Chapter 1230: Chapter 1230: Raging rcury Flows Eastward (5)
After walking for an unknown length of ti, Gu Yelin suddenly stopped at the front.
"Ah Lin, what’s wrong?" An Yiqing asked suspiciously.
"Nothing. There’s a bend up ahead. Be careful and hold onto
tightly."
An Yiqing responded with a quiet acknowledgnt, gripping Gu Yelin’s large hand tightly and following closely behind him step by step. anwhile, Tan Yulin had already picked up Yin Xilin, ensuring that if there was danger, he could flee with her imdiately.
After passing a long, winding turn, An Yiqing keenly sensed that they had entered a different space. Unlike the pitch-black, silent surroundings from before, the temperature in this passage seed slightly higher.
None of them spoke, quickly pressing forward. As they walked, the temperature in the passage steadily climbed.
"Huh? I’ve been noticing for a while now—wasn’t there water here before? The spot we’re standing on is clearly a depression!" Tan Yulin’s sharp eyes noticed that the ground in the passage was slightly sunken, with the areas closer to the walls on both sides visibly higher by at least half a ter. The entire design resembled a wide channel, and they were standing inside the dried-up trough of it.
An Yiqing and Gu Yelin gradually stopped, a sense of unease creeping into their hearts due to Tan Yulin’s observation.
At that mont, An Yiqing’s ears suddenly twitched.
"What’s that sound?"
Everyone froze, listening carefully, but they didn’t hear any movent.
Yet An Yiqing was a hundred percent certain that there was definitely a sound. Having been trained since childhood by Ye Chenghong to possess extraordinary sensory perception—combined with the fact that her eyesight had been gone for so ti now—her hearing had improved leaps and bounds, far surpassing even Gu Yelin’s. She was entirely confident that she was hearing sothing!
An Yiqing’s ears kept trembling as she closed her eyes and deepened her concentration.
Swish... swish... swish...
Weak, intermittent sounds rose and fell in An Yiqing’s ears. The noise seed like the gentle trickling of water in a stream, but sothing about it felt... off.
The sound grew increasingly distinct, and An Yiqing realized sothing was drawing closer to her.
Sweat began to bead on her forehead as she furrowed her brow tightly, channeling all her sensory energy into her hearing.
The sound resembled flowing water, but finer, quieter—as if silk were gliding across a surface.
An Yiqing pictured countless varieties of liquid noises in her mind, and finally, her face froze in horror as she zeroed in on her guess.
"Run! It could be a rcury tide!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Yelin didn’t hesitate, grabbing An Yiqing and sprinting forward. Tan Yulin carried Yin Xilin and followed closely with An Zhiying.
The swishing sound grew louder and clearer, even Tan Yulin and An Zhiying could hear it distinctly now.
Though they didn’t know what the sound of flowing rcury might be, they weren’t about to take chances—it was better to assu the worst than to regret later. If it truly was rcury, they were all dood!
The group ran desperately ahead, unaware that behind them, the ground they had just passed was rapidly engulfed by silvery liquid. The once-dried channel amidst the passage was now completely brimming with rcury!
The human body can only tolerate a re 0.3 grams of rcury; exceeding that would lead to death. Skin contact with large amounts of rcury or prolonged exposure causes the skin to blacken and results in fatal damage. Every day, countless people die from rcury poisoning around the world, let alone this completely filled channel of rcury—a veritable Water of Death!
An Yiqing was scooped up into a princess carry by Gu Yelin, feeling the gusts of wind against her ears. Even though she couldn’t see, she could imagine the sheer speed at which Gu Yelin was running.
But this wasn’t sustainable; Ah Lin’s stamina would eventually deplete! She couldn’t bear to let him waste his energy like this!
"Ah Lin, put
down! Pull
along instead—quick!"
Gu Yelin’s footsteps faltered slightly but didn’t speak, continuing to run forward.
An Yiqing grew more anxious the clearer the sound of water grew.
"Ah Lin, if you run out of stamina now, who’s going to save
when we face danger later? I’m just blind—you pulling
along won’t cause any problems! Be sensible—put
down!"
Gu Yelin’s pace paused for a mont, and with a swift movent, he placed An Yiqing back on the ground and pulled her to run alongside him.
His treasure was right; he needed to conserve his strength. The path ahead was bound to be even more perilous, and he had to stay prepared to protect her.
Once he set An Yiqing down, Gu Yelin gained an extra burst of speed. He pulled An Yiqing, while An Yiqing held onto An Zhiying, who then held onto Tan Yulin and Yin Xilin—the four adults and one child linked in a chain, desperately sprinting down the passage.
The gurgling sound of flowing liquid drew closer and closer. Held in Tan Yulin’s arms, Yin Xilin sneaked a glance backward, her pupils contracting sharply.
"Master! The rcury is getting closer to us!"
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