"Son, wake up! How did you fall asleep here?"
In the darkness, Yang Lin faintly heard someone calling his name. When he opened his eyes again, his father's familiar face appeared before him.
"What's going on? I fell asleep?"
Looking at the large, still-present eyeballs and then at his father beside him, Yang Lin was confused.
He vaguely remembered fainting after touching the large eyeball, followed by a long evolutionary game.
In the game, he started as a single-celled organism, constantly devouring until he became a giant fish capable of swallowing everything.
"No, that doesn't seem like a game. It's the scene I got from that giant eyeball, recording the life of that giant fish."
Although this explanation sounded preposterous, Yang Lin felt he had touched upon the ultimate truth.
As he was lost in thought, his father's voice rang out again.
"Don't stay here anymore. This place is too strange. Let's go downstairs and discuss how to leave."
Hearing his father's words, Yang Lin immediately nodded.
Not long after, he followed his father back to their starting point.
After sitting down, Yang Lin remembered he had something in his backpack. He immediately opened it and took out all the supplies he had brought.
"Mom, Dad, I have food and drinks, and medicine. Do you want to tend to your injuries?"
Seeing Yang Lin pull out so many things, Yang's parents' faces showed a hint of a smile.
"Fortunately, you brought medicine, or my leg might have been lost."
As he spoke, Yang's father lifted his trouser leg.
The next second, a gruesome wound appeared before Yang Lin. Looking at the wound, which was already necrotic on the outside, Yang Lin, who was grabbing food, immediately changed his expression.
"Dad, how did you get this wound? Why didn't you say anything earlier?"
"Ah, it's nothing, just a small injury. I fell into an ice hole and was cut by the ice shards. It's probably infected with something unclean."
Saying this nonchalantly, Yang's father began to disinfect the wound with iodine.
Even though it wasn't his own body, Yang Lin could still feel the pain when the cotton swab touched the wound.
Moreover, he could feel that this wound was not as simple as his father described. In such low temperatures, it had become this bad, possibly due to some unknown ancient virus.
Thinking of this, Yang Lin's mood became heavier.
If they couldn't return to the surface in time, whether this leg could be saved was uncertain; he might even lose his life here.
But the key now was the group of Rodhak whales guarding outside. Judging by their sharp teeth, they were definitely not vegetarians.
If he were in the ocean or a forest, Yang Lin wouldn't fear them.
But this was neither the ocean nor the forest, and his deterrent power might not even work.
Just as Yang Lin thought things couldn't get any more desperate, his mother revealed another piece of bad news.
"This place only opens around two special times of the year, the spring equinox and the autumn equinox, for about a week before and after."
"In three days, I calculated. In two more days, the ice column connecting to the outside will melt, and the passage to this underground lake will seal. By then, if we want to get out, we'll have to wait half a year here."
"What!" Hearing this news, Yang Lin was dumbfounded.
This meant they had to fight prehistoric creatures outside and race against time.
Being trapped in a place like this for half a year would drive them mad, if not starve them to death.
"No, I have to find a way to get them out quickly, or we'll really die here."
Thinking of this, Yang Lin couldn't help but look at the little Arctic fox that was squatting obediently beside him.
If it could lead him to find this island before, maybe it could help them find a way out.
The next second, under the strange looks of his parents, he said to the little Arctic fox:
"Little guy, do you know how to leave here safely?"
As soon as this question was asked, the little Arctic fox began to ponder seriously.
While the little Arctic fox was thinking, his mother looked at him strangely and said:
"Son, I know you're old and haven't found a girlfriend, but you should at least find someone."
"This little fox is cute, but there's a reproductive barrier between you."
Yang Lin: ......
He was helpless against his mother, who had a background in science and engineering.
He was worried about how to get out of here, while his mother was worried about the reproductive barrier between humans and foxes.
According to her, if there wasn't a reproductive barrier, she wouldn't mind her daughter-in-law being a fox.
"What is all this?"
"It's my mascot. I'm asking if it can bless us to get out."
After regaining his composure, Yang Lin turned his gaze back to the little fox.
At that moment, the little fox seemed to have thought of something. It stood up on its hind legs and pointed with its front paws directly in front of Yang Lin.
Seeing that the little fox had actually responded, Yang Lin's face lit up with joy.
He picked up the little creature, kissed its forehead, and rushed in the direction the little Arctic fox had pointed.
After some twists and turns, Yang Lin soon entered another chamber adjacent to the eye socket.
If he guessed correctly, this should be the mouth of the giant whale.
Like other areas, this place had also undergone severe petrification.
The fine teeth on both sides were like a stone forest.
Looking at this stone forest, Yang Lin was both awestruck and puzzled.
"There's nothing here. Why did the little guy want me to come here?"
Just as he said, the giant whale's mouth contained nothing but rows of fossilized teeth.
"No, there must be something I haven't noticed that can help us leave here."
As he thought, his gaze fixed on these fossilized teeth.
"Those Rodhak whales seem to be very afraid of this skeleton, which is why they only dare to swim around outside."
"So, can I interpret this as they are actually afraid of the scent remaining on these fossils?"
"The little guy brought me here, perhaps wanting me to take some fossilized teeth with me, so I won't be attacked by those Rodhak whales."
The more he thought about it, the more likely this possibility seemed. After all, compared to fossils in other areas, teeth fossils might be more likely to detach.
However, this was only relative. In fact, when Yang Lin prepared to deal with these fossilized teeth, he discovered that they were much harder than he had imagined.