Because they had already hewn the stone path upward by a full ten plus ters.
In just two days, several layers of stone paths were carved out, sothing unimaginable in the past. Among the three thousand people, actually only a few hundred could really contribute to the digging.
Song Que's abilities were even above those few hundred people.
That day, Song Que also listened to a story from Xi Yu. Apart from the ssenger crows that brought food, in the pit, every few days, one could see a dragon-like creature patrolling.
On the fourth day, Xi Yu and a bunch of children began working with Song Que.
Song Que would ask them so questions about the pit.
He would also ask about the children's wishes.
Wishes were a luxury in this place, even though everyone's wish was simply to leave.
So wanted to see the blue sky, willing even to be devoured by the wild beasts of the mining area the next second.
Others wanted to see the sun, to experience the blazing sunshine.
And there were those who wanted to wear clean clothes, eat delicious food.
When Song Que asked Xi Yu, she thought for a while before smiling and saying,
"I just wish that one day if I get out, I would definitely fill up this place."
Song Que was taken aback.
He was a gifted person of ten talents, the best among the gifted. But in this dark pit, he found that all he could do was delay the death of these people.
He couldn't fulfill Xi Yu's wish, he couldn't even take Xi Yu away from here.
On the fifth day, heavy rain fell. The heavy rain raised the water level in the deep pool by ten plus ters, which would have drowned many on a normal day.
But this ti, no one suffered such a plight.
Xi Yu and the other children finally didn't have to rest and sleep on the stone path to avoid the rain; they all hid in the stone caves carved by Song Que.
It had been cloudy for several days in a row, and Song Que felt regretful for not having seen Xi Yu.
On the sixth day, the weather was still gloomy, and Song Que knew his ti was running out.
Looking at the still endless sky, he felt a sense of powerlessness.
Perhaps for a while, these people need not worry about being drowned by the suddenly rising deep pool, but it's only for a while.
On this day, Xi Yu quietly saved her own food.
The seventh day finally arrived.
Song Que had never stayed in the mining area for so long.
With his help, in the span of seven days, the stone path had risen by nearly one hundred ters.
Song Que, gifted of ten talents, was indeed the chosen one. Although his ability was an auxiliary type like the Eyes of Balance, he was also one of the strongest in terms of physical strength among the gifted.
He had the power to confront perfect-level creatures on his own.
In this place, even if all the non-gifted were combined, they could not match Song Que's efficiency.
The people were overjoyed, because they had made one more step closer to the top of the pit.
Only Song Que was troubled.
There was too little ti, but just like them, even though he could survive in the mining area for a long ti, he absolutely could not take them away.
These more than three thousand people would eventually die here, passing on the fantasy that seed to dig out light to the next group.
Song Que really wanted to tell them that they simply couldn't leave this place.
But he was already dying, so why extinguish others' hopes?
That day, Song Que sat quietly at the very top of the stone path, waiting for death to co.
He was also waiting for the appearance of sothing.
Xi Yu sat beside him, making her final farewell to Song Que.
"I heard from the elders that after death, all pain continues eternally," Xi Yu handed food to Song Que.
Song Que smiled and said, "So I want to be a well-fed ghost? At least after death, there won't be the pain of hunger?"
"Yes."
"Thank you," Song Que did not refuse Xi Yu's kindness.
"Do you have any other wishes? One day in the future when I take them out, I'll help you fulfill it," Xi Yu spoke very gently.
Her deanor was also serious, as if she truly believed there would co a day when she could take everyone away.
But before she could hear Song Que's answer, a violent dragon's roar filled with rage reached them.
The dragon's roar echoed countless tis in the empty cliffs, like the Grim Reaper striking a bell.
"It's a Jiao Dragon, run! Hide quickly!"
After Xi Yu's words fell, many people on the stone path trembled and cowered.
Children and the elderly hid in the stone caves carved by Song Que.
Xi Yu wanted to pull Song Que to leave, but Song Que didn't move.
"Hurry up! That Jiao Dragon eats humans!" Xi Yu looked at Song Que, puzzled.
Song Que had heard about this dragon from Xi Yu.
The ssenger crows were in charge of delivering food and dicine, while this Jiao Dragon seed more like a Guardian here, patrolling the bottom of the pit periodically. It also played with weak humans.
Song Que stood up, looking steadily at the Jiao Dragon that was two sizes smaller than the one Tang Xian had ridden.
Having stayed in the pit for seven days, Song Que, through his observations over seven days, had beco certain of one thing.
The horrific heavy rain wasn't a natural phenonon.
It's just like he felt sothing was wrong the first ti he saw that rain.
Because he slled the scent of elents in it.
As holder of the Eyes of Balance, Song Que was convinced that the rain that had caused countless deaths ca from this evil Jiao.
He had been waiting for it.
The Jiao Dragon looked at the people crouching with satisfaction, as if a king seeing his slaves.
But it quickly focused on Song Que at the top of the stone path.
The Jiao Dragon looked down at Song Que with contempt.
Song Que also stared back at the Jiao Dragon, while gently pushing Xi Yu back into the stone cave behind him.
He stepped forward and said softly,
"Although there's not much ti left, I still have unfinished business."
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