As Jing Minghe struggled to think of a way to remedy the situation, the surrounding environment suddenly began to change, twisting, freezing, shattering, and then gradually falling away.
"Minghe?"
Jing Minghe vaguely heard the voice he missed most at that moment, a voice that had always been as steady as a mountain, but now was tinged with anxiety and worry.
He wanted to respond, but he could see nothing, attributing it to excessive longing that had conjured hallucinations.
Just as Jing Minghe thought he had become too reliant on Chi Hao, only wanting Chi Hao by his side when encountering problems, other voices also reached his ears.
The most prominent was Ke Wuwen's voice.
"Idol!"
Ke Wuwen almost shouted at the top of his lungs. Seeing that Jing Minghe showed no reaction, he was about to rush forward but was stopped by Tong Zheng.
"What are you in such a hurry for?" Tong Zheng held Ke Wuwen back, giving him a look as he spoke.
Ke Wuwen was about to retort, but instinctively glanced in the direction Tong Zheng was looking. He saw Chi Hao and You Mi already by Jing Minghe's side. Chi Hao pulled Jing Minghe into his arms, and You Mi reached out to take Wen Sha, who for some reason looked extremely weak.
"Minghe," Chi Hao, disregarding whether others were watching, lowered his head and gently kissed Jing Minghe's eyes, whispering, "Snap out of it, my darling."
Only when he truly felt Chi Hao's presence did Jing Minghe suddenly realize that his Hao Ge was truly by his side.
Recovering his senses, Jing Minghe withdrew from Chi Hao's embrace, squinted his eyes, and scanned the surroundings. The place he was in now was identical to the eleventh carriage of the train, but he knew it was definitely not the eleventh carriage.
"This is..." Jing Minghe turned to Chi Hao and asked, "the tenth carriage?"
Chi Hao nodded slightly and replied, "Yes."
"Right, Wen Sha, she..." Jing Minghe said, preparing to check on Wen Sha.
You Mi, who was attending to Wen Sha, quickly responded, "Don't worry, Wen Sha is fine, just too weak." Soudan Novel Network
Jing Minghe looked down. He no longer smelled any decay, and the exposed skin of Wen Sha was no longer rotting as it had before. It seemed that as long as one left a checkpoint, injuries sustained inside would disappear. Wen Sha's weakness and unconsciousness were likely due to mental fatigue.
Seeing that Jing Minghe was fine, Tong Zheng walked over and asked, "Minghe, what happened after you entered the tenth carriage? Why is Wen Sha so weak?"
Before Jing Minghe could speak, Ying Qiang, standing not far away, let out a few sarcastic laughs and said, "A man and a woman stayed alone in the tenth carriage for a whole day and night, and the woman was tormented to that extent. Truly worthy of someone who has won championships consecutively. Your stamina is excellent."
"What the hell are you spouting!"
Upon hearing such slander, Ke Wuwen immediately assumed a combative stance, clenched his fists, and was about to charge forward, but was held around the waist by Tong Zheng.
"Silly boy," Tong Zheng said with a knowing smile, "why bother with a fool? Do you want to be a fool too?"
Jing Minghe raised an eyebrow and smiled, glancing at Chi Hao from the corner of his eye.
Chi Hao's low voice was heard, "Don't worry, I'm not stupid."
His Hao Ge was truly the most sensible person. Jing Minghe smiled proudly. After confirming Wen Sha's condition with You Mi, Jing Minghe recounted the ordeal of the dungeon they had encountered to everyone.
After listening to Jing Minghe's account, Tong Zheng said, "So, your guess was correct, otherwise you wouldn't have been let back."
He then couldn't help but complain, "But this condition for clearing the dungeon is too obscure! Relying purely on guessing, with no second chance. What if you guess wrong?"
"Want to know?" Ying Qiang once again seized the opportunity to interject, saying with a cold smile, "Why don't you try it yourself? After being chosen, you don't have to do anything, just wait for the result of failure. Isn't that easy?"
"Why don't you..."
Ke Wuwen was about to speak when Tong Zheng pulled him back, "Good boy, what did I just tell you? Forgot again?"
Ke Wuwen paused, then realized, and chuckled, "Forgot nothing. You told me not to bother with fools. Got it, won't forget again."
"You guys..."
Ying Qiang intended to say more but was intimidated by a look from Chi Hao and retreated. He felt inexplicably annoyed, why was he always intimidated by that man's gaze?
This made Ying Qiang very unhappy, but since Chi Hao hadn't said a word, he didn't know what to retort.
He felt utterly frustrated.
However, more frustration was yet to come.
Ke Wuwen, who loved to talk, was held back by Tong Zheng. Jing Minghe and the others completely ignored him. No matter how he provoked them, they simply didn't respond.
Even Ban Sheng and Yue Di, who were grouped with Wen Sha, gathered around Jing Minghe and his group.
He and Ding Chang were completely ostracized.
Sensing Ying Qiang's resentment, Ding Chang said indifferently, "What's there to be unhappy about? We're here for revenge, not to make friends. Let them be smug for now. I want to see how long they can be smug."
Ying Qiang nodded heavily at this, "Yes, that's right. I'm here for revenge!"
On the other side, Jing Minghe and his group were studying the twin dungeon together.
"So," You Mi said, looking at Jing Minghe and then at Wen Sha, "because you two successfully cleared it, the rest of us were allowed into the dungeon."
Tong Zheng added, "Therefore, we can conclude that in each subsequent carriage, someone will be chosen to attempt to clear it. If successful, everyone can enter."
"What if they fail?" Ban Sheng asked, "Will the punishment for failure be death? Or something else? If the chosen person fails to clear the dungeon, will someone else be chosen to attempt it again, until someone succeeds, and then the others are allowed in?"
"Certainly," Jing Minghe explained, "this dungeon requires us to go to the first carriage. Unless we all die, the game will continue."
Ke Wuwen leaned forward and asked, "Then... if the people who failed earlier didn't die, could they provide clues to those chosen later?"
After this question, everyone looked at each other, and no one spoke.
In fact, Ke Wuwen's question had already arisen in everyone's minds after Jing Minghe finished analyzing the dungeon they had experienced.
But no one dared to ask it casually. After all, even if failure didn't mean death, who would be willing to give what they had risked their lives for to others?
Unless, they were extremely close, and willing to sacrifice for each other.
Jing Minghe thought for a moment and was about to say something when the door to the ninth carriage in front of them suddenly opened.
Immediately after, a broadcast voice reached everyone's ears.
"Mr. Ying Qiang and Mr. Yue Di, please enter the ninth carriage."
After the broadcast repeated for the third time, a beeping sound indicating urgency began, but Ying Qiang and Yue Di were still hesitating.