Book 3: Chapter 38: Strange Ping Lian

Book 3: Chapter 38: Strange Ping Lian

It would be very difficult to understand my mood unless you were there at that time, because Jiang Siwangs expression was hard to describe.

His tone was very light, but his words were very heavy. It had started out with me wanting to try and persuade them to leave this place, but somehow, it turned into them advising me to leave.

But in this case, one thing was for certainlike us, he thought that the road ahead was extremely dangerous. But he didnt seem to want to leave, so this was a bit of a contradiction which made his words sound unconvincing.

"Can you tell me why we wont have a chance to leave after the sun sets? And you asked us how many days weve been here. Does that mean that after a certain number of days have passed, youll find some special changes here?" I asked him. "Your relationship with my family isnt good and you know that we came here to save people. If you dont give me a convincing reason, I can hardly believe you."

Jiang Siwang sighed but didnt say anything else.

"If it's so dangerous, why dont you leave?" I continued asking him.

His expression suddenly became even more strange, and when he looked at me, I couldnt help but think that he seemed kind of gloomy. But he soon turned his head to look at the sunlight outside the tent and said, "We have a special reason."

I wanted to keep asking questions, but he shook his head and then turned to look at Poker-Face. When he saw that Poker-Face was looking back at him, Jiang Siwang removed a mirror from his belt and handed it to him.

After Poker-Face took it, Jiang Siwang turned to me again, "I can't stop you from doing what you insist on doing, but let me tell you something. This is the wrong decision."

"Some people we know have already left this place and gone out of the grassland," I said. "How do you explain that?"

He looked at me without giving an answer, but there was a very strange smile on his face. This smile made me feel particularly uncomfortable and gave off the sense that something wasnt quite right.

I didnt think he had lied to mehe just told us what he knew of this grasslandbut his expression also showed that he had a huge secret that he couldn't tell.

The conversation couldn't continue, so we left the tent. But after coming out, I couldnt resist saying, "Were trying to save people and youre here to make a profit. Theres no conflict. If you meet any other teams, can you at least use your satellite phone to inform us of their positions? We have to go down into the underground palace because I have to know where the people were trying to save are going. I don't think youre willing to share this kind of information with us, so well just do it ourselves. But if you meet us in the underground palace, please be courteous."

As I continued walking along, I couldnt help but feel a little confused. If Jiang Siwang wasnt human, then no matter what he was, he should know more about this place than us. He had asked us to go back, so should we listen? And why were there traces of a fire on that mirror? I suddenly thought of the circle of burnt corpses we had stumbled across when we first entered this place.

At this time, Ping Lian suddenly looked behind us. But when I turned my head and looked back, there was nothing there.

"Should we listen to him and get out of here?" I asked Poker-Face.

He looked in the mirror and said, "Maybe they need us to help them get out of here. Maybe they can't leave on their own."

I immediately understood and felt my whole back go cold.

Poker-Face also looked behind us, as if there was something there chasing after us.

"Then what danger were they referring to?"

"Well know tonight," Fatty said. "Those two girls made it out, so we can't be worse off than them."

This was the only way to comfort ourselves now.

So, we continued hurrying along with Ping Lian following close behind. Shitty dog, why are you suddenly so loyal now? Fatty asked several times. Of course, Ping Lian couldn't answer.

As the sun slowly set, a gloomy haze seemed to rise up from the ground. The temperature was particularly low, and the sky was getting darker and darker. None of us talked as we continued our serious march forward.

We should be able to reach the entrance to the underground palace tomorrow, but what will happen tonight?

As I was thinking this, Fatty suddenly looked at Ping Lian and called out to me, "Theres something wrong with this dog! Look!"