Chapter 591: The Long Night
Bai Xiaomi, Huo Ran, sat up from the bed, she was shocked into a cold sweat, put on her clothes, and came to the courtyard outside alone, the moonlight was like water, projecting her figure on the ground, looking alone.
Bai Xiaomi's heart swelled with unprecedented loneliness, along with loneliness and guilt, she silently counted the days, and everything would be over in a few days.
Suddenly, someone gently patted her shoulder, Bai Xiaomi didn't see the other party's figure, she was not surprised, sighed and said, "Since you're here, why hide and hide?"
The other party laughed, and a short old man showed his figure in the moonlight, he was in his sixties, wearing a black Tang costume, with a clear appearance, bright eyes, and a kind smile on his face.
Bai Mi said: "Grandpa, since you have escaped safely, let that kid go." ”
The old man said: "Are you nervous about him? It's been three months, it's only been a month, Zhang Qingfeng caused my wife to break up, and I only locked up his grandson for three months, which is already to repay the grievances with virtue." ”
Bai Xiaomi said: "He is not Zhang Qingfeng's own grandson, why do you want to sprinkle all your anger on him, your heart is not as good as my grandfather." ”
The old man snorted coldly and said: "Don't mention that old thing, he is not a good person, he coaxed my body refining scriptures back then, and gave the scriptures away casually." ”
"Grandpa, it's not thanks to him that you were able to escape this time, if he hadn't been a scapegoat for you and your uncle, you wouldn't have been able to escape. ”
The old man said, "That's my granddaughter is smart, that's because they're too stupid." ”
Bai Xiaomi said: "Grandpa, I've always been upset lately, he has saved me in danger many times, but I treat him like this, he must hate me very much in his heart." ”
"Later, you will understand that hate is always deeper than love. ”
Bai Xiaomi said: "Don't forget that he saved your grandson." ”
The old man nodded: "Don't tell your uncle about this." ”
Zhang Chi lay on his back on the snow, after entering the portal, he was attracted by an invisible force, and his body spun like a top into an endless void passage, like a stumbling into the abyss, I don't know how long it took him to fall into the snowdrift, smashing the snow out of a deep pit, and the snow splashed everywhere for a while.
In the dark night, there was goose feather snow in the air, there was no wind, the snow fell slowly and gently, and the silence around was extreme. Lying on the soft snow, there is an illusion of lying on the big bed, Zhang Daxian opened his eyes wide, staring blankly at the night sky, in the air directly above, the colorful light kept jumping, he couldn't see the moon or the stars, and the scene in front of him was a bit like a laser.
A head came out of the snow on Zhang Chi's left side, he coughed violently, and spit out a mouthful of bright red snow, it was Mr. Ji, he entered the Netherworld Valley before Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi moved his arms, got up from the snow, his mind was still a little muddy, and he staggered on the snow, like a drunken person, came to Mr. Ji, grabbed his arm, and pulled him out of the snowdrift.
Mr. Ji's right leg was broken, he could only stand in an independent posture of the golden rooster, his ribs were also broken, and he felt a tingling pain in his chest every time he breathed, Zhang Chi asked Mr. Ji to sit down and wait first, and he went around to see if there were any other survivors.
After walking a few steps, the body of a guard was seen, who had broken his cervical vertebrae during the landing, proving that teleportation was also risky.
The multicolored aura in the air changed, and three black dots swooped down from the sky, and with three shouts, three more people entered through the portal, and their bodies fell on the snow like a bomb in the snow.
Zhang Chi rushed over, and this time it was Chu Jianghe and the other two guards who came in, although the three of them landed in a hurry, but fortunately, the snow was thick enough, which had enough cushioning effect on their bodies, so they were not seriously injured.
Chu Jianghe entered the portal before the explosion of the deep well, compared with Zhang Chi's unhesitation, he still did a fierce ideological struggle, Mr. Ji said first, entering the portal may not be able to return to the past world for the rest of his life, anyway, Mr. Ji has been in the deep pit for so many years, and he has never heard of anyone returning from the Netherworld Valley. The teleportation array connecting the deep well and the Netherworld Valley is one-way, and there is no way to get out through the teleportation array when you come in.
Zhang Chi pulled Chu Jianghe out of the snowdrift, although the two didn't like each other in the past world, but with this experience, they suddenly felt a lot closer to each other, after all, they were on the same front, and it was because of each other that they would not fall into the situation of fighting alone.
The five of them came together, and Chu Jianghe asked one of the guards to carry Mr. Ji, he didn't fully believe Mr. Ji's words, since he could come in, it was possible to get out, maybe Mr. Ji lied to them.
Chu Jianghe said to Mr. Ji, "Where should we go?"
Mr. Ji shook his head and said: "I haven't been here, I only know that this place is called Netherworld Valley, which has been a place of exile for murderers since ancient times, and only the most heinous superpowers will be sent here through the portal, and they will be left to fend for themselves, and there will be no return." ”
Zhang Chi said: "Is there anyone here who you personally sent in?"
Mr. Ji didn't speak, but his face was very ugly.
Chu Jianghedao: "As a member of the Divine Secret Bureau, you actually colluded with foreign enemies, secretly let go of the felons, and caused us to fall into such a desperate situation, do you have a conscience? You say, who made you do this?"
Mr. Ji sighed and said: "Now there is no point in arguing about this matter, from the beginning of entering the Netherworld Valley, we have to be extra careful, although I have not been here, but I know that this is the most dangerous place in the world, there are cruel and powerful people everywhere, we have not escaped from danger." ”
Chu Jianghe said angrily: "I don't need you to remind me!" He took a deep breath, feeling that the energy of his body was rapidly recovering, the Netherworld Valley was full of spiritual energy, and his spiritual energy had also returned to his personal peak state, with the return of the state, Chu Jianghe's confidence began to gradually recover, what about the Netherworld Valley?
Zhang Chi grabbed a handful of snow, this snow is real, he felt a little thirsty, and took a bite of snow, the snow was quickly melted by the temperature in his mouth, and turned into cold snow water flowing down his throat into his abdomen, and the snow water was clear and sweet.
Chu Jianghe kindly reminded him: "Be careful of poison. ”
Zhang Chi said: "Horizontal and vertical is death, there is nothing to worry about." He secretly thought in his heart, no wonder the Divine Secret Bureau would choose the Tiankeng as a place to store spiritual energy, it seems that they know that the Netherworld Valley has existed for a long time, maybe the Netherworld Valley is also one of the nine spiritual ruins, the same as Zhongzhou Market, he told Mr. Ji the questions in his heart.
Mr. Ji said: "I don't know, the deep well has existed for a long time, and the suspension bridge leading to the deep well was made during the Kangxi period, and this teleportation array was also laid out by a senior master in the late Qing Dynasty. The last time there was an aura explosion in the sinkhole, more than 200 people in charge of guarding the base had changed in that explosion, and they had lost their memories of the past, lonely ghosts with no feelings, and we called them the Netherworld. ”
Chu Jiang Dao: "You sent them here through the teleportation array?"
Mr. Ji nodded: "The decision from above, although those people have never taken the initiative to attack us, but no one can guarantee what kind of changes will happen to their bodies with the aura, they can't leave the sinkhole, if they leave the sinkhole environment, it won't take long to die, and if they all stay in the sinkhole, it will pose a new hidden danger, so I thought of sending them here through the teleportation array." ”
Zhang Chi secretly thought that he had seen the Netherworld the last time they came to the sinkhole, and he had also fought with the Netherworld himself, if the Netherworld went out from here, it would prove that the Netherworld Valley had another exit to the sinkhole.
Chu Jiang Daodao: "How many netherworlds are sent in by you?" Zhang Chi asked this question just now.
Mr. Ji thought for a while, and finally replied, "More than two hundred people." ”
Hearing this number, Zhang Chi and Chu Jianghe both gasped in their hearts, they were not afraid of ordinary people, but these two hundred people were all Netherworld with a high degree of mutation due to the radiation of the aura explosion, even if the five of them joined forces, they might not be able to deal with it, and now the only way to do it is to take one step at a time.
The temperature is getting lower and lower, it is already late at night, the guard who is carrying Mr. Ji on his back is exhausted, he proposes to take a break, but Mr. Ji disagrees, the temperature is rapidly decreasing, the current body temperature should be around minus ten degrees, if it continues to fall, it will exceed the limit of their body, they will be frozen to death here, and they must find a place to protect themselves from the cold as soon as possible.
Among the five people, Zhang Chi is the one who is not afraid of cold, although he does not have the ability to absorb aura, but he has the ability to absorb the anger value, and the anger value generated by the emotional fluctuations of several people around him has been quietly absorbed by him. The two surviving guards took turns carrying Mr. Ji, and in such a harsh environment, the two of them were also miserable.
Zhang Chi took the initiative to take Mr. Ji over, and after entering the Netherworld Valley, his extraordinary physical fitness gradually manifested.
After more than two hours of trekking in the wind and snow, a cedar forest appeared in front of them, and everyone was excited, the cedars were rich in fat and could be used to light a bonfire to keep warm.
Except for Mr. Ji, the rest of the people started together, and soon cut down a bunch of pine branches, Zhang Daxian wanted to light a bonfire, but he didn't expect Mr. Ji to flick his fingers, and a ball of spiritual light shot into the pine branch, and the pine branch suddenly burned.
Coming to a place like Netherworld Valley, where spiritual energy is abundant, several people except Zhang Chi are rapidly absorbing spiritual energy to replenish spiritual energy, and their abilities are also growing rapidly.
The five of them sat around the bonfire, roasted the fire for a while, and after feeling warm in their bodies, hunger came one after another, Chu Jianghe offered to go nearby to see if there was any food, and he whispered to Zhang Chi to look at Mr. Ji, he had never trusted this person from beginning to end, if Mr. Ji took the opportunity to escape, then they would lose their guide.
Mr. Ji asked two of his subordinates to accompany Chu Jianghe to go together, so that they could take care of each other.
After Chu Jianghe and the three left, Mr. Ji said: "Chu Jianghe is very suspicious. ”
Zhang Chi said: "You have hurt us so much, do you still want him to trust you?"
Mr. Ji smiled dumbly, shook his head and said, "This incident was purely accidental, and I didn't intend to hurt your lives. ”
Zhang Chi didn't have any doubts about this, after all, he and Chu Jianghe were locked up in a deep well, even if they were killed, no one would know, Zhang Chi said: "Who are the two people who went out for us?"
Mr. Ji didn't answer, his eyes fixed on the bonfire.
Zhang Chi carefully observed the change in Mr. Ji's expression: "Didn't you say that we would never be able to get out? In that case, what are you worried about?"
Mr. Ji sighed and said, "Bai Yunsheng and Bai Wuya!"
Zhang Chi was shocked when he heard Bai Yunsheng's name, Bai Yunsheng was not one of the seven founders of the Mystery Bureau, not that Bai Yunsheng disappeared in the battle to encircle and annihilate Xiang Tianxing, it turned out that Bai Yunsheng was not dead, and had been imprisoned in this secret prison.
"Bai Yunsheng, one of the seven founders of the Mystic Bureau?"
Mr. Ji nodded: "Not bad!"
"Who is Bai Wuya?"
"Bai Wuya is the son of Bai Yunsheng. ”
Zhang Chi secretly thought in his heart, Bai Yunsheng, Bai Wuya, and Bai Xiaomi, now they can basically conclude that the three of them are a family, but they don't know who Bai Wuya is Bai Xiaomi? Bai Xiaomi framed herself in order to save the Bai family, although it makes sense, but it is intolerable to herself.
Mr. Ji said: "Bai Wuya wanted to kill you, but Bai Yunsheng stopped him and said that he would release you after only three months. ”
Zhang Chi said: "The release of Cao Chengguang this time is simply a cover, Cao Chengguang was sent to the deep well in order to open the prison cell and rescue Bai Yunsheng's father and son. Speaking of this, he remembered an extremely important thing: "But the layers of spiritual energy shielded outside the deep well, and the people who are imprisoned in the deep well are unable to exert themselves even if they are top spiritual path masters, how does Cao Chengguang use spiritual energy?"
Mr. Ji said, "He brought the pill in. ”
Zhang Chi actually thought of this layer, just wanted to hear Mr. Ji personally confirm that since this is the case, it proves that there are still people behind Cao Chengguang who are supporting, although Bai Xiaomi participated in the plan, her ability cannot control the overall situation, there must be other people behind her.
Zhang Chi said: "Who is behind Cao Chengguang?"
Mr. Ji shook his head and said: "I don't know, I only know that Cao Chengguang was coerced, if he doesn't do it, his family will be in danger, and I am the same......."
Zhang Chi secretly thought in his heart, the person Cao Chengguang valued the most was Cao Mingmin, so Cao Mingmin was the real hostage, someone used Cao Mingmin's life as a threat to threaten Cao Chengguang to help with things, those fifteen classmates were just used to confuse their eyes and interfere with the illusion of the investigation, and those classmates would never be in danger.
The person who can single-handedly plan this matter must be a high-powered figure, this time the task is Qu Yangming's proposal, An Chongguang's specific implementation, according to common sense, the two most suspicious people are also them, in Zhang Chi's personal opinion, An Chongguang's suspicion is greater.
Mr. Ji said: "Bai Yunsheng father and son are only afraid that they will cause an uproar when they go out, and the reason why they left the two of you is to gain more time to prepare." ”
Zhang Chi said, "Why are they being locked up here?"
Mr. Ji pursed his lips and said, "Bai Yunsheng is not a normal human being!"
There was a sudden scream in the woods, Zhang Chi Huoran stood up, and it didn't take long to see Chu Jianghe and a guard coming back with another guard, the guard was injured, his shoulder was bloody, and when he was looking for food just now, a monster suddenly jumped down from the tree, grabbed his shoulder and bit his neck, fortunately Chu Jianghe shot in time, but the monster moved quickly, and disappeared into the cedar forest in an instant.
Chu Jianghe: "I didn't see what that thing was, maybe it was a monkey." ”
The wounded guard said in a trembling voice, "It's not a monkey, it tore my flesh apart at once." ”
Mr. Ji checked his injuries by the light of the fire and said, "It's okay, it shouldn't be poisonous." ”
Chujiang River said: "I don't think it is suitable to stay here for a long time, we must continue to set off." ”
Mr. Ji sighed and said: "Where can we go, the forest sea and snow fields are endless, and we don't have a map, so we go aimlessly, just consuming energy in vain." ”
Chu Jiang Daodao: "Even if you go down aimlessly, it's better than sitting here and waiting for death." ”
Zhang Chi nodded, he agreed with Chu Jianghe's idea.
Mr. Ji raised his wrist to look at the time, and found that the watch was already stationary, shook his wrist, and the mechanical pendulum shook back and forth a few times, but the watch still did not react at all, it should have been affected when passing through the portal.
Chu Jianghe unscrewed the end of the handle of the saber, and there was a compass inside, and by the light of the snow, it could be seen that the compass was slowly rotating, and it could not be pointed in the correct direction.
Zhang Chi pointed to the multicolored light in the sky that flickered like an aurora, and suggested, "Let's go down to that light." ”
Chu Jiang Daodao: "It will be better after sunrise tomorrow." This sentence was more like a comfort to himself.
"No sunrise!"
Several people looked at Mr. Ji at the same time.
Mr. Ji said, "I once heard rumors about the Netherworld Valley, and it is always night here. ”
Chu Jianghe's heart sank again, if what Mr. Ji said was true, then the rest of their days would be spent in a long night.
Zhang Chi smiled and said, "If the rumors are true, it proves that someone has gone out from here." "If you look at the problem from a different angle, you will be much more optimistic, and you will find that the situation in front of you is not so bad.
One of the guards said, "Rumors may not be credible. ”
Zhang Chi said: "It's not difficult to confirm this matter, if we can't see the dawn, the rumors are true." In fact, everyone should be able to think of it, but they are too depressed, full of fear of this unknown place, and even forget to think about it.
Chu Jianghe looked at the dark night, for the first time in his life, he looked forward to the continuation of the night, and the dawn would never come.