Chapter 89: The Mysterious Beast Attacks

Dust filled the air and gravel rolled down. Dai Shiya and Wei Qing experienced a series of thrilling events while escaping from the monster's pursuit, and finally came to a place full of mysterious symbols.

Dai Shiya supported Wei Qing, coughing violently, her lungs aching. The passage behind them had completely collapsed, burying the monster completely under the ruins.

"Are you okay?" Dai Shiya looked at the wound on Wei Qing's arm caused by the monster. It was bloody and shocking.

Wei Qing gritted her teeth and shook her head, "I'm fine, just a minor injury... cough cough... it's just this monster, what on earth is it?"

Dai Shiya's eyes fell on the stone wall at the end of the passage, where more symbols were flashing with a faint light, as if silently telling something. "Perhaps, the answer is here."

At the end of the passage was a larger space, with a damp and decaying smell in the air. The stone walls were densely engraved with various symbols, complex and strange. Dai Shiya looked at these symbols, and a sense of déjà vu came to her mind, and the scattered fragments of memory in her mind began to piece together gradually.

"These symbols... I seem to have seen them somewhere..." Dai Shiya muttered to herself, her fingers unconsciously stroking the cold stone walls.

"Roar!" The deafening roar sounded again, and the ground shook. Dai Shiya and Wei Qing's faces changed. Could there be another monster?

A larger monster rushed out from the darkness, its eyes flashing bloodthirsty light, its claws shining coldly, and it pounced towards them.

"Be careful!" Dai Shiya pulled Wei Qing behind her and stared at the monster.

"Its target is you!" Wei Qing was horrified to find that the monster's attack target was always locked on Dai Shiya.

Dai Shiya also realized this. While dodging the monster's attacks, she tried hard to recall the fragments of memory in her mind. These symbols must be hiding some secrets!

"Shi Ya! Left!" Wei Qing reminded loudly.

Dai Shiya dodged to the left and barely avoided the monster's claws. But before she could catch her breath, the monster pounced on her again.

"Ah!" In order to protect Dai Shiya, Wei Qing rushed forward again and used her body to block the monster's attack.

"Wei Qing!" Dai Shiya watched Wei Qing being scratched by the monster's sharp claws, blood splattering and staining her clothes red.

Anger and anxiety intertwined, Dai Shiya's eyes were burning with fire. She had to find a way to crack these symbols in order to protect herself and Wei Qing!

She forced herself to calm down and looked at the symbols on the stone wall again. Suddenly, she found that the arrangement of these symbols seemed to have some kind of pattern, and their directions seemed to point to the same place.

Dai Shiya's heartbeat began to accelerate, and she had a premonition that she was getting closer to the truth.

"Shiya... cough cough... be careful..." Wei Qing's weak voice came, pulling Dai Shiya back from her thoughts.

The monster roared and rushed forward again, its sharp claws cutting through the air, making a sharp whistling sound.

Dai Shiya's eyes switched back and forth between the symbols and monsters on the stone wall. Her brain was working rapidly, trying to connect all the clues together.

"Roar!" The monster's sharp claws were already within reach, and the breath of death enveloped Dai Shiya.

At this critical moment, Dai Shiya suddenly stretched out her hand and touched several symbols in the order that appeared in her mind...

"Wait..." Wei Qing's voice stopped abruptly.

The moment her fingertips touched the symbol on the stone wall, it emitted a faint light. The light gradually became brighter from dim, and finally became one, illuminating the entire space. Dai Shiya's heart beat faster and faster, and an inexplicable power surged in her body. She felt that what she touched was not just cold stone, but a piece of dusty history, a forgotten secret.

Wei Qing's condition became increasingly critical. The monster's claws swung again and again, forcing her to retreat continuously, and finally trapped in a corner. Blood dripped down her arm onto the ground, staining the ground red. She clenched her teeth, enduring the pain, but her eyes never left Dai Shiya. She knew that Dai Shiya was their only hope.

"Shiya! Hurry up!" Wei Qing's voice was hoarse and weak, but she still tried her best to cheer Dai Shiya up.

Dai Shiya was extremely anxious, with beads of sweat oozing from her forehead. She studied the symbols more carefully, trying to find the pattern in them. As time passed, the monster's attacks became more and more fierce, and Wei Qing's situation became more and more dangerous. Dai Shiya knew that she had to find a solution as soon as possible.

Suddenly, her eyes stopped at a special symbol. This symbol was larger and more complex than the other symbols. Dai Shiya suddenly realized that this symbol might be the key!

She took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. She recalled the scattered fragments of memory in her mind and tried to piece them together into a complete picture. She remembered that she had seen similar symbols in a book. It was an ancient text that represented the meaning of "guardianship".

If you touch these symbols in a specific order, will you be able to activate some kind of protection mechanism?

Thinking of this, Dai Shiya felt a glimmer of hope. She looked at the symbols on the stone wall again and tried to arrange them in a specific order based on her memory.

The first symbol, the second symbol, the third symbol...

When her finger touched the last symbol, the stone wall suddenly made a dull sound. Then, the ground began to shake, and a crack appeared on the stone wall. The crack became larger and larger, and finally formed a door.

A protective door emitting soft light slowly rose up, separating Dai Shiya from the monster.

When Wei Qing saw the door, a relieved smile appeared on her face. She knew that they were safe for the time being.

But the monster did not give up the attack when it saw the protective door rising. It let out a deafening roar and rammed the protective door frantically. The protective door was shaky and could collapse at any time.

Dai Shiya knew that this was only temporary safety. She had to find a way to completely eliminate the monster as soon as possible, otherwise they would be caught by the monster sooner or later.

She looked at the symbols on the stone wall again and found that there were still many symbols that had not been deciphered. She realized that these symbols might hide more secrets.

"Wei Qing, help me look at these symbols..." Dai Shiya's voice trembled a little, but she still tried to stay calm.

Wei Qing endured the pain and struggled to stand up. She walked to Dai Shiya and studied the mysterious symbols together...

"These symbols..." Wei Qing's voice suddenly stopped, and her eyes were fixed on one of the spiral symbols. "I think I have seen them somewhere..."

She tried to recall, the pain made her frown, and beads of sweat oozed from her forehead. Dai Shiya supported her and handed her a clean handkerchief. "Don't worry, think slowly. We still have time..."

"No, we don't have time!" Wei Qing grabbed Dai Shiyi's hand and pointed at the spiral symbol. "I remember now! This is... this is the emblem of the ancient mythical beast 'Bi'an'! I saw it in my grandfather's ancient books when I was a child!"

Dai Shiya was shocked. Bi'an? Isn't that the legendary beast in charge of prison? What is the relationship between it and this monster?

Following Wei Qing's gaze, Dai Shiya carefully observed the other symbols on the stone wall. Sure enough, around the spiral symbol, she found more symbols related to Bi'an, such as patterns representing chains and cages. A bold guess formed in her mind: Could this monster be a descendant of Bi'an? And these symbols are the key to controlling it?

"Shiya, look!" Wei Qing pointed at another group of symbols, her voice trembling slightly with excitement, "Do these symbols look like a kind of... array formation?"

Dai Shiya followed Wei Qing's instructions and saw that the symbols were indeed arranged in a strange pattern, like an ancient formation. Combined with the previous meaning of "guard", she suddenly understood. These symbols are not only the key to open the protective door, but also hide the method of subduing the monster!

"If I'm guessing correctly," Dai Shiya pointed at the spiral symbol and the formation pattern, "we need to activate the Bi'an clan emblem first, and then activate the formation in a specific order to completely subdue the monster!"

"But…" Wei Qing's expression became serious. "Look at the order of these symbols. It's very complicated, and…" She pointed at some tiny symbols at the bottom of the stone wall. "There are some symbols we don't recognize here. They look like some kind of spell or formula. If we read them wrong or in the wrong order…"

Dai Shiya understood what Wei Qing meant. Activating the formation required precise operation. If you were not careful, not only would you fail to subdue the monster, you might even anger it and make the situation worse.

The protective door made a teeth-grinding creaking sound. The monster's impact became more and more violent. The cracks on the door were getting bigger and bigger, and it might collapse at any time. Time was running out, and they had to make a decision as soon as possible.

Dai Shiya took a deep breath and stared at the symbols on the stone wall with a firm gaze. She pieced together all the fragments of knowledge about ancient mythical beasts, formations, and spells in her mind, trying to decipher those complex symbol arrangements and unfamiliar spells.

"Bian'an, in charge of prisons, symbolizes justice..." Dai Shiya muttered in a low voice while quickly pressing her fingers on the symbols on the stone wall, activating them one by one in the order she had guessed.

As she moved, the symbols on the stone wall glowed again, and the lights intertwined to form a complex pattern that was projected onto the ground. At the same time, the monster's impact became more frantic, and the protective door was shaky, as if it would be broken in the next second.

"The last step!" Dai Shiya's eyes fell on the last symbol, which was a symbol she had never seen before. It had a strange shape and emitted a strange light. She hesitated for a moment and turned to look at Wei Qing.

Wei Qing's face was pale, but her eyes were firm and she gave Dai Shiya an encouraging look.

Dai Shiya gritted her teeth and slowly extended her finger towards the unknown symbol...

"Wait!" Wei Qing suddenly exclaimed, pointing at a line of tiny symbols at the bottom of the stone wall, "This... this seems to be... oracle bone script!"

Dai Shiya was shocked. Oracle bone script? That is a script that is even older than bronze script. How could it appear here? Without thinking too much, she immediately moved over and carefully identified it in the weak light.

"'Return'... 'Trace'... 'Source'..." Dai Shiya read out the words word by word, with a hint of disbelief in her voice, "Could it be that... these symbols are not instructing how to subdue the monster, but... how to return to the real world?"

A wave of ecstasy surged in her heart, but was replaced by greater uneasiness. Returning to the real world has always been her wish, but can she really leave this world and all the people who care about her without any regrets?

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the protective door finally couldn't bear the weight and was hit by the monster, leaving a huge gap, rubble flying and dust everywhere. The monster let out a deafening roar, and a foul smell came to my face.

"Shiya, it's too late!" Wei Qing grabbed Dai Shiya's hand and pulled her behind her, "I'll stop it, you think of a way!"

"No, it's too dangerous!" Dai Shiya refused without thinking, but looking at Wei Qing's determined eyes, she knew she couldn't convince her.

"Believe me!" Wei Qing shook Dai Shiya's hand vigorously, then turned and rushed towards the monster. Her slender figure seemed extremely small in front of the huge monster, but was full of amazing power.

Dai Shiya knew that now was not the time to hesitate, she had to make a choice as soon as possible! She took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down, and her eyes fell on the symbols on the stone wall again. Following the instructions of "Tracing Back to the Source", she quickly interpreted the meaning of each symbol.

"Gold, wood, water, fire, earth..." Dai Shiya silently recited the five elements while searching for something that could be used in her mind.

"Found it!" Dai Shiya's eyes lit up and she looked towards a corner not far away. There were some sundries piled there, and among them was what she needed!

"Wei Qing, help me buy some time!" After Dai Shiya said that, she rushed to the corner without hesitation, leaving Wei Qing alone to face the ferocious monster.