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At that moment, I saw Lime throw a long rope up, and before it even landed, it was entangled by a vine. He then slowly climbed up, smiled lightly at me, and drew his sword with a swift motion. Before I could brace myself, I felt a sudden lightness and found myself falling headfirst.
Damn it, falling like this is bound to cause a concussion or make me an idiot! As I held my head in despair, another rope wrapped around my waist, stopping my fall just 0.1 centimeters from the ground. I could even feel the cold emanating from the surface below.
I quickly pushed myself up with my hands. At that moment, the others were also rescued by Lime. This time, we all tacitly kept quiet, moving cautiously and slowly, afraid of making a sound that might get us caught like Cured Meat hanging there, turning into dried corpses...
I stood still on the ground and began to survey the layout of the area. Since I had been hanging upside down earlier, everything I saw was reversed. Now that I looked again, I was surprised to find that the place was quite large. Just behind the vines where the dead were hanging—directly in front of me—there was a large platform that was completely empty and felt somewhat eerie.
"Let's go check that out," Pei Zi said to his team while pointing at the empty platform ahead. Wu Xiaoshou and the only remaining woman in their group, Xiao Xue, nodded in agreement, and they cautiously made their way toward it.
Lime and I exchanged glances; he clearly intended to go there as well. So I followed him slowly, while Imposter Dad and Song A closely trailed behind us.
After circling the platform and returning, Wu Xiaoshou asked dejectedly, "Why is there nothing here?"
"This platform is for placing coffins!" Pei Zi replied with exasperation as he shot Wu Xiaoshou a look. "It must be below us; everyone be careful—there might be traps."
To be honest, I felt a thrill rising within me. I never expected the underground world to be so fascinating. Although it was dangerous, it felt far more exhilarating than living life in a daze. This feeling was unfamiliar yet enticing; deep down, I craved more excitement. I almost thought something was wrong with me—why would I want to seek out thrilling experiences?
Shaking off those 'strange' thoughts, I walked toward the center of the platform. However, just a few steps in, there was a loud 'crack,' startling me as I feared I had triggered another trap. Everyone was highly sensitive to such sounds and instinctively stepped back from the platform. At that moment, the platform suddenly split open in the middle, and the next second, something shot out from inside.
With an "ouch," a young man fell from above right in front of us. As I looked at this unexpected guest, he slowly stood up and seemed unbothered by our stares. Dusting off his pants, he exclaimed one word: "Exciting."
Is this person out of their mind? That was my first impression of him, but the next moment, many people were ejected from inside, and the last thing to come out was a coffin, a completely sealed Large Stone Coffin!
The first person to be ejected didn't even look back; he just stared at us with a half-smile and said, "Just so you know, this thing is ours."
"Why is it yours? Just because you say it's yours?" Wu Xiaoshou retorted angrily upon hearing this.
The speaker maintained a faint smile, while his subordinates were less polite, raising their guns and aiming at us. There were more than ten of them, all armed, while we only had Pei Zi and a few others with guns. If we recklessly started a fight, we would definitely lose. However, we were unwilling to just watch them open the Large Stone Coffin, so we stood our ground against them.
"I advise you not to resist; it will only make your deaths more unpleasant," the leader said with a calm smile, but he gave off an impression that he could do anything.
"How do you know it won't be you who dies unpleasantly?" Song A coldly replied while glaring at him.
"Because we have hostages," the man said with an exceptionally bright smile. I couldn't see where their hostages were. But just as I thought that, he turned to me, and the next second, I heard someone viciously whisper in my ear, "Don't move obediently, or I'll kill you!" A sharp dagger was pressed against my neck. I recognized the voice as that of Imposter Dad and regretted not getting rid of him earlier; now I had become their hostage.
Everyone looked at me in shock, and Song A incredulously asked, "Feng Yuanliang, what are you doing?!"
"What am I doing?" the imposter mockingly replied before seemingly tearing off his mask. However, I was in front of him and couldn't see it; I wasn't interested in looking anyway.
Amidst their shocked expressions, the imposter pushed me toward the young man. It seemed they were in cahoots. Since this person couldn't get any clues from me, he felt there was no need to keep pretending? That was fine; it saved me from having to look at his fake face. Although I was furious about being taken hostage, I couldn't resist and could only passively walk toward the platform.
"Oh right, I forgot to introduce myself. This Lord is Xianxian; remember that and avoid us in the future!" The man named Xianxian said proudly before walking toward the coffin, and I was forced to follow him in that direction.
"You go open the coffin," one of the seemingly fierce men said while pointing a gun at me dismissively.
"No way." I replied irritably. Just because you want me to open it doesn't mean I will, and you want to use me as a shield!
"You!" The angry man looked like he was about to hit me. At that moment, I heard Lime's voice say, "He won't, I'll help him."
Xianxian glanced at the fierce man and signaled him to stop before turning to Lime, teasingly saying, "Master Qing, I didn't expect you to actually help someone. Is the sun rising in the west today?"
Lime didn't respond, but I couldn't help but retort, "Do you think you're on Venus?"
The big man jumped in first, glaring at me and asking, "What do you mean? Do you want to die?"
I disdainfully rolled my eyes at him and said, "Just looking at you shows that you didn't study properly. On Venus, the sun does rise in the west!" Seeing his confused expression, I added with a laugh, "Venus rotates slower than it orbits, making it the only planet in the solar system where you can see the sun rise in the west and set in the east. Got it now?"
"Shut up!" The big man shouted and moved to hit me. I quickly yelled, "Brother Lime, come save me! There's a lunatic about to go crazy!" As I shouted, I backed away. I wouldn't let them think I'm someone who would just give in; I wanted to provoke them. So what?
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