Chapter 667: 667: A Bunch of Shells

No wonder the system provided them with a fishing boat at the very beginning.

If the cave is the entrance to the labyrinth, without a boat, they wouldn’t be able to enter in such conditions.

…

As the fishing boat approached the cave, the waves gradually calmed down, and the boat didn’t rock as violently.

The boat was slowing down.

Until it entered the cave, the fishing boat completely stopped.

Outside was pitch black. Although there were lights on the boat, their reach was very limited, leaving most of the cavern still immersed in darkness, cold, serene, and eerie.

They didn’t know where this cave led to, how long it was, or whether there was any danger inside.

“What do we do now?” Along had no idea, looking helplessly at Asarina.

Asarina thought for a moment, then got up and went to the cabin.

After fiddling for a while, she turned her head to look at everyone and said, “It seems like we can set off with this boat now, let me give it a try.”

——From the moment they arrived at the starting point, they had control over the operation of the boat.

…

The long cave seemed to have no end, and Asarina did not dare to speed up rashly. She could only proceed slowly along the tunnel.

There were no split paths in the cave, and it was so dark that one could not see their hand in front of them. The dim light from the two lamps outside the cabin barely illuminated the damp stone walls, their color dull and cold.

Bai Youwei took a flashlight out of her bag and shone it around, hoping to find some clues.

Unfortunately, all she saw were grey rocks and piles of shells, nothing else.

After seeing similar scenes for too long, she began to feel like they were spinning in circles in one place.

Just as Bai Youwei hesitated about whether to stop the boat, the path ahead suddenly opened up! The boat left the cave and arrived at a wide body of water!

They were still in a cave, but this one was much wider and spacious than the previous one, like a naturally formed hollow in the belly of a mountain.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Directly in front of them, there were seven identical caves!

“Well, it’s really a labyrinth.” Asarina said with a sardonic smile from behind the wheel, “No splits at first, but suddenly there are seven. Which one should we choose now?”

Bai Youwei asked, “Which one do you want to try?”

“How about the one in the middle?” Asarina suggested, “If it’s a dead-end, we can come back and try another.”

The maze wouldn’t be so simple, but it seemed they had no other option but to try.

Bai Youwei nodded, “Okay, let’s try the middle one first.”

No one else objected.

Asarina steered the boat towards it.

They thought they might encounter obstructions, like entering a dead-end passage, but unexpectedly, this cave was just like the first one, completely empty.

With her flashlight moving back and forth, Bai Youwei only saw the same monotonous stone walls and shells.

After traveling through the cave for a few minutes, the path ahead suddenly opened up again!

They had arrived once more at a large body of water.

Ahead of them, once again, were seven caves!

“Damn…” Asarina swore under her breath, “What the hell?”

“Boss…” Along asked hesitantly, “Do we…still choose the middle cave?”

“Does it feel like we just ran in circles?” Aqing was also uneasy, “Do you think these seven caves are just the ones we encountered earlier?”

Asarina was worried. If it was really like that, things would be difficult.

She turned to Bai Youwei, “Perhaps you should choose this time?”

Bai Youwei frowned, her eyes focused as she scanned the surroundings. The beam of her flashlight swept over a pile of shell creatures, then swept back and stayed there.

“What’s that?” She held the flashlight, shining it at a pile of shells, “Who can go take a look?”

Asarina got up, looked for a moment, “…Shells? Scallops? These things are all over the cave.”

“But many of them are broken,” Bai Youwei said, her brows furrowed, “As if something chewed on them.”