Taking the opportunity of traveling through books

The pit is deep and difficult to measure, and the road is dangerous.

Suddenly, my feet felt empty, and I cried out in surprise, my body plummeting uncontrollably. Hao Yang reacted quickly, grabbing my wrist with one hand and clinging to the rock at the edge of the passage with his other hand. I was suspended in mid-air, and looking down, I saw nothing but darkness below, a bottomless depth.

"Hold on to me!" Hao Yang's voice came from above, a hint of tension. I held his hand tightly, feeling the strength coming from his hand, and my heart was slightly relieved.

He gritted his teeth, his arm muscles tensed, and slowly pulled me up. I could feel his body trembling slightly, clearly a huge challenge for him. Just as he was about to pull me up, countless sharp arrows suddenly shot out from the wall of the passage, the sound of them breaking through the air was piercing.

"Be careful!" I yelled, and Hao Yang suddenly looked up, watching an arrow shoot towards his eye. At the critical moment, he suddenly turned his head, and the arrow flew past his cheek, leaving a bloody mark.

My heart sank, a chill running from my feet to my head. If that arrow had hit his eye... I couldn't imagine the consequences.

Hao Yang ignored the wound on his face and continued to pull me up. We clung to the wall, dodging the continuous stream of arrows. "Are you okay?" I asked worriedly.

He shook his head, his face a little pale, "It's okay, just a minor injury." I knew he was comforting me, the blood on his face was still flowing down.

The arrows finally stopped, and we breathed a sigh of relief. But before we could catch our breath, we felt a strange sensation beneath our feet. I looked down and saw that the once solid ground had turned to quicksand, and our feet were slowly sinking.

"Quicksand!" I screamed, trying to retreat, but it was too late. The quicksand quickly swallowed our feet and continued to spread upwards.

"Don't panic!" Hao Yang held my hand tightly, "Let's jump up together!"

We exerted force at the same time, trying to jump out of the quicksand, but the suction of the quicksand was too strong. We only rose a little bit before being pulled down again.

“No,” I felt my strength quickly draining away, “We’ll all be stuck here at this rate.”

Hao Yang's expression also became solemn. He looked around, looking for a way to escape. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he pointed at a rock not far ahead, "Grab that rock!"

The rock wasn't far from us, but the quicksand's suction was like an invisible hand, holding us tightly in place. We struggled mightily, moving toward the rock. Each step was incredibly difficult, each one draining a tremendous amount of our energy.

My hands began to go numb, and Hao Yang's arms were shaking, but he never let go of my hand. "Yaoyao, hold on!" He growled, using all his strength to push me forward a step.

I stretched out my hand, and my fingertips finally touched the cold surface of the rock. Just as I was about to grab it, Hao Yang suddenly groaned, and his body sank suddenly.

"Hao Yang!" I screamed in horror, turning to look at him. His face was pale, his lips were tightly pursed, and beads of sweat covered his forehead.

He looked at me with a determined look in his eyes, "Grab it!"

I gritted my teeth and used up my last bit of strength to grab the rock... "Hao..." I was about to speak, but I saw his figure completely swallowed by the quicksand...

The moment I grabbed the rock, I felt my heart nearly stop. Hao Yang! Hao Yang! I desperately called out his name, but all I saw was swirling yellow sand; his figure had vanished. Tears blurred my vision. I clung to the rock tightly, my nails digging deep into the cracks, feeling the cold stone and the scalding tears mingling.

I can't give up! For Hao Yang, for myself, I must survive! I pushed hard and climbed up the rock, lying limply on it, gasping for breath.

I have to find him! The quicksand trap couldn't really have trapped him... I didn't dare think about it. I looked around, searching for any possible escape route.

Finally, not far away, I found a narrow passage. I stumbled to my feet and ran towards it. It was pitch black, and I groped my way forward, taking every step carefully.

Suddenly, a wave of heat hit me, and I was horrified to discover that the end of the tunnel was a sea of ​​fire! The raging flames completely blocked the way, and the temperature around me rose sharply. I felt like my skin was about to be singed.

Flames! Flames again! Why are there so many traps here? I leaned against the wall in despair, feeling powerless. Just then, I heard a familiar voice: "Yaoyao! Are you okay?"

It was Hao Yang! I looked up suddenly and saw him running towards me from another passage, his face full of anxiety. He was still alive! I was ecstatic and rushed to him desperately, hugging him tightly.

"I'm so glad you're okay!" I choked out, "I thought..."

"I'm fine," he patted my back gently. "After I fell, I found that it wasn't very deep down there, and the suction of the quicksand wasn't as strong as above. I climbed out quickly."

Only then did I notice that his clothes were covered in sand and there were some scratches on his face, but fortunately nothing serious.

"We must leave here as soon as possible," Hao Yang looked at the sea of ​​fire in front of him, "The temperature of this flame is too high. We can't just walk through it."

He tried to use his body to push his way through, but as soon as he got close to the flames, he was forced back by the scorching heat, leaving a noticeable burn on his arm.

I quickly took out the spirit bead and tried to use its power to suppress the flames, but found that the power of the spirit bead was greatly restricted here. The flames only weakened slightly and were not completely extinguished.

Are we really going to be trapped here and die? Despair once again surged in my heart. At this moment, something incredible happened: the flames went out by themselves!

We looked at each other, unable to believe what was happening before our eyes. But before we could react, a burst of mechanical sounds came from all directions, as if a new trap was about to be activated.

"Not good!" Hao Yang's face changed, "We have to leave here quickly!"

We ran down the corridor when I suddenly noticed some strange symbols on the wall. They seemed to contain some hidden information. I was about to take a closer look when the sound of metal scraping neared. I looked back and saw a group of small mechanical puppets rushing towards us. "Hao Yang..."