Deities Are All Just My Food-Chapter 2291 - 1024: Escape from the Divine Hidden Village! (Part 2)
Goto Mariko jumped onto Lin Baici’s back.
She felt that Lin Baici was being unnecessary; although she wasn’t heavy, carrying a person while walking certainly wouldn’t be fast.
But soon, she realized she was wrong.
Lin Baici moved as if walking on flat ground, and even started running. Though it wasn’t a hundred-meter sprint, it was definitely not slow.
What kind of terrifying stamina is this?
Goto Mariko was dumbfounded, she looked back and found that the dragon-shaped line of fire torches that were gradually approaching was being left behind.
In the deep forest at night, there were the sounds of insects chirping, birds calling, the roars of wild beasts, and the sound of Lin Baici breathing close by.
Goto Mariko felt an unprecedented sense of security.
About half an hour later, Lin Baici passed through a mountain forest and climbed up a steep slope.
More than thirty steps ahead, there was a cliff!
Whoa! Whoa!
A mountain stream cascaded down from above, forming a waterfall at the cliff.
"Here it is!"
Goto Mariko patted Lin Baici’s shoulder, jumped off his back, and quickly ran to the cliff edge, looking down.
Then her disappointed voice came from ahead.
"The water level seems insufficient!"
"Water level?"
Lin Baici followed her, leaning over to look down.
By the faint moonlight, they could see that below, tens of meters down, there was a deep pool.
At first glance, it looked like the lone eye of a giant dragon.
"The chieftain said that only when the water level of the pool rises to a certain height will the Dragon Princess appear!"
Goto Mariko explained.
Lin Baici understood. It was actually a way to determine if the Dragon Princess would appear.
"There’s another problem, we didn’t bring any sacrifices!"
Goto Mariko was worried; they couldn’t just pray empty-handed?
The Dragon Princess definitely wouldn’t care!
"I think the Dragon Princess isn’t a greedy person. As long as we are sincere, she might be moved!"
Lin Baici said casually.
"Hmm!"
No matter, let’s start bowing!
Goto Mariko knelt down and started kowtowing, continuously.
She was so sincere that in no time, her forehead was bruised.
Lin Baici felt awkward, just standing there like that?
It didn’t seem right?
But kneeling and kowtowing...
It’s just a god, and he had eaten several of them, there was no reason to kowtow.
Just seeing Goto Mariko being so serious, Lin Baici felt it was not good to let her intentions go to waste.
While Lin Baici was hesitating, Xia Hongyao appeared ghost-like behind Goto Mariko and chopped at her neck with her hand.
Bang!
Goto Mariko immediately passed out, collapsing to the ground.
Lin Baici caught her quickly to prevent her from falling.
"Those villagers are almost here!"
Gu Qingqiu came over, looking at the deep pool: "Is this the end?"
"What do we do next?"
No time left, otherwise Gu Qingqiu would have quietly waited for Goto Mariko to finish kowtowing, observing the situation.
"Sacrifice, wait for the Dragon Princess to appear, and give blessings!"
Lin Baici shrugged.
"Brother Lin, judging by your expression, do you think this plan is unreliable?"
Long Miaomiao seemed afraid of heights, she didn’t dare to look down while standing; instead, when three meters away from the cliff edge, she lay down and crawled forward.
Playing it safe.
[Jump!]
[One jump to solve all worries!]
Eater God commented.
"Jump?"
Lin Baici frowned slightly: "Into this deep pool?"
Eater God didn’t answer further, but Lin Baici estimated that must be what it meant.
The dragon of fire torches was getting closer, the sound of dogs barking clearly audible.
"Yi Jisheng, sorry for the trouble, jump down and check it out!"
Before Lin Baici could speak, Gu Qingqiu had already instructed.
If there’s no clue, then try it.
Yi Jisheng was a life from God’s ruins, unlike humans, it wouldn’t die from a fall.
Gu Qingqiu brought it to Dragon Palace Island to be a decoy.
Yi Jisheng didn’t talk back, it walked to the cliff edge, took a look, and then jumped down.
A dozen seconds later.
Plop!
A muffled splash sounded.
After waiting a few more seconds, there were no other sounds from below.
"It seems like it didn’t come up?"
Long Miaomiao widened her eyes.
"This deep pool is indeed strange. Let’s jump!"
Gu Qingqiu was incredibly bold.
Yi Jisheng didn’t die from the fall, but didn’t come up either, which means this deep pool might be the passage to the next stage.
"I’ll try first... Damn!"
Xia Hongyao initially wanted to say that she would jump first, but before she could pose, Gu Qingqiu had already jumped down.
Reckless, bold, and without a second thought!
"Wow, Sister Gu is so cool!"
Long Miaomiao clapped her little chubby hands joyfully.
"Is this the time to say that?"
Xia Hongyao, speechless, urged, "Jump quickly!"
She was worried that the time interval between them was too short, and they would be separated, which might cause trouble for Little Qiu Qiu.
"I’m afraid of heights!"
Long Miaomiao looked pitifully at Lin Baici, but before she finished speaking, Lin Baici had already grabbed her by the back of her collar and jumped with her.
Whoosh!
The air current from the mountain stream rushed into his ears, which was very uncomfortable, and then with a splash, Lin Baici felt himself plunging into the water.
He didn’t let go of Long Miaomiao, while adjusting his posture, trying to swim up, but his body felt like it was frozen, making movements laborious, and he kept sinking.
Glug! Glug!
Lin Baici released a string of bubbles.
The further he went down, the darker his vision became until finally, it was pitch black.
Lin Baici wanted to activate NOBODY to teleport upwards to see if he could escape, but holding onto Long Miaomiao, he couldn’t use this Divine Grace.
This made him a bit conflicted.
She followed him here, and he couldn’t just leave her behind; what if she died here...
"Gu Qingqiu, it’s up to you!"
Lin Baici decided to wait a little longer.
After about four or five minutes, Lin Baici felt a hand grab him, starting to pull him up.
Here they come?
Lin Baici’s spirits lifted.
As he swam upwards, Lin Baici’s body began to regain mobility, and his vision started to clear.
He saw it was Gu Qingqiu pulling him, while Xia Hongyao was swimming towards Yi Jisheng.
After entering the water, they found their bodies couldn’t move, and immediately activated NOBODY to go up, and once out of the water, they regained their freedom and came down to rescue people at once.
Lin Baici was pulled out of the water, mouth open, taking several deep breaths of fresh air.
"I’ll go rescue Yi Jisheng!"
Lin Baici dived down again.
"Sister Gu, I can swim by myself!"
Long Miaomiao swam towards the shore.
They got ashore and waited for about ten minutes before Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao dragged Yi Jisheng up.
This was no longer near that deep pool but was a vast lake surface, with white mist all around, visibility about thirty meters.
"Looks like we’ve entered the next stage of rule contamination!"
Xia Hongyao tried using the space taboo items, which worked, and immediately took out some clean clothes for everyone to change into.
"What do we do now?"
Long Miaomiao nibbled on a sausage, secretly observing Lin Baici and then glancing at Gu Qingqiu.
"Find clues and get out of this mist!"
Xia Hongyao saw a large willow tree and ran over to it.
She wanted to climb up for a better view, hoping to spot clues.
Grumble!
Lin Baici felt a pang of hunger, and his stomach growled.
He turned slowly like a compass, sensing the direction of the hunger.
"Hongyao, forget about climbing the tree, let’s go this way!"
Lin Baici donned the Bodhi’s Kasaya, holding the Bronze Sword in his right hand and the oil ghost lamp in his left.
Without asking why, everyone followed silently, and they all equipped themselves, ready for battle at any moment.
Roar! Roar!
In the mist, the roars of wild beasts suddenly echoed, and judging by the sound, those creatures were rapidly approaching them.
"They’re coming!"
Xia Hongyao excitedly licked her lips.
After waiting so long, she could finally unleash her fury.
"Don’t fight, run!"
Lin Baici growled lowly and immediately picked up the pace.
If it weren’t for the hunger radar, Lin Baici and his group would be stuck in this mist, searching for a way while fending off waves of monster attacks. But now, Lin Baici led everyone in a mad dash.
Within half an hour, they had climbed a large staircase.
The higher they climbed, the thinner the mist became until it disappeared completely.
After climbing three thousand steps, a row of torii gates, painted red, appeared in front of them.
Lin Baici saw a person kneeling before the torii gates.
