Is that......!?

Seeing a strange figure squatting at the bottom of this dark valley, Jiang Yao was deeply surprised, but also a little numb in his scalp. He turned his head and glanced at Mu Jianyun, who was also stunned, and after hesitating for a while, the two decided to go down first to see the situation.

"Whoa......

The gravel of the rock wall rolled down from the two of them from time to time, and Jiang Yao was fully guarded, and cautiously climbed to the bottom of the valley below with Mu Jianyun. After a few moments, the two of them finally reached the bottom of the valley safely, and it was only then that the true face of the depths of the canyon was finally revealed in front of them.

It was a narrow and long rocky valley floor, less than twenty meters wide, much narrower than the distance between the two sides of the canyon mouth above, and it must have been a geological fissure that stretched downward in a funnel shape, and the front and back were dark and long rock paths, and there was no end in sight, and I didn't know where the two of them were at this time.

However, at this time, Jiang Yao and Mu Jianyun were most concerned not about their location, but about the strange shadow squatting not far in front of them.

"......" Mu Jianyun gestured to Jiang Yao quietly, leaned over to pick up the fireworks on the ground, and slowly approached the figure step by step, and Jiang Yao didn't dare to slack off, and immediately followed forward and protected Mu Jianyun's side.

There was almost no light source at the dark valley floor, only the glow of the fireworks beads barely illuminated the surrounding rocks, and the figure remained crouched in the shadow behind the rocks, with its head tilted and motionless.

"...... is this?" Mu Jianyun suddenly paused, staring ahead in surprise, Jiang Yao looked forward along Mu Jianyun's line of sight, but saw that behind the rock illuminated by the fireworks light beads, a figure in armor was reflected-

No, a corpse in armor, to be exact.

I saw that the corpse was leaning against the rock wall, and the whole body was in a state of a sharply dehydrated dry corpse, the gray and worn armor was no longer visible, and it was so fragile that it seemed to be wiped out at the slightest touch, and the head of the dried corpse was looking up at a ninety-degree angle, which was obviously because the neck bone had been broken.

"This is the bottom...... How can there be a dry corpse?" Jiang Yao said as he squatted down and looked at the corpse in front of him. "And looking at this weathering, I'm afraid it will not be formed in a short period of time. ”

"This is a different space that is independent of the real world, and any situation can occur, and it cannot be judged by common sense. Mu Jianyun shook his head and said. "But at least judging from the current style of the corpse, one thing is certain, and that is that this corpse is not human. ”

"Not human?" Jiang Yao was stunned for a moment and looked up at Mu Jianyun.

"Yes, although the appearance of the dried corpse is no longer recognizable, traces of tissues and organs can still be seen on the eyebrows of the corpse. Mu Jianyun leaned down and pointed to the corpse's forehead and said.

"This trace...... Why are they so like eyes?" Jiang Yao narrowed his eyes, and by the light of the fireworks beads, he found that there was a longitudinal hole above the eyebrows of the dried corpse, and the shriveled skin was attached to the skull, imprinting the shape of an eye socket, but the position of this "eye socket" was located on the forehead, and at first glance he thought that there was a hole in the corpse's head.

"It's not just the three eyes, you look at the bones of the corpse's hands. Mu Jianyun said, and lowered his head to reflect the light under the corpse. "It has only three fingers on each hand, and its phalanges are unusually long, and it has sharp nails, which should be characteristic of a demon. ”

"Armored demons......" Jiang Yao muttered, his gaze sweeping over the scars on the corpse's body.

"I don't know why it's here, but the demons of modern society probably don't wear this ancient equipment, which may have been left over from hundreds or even thousands of years ago. Anyway, do you recognize what kind of demon it is?"

"If you check carefully, you may be able to, but we don't have the conditions for an autopsy, and I'm afraid we won't have time to rub it here......" Mu Jianyun raised his head, looked at the distant light above the canyon, and said in a low voice. "If we don't get out of here soon, we might as well be the companions of this corpse. ”

"It's ...... anyway" Jiang Yao sighed and stood up, turned his head to look around, and suddenly found that not far ahead, there were still several scattered black shadows, prostrate on the ground.

"Wait, there seems to be a corpse over there!"

Jiang Yao's expression changed, and he hurriedly stepped forward with Mu Jianyun to check, and found that these black shadows were the same as the previous dry corpses, they were all some demons wearing armor, but the corpses of these demons were more seriously damaged, and some of them were even torn apart, extending all the way to the bottom of the valley in front of them in a state of broken corpses.

"These demons...... It seems that they are being pursued by something?" Jiang Yao frowned, looked at the mutilated dried corpses on the ground, and found that the heads and arms of these corpses were stretched in the direction of Jiang Yao's side, and the whole posture showed a state of panic and flight, and the object of their escape seemed to be hidden in front of the silent and dark valley bottom.

“…… You stay here first, I'll take a look. Mu Jianyun clenched the evil sword in his hand, and limped about to step forward, but was quickly pulled by Jiang Yao.

"You're still injured, not to mention that this space has been absorbing your mana, it's too dangerous for you to go alone in this state now!" Jiang Yao said. "You stay here, and I'll go ahead and take a look. ”

“…… If you want to say that you are absorbed mana, you are the same, right?" Mu Jianyun shook his head and sighed. "Let's go together. ”

After speaking, Mu Jianyun and Jiang Yao didn't say anything more, and began to explore along the wreckage all over the ground towards the pitch-black front.

"Smack...... Bang ......

The footsteps of the two continued to echo at the narrow valley floor, and the sound of "whining" wind wafted from the mouth of the canyon above like a ghost crying, like the whimper of the watchdog of hell, adding a bit of desolation to the valley floor where the remains of the corpse were scattered. However, Jiang Yao and Mu Jianyun were not in the mood to pay attention to this, but vigilantly walked forward with the help of the fireworks light beads, until they found another broken dried corpse under the cliff wall in front of them.

"There's a dead end ahead, and there's no body left here. Mu Jianyun looked up at the bottom of the valley and found that there was no way out, and the nearest corpse in front of them was crushed under a cliff, only half of his body was exposed.

"This corpse looks so strange, how can it be crushed under the rock wall......" Jiang Yao looked at the corpse's hideous face, his brows furrowed. I saw that the corpse's arms were pulled forward, and his head was tilted and his mouth was wide open, as if he was calling for help to Jiang Yao and the two in front of him. Jiang Yao couldn't bear to look away, turned his head to look at Mu Jianyun, but found that the other party was staring at the rock wall above the corpse, not knowing what he was thinking.

"What are you looking at?" Jiang Yao asked.

"I just think...... It doesn't make sense for these corpses to appear out of thin air in this canyon cul-de-sac, and if they had fallen from the cliff above, the corpses should have been more broken. Mu Jianyun said. "Now in this case, it's more like they're escaping from the rock wall. ”

"Escape from the "rock wall"?" Jiang Yao blurted out. "Could it be that there is a secret door on this rock wall?"

"And this secret door is on this half-dried corpse, it must have just escaped halfway out, and it was beheaded by the closed stone door. Mu Jianyun looked at the miserable dried corpse below and speculated. "It's also very difficult for us to climb back to the mouth of the canyon these days, and if we want to escape from here, we have to find this secret door and find a way out of here. ”

"But...... If these demons escaped from the secret door in the first place, does that mean that there is actually a danger inside the secret door that makes them feel frightened?" Jiang Yao analyzed, his face a little hesitant.

"It's possible, but it's the only way out for us at the moment. Mu Jianyun said, looked around the rock wall left and right, and suddenly seemed to have found something, and hurriedly walked to the bottom of a rock wall on the side, and squatted down.

"What's the matter? Did you find something?" Jiang Yao followed and stepped forward, and found that in front of Mu Jianyun's line of sight, there was a rock that seemed to have been brushed away from the ash layer, and it stood out on the gray rock wall.

"......" Mu Jianyun and Jiang Yao glanced at each other, then carefully stretched out his hand and gently pressed it on the rock.

"Gala...... Boom-'

At the moment when Mu Jianyun pressed the rock, a concussive roar suddenly erupted from the two of them! With the slow depression of the rock, the rock wall on the back of the half of the corpse actually began to rise slowly, and a doorway hole with two people high and three people wide appeared in front of Jiang Yao and Mu Jianyun.

"There really is a secret door...... Jiang Yao looked at the dark doorway, and always felt that there was an unreal feeling in his heart, as if this secret door was too easy to find.

"If it weren't for the dust being dusted off this rock, we wouldn't have been able to spot the mechanism here. Mu Jianyun patted the dust on his body and stood up with Jiang Yao's support. "In other words, before we came here, someone had already entered this secret door, and it wasn't that long ago. ”

"Not long ago" ......? Could it be that the person is actually a member of this 'special challenge'?" Jiang Yao said in surprise.

"Quite possibly. Mu Jianyun nodded. "This valley is so secretive that even we came here by accident. But the person who entered the secret door before not only found this, but also knew everything about the mechanism here, I'm afraid it's not easy......"

"This alien space is an uncharted territory for each of our challengers, and generally speaking, it is impossible for anyone to know the terrain in advance, let alone know the mechanisms inside......

Jiang Yao thought about it, and suddenly thought of a possibility, and looked up at Mu Jianyun.

"If this person really has information that our average challenger doesn't know, then this person probably knows the inside story of this challenge, or even ...... And the "real way" to get out of this space!"