When 'God' Decides To Start Over-Chapter 780 - 311 Tunnel_2

The sensation was akin to a bullet entering water; due to the resistance of the liquid, the speed rapidly decreased.

As the speed decreased, the Jade Divine Light surrounding Li Xiu weakened more and more, until it completely vanished, and his body finally came to a halt.

"I actually survived!" Li Xiu touched his intact body, hardly able to believe his incredible luck.

Surveying his surroundings, he discovered that there was no liquid here; it was more like a straight cave tunnel, akin to a train tunnel.

However, the tunnel walls were made of jade, emitting a gentle green glow, similar to rippling waves, softly flickering through the tunnel.

Li Xiu speculated that it was likely because of these green lights that his speed reduced, preventing him from crashing to death.

"This definitely isn’t a coincidence; when the Jade Demon King threw me out, it was deliberate and not a random act, it must have intentionally thrown me here." Li Xiu understood that there isn’t so much luck in the world; everything has its reasons.

Yet, Li Xiu still couldn’t comprehend why the Jade Demon King would toss him here before its death.

Undoubtedly, the Jade Demon King was attempting to escape in this direction at the time; if it had not been killed by Jiang Linglan, it likely would have brought Li Xiu here.

Li Xiu had always been one to make peace with circumstances, examining his surroundings and finding that the tunnel appeared endless in both directions.

Unable to ascertain his flying speed, Li Xiu could not estimate how far he had traveled within the tunnel.

Li Xiu faced a choice: move forward into the unknown or return in the direction he came from.

Moving forward was unknown, returning might allow him to exit from the entrance he was thrown in.

However, there’s no guarantee of finding an exit, as Li Xiu hadn’t seen an entrance, only a shadow as immense as a mountain.

After a moment’s hesitation, Li Xiu decided to retrace his steps to seek an exit.

Jiang Linglan intended to kill the Jade Demon King, not Li Xiu; if he returned, Jiang Linglan probably wouldn’t harm him, since he still needed to deliver the items.

Of course, there’s always the possibility that Jiang Linglan might want to silence him, given the mysterious origin of the infant Li Xiu couldn’t yet comprehend.

If he didn’t encounter Jiang Linglan after leaving the tunnel, Li Xiu planned to find his own way back rather than meet with Jiang Linglan, as that woman was indeed peculiar.

The tunnel seemed artificially constructed; the ground was exceptionally smooth, prompting Li Xiu to summon the Masked Emperor and ride it swiftly through the tunnel.

Soon, Li Xiu discovered the tunnel wasn’t straight but had some curves.

"Was the Jade Demon King so precise to throw me a curveball during the toss? This is too accurate!" Li Xiu doubted that under such circumstances, the Jade Demon King could calculate so precisely, even the curve without causing him to crash.

The Masked Emperor dashed through the green-light tunnel for an hour without any sign of reaching an exit.

Li Xiu sensed something was amiss but had no other choice but to continue riding until he was forced to stop after several hours.

Li Xiu remembered that upon entering the tunnel, his speed greatly reduced, implying he hadn’t traveled too far into the tunnel.

Even if the initial speed was fast, with the Masked Emperor’s speed, he should have reached the exit after several hours.

The fact that he had not reached the exit implied something was wrong with the tunnel.

Moreover, despite flying through the tunnel, Li Xiu did not feel any resistance from the ubiquitous green light; why then did his speed quickly decrease upon entering?

"What exactly is this place?" Li Xiu surveyed the surroundings, seeing only the endless jade tunnel ahead and behind, nothing else.

"Since this path doesn’t lead out, I must carve my own path." Li Xiu drew his Fire Lotus Sword and wildly swung it against the Jade Mountain Wall.

The Fire Lotus Sword, equipped with twenty-four Light Veins from the Land of the Sword Soul, created deep sword marks four to five centimeters deep on the Jade Mountain Wall, but the marks quickly healed. Li Xiu’s striking speed was slower than the marks healed.

Li Xiu ceased and sat down to rest, knowing that continuing to chop would be futile and waste the Fire Lotus Sword’s Light Energy.

"The Jade Demon King threw me here with a purpose, not simply to trap me. If it intended to kill me, it could have done so simply by crushing me, rather than going through the trouble of bringing me here before its death." Li Xiu pondered: "What was its intention? Jiang Linglan hasn’t come for so long, surely something has happened; otherwise, even if she didn’t intend to rescue me, she would at least retrieve the two pieces of jade."

After resting for a while, Li Xiu opened his eyes, mounted the Masked Emperor again, but this time chose to advance forward instead of returning.