Chapter 525: Chapter 517: Didn’t I Tell You To Follow My Lead?
With the help of the White Pole Parachute, Qian Qi smoothly and steadily landed at the edge of the Sky Pit.
Qian Qi gave a five-star review, "Not bad, you guys can even adjust the flight direction in mid-air."
If she had landed in the Sky Pit and hadn’t brought Er Ya along, she would have had to struggle to climb up.
Hearing Qian Qi’s praise, the White Extreme Rats all lowered their heads, shyly rubbing their little heads with their paws.
They were very willing to work for Qian Qi, of course, it would be even better if there wasn’t an A-level Demon Snake hidden in her hair.
"You all stay here underground. There are quite a few Advanced Flying Magical Beasts here; it’s not very safe. Once I’ve dealt with the instance BOSS and the Lanshan Python, I’ll come to take you out of the instance."
The White Extreme Rats nodded and burrowed into the ground, quickly disappearing without a trace.
Qian Qi turned to look at the system, "Alright, lead the way,"
The system slowly floated behind Qian Qi.
Qian Qi: "What are you doing?"
She had a vague sense of foreboding.
Wait a minute, could it be—?
Before Qian Qi could finish her thought, in the next second, the system flipped her whole body down into the big Sky Pit.
[What a coincidence, the Lanshan Python is actually under the Sky Pit.]
Qian Qi: "@#￥%...*#￥%）"
Damn it! Why didn’t you say so earlier! If you’d said so earlier, I would have had the White Extreme Rats land in the Sky Pit—
System: No real hobbies, just enjoys watching Qian Qi stumble ^_^.
For some reason, the inner wall of the Sky Pit was slippery, and no matter how hard Qian Qi tried, she couldn’t stop herself, forcing herself to roll down like a discarded soda can.
Ultimately, she face-planted to stop.
Qian Qi spat out a mouthful of yellow dirt, cursing, "When will you ever quit this annoying habit!"
System: [Whenever you quit the habit of blaming the system for everything, I’ll quit this annoying habit.]
Qian Qi: "..."
Well, that’s probably never going to happen in this lifetime.
They both just keep messing with each other.
Qian Qi stood up and started observing her surroundings. There were no large Magic Beasts inside the Sky Pit, only a few crawling Magic Beasts scurrying about. The ground underfoot wasn’t hard but consisted of sand that was yellowish-brown, making it a bit hot to walk on.
"Where is the Lanshan Python?"
Qian Qi squinted, the information showed that the Lanshan Python is an amphibious Magic Beast that usually lives in places with the Lan Water Spirit Lake. They usually live on land and enter the Lan Water Spirit Lake during mating season or when giving birth.
The Lan Water Spirit Lake can absorb the essence of nature and has the effect of enhancing the physique of Magic Beasts. Magic Beasts mating there can improve the quality of their offspring, and giving birth in it provides strength to the mother beast, preventing accidents.
As an A+ Level Magic Beast, the Lanshan Python not only lives in groups but also has a very long lifespan. They occupy the Lan Water Spirit Lake, monopolizing this treasure land and forbidding other Magic Beasts from coveting it.
But at the moment, Qian Qi didn’t see any sign of the Lan Water Spirit Lake in the Sky Pit.
[Let’s go.] The system led the way, [It’s not here, follow me closely.]
Qian Qi hesitantly followed it.
Unexpectedly, the system flew erratically, twisting and turning like a little butterfly, not flying in a straight line. Initially, Qian Qi found it interesting to twist and turn with it, but soon enough lost interest and simply pursued the system in a straight line.
Who would have thought, in the next second, her footing became unstable, and she found herself sinking into quicksand.
Qian Qi: ???
The system turned its head: [Yo~ didn’t I tell you to follow me closely?]
Qian Qi: ?
You’re doing this on purpose! If you’d said there was quicksand here, I would’ve known that following closely meant sticking exactly to your flight path!
The suction force beneath the quicksand was extremely strong, even though Qian Qi was trying her best to relax and increase her body’s contact area with the quicksand, she still couldn’t escape the subterranean pull.
The Emperor Python King extended its head, "My contractor, do you need help?"
Qian Qi’s scalp tingled; judging by the suction force below and the Emperor Pythons’ strength, if she tried to lift herself out...
She’d surely end up bald.
"I’ll try to figure something out..." Qian Qi thought it hadn’t reached the point of needing desperate measures yet, besides who knew if the Emperor Python King would also sink into the quicksand if it reverted to its true size.
She struggled a bit more, confirming she couldn’t escape, before finally looking at the system.
No harm in asking, "Come lend me a hand!"
The system looked at her with interest, [Rely on yourself.]
Aren’t you quite capable? Didn’t you think you could manage without a Contracted Beast?
Qian Qi: ...
Qian Qi didn’t understand its angle, thinking it just wanted to laugh at her, but when the quicksand was about to cover her throat, and seeing the indifferent system, Qian Qi suddenly recalled what the system had said when it kicked her down.
[What a coincidence, the Lanshan Python is actually under the Sky Pit.]
Under the Sky Pit.
Qian Qi realized something.
In an instance, anything was possible; who could guarantee that there wasn’t another space below the quicksand?
She decisively put on a breathing apparatus and dived into the quicksand pit.
Seeing that Qian Qi understood, the system flew directly towards her, entering her body.
The swirling quicksand gradually swallowed everything, while a small black Devil Scorpion crawled past, leaving a faint trail.
Meanwhile, as Qian Qi vanished into the quicksand, the White Extreme Rats that had originally been waiting underground at the edge of the Sky Pit suddenly popped their heads out like bamboo shoots after rain. Their blood-red eyes fixated on the flying Magical Beasts in the sky, contemplating something unknown.
——
Qian Qi didn’t know how long it had been; she could only feel the quicksand continuously engulfing her, pulling her down until suddenly, she felt the force of the quicksand release, as if she fell into a thick, oily pond, gently continuing to sink.
Finally, her buttocks first pierced through the layer of oil, landing on the ground. Air gushed in, and the oil on her body naturally began to float away, allowing Qian Qi to open her eyes.
Above her was a substance resembling peanut oil, magically suspended in mid-air, surrounded by a scene akin to an underground cavern with clear streams flowing not far away and the stone walls embedded with various blue minerals, emitting a faint light.
Indeed, there was another mysterious area beneath the Sky Pit.
The system emerged from Qian Qi’s body to continue leading her.
The underground cave was complex and multi-routed; every few meters, one could look up to see oil caverns in the sky, and after traversing hundreds of meters through narrow paths only accessible to a person, they would emerge onto a forested prairie, where everything suddenly opened up.
Here, it was night.
Unknown blue Magic Plants by her feet emanated weak starlight from their tentacle-like petals, lighting the path below. Looking up, stars, sun, and moon generously spread cool moonlight over the land, while small insects nearby softly buzzed, creating a peaceful atmosphere.
If one were to ignore the ten meter-long, over a meter-thick Lanshan Python with glowing green eyes suspended between the branches above, that is.