A hazy blue light group emerged from Zhou Jian's right arm, and then slowly condensed into Li's body.
"Leave!"
Zhou Jian was overjoyed. Seeing Li in this situation was like seeing a light in the endless darkness. He had tried to summon Xiaoxue before, but the pet slot was sealed like the inventory.
He didn't expect Li Que to appear smoothly.
He couldn't help but step forward and hugged Li in his arms. The warm, soft and fulfilling touch made Zhou Jian's heart completely filled with loneliness.
"Master, what happened?" Li suddenly came into this completely dark environment. She was confused for a moment. Through her breath, she could feel that the person holding her was Zhou Jian, but with her excellent night vision ability, she could not see it.
Zhou Jian's face was so close that she was slightly startled.
Zhou Jian told Li everything.
Obviously, passing through the dark passage is a test set by the Bat King. Once this test starts, it cannot be ended halfway. The price of giving up or failing is that you will never be able to get out of this dark passage.
There is no danger in the passage itself, but the boundless darkness itself is a murderous weapon. Especially when the remaining distance is unknown, the direction cannot be found, and the time cannot be known, it is easy for the trialist to feel despair.
Zhou Jian estimated that he had been running for ten to twenty days. He repeated two things for such a long time - running, adjusting his breath, running again, adjusting his breath again, facing the endless darkness and absolute loneliness.
and the oppressive feeling brought about by death.
If you were a weak-willed person, your mind would have already collapsed.
"Master, can you summon Xiaoxue?"
Zhou Jian shook his head, "This is a test. It is impossible to give the tester a chance to use the mount."
After listening to Zhou Jian's description, Li was at her wits' end. In this environment, the only thing she could do was to move forward with Zhou Jian. She also tested her inventory, but it could not be opened either.
"Let's go. Even if I lose my way, I must keep walking. Otherwise, there will really be no hope at all."
"Yeah." Li nodded vigorously.
Keep running!
Zhou Jian and Li held hands and ran into the unknown darkness together. Although running holding hands was not conducive to increasing speed, through the hands held together, they could feel each other's existence and seek solace for their souls.
There is no concept of time anymore. The two of them run together and rest together every day. Sometimes Zhou Jian even suspects that the three-month deadline has passed and they will never go out again. Whenever this thought occurs, Zhou Jian will feel in his heart
He shrank, but thinking about his parents, thinking about Huiyin, and thinking about Li who had been running down with him, he gritted his teeth and persisted.
The most difficult journey is not knowing that the goal is far away and will take a long time to reach, but not knowing where the goal is or when it will be reached.
Running around for a long time was too much for even Li, who was in very good physical condition. In the dark, she took off her shoes and bandaged her scarred feet. Because she could not open the inventory, she could only use the clothes in the storage ring to tear them off.
The finished cloth strip is used as a bandage, and the effect is naturally very ordinary.
"Li..." Zhou Jian called softly in the darkness.
"Um……"
"We may not be able to get out, and it may have been three months." Although he had no concept of time, Zhou Jian was silently counting the number of times he rested and ran.
Every time he ran to the limit, he stopped to rest. During this period of time, Zhou Jian ran a total of more than 300 times and rested more than 300 times. According to Zhou Jian's experience, if he ran with all his strength, he could run to 300 times.
It takes four hours to feel exhausted, and it takes a similar amount of time to stop and adjust your breath. That is to say, the cycle of running and resting lasts for about six to eight hours, plus an occasional long rest, three hours.
Months may have passed...
However, the exit has not yet appeared, and hope seems to be getting slimmer.
Li was silent and didn't say anything. The pain and exhaustion of several months in a row was really crushing, but Li was strong-willed and could endure it. Naturally, she also thought about what would happen if she really couldn't get out.
, but considering that Zhou Jian has always been with him, even if the two of them are trapped here forever, it is not unacceptable.
"Does your foot still hurt?" Zhou Jian asked in a low voice. Although he couldn't see it, he could use his mental force field to roughly sense Li's condition. Seeing Li's foot hurt like this, he naturally felt uncomfortable. On his side
As he spoke, he held Li's feet in his arms and rubbed them gently.
Running at such a long time and at a high speed, even Zhou Jian would feel pain in his feet. However, he has the blood of the Vampire clan and has strong self-healing ability, so he will not wear out his feet.
"It's almost gone." Li said. As a member of the Shadow Clan, her body's self-healing ability is only slightly worse than Zhou Jian's.
"How about you enter my body and I run away with you."
"No, I can run with the master." Li said firmly.
Zhou Jian sighed and said nothing more. Since Li appeared, she has never gone back and has always been with him.
"Have a good rest and get some sleep." Zhou Jian said, taking out the Bone of Chris from the storage ring and pointing at the direction they had always insisted on, so as not to lose their way while taking a rest.
Then he hugged Li gently and fell asleep with her...
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…
Time has lost its concept, maybe three months, maybe half a year...
Run and rest.
Run and rest.
Run, rest...
The darkness has never changed, the only thing that has changed is hope - which has become increasingly slim.
Zhou Jian and Tongli rarely talk to each other anymore. They just listen to each other's heartbeats and feel each other's body temperature.
The distance seems to have lost its meaning. I don’t know how far I ran, maybe hundreds of thousands of kilometers.
"Li..." Zhou Jian called softly while running in silence for a long time.
"Yes, Master." Li's voice was breathless and tired.
"Run another 100 times. If we can't find the exit, we will give up."
"Huh?" Li was stunned for a moment.
"We have run more than 400 times. Another 100 times will be 500 times. Maybe in four or five months, if we can't find an exit, there may be no hope. In the remaining time, I want to follow you
Spend your time in peace.”
Li's heart trembled slightly, and she looked at Zhou Jian silently, her expression hidden in the darkness, which seemed inappropriate. In the end, she just responded softly, and then continued running.
The road is at your feet, but hope seems to be permanently hidden in the darkness.
They ran like this for an unknown amount of time. When they were once again exhausted and about to stop to rest, Zhou Jian suddenly stopped and looked ahead in disbelief.
"What's wrong, Master?" Li felt Zhou Jian pull her hard and stopped. She could feel Zhou Jian's hand holding hers trembling slightly.
