Chapter 678: Mother Cave and Sub-cave

Asarina sat down beside Bai Youwei, analyzing the cave patterns with her. The sooner they could solve the mystery of the maze, the better chance Aqing would have of survival.

From what they knew so far, there was one main cave with seven sub-caves corresponding to it.

Retreating from the main cave would lead them back to the entrance;

Moving forward from the main cave would lead them to the seven sub-caves, and choosing any one of them would also lead them back to the entrance.

Asarina asked, “Could it be a Möbius strip? No matter where you go, you always return to the starting point, only by breaking the routine can you escape the circular path.”

“I’ve considered that possibility. From the perspective of overlapping spaces, it makes sense, but how do we then explain the seven sub-caves?” Bai Youwei frowned slightly, “A Möbius strip only needs one path to form, but what we’re facing are seven paths. The fish monsters don’t fit this theory either…”

“There are fish monsters in caves 1 and 3, could it be that there are fish monsters in every odd-numbered cave?” Asarina suggested, “For instance… caves 1, 3, 5, 7 have fish monsters, whereas 2, 4, 6 don’t.”

Bai Youwei didn’t think it would be as simple as an odd-even distinction, but it was certainly a lead to consider.

“In any case, we can only verify it by trying tomorrow.” She stated, “Tomorrow we’ll enter from cave 2.”

Asarina nodded.

At that moment, the sound of drinking water came from the direction of the living room.

The two of them froze simultaneously.

Asarina subconsciously thought that Along might have relented and given Aqing water to drink, but when she turned her head, she saw that Along was still sound asleep on the sofa, while Aqing was stretching his neck hastily, eagerly drinking water from a spoon in front of him.

Where did the spoon come from?

She stood up for a better look and was taken aback!

A severed hand was feeding water to Aqing with a spoon!

Bai Youwei also noticed and immediately flew into a rage, yelling, “Who let you out?!”

The severed hand got startled! It trembled in fright, dropped the spoon, and scurried under the sofa!

Water from the spoon spilled all over the ground.

The commotion woke Along. He opened his eyes, didn’t see the severed hand, but saw Aqing moving his bound body, licking the water off the floor——

“Aqing!” Along hastily pulled him away, stopping him from drinking.

Not far away, Asarina’s emotions were indescribable.

She walked over quickly, grabbed Aqing by the collar, and said passionately, “Aqing! Wake up! You can’t keep drinking water!”

Aqing looked dazed, it took he a while to recognize Asarina standing in front of him. The normally composed man’s eyes teared up, he choked out:

“Boss… just let me drink, I really… can’t take it anymore… Either way, I’m dead. Please, let me… die quickly…”

“Shut up! Who told you that you’re going to die?!” Asarina said sharply, “It’s just a few days without water, it won’t kill you!”

“Boss, let me drink water, I can’t stand it… please, let me drink… I want water…”

No matter how he pleaded, Asarina remained resolute, not responding at all.

This time, she and Along bound him even tighter, even gagging his mouth, denying Aqing any chance to drink water.

Aqing, already weak, lost all strength to struggle after being bound like this.

Seeing her companion in this state, how could Asarina feel at ease? Holding back her grief, she said to Aqing, “Hang in there, just a little bit longer… it will get better, we’ll get out of this maze, and everything will definitely get better.”

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