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The boat slowly sailed out of the mushroom forest, and the huge, glowing umbrellas receded one after another.

It was as if lights were being turned off one by one, the light gradually narrowing from a bright white, and finally a pale blue halo flashed briefly at the stern before disappearing completely.

Suddenly, darkness enveloped the surroundings. This darkness was different from the darkness of an ordinary night—

At night, there is at least moonlight, starlight, or lights shining from some houses and roads.

The darkness before us was dense and heavy, like a whole piece of black velvet cloth being draped over one's head.

Xiao Douzi subconsciously raised her hand in front of her eyes and waved it, but she couldn't even see the outline of her own fingers.

Only a faint light shone from somewhere ahead, but the light was so small that it was impossible to tell how far away it was. It just hung there silently, full of unknown meaning.

The sound of flowing water seemed amplified at this moment.

The darkness seemed to amplify the sound, and the low, rustling noise echoed in the somewhat cramped space.

The river channel here is much narrower than the one at the beginning near the mushroom forest, and the mountain walls rise almost right next to the river.

The boat was only about two arm's lengths away from the mountain walls on both sides. The sound of the water hitting the walls and bouncing back, piling up in layers, made the originally gentle sound of the water sound somewhat muffled.

The boat swayed gently with the waves, rocking from side to side like a cradle.

The barrage of comments exploded the moment darkness descended.

[Commoner Wang Mazi: Holy crap, why did it suddenly go black?! I can't see anything at all now!!]

[Commoner Sun Fang: How terrifying... This is so dark! The eldest princess is still so young, she'll be scared to tears...]

[Commoner Zhao Sun: It's so dark and it's swaying around like this, even I, an adult, feel a little creeped out. The eldest princess is only five years old...]

……

The little boy opened his eyes wide in the darkness, but could see nothing.

Gradually, her eyelids started to ache, and her pupils were dilated to their maximum, but it was still pitch black in front of her.

She tried blinking, opened her eyes, but it was still dark; she tried again, and it was still dark…

He stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes again, but apart from feeling a slight breeze as his fingertips sliced ​​through the air, he felt nothing else.

Xiao Douzi immediately panicked.

But then, she felt something touch her from behind; it was Lin Ye.

Lin Ye slightly adjusted the angle of his knee, which was originally against Xiao Douzi's back, so that Xiao Douzi could lean against his thigh.

Then he reached out and put his arm around her shoulder again, pulling her closer to him.

Xiao Douzi reached out and groped around in the darkness, finding Lin Ye's other hand hanging by her side.

She pulled that hand into her arms. Lin Ye's hands were very big; even with both hands together, Xiao Douzi could only hug his wrist and half of his palm.

But after she hugged him, her heart calmed down completely.

In the darkness, Xiao Douzi silently curved the corners of her mouth, lowered her head, and rested her face on the back of Lin Ye's hand, which she was holding in her arms.

She felt at ease thinking that with her godfather around, it didn't matter if she was in the dark.

After a while, maybe a few seconds, maybe several minutes, in this darkness, time seemed to have drifted away from them.

Just as some people finally remembered that they had brought their phones and could have taken them out to light the way, the boat suddenly tilted.

Then it started to tilt, the bow sank a little and the stern rose a little, and Xiao Douzi could clearly feel his center of gravity shifting forward.

She instinctively hugged the hand in her arms tighter.

The rushing sound of the water also began to speed up, changing from a low, muffled thud to a series of light, tinkling sounds.

The moment the boat rushed down the gentle slope, Xiao Douzi's body felt as if it had been gently tossed around.

However, the feeling of weightlessness lasted for less than half a second. She let out a short "Ah!" before the sound even landed, and the dive was over.

The boat glided smoothly into the next scene, making a soft "splash" as its hull touched the water, splashing a few tiny droplets of water that landed around everyone.

Little Douzi blinked, and suddenly everything opened up before her eyes, with plenty of light rushing into them.

Completely different from the previous dim blue light, this light was bright and dazzling.

The river channel widened considerably, and the entire cave ceiling was filled with crystal pillars of all sizes, while the banks on both sides were also covered with clusters of sparkling crystals.

In comparison, the sparse crystal pillars seen at the entrance seemed like just a small preview, while this was the real show.

Crystal strands hung down from above, varying in length, some as thick as a person's waist, others as thin as a chopstick.

They were arranged in a staggered manner, and the colors of the nearby lights changed from the chaotic multicolored lights in the mushroom forest to a uniform gradient.

All the LEDs change color synchronously, gradually transitioning from cool white to crimson, then transitioning to a rainbow of colors, and finally gradually returning to cool white.

Each color change was as smooth as water splashed on the ground, the color flowing slowly from one end to the other.

And the light shone neatly on the crystal's cut surface—

The surface of a crystal is not smooth; it has several tiny facets, each of which acts as an independent mirror, absorbing and releasing the light that falls upon it.

When it was expelled, the light had already been broken into countless tiny rainbows, which refracted onto the cave walls, jumping and flashing.

The light spot continued to move.

As the boat moved forward, spots of light jumped from one end of the cave wall to the other, from the tip of the crystal pillar to the water's surface, and then from the water to the faces of the people on board.

The river surface becomes as smooth as a mirror here, reflecting the crystals and lights on the cave ceiling.

The boat glided across the water as if floating on a pool of shattered stars.

……

The comments were quiet for a while before starting to appear one by one.

[Commoner Wang Xiu: My God... This... This is so beautiful!!! I'm almost breathless watching it, it's like a dream...]

[Wang Dalei, a commoner: Who can argue with that? I've lived most of my life, and this is the first time I've ever seen such a dreamlike place... No, no, no! I could never even dream of this...]

[Commoner Liu Qiang: Speaking of which... are these crystals real or fake? How can fake ones be made to look so real? And how can real ones grow to be so perfectly symmetrical?]

……

Xiao Douzi was completely stunned.

She rested her hands on the edge of the boat, her fingers slightly curled, her fingertips pressed against the bulging air bladders around her.

He leaned forward slightly, his entire face glowing in the sunlight.

A flowing, colorful halo enveloped his cheekbones, bridge of his nose, forehead, and even his lips, while tiny specks of light danced in his pupils.

"Wow..." Her voice was very soft, as if afraid of disturbing something, "This place is so beautiful..."

Duoduo, unusually, didn't jump up. She just sat quietly next to Xiaodouzi, with her hands resting on the edge of the boat.

The soft fur on the pom-pom on the top of the hat swayed gently in the faint warm breeze inside the cave.

Hearing Xiaodouzi's exclamation, she smiled and lowered her voice to reply, "Right?"