What kind of girl would travel to another world?

Chapter 156 Wei Qingping's Adventure - Abandoned Dungeon 5: Those who play with fire will get b

In the previous chapter, we learned that Wei Qingping followed the Sword King into the dungeon. Then, they arrived at a place that was much more spacious than the previous passage.

Then, the Swordsman King found a "treasure chest" in this place, containing many "good things". After sorting through these "good things", the two of them began to look for a way out.

At that moment, the Sword King instructed Wei Qingping to explore the place where they had fallen along the wall in another direction, while he himself continued to explore in the direction where he had found the "treasure chest" earlier.

They had barely reached the "treasure chest" when the Sword King said to Wei Qingping, "Hey! Be careful! There might be a hidden passage! Don't miss it!"

Wei Qingping loudly told the Sword King, "I understand!" Then, she thought to herself, "Secret passage? Is it the kind with a mechanism to open the door? Or the kind that requires a card to open?"

Wei Qingping is starting to overthink things; that's just how she is, prone to overthinking.

And so, each of them took a torch and went off in different directions to explore the way out.

To be honest, although this place is quite spacious, if two people work together and explore along the wall in two different directions at the same time, they can quickly find a way out.

As expected! The Sword King's exploration progress is much faster than Wei Qingping's; he has already found the passage out of here.

Wang Chaowei of the Sword Saint Kingdom shouted, "Hey! This way! I've found the way out!" As he spoke, he waved to Wei Qingping.

Wei Qingping also shouted to the Sword King, "Let me look around and see if there are any other paths!"

The Sword King shouted at Wei Qingping again, "Hurry up!"

Wei Qingping responded loudly to the Sword King, saying, "Alright!"

Despite the Sword King's urging of Wei Qingping, his thoughts were actually quite similar to hers. After all, no one could guarantee that the first path found would be the one that would lead them out of the dungeon. Finding another path might just be the only way out.

As they were talking, Wei Qingping noticed something unusual. There was a noticeable crack in the wall, but because the crack was so low and narrow, it didn't look like the entrance to a secret passage.

Wei Qingping was very curious, so she half-squatted down and held the torch close to the crack to examine it carefully. Only when she got close and shone the torchlight on it did she see that the crack was filled with spider webs!

Wei Qingping got goosebumps all over her body, thinking, "Don't even mention that I can't squeeze into this gap even if I squat down. Even if I could, I wouldn't dare! Is there something in there...?" Just as she was looking inside, the torch in her hand scorched the spider web.

Once it started burning, it was out of control! No one could have imagined that the spiderweb connected the entire wall, and that it was extending straight upwards. And with the fire, the entire wall was completely burned away!

At first, the burning spiderwebs were just tiny sparks, but these sparks relentlessly climbed straight up the wall. As the fire reached higher up, it burned ever more fiercely! In the end, the raging fire illuminated the once pitch-black place, making it bright and clear.

They say a single spark can start a prairie fire, but Wei Qingping is going to burn the entire underground city to the ground...

What were Wei Qingping and the Sword King doing at this moment? Needless to say, they were both stunned!

The Sword King was dumbfounded. As he looked up at the flames, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow... what a spectacle!"

The two of them just watched the fire rise steadily, making no attempt to put it out. Even if they wanted to, they were powerless to do so. The little water in their water bags was simply not enough to extinguish the blaze.

As the fire raged to the very top, they discovered a huge hole directly above them. This hole was also filled with cobwebs, and the fire spread upwards into it.

Wei Qingping was the first to regain her senses; she seemed to have realized something. Her expression was one of extreme terror, and she suddenly ran towards the direction of the Sword King!

The Sword King only snapped out of his daze when Wei Qingping reached him. He was about to ask her something when "firelight" began to fall from directly above. As the "firelight" struck the ground, it crackled and popped!

It looks like "large and small pearls falling onto a jade plate," except the "pearls" should be replaced with the "spider" in "spider." Then it would truly be "large and small spiders scattered on a plate!"

The Swordsman King was so far away that he had no idea Wei Qingping had set the spiderweb ablaze; he was still genuinely admiring the sight. He pointed upwards and exclaimed to Wei Qingping, "Wow! A fireworks display! A sky full of stars!"

In stark contrast to the Sword King's "spectator" mood, Wei Qingping was now covered in goosebumps. She bared her teeth and said to the Sword King, "Where's the fireworks show?! Those are spiders!!!"

The Sword King's eyes widened in disbelief. He glanced at Wei Qingping, then looked back up at the sky.

As soon as Wei Qingping finished speaking, the scattered "stars" suddenly fell in a dense rain of fire.

After the "fire rain" stopped, the ground was covered with the charred remains of "spiders"! But it didn't stop there; more unburnt "spiders" continued to pour down!

The ones lying on the ground burning were all dead "spiders," but this time the ones falling down were alive "spiders."

This is why Wei Qingping rushed towards the Sword King's direction even before she saw anything fall. She had already anticipated this possible "aftermath." Perhaps this is what they call "intuition."

This highlights the importance of information asymmetry. The Sword King was at a disadvantage because he didn't see the spider web and didn't know what was burning from beginning to end. It wasn't until Wei Qingping pointed it out that he realized what was burning above their heads was a "spider"!

Upon closer inspection, King Swordsman and Wei Qingping noticed that the falling "spiders" varied in size and were all crawling towards them!

This sudden change prompted them all to exclaim in surprise: "Wow!"

After the exclamations, a giant "spider" also fell down, accompanied by a strong gust of wind that pressed down on them!

On instinct, the two of them took off running!

If you encountered such a "spectacle," you wouldn't hesitate to turn and run! Run first, think later!

The Sword King was the first to turn and run away, saying to Wei Qingping as he ran, "Get out of here!" After saying that, he had already run into the passage.

Wei Qingping didn't understand, so she muttered the question in her mind, "A wandering immortal? Who wants to cultivate immortality?" As she spoke, she quickly took a step and ran into the passage.

Wei Qingping probably read too many fantasy novels and misheard in the critical moment, mistaking "Shanxian" for "Sanxian".

The Sword King, however, didn't care whether Wei Qingping had misheard or not. He ran headlong into the passage, as if his feet were greased. Although the darkness ahead was frightening, what was chasing him from behind was even more terrifying!

Sword King and Wei Qingping dared not slow down for even a second, nor did they dare to look back to see how many "spider" creatures were chasing them. Although they couldn't turn around to see with their own eyes, they could hear them!

The massive number of "spiders" came chasing after them, making a hissing sound. The constant crawling sound reached their ears! And the sound was not in vain; it was perfectly transformed into the driving force for the two of them to sprint forward.

Fortunately, the giant "spider" was simply too huge to squeeze into the passage. In the end, they even managed to outrun all the other "spiders," big and small. This is what's often referred to in online games as successfully reducing the "hatred" of the opposing target.

He ran like mad, until finally the Sword King was too exhausted to run any further. He leaned against the wall, panting heavily and covered in sweat. He looked back and saw that Wei Qingping had already run past him.

The Sword King immediately stopped Wei Qingping and said, "Alright! Stop running!" After saying that, he coughed twice.

Wei Qingping immediately stopped and turned to the Sword King, saying, "Run! Those spiders are catching up!"

The Sword King, panting heavily, wiped the sweat from his face. He gasped to Wei Qingping, "They won't catch up... there's no sound..." As he spoke, he pointed to the back of the passage, gesturing for Wei Qingping to listen.

After calming down and listening carefully, Wei Qingping could indeed no longer hear the crawling sounds of the "spider".

The Swordsman King, hands on his knees, asked Wei Qingping, "Aren't you tired...? How can you run so fast..."

Wei Qingping replied to the Sword King, "I'm not tired! We haven't run very far." Then, she looked at the dark passage ahead and muttered to herself, "At this speed, we should be out of here soon..."

Once the Sword King had caught his breath, he quickly said to Wei Qingping, "No, no, no! I only acted that way in a moment of panic. Please be more careful in the future. If you encounter something like that again, you won't have the strength to run away."

Wei Qingping scolded the Sword King, saying, "You used to be an adventurer. Being a king for too long has taken its toll on your stamina."

The Sword King retorted to Wei Qingping, saying, "Speaking of your physical strength, that's not right either. Are middle school students these days already training for the 1000-meter dash?"

Looking at the passage behind her, Wei Qingping said to the Sword King, "Was that a thousand meters just now? That can't be..."

Wei Qingping was so focused on running that she didn't notice how far she had gone.

The Sword King was just guessing; he didn't know exactly how far he had run. In any case, the distance he covered in that high-speed sprint was enough to leave him exhausted.

Thinking of the giant spider she had just seen, Wei Qingping said to the Sword King, "Huh? Didn't they say there were no monsters? That giant spider was terrifying!"

The Sword King explained to Wei Qingping, "There are no monsters in this dungeon. Monsters don't feel like that. And what I saw earlier did look a lot like a spider, so it shouldn't be anything else."

Wei Qingping said to the Sword King, "That's right, there's a spider web, so it must be a spider. I just didn't expect there to be such a big spider in another world..."

The Swordsman King sighed, "It's a pity I didn't have time to catch a small one to see what breed it is. What a pity."

Wei Qingping's eyes widened as she said to the Sword King, "In that situation just now, a whole bunch of spiders were crawling towards you! You wouldn't have had time to run! You ran faster than me, and... and you even caught one? Who caught whom?!"

The Swordsman King felt somewhat embarrassed thinking about how he had run away just now. To cover his embarrassment, he said to Wei Qingping, "Speaking of which, with so many spiders falling down just now, did any of them get on you?"

Wei Qingping was shocked and said, "Really!?" As she spoke, she quickly checked her body for "spider" marks.

The Sword King suddenly paused, and asked Wei Qingping, "Wait a minute, didn't you just mention there were spider webs?"

Wei Qingping told King Jianhao, "That's right! I burned the spider web just now, that's why so many spiders fell down!"

The Sword King quickly wiped the fresh sweat from his forehead and said to Wei Qingping, "What are you doing? Why are you burning spiders for fun?!"

The Sword King was almost laughing in anger. He wondered how such a perilous ordeal had suddenly occurred; it turned out that everything had a cause and effect. Looking at Wei Qingping now, he could almost see words written above her head: "Every cause has its effect; your retribution is me!"

The Sword King grew angrier the more he thought about it, and with an expression that seemed to be laughing in anger, he said to Wei Qingping, "If I had a pen, I would love to write the words 'God of Misfortune' on your forehead."

Wei Qingping quickly explained to the Sword King, "No! I just wanted to see what it was..."

The Sword King was still angry and said to Wei Qingping, "If you wanted to see something, you shouldn't have set the spider web on fire!"

Wei Qingping continued to explain to the Sword King, saying, "I didn't! I just shone a torch on it to see what was inside, and then it caught fire!"

The Sword King was completely confused and asked Wei Qingping, "'Want to see inside,' which 'inside' are you referring to?"

Wei Qingping told the Sword King, "There was a crack in the wall, and I wanted to see if it was a secret passage, so I took a torch and went closer to look, but I accidentally set it on fire..."

The Sword King finally understood what was going on, and then asked Wei Qingping, "Oh... and then what's inside?"

Wei Qingping looked embarrassed, glanced to the side, and told the Sword King, "There seems to be something inside, but I couldn't see it clearly before the spider web burned..."

The Sword King said to Wei Qingping, "I don't care about anything else, I just don't want to go back to that place!"

Wei Qingping muttered to herself, "It's just a bit of a pity..."

The Sword King said to Wei Qingping, "Then go and get it, I'll wait for you."

Wei Qingping quickly said to the Sword King, "I don't want to go back either!"

The Sword King said to Wei Qingping, "That's incredible! Let's go!"

The Sword King had now completely caught his breath and was ready to continue his journey.

As the Sword King walked, he said to Wei Qingping, "If this wasn't the way out, we would have been dead. We definitely couldn't go back from that place; it was terrifying. I never imagined it was a giant spider's nest, and we stayed there for so long..." As he spoke, he wiped the sweat from his forehead again; this time, it was cold sweat.

The Swordsman King was starting to feel fear. This was a situation where the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became; the more he pondered it, the more terrifying it became.

Wei Qingping was momentarily speechless. Although it was an unintentional mistake, it was still a mess she had made. She thought to herself, "What if I really can't get out? That would be incredibly unlucky. I'm already in another world, why can't I change my luck..."

The Sword King said to Wei Qingping behind him, "Let's get this straight! From now on, you're not allowed to burn things indiscriminately anymore. Those who play with fire will get burned!"

Wei Qingping, who was following behind, quickly said to the Sword King, "Oh dear, I already said it was an accident. It was just an accident."

As the saying goes, it's absolutely true! "Don't play with fire, or you'll get burned!" Even if you're lucky enough to avoid getting burned this time, in the long run, one day you'll really burn yourself to ashes!

To find out what happens next, please read the next chapter...