Chapter 20: The Underground Secret Room
Binjiang nightclub, the sky is drizzling, at this time the nightclub is still turbulent, and the money and sex transactions have entered the peak.
At this moment, the elevator door more than ten meters underground was open, and Ling Chenxuan walked out slowly.
As he expected, the second basement floor is an underground parking lot, and at the moment there are only a few expensive luxury cars parked sporadically in this huge parking lot, and the whole space is shrouded in a layer of dim blue light, the emergency lights in the corners of the walls are flashing, and the intricate ventilation ducts are fixed on the walls on both sides, like climbing snakes.
It's so quiet, so quiet that you can only hear your own heartbeat.
Secrets are usually hidden in the most sparsely populated places, and this is undoubtedly the area most away from the hustle and bustle, and if nothing is found here, then they really need to leave.
Ling Chenxuan slowly paced between the cement pillars, the area here should be smaller than the previous floor, and it was estimated that it would not take more than fifteen minutes to complete the carpet search.
The yang blood in his body ignited silently, and suddenly every inch of air in the enclosed space was invaded by the yang energy magnetic field, and any slight fluctuation in the air seemed to merge with his breath.
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6th Floor, VIP Lounge.
The LCD TV hanging in the room was full of rock and dance, and Cheng Xinuo turned off the TV with a depressed face after switching a few channels.
"I regret pulling you out, now you should read at home......" Cheng Xinuo covered his face.
Gu Fangyan's mouth was stuffed with fruit, and after he devoured it, he slowly picked up the goblet on the coffee table, "What does this thing taste like?"
Cheng Xinuo glanced at him, "It's wine, but I advise you not to drink it." ”
"Haven't you ever drunk?" Gu Fangyan raised his eyes and asked her.
"I drank secretly once when I was a child, and we exorcists have always been smokers and drinkers. Cheng Xinuo clasped his fingers listlessly.
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2nd basement floor, parking lot.
The terrain here is simple and straightforward, the spiral slope allows the vehicle to reach the ground directly, the only difference is that there is an orange iron gate in an inconspicuous corner of the parking lot, the iron gate is locked, it should have been no one to open it for a long time, the paint on the iron door has peeled off a lot, and it looks rusty in the distance.
At first, he guessed that it should be a utility room, and some cleaning tools were placed, but gradually he found that the location of the door was quite unreasonable, and even a little weird, the iron door was placed in a hidden corner, and the door crack was close to the corner of the wall, which was very inconvenient to enter and exit normally, a bit like it was randomly arranged in that corner.
Ling Chenxuan jumped over the metal guardrail in front of him and took a few steps to the orange iron door. He subconsciously looked up and looked around, and almost instantaneously connected to a monitor.
As if someone did it deliberately, the angle of the monitor was not biased and aimed at him, and the two were facing each other coldly in an instant.
Ling Chenxuan stretched out his hand to hold the iron lock on the door, and the yang blood spread along the blood vessels to the arm and then to the palm, with the kickback of the five fingers, the iron lock in the palm of the palm was visibly deformed with the naked eye, and soon turned into a ball of scrap iron.
Ling Chenxuan pinched his fingers, fine iron filings fell from his fingertips, and he directly pushed open the orange iron door in front of him.
A chilly chill came over him almost instantly, as if he had just opened the door to hell.
The dark passage with no end in sight stretches down the bluestone steps, and the end of the black hole shimmers with a faint golden light, giving people the illusion that they can go straight to the center of the earth if they go down.
Ling Chenxuan hesitated for a moment and untied the club bag on his shoulder.
It's not that he had a premonition of danger, but he always felt that everything was a little too smooth, they almost didn't do anything, first they knew that there was a ghost stronghold here, and then found a secret passage within half an hour, as if they had been instructed by something.
Maybe this time it was really a big gamble, he had never been so close to the mysterious organization of ghosts as he was now, but he actually had no way out, because as long as he held his sword tightly, the door behind him would be closed.
Ling Chenxuan walked down the steps step by step, the sound of empty footsteps spreading around, like a huge heart beating slowly in the dark.
There was no lighting on either side of the narrow walkway, and the only source of light was the eerie golden light at the end of the staircase, which appeared and disappeared, like a candle flame that would go out at any moment.
The cold wind that permeated the depths of the earth was constantly surging in his ears, and he felt that he was walking in the tomb of an ancient emperor, and that he would find a sleeping giant coffin or a hideous guardian stone beast around a corner.
The depth of this place was far beyond his imagination, and it was about seven or eight floors underground when the long dark passage came to an end, and there was a stone wall made of quartz stone, on which hung an elegant European-style lampholder, shaped like a blooming brass flower, and the barbs on all sides were covered with fine staggered reliefs, and the orange wick was lit in the center of the lampholder, and from a distance it looked like a candlelight floating in the dark.
Ling Chenxuan checked his surroundings, and he found that the end of the stairs was blocked by this wall, except for one lamp, only a smooth wall remained, and the wall reflected the bright reflection of the lamp, warm as jade.
This secret passage could not be built just for the sake of appreciating this lamp, he began to look for a breakthrough, and the only breakthrough was this lamp.
The brass base of the lamp spreads to all sides with the wick in the center as the origin, and each upside-down copper hook is movable, Ling Chenxuan has studied a manual for escape rooms before, and he himself is an excellent design enthusiast, as long as he finds a clue for breaking through, he has the ability to complete the crack.
Ling Chenxuan tried to move the brass barb, and found that every time he turned the barb to a different angle, the value on the underside of the wick would change, and it seemed that this was just a relatively simple mechanism.
Five minutes later, with one last movement, the value on the underside of the wick was reset to zero, and twelve brass barbs pointed at the center at the same time, and the mechanical sound of gears rubbing against each other came from inside the wall, and the entire wall began to disintegrate to both sides, and bright light penetrated through the gaps in the countless gears, tearing through the darkness.
A much larger space was revealed to him, as if he had discovered a monument that had been dormant for thousands of years.
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6th Floor, VIP Lounge.
An unusually harmonious symphony echoed through the room, with goblets clattering in the gentle light.
"It turns out that Xiaoyan, you have this kind of past that is not enough for outsiders, it seems that I really underestimate you. Cheng Xinuo drank all the leftover wine in the cup, reached out and patted Gu Fangyan's shoulder.
"But it's normal, who hasn't had a silent favorite in their hearts, and the youth who hasn't had a crush is sloppy. ”
Gu Fangyan showed a regretful expression, "But I don't think it's called liking, if you think about it carefully, it's even a little obscene, is this a meaningless fantasy of an otaku about the goddess? ”
"Sister, you usually get quite close to that paranoid, doesn't that guy have a girl he likes?" Gu Fangyan also took a sip of vodka, this brain-stimulating drink should not be placed in such an elegant goblet, the alcohol slid down his throat, but it burned his nerves a little numb.
Cheng Xinuo was stunned for a moment inadvertently, and then smiled casually, the smile was so ...... Heartless......
"Whether he cares about him, that guy is full of strange things, and even if a girl confesses to him one day, he will probably raise a knife and say sorry, I'm going on a mission, or another day." ”
Gu Fangyan suddenly felt that the current feeling was very subtle, through the light of the zenith glass, the girl in front of her smiled brightly, and her delicate facial features seemed to melt into this piece of crimson.
I don't know if it's because of the alcohol, everything in front of me began to become ambiguous, and the air was filled with an unknown perfume, clear and not intense.
It's a nightclub, a place where you'll be pampered as long as you pay, and a lot of women here will smile at you, but he doesn't think it's really good, and the look at people like money always makes him shudder.
In his memory, only a few people would show him a real smile, such as Qin Xiachu, just a smile was enough to light up his world.
And whoever and that, they are all very good to him, so everyone will be friends. And now that he sees Cheng Xinuo's smile, he feels like he has returned to the past.
There is also a rippling music in the ears, faintly mixed with a hint of dissonant notes, which is masked by the interweaving of ideas.
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The air was enveloped in an eerie dead silence, and the whole space seemed to be alone.
He had imagined that this would be a disguised arsenal, where he would encounter a group of lifeless fanatics, or a gang-like base with a hideous and majestic stone statue of Shura holding a magic pestle, but the real scene still made him faintly stunned.
What appeared in front of him was a large, modern laboratory. Densely packed with intricate instruments that cannot be named, and huge platinum-colored containers stand in the four corners of the laboratory, which are obviously unified modern technology, but reveal a religious and mysterious atmosphere.
At the moment, the place was empty, the empty operating table was randomly placed with needles and tubes that had not had time to be put away, and the strangely shaped container was in standby, and the fluorescent blue light flickered rhythmically. It seems that an unknown experiment has just been completed not long ago, and everyone has left in a hurry when the experiment is complete.
Ling Chenxuan looked around vigilantly, the Yang Energy magnetic field quietly spread along the air, but there was nothing around.
He seemed to be placed in another dimension, where everything seemed unreal, and the cold incandescent lamp lit up the test table, reflecting a blinding white light.
Ling Chenxuan slowly walked to the huge container located in the center of the laboratory, and the container in front of him was like a super-large metal capsule of nearly two meters, with a red button at the front.
What he's looking for, will it be here?
Ling Chenxuan raised his hand and tried to press it.
The protective capsule of the outer layer of the metal container was opened, the inner wall of the container was made of tempered glass, and it contained a full dozen liters of turbid liquid......
In the next moment, Ling Chenxuan felt that the air around him was suddenly approaching freezing.
A ...... emerges clearly in the gradually clear solution The face of a girl...... She looked to be less than eighteen years old, and her solution-soaked face was crystal clear and pale, as if it would disappear at any moment.
The girl's long, slender silver hair spread to almost every corner of the container, gently holding her spotless body, in which her body was so white that it was almost transparent, and her eyes were closed, as if she were asleep or dead.
Ling Chenxuan silently stared at the sculptural and delicate girl in front of him, there was only a layer of tempered glass between them, but it seemed to be a world apart.
Suddenly, all eyes disappeared, the lights of the entire laboratory went out, and the place was plunged into pure darkness, as if everything had been an unreal dream, and now it had woken up.
Ling Chenxuan drew his knife like a cheetah, the blade silently slashed through the darkness, the range of the Yang Energy magnetic field expanded to the extreme, and the blazing magnetic waves swept every inch of air.
The surroundings were so quiet that he could only hear his own violent heartbeat, and the tide of yang blood surging from his veins spread to all corners of his body, and his hearing increased dramatically in the darkness, as long as he caught the slightest ability in the air, he could locate the location of the lost in an instant.
But he felt that the space was empty, except for the faint sound of ethereal footsteps around him, and he seemed to be the only one in the entire laboratory.
He hoped to find the other party's position through this faint footsteps, but the other party was obviously more vigilant than him, the footsteps were erratic, and the sound source slowly rotated around Ling Chenxuan.
It seems that the other party is not a lost person, and should have the same super senses as him, and at this moment he is like a beast ready to pounce, confronting its prey in the dark.
Ling Chenxuan closed his eyes, everything around him suddenly seemed to be boiling, the air was filled with endless yang energy, the laboratory was burning silently in his perception, and a moving black shadow was coming towards him, the black shadow's steps were strange and elegant, like a tap dance, it was waving...... It's chopping.
Ling Chenxuan raised his knife over the top as he felt it, and almost at the same time, a flash of silver light flashed in his sight, cutting through the thick darkness. The two long knives tangled into each other and made a clanging sound, like thunder on the ground.
The two locked each other's positions at the same time, and a second fight followed, so fast that there was almost no process.
Ling Chenxuan could only barely judge the trajectory of the opponent's swing of the knife, and at the same time, his brain reacted to fight back, the sound of the blades tangent in his ears never stopped, in such an absolutely dim environment, none of them could stop attacking, otherwise the extremely fast swinging blade would cut one of them into pieces.
In just a few seconds, the two sides had fought countless times, and it was meaningless to deduce what moves the other party used, only to see the light of the knife like a tide, and the electric light generated by the metal cutting instantly lit up and extinguished in the dark.
The positions of the two are constantly changing, with the help of super senses, Ling Chenxuan has basically figured out the surrounding environment, his body leans back on an object and rolls to dodge the steel knife that is slashing at him, when the steel knife is embedded in the operating table, Ling Chenxuan reached out and pressed the other party's arm to take away his weapon, but the other party directly gave up the weapon and locked Ling Chenxuan's right arm with both hands, Ling Chenxuan's right hand was painful, released the handle, and at the same time swung his left fist and slammed the opponent's abdomen, the two of them immediately scuffled.
The strength of the other party was far greater than that of ordinary people, and a blow of the hand knife hit Ling Chenxuan's cervical vertebrae, and the latter felt a burst of turbid qi and blood surging in his brain. Ling Chenxuan reached out and grabbed the other party's neck, his knee slammed into his chest, and the other party hit him with an elbow on the flank, Ling Chenxuan's back hit a pile of instruments, and suddenly there was a sound of glass breaking.
He picked up a piece of glass and slashed at the other party's throat, but the other party couldn't dodge, and the glass piece cut the side of his face, and a drop of blood splashed on the back of his hand, and the temperature was so cold that he couldn't help but shiver.
The brutal impact directly caused the siren in the laboratory to go off, and a dazzling red light flashed at the corner of the wall, faintly illuminating the figures of the two, Ling Chenxuan saw each other's appearance for the first time: the man's unusually pale face oozed a trace of deep blood, and the narrow wound that was originally cut by the glass barely bled and was slowly healing.
The red light of the laboratory reflected the man's silver hair, the man's beastly smile, his eyes as sharp as knives, his face as pale and delicate as the sleeping girl in the container, but with a fierce violence, between an angel and a devil.
"Who are you?" he pinched Ling Chenxuan's collar tightly, his blade-like pupils revealing a near-death madness.