Chapter 88: Dangerous Places and Defeat the Beast with Wisdom

"Follow me!" Wei Qing pulled Dai Shiya and ran towards a narrow corner deep in the cave. This corner was behind the monster and was almost completely blocked by its huge body. It was the only temporarily safe area in the cave.

The monster's huge claws left deep scratches on the ground. It roared furiously, but because the cave was narrow, it could not turn around flexibly to attack the two people hiding behind it. Its tail waved wildly, bringing up gusts of fishy wind, and gravel kept falling from the top of the cave.

"Hoo...Hoo..." Dai Shiya panted, her heart beating violently. Facing this ferocious monster at such a close distance, she felt unprecedented fear. Even though she knew Wei Qing's plan, she couldn't suppress the trembling in her heart.

"It's difficult for it to turn around. We are safe for now." Wei Qing said in a low voice while vigilantly observing the monster's movements, "But we must find a way out as soon as possible, otherwise..."

Before she could finish her words, the monster's huge tail slammed hard into the wall of the cave, and more spikes shot out from all directions. One of them grazed Dai Shiya's arm, leaving a bloody mark.

"Hiss——" Dai Shiya took a breath and bit her lower lip tightly to prevent herself from making any sound.

"Are you okay?" Wei Qing asked with concern. She tore off a piece of cloth from the corner of her clothes and simply bandaged Dai Shiya's wound.

"I'm fine." Dai Shiya shook her head, beads of sweat oozing from her forehead. She endured the pain and quickly scanned the surroundings of the cave, trying to find hope of escape.

The light in the cave was dim, and the walls were covered with strange patterns and symbols, which looked even more bizarre under the shadow of the monster. Dai Shiya's eyes suddenly stopped on a stone on the left wall of the cave. The color of the stone was slightly darker than the surrounding stones, and it was not conspicuous in the dim light, but it caught her attention.

"Look there!" Dai Shiya pointed at the stone and said to Wei Qing, "That stone... seems a little different."

Wei Qing looked in the direction of Dai Shiya's finger and also found the darker stone. "Could it be a mechanism?" she guessed.

The monster rammed the cave wall frantically again, and more spikes shot out. The two of them pressed tightly against the wall, trying to reduce their presence as much as possible. Dust flew in the cave, and rubble kept falling. The situation was precarious.

"I'll go take a look." Dai Shiya's eyes were firm. She knew that this was their only hope. She moved carefully, trying to avoid the spikes and fallen rocks on the ground, and walked towards the darker stone.

Wei Qing looked at Dai Shiya's back with concern, feeling uneasy. She tightly grasped the strip of cloth in her hand, ready to deal with any emergency at any time.

Dai Shiya took a deep breath, slowly stretched out her hand, and touched the stone...

"Ah!" A cry of surprise echoed in the cave.

"Shiya!"

"Shiya!" Wei Qing exclaimed and ran to Dai Shiya quickly. She was curled up on the ground in pain, her face was pale, and smoke was coming out of her arms. It was obvious that she had been electrocuted.

"I'm fine..." Dai Shiya gritted her teeth, cold sweat on her forehead. She shook her numb arms and struggled to stand up.

"Don't move!" Wei Qing held her shoulder and checked her injuries anxiously. "You were electrocuted. Rest for a while."

"No, it's too late." Dai Shiya shook her head, her eyes determined, "This is our only hope, we must find the mechanism as soon as possible!"

As soon as she finished speaking, there was a tremor that shook the earth behind them. The two looked back and saw that the monster had turned around at some point and was running towards them. Its blood-red eyes flashed with ferocious light, and its huge mouth opened, revealing sharp fangs, as if it wanted to swallow them in one gulp.

"Oh no! It discovered us!" Wei Qing's face changed, and she made a quick decision. She picked up a stone from the ground and smashed it hard into the monster's eyes.

"roar--"

The stone hit the monster's eyes accurately, and it roared in pain. Its huge body shook violently and stopped. It covered its eyes in pain and shook its head frantically, but it could not get rid of the severe pain in its eyes.

"Hurry! Now!" Wei Qing pulled Dai Shiya up and ran towards the stone with a slightly darker color.

"No, my right hand is numb and I can't use any strength!" Dai Shiya gritted her teeth, tightly grasped Wei Qing's arm with her left hand, and moved her feet with difficulty.

"I'll do it!" Wei Qing made a prompt decision, protected Dai Shiya behind him, and stretched out his trembling right hand to press on the stone.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

The cave was silent, with only the monster's painful gasps and the two people's rapid breathing echoing.

Suddenly, Dai Shiya felt a powerful force coming from the stone, and she subconsciously closed her eyes.

"Boom boom—"

A dull sound echoed in the cave, and Dai Shiya felt her feet go empty...

"Be careful!" Wei Qing exclaimed, reaching out to pull Dai Shiya, but she was too late...

Dai Shiya fell rapidly in the darkness, and the feeling of weightlessness made her mind go blank. But her instinct for survival made her hold tightly to a rough vine in the chaos.

"Shi Ya!" Wei Qing's terrified voice came from above, and then she fell in with the sinking ground, but fortunately she also grabbed the vines.

The two of them used the weak light to see the surrounding environment clearly. This seemed to be a deeper cave, the hole above their heads was slowly closing, and they were hanging in the center of the cave.

"Roar!" The monster's roar came from above. Its huge body was stuck at the entrance of the cave, and it was struggling desperately to get down.

"Hurry! We have to climb up!" Wei Qing said anxiously and began to climb up with all her strength.

Dai Shiya also gritted her teeth, endured the severe pain in her arm, and tried to climb up. But at this moment, she felt something moving at her feet.

Looking down, her pupils shrank suddenly.

Below them, countless sharp spikes were slowly rising from the ground, flashing a cold light. If they fell down, the consequences would be disastrous!

"Shi Ya, hurry up!" Wei Qing had already climbed to the edge of the cave and stretched out her hand to her anxiously.

"No, it's too late!" Dai Shiya looked up at the rapidly closing cave entrance, then looked at the approaching spikes below. Her mind raced and she made a bold decision.

She let go of the vine, leaped, and landed on a protruding rock.

"Shi Ya, what are you doing?!" Wei Qing screamed and almost fell down.

"Believe me!" Dai Shiya didn't have time to explain. She quickly ran to the stone wall that had triggered the mechanism before and found the stone with a slightly darker color again.

Without time to think, Dai Shiya took a deep breath and pressed it down hard.

The sound of the mechanism being activated rang out again. This time, the spikes stopped rising, but the entire ground began to shake violently.

"Roar!" A terrified roar of a monster came from above. Its huge body shook with the shaking of the ground, and finally fell down with a loud bang.

Dai Shiya and Wei Qing looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes. While the ground had not completely collapsed, they grabbed the vines and climbed up with all their strength, finally climbing out of the cave at the last moment.

The two men collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath. Before they had time to rejoice that they had escaped, they were stunned again by the scene before them.

What appeared before them was a long and narrow passage. The stone walls on both sides were engraved with dense symbols, flashing with faint light.

"These symbols..." Dai Shiya struggled to stand up, walked closer to the stone wall, and observed these symbols carefully.

A familiar feeling came over me. I seemed to have seen these symbols before...

"roar--!"

The monster's roar came again from behind. It had crawled out of the cave and was running towards them!

"Let's go!" Wei Qing pulled Dai Shiya up and ran towards the depths of the passage. "We'll talk about these symbols later!"

As Dai Shiya ran, she couldn't help but look back at the flashing symbols, and a strong premonition surged in her heart:

"These symbols must have some connection with my transmigration into a book and the truth behind all this..."

The long and narrow passage seemed to have no end. The symbols on the stone walls on both sides became more and more numerous, and the colors became brighter, flashing strange lights in the dim light. The running figures of Dai Shiya and Wei Qing were reflected on the stone walls, like two ghosts trapped in a maze.

"These symbols seem to be some kind of ancient writing?" Dai Shiya tried to identify the symbols while running. The scattered fragments of memory in her mind seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, and vaguely pieced together a blurry picture.

"Stop looking and get rid of that monster first!" Wei Qing urged anxiously. Although she didn't know what these symbols represented, she could feel that Dai Shiya had an inexplicable obsession with these symbols, which made her feel vaguely uneasy.

"Wait!" Dai Shiya suddenly stopped and pointed at a group of symbols on the stone wall in front of her. "Look, are these symbols the same as the ones we saw in the cave before?"

Wei Qing looked in the direction her finger pointed, and sure enough, the set of symbols was exactly the same as the symbols on the stone that triggered the mechanism before, except that the order of arrangement was slightly different.

"You mean... there is a mechanism here?" Wei Qing immediately understood what she meant, and a glimmer of hope ignited in her eyes.

"Let's give it a try!" Dai Shiya said, and began to try to rearrange the symbols according to the guidance of the memory fragments in her mind.

"Roar!" The deafening roar came from behind again, and the ground began to shake violently. The heavy footsteps of the monster were getting closer and closer, indicating that danger was approaching.

"Hurry up! It's almost catching up!" Wei Qing urged anxiously. She could feel that the clothes on her back were soaked with cold sweat.

"Don't worry, it will be done soon!" Beads of sweat appeared on Dai Shiya's forehead, but she still forced herself to remain calm. Her fingers moved quickly on the stone wall, putting the last symbol back in place.

At this moment, the monster's huge body appeared at the corner of the passage. Its scarlet eyes stared at them and it let out low roars, as if it was accumulating strength to attack.

Dai Shiya took a deep breath and placed her palm on the last symbol.

In an instant, the entire passage began to tremble violently, and the symbols on the stone wall emitted a dazzling light, which made it impossible to open one's eyes...

"Hurry up!" Dai Shiya pulled Wei Qing up and ran towards the depths of the passage.

Behind them, the monster let out an earth-shaking roar and pounced towards them.

But at this moment, the top of the passage suddenly began to collapse, and countless huge rocks fell from the sky, submerging the monster in a cloud of dust...

Dai Shiya and Wei Qing disappeared at the end of the passage.