Chapter 346: Nia's Past

Just as Chen Fan was about to make a move, the big spider roared at everyone.
Immediately, everyone watched as the big spider slowly retreated into the cave.
"Huh? It's leaving?" Alice looked strangely at the retreating big spider.
“应该是感觉我们不好惹吧，很聪明的家伙。”梅勒芙猜测道。
“这不是很好么，省了我们很多事。”陈凡耸耸肩后来到原本位于大蜘蛛身后的墙壁处。
The exit is just behind this wall, but now it is covered by countless spider webs.
If it weren't for Chen Fan's strong perception, it would be impossible to find this exit.
"Jiagu Tu, please burn the cobwebs on the wall." Chen Fan gestured to Jiagu Tu.
Jiagu Tu did not say anything, but just waved his hand to burn off the cobwebs on the wall as requested by Chen Fan.
And as the spider silk burned away, the passage behind it was revealed to everyone.
Without any extra words, the group filed through the passage and quickly arrived in the space behind it.
This is a completely dark space with no light source, the only thing visible is a semicircular platform in front of the crowd.
And above the platform stands a stone monument.
Walking up to the stone monument, it was covered with unfamiliar characters to Chen Fan.
"Does anyone recognize these characters?"
Laura, very interested in Chen Fan's question, came up to take a look.
However, for these completely unfamiliar different civilization texts, it is obvious that even the archaeology master Laura cannot recognize them.
After studying for a while, she turned around and said helplessly, "I can only tell that these texts are different from the current texts in the ghost realm, they should be some ancient texts, you need to figure out the rest."
"This ancient civilization-like writing on the white tiger is very interesting. Let's take a look at it," Nia recommended the white tiger.
Under everyone's gaze, the white tiger walked slowly and approached to inspect the writing.
A few minutes later, Bai Hu came to his senses and said, "It is indeed some ancient text, but I can only make out a part of the content."
"What should we do? This is a dead end, there's no way forward." Peach said despondently.
"Can I have a look at this...?" Hana, who had been following the group without speaking much, asked.
"Huh? Does Miss Hana also study these ancient texts?" Nia asked curiously at the words.
Fang blushed and smiled, "I do study these ancient civilizations when I have nothing else to do."
"Since Miss Fang has experience in this area, could you please take a look?" Chen Fan offered his seat.
After thanking Chen Fan, Fang stepped forward to carefully examine the words on the stone monument in front of her.
Several minutes later, Fang finished interpreting and began to operate on the stone monument.
The sound of the quick machinery starting up echoed, and the previously dark space in front of everyone lit up.
Immediately, a staircase extended from the platform, connecting to another platform about ten meters away.
“哈，真是太棒了，小芳。”伊丽丝看着被破解的机关开心地抱着芳呼喊起来。
看着已经显露在了自己一行人面前的整个空间，陈凡笑着道：“既然机关已经被破解，那么我们接着出发吧。”
This space is a very large cavity, with no firm ground above and no bottom in sight, only countless platforms suspended in mid-air, supported by some huge stone pillars without falling down.
And here, unlike the previous caves, it doesn't look very primitive at all. This checkpoint is entirely made up of man-made structures.
"Wow, there are so many monsters swimming over there. It's a good thing we didn't ask Chen Fan to fly us over just now, or we would have become targets without any visibility in the air." Taozi suddenly pointed to a fish-like creature resembling a catfish swimming in the distance and said.
"These native monsters are probably the kind of layout made by someone relying on the ability to fly," Laura guessed.
"Whether it's to prevent someone or not, since the way ahead has been opened, let's continue on our way."
After speaking, Chen Fan took the lead in stepping up the steps towards the opposite platform.
"Everyone be careful, don't fall down. If you fall into the bottomless abyss, you'll probably be turned into a pancake." Zig warned as he looked over the edge of the steps.
Quickly, the crowd walked along one connected platform after another towards the other side of the hollow.
As for why those floating fish did not attack the crowd, it may be because the distance between the platforms and the fish was a bit far. One was swimming above, and the other was floating below, so that's why they didn't attack the crowd. It is also possible that these creatures are not interested in the sudden appearance of Chen Fan and his team.
Anyway, for whatever reason, everyone made it through the hollow without any attacks and arrived safely on the other side of the platform.
"Nia, hang in there. I think we're almost there."
At that moment, Nia heard Laura calling out to her.
……
Her condition was worsening, and the images in front of her started to blur.
In a daze, her consciousness was immersed in a scenario resembling the environment.
A richly magnetic male voice seemed to start recounting in her ear.
“You have to live with this child…you…have been given life…”
With this voice, Nia seemed to be brought back to a room.
It was a twilight day, and Nia felt like she had returned to her home following her father.
At this moment, a young girl was lying quietly in a wooden coffin covered with fresh flowers.
"This child will also be inside your body, and you have to live on with this child..."
Immediately the scene changed again, and only Nia and her father remained in the room. At this time, Nia stood quietly by the window, looking at the outside world.
Once again, the father's voice came from near her ear: "Nia, from now on, you should call me father."
Then the scene shifted again.
Now, in the room, there were still Nia and her father, but now her father was lying quietly on the bed.
Nia, squatting at the edge of the bed, was sobbing and crying, shouting for her father.
Just when she felt most helpless, a flash of light caught her attention.
Going to where the light was coming from, Nia picked it up, "This is... from my father..."
This is a core crystal, and when Nia held it in her hand, the core crystal burst into a light.
Then the White Tiger's figure appeared in front of Nia.
……

"Niya, Niya."
"Miss, Miss."
A few calls pulled Niya back to reality.
Upon coming to her senses, Niya found everyone looking at her.
"Nia, what's wrong with you? You were staggering just now and almost took yourself and Miss Laura into the abyss." Lexi looked at the recovering Nia and asked with relief and concern.
With an apologetic glance at everyone, Nia said, "I'm sorry, Laura, and I'm sorry to everyone, I've become a burden."
"It's okay, shall we take a break?" Chen Fan looked at her with concern.
Nia patted her cheeks hard and smiled, "I'm okay now, everyone must be in pain too."
"Let's take a rest, there's no rush for a while," Chen Fan suggested.
随即一行人再次坐了下来开始休息。
不好意思地看了大家一眼，尼娅突然开口道：“当姐姐死后，父亲也很快就去世了……”
Amid the astonished stares of the crowd, Nia began slowly, "This is the sequel to the story I just told... after we left, my father and I started traveling around with the white tiger, or more accurately, fleeing in all directions."
“逃窜？是要避开你父亲做领主时借钱的债主吗？”莱克斯好奇地问道。
尼娅摇了摇头，“不，是逃避教廷。”
随着尼娅的话，众人纷纷诧异地望向了坐在一边的芳。
"Why? Why does the Holy See want to pursue you?" Fang asked.
Clearly, Fang was not clear about many things about the Holy See, and did not know why the Holy See wanted to pursue Nia, a normal girl.
"The reason... it's all just so complicated..." Nia bowed her head and fell into a reverie once again.
It was a stormy night, and Nia and Baihu were both fleeing for their lives in the darkness.
And at this moment, behind them, there were countless Vatican personnel holding torches chasing after them.
"Hurry, it's a man-eater, quickly catch the cannibal's exotic blade."
The Vatican officials behind her were constantly shouting.
Soon, the exhausted Nea was captured by the other side and locked in a cell.
And at her most helpless moment, the door of the cell suddenly opened.
A figure suddenly appeared in front of her.
The newcomer was Zhen.
They first looked at each other in silence, without saying a word. Zhen reached out his hand to Niya.
And this action seemed to instantly light up Nia's heart. Without any reason, Nia slowly reached out her hand.
……
"At that time, it seemed like everyone in the world was an enemy... We were just constantly wandering, just trying to survive each day, and not even daring to believe that the next day we would still be alive. It was then that I met Truth, it was Truth who took me in."
Laura reached out and hugged Nia tenderly, and then said, "So that's why you ended up with them, with Zhen, right?"
"Yes, Zhen's presence gave me hope for the future. I don't have a future, so I hoped that he could show it to me. But...I didn't expect them..." Nia said with a low expression.
"Well, this doesn't seem like you at all," suddenly Lex interjected, then, in Nia's surprised look, Lex smiled at her, "Is the old Nia the kind of person who would worry about this kind of thing?"
"I'm not worried at all..." Nia looked at the other person with a pout.
"Then why bring up the past? I don't know what is holding back the present Nia, but I think you can live more freely, being free and willful. Once you have made up your mind, you should stick to your will even at the cost of force, isn't that what Nia would do?"
Looking at the Lakes in front of her, Nia felt very warm in her heart and wanted to thank her, but her personality would not allow her to give in to Lakes.
"Huh, what do you mean by that? You're just saying I'm a violent woman, aren't you?"
"Don't you know for yourself?"
Looking at the reckless Lex, Nia instantly showed a dangerous expression, "Do you want to die?"
"Haha, yes, that's it, this is the usual Nia." This time facing Nia, Lex did not back down, but laughed heartily.
Watching Lex's big smile, Nia suddenly reacted.
Then she noticed everyone's kind gaze, realizing that Lex was comforting her in his own way, and she was moved beyond words.
“好了，现在休息地差不多了，我们继续出发吧，目标应该距离我们不远了。”
陈凡站起身来拍了拍手后示意道。
闻言众人也纷纷起身朝着不远处的通道走去。