Chapter 995: Will the Volcano Erupt or Not?

Chapter 995: Chapter 995: Will the Volcano Erupt or Not?

Before entering the barrier tunnel, Brother Lianwu worried that the impact inside the tunnel might separate the two, so he specifically used a spirit line to tie Xiao Xue and himself together, ensuring that no matter where they landed, they would not be separated.

But he never expected that they would end up in the forest.

Of course, that’s not the main point. The main point is that this forest is near the volcanic crater, and probably to prevent a sudden eruption from injuring anyone, the forest around the volcano is surrounded by a barrier. Moreover, the forest within the barrier is arranged according to an array, using the extremely troublesome Lost Array.

This array isn’t complicated; the complexity lies in the vastness of the area. The scenery visible is all the same, and all the trees continually change positions. There is truly no direction and no path to speak of. Breaking the array isn’t difficult; the challenging part is finding the few key trees that make up the array’s core in such a large forest and to trap them so the array’s operations can be halted, enabling them to find a way out.

This is truly an incredibly frustrating thing.

So, from the moment they fell into the forest, Brother Lianwu led Xiao Xue around, turning again and again within the forest, yet still not finding the core’s position.

Brother Lianwu’s expertise in Spirit Control Technique reaches an apex, but he is only half-knowledgeable about Mechanical Techniques. He isn’t incapable of breaking arrays; the key issue is that it is too time-consuming.

Thus, if they want to get out of here, he’ll probably need some time to break the array.

When they first got to the forest, they rested for a night and then walked a day and a night, still without finding the core. Xiao Xue was already sleeping soundly on Brother Lianwu’s shoulder, while Brother Lianwu kept searching arduously.

More frustratingly, with the barrier and array’s obstruction, his Spirit Butterfly cannot fly out, so finding Ning Shiqi for help is impossible. Either Ning Shiqi needs to come find them, or Brother Lianwu must continue to explore on his own.

While searching, he suddenly heard a loud roar, Brother Lianwu instantly knew something was amiss, swiftly moving to dodge and tightly clutching Xiao Xue. Large sections of trees suddenly turned to ash. He quickly retreated, and fortunately, the volcanic eruption stopped soon.

Although it affected a large section of trees, the commotion of the eruption wasn’t significant, so it still didn’t affect the entire setup of the array.

Brother Lianwu furrowed his brow, seemingly the person who designed this array had already calculated the distance well; no matter how the volcano erupts, it won’t ruin this array.

Xiao Xue was awakened by the noise, blinking sleepy eyes, and adorably yawning before belatedly asking, "Brother Lianwu, what’s that sound!"

"Volcanic eruption," Brother Lianwu replied calmly.

Xiao Xue’s mouth instantly formed an O shape, excitedly asking, "Where? Where?"

Brother Lianwu: "It’s already finished erupting."

Xiao Xue ... How come it was so fast?

"Why didn’t you call me?" Xiao Xue complained.

Brother Lianwu: "How would I know when it would erupt?"

Xiao Xue said in frustration, "Then will it erupt again?"

Brother Lianwu: "If it erupts again, we’ll die here."

It was a small eruption this time and they were originally far away, otherwise if they were truly unlucky enough to be around the volcanic crater, it’s hard to say whether running away quickly would help at all, especially since they’re currently deep within the Lost Array.