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Chapter 872: Chapter 877: The Fifth Trial 20
Due to his decision-making error, they lost three people overnight.
Gaiyin had always blamed himself for this.
What if this wasn’t a test, but actual combat?
Then Yadang and the others wouldn’t have had the chance to withdraw at all.
So, on their way to the safehouse and upon arriving there, Gaiyin was especially silent.
Su Tang knew where the knot in his heart lay, so she tried to console him.
"This isn’t your fault alone, Travelling at night was a decision made after discussing it with everyone, Each of us has a responsibility."
Gaiyin didn’t say a word.
He knew the decision was made after a discussion.
But before that, he had already sensed something was off, yet chose to ignore it due to not being able to figure it out, which ultimately led to such an outcome.
In the end, it was still because he himself wasn’t alert enough.
Su Tang continued to comfort him, "Don’t think too much about it, In fact, having an incident like this happen once is good in a way, because it can heighten our vigilance and prevent the same thing from happening again.
What we need to do now is to adjust our state and find the exit of the Maze as quickly as possible, pass the test, and gain the Heritage of the Wood Immortal Mansion, Don’t you think?"
Gaiyin hugged Su Tang tightly, burying his head in the nape of her neck, took a Deep Breath, his nose filled with the unique faint scent of Su Tang.
The oppressive and irritable feeling clouding his heart also dissipated somewhat in that moment.
"Mm," he responded faintly.
Su Tang slightly smiled, reached out and smoothed his hair, "Hurry up and rest for a while, Tomorrow we’ll continue on our way."
Gaiyin, acting somewhat playfully, snuggled closer into Su Tang’s embrace.
Accidentally touching Su Tang’s ticklish spot, she couldn’t help but giggle, "It tickles, stop it~" 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝔭𝔲𝔟.𝖈𝖔𝔪
Gaiyin pretended not to hear and continued to burrow into Su Tang’s embrace.
Xi, watching the two of them play around as if no one else was present, felt extremely frustrated in her heart.
Xi: "····" What the hell!
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In the following days, the trio traveled at full speed.
They started calculating time from when they saw the first safehouse.
For instance, if they reached a new safehouse at one in the afternoon, with six hours left until darkness at seven, they would continue to travel for three more hours. After three hours, if they hadn’t found a new safehouse, they would return the same way they came, but if they came across one, they would start the time calculation all over again.
With a reasonable plan for time management in place, they didn’t encounter any more urgent dangers and always managed to reach a safehouse before nightfall.
After settling Su Tang, Gaiyin, and Xi would check the vicinity of the safehouse to see if they could find traces of Godzilla.
If they encountered it and could win, they would fight; if not, they would return to the safehouse.
Additionally, since Su Tang had evenly distributed all the white pearls between the two, although the white pearls did minimal damage to Godzilla, they proved quite effective in delaying it when they had to run away.
So, for several days in a row, neither of them had a scratch.
This approach had its pros and cons.
The advantage was that it greatly reduced the chances of encountering danger; the disadvantage was that it involved too many detours, wasting time.
Exactly, after so many days of walking, they still hadn’t made any significant discoveries.
Sometimes Su Tang couldn’t help but wonder if the compass on her watch was malfunctioning, and they were actually lost in the Maze?
But for now, other than continuing to follow the compass’s direction, they had no alternative.
