Chapter 61 - The Hole

It took them five hours to dig the crystals, and Xun Wei releases the children from the space with the dog after he imprisoned the lizard. Then Ahbao told his Dad that he still wanted to play with Qiao Bei inside the space. Seeing Qiao Bei smiling, Xun Wei told them to be careful and don't go too far. The children both nodded and happily dragged Cray with them after Xun Wei let them inside the space.

"Do you want us to go deeper?" There is still a tunnel leading to another side. I really can't see what's inside, and maybe there are more crystals?" Xun Wei asked Huang Jin and tried to detect the entire space, but, just like the center of the cave, the place can't be seen.

"Okay," Huang Jin held Xun Wei's hands as they walked and entered the tunnel.

Because the tunnel was dark and can't see the way, Huang Jin pulled flashlights for both of them.

"These crystals messed with our perceptions, and If this is used around our base, I think it's a good thing. But it may end up affecting everyone who will be exposed to it every day," Huang Jin said while checking their surroundings.

" We rather not let just place them in a secure room. It doesn't need to be around the base at all. It can change and not detect the base even if it stays in one place, just like this cave. Then psychics who will be joining us in the near future can use the room to upgrade."

Huang Jin moved his head like a chicken pecking its food. Xun Wei can only laugh and kissed his cheeks.

At the end of the tunnel, they found a vast space, the whole ceiling, like the other place they came from has many crystals, but it was five times larger. The ground had a huge hole, and it was pitch black even with the help of the crystals on the ceiling.

Both Xun Wei and Huang Jin's brows wrinkled. They can't even feel what's inside the hole; They have difficulty in checking the hole because of the crystals.

They can only look at each other.

"It's dark and cold, and I feel there's a vacuum." Huang Jin said while observing the hole.

"And... I feel there's something wrong, and the pressure is suffocating. Huang Jin's face turned pale, and beads of sweat started appearing on his forehead. Huang Jin and Xun Wei can see the fog leaving from their mouth and nose, indicating that the temperature began to fall to minus zero degrees. The whole wall and ceiling of the cave started to freeze.

Without any more choice, Xun Wei decided to wake Zijing from his slumber.

"I'm going to try" Not waiting for Huang Jin's reply Xun Wei already closed his eyes. Seeing his husband's serious face, he stayed silent and guarding him.

"Zijing, wake up."

"Zijing," Xun Wei thought that it would take hours before the dragon wakes up, but he heard the dragon's questions.

"What's wrong."

"Can you see what I see?"

Zijing, who was in his human form, was still sleepy looked outside the dimensional space, and his face turned ugly after seeing what's outside.

"Where did you find this place?!" Xun Wei, who was sensitive to the dragon's emotion, recounted the whole story.

"Go, leave that place immediately. Don't turn back!" He shouted and waved his hand to put barriers on the two people.

"Leave! Don't waste any second!"

The whole cave started to shake; the crystals from the ceiling began to fall down the hole, Huang Jin followed the crystals with his eyes. But because it was too dark, he can only see the crystals falling for a long time before illuminating something on the end of the cave, and the crystals bounce on that something and Huang Jin, who was observing, his eyes turned big.

Xun Wei abruptly opens his eyes, turned to Huang Jin, Huang Jin, who wanted to say that there's something on the hole that didn't have the chance to say it because he was pulled by Xun Wei inside his arms and blink a mile away from the cave.

"Still not enough! It's much better if it's further away from the cave." Zijing's heart started to beat wildly as he watched from the dimensional space the two couple escape from the cave.

He can't relax even if he already put a shield on the two people. If that thing detects them, they will die, also if he's a dragon, he can't even hurt that thing. He places another shield to strengthen it further.

He can only hope that they can escape and leave the place undetected.

Xun Wei held Huang Jin inside his arms tightly while blinking and escaping the cave. Before leaving, Xun Wei kicked the remaining stones on the entrance of the cave to seal it.

Xun Wei didn't know how many blinks he did, and the couple was already five miles away from the Mountain Park.

"Stop, this place is good.." the dragon said to Xun Wei. So he stops with Huang Jin on the rooftop of a thirty-story building.

"You can't go inside the cave anymore. That place is forbidden, I don't know how or why you were there, but even I can't also hurt that thing. I'm shocked that that thing is there, we're lucky enough that it was sleeping when you called me. If it's a minute longer, we may die, scratched that.. we will be killed hundred percent—no surviving with that thing as an enemy.

Zijing heart's started to beat regularly again. He exhaled and tried to get read of the nervousness and bid goodbye. Close his eyes as he sleeps.

Feeling the dragon not explaining anymore, even if he was excited and wanted to ask more. He restrained himself and did not bother Zijing anymore.

Xun Wei didn't let go of Huang Jin. "Are we good now?" Huang Jin asked, feeling slightly out of breath even though he didn't do anything and was just holding on to his husband. His blood was still pumping from the adrenaline rush.

Xun, Wei looked exhausted. The whole person was tired, and his shoulder sagged. Xun Wei didn't answer him with words. Instead, he tightly hugged and rubbed his cheeks against Huang Jin. The teen pressed back, feeling the rough stable of Xun Wei's growing beard. Huang Jin closed his eyes at the feel of Xun Wei's warm and fast breath against his skin. Xun Wei skimmed his cheek over the teen's hair, before finally stepping around to press his chess to Huang Jin's back.

"Are we good now?" Huang Jin repeated.

"Yes, we can't go back anymore. Do you remember the dragon sleeping inside your dimensional space? I woke him up and asked him what's inside the hole. But Zijing told me to leave the place immediately, and if we're too late, we might die.

That's why I was not able to explain it adequately. It's a miracle that little Qiao Mei was able to survive that place. The dragon told me that the thing living inside the hole was something that he can't even hurt." Xun Wei said the rest of the story to Huang Jin while nestling on his neck and his arms around the teen.

Huang Jin's whole body was rigid. Only after Xun Wei said that everything's okay did he relaxed. He tightened his hold on Xun Wei's arms and breathed deeply. It was close, the danger and disaster of being dead and surviving the place were too closed. The teen was thankful that Xun Wei called the sleeping dragon and asked. If not, he and Xun Wei may end up dead without even experiencing the apocalypse.

Huang Jin shuddered from imagining not escaping and died from that thing.

"Zijing told me that unless the crystals are there, that thing will not wake up, and only outside or foreign aura or force will break its slumber." Xun Wei told the teen as he adjusted his hold and lean-to kissed Huang Jin's lips. The older man wanted to feel the teen's breath and body, and he felt like it was eternity leaving the cave, his body was tight and dared not to breathe until Zijing told him that it was okay.

Xun Wei slowly shifts Huang Jin around and places his arms around Huang Jin's waist. Xun Wei lowered his head and pressed a kiss and bit the flesh on the teen's neck. He kissed again the reddened mark left by his teeth.

He kissed his way along Huang Jin's delicate jaw until he found his mouth. Xun Wei kissed him, plunging his tongue deep and teasing the teen's tongue with his own. Huang Jin was seemed surprised at first, but then he returned Xun Wei's kissed with enthusiasm.

Their lips parted with a moist sound. Carefully Xun Wei released the teen from the hot and scorching kissed. Making sure to keep Huang Jin upright.

Xun Wei can see the teen was docile and unresisting, leaning on him. He was glad that they were lucky to leave the cave. He thought that he can protect the teen from any forces above ground because of his body's upgrade but facing the reality that there are still creatures that, even while sleeping, can make Zijing run for his life.

He needed to get stronger, stronger than Zijing, stronger than that creature sleeping on the cave. Xun Wei gritted his teeth, and his strong arms embraced Huang Jin's waist hard.

Huang Jin can feel the running emotions on Xun Wei. Understanding the dilemma and the lack of power, He can feel the helplessness of his husband because of the creature.

Huang Jin can only return a stronger hug and let Xun Wei feel that he is always beside him and speak slowly in with full of confidence and trust with Xun Wei's ability." I'm here, and we will get stronger... You will get stronger, surpassed the creature's strength, and you will make sure that I am fine, the children's fine, and our family's fine. I believe you, I believe in your strength."

"Thank You," Xun Wei whispered in reply. A familiar affection and possessiveness were welling up inside of him.

The couple waited for a while and then Xun Wei while holding Huang Jin blink to a place with no people below the building and returned to their community.

The supposed to be hours of going back and enjoying the scenery did not continue because of what happened in Mountain Park. The couple can only leave the children inside the space and stay their trip back home.

What happened back then was still running around the couple's mind—the couple plans to cultivate and upgrade their powers while waiting for the apocalypse to happen.

Arriving at the community and inside their apartment. Huang Jin told Xun Wei his plan for the rest of the months. Listening to the teens planned, Xun Wei did not oppose and immediately nodded his head.

Xun Wei can feel that He Xue was not on the building, before their trip to the Mountain Park. The man told him that he would not be back for three months before returning so that they will not be shocked that they will not see him for a long time.

Before going inside the space, Xun Wei called his lawyer to investigate what happen to Qiao Bei two years ago on the Mountain Park.

The couple took the opportunity and didn't even wasted a minute and went back to Huang Jin's space and planned to live inside the dimensional space for three months.

While back inside the cave, the shaking stop after the couple escape the place. The crystals started shining and dimming and shining again.

The creature sleeping inside the hole continued its nap, it was dark, but if the couple went down and check the hole, they will see the crystals surrounding the ground and became the bed was the creature sleep. A thick and big rusty chain attached to a big ring was on the neck of the creature, the end of the ring was deeply buried inside the creature's body.

The end of the chains was also buried below the earth.

Bones of small creatures to humans and to large animals surrounded his body.