Chapter 586: Deep Well
Lao Qian said: "Speculation endangers public safety!"
Zhang Daxian smiled dumbly and felt that this crime was very old-fashioned, anyway, I hadn't heard of speculation outside the sinkhole for a long time, but it was very suitable for Cao Chengguang, this product has been doing speculation in the sinkhole and making profits from it.
The motor raised his glass: "Brother, I respect you." "He actually had water in his cup.
Zhang Chi glared at him dissatisfiedly and said, "Do you want to be embarrassed?
"Brother, the bureau stipulates that you can't drink alcohol during the mission. ”
Zhang Chi didn't force him, and said impatiently: "You go back, don't always follow me, don't drink wine, and eat a lot of food." ”
The motor smiled and nodded, but his butt didn't mean to move.
Zhang Chi looked at him very unpleasantly today: "What's wrong today?
The motor said: "The boss told me to protect your safety closely." ”
The old man on the side couldn't help laughing: "Boy, this is the Tiankeng base, and we still need your protection? ”
Zhang Chi pointed outside and said, "Hurry up and get out, don't make me angry." "It's a bit of a bad day.
Ma Da stood up and said to Zhang Chi: "Brother, then I'll wait for you at the door." ”
Zhang Chi grabbed the small bench on the side and made a gesture to smash him, and the motor quickly escaped.
Lao Qian stuffed a peanut into his mouth and said, "What's the situation? I heard that you want to take Cao Chengguang away?"
Zhang Chi said: "I don't know, I just asked me to come over and accompany me throughout the whole process, and I was not assigned a specific task." ”
Old Qian glanced outside and whispered, "This kid is spying on you." ”
Zhang Chi laughed, of course he could see that it must be Chu Jianghe who asked the motor to do this, and the motor was a little involuntary now, and he was angry at both ends. Picking up the wine glass, he drank another glass with Lao Qian and said, "Cao Chengguang is locked up at the base?"
Old Qian shook his head and said, "Deep well!"
Zhang Chi was stunned when he heard this, he had never heard of this place: "What deep well?"
Lao Qian said: "It's normal that you don't know, the deep well is the secret prison of the sinkhole, which is used to hold some serious criminals, and it existed before the sinkhole was not used as a warehouse for spiritual energy. Originally, Cao Chengguang would not have been sent into a deep well, but I didn't know what fault he made when he went out last time, and he was beaten into a deep well after he came back, we all felt very strange, I heard that he offended An Chongguang. ”
Zhang Chi finally understands some of the situation now, Cao Chengguang used to be a homeless person, even if he was trapped in a sinkhole, he was relatively free, and he didn't delay his swagger, but now he is undoubtedly in prison. It seems that the last time I went to Zhongzhou Market to save people, instead of wearing a crime and making meritorious contributions, the crime was added to the first degree. Although Zhang Chi didn't have a good impression of Cao Chengguang, he couldn't figure out the truth. If it weren't for Cao Chengguang's help, it would have been difficult for them to escape from Hell Valley smoothly. From what he has experienced now, it can be seen that An Chongguang rebelled first, I don't know what grievances An Chongguang and Cao Chengguang have, why would they use the power at hand to retaliate against him like this?
Could it be that Cao Mingmin already knew about Cao Chengguang's predicament in the sinkhole, so he took the risk and did not hesitate to use the safety of the students as a quid pro quo? It's just that this matter can't resist scrutiny, how did she know about Cao Chengguang's situation? Last time, Cao Mingmin asked herself about Cao Chengguang's situation.
When Zhang Chi left from the cafeteria, he saw that the motor was still waiting at the door, Zhang Chi waved his fist to beat him, and the motor was so frightened that he hugged his head: "Brother, don't fight, I am acting on orders, I can't help myself, we have discipline." ”
"Discipline is a fart, I haven't heard of generals who are not subject to military orders abroad. ”
"I'm a newcomer, and I dare to be so tough when I become a general. ”
In the early morning of the next day, they set off for Shenjing, in addition to the team that came to escort Cao Chengguang this time, the base specially sent a 20-person escort team to protect them throughout the process, and the escort team was personally led by Xue Hongguang and was responsible for the safety of their party.
The road to Shenjing is rugged and difficult, and the whole journey needs to be walked, Zhang Chi found that he had been to this road before, or the last time he came to Tiankeng for apprenticeship, he was rejected by Xue Hongguang, and he was in the wilderness, and met He Donglai, who took him through this road at that time.
Zhang Chi remembered that this road should lead to the ruins, the earliest warehouse where the aura was stored, was reduced to a ruin because of the aura explosion, and He Donglai lived there.
During the break, Bai Mi whispered to Zhang Chi: "Do you know where to go?" This is the first time she took the initiative to talk to Zhang Chi after coming to the Tiankeng, and Zhang Daxian didn't know where he offended her.
Zhang Chi shook his head and deliberately said to Chu Jianghe: "Captain Chu, where are we going?"
Chu Jianghe was as cold as ever: "You don't need to ask too much, just follow the unified action." ”
"Then we have to have the right to know, if you don't say we're not going." ”
Chu Jianghe said coldly: "No one wants you to follow! Keep going!" He was full of vigilance against Zhang Chi and Bai Mi from the beginning, after all, the two of them were from the academy, and now the academy and the Mystery Bureau had drawn a clear line.
Zhang Chi and Bai Xiaomi looked at each other a little depressed, this action was ignored from beginning to end, after all, only the two of them in this group were from the academy, and they couldn't understand why the academy sent them over, why did Cao Mingmin have to appoint the two of them to come and pick up Cao Chengguang?
The motor came over and persuaded, "Let's go!"
Zhang Chi said: "What kind of attitude, we are all here to carry out the task together, what kind of stinky face do you throw? It's not that the dean has to ask us to come, we won't come." ”
Ma said: "He's just like that, his temper is a little weird, and he is not bad." ”
Bai Xiaomi patted Zhang Chi's shoulder: "Let's go, the most important thing is to save people." ”
Thinking about the fifteen classmates whose life and death were uncertain, Zhang Daxian decided to be patient for the time being, saving people was important, and he couldn't be as knowledgeable as Chu Jianghe.
At noon, they passed by the ruins, Zhang Chi looked around, in fact, he came to Tiankeng this time to see He Donglai, he had a very good impression of He Donglai, but in the current situation, even if He Donglai saw him, he would not take the initiative to show up to meet him.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, entering the predetermined area, everyone changed into protective clothing in advance, and went down slope along a narrow crack in the ground, and after walking about three kilometers, a blue light curtain appeared in front of them, and the light blue light curtain flowed like a waterfall from top to bottom, the speed was slow, and the light waves were floating, at first glance it looked like a water curtain movie, and there was a whirlpool in the center of the light mist that was slowly turning counterclockwise. There are strange phenomena everywhere in the land full of aura, and it is not strange to see too much.
Xue Hongguang reminded them that the blue light curtain was a psionic barrier formed by the gathering of spiritual energy, and the psionic vortex in the barrier had a powerful lethal power on the superpower, and if the superpowerer approached or crossed the barrier without a protective suit, the psionic energy in the body would be instantly sucked out by the psionic vortex, causing the superpower's serious injury or even death.
Xue Hongguang chose to be the first to go, Zhang Chi came to the front of the barrier, first reached out into the barrier, the light curtain in front of him rippled like the surface of the water, it should have entered the range of the deep well, he thought that this should also be some kind of naturally formed enchantment. The Tiankeng base discovered this special place, and used this unique environment to imprison the superpowers, and the world is really full of wonders.
There was a sudden movement behind her, but Bai Xiaomi's legs were weak and she sat on the ground, but fortunately the motor held her in time, otherwise she was afraid that she would fall hard.
Zhang Chi pulled out his hand, turned around and returned to Bai Xiaomi's side, to check her condition, Bai Xiaomi's face had lost its blood, and he covered his chest and said, "I don't know what's wrong, I'm so panicked, so uncomfortable." ”
Chu Jianghe walked over and checked Bai Xiaomi's situation, and found that her heart had reached one hundred and twenty beats per minute, and made a decision at the moment, Bai Xiaomi's current condition was not suitable for continuing to participate in the operation, he asked the motor and another team member to accompany Bai Xiaomi to wait outside, and the rest of the people continued to perform the task.
Bai Xiaomi handed the pass to Zhang Chi, only with the pass can he enter and exit the deep well, before carrying out this mission, Qu Yangming handed over the passes of the two to Bai Xiaomi, Zhang Chi didn't know about the pass, if it wasn't for Bai Xiaomi's abnormal body, I'm afraid she wouldn't have taken it out happily.
Zhang Chi looked at the pass that belonged to him, it was stamped with the seal of the Divine Secret Bureau, and there was also a person's signature-Yue Chengfeng, Zhang Daxian saw this person's name for the first time, and secretly wondered in his heart Isn't the Divine Secret Bureau An Chongguang having the final say? What is the origin of this Yue Chengfeng.
Bai Mi whispered: "Keep an eye on Chu Jianghe, don't let him do tricks." He handed Zhang Chi another key, there are two keys, Chu Jianghe has one, Bai Xiaomi has one, and only when two people open the key at the same time can they open the prison door and release the person. Cao Chengguang was imprisoned in Shenjing, but the keys to the prison cells were stored separately in the Secret Bureau, and the guards of Shenjing were only responsible for guarding, and it was impossible to release the prisoners privately. Just from this from the level, all kinds of defensive measures know that the deep well is tightly defended.
Zhang Chi asked Bai Xiaomi to have a good rest, and when he got up to leave, he heard Bai Xiaomi say again: "Zhang Chi, take care!"
Zhang Chi turned to look at Bai Xiaomi and smiled at her, it seems that this Nizi still cares about herself in her heart.
Coming back to the front of the spiritual energy barrier, Zhang Chi took a deep breath and walked in without looking back, the isolation suit blocked the influence of the spiritual energy vortex, so he didn't feel any obstacles and abnormalities, maybe the more powerful the spiritual energy in the body, the stronger the person's sense of this barrier, and a person like him with zero spiritual pressure value may not be able to wear protective clothing.
Chu Jianghe and his team members passed through the barrier behind him, and a suspension bridge appeared in front of them, and Xue Hongguang had already passed the suspension bridge first, waiting at the other end.
Zhang Chi stepped on the rickety bridge deck and looked down, but saw that there was a blue light mist below, and the misty valley was bottomless. Through the suspension bridge, I saw a line of words engraved on the pier, and the handwriting on it was blurred, but I still could distinguish the word Kangxi in it, Zhang Chi was stunned in his heart, could it be that this suspension bridge was built during the Kangxi period? It is not that because of the leakage of spiritual energy in Zhongzhou Xu, the sinkhole is used as a new place for energy storage. However, on second thought, the sinkhole had already existed before the Secret Bureau chose to store energy here, and the possibility of someone surviving here in the past could not be ruled out.
Further ahead, there are three stone watchtowers, distributed in a zigzag shape, and there is a black hole with a diameter of up to five meters in the center of the enclosure of the three watchtowers, which is the place called the deep well by the base. There are 20 people stationed here for a long time, responsible for guarding the deep well, and the central watchtower has a hanging basket used to lift and lower into the deep well, all of which rely on manpower to turn the winch to lift.
Each hanging basket can accommodate two people, Zhang Chi looked at the black hole, and sighed secretly in his heart, what a deep well, it is a dungeon at all, and how serious a crime must be committed before it can be put into it.
Before entering the deep well, the guards re-verified the identities of everyone, but they did not allow everyone to enter the deep well, even Xue Hongguang, who led them, had to wait at the watchtower. Chu Jianghe handed over the secret documents of the Divine Secret Bureau to the guards, and this was the document handed over to Cao Chengguang.
After the guards carefully checked the documents, they began to check their passes again, and there were a total of five people who had the passes, Chu Jianghe and two subordinates, as well as Bai Mi and Zhang Chi. Mi Xiaobai stayed outside the barrier for physical reasons, and now only Zhang Chi is left on the academy's side.
Zhang Chi and Chu Jianghe rode in the same hanging basket, they brought a small protective suit, which was reserved for Cao Chengguang to use when he left, the hanging basket fell little by little, their bodies gradually entered the deep well, Chu Jianghe lit up the light stick, Zhang Chi looked at his face and said, "Are you afraid?"
Chu Jianghe: "Are you afraid?"
Zhang Chi laughed.
Chu Jianghedao: "I really don't know why I sent you here to cause trouble. ”
"You want to come!" If it weren't for Cao Mingmin's request by name to ask him and Bai Xiaomi to participate in this escort operation, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to participate, before leaving, Dean Qu Yangming also specially explained that he must keep an eye on the people in the Divine Secret Bureau to avoid the other party from doing tricks. The contradiction between Qu Yangming and An Chongguang is very deep, and the upward and downward effects have led to a taste of discord between the Divine Secret Bureau and the Academy.
In Chu Jianghe's eyes, Zhang Chi and Bai Mi were just freshmen in the academy, and it was purely cumbersome to bring them on this mission. However, the purpose of handing over the keys to different people is to let them supervise each other and restrain each other, so that one of them does something in them.
The gondola descended slowly, Zhang Chi raised his wrist to look at the time, ten minutes had passed, and they had not yet reached the bottom of the deep well, although the time was not long, but because they were all traveling in the dark, it seemed extraordinarily long.
Zhang Chi stretched out his hand and touched the steel cable that tied the hanging basket: "I don't know if this thing is secure." ”
Chu Jianghe: "Are you afraid of death?" As the hanging basket continued to fall, his heart was also a little nervous.
Zhang Chi said: "I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid of dying with you." ”
Chu Jianghedao: "Can you say something good?" Although he does not believe in evil, in this environment, there is inevitably an inexplicable fear in his heart. Half an hour had passed before the gondola had fallen to the ground, and six guards in black hazmat suits had checked their documents and passes again.
Zhang Chi estimated the distance, they should have descended about five kilometers, this is the dungeon used to hold felons.
Under the guidance of six guards, through the three psionic energy barriers, a heavy metal door was opened, and a man in a black robe appeared in front of them, he was Mr. Ji, the guardian of the deep well.
Chu Jianghe handed the handover document to Mr. Ji.
Mr. Ji looked at the document and said coldly: "People are inside, but you can only go in two, Chu Jianghe and Zhang Chi!" He named the names of the two people, who represented the Mystery Bureau and the Academy respectively.
Chu Jianghe asked the two subordinates to wait outside, and he and Zhang Chi continued to go deeper with Mr. Ji, who led them to the place where Cao Chengguang was held, and said softly: "This is it, the rest of the matter depends on you." ”
Chu Jianghe nodded to Zhang Chi, and the two of them took out a key at the same time and inserted it into the lock hole, twisting it together, only to hear a creaking sound, and the inside of the cell door turned mechanically and slowly opened. Zhang Chi and Chu Jianghe glanced at each other, although they were unhappy with each other in their hearts, but this time they could only cooperate with each other to complete the task, the Mystery Bureau and the Academy did not trust each other, so they sent two sets of people to carry out this mission. Zhang Chi secretly wondered in his heart, I don't know which Yue Chengfeng is and who he is, the final signature on the pass is his name, could it be that An Chongguang and Qu Yangming have to obey him?
By the light of the horse lamp, I saw Cao Chengguang sitting alone on the small bed, staring out of the door with his hands on his cheeks, and when he saw the light, his face showed a hint of surprise. All the people who were imprisoned in the deep well were shielded from the spiritual energy in their bodies, and here they were no different from ordinary people, although Cao Chengguang had the ability to escape to the earth, but there was no place for him here. Cao Chengguang was in a good state of mind, and said with a smile: "I knew that someone would come to pick me up." ”
Zhang Chi smiled at Cao Chengguang and said, "Mr. Cao, don't come unharmed?"
Cao Chengguang said: "I can't think of it, I really can't imagine it, it's you." ”
"How does it feel to be locked up here, Mr. Cao?"
Cao Chengguang smiled: "Don't you know if you experience it yourself?"
Chu Jianghe said coldly: "Don't talk nonsense, take your things and come with us!"
Cao Chengguang looked at Chu Jianghe: "Young man, it's really rude, you are Chu Canghai's son, right? Even if you see me, you don't dare to be so rude and rude." ”
Chu Jiang Daodao: "If you don't plan to stay here forever, then don't talk nonsense that doesn't make sense. ”
Cao Chengguang laughed, looked around at the small prison cell and said, "Chu Canghai, Chu Canghai, you have exhausted your organs, you can't imagine that there will be today, right?"
A strong pressure came from all directions, Zhang Chi felt that something was wrong, reached out to touch the combination knife he was carrying, but heard a cold snort, everything in front of him spun, Zhang Chi secretly screamed that it was not good, reacted at the first time and turned around and fled out, before he left the cell, a strong coercion froze his body in place, as if he had been immobilized.
The back of his neck was hit hard, and Zhang Chi's eyes went black, and he immediately lost consciousness.
A short figure crawled out from under the small bed, but it was Cao Chengguang again, and Cao Chengguang respectfully said to the man: "Mr. Bai is really powerful." ”
Cao Chengguang in the previous cell let out a sneer, his eyes fell on the unconscious Chu Jianghe, and the bones around his body made a crackling sound like firecrackers, and soon he became a relaxed appearance, this person did not lose his spiritual ability, but had a strong mimicry ability.
In the corner of the cell, a burly figure also appeared there, and the man looked at Zhang Chi and said softly: "It's strange, he actually cultivated the Body Refining True Sutra." ”
"Big brother, let's go!"
When Zhang Chi woke up, he found himself lying in the cell, the protective clothing was stripped off, and only a pair of pants were left around his body, he rushed to the door, and found that the iron door had been locked from the outside, Zhang Chi was horrified, the whole thing was a trap from beginning to end, he was lured into the deep well step by step, and there was an invisible hand behind him to lay out, let him come to the sinkhole, but the real intention was to exchange him for a person.
What about Chu Jianghe? Could it be that Chu Jianghe is also one of the arrangers?
At this time, Zhang Chi heard Chu Jianghe's panicked voice coming from under the bed: "Let me out!
Zhang Chi moved the small bed away and saw that there was a hole hidden under the bed, and Chu Jianghe's voice came through the hole, and Zhang Chi called Chu Jianghe's name to the hole.
Chu Jianghe heard Zhang Chi's voice, stopped shouting, and exclaimed: "Zhang Chi? Is it you?" After he woke up, he and Zhang Chi also had a general idea, thinking that this was a game for themselves, and everyone was designing themselves, and the two of them immediately understood when they heard each other's voices that they were all victims.
Chu Jianghe also has a glow stick, he lit the glow stick, saw the hole in the corner of the room, Zhang Chi's voice came from the hole, Chu Jianghe lit up the hole, and carefully climbed through the hole, in fact, Zhang Chi was trapped in the cell next door.
Zhang Chi saw the light, looked down, and saw that Chu Jianghe was crawling through the hole, he stretched out his hand and dragged Chu Jianghe out of the hole, both of them are now average, only a pair of pants remains, and the other clothes are all clean, no need to ask someone to wear their clothes, impersonating their identities, and the two of them have become scapegoats for two people in a daze.
The two people who were still hostile to each other just now are now sympathetic to each other, and they even feel a little comfort in their hearts, but fortunately they are not alone in the deep well, so they have someone to accompany them.
Chu Jianghe recognized this hut as the place where Cao Chengguang had just been imprisoned, and he rushed over and slammed the iron door hard, shouting, "Mr. Ji, let us out, let us out." ”
Zhang Chi sat on the small bed, silently watching Chu Jianghe yelling, Chu Jianghe was tired, turned his face to look at Zhang Chi and said, "Why don't you help?" You must let them know that someone has escaped from the deep well by impersonation. ”
Zhang Chi sighed and said, "It's useless, do you think Mr. Ji doesn't know?"
Chu Jianghe was stunned for a moment: "What are you talking about?" Zhang Chi's words shattered the only remaining illusion in his heart, if Mr. Ji knew, then this matter was really scary.
Zhang Chi said: "We were designed, Cao Chengguang is not the focus at all, this bureau is really unpredictable." ”
Chu Jianghe looked at Zhang Chi blankly, he also knew that they were designed, but he really couldn't figure out who was laying out and what kind of bureau it was.
Zhang Chi said: "Cao Chengguang's crime does not constitute a deep well at all, someone deliberately arranged for Cao Chengguang to enter the deep well, in fact, the real purpose is to use Cao Chengguang's ability to escape to open up the surrounding cells, if I guess correctly, all the two cells in this cave are first-class felons." ”
Chu Jianghe nodded, he crawled over from the hole, the cell he was in was connected to this room through the hole, and it was also connected to another direction.
Zhang Chi said: "The deep well is heavily guarded, and there are spiritual energy barriers all over the way, and you can only leave calmly if you wear a special protective suit, so someone must send things in." ”
Chu Jianghe: "So, Cao Mingmin deliberately used the disappearance of the student to blackmail the Mystery Bureau, and let the Mystery Bureau release Cao Chengguang in exchange, but in fact, she wanted to save someone else?"
Zhang Chi said: "It may not be Cao Mingmin who wants to save people, someone took advantage of this incident to send us over, and the two of us did not come to release people, but were used as scapegoats by others." ”
Chu Jianghedao: "But there will be flaws, can they hide from the eyes of so many people?"
Zhang Chi said: "If there are traitors among our people, then everything will be much easier. He thought of Bai Xiaomi, and felt a pang of chagrin in his heart, at that time he felt strange, why Bai Xiaomi suddenly fell ill in front of the spiritual energy barrier, it should be to avoid suspicion, although he didn't want to think of Bai Xiaomi so insidious, but the fact was in front of him, Bai Xiaomi was undoubtedly one of Cao Chengguang's conspiracies.
Bai Xiaomi has seen Cao Chengguang, and more than once, maybe they negotiated the conditions last time in Zhongzhou Market. Zhang Chi remembered Lao Qian's words, Cao Chengguang was reduced to the situation of being imprisoned in a deep well because of his retaliation by An Chongguang, and now it seems that this is a conspiracy rather than revenge, and An Chong, who single-handedly sent Cao Chengguang into the deep well, has naturally become the biggest suspicion. Only An Chongguang can plan this matter, first send Cao Chengguang to a deep well, and then plan the disappearance of the student, and Cao Mingmin put forward conditions to release Cao Chengguang.
After Cao Chengguang entered the deep well, he used his ability to open two cells and rescue two felons, and the next thing the three of them had to do was to wait for the rabbit and wait until Zhang Chi and Chu Jianghe, the two unlucky guys, threw themselves into the net.
As for Mr. Ji, who is in charge of guarding the deep well, is also one of the conspirators, the two felons should have the same strong mimicry ability as Bai Xiaomi, they put on protective clothing, disguised themselves as Zhang Chi and Chu Jianghe, and then left the deep well in a dignified manner, leaving the sinkhole, Bai Xiaomi, and maybe someone else outside in charge of answering.
Zhang Chi thought through all the links, and his heart was annoyed and sad, although he and Bai Xiaomi were not a couple, he also thought that Bai Xiaomi was his confidante, and even knew his confidant better than Qi Bing, because Bai Xiaomi knew too many secrets, how many times they had lived and died together, but at the critical moment, Bai Xiaomi was still placed together, the pit viper tongue was in the mouth, and the wasp tail needle, both of which were not poisonous, and the most poisonous woman's heart.
No wonder she would ask herself before if he was trapped in a sinkhole like Cao Chengguang for decades, would Qi Bing wait for him? No wonder she would say to herself when she was leaving. It was his own carelessness, he only cared about beware of Chu Jianghe, and even had a sense of vigilance against the motor, but he did not suspect the white millet that should be the most vigilant.