The bloody footprints lasted for a distance of about ten meters before disappearing.

Something like gauze bandages were left behind in the place where he disappeared, and it seemed that the injured person did not have the ability to use energy to heal his wounds, or was it ...... Due to the resurgence of energy suppression in this vicinity, the self-healing of the wound has also become a luxury?

I have to be wary of this, because I haven't been injured yet, and who knows if these wounds will heal after the injury.

However, the answer was soon revealed, because at this time, I suddenly noticed that the wound on the finger that Qin Yao had just used to open the Blood Melt Stone was still there.

Damn it...... In this way, it means that my next tolerance rate is even lower, not only can I not be harmed by any energy creatures, but I can't even have ordinary scratches and knife wounds, otherwise the consequences will be quite serious, and diseases such as tetanus caused by conventional injuries without medication will completely kill me.

Qin Yao had obviously also noticed that the wound could not heal now, and I noticed that she had been rubbing her index finger, which was the finger she had just cut, and I immediately communicated with her, and the result was indeed consistent with what I had just deduced.

"It's incredible...... Qin Yao frowned and said, "We can see very clearly now, there are no jammers in this vicinity at all, and Qianqian has suppressed all the energy of the entire area just by relying on her personal energy!"

"Why do you think she did that?" I said.

"It's simple. Qin Yao replied, "When Qianqian thinks that the energy is not helpful to the current situation, she will naturally choose to eliminate the energy here. Now that I think about it, as the source of the entire Gu worm virus, it is actually reasonable for her to have such an ability!"

"Energy doesn't help the situation?

"You didn't understand what I meant. Qin Yao waved his hand: "Think about it...... If all of us now lose the protection of energy...... Then the large number of creatures she controls now, including Gu and energy creatures, can maximize the numerical advantage!"

Qin Yao's words woke me up instantly!

Oh, yes!

If I had the energy in my hands, although I might not be able to win against a large number of creatures, I could at least use my energy advantage to delay for a long time, but now without this blessing, I would be equivalent to becoming an ordinary person with some strength and speed! And even if an ordinary person is strong, it is difficult to face enemies who are several times more numerous than themselves, or even dozens or hundreds of times.

......

We began to move on.

Qin Yao is indeed quite familiar with this place, and she actually has the ability to observe things in the dark to a greater or lesser extent, so our initial process is very fast, but the good times are not long, and when we come to a fork in the road, the choice is placed in front of us......

"Where do these forks in the road lead?" I asked.

"The terrain of the secret passages here is very complex, some of them are isolated from each other, but some of them are interconnected...... It's not something that can be said clearly in one or two sentences. After Qin Yao finished speaking, he leaned over and looked towards the ground again, looking obviously looking for footprints.

Fortunately, there was almost no movement in this secret passage, which left a lot of dust on the ground, and we quickly found the footprints one by one.

However......

We were surprised to find that these footprints actually left in three different directions, if judged by the size of the footprints, Zhao Youkuang and one of the men must have taken the middle path, while the other two men each took the other one.

"Damn!" Qin Yao couldn't help but scold: "Zhao Youkuang, this old fox! She really knew that someone was following her! That's why she deliberately divided into three lines!"

"Isn't that easy?" I said, "If only we could just follow her footsteps!

"No......" Qin Yao shook her head: "I know her too well...... She couldn't have exposed her movements so easily, and with her personality, she might as well have had a man put on her shoes!

"Really fake...... I said in my heart how this feels like fighting the art of war, but Qin Yao's understanding of Zhao Youkuang is indeed much deeper, plus the other words she said before have almost come true, I said in my heart that it is better to support her.

"Then what should we do? Now one left and one right must not be able to tell which one is Zhao Youkuang...... Otherwise......"

I originally meant to let Qin Yao and me be separated and look for a side by myself, but I was a little afraid that Qin Yao would have an accident alone, and I was still hesitating, but Qin Yao took the lead in proposing a plan to act separately.

"Xiao Chen! we must catch her as soon as possible! So...... It's best to split up!How about we alone?" Qin Yao said.

"But I don't know the way...... And are you really not in danger on your own?" I immediately asked.

Qin Yao held her chin and thought for a moment, as if she was struggling with something, but she finally said, "That's it...... I'll tell you how to walk the secret passage here......"

I frowned, and said in my heart that such a complex secret passage, how can it be clearly expressed in words alone?

However, Qin Yao's explanation of the secret passage was surprisingly simple, she said that as long as I saw a light at the fork in the road, I could turn directly, and if there was no light, I would go straight all the way, and the light would turn at the intersection on which side.

As for safety, Qin Yao said that there was no need to worry about her, after all, she was too familiar with the terrain here, even if she couldn't defeat the enemy, it would be no problem to escape.

I feel that the method of identifying the secret passage that Qin Yao said should be just a very rudimentary method, and there must be something deeper hidden in this secret passage, but I don't have time to talk to her now, and after agreeing with each other for half an hour to return, we quickly rushed in our respective directions.

I was traveling to the left, judging from the compass, it happened to be due east, and Qin Yao was naturally due west.

The path of the secret passage is a bit difficult to walk, and some of the corridors are very wide, while others are quite narrow, and it looks like the original separate passages have been rebuilt to connect each other.

This idea was quickly confirmed, as I soon discovered the "ruins" of a subway passage in the vicinity, and it was also here that I found the first animal carcasses in the secret passages.

It was a strange looking creature that I hadn't identified at first, but when I looked closer, I was surprised to see that it was a translucent monster.

Could it be ...... Are these monsters chasing Zhao Youkuang?

Now I finally had a chance to get a closer look at these translucent monsters, and of course, after they died, their translucent forms were no longer valid, replaced by a hideous body, and even worse, their heads could clearly show traces of human beings.

Seemingly...... These monsters turned out to be people too.

There were three corpses in total, and if I guessed that "there weren't many of them" as I had previously known, the death of these three monsters would undoubtedly be a heavy blow to the manipulators behind the scenes.

In addition to the monster corpses, I also saw some residual slime nearby, and it seems that there are also resentful spirits who have died here.

Naturally, there were no fewer marks of fighting on the ground and walls around them, and just the scratches on the walls could be concluded to be left by these translucent monsters.

So here's the problem...... Who are these translucent monsters fighting against? Is it a resentful spirit? Or are they other energy creatures?

As I got here, I could already be sure that there were many other strange creatures in this secret passage besides me, Zhao Youkuang, and the other three unknown men, and I had to be careful.

In addition, I was even more worried about Qin Yao's safety, and a large part of the reason why I quickly agreed to Qin Yao's suggestion was that I thought that all the monsters chasing Zhao Youkuang had already died in the previous explosion, and even if they didn't die, then there shouldn't be much left. But as it stands, there are not only a lot of them, but they may even be much more than I thought!

But now that Qin Yao is far away from me, it is impossible for me to join her again, so I can only move forward cautiously but at a fast speed.

The subway passages here are basically a kind of fault structure, to put it bluntly, a section of the subway passage is covered with some passages excavated later, and the two passages are connected to each other, further complicating the structure of the secret passage here.

It can be seen that the structure of the secret passage here has also been deliberately designed, excavated, and rebuilt to its current appearance, as if it is to make people get lost in it.

I thought to myself, since this is the way it was designed...... Is there a special reason for that? For example, there is something hidden in it, and it is done so that people don't find it easily?

But Qin Yao just said that he was very familiar with this place, and if there was really any secret, then he shouldn't be able to hide it from Qin Yao.

......

However, with the secret that Qin Yao had just told me, no matter how complicated the secret passage here was, I could move forward quickly without the risk of getting lost.

I soon realized that the path I was following was actually a path with corpses, and the further back I went, the clearer it became that it was indeed a wave of creatures rushing ahead after someone.

Did I choose the right direction? The person fleeing here is Zhao Youkuang himself?

Then I tried to sense the nearby energy again, and although there was little hope, I still wanted to give it a try...... As soon as I sensed it, I really noticed some subtle energy sources coming from nearby, although it was not strong, but it was clearly discerning.

It seems that Qianqian's energy suppression here is not thorough enough, which is actually normal, after all, the moon spirit equipment can't completely suppress the spiritual energy, and now Qianqian wants to completely block the energy of such a vast place by herself, at least it can still leave us a slight opportunity to use.

And now this opportunity is exactly what I have grasped!

I know very well that the reason why I feel low energy now is only because the energy here is suppressed, and under this strong inhibition, I can still sense the existence of energy, which shows that these energy sources are absolutely extraordinary!

I quickly retracted my senses and began to listen to the movement around me, and soon I heard a series of extremely fast footsteps coming from the bend in front of me.

As soon as I heard the sound of this footstep, it was not human, but more like something crawling quickly on the wall, I immediately thought of the gecko people, but I knew that in this situation, the gecko people were not worthy of surviving until now, even if the wave of gecko people I saw near the Qinhuai Mountains before would have been killed or captured by Qianqian's energy long ago.

I immediately drew my sword and put myself in a defensive posture, and the next moment a string of figures emerged from the closest bend in front of me, that is, the bend where there was a lamp.

......

These guys have lost their translucent "luster" in the darkness, and have taken on a hint of ghostly aura, and I was just about to swing forward with the mountain opener, but I was surprised to find that these guys suddenly turned around and rushed out towards the passage at the other end, and in the blink of an eye, there was no shadow.

The passage they had just entered had no light, which meant that it was a dead end or a way back.

Aren't they coming for me?

I was still wondering, and suddenly I heard another series of voices, this time much denser than before, and accompanied by a strange roar.

Damn it...... I know very well the enemy this time, 100% it is a ferocious Gu creature of the mammary category!

I didn't continue to make defensive moves forward this time, but instead retreated backwards in a row, and at the same time wondered in my heart if this batch of Gu creatures could be chasing those translucent monsters just now, or following? In short, either way, I seemed to be able to avoid fighting.

The situation was similar to what I expected, and soon a group of Gu things like wolf dogs rushed out, and these Gu creatures didn't know if they had found me, in short, they just circled back and forth around me a few times before chasing them in the direction that those translucent monsters had just left, and while chasing, they continued to let out that kind of fierce roar.

The number of those translucent monsters is still less after all, and if there is a head-on conflict, it may not be the opponent of those Gu creatures.

I waited until there was no more noise nearby, and then I quickly skimmed over where the two creatures had just walked and rushed straight to the bend where the lamp was located.