Lantern Sister is still very capable.

Chapter 188 Wandering

"Tap-tap-tap-"

The rhythmic sound of water echoed in her mind. Chu Deng felt dizzy and the world was spinning. A dazzling flame shot into the sky. What would be a raging inferno to others was like the warm winter sun to her. She felt as if she were bathed in sunlight, and her soul felt so comfortable that it seemed to fly out of her body.

Gradually, Chu Deng's mind went blank, and she slowly closed her eyes.

In the darkness, after an unknown amount of time, the sound of "pattering" came again, but it was not as clear and pleasant as water droplets. Instead, it sounded like metal buttons hitting the wall, with a dull quality.

"Clatter—clang—"

The sound of metal clanging grew louder and louder, becoming increasingly irritating.

"Clang—rip...clang—"

The sound was so close to her ear, it felt like someone was hitting her forehead with an awl, and cold shards of ice also hit her face. Chu Deng couldn't bear it any longer and suddenly opened her eyes.

What she saw was not the cave with the burning fire that she had seen before she closed her eyes, but a pair of extremely familiar hands.

Chu Deng paused in his breathing.

That's... Pei Hanxing's hand...

Although those hands were covered in cracks and even swollen from the cold, Chu Deng still recognized them.

Because Pei Hanxing has an extremely small mole under her thumb in her palm, hidden in the palm lines, which cannot be noticed without careful observation.

Chu Deng discovered this by accident when she was playing with Pei Hanxing's palm.

Chu Deng still remembers the love and expectation hidden in Pei Hanxing's eyes when they held hands.

The owner of these hands is now missing, and we don't know what he went through to end up with such scars.

Chu Deng was still lost in thought, but his hands ignored her and continued to tirelessly chisel at the metal lock with the ice pick.

"Qiang——Qiang——"

Chu Deng's perspective was fixed in front of her by the body's owner, so she couldn't observe the specific situation and could only watch Pei Hanxing's hands chiseling at the metal lock.

When using ice-based abilities to fight metal-based abilities, relying solely on ice spikes to break through metal's defenses is completely ineffective. Only by utilizing the low-temperature properties of ice can the metal be frozen and then shattered along with the ice.

It's fair to say that Pei Hanxing's act of using an ice pick to chisel at a metal lock was a completely thankless and arduous task.

But why did Pei Hanxing do this?

Chu Deng felt a sharp pain in his heart.

Because if we don't do this, there is absolutely no hope.

Pei Hanxing didn't want to sit and wait to die. In order to avoid losing all hope, she could only use her remaining supernatural abilities to do these futile things.

Where is he? Why is he locked up? How can I find him?

How can I save him?

Is he really still alive? Is this a hallucination I'm having after being bitten by the mutated snake, or is it real?

Chu Deng was filled with questions, but no one could answer them for her.

She could only be trapped in Pei Hanxing's perspective, watching as the wounds on Pei Hanxing's hands burst open, the blood freezing instantly as soon as it surfaced, and the ice shards that splashed out when the ice spikes hit the metal locks landed on her hands and condensed into a layer of white frost.

It's so cold...it's killing me, but I can't stop, if I stop I'll die...I don't want to die...I can't die...

so cold...

Chu Deng seemed to hear Pei Hanxing's voice. She was still in a daze when she heard another strange voice that she couldn't understand at all.

[—Abandon—…death—…life—]

The continuous sounds entered Chu Deng's ears, but she could only understand a few of the meanings.

Chu Deng was completely baffled. Before she could figure it out, she suddenly heard the sound of a lock being opened in front of Pei Hanxing.

It has a lock both inside and outside.

The lock inside seemed to be there to keep Pei Hanxing hanging on, preventing him from giving up. Even if he broke it, he wouldn't be able to get out.

Once the outer lock is opened, the inner lock opens as well.

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the metal wall that had been tightly sealed onto the metal lock, letting in light. Pei Hanxing squinted instinctively.

As darkness enveloped the scene, Chu Deng seemed to burst forth from the water, and his previously blurred hearing was suddenly filled with all sorts of sounds.