Xin Huohuo hurried back to the kitchen and found Yan Huo fast asleep. In fact, he had rolled onto the floor, his upper body draped over a chair and his legs kneeling on the ground, but even that hadn't woken him.
She quietly breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the snack basket she had prepared earlier, and hurried back to the office. After steadying her nerves, she stepped into the fire road. The familiar dizziness washed over her, and when her vision cleared, she was already in the underground cavern.
In truth, her actions were incredibly reckless and risky, as she wasn't sure where the fire road led. Fortunately, it was just as she'd suspected. To her surprise, it even felt a little familiar, since she had been here before and had received a terrible fright. Bringing a basket of food was a precaution, just in case she was discovered.
