Grassroots Travel: The Star Lord of Another World

The huge stone pillar collapsed with a loud bang, completely blocking Gao Xingchen and Nan Li's last escape route. Stones flew everywhere, dust filled the air, and the two were blown away by the shock wave, falling heavily on a relatively intact stone slab.

"Ahem..." Gao Xingchen struggled to get up, his face covered in dirt and blood seeping from the corner of his mouth. He didn't care about his own injuries and hurried to check on Nan Li. She looked pale and her breathing was disordered, obviously she had also suffered serious internal injuries.

"How are you?" Gao Xingchen asked anxiously.

Nan Li shook her head, enduring the pain, and said weakly: "I'm fine, I won't die."

They were trapped in a small space, with crumbling boulders above their heads and collapsed ruins all around them. The air was filled with suffocating dust.

"Are we...are we going to be buried alive here?" Nan Li's voice trembled slightly. Even though she remained calm in the face of thousands of troops, she couldn't help feeling a little scared at this moment.

Gao Xingchen held her hand tightly, his eyes firm: "Don't be afraid, I will definitely take you out!"

He looked around, trying to find a glimmer of hope. However, the reality was cruel, and there was nothing but despair.

"There's no other choice. I can only fight to the death!" Gao Xingchen gritted his teeth and took out the refining hammer and carving knife from the storage ring.

"What do you want to do?" Nan Li asked in confusion.

"I remember Master Zhang once said that the highest realm of weapon refining is to turn decay into magic and turn stone into gold." Gao Xingchen took a deep breath. "Although I am still far from reaching that realm, I can at least try to see if I can find a way out!"

A glimmer of hope flashed in Nanli's eyes. She knew that Gao Xingchen had an extremely high talent for refining weapons, and perhaps he could really create a miracle.

Gao Xingchen injected his true energy into the hammer, and the hammer immediately emitted a dazzling golden light. He swung the hammer and smashed it hard against the stone wall.

"Ding!"

A crisp metallic collision sound was heard, and only a shallow white mark was left on the stone wall.

"Such a hard stone!" Gao Xingchen's face changed slightly. The hardness of this stone wall was far beyond his imagination.

"Let me help you!" Nan Li pulled out the dagger from his waist, and rushed to the stone wall like a ghost. The dagger turned into cold light, leaving several deep scratches on the stone wall.

However, even Nanli's sophisticated assassination skills could not shake this indestructible stone wall in the slightest.

"No, if we go on like this we will be trapped here and die sooner or later!" Beads of sweat oozed out of Gao Xingchen's forehead, and he was extremely anxious.

At this moment, his eyes fell on an unusual spot on the stone wall. It was a protruding stone with a strange shape and some strange patterns carved on the surface.

"What is this?" Gao Xingchen's heart moved, and he walked forward to observe it carefully.

"Be careful!" Nan Li saw this and quickly reminded.

However, it's too late.

As soon as Gao Xingchen's fingers touched the protruding stone, the stone suddenly burst into a dazzling light, swallowing him whole...

Gao Xingchen's eyes went dark and he lost consciousness. When he woke up again, he found himself in a completely unfamiliar place.

This is a closed stone room, with night-shining pearls inlaid on the walls, emitting a soft light that illuminates the entire space. The stone room is not large, but it is very delicately decorated. The floor is covered with soft animal skins, and there are several pieces of quaint furniture in the corners. The air is filled with a faint fragrance.

"Where is this?" Gao Xingchen struggled to sit up, feeling sore all over and his head dizzy.

"Are you awake?" a familiar voice came.

Gao Xingchen turned around and saw Nan Li sitting not far away, looking at him worriedly.

"I...why am I here?" Gao Xingchen looked around, confused.

"You just touched the stone, and then you were teleported here." Nan Li explained, "I was also teleported in afterwards."

"Teleport?" Gao Xingchen was even more confused. "What is that stone?"

"I don't know either." Nan Li shook her head, "But it looks like this should be a secret room."

Gao Xingchen stood up, stretched his muscles, walked to the center of the stone chamber, and looked around carefully. He found some strange patterns carved on the walls of the stone chamber, which looked like some ancient characters, but he didn't recognize any of them.

"Look, what is that?" Nanli suddenly said, pointing to a stone platform in the center of the stone chamber.

Gao Xingchen followed Nan Li's gaze and saw a black box placed on the stone platform. The box was carved with intricate patterns and looked very ancient and mysterious.

"Could this be the legendary...treasure?" Gao Xingchen's heart moved, he walked forward, reached out and opened the box.

The box was opened, and a black bead lay quietly inside. The surface of the bead emitted a faint light, as if it contained some powerful power.

At this moment, the stone chamber suddenly shook violently, rocks above fell one after another, and the entire space seemed to collapse.

"Oh no, this place is going to collapse!" Nan Li's face changed drastically.

"Let's go!" Gao Xingchen pulled Nan Li up and ran towards the door of the stone chamber.

However, before they could run to the door, a huge rock fell from the ceiling and hit Nanli.

"Nanli!" Gao Xingchen's eyes were red with anger. He rushed over and hugged Nanli in his arms.

Nan Li's face was pale, with a trace of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth and a weak breath. It was obvious that he was seriously injured.

"How are you?" Gao Xingchen asked anxiously, his voice trembling.

Nan Li shook her head weakly and forced a smile: "I... I'm fine..."

"Stop talking, I'll take you out now!" Gao Xingchen was anxious. He knew that now was not the time to be sad, and he had to find a way to escape as soon as possible.

He held Nanli in his arms and looked for an exit. However, the stone chamber had been blocked by falling rocks, leaving no way to escape.

"Are...are we really going to die here?" Gao Xingchen's heart was filled with despair.

At this moment, his eyes fell on the black beads in his hand, and a glimmer of hope suddenly arose in his heart.

"Let's fight!" He gritted his teeth and decided to take a risk. Gao Xingchen was extremely anxious. Nan Li's breath was getting weaker and weaker. He felt the shadow of death approaching step by step. He tightly grasped the black bead in his hand. This mysterious magic weapon found in the stone chamber might be their last hope.

"Let's fight!" Gao Xingchen gritted his teeth and injected his true energy into the bead. The bead suddenly glowed brightly, and the space around them began to twist violently. A powerful force surrounded them. Gao Xingchen felt like he was sucked into an endless vortex, the sky was spinning, and his ears were filled with deafening roars.

After an unknown amount of time, the force finally dissipated, Gao Xingchen felt dizzy and fell heavily to the ground. He struggled to get up, and his first reaction was to look for Nan Li.

"Nanli, how are you?" Gao Xingchen shouted anxiously, with a hint of trembling in his voice.

Nan Li opened her eyes weakly, her face as pale as paper. She forced out a smile: "I'm fine..."

Gao Xingchen finally breathed a sigh of relief. He looked around and found that they were in a completely unfamiliar place.

This was a gray space, surrounded by thick fog, visibility was extremely low, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you. The air was filled with a rotten smell that made people nauseous.

"What is this place?" Gao Xingchen frowned, feeling uneasy in his heart.

"I don't know." Nan Li shook her head. She struggled to stand up, but her body was too weak.

Gao Xingchen quickly helped Nan Li up, let her lean on him, and then looked around vigilantly.

"We have to find a way to leave here." Gao Xingchen said in a deep voice.

"Yeah." Nanli nodded. She also knew that now was not the time to rest.

Gao Xingchen supported Nan Li and groped his way forward cautiously in the fog. They tried to find a way out, but found themselves trapped in an endless maze. No matter how they walked, they could not get out of the fog.

"We seem to be lost." Nan Li's voice trembled a little, and it was obvious that she also felt that the situation was not good.

Gao Xingchen didn't say anything, but just held the black beads tightly in his hand and prayed silently in his heart.

Where were they teleported to? What dangers are hidden in this fog?