05 Black hole in the Cave

With the moonlight paving the road and stars marking his direction, Ling Tian made his way forward, only his long shadow for company.

Three days have passed. Ling Tian was walking on a remote mountain road. He could still recall the general direction.

Heading east, Ling tian ignored the weeds that were cutting both his legs. He kept moving forward.

After a week, he had already entered the inner parts of the mountains. Fortunately, there were no man-eating beasts here. Ling Tian pursued his path carefully. Today, when he looked up, he was finally able to see misty peaks on an isolated hilltop.

Ling Tian was completely exhausted at this point. He took out some dried food and took a few bites while staring at the misty peaks entrance. The hairs on the back of Ling Tian's neck stood up as he heard a wild animal breathing behind him. He looked back and all the color instantly drained from his face.

A large white Wolf with blood-red eyes made the air feel dense. Drops of saliva dripped out of the corner of its mouth, producing dripping sounds as they hit the ground.

The white wolf Howl as it pounced. Ling Tian revealed a bitter smile, and without hesitation jumped off the side of a cliff. He felt the wind on his face as he plummeted down. He couldn't help but remember the looks in his parent's eyes, as well as all the relatives that taunted him.

"Father, Mother, your son didn't listen to you. This is goodbye." Ling Tian said while tears were coming out from his Eyes.

The wall of the cliff was covered in a myriad of branches. Ling Tian's body was getting cut by the branches as he dropped at breakneck a speed. A few moments later, in the middle of the drop, Ling Tian felt an enormous force pulling him.

Ling Tian had no control of his body as the force pulled him. Before he knew it, he was inside a cave that had been carved into the wall of the cliff. He felt great force constantly pulling his body against the wall, after a long time the force finally disappeared and he fell down from the wall.

It took him a long time to regain his senses. As Ling Tain struggled to get back up, he noticed his clothes were torn and his body had gotten scraped all over by the branches. The pain came flooding in from his swollen right arm. Large drops of sweat streamed down, sticking to every part of his body. Ling Tian touched his arm, but he couldn't tell if the bones were broken. This injury was definitely sustained when he hit the wall.

Ling Tian was pale as he got up and looked around. He found that he was in a small natural cave. The sunlight peered in through the entrance of the cave, revealing a floor covered with the bones of birds and animals.

On the wall behind him was a black hole the size of a fist. He couldn't tell how deep this little hole was, but on closer inspection, one mystery was solved. The pulling force that sucked him into the cave earlier came from this hole. The animals that those scattered bones had belonged to were sucked in just like he had been.

The suction from the hole must be spontaneous. The moment he appeared in front of this cave during his fall, the mysterious hole pulled him in and saved his life. Ling Tian, enduring the agony of his right arm, was about to walk out of the cave when the bones on the ground suddenly started moving toward the hole. He quickly rolled to the corner of the cave without a moment's delay as he felt the wind behind him.

The unimaginable sucking force suddenly came from the little hole. All the bones rattled as they flew toward the hole. Some of the bigger bones were stuck on the wall blocking, the little hole.

At that moment, a bird was sucked in as it flew by the cave's entrance. It whizzed through the air until it splattered against the cave wall.

After about an hour, the force stopped pulling. Ling Tian stared in horror at the corpse of the recently deceased bird.

Ling Tian painfully crept towards the cave entrance. As he looked below, he couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile. Below him was a Forest, and the barely visible ground was covered with rocks. The cliff was very steep, there was no way for him to climb down with his broken arm. The distance from the ground measured more than a few dozen meters. If he tried to jump down, it would definitely be the end.

The bag filled with food was left at the top of the mountain with no way for him to retrieve it. Right now food was the most important problem he needed to solve. As he was pondering, he suddenly remembered the suction time and rushed back to the corner of the cave.

Time in the outside world seemed to pass by quickly. Ling Tian could feel his body grow weaker and weaker. He had no feeling in his arm, it was completely numb. He smiled bitterly as he said to himself, "Being stuck here means a slow death, but jumping down would be instant death."

He looked at the bloody corpse of the bird that was sucked in earlier. With a bit of hesitation, he walked over, picked it up, and reluctantly took a bite. The taste was appalling. He exhaled as the raw meat in his mouth flooded his senses but then continued to eat it.

He barely chewed the meat, opting to just swallow it nearly whole. Ling Tian felt warmth enter his stomach as it churned. He ate the bird quickly in big bites, then he stood up and took a deep breath to keep himself from puking it all out.