Chapter 279: Deep in the Manor
Without further ado, Li Ning and Zhang Fei walked one foot deep and one foot shallow towards the woods, following the dense footprints left by Zhu Qiang and others.
As he walked, Li Ning suddenly paused, stood up, and looked behind him with a sideways face. I saw that the evil spirit had been staring at their backs, the corners of their mouths were slightly upturned, and a sinister smile appeared on their pale faces.
As soon as he turned around, the evil spirit suddenly shook his body and immediately disappeared in place. Only a thick cold aura was left writhing back and forth where it had just stopped.
It took a long time before it slowly dissipated.
"What are you looking at?" Zhang Fei heard that there was no movement behind him, so he turned around and took a look, and found that Li Ning was looking at the empty back, and the evil spirit didn't know when it had disappeared.
"Nothing, let's go find your captain. I hope they're all right. Li Ning retracted his gaze, turned his face and smiled at her.
"Oh!" Zhang Fei blinked.
The other side.
Zhu Qiang and others have already come to the vicinity of the manor.
Deep in the woods, a huge clearing appeared, full of lush weeds. Farther away, a long-abandoned manor, with unknown black plants covering the exterior walls.
No one has maintained it for a long time, and the surface of the manor has been corroded into large and small potholes under the sun and rain, as if the skin of a human being has fallen off, revealing the hideous interior.
Just looking at it makes people panic.
Dilapidated, decaying, dead silence is the surface of this manor.
Occasionally, the wind blew, and the half-open windows crackled, as if someone were opening and closing back and forth. made Zhu Qiang and the others creepy one by one.
And, for some reason, it seems that the light is a lot darker after coming here. Even though it's winter, there's still sun today, and it's not very warm, but it's still plenty of light.
However, the closer you get to the manor, the darker it becomes.
It's like stepping into a huge mouth.
"Team... Captain ......"
"This place is too creepy!"
"Oh my god!"
Although they are all adults.
And it's all warriors.
But I'm still a little scared.
"Don't shout, you're here, and you're going to have to go in and have a look. Moreover, the evil spirits have not attacked us, so why should we scare ourselves. Although Zhu Qiang was also a little apprehensive in his heart, he didn't want to leave like this.
Since they have come, they have come.
Of course, it's better to go in and have a look.
Face this manor with treasures.
Inner curiosity.
It's like a cat's paw scratching the heart.
Itchy.
Can't wait to go in and take a look.
See that the captain said so.
Naturally, the others had to shut up.
Then he slowly approached the manor.
The gates, the walls, and many places have collapsed.
In other words, you can enter the manor from any direction. And their direction happened to be the main gate, so they followed the collapsed iron gate, one by one.
Smack!
I don't know who stepped on the iron gate.
There was a thud.
The corner of the iron door embedded in the dirt suddenly popped up.
Splash a lot of dirt into the air.
Some people are instinctively startled when they are hit.
It jumped up like a fried cat.
"Don't scare yourself, in broad daylight, there should be no problem. Zhu Qiang was also startled, but when he saw that it was just the iron door being knocked by his own people, he quickly put his mind at ease, and then reminded with a cold face.
"What should the captain do now?"
"This manor is so big, where is the treasure!"
"Why is that evil spirit gone!"
The frightened crowd recovered.
Then they came together.
You ask me, I ask you.
The estate is too big.
The area is close to the size of two football fields.
Front and back, left and right.
Houses made of wood and mud are everywhere.
However, although the evil spirit told everyone that there was a treasure inside, it did not say where it was. And I don't know when it will disappear.
Missing.
I don't have a chance to ask now.
"We're close to thirty people, and although this manor is large, as long as it's scattered, it shouldn't take an hour to scavenge it. Zhu Qiang squinted his eyes slightly, pondering.
"Separated?"
"Spread out?"
"This ......"
Quite a few people are reluctant.
You know, it's a haunting house of horrors.
What if there is more than one evil spirit.
"Brothers, I know what you think. But, as you said, if we really find the treasure this time, then we can completely break away from the boxing gang, and we can go to other cities to develop. Zhu Qiang saw that everyone was not confident and his heart was very empty, so he cheered loudly.
Joining the boxing gang is a last resort.
No one wants to live under someone else's roof.
Look at other people's faces.
Especially this group of people in the convoy.
Everybody has known each other for a long time.
If not as a last resort.
In fact, they don't want to join the boxing gang.
Now, an opportunity to make a fortune is in front of him, which makes Zhu Qiang, who was already a little cold, burn in his heart again. Because he felt that perhaps this was an opportunity, a chance to get rid of poverty once and for all.
Although the escort team had a good business before, everyone also made a lot of money. However, few people have saved the money they earned. Now, if it weren't for the low completion rate, everyone wouldn't have risked continuing to escort.
If this evil spirit had not deceived everyone.
In case the treasure is huge.
Everyone will be completely rich.
Where is the need to look at other people's faces.
"The captain is right!"
"Why is this Boxer Gang riding on our heads!"
"Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to find the treasure!"
Zhu Qiang's short words made the team members who were originally a little weak-hearted feel like they had been beaten with chicken blood, and their eyes were round.
He was very excited.
"Work in groups of three, disperse, and if you encounter any danger or something you can't understand, quickly find someone else to gather. Zhu Qiang advised.
"Yes!"
"Understood!"
Everyone nodded one after another.
Subsequently, Zhu Qiang took the lead in approaching the gate inside the manor.
In front of the door is an arched corridor, supported only by four tiny white pillars. The door, on the other hand, is dark red, and the surface has been decayed with many potholes.
There are many dense small holes.
It's as if there's something hidden inside.
Evoking infinite reverie.
Whew-
Zhu Qiang took a deep breath, his eyes gradually became firm, he raised his right hand, stretched it forward, and gently placed his palm on the doorknob that had rotted and rusted.
Then, the five fingers were closed, and the strength was slowly turned down. The door, with a click, opened a tiny gap.
The door was unlocked.
Zhu Qiang stood one step away from the door, leaned sideways, and then gently pushed forward with his right hand, opening the door little by little.
Squeak!
The door-opening sounded.
The door seems to be venting its own pain.
Like an old man in his last years.
Maybe you'll die in the next second.
As the gap keeps opening.
Whimper.
A dark wind rushed from the inside to the outside.
Rushing out the door with a rotten stench.
Zhu Qiang and the others rolled their eyes one by one.
Constant coughing.
It took a long time to react.
Then, the gaze looked inside again.
The door was nearly halfway open.
Some areas inside can already be seen.
The interior seems to be a very large living room.
The left wall has rotted to grayish-black.
Moreover, it is dark inside.
Not very well lit.
Except for the sound of the crowd breathing.
It's quiet inside.
Zhu Qiang gritted his teeth, simply pushed it with his hand directly, and with a click, the wooden door could no longer bear it, and fell to the ground with a bang.
It fell apart with a click.
And then there was a pop.
Pressed out a wave of air and rolled towards the living room.
I don't know if it's bugs or dust.
A breath fills the air.
Everyone watched stunned outside.
No one dared to be the first to go in.
"Let's go. Seeing this, Zhu Qiang shook his hand and took the lead in walking inside.
As soon as he saw him move, the people behind him rushed in one by one.
"Spread out and search!"
"Be careful and careful!"
"Xiao Zhou, you and I go to the second floor to see if we can find the master's bedroom!"
As soon as I entered.
Zhu Qiang began to arrange, and then found a short-haired young man with a familiar face next to him, and the two of them walked up the fan-shaped damp wooden steps one after the other, step by step.
Crunch!
Crunch!
The two stepped on it.
The steps let out a cry of pain.
The crowd parted in twos and threes.
Except for the captain and Xiao Zhou.
The rest of the people are searching for one floor.
On the first floor, there are two corridors, divided into left and right.
At intervals on both sides.
It was a wooden door that I don't know if it was black or crimson, some open, some closed. In a trance, everyone always felt that there were still living people living inside.
The pockmarked and squinting-eyed young man walked together, not curious about the surrounding doors as if the others were curious, but walked straight into the depths.
"It's so dark!"
"Be careful with your step, don't have any corpses or anything like that, or you'll die of disgust!"
"Are you really sure the treasure is in the basement?"
"What are you lying about? My mother used to be here, and the most impressive thing was the basement, because she saw the owner of the manor come out of it and go back with a lot of things!"
Squinting eyes and pockmarked face exchanged ears.
The voice is thin and small.
I'm afraid to let others know.
Although everyone is an acquaintance.
Meet frequently.
But when something good happens.
Not necessarily willing to share it.
For example, the pockmarked face and squinting eyes are two.
Squinting thinks the treasure is in the basement, after all, many rich people are like that. And he happened to hear from his mother about where the basement was.
So he pulled his friend pockmarked face with him.
As for the others.
Forget it.
"Hey!" suddenly someone called out to them.
"What to do?" Asako's face stiffened.
"Don't get too far away from us, let's search little by little, you must be careful!" The person who stopped them saw the two of them walking deeper together, so they kindly reminded them.
"Ah, I see, don't worry!" Mazi turned around and smiled at the other party, in the dim environment, I don't know if others have seen it.
Then.
The two of them continued on their way.
And this time it's faster.
After a while, they came to the end of the hallway.
And two more corridors.
One left and one right.
"Where are you going?" said Asako, looking at her friend.
"On the right, on the far right, there is a wooden door, and that's the entrance to the basement. My mother said that the owner of the manor used to send a lot of things in. After squinting and glancing, he pointed to his right with his right hand.
The two turned right.
Squeeze into the slightly narrower hallways.
There aren't any rooms here.
There is only one abrupt black wooden door in the innermost part.
It stood there in great silence.
Like a motionless puppet.
Waiting for someone else to manipulate it.
Soon, the two of them walked to the door.
"Treasure, treasure, hey, hey, hey......" Mazi looked at the entrance to the basement that was close at hand, and the more she thought about it, the more excited she became, and she couldn't help but rub her hands.
"I don't know if I need a key?" Squint frowned.
Squeak!
At the moment when his words fell.
Suddenly, the wooden door opened automatically.
Revealing the pitch-black space inside.
A faint chill swept silently across the floor.
Wrap the feet of both of them.
The chill is rising.