Near-death experience

  Dig into the hole?

  As I raised my head, I saw a hole the size of a bucket mouth next to me. I saw the ghostly langur jumping over quickly and, ignoring the pain in my bones, I shivered with fear and crawled towards that hole.

  It's okay, I'm not that fat, I used my hands and feet to crawl on the ground and stuck my head in.

  As soon as I stuck my head in, my butt was kicked hard by someone, and the pain made me burst into tears.

  I didn't dare to make a sound, nor did I dare to slack off, and quickly felt my way in, otherwise the ghost would have crawled in and I would have been done for.

  After I crawled in, the seven evil spirits outside made me hurry and crawl out.

  The ghost monkeys are not as stupid as the monkeys in the zoo, they are clever and agile, and they can thrive here, otherwise how could they multiply in large groups? There is not much to eat in the tomb, but they have not become extinct, which can be imagined, their thinking agility is very high.

  I dare not imagine the consequences if they all burrowed in like humans, of course, they are animals and no matter how intelligent they can't be like humans.

  After climbing for a long time, the ghostly cry grew fainter and fainter. I didn't dare to make a sound or turn my head back, but kept crawling forward with all my might.

  There was no sign of Qi Ye following behind, could he handle the ghost alone?

  Although Qi Xie's skills were excellent, he was after all a human being and did not have any superpowers.

  I prayed in my heart, hoping nothing would go wrong.

  I don't know how long it took, but I almost felt like my knees were going numb, and my neck was stiff as a stone. My body felt unbearably uncomfortable.

  I really want to twist my body a bit and make myself slightly more comfortable.

  But that's a luxury in this place, and now I'm stuck sideways with the width just barely larger than my chest cavity. To turn around or move my legs at all, I'd have to dig out at least five or six centimeters first.

  I just felt extremely uncomfortable all over, as if my sensitive ears were listening to the sharp sound of scraping glass, a kind of entanglement that is difficult to describe in words.

  If I say an hour, two hours keeping the same posture, although a bit awkward, can still be done. But from departure to now, I feel like it's been at least four hours or more, and so far I only feel extremely annoyed in my heart, that feeling is like wanting to commit suicide, no longer willing to suffer this kind of torture.

  I wanted to open my mouth and sing a song to boost my courage, but now I feel like I don't even have the strength to swallow my saliva.

  This small passage seemed to be endless, and when I looked ahead, I could only vaguely see a glimmer of light. I couldn't help but smile wryly, unsure if I could even reach that step.

  I don't know how many times I've rested during this time. Each time, the rest time is getting longer and longer. Moreover, after resting, my physical strength is getting slower and slower.

  "Ah..." I stretched out my dry lips, moved my foot, and it seemed that the blood in my foot had not circulated at all, and the muscles had become a lump of dead flesh.

  I gritted my teeth hard, I really didn't want to die so miserably in the hole.

  If you don't want to die, you must endure this unbearable pain.

  One step, two steps...

  I slowly crawled forward, with each step I took, I had to use all my strength to squeeze the air out of my lungs and take another breath. It seemed that only by doing so could I muster up a bit more energy to keep crawling forward.

  A pair of eyes didn't know when they started to become blurry, almost the whole person fell into a half-dazed state, as if in a trance. This time, he gasped for half a day, and finally reached the point where he had no strength to continue crawling forward.

  I no longer feel as miserable as I did before, but my mind is in a state of extreme fatigue. My brain is very clear, and I know that I am not capable of sleeping at this moment. If I fall asleep, I may never wake up again. However, the drowsiness that keeps coming over me is infinitely magnifying in my head, making it impossible to resist.

  I want to sleep, I really want to sleep.

  Suddenly, da! Da! Da several sounds, don't know where the sound came from, slowly entered the ears.

  Sleepiness vanished instantly, vigilance increased a bit, and with great difficulty, I pried open my eyelids to gaze warily around. In the distance, a faint light was still visible, but the sound from earlier had disappeared.

  Am I hallucinating?

  Under normal circumstances, people will not experience auditory hallucinations unless they have a neurological disorder. However, in extremely exhausted situations, it is very common for people to experience hallucinations and hear things that are not there.

  Whether it's an auditory hallucination or whatever, I don't care about that anymore. At this moment, I really want to sleep, even if I persist, the current situation is still hard to escape death. It's just that I don't want to die in this narrow place.

  My head was extremely dizzy, as if a strong anesthetic needle had been injected into my body, making all the nerves in my body numb.

  Just as I was about to fall asleep, a faint coolness suddenly appeared on my face, and droplets of water splashed onto my lips, slowly sliding down the corner of my mouth to my neck.

  I felt a sudden jolt throughout my body, greedily sucking in the crystal-like water droplets from the edge of my lips, and that unbearable energy surged back into me once again.

  Suddenly, my brain jolted, who just splashed water on my face?

  Is it raining? That's impossible.

  "Keep moving forward, don't stop. Otherwise your body won't be able to take it."

  A faint voice came from behind.

  "What evil?"

  I asked hesitantly.

  Logically speaking, with a physique like mine, I should have long since left myself behind. But now that Seven Evil is still right behind me, there can only be one reason!

  "Thank you..."

  Knowing that Qi Xie was behind me, my mood wasn't as oppressive as before, it was like seeing a ray of morning sunlight.

  Even if I'm dead, someone will collect my body for me. I understand that our group's chances of getting out are slim. Qi Xie is the most skilled among us, and his chances of escaping are several times higher than mine.

  I know, just like what Qiu Ba said, for a rookie like me to have made it this far is already very lucky. I also want to be luckier, but no matter who you are, your good fortune will eventually run out one day.

  My luck has run out here, and all I can do is wait for death.

  There seems to be no fear that can match the waiting for death, that feeling of waiting that can exhaust all a person's passion and also consume a person's will to live.

  I found out that I'm not only unable to move, but also feel extremely close to death. This time, I am undoubtedly going to die.

  He's dead.

  A strong gust of air surrounded me, carrying a heavy smell of blood. At the same time, an enormous force lifted my entire body up, and I felt like I had been hit by a massive truck, or torn apart by horses. My blood rushed to my head, and a huge wave of dizziness attacked my brain. Then, I lost all consciousness.

  This is the feeling of death, pain mixed with unwillingness. It's not that I'm afraid to die, but I don't want to die and be buried in someone else's tomb, it's like moving into someone else's house to live. In short, I prefer sleeping in my own home.

  It was unclear how much time had passed when consciousness slowly returned to my mind, as the pain brought a hint of awareness to my nerves.

  I couldn't open my eyes, because I didn't have a bit of strength to lift my eyelids. At that moment, it felt like being pressed by a ghost, and my mind was clear about where I was, but I just couldn't wake up.

  "Isn't he dead yet?" A mocking smile echoed in his ear, with a tone of some surprise.

  "It's really tough, but it's okay."

  For a long time afterwards, I heard the sound of his movements as he took me with him on his journey, although I couldn't see him, but could hear very clearly.

  I couldn't tell whose voice it was, it didn't sound like Qi Xie's or Xiao Shou Hua's either. In short, this voice wasn't from our group of people nor the Ye family's, so who could it be?

  How many people were involved in this operation?

  The things Grandpa took away actually have such great power, causing so many people to lose their lives.

  I don't know how long it's been, but a chill has seeped in from the corner of my mouth, like ice from the fridge, stimulating my tongue.

  "Ah......" The next second, the whole person seemed to be lacking oxygen, panting heavily, and his heart rate couldn't keep up with the rhythm, his heartbeat was a bit scary.

  What entered my line of sight was a white ceiling, and I was lying on a rocking chair. The familiar environment made me feel a sudden shock.

  How did I end up here?

  The House of Chow

  "Master Jiu is awake, go and inform Master quickly."