I barely stopped moving, and even the enormous green jade crystal pillars that occasionally rose from the ground failed to make me pause. But Skybird surely could not be like me. Since it had managed to survive in this vessel for so long, it must have relied entirely on the green jade crystal pillars here.
As I made my way to what seemed to be the bottom level near the stern, the square cabins suddenly began to change. The sound seemed to come from all directions!
Having grown more cautious, I did not enter even when I encountered an opening. After circling around, I discovered that the opening here had somehow become three!
The cabins here were not square either; they came in all sorts of shapes. But now that the opening had become three, I might start getting lost. Sure enough, after the next peck began, I discovered that I had entered a dead end. This cabin had not been pierced through, and Skybird was not inside it either!
When I turned back, a trace of cold sweat appeared on my forehead. Judging from the distance and time I had wasted by taking the wrong path, it very likely meant that Qiu Hu and Skyward Monkey were getting closer to me!
Boom!
Another deafening crash rang out. This time, the sound had grown slightly louder, and the echo had become extremely intense as well. It seemed even harder to locate Skybird now. I was frantic, turning around in circles, and could only resort to the stupid method of trying my luck one cabin at a time. If Qiu Hu had come down, she would presumably be doing the same thing!
I ran toward the location closest to the sound while desperately trying to catch up. I even began attacking