Chapter 2: Trapped in the Pit

  Xiao Yu and Wei Jun picked up the things on the ground and quickly fled deep into the cornfield.

  Just as the two of them had entered the cornfield, a flustered voice came from where they had traded with the ground mouse: "Damn it, gone! Ran fast enough!" After waiting for a few seconds, this voice came again: "Quickly chase, in this direction!" After finishing, he chased towards the direction where Xiao Yu and others were escaping.

  The two people running looked at each other, and although it was a dark night where you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, the tacit understanding they had developed from playing basketball together for a long time made them both understand what the other was thinking. Neither of them said anything, but they both simultaneously stretched out their hands to pass something to each other. Xiao Yu looked at Wei Jun and shook his head, saying softly, "Jun, don't fight over it, there's no time!" After finishing speaking, he forcibly stuffed the thing in his hand into Wei Jun's hand and ran off in another direction, intentionally using his body to knock against the corn stalks, making a rustling sound.

  Wei Jun held the thing, straining to open his reddened eyes and looked in the direction where Xiao Ye had disappeared. He turned his head in the opposite direction, ran a few steps, then squatted down, motionless.

  The Wei army had just crouched down when several figures flashed past beside them, chasing in Xiao Yu's direction.

  The leaves of the corn stalks were like sharp knives, cutting into Xiao Yu's body one by one as he ran. At this time, Xiao Yu didn't have time to care about the pain because he felt that the people chasing him were just behind him.

  Suddenly, a flash of lightning cut through the sky, like a sharp knife cutting open the black curtain that covered the entire sky. The sudden burst of white light stretched across the air, illuminating the entire world in an instant.

  Xiao Yu took advantage of this fleeting white light to look back, and behind him, 5 or 6 meters away, 4 or 5 figures were chasing after him relentlessly, and the distance was getting closer and closer. After all, Xiao Yu had grown up in a small county town, but he didn't have experience running wildly in cornfields, and compared to these people who had been dealing with the land for years, he was far inferior.

  Watching the people chasing after him getting closer and closer, he thought to himself that if this continues, he will be caught sooner or later, so he must think of a solution quickly.

  Rumble... rumble... rumble...

  At this time, a burst of thunder rang out, lasting for a long time, and it seemed that the entire cornfield shook with it. Xiao Yu turned his head to look back, but he couldn't see anything, and the thunder also drowned out the sound of the people chasing him running through the straw.

  Suddenly, Xiao Yu's mind moved and he instantly changed direction, running to the side. When the thunder stopped, Xiao Yu had already shaken off the pursuers by a distance. He faintly heard curses coming from afar.

  "Bang... Bang..."

  Large raindrops poured down, pounding on the corn stalk leaves, and the sound fell into Xiao Yu's ears, just like the most beautiful symphony in the world, covering up all other sounds between heaven and earth. Xiao Yu changed direction again, sprinting for five or six minutes, thinking to himself: "This time I should have completely shaken them off."

  Xiao Yu felt a sense of relief in his heart, and the feeling of exhaustion rushed forth. Xiao Yu lay on the ground, panting heavily, letting the rain hit his body and face without even bothering to move.

  After resting for half a day, Xiao Yu felt that the strength in his body had recovered somewhat. He stood up and stumbled towards the distance.

  "What's going on?"

  Just as Xiao Yu was walking unsteadily, he suddenly felt the ground beneath his feet give way. Xiao Yu looked down to see that the earth where he stood was slowly sinking, and he too was being pulled down with it.

  "My goodness, heavens! I haven't done anything morally wrong or harmful..."

  Xiao Yu was just about to climb up when the piece of mud he was standing on suddenly sank down, "Rumble..." and accelerated downwards. Xiao Yu didn't have time to climb up before he also fell down with it.

  Pong!

  "Ahh..." With a loud cry, Xiao Yu felt like he had slammed into a "table" with great force, causing the "table" to shatter into pieces. However, Xiao Yu also managed to save his life by using the "table" as a buffer, but it still hurt so much that he cried out in pain.

  "Bang"

  "Ah..." An object fell from the air and landed right on Xiao Yu's head, causing his head to bleed profusely due to the rich blood vessels. With a burst of blood flowing down his head, he felt his eyes turn black and fainted.

  The storm outside the cave grew more urgent, with flashes of lightning tearing across the sky, illuminating the darkness within the cave in fits and starts.

  Not far from Xiao Yu's head, a wooden box lay on the ground, with a large brush, book, and wooden sword lying beside Xiao Yu's head. One corner of the wooden box was stained with dark red bloodstains, apparently this thing had just hit Xiao Yu's head, and the fresh blood flowing from Xiao Yu's head flowed towards the brush, book, and wooden sword.

  These objects were stained with Xiao Yu's blood and suddenly emitted a faint, eerie glow.

  If there were people inside the cave at this time, they would find that the fluorescent brushes, books and wooden swords all had dense and mysterious textures on them.

  Originally, these items were dull and colorless, but after being stained with Xiao Yu's blood, they seemed to come alive, absorbing Xiao Yu's blood. The dense patterns resembled dry blood vessels, filled with Xiao Yu's blood, changing into one pattern after another.

  Suddenly, a loud thunderclap sounded outside the pit, as if it had exploded right at the entrance of the pit. The light inside the pit suddenly brightened, and those blood-filled patterns seemed to detach from the objects, appearing vaguely above Xiao Yu's head, transforming into a wisp of blue smoke that drilled into Xiao Yu's brow. At the same time, the objects on the ground lost their luster and spiritual energy, as if they had lost their souls. Now, these things would be worthless even if thrown into a garbage dump, and no one would bother to pick them up.

  A flash of lightning flashed, tearing open the ink-black sky curtain, winding down like a snake and dragon. With the remaining light of the lightning, Xiao Yu's body could be seen lying on the ground, trembling slightly.

  …………….

  The next morning, after the rain, a thin mist enveloped the corn stalks, and compared to the dark and gloomy night before, the cornfield looked like a paradise from afar.

  A person led over a dozen figures in the cornfield, darting back and forth. Although the cornfield was muddy and treacherous, the figure in the lead didn't slow down for a moment.

  This person exuded a sense of exhaustion, with a young face that looked guilty and sad. Due to the fatigue, his waist was slightly bent, and he dragged his exhausted legs, not stopping for a moment as he ran back and forth in the cornfield. This man was surprisingly one of Wei Jun's companions, along with Xiao Yu.

  "Xiao Yu... where are you?"

  Xiao Yu...

  …………….

  More than ten people formed a fan shape and advanced in the cornfield, shouting as they walked.

  Originally, last night, after Xiao Yu led those people away, Wei Jun bowed his head and slowly walked out, not daring to make a sound, until the heavy rain started, Wei Jun dared to run quickly outside.

  The Wei army ran to a nearby village to find someone to rescue Xiao Yu, but because of the heavy rain, no one was willing to go until after 4 am when the rain subsided a bit, and then they were able to hire someone to help search.