BXBX NOVEL Chapter 182 - 182: 165: Exploring the Mysterious Melting Cave
Chapter 182 - 182: 165: Exploring the Mysterious Melting Cave
Chen Sheng’s figure moved like a swift wind, passing through one melting cave after another.
His speed was so fast, that the green wind weaving between the caves couldn’t keep up.
However… “Something’s wrong.”
Splash!
Chen Sheng stopped in his tracks.
He exchanged a glance with Shen Ziming, and their eyes filled with gravity.
With Chen Sheng’s speed,
Just a few minutes should be enough to cover more than ten kilometers, even if he had to find his way or change directions in the middle.
This long distance was even enough for the lake to connect directly to the highway.
But what Chen Sheng saw was nothing more than melting caves, with no signs of touching the edges or delving deeper. And in Shen Ziming’s perception, even after traveling such a long distance, their position relative to the Heavenly Person Seal hadn’t changed much.
“What’s going on…”
Shen Ziming murmured to himself, his cat-like eyes filled with thought.
Chen Sheng also looked around, his eyes serious.
“Let’s give it a try, and we’ll know what’s going on.”
As his words fell,
Chen Sheng suddenly lifted his foot and stomped on the ground.
Boom!!!
Chen Sheng had not left his Xuanwu Transformation state.
With his terrifying power, the whole cave trembled from his light stomp. The water beneath his feet was swept up by the powerful shockwave and rolled outward.
Crack…crack!
The surrounding stone pillars shattered and fell to the ground under the intense shaking.
Even the stalactites on the ceiling suffered the same fate.
Next,
Chen Sheng strode out, leaving through the nearest cave entrance.
He turned around, slowly backed away, and kept his eyes on the scene behind him.
However, the passages connecting each melting cave were narrow, twisted, and dark.
Even though Shen Ziming’s Qi was emitting light,
Chen Sheng’s vision was gradually swallowed by the darkness after only a few steps into the passage.
Thump.
He stopped again.
He exchanged glances with Shen Ziming on his shoulder.
Chen Sheng stepped out once more.
The next second, the scene that appeared before their eyes made both of them frown simultaneously.
“As expected.”
Shen Ziming said in a deep voice.
In front of them, the stone pillars stood intact in various places.
Water flowed gently.
The effects of Chen Sheng’s earlier stomp had already vanished.
“Right now… there are two possibilities.”
“Either this cave is a dream, and we might be sleeping at the bottom of the
“Or, the location of this cave is constantly changing in a way that we don’t know.”
“That’s also why I can sense the presence of the Heavenly Person Seal but can never get close to it.”
“What do you think?”
After presenting his analysis, Shen Ziming turned to Chen Sheng.
“Rule out the first one.”
Chen Sheng’s face showed no expression.
“Why?”
Shen Ziming looked puzzled, not understanding Chen Sheng’s decisiveness.
The next second,
Pat.
Shen Ziming’s cat head was smacked.
He instantly bristled.
The Heavenly Person cells were quite miraculous.
Shen Ziming’s transformation was not a simple image change, but a real cat body.
It’s just… his personality seemed to be somewhat affected.
“You won’t feel pain in a dream.”
With that,
Chen Sheng walked into the melting cave by himself.
As he walked, a lingering weight remained in his eyes.
In fact, ruling out the first possibility was not the real reason for Chen Sheng.
He breathed in the damp air through his nostrils.
His feet stepped on the uneven ground.
His fingers brushed over the protruding stone walls.
Everything felt incredibly real.
He couldn’t find any abnormalities. If this was an illusion or dream, it would mean, they couldn’t escape.
Thinking of this,
Chen Sheng brushed aside the doubts in his mind.
No matter what the situation was, a solution still needed to be found.
Suddenly,
Chen Sheng seemed to sense something.
His ears twitched slightly.
The rumbling and breathing sounds became closer and closer to his ear. A new wave of green wind was approaching.
“If the positions of these melting caves are constantly changing,” “Then where do these sounds come from the green wind?”
“As they approach us, their sounds grow louder and louder, meaning their paths are not random like ours, but genuinely moving towards us from a distance.”
Chen Sheng pondered, whispering under his breath.
The strength of the green wind was not high.
Martial artists with even slightly greater strength could resist it with their bodies.
If it was used to resist intruders, it would be a bit too child’s play.
There must be a reason for their appearance.
Upon hearing this,
Shen Ziming slowly lowered his body and stopped tapping Chen Sheng’s head with his claws.
His face seemed thoughtful.
“You mean…”
The two looked at each other again. A glint of insight flashed in their eyes.
“We’ll know if we try.” so,
Chen Sheng quietly stood in the center of the melting cave.
Soon.
Boom –
Accompanied by a rumbling sound.
The green wind poured in again. This time,
Chen Sheng didn’t leave.
On the surface of his body, the deep blue turtle shell pattern lights up, resisting the fierce wind and thunder.
Shen Ziming curled up his body to reduce the area hit by the shock.
After the fierce wind raged in the melting cave for more than ten seconds, it prepared to penetrate into another hole.
Chen Sheng, always kept himself in the green wind, followed it throughout the various melting caves.
Five minutes later.
“We’re close!!!”
Surprised, Shen Ziming suddenly stood up.
For a moment he was unable to control his body and almost got blown away by the fierce wind.
Fortunately, Chen Sheng grabbed his claws in time, and Shen Ziming was saved.
Surprise filled both their eyes.
They guessed right.
Only where the green wind goes is the correct direction.
“Keep going!”
Having successfully found the direction, Chen Sheng naturally wouldn’t lose track of it.
Another ten minutes.
After many melting caves, the green wind seemed to be constantly running wild.
But in Shen Ziming’s perception,
The distance between them and the Heavenly Person Seal was getting closer and closer.
Therefore,
Chen Sheng did not panic.
Swish!
Another new melting cave.
Chen Sheng knew that the green wind would stay for another ten seconds or so before setting off again.
Although he didn’t know the purpose of this act,
As long as the distance was getting closer, he believed he’d eventually reach the vicinity of the Heavenly Person Seal.
He stood quietly in the fierce wind, waiting to set off again.
But at this moment,
Chen Sheng had a feeling.
Swish!
He suddenly looked up at another cave entrance.
In the center of the fierce wind, Chen Sheng’s ears were filled with roaring and whistling sounds.
But these sounds, after a long stay, had become like background noise.
With his Xuanwu Transformation activated and his agility reaching over 300 points, Chen Sheng possessed extraordinary senses.
He could clearly hear,
At the entrance of that cave, a new airflow sound was approaching this way.
And,
It was accompanied by some slightly chaotic footsteps.
People?!
Chen Sheng’s eyes narrowed, staring intently at the cave entrance.
Three to five seconds later.
Boom –
With a roar,
A new green wind emerged from that entrance.
It unexpectedly merged directly with the green wind Chen Sheng was in.
At the same time, Splash! Splash!
In front of Chen Sheng,
Two figures fell into the melting cave: a sheep-faced man and a dog-faced man.
The tearing sound kept echoing in their ears.
The dog-faced man looked miserable and had lost consciousness.
His right arm was broken at the root, and despite being tied with a cloth, fresh blood was constantly seeping out.
A small part of his body on the right side was missing, revealing a glimpse of his internal organs.
His body was already drenched in fresh blood, with new wounds continuously opening up under the fierce wind and thunder.
The moment they landed,
The sheep-faced man immediately pulled the dog-faced man in front of him.
Although he didn’t seem injured on the surface, His ragged breathing suggested otherwise.
Just as they entered the melting cave, the sheep-faced man stared at the entrance they had come from, while assuming a posture to flee at any time.
His luck was too awful.
Not long after the four of them had set out and finally uncovered the secret of the green wind,
They had the misfortune of encountering Zhao Zhenfeng, who had just emerged from another cave entrance.
If it weren’t for the amulet given by Lord Azure Dragon and his subordinates blocking most of the force,
The sheep-faced man would have met the same fate as his other two subordinates – exploding into a shower of flesh across the melting cave.
With this in mind,
His face grew even more displeased.
Based on this behavior of the green wind, it was very likely that they would encounter Zhao Zhenfeng again.
He was lucky this time, with his subordinates taking the fall for him.
Next time,
He might not be as fortunate.
Just as the sheep-faced man was deep in thought,
“Hey, what are you thinking about so intently?” A voice sounded by his ear..