she felt her feet sink into the ground, and she was lifted into the air by some force.

"Don't separate!" Youlong shouted.

"Grab me! Everyone hold on tight!" Xin grabbed Dongqing by the back of the collar.

Amidst the chaos, the five of them were enveloped in a white light.

The next second, the spot was empty, and even the tree silently turned into a phantom and disappeared completely into the forest.

When she regained consciousness, An Jing felt as if she had been pulled out of the water; her hair was wet and her ears were ringing.

She struggled to open her eyes, and found herself no longer in a dark cave, but in an unfamiliar stone-paved square.

The ground is paved with exquisite black and gold patterned bricks, and in the distance are tall steps and stone statues, as well as a huge circular structure that floats in the air, constantly rotating and glowing.

It resembles some ancient ruin, or perhaps a ritual site.

Youlong was the first to wake up and immediately checked on everyone's condition with alarm: "They're all still here! No one's missing!"

Yunji scrambled to his feet, patted his backside, and asked, "Where are we? Are we still inside the magnetic field?"

You Xin stared at the ring for a while, then said softly, "This doesn't seem to be naturally formed. Something must have deliberately lured us here."

Holly: "This... I feel like it's a sacrificial scene. Are we going to be sacrificed?"

An Jing squinted, staring at the ring in the air.

It bears a strange resemblance to the runes found inside the cave.

It seems that Chichen brought them here.

She said she wanted to help the world get its balance right again.

So now is it up to her to tell herself what she plans to do?

"An Jing, you're not going to be sacrificed as a virgin, are you?" the system whispered in her ear.

An Jing: "Are you sick?"

What's wrong? I didn't say anything wrong.

An Jing rubbed his temples and said in a low voice, "If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."

She looked up at the enormous, glowing ring.

You Xin looked around curiously and said, "It doesn't seem like a sacrifice; it seems more like some kind of trial."

"Yes, it is a trial."

At that moment, a figure suddenly appeared.

The five people immediately looked at the speaker with suspicion, only to find that it was a little boy.

A little boy dressed in a white robe?
The boy looked at the five people with a serious expression and a disdainful look in his eyes.

“My master said he would set the scales right and entrusted this matter to me. But whether you are worthy or not, you will have to pass my test.”

An Jing blinked and said to the system in her mind.

"I feel like this child looks exactly like you."

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　　(End of this chapter)