"A 'Ying, can you tell me about the Outsiders, the Black Cloud Cave, and the Bright Yang Pearl?" Linlong asked.
"Of course," A 'Ying said politely.
"Mhm." Linlong nodded.
"In our world, all light comes from the Bright Yang Pearl. Once the Bright Yang Pearl is taken away by the Outsiders, our tribe will forever fall into darkness. For as long as I can remember, I've heard that the foreign race lived in the Black Cloud Cave. However, for hundreds of years, I've only heard of the foreign race and never seen them. I've only heard of the existence of the foreign race from the books left behind by my ancestors … "
"Until a few months ago, a Outsiders suddenly appeared. At first, the tribe didn't pay attention. It wasn't until a few people mysteriously disappeared that they finally discovered the Outsiders. Thus, the entire tribe began to gather manpower to deal with the Outsiders. However, after several encirclements, the Outsiders still managed to escape."
"Until the very last time, when we lost about twenty or so warriors, we finally managed to drive that alien back to Black Cloud Cave. From then on, the clansmen became so sensitive to alien races, to the point that they also treated you like this when you appeared, Sir."
"Then, where is the Black Cloud Cave? What is it?" Linlong asked.
"The Black Cloud Cavern is located in a huge mountain cave a dozen kilometers away from here. There's a strange formation left behind by our ancestors outside the cave. All we know is that after we drive those outsiders into the cave, they won't be able to walk out easily due to the existence of this formation. As for what kind of place it is, we don't know, "A 'Ying said.
"Have none of you gone in before?" Linlong couldn't help but ask.
"No, the formation outside the cave makes it impossible for us to enter." A 'Ying shook his head.
"So you don't know what kind of formation it is?" Linlong was puzzled.
"That's right. Our ancestors only taught us how to refine metal tools, but they didn't teach us anything about the formation, "A 'Ying replied.
With an ancestor like this, Linlong was truly speechless.
"Mhm, you said yesterday that our ancestors left behind many books, but those words are different from your common language. Can you show me those books?" Linlong asked.
Perhaps he could find some clues from these books, Linlong thought to himself.
"Of course." Ah Ying nodded, then she stood up, walked to the door of the cell, and said to Ah Liang, who was leaning against the iron bars of the cell, "Brother Ah Liang, can you help me get my books?"
Originally, Ah Liang was happy to see Ah Ying walking over, but when he heard that he wanted those books, he became unhappy, because these books were obviously for Linlong to read.
Although he was unhappy, he did not dare to refuse Ah Ying. He could only say, "Ah Ying, wait a minute."
Then, he walked out of the cell. Not long after, he returned with a big bag of books.
At this time, someone delivered food to the prison cell.
There wasn't much to eat, and the main food was some wild fruits. The only meat was obviously the meat of the Dark Rat, but it was pitifully small. That small piece was not even enough to fill the gap between Lin Long's teeth.
Seeing Linlong's frown, A 'Ying directly placed the Dark Rat's meat in her bowl into Linlong's bowl and said, "Mister, you should eat the Dark Rat's meat as well. You're from a different race, so you definitely haven't tasted it before. This meat is very delicious."
"You're not eating?" Linlong asked curiously.
"I … I'm not eating." Although A 'Ying said that, Linlong clearly saw her swallow her saliva.
At this time, A 'Liang shouted from outside, "A' Ying, why did you give your meat to this Outlander? It's not like you don't know how precious this meat is."
"I …" A 'Ying did not know what to say for a moment.
Lin Long stood up and walked to A 'Liang. A' Liang subconsciously took a step back, and just like the other person outside, he looked at Lin Long with a vigilant expression.
Linlong took out some Dark Rat's meat from his runic spatial ring.
Seeing Linlong take out so much meat, the two people could not help but widen their eyes.
"So much Dark Rat's meat!" The other person could not help but exclaim.
Behind Linlong, A 'Ying also walked over and covered her small mouth in surprise.
"Take it, and bring back enough meat for me and A 'Ying," Linlong said.
"How can we casually use the things of a different race like you? What if it's poisonous? "Although he looked like he was drooling over the meat, A 'Liang still kept a straight face.
"A 'Liang, take it and roast it. Mister won't harm us," At this time, A' Ying said.
Hearing A 'Ying's words, A' Liang helplessly let out an "oh", then took the Dark Rat's meat and walked out.
Linlong and A 'Ying returned to the stone bed.
After sitting down, Linlong asked, "Is it very difficult for you to hunt these Dark Rats?"
"Yes." A 'Ying nodded, "Because these Dark Rats are too powerful and poisonous. If we don't have absolute confidence, we don't dare to hunt these Dark Rats. Even so, there are often people who get injured or even die in the process of attacking the Dark Rats."
After saying that, A 'Ying's expression became somewhat gloomy.
Linlong was stunned. He did not expect these people to have such difficulty in hunting these Dark Rats.
"If our people were as powerful as Mister and could hunt so many Dark Rats in one go, how good would that be?" After saying that, A 'Ying looked forward to it.
"I hope so," Linlong said.
A 'Ying then asked, "Mister, in the outside world, do you only have these Dark Rats?"
"Of course not. There are pigs, dogs, chickens … In short, there are many of them, and they are all very tasty," Linlong said.
The word "tasty" made A 'Ying look forward to it again.
"Alright, let's not talk about this. How big is your world?" Linlong asked.
"Not very big, just a few mountains," A 'Ying said.
"What about outside these mountains?" Linlong couldn't help but ask.
"Outside these mountains is endless nothingness," A 'Ying replied.
"Endless nothingness?" Linlong was stunned.
"I can only describe it this way because no matter what, it can't enter that area. I tried to throw things in before, but they were directly reflected back," A 'Ying said.
"I see." Linlong nodded in understanding.
After hearing A 'Ying's words, he had a better understanding of this world.
"What about that Bright Yang Pearl? How can it produce such an effect?" Linlong then asked.
"That, I don't know. I only heard from Grandpa that it should have something to do with the formations outside Black Cloud Cave," A 'Ying said.
"Hm, then where is the Bright Yang Pearl placed?" Linlong asked again.
With this question, A 'Ying immediately became a little wary. She then said, "Mister, forgive me for not being able to tell you this."
"Alright, I know," Linlong said helplessly.
After that, Linlong began to flip through the books that A 'Liang had just brought. These books looked yellowed, and it was obvious that they had been there for many years. However, they were well maintained. Obviously, the owner of these books had taken good care of them over the years.
There were only 15 books, and 10 of them were written in the same language. This wasn't the common language of the Mixed Sky Continent. In Linlong's memory, this language should be the language of the Vortex Tribe of the Mixed Sky Continent.
The other five books were all written in five different languages, and only one of them was written in the common language of the Chaos Heavens Continent.
Fortunately, Linlong was very knowledgeable. He was proficient in these languages, so it wasn't difficult for him to understand these books.
However, after roughly flipping through them, Linlong immediately became speechless. These five books didn't mention the secrets of this world at all. At most, they said that the outside world was different from this world.
However, these were of no use to him at the moment.
Seeing Linlong's disappointed expression, A 'Ying couldn't help but say, "Mister, are these books useless?"
"They're of no use to me," Linlong nodded.
"Then I'm really sorry," A 'Ying hurriedly said.
She originally thought that Linlong would be able to discover something from these books, but she didn't expect him to discover anything at all.
Seeing A 'Ying like this, Linlong couldn't help but ask, "A' Ying, what's your greatest wish?"
"My greatest wish is that my clansmen can go to these places described in the books and live a happy life," A 'Ying said with great longing.
"Isn't this place good?" Linlong asked.
"Not good, the food here is too scarce, and the only edible carnivorous species, the Dark Rat, is too difficult to catch." A 'Ying's expression was somewhat gloomy as she said, "It's also because of this that in the past hundreds of years, the number of our clansmen that have survived is pitifully small. There has never been more than a hundred people."
"Then I hope that your dream can come true," Linlong said.
Linlong didn't say it with certainty because even he himself was confused. However, he wasn't as disappointed as A 'Ying, because in his opinion, once he understood the Bright Yang Pearl and the Black Cloud Cave, he would have a chance to leave this place.
Just as he was thinking, there was suddenly the sound of hurried footsteps coming from outside. It was A 'Liang who ran in, but he didn't bring the roasted Dark Rat meat over. Instead, he said to A' Ying nervously, "Not good, not good, A 'Ying, when our clansmen went out to hunt the Dark Rat, A' Long and the others were bitten by the Dark Rat."
"Is it serious?" A 'Ying asked.
"Very serious, A 'Long's foot is already swollen to the size of a fist. As for the other uncles, their situation is only slightly better," A' Liang said.
"What about the remaining medicinal powder?" A 'Ying asked again.
"There's not much left of the medicinal powder. Uncle A 'Yu almost used it all last time, the remaining is useless," A' Liang said.
"Then what should we do?" Hearing this, A 'Ying immediately became anxious.
"Grandpa still has a medicinal herb, but to refine it into medicine, you need A 'Ying, but you can only save one person at most," A' Liang said.
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