Chapter 252 Brother Yaozi's True Face

According to the direction indicated by the bloodstains, Brother Yaozi and his companions should have gone deep into the underground city.

From the city planning on the rock paintings, the city is divided with the Queen City as the center, and can be roughly divided into three parts. The front is the residence, which can be regarded as the living area. It is full of houses, which are the big mounds I have seen. I have also seen the middle area, which is full of mushrooms, which is the food source of the undead. However, according to the content recorded in the rock paintings, their food source is not so monotonous. It seems that they have domesticated a huge blind lizard. I didn't see it. It should have been eaten by the ghost face lice. After passing the Queen's Tower, there is a large expanse of area that was once used as a work area.

The only job of the Undead is to figure out how to achieve immortality. Every day they either study medicine or some magical elixir, which is quite similar to the alchemists who make elixirs and Western alchemists...

Modern people know that mixing some inexplicable things together and burning them with fire is actually a very dangerous thing. You can't be sure that an accident will happen one day.

The Undead have no complete knowledge system and are completely groping in the dark. I'm afraid no one will believe that they have never had an accident. This area is the hardest hit area! !

In the era of Queen Xin, this area had been renovated with many places for experiments, which were very organized. Unfortunately, after Queen Xin died, her successors found it increasingly difficult to control and plan everyone's experiments due to their abilities, and eventually lost control. The murals were covered with large patches of red paint to represent blazing flames. It was unknown whether there was an explosion or a terrible fire. In short, it burned this place into ruins, and even affected the residential area, killing many people. There was no subsequent repair, but continued to dig underground, building one solid stone chamber after another underground for experiments, and then connected them with corridors, which was almost comparable to modern military fortifications. In this way, even if an accident occurred, it would not spread to the residential area.

If Brother Yaozi and his men chased the snow into the depths of the underground city, they would most likely have entered the fortifications!

Sure enough, the blood trail disappeared soon after I followed it, leaving only some messy footprints on the ground. In the end, even the footprints were invisible. It was pitch black all around, without a single ghost. It was obvious that I had lost the trail. I had no choice but to stop and rest for a while, took out the compass to check the direction, and then ran westward based on my memory of the rock paintings.

Soon after, I appeared in front of a large raised earth mound, which was a bluestone arched entrance that looked very much like the current air-raid shelter.

This entrance led directly to the underground fortifications. There were four or five similar entrances, and I just chose the closest one.

"Do you really want to go in?"

Cang Yao reminded on the side: "You don't need to look to know that the terrain below must be very complicated, and it is the enemy's home ground. It is unwise to go on like this. To me, your friends are too impulsive to pursue them all the way deep."

"It doesn't matter whether it is wise or not."

I wiped the sweat from my face, bent down and crawled into the cave, sighing and saying: "You have seen the situation. This area has suffered a disaster and has long become an endless ruin. If Brother Yaozi and the others are here, they can see at a glance that they must have drilled into this underground fortification. Why shouldn't I come in?"

An inclined stone staircase leads to the bottom. This is where the undead people used to live and work. I am not worried about any traps, so I go forward boldly.

Suddenly, Yin Nu stopped, his nose moved, and then he squinted slightly.

I was nervous because of his expression, so I asked him what he found.

"Something died here."

Yin Nu frowned, thought for a moment and said, "It should be a Yin person, whose soul is scattered, and its soul is still lingering in the air!"

Yin person?

Then it can't be Lao Bai and his friends.

Could it be Cheng Yi?

In any case, Lao Bai and his friends should have chased from here.

I breathed a sigh of relief and continued to move forward.

Under the steps, there is a winding corridor with many stone doors on both sides. In the dark corridor, a little dim light can be vaguely seen flickering in the distance, just some diffuse halos, but no one can be seen. I shone a flashlight, and under the light, I can see wisps of mist in the corridor. This is all the evil air in the underground. It is hard to say whether it is Yin Qi or evil spirit. Some dusty underground relics often have it, which is harmful to people.

I ran forward, the halo in front of me was getting brighter and brighter. When I was about to arrive, Cang Yao beside me suddenly grabbed me and shouted "Be careful".

As soon as she finished speaking, I saw a flash of cold light at the corner in front of me. I subconsciously held the Baipi Knife across my chest. I heard a crisp sound of metal clashing, and my palm went numb. I subconsciously took a step back.

In this way, I also tested the depth of the opponent. He was not strong. He could only repel me with a sneak attack, which meant that his strength was not as good as mine. I shouted and was about to rush over the corner, but I heard a "huh" from behind the corner, and then a big black face poked out.

The moment our eyes met, I and the other party were both stunned.

"Lao Bai?"

"Xiao Weizi?"

"..."

My tense body relaxed immediately and I couldn't help laughing. When I saw the light in the corridor, I thought it was Lao Bai and his friends. I didn't expect to meet them in such a unique way.

Soon, Lao Bai came out from behind the corner, and behind him was Zhang Xinya.

The smile on my face froze, and I immediately asked, "Where is Brother Yaozi?!"

Lao Bai and Zhang Xinya looked at each other and sighed at the same time.

I couldn't stay calm, so I pinched Lao Bai's shoulders and whispered, "Tell me, where is Brother Yaozi?"

"Don't get excited, he... should still be alive..."

Lao Bai smiled bitterly: "But, he may not be a human anymore..."

Dead? !

Brother Yaozi is dead? ! !

I was stunned.

Lao Bai rolled his eyes at me and said, "What are you thinking? It's not what you think!!"

Then, he thought about it, slapped his thigh, and said irritably, "Oh, I can't explain it clearly, ask her!"

As he said that, he pulled Zhang Xinya out from behind him...

Zhang Xinya's mental state was worse than Lao Bai's. She was originally a pretty girl, but now she looked lost and depressed, with her head drooping, like a puppet.

"Forget it, forget it, I can't count on her."

Lao Bai sighed and said, "You'd better come with me first, and talk while walking, so as not to waste time. We have indeed encountered a very difficult problem!"

In fact, Lao Bai couldn't explain what happened to Brother Yaozi. I have to start from the time I entered the iron tower.

At that time, I was not sure whether I could kill Queen Xin. In order to save a few lives, I could only lock the three of them outside the door. Lao Bai and the other four did listen to me at first and waited outside.

Later, Xue came, followed by Cheng Yi and Hu Wa, and brought a brocade box, asking them to take the brocade box and leave, while Xue sat down in front of the iron tower without saying another word.

Brother Yaozi took the brocade box and pulled Lao Bai and the others away, but before they had walked a short distance, he turned a corner and pulled them into a house on a large earthen mound.

In the room, Brother Yaozi said seriously, according to my personality, I must have known that there was a deadly situation, so I went to face it alone, but this time he said that he would not let me do it again, not only to save my master, but also to save me.

Then, he told Lao Bai very seriously to let Lao Bai and Zhang Xinya take the brocade box away. The two of them had limited abilities, and staying would only result in two more deaths. They could not help much, so they went to save my master first.

After saying this, he turned around and came back.

Lao Bai and the others didn't know what happened next, but they knew it was obvious that Brother Yaozi must have fought with Xue and killed Hu Wa himself.

His intention was simple. The door of the iron tower was a mechanical door, which was controlled by a mechanism. Without the jack, he couldn't open it by brute force, but if he found the control mechanism, he could still get in.

It's just that I can't find this control mechanism, and neither can he, but Xue can!

If he takes down Xue, he can enter the iron tower to find me! !

As for Lao Bai and the others, they originally planned to leave, but after running a few steps, Lao Bai stopped and asked Zhang Xinya to deliver the medicine, and he also wanted to turn back.

Zhang Xinya was even more unwilling to do it after hearing this. You are the only ones who are brave? Who are you looking down on?

The two men thought that if Brother Yaozi and I were left here, our group would be disbanded and we would have to curl up in pain for the rest of our lives. In this case, we might as well roll up our sleeves and fight together. If we all die, then God will destroy Qingwei Dao and Zhenwu Temple. Let's just fight it out and die together.

So the two men ran back again.

Hearing this, I felt a little complicated. I was moved and a little angry at the same time.

"Okay, okay, since you are here safely, it means that you have killed the people in the tower. I am too lazy to ask how you killed them. You are full of nonsense. If I listen to too much, it will ruin my worldview and teach me bad things." Lao Bai spread his hands and said, "I know you must be very angry now. If I listened to you, we would have evacuated safely now, and there would be no more trouble. But I won't say anything more. I just want to ask you one question - if it was me who went in, could you leave?" I couldn't say a word for a while. Lao Bai also said that when he and Zhang Xinya came back, there was nothing in front of the tower. He used the skill of usurping bones to track down here. At the entrance of the underground fortifications, they saw Cheng Yi, who was on the verge of death and completely scrapped. It was Lao Bai who used my master's sword to make the last cut. "I was still talking to Zhang Xinya on the way, what happened to Yaozi? He was just killing anyone who stood in his way. Looking at the traces on the road, it was obvious that he was chasing Xue all the way. Although I didn't fight with Xue, he looked like a tough guy. He must have practiced Taoism for thousands of years, so he's not a simple guy..."

Lao Bai shook his head: "Until... we chased Yaozi to a stone chamber and saw him for the last time..."

Lao Bai didn't say anything at the end, probably because he didn't know how to describe it.

Zhang Xinya, who had been silent all the time, suddenly interrupted: "He was like that when he died, and the expression on his face was exactly the same..."

No wonder she was like that! !

Brother Yaozi is a person who came back from the dead. His family was once exterminated, his parents were skinned, and their skins were hung on the gate of the courtyard, fluttering like a flag. Brother Yaozi was beheaded by a knife when he was escaping. This incident once became a shadow in Zhang Xinya's heart, which can be seen from her fierce reaction when she first met Brother Yaozi. It was precisely because of this that I once kept a distance from Brother Yaozi, and then gradually became close to him after getting along for a long time.

But we all know that Brother Yaozi has a secret, a huge secret, but he doesn't say it, and my master doesn't say it either, so this matter has become a mystery, even Lao Bai, who doesn't like Brother Yaozi, knows nothing about it.

Now, has he finally shown anything?

According to Zhang Xinya's description, when she saw Brother Yaozi as a child, his head rolled down the steps, like a married woman made of silicone, with his mouth slightly open and his expression frozen.

When they saw Brother Yaozi, he was still the same, as if he had a fake head, but his eyes were full of animality, there were fangs in his mouth, and there were obvious sutures on his neck. Those who didn't know would think he was a zombie.

Both Lao Bai and Zhang Xinya were shocked by the scene.

But before they could say anything, Brother Yaozi had already rushed into the stone room, and the stone door was closed. The two of them could not go in, so they could only wait outside.

"This is it."

While talking, Lao Bai stopped. In front of us was a small stone door. He knocked on the door with his fingers: "This seems to be a trap door. Look, there are several grooves on it. There are some tricks. The two of us can't break it. You are an expert, come and see how to do this door."

I was confused by what they said. I always felt that it was not a good thing for Brother Yaozi to show that ferocious face. Otherwise, why didn't he reveal his trump card when he encountered so many critical moments before? But now that things have come to this, I can only force myself to calm down and observe the stone carefully.

Brother Yaozi and Xue should be inside, but we can't hear any sound outside, which can only mean that the thickness and weight of this door have reached an unimaginable level, and it is simply not something that can be broken by crude tools such as crowbars.

The key point is the grooves on the door.

The grooves are square, with a total of eight, and there is no regular distribution. At first glance, they look like some kind of star arrangement.

I turned on the flashlight and shone it into the grooves, and found that there were some strange patterns inside, or it can't be considered a pattern, but text, which gives people the feeling of a mold.

I put my fingers into the grooves and scratched the text inside with my fingernails. There are faint signs of activity...

"Behind the stone door... it should be the important place of the Undead People!"

I sighed and said, "This door is indeed particular. In the words of our ritual officers, this kind of door is called the Emperor's Eight Treasures Mechanism Door, which is a kind of palace secret door..."