At the wellhead, the gesture that looked like a hand signal actually served another purpose.
A thick, tough Plant Root Tendril grew from his palm and sank deep into the wellhead wall.
Taking a page from Tarzan the Ape Man, Yi Chen swung through the air on the tendril and flung himself directly toward the underground riverbank.
His feet landed steadily, without a single unnecessary movement.
"Come quickly!" the girl's voice came from the darkness.
"Wait for me."
Yi Chen did not rush out at once. He needed to wait and make sure the village chief would follow him down.
One second, two seconds, three seconds... Boom!
The enormous figure wrapped in a black trench coat suddenly landed. The underground lake, more than three meters deep, exploded upward before falling back down like rain.
The black figure stood at the center of the lakebed, staring at the thief who had provoked him.
It was obvious that the village chief had been thoroughly enraged.
But that was exactly the result Yi Chen wanted. A strange smile appeared beneath the Pig Head Mask. He turned and retreated, moving rapidly through the complicated underground passageways.
The entire route had been planned by Lainey.
Although they were slower than the village chief, they could use narrow passageways and cracks to block him and keep widening the distance. The sound of rock layers being smashed apart kept coming from behind them.
The village chief had clearly made up his mind to capture the thief and did not care in the slightest what happened to the village above.
The pursuit continued for more than twenty minutes.
They had completely left the village behind and were even nearing the edge of the High Wall.
Following the girl, Yi Chen continued sideways through a narrow crack in the