While lost in thought, Tan Xiao waved at him from not far away, calling out: “Boss! Get inside first! Maybe the old man will calculate the landing point soon. Let’s not clash head-on with that toad monster!”

He was quite concerned about Shen Mo.

Shen Mo gripped his knife, grinding it left and right on the shell, coldly glancing at the golden ball high above, then turned and burrowed into the shell.

Another round of earth-shaking tremors.

…

The golden ball stopped.

…

The frog came out.

…

“Croak—croak—”

The frog, having starved for two rounds, finally couldn’t restrain itself. It began using its front legs to turn over the mud, then fiddled with nearby snails, attempting to find a few bugs to fill its belly.

This unexpected development caught everyone off guard.

When they felt the mud trembling, almost everyone simultaneously tensed their nerves, burrowing as deep into the shells as possible! They used the narrow inner walls to wedge their bodies, preventing themselves from sliding out during the shaking.

“Croak croak!—Croak!—” The frog grew increasingly agitated.

The mud churned endlessly under its webbed feet!

Bai Youwei heard a short, sharp scream from outside!

An “Ah” that disappeared instantly. Because it was so brief, she couldn’t tell who the unlucky person was.

And right now she couldn’t spare attention to judge these things, because she herself was already teetering on the edge!

Her powerless lower limbs truly put her at a severe disadvantage in this game!

Splash!

The snail Bai Youwei was in flipped completely over, and she was flung out of the shell, falling heavily into the mud!

——Her body was sinking. Bai Youwei didn’t move at all.

She knew she couldn’t move now. Once she surfaced, the frog would treat her as a bug and eat her! So she had to hold steady, hold steady…

The foul-smelling muddy water surged in from all directions, like slippery snakes, drilling into her nose, her eyes, her ears, and her mouth… Bai Youwei held her breath with all her might. However, the anxiety of losing a point of leverage and the terror of approaching death still tormented her mind!

This feeling was absolutely terrible!

But to survive, she had to endure!

How ironic—she was originally someone who wanted to die at every moment, yet in this game, she burst forth with such a tenacious will to survive.

An arm wrapped around her waist and lifted forcefully!

She suddenly contacted fresh air!

Bai Youwei opened her eyes, breathing heavily. Muddy water streamed down from her head and face. She saw the man’s broad, solid chest, then looked up to see Shen Mo’s cold, distant face.

Bai Youwei just looked at him, unable to say anything. She kept gasping for breath in an oxygen-deprived way.

Shen Mo tried to put her down.

Her hands clutched his arm tightly, refusing to let go no matter what!

The terror the mud had brought her still lingered. She trembled in his arms like a rabbit that had survived a disaster.

Shen Mo’s brow furrowed, but in the end, he didn’t let go.

Tan Xiao leaned over from the side, his grandma-gray short hair stuck with mud and messy as a bird’s nest. He said to Bai Youwei: “Don’t be afraid, the frog’s gone!”

Then he gestured back and forth below his neck, afraid she wouldn’t understand, and made a disemboweling motion—

“Your brother slashed open its belly! It ran away!”

Bai Youwei slowly exhaled, closed her eyes, and buried her face in Shen Mo’s chest without moving.

“Your sister was scared.” Tan Xiao sighed with deep understanding, patting Shen Mo’s shoulder. “Take good care of her. It’s obvious you siblings have a great relationship. She can’t leave you.”

Shen Mo: “…”

Bai Youwei had been fine, but hearing this, she inexplicably wanted to laugh. Her shoulders shook slightly. She asked quietly: “Did he calculate the landing point?”

Hearing her tone, Shen Mo knew she had recovered, and his heart relaxed slightly.

But Tan Xiao became melancholy, turning his head to glance at Cheng Weicai in the distance, letting out a long sigh: “No.”

After he said this, no one spoke again.

In the cavern, only the rustling sound of Teacher Cheng’s continuous calculations remained.

The silence seemed extraordinary. The taste of despair lingered in everyone’s hearts…