and boundless horizons the color of crimson dusk. The mountains are lush and vibrant, with pavilions, towers, and halls towering high, amidst an atmosphere of yin qi lies a hint of ethereal charm."We...Little Brother Liang immediately grabbed my hand and shook his head. "No, no! You're the Princess Consort, how can you go check in person Let me take people!"

"Nonsense, I'm just asking you to bring people along. Do you expect me to be the one charging ahead That's ridiculous!" I retorted with a thick face.

Little Brother Liang widened his eyes in surprise for a moment, then quickly nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go now."

He beckoned a guard over with his finger. These guards all wore swords at their hips, silver arm bands, and several daggers on their back—standard equipment for them.

A guard saw that my hands were empty, and he drew his dagger and handed it to me. "Your Highness," he said, "in times of crisis, you should carry a weapon for self-defense..."

I probably shouldn't need a self-defense weapon, right It's basically just giving someone a tool to harm others.

And I saw a translucent great snake winding its way towards me—who else could it be but Bai Ni

With Bai Ni here, I'm not afraid of any danger.

Little Brother Liang cautiously used a stick to poke at the bushes. After examining them, he suddenly let out an "Aiya!"

"Little Princess, there's a tuft... of white hair here" he held up a small clump of hair. Let me know if you have any other text you'd like translated!

The guards swallowed nervously and said, "Could there be white-haired zombies here This Miao Wang City... it's normal to have zombies."

"What is a white-haired zombie" I asked.

"That's just legend... Bodies don't change Some zombies' hair and nails even grow. After becoming refined, their body hair is all white. It's said that this kind of zombie is incredibly strong and has thoughts!"

"You're saying it's just a legend, right Could it actually be real" I lowered my head to look at the white fur, soft and delicate. I'd rather believe this was rabbit fur than some kind of zombie that had come to life.

"Where was it found Let me take a look, I'll search around. Maybe it is…"

It might just be Fu Zhu, after all, Fu Zhu is as white as snow too. This is the deep mountains; it's possible that King Miao's city has traps set up in these places.

If one were to fall into a trap, it would be troublesome.

Liang Xiaoge took me to where he found the white hairs. We poked around in the grass with sticks for ages, but we didn't see a single trap, let alone a snare.

"Hey, you guys spread out and look for any injured animals. Be gentle, don't startle them." I worried that this might be Hu Zhu's fur, could it have been hurt by something

All these divine beasts, but this particular divine beast is extremely unpopular.

Legend has it that wherever the Fu Zhu appears, there will be water disasters. Just twenty years ago, a major flood still left people with lingering fear, let alone people from ancient times.

Therefore, since all these are symbols of calamity, it hides alone in the Mowanchen School's secluded gate. It must be utterly without a place to go.

Although it's a little tsundere, it's actually pretty good to me. I'd feel bad if it really got hurt—I haven't had time to look for it since yesterday.

Feeling a pang of guilt for sleeping in and not looking for my husband, I told Liang Xiaoger and the others to be extra careful in their search for any clues.

We're quite a distance away from Mu Wanxin and Long Ge. They probably won't be disturbed handling the corpse worms. Bai Ni, who was winding her way around a tree far off, glanced at me with a tilt of her head.

I turned my head to look at Bai Ni, and suddenly the ground beneath me gave way.

There's actually a layer of twigs, leaves, and soil here mixed together!

Covered by a thin layer of ice and snow, one wouldn't know there was such crisp earth beneath.

Like stepping on a loose manhole cover, my body suddenly plunged downward!

I was about to call out, but my foot seemed to step on something as I fell. It felt flimsy and stuck in the hole. Before I could figure it out, my body continued to plummet downward!

"AAAAAAAAAAAH!" I screamed, this must be a trapdoor!

There are many caves here in the mountains around Miao Wang City, just like sinkholes. They are small holes that go straight down into the depths of the earth. The walls of the caves are made of rock and soil, and the entrances aren't very big. If I were a little fatter, I wouldn't fall in here!

Both sides of the rock wall scraped my hands! The sand got all over my head and face!

This is too suffocating and terrifying. If I were stuck like this in mid-air, when would I ever be rescued

Before I could catch my breath, I continued to shout as I plummeted down twenty or thirty meters. Whatever was beneath me collapsed when I stepped on it, and it fell with me—

"Thud..." A muffled sound, and I sent the thing plummeting into a wide cavern, where it shattered to pieces.

The cave was filled with soft, loamy soil that must have accumulated for centuries. It felt like landing in a sandpit after a long jump.

The dust billowed up, stinging my eyes and making me want to cry. I coughed for half a minute before finally catching my breath.

My eyes were full of sand, and I sat on the ground crying for half a day before I could get it out.

The smoke cleared, and it was pitch black. Luckily, I had my phone with me, so I could use it as a flashlight.

The screen flickered to life, illuminating the darkness instantly.

A white skull lay at my feet.

Just as I was falling, I felt like I stepped on something, and then it collapsed and I fell faster — is this skeleton

"Sorry, sorry..." I got goosebumps and hurriedly clasped my hands together in prayer.

I didn't mean to! Could this skeleton have lived the same way I did Crushed by the earthen shell and fallen into this pit, this skeleton is huge... It became a skeleton and is still stuck there.

Shouldn't this be a woman's clothing

The scattered bones still show the embroidered wax-resist patterns.

Her skeleton could be trapped there. How painful it must have been to be stuck alive I imagine she could only raise her hands and cling straight up the narrow rock face, then starve to death.

Terrible...

"I'm so sorry, I also accidentally fell down. It wasn't intentional to trample on your bones, I apologize... I apologize... I'll help you clean up..." I muttered to myself to build up courage.

It's so dark here, I don't even know if there's an exit from this pit. The hole I fell through just now must have been at least ten meters high. If the bottom wasn't covered in so much mud and sand, I probably would have broken my leg.

The light from my phone couldn't reach very far, and I couldn't see the edge of the dark hole.

First, carefully wrap the bones in the shroud's skirt, and then place it on a stone aside.

I came to the bottom of the cave entrance. It was so dark here that I could only see a faint glimmer. I waved my phone around above my head, wondering if the light would reach that far...

Well, maybe I should just figure it out myself. At worst, Mu Wanchen will come to me after dealing with the gu corpses. When that happens, once the spell is lifted, I can leave.

Thinking about this, I felt a little relieved. I coughed lightly to clear my throat, and the sound echoed back.

"Cough... cough... cough..."

I was so shocked, I almost blew a gasket. Was that my voice

I shone my flashlight around and walked forward, leaning against the cave wall. This was a huge cavern inside a mountain; there were no signs of human excavation.

But there was a crack in the mountainside, with rubble piled below it, but the top had already collapsed, enough...enough for someone my size to crawl over.

A cold wind whistled through there, and you could still faintly hear the sound of dripping water.

Here… there’s a passages, this is a child! Why is this! Why is this! Dead people can still give birth! Ahhahahaha—ahhahaha—what evil has my family committed! What the hell does that white-eyed wolf want to do to curse my fa...