Death Spiral [Infinite Flow]

    Xu Rendong was terrified, but did not dare to slow down. The suction behind them was getting stronger and stronger, and the sand under their feet kept sliding back, and they couldn't keep their balance at all.

    Seeing the pipeline getting closer and closer, the buffer slide gradually exposed its sandy surface. The exit of the slide keeps rising into the sky.

    The pipe is really going down!

    Finally ran to the edge of the slide, Lian Qiao grabbed the edge of the slide, and at the same time reached out to the honeysuckle: "Catch me!"

    Xu Rendong took his hand without hesitation and climbed up the slide with strength.

    The hapless one is not so lucky. He fell far behind, still several dozen meters away from the slide. He had already lost his balance in the quicksand, and most of his body sank into the sand, crying and struggling deeper and deeper.

    Xu Rendong and Lian Qiao finally climbed to the top of the slide, panting in shock. They looked back and saw that the unfortunate was rushing backwards wrapped in quicksand, and it had sunk so much that only one head was exposed.

    He will be buried alive!

    Xu Rendong bit her lip, knowing that she couldn't save him, so she turned around and focused on other things.

    "The pipe is still going down." He said to Lian Qiao, "Hold tight and slide down carefully."

    "...um..." Lian Qiao responded, but his eyes still followed the hapless man. At this time, the unlucky egg has been rushed out a few hundred meters away, leaving only a tuft of hair on the top of his head left outside. It must have been cold.

    The disturbing 'click' in mid-air continued, albeit at a slower rate. But the suction from behind has not diminished. The gravel flowed back at a faster speed, almost like a tidal wave, choppy.

    Xu Rendong glanced at the back and suddenly felt something was wrong.

    He thought that something might be making a big move under the desert, so that the sand ran around and the pipeline collapsed. At this time, it seems that this is not the case.

    The angle between the pipe and the sand surface is gradually decreasing, and it is close to 30 degrees, almost lying flat on the sand surface. And the weird suction force that has been pulling them has also changed. Originally, it was dragging them to the rear, but now it seems to be dragging them down, so that the two had to cling tightly to the wall of the tube, so they didn't slide down. .

    “…The reverse of gravity has changed?” Xu Rendong came to this answer after thinking.

    Lian Qiao: "Not necessarily. Maybe the whole space is reversed... But the direction of gravity is a relative concept, so you're right."

    Xu Rendong couldn't help but be afraid. Fortunately, they turned back in time and climbed up the pipeline at the critical moment. Otherwise, they must be just like the unlucky ones now, wrapped in the surging quicksand and rushing towards where.

    Death must be dead, and it must be painful before death. Xu Rendong felt chills just thinking about the feeling of hot sand pouring into his nose. Besides, for him, death is not the end. He had to go to the dark forest to suffer again.

    Lian Qiao looked up and said thoughtfully, "The voice stopped."

    Xu Rendong came back to his senses, only to realize that the "click" sound that had just hovered in the air had disappeared.

    "What kind of sound is that?" Xu Rendong retrieved his memory, "I always feel a little familiar...like some kind of machine..."

    "I also think it sounds like mechanical gears." Lian Qiao touched his chin, "Could this be a reminder?"

    Xu Rendong looked around. The flow of the desert also stopped at this point, and the pipes were no longer inclined. The change in the direction of gravity caused the entire desert to sink beneath them. At this point, the pipes became perpendicular to the desert again - taking the position of the slide where they were located as the dividing point, there was no sand above the dividing point, and the flat sand surface below the dividing point.

    Xu Rendong lowered one foot and tried to step on the sand surface. The touch from his toes told him that the softness of the gravel had returned to its original state.

     Even Joe jumped down from the pipe, moved his limbs, and said, "I'm exhausted from running just now, come down and rest for a while."

    He took out some food from his backpack and distributed it to Xu Rendong. Xu Rendong nibbled on the sandwich, still looking thoughtful.

    "If the desert can flow, then the only safe place is this pipe." He reached out and knocked on the wall of the pipe, listening to the hard and crisp metal tapping sound, frowned, "But we can't Stay here. Where's the door?"

    Lian Qiao suddenly thought: "Would you like to climb up and take a look?"

    Xu Rendong laughed: "How to climb? And even if you can climb up, don't you go back to the previous gate?"

    "Hmm... what you said also makes sense." Lian Qiao stretched and sighed, "Looking at the hint that this dungeon has five levels, I'm so tired, I don't have time to rest."

    "Then let's rest for a while now. Anyway, this is a stable point. By the way, we can also see if any new teammates have fallen."

    Speaking, Xu Rendong sat on the ground, leaning against the wall of the tube and began to close her eyes and rest.

    Lian Qiao's eyes lit up and said coquettishly: "Honeysuckle, can you give me a knee pillow?"

    Xu Rendong: "What is a knee pillow?"

    Lian Qiao: "Just let me sleep on your lap."

    Xu Rendong didn't understand at first, she tilted her head to think about it, and when she realized it, she knelt on the ground and made a "come" gesture.

    Lian Qiao lay down happily, resting his head on his lap, so excited that his whole body was rippling.

    "Is this not awkward?" Xu Rendong knew that he was thin and had no flesh on his legs, so he always felt that this sleeping position would not be comfortable.

    Lian Qiao said with satisfaction: "No!"

    Xu Rendong bowed her head and met Qiao Liangjing's puppy eyes. This perspective is very strange, it made Xu Rendong's heart move, and he had an inexplicable urge to kiss.

    …Unfortunately, his body is not flexible enough to bend down.

    Xu Rendong was a little ashamed and turned away stiffly. To ease the embarrassment, he picked up mineral water to drink.

    Lian Qiao looked up at him. From this angle, you can see that the beautiful Adam's apple loosens up and down, and there is a soft thud in the throat. Lian Qiao looked at it, 10,000 dirty thoughts appeared in his mind.

    He also couldn't help covering his face: No, no, no, I can't watch it again, or I'll be in again.

    However, although he knew intellectually that he couldn't be emotional, he couldn't bear it emotionally. He quietly continued to peep through his fingers, while scolding himself with contempt: People are just drinking water with integrity, what are you thinking about, you pervert!

    But then again, honeysuckle is so pretty…

    Drinking half of the honeysuckle, my neck feels itchy. Looking down, it was Lian Qiao who was touching him, and he was shocked to spurt out a mouthful of water.

    Xu Rendong: "...what are you doing?"

    Lian Qiao: "..." Ah, ah, ah, how embarrassing! Why do you ask for the exit!

    An eerie silence spreads between the two. Lian Qiao covered her face and didn't dare to look at the honeysuckle at all, and could not wait to indent herself into the snail shell.

    Lian Qiao was covering her face to escape from reality when she suddenly felt her earlobe being pinched. He was shocked, and quietly peeked at Honeysuckle from between his fingers, facing a pair of eyes that were as bright as autumn water.

    "Get up." Xu Rendong said.

    Lian Qiao's heart trembled. I saw the pair of soft lips that he had described countless times, moved slightly, and softly spit out two words.

    "Kiss you."

    Lian Qiao: "!!"

    Ah ah ah ah, can you restrain yourself! Even you can't restrain me, I can't restrain myself!

    …

    After an indescribably deep kiss, both were satisfied.

    Xu Rendong was a little thirsty from his kiss, she couldn't help but picked up the mineral water bottle again and took several sips.

    "I'm thirsty too." Lian Qiao leaned over, rubbing his furry head on his cheek affectionately, "feed me."

    Xu Rendong smiled and brought the mouth of the mineral water bottle to his lips. Lian Qiao sucked the mouth of the bottle and looked very good, like a puppy being fed. Xu Rendong couldn't help rubbing his hair.

    Lian Qiao squinted contentedly.

    Honeysuckle's eyes were subconsciously chasing the mineral water bottle, suddenly thinking of something, she reached out and took the water bottle in front of her.

    Lian Qiao was taken aback: "What's wrong? Is there a problem with the water?"

    No, he also drank half a bottle just now.

    Honeysuckle shook her head and said thoughtfully, "I have an idea."

    "You said."

    Honeysuckle said: "That clicking sound, could it be a clock? It's the kind of... that kind of old-fashioned desk clock, the second hand moves with this clicking sound."

    Lian Qiao suddenly realized: "No wonder it sounds so familiar, it turned out to be the sound of the clock running!"

    "But the clock and the desert..." Before Xu Rendong finished speaking, a light flashed in his mind.

    Watches—and watches, not deserts!

    It's an hourglass!

    Yes, this desert is a giant hourglass! No wonder quicksand turns around after the clock clicks - that's because the cycle is over and the hourglass is upside down!

    Honeysuckle had a vague picture in his heart, he took out a pen from his backpack, put it upright in the sand, and turned the mineral water bottle across, next to the pen: "Suppose this is Plumbing. It's the hourglass."

    He raised the water bottle little by little until it turned ninety degrees and was parallel to the pencil: "Look, isn't this what we just experienced? All the sand leaked into It went down because the hourglass stood up."

    Lian Qiao's eyes widened, and his eyes were full of surprises: "My object is worthy of being a big guy in Jiuguan, and he even wants this".

    Lian Qiao stretched out his hand and pointed to the level of the half bottle of water: "So, the midpoint of this hourglass is where we are now... the stable point!"

    Honeysuckle: "Yes."

    "Then the door should be here?" Lian Qiao pointed to the position of the mineral water bottle cap, and then denied himself, "No, it may be the other end. But it is also possible that both sides are Exit, maybe there will be a branch route here?"

    Xu Rendong stared at the pencil and mineral water bottle for a while, and sighed: "The question is, how do we get to these two ends? No matter how the hourglass is turned over, the sand will always be below, and the outlet will always be above. This The outer wall of the pipe has no leverage, we can't climb up."

    "Maybe you don't need to climb." Lian Qiao smiled and was about to explain when a familiar sound suddenly came from the sky.

    Click.

    Xu Rendong reflexively stood up from the ground. Lian Qiao took out a climbing rope, passed it through the lower end of the pipe, and tied it in a dead knot. Then turn over and jump on the pipe.

    Xu Rendong is still a little puzzled, Lian Qiao has reached out to him with bright eyes, like a little adventurer looking for treasure.

    "Come, honeysuckle, come with me."