Weak in affinity talent? Female ghosts are eager to give hints.

"Buzz—"

A bizarre scene unfolded right after An Lan fed the snake the apple!

The multicolored snake, which had been hissing, began to whine after the apple was put in its mouth... After a few "woo-woo-woo" sounds, its body began to convulse and sway, emitting wisps of steam...

"Sizzle—!!!"

At last!

The snake slowly twisted and transformed into a nylon rope that wrapped around Zhao Kuo's body. The end of the nylon rope, the strange snake tail, transformed into a bucket for drawing water...

this...

Isn't this just a well rope bucket used for drawing water from a well?!

"..."

Everyone was dumbfounded by what they saw!

No?

The colorful giant snake was actually just a bucket?

What does that mean?

Because of the disappearance of the "Five-Colored Serpent", Wen Lan and Jiang Lai continued to recite the Heart Sutra, and the white bones in the pond began to sink to the bottom of the water one by one with a "plop"!

A safe silence fell over the pond.

"this..."

"This thing is actually a water bucket?"

"No wonder it tasted so strange!"

"That doesn't make sense! With my skills, even when I'm fetching a bucket of water, I can still taste the cold noodles..."

"Could it be that there's some rule... that it has to be a bucket?"

"..."

Zhao Kuo kept muttering to himself.

Long Ao wiped the water droplets from his face and looked at An Lan with a strange expression: "An Lan! Where did you get that apple?"

"Forehead..."

"It was given by [the one who performed the ritual]!"

"ha?"

"She gave it to you?"

"How do you know it should be stuffed into the snake's mouth?"

"This...intuition?!"

An Lan gave a strange reply.

He didn't know why he had just thought of the image of "Liaoye" feeding fish.

"..."

A long silence fell over the pond. Finally, An Lan picked up the bucket and nylon rope. Everyone stared at him in astonishment, wondering what he was planning to do...

An Lan pointed in the direction of the well on the way they came: "What are you standing there for?"

"Don't you want to know what's at the bottom of the well?"

"this--"

Everyone suddenly realized!

Depend on!

So, this bucket was meant to be used with the previous well?!

"I knew it..."

"No wonder the snake's tail was cylindrical, so that's why..."

Stroking the iron bucket, An Lan led the way back along the original route.

This time, when they returned to the bamboo forest path, perhaps because Zhao Kuo was there, the bone palm high in the sky did not fall for a long time. When the group reached the well on the forest path, Kshatriya and his companions no longer hid and appeared directly near the well.

"Wow—did you gentlemen from the Dragon Kingdom discover something inside?"

"Can a nation that governs with propriety lead our small country to face the unknown [challenge] together?"

Kshatriya forced a smile, pretending nothing had happened, and calmly looked at Long Ao.

He had already made up his mind—according to the stars, as long as he didn't take action, nothing would go wrong!

Long Ao narrowed his eyes at the other party, and the [Reversing Cause and Effect] panel was rapidly changing.

[Reversing cause and effect to realize the current grand ambition: Deaths occur in the opposing faction!]

[Grand Vision Calculation in Progress...]

[The price for fulfilling the grand ambition: An Lan will go down the well alone! (If any member of the opposing faction goes down the well, they will die!)]

"Oh?"

Raising an eyebrow, Long Ao's thoughts were also quick!

This simulation inadvertently revealed a crucial piece of information: of the eight people here, any one of them going down the well would be in danger, except for An Lan! But... why is that?

(Could it be that An Lan learned something from Liao Ye?)

(This guy...)

A slight smile played on Long Ao's lips as he calmly replied, "Of course... if our neighboring country needs assistance, we can certainly offer our help! However... we've only just returned!"

"Please wait a moment, let us determine the problem with this well!"

"no problem--"

"..."

At the wellhead, the people from both sides stared at each other, exchanging cold smiles, but no one moved.

An Lan picked up a bucket of water and threw it into the well.

With a loud clang!

After a rapid slide, the bucket seemed to have reached the bottom. An Lan clearly felt the rope tug; something was pulling on the end of the nylon rope, causing the bucket to move slightly!

"Um?!"

"The lack of a splashing sound indicates that the well is dry..."

"But something pulled the rope. Is there something alive down in the well?!"

They forcefully lifted the rope, and the bucket at the end seemed to become heavier.

An Lan's face darkened, and she began frantically collecting the water buckets!

"Thump—"

When the buckets of water were brought up, everyone gathered around to take a look, and their faces darkened!

"Puff puff puff... puff puff puff..."

The bucket of water found a shallow pool of blood, in which countless severed fingers were soaking! Fingers of varying sizes and lengths lay scattered haphazardly in the water...

If this was drilled from the bottom of a well—

That's hard to imagine!

How many severed fingers are there at the bottom of this well, so that a bucket can be casually hung up and pulled out so many?!

"Holy crap..."

"Is this finger hell?"

"So much came out at once?"

"Holy crap..."

"Who the hell would dare go down there?"

Jiang Lai looked down into the dark, bottomless well and couldn't help but take two steps back.

The three Kshatriyas exchanged glances, their expressions turning strange.

Just as An Lan was about to ask Long Ao for his opinion, Zhao Kuo looked eagerly towards the bottom of the well: "If that doesn't work, why don't I go down? What's this 'Finger Hell'?"

"Isn't that just a thumb cookie?"

Zhao Kuo stood at the edge of the well, about to jump down...

Suddenly!

Long Ao stopped him abruptly, "Zhao Kuo! You don't need to go down here!"

"ha?"

"Don't you need me to go down? You need me, don't you?"

Zhao Kuo was clearly displeased, but Long Ao nudged An Lan, saying, "An Lan! Get down!"

"I?!"

An Lan was stunned!

"Can...can I get down?"

"able!"

Long Ao glanced at An Lan, secretly comparing his own thoughts, and An Lan instantly realized—good heavens, it's another case of "reversing cause and effect"!

"That..."

"Oh well--"

Anlan sank the bucket back down and tied one end of the nylon rope to a large tree on the forest path. The submerged bucket stretched the nylon rope taut, creating a natural sliding rope.

"Team Dragon..."

"Are you sure it's me going down?"

An Lan wasn't really sure what to do; this was his first time going down a well. Seeing Long Ao nod repeatedly, he finally swung the rope and began to slide down...

"Rustling sound—"

Visibly, An Lan's figure gradually descended, swallowed by the darkness...

The remaining seven stood at the edge of the well. Long Ao looked at Shadi Li with a teasing expression: "Captain of [A-San Kingdom], don't blame me for not helping you! Look—as you can see, this is also our first time going down the well..."

What's down there?

"Could there be any crucial clues?"

"These are all unknowns..."

"If you want to know, I can allow one of you to go down as well!"

"but..."

"It can only be one person!"

"you--"

Hearing Long Ao's words, Shadi Li fell silent.

indeed!

If they rashly attack the Dragon Kingdom team now, with Zhao Kuo still here, they might not gain any advantage. Although Time Acceleration and Time Reversal can target the human body, that Zhao Kuo guy might just pull out some creature that ignores time...

Besides, there are also Jiang Lai and Long Ao.

Their information tolerance is even more terrifying.

If a fight breaks out and these two are not dealt with immediately, the consequences will be dire!

(So...should we go down?)

(What if there really is something down there...)

(What if there are any usable dungeon items down here?)

(…)

Lost in thought, Kshatriya's expression became hesitant.

Long Ao stood aside, not in a hurry at all.

[Reversing cause and effect!]

The future is set!

As long as you satisfy the cost of "reversing cause and effect," the future will be established!

For example, if An Lan goes down the well alone now, then the inevitable fate of deaths in the [Indian Team] will definitely happen in the future! It's all just a matter of time!

"call..."

really!

Kshatriya gave the Brahman one last look, and the Brahman immediately understood what was happening. The crystal ball in his hand began to vibrate, and a familiar reflection of two fish flickered!

"【Pisces Reflection】? Does this symbolize the existence of two people, connecting two worlds?"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

"I'm just asking you, is this a lucky charm... or...?"

"Forehead..."

"Let's...let's check the information...it should be fine..."

"Captain, I'll say it again, but just following along should..."

"Okay! I understand!"

"Then... Shudra, you go down the well too... 'You' go down the well,' I mean 'you' go down the well, you understand what I mean?"

Kshatriya suddenly patted Shudra on the shoulder, and Shudra nodded, immediately grabbing the nylon rope and sliding down into the well.

"Rustling sound—"

He quickly disappeared into the darkness...

(Damn it! Captain, I remember this Shudra's ability is shadow, isn't it?)

(This guy might just hang on the rope without going down the well, then use his shadow to go down and ambush An Lan, right?!)

(They're playing dirty tricks!)

Wen Lan watched the actions on the other side, her face filled with worry as she looked down into the well. She quickly approached Long Ao, who simply nodded without explaining further: "Don't worry... An Lan will handle it!"

"But..."

"Just wait!"

"..."

A strange silence fell over the well.

Shadili looked at Long Ao, a strange smile playing on his lips.

Long Ao looked at him, his face full of a teasing smile...

......

Below the well.

As Anlan climbed down the rope, she could feel the well opening getting narrower and narrower.

There seemed to be some strange sensation coming from the wall of the well.

"Um?!"

Suspended in mid-air, An Lan stared at her surroundings for a long while before realizing that the well walls were covered with human hands and fingers!

Yes!

The thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger are broken off, stuck to the well wall, either to the left or right, or at an angle or with a slant.

The fracture had scabbed over, as if someone had been scratching the wall violently with their hands, eventually embedding their fingers in it...

"this..."

"This is?!"

The further down you slide, the more densely packed fingers you can see.

until!

With a thud, An Lan landed on her feet and looked at the shallow pool of blood beneath her feet. Her eyes widened in surprise!

At the bottom of the well was a pool of blood, only a few centimeters deep. At the bottom of the blood were layers upon layers of human hands and fingers!