Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 1080 - 194:

But the stone gate did not open.

Zhao Yi did the same, successfully leaving his trace, but the stone gate remained silent.

Li Zhiyuan: "We're missing the invitation from someone in the Yu Family."

Tan Wenbin: "If they failed the exam and died there, can we still open the gate?"

Zhao Yi: "Since we received the invitation and a choice of paths, it's unlikely to get stuck here.

I think it's because the Yu Family hasn't come over yet, and they're not dead yet.

If they were dead, the invitation in our hand should open the gate."

Li Zhiyuan nodded and said, "Then let's rest, Brother Runsheng, Brother Binbin, set up the tent and make some food."

A good resting environment helps the injured recover; there's no need to skimp if conditions allow.

Moreover, Li Zhiyuan had a hunch that the Yu Family wouldn't appear quickly, and they wouldn't die easily either.

So, they might have to rest here for a long time.

The tent was set up, sleeping bags were laid out, and porridge was cooked on an alcohol stove with dehydrated vegetables and beef cubes. The taste wasn't great, but having a hot meal here was enough to make people feel happy.

Zhao Yi commented while eating with a spoon, "You guys are so generous."

There's no firewood or water here, and apart from the fake jade seen everywhere, there's no supply at all.

Li Zhiyuan: "Then don't eat."

Zhao Yi: "How's that possible, I've contributed too!"

After eating, Li Zhiyuan crawled into the sleeping bag to rest. Zhao Yi thickened his face, trying to squeeze in, but the boy refused.

Left with no choice, Zhao Yi crawled over trying to squeeze with Lin Shuyou. Lin Shuyou also refused but then reluctantly agreed.

Run Sheng told Yin Meng, "You've been poisoned, go rest too, I'll stay on guard with Zhuangzhuang."

"Okay." Before Yin Meng went to sleep, she took out some salted peanuts, chocolate, squid strips, and flower cakes from her bag for Run Sheng and Tan Wenbin to snack on during their watch.

Tan Wenbin didn't hold back, tearing open the package to eat.

Run Sheng confusedly took out some compressed biscuits, "Didn't you just eat enough?"

Tan Wenbin: "I did."

Run Sheng: "Then why are you acting like Shitou up the mountain?"

Tan Wenbin: "The mouth is bland, need some flavor, you should have some too."

Run Sheng shook his head.

He wasn't intentionally saving snacks for Yin Meng, he genuinely didn't have the habit of eating snacks. In the past, when he ran a shop at school, he only ate those that had just expired to avoid wastage.

Initially, Li Zhiyuan only planned to take a short nap to regain a bit of energy.

But since the Yu Family kept failing the exam and weren't dying, the wait dragged longer and longer. Eventually, Li Zhiyuan simply let go and treated it as a regular sleep.

As he slept, he heard a voice, like someone was lecturing.

He could only tell there was a lecture, but couldn't hear what it was about.

Li Zhiyuan knew he was dreaming.

It wasn't Walking Yin, nor entering a dream, nor the effect of an array, just a simple dream from daily thoughts.

It should be related to the special environment here. One's spiritual sense seems to become very active here.

If he were truly pulled into a dream below and could learn something, Li Zhiyuan might carefully cherish the dream to see if he could attend a lesson. But it was just a simple dream, so there was no need to let it affect his rest.

The boy decisively left the dream and continued to sleep.

When he woke, he felt refreshed.

The fatigue from yesterday was swept away, and this recovery speed was truly astonishing.

Beside him, Lin Shuyou and Zhao Yi were hugging each other, sleeping soundly.

Fearing he might have to be a study companion again, Zhao Yi hadn't sewn his Life and Death Door on his forehead yet. With his breathing, it slightly opened and closed.

The resulting threads of death energy caused Lin Shuyou, who was holding him in his sleep, to have his eyelids tremble with the rhythm.

It should be the death energy triggering the vertical pupils' warning, but knowing it wasn't an enemy, it only retained basic instinctive reactions.

Yin Meng's sleeping bag now held Tan Wenbin, who had already gotten up for a guard shift.

Li Zhiyuan stood up, grabbed a bottle of water, and sat on the steps drinking.

After a while, a yawning sound came from behind, and Zhao Yi walked over bashfully.

Reaching Li Zhiyuan, he even propped himself up on the boy's shoulder before sitting down steadily.

Li Zhiyuan handed him the half bottle of water, which Zhao Yi took and drank from.

"This place really rejuvenates you; the effects of a nap are obvious." Zhao Yi also felt the same.

"Hmm."

"Is that silly girl from the Yu Family still taking the exam?"

"Probably retaking it."

Zhao Yi: "That silly girl is really strong but stupid."

Li Zhiyuan: "Should've handed you over to her; she could've gotten two votes, making it at least twice as difficult. Then you could've perished together in there."

Zhao Yi: "With me there, maybe she would've passed the exam long ago."

Li Zhiyuan: "She might not even listen to your advice."

Zhao Yi: "True."

At this moment, a small patch of light and shadow danced on the distant stone wall.

Li Zhiyuan stood up.

Zhao Yi grabbed the boy's arm and stood with him.

Run Sheng hit the steps with the Yellow River Shovel, waking Tan Wenbin and Lin Shuyou.

The Yu Family came out.

The two were covered in bite marks, almost unrecognizable.

A Yuan was hunched over, walking on all fours, while Yu Miaomiao was clutched in his mouth.

Seeing this scene, Li Zhiyuan and Zhao Yi exchanged a look.