After entering the gate, they walked through a tunnel about ten meters long, and what appeared in front of Chen Taiyuan and the others was an extremely amazing scene - the entire cave was like a huge deep well!

I'm afraid that the whole mountain is empty, hundreds of meters down from the black hole, and the lights at the bottom are like ghost fires. A spiraling descending staircase passage protruded from the surrounding stone wall, and Chen Taiyuan was now stepping on the beginning of this passage.

The staircase spiraled around the stone wall like a long dragon, spiraling down to the bottom like the threads of a giant screw. The width of the passage is about five or six meters, and it is all built according to the appearance of natural generation, which can be described as a natural creation.

Before coming, Nobunaga told Chen Taiyuan and Kenwu about this general structure, but he was quite surprised when he saw it in person.

Nobunaga also said that the circling passage circled the stone wall for a total of three and a half weeks, and finally went underground. The drop point is opposite the bottom, opposite the front of the entrance here, and the height difference is about 100 zhang (about 300 meters). In this way, the bottom of this huge "deep well" should be about the same height as the sea level outside.

Along the way to the side of the stone wall, there are some stone caves from time to time, which are basically converted into rooms of various sizes for the monks of the Exorcism to live with their own zombies.

The high-level personnel of the Exorcism House live at the "bottom of the well", which is an open space about 1450 meters in diameter, roughly the size of two international standard football fields. Due to the limited space, only those with higher status are eligible to live there.

Moreover, there are many ancient and modern buildings at the bottom of the "well", which have been built one after another over hundreds of years. Of course, more than 400 years ago, there were wooden buildings all over the place, but they were all burned down by Nobunaga. The earliest buildings are a row of monks' houses built with the aid of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and a temple built with the assistance of the successor Tokugawa Ieyasu. After that, of course, there were other buildings one after another, basically filling the bottom space.

The ghostly lights come from the buildings at the bottom. They don't even use modern electrical appliances, they still use oil lamps or candles from the past, and there are even green phosphorus fires in some places, which makes the whole environment very depressing.

But the captives also explained that although the environment seemed oppressive, it was actually ventilated through the cracks in the mountain and outside. The strong wind on the surface of the sea blew in along the gaps, and although it played a role in ventilation, it made the place filled with the whistling sound like a ghost crying, which was even more uncomfortable.

Damn, is this where people live......

But also, people's retreats are for playing with zombies, and this tomb-like environment is the most suitable. And contrary to the usual notion of "respect from above", the further down there is here, the more noble it is.

According to the captives, this environment is best suited for "raising corpses", and the further down the environment is, the more effective it is, no wonder only high-ranking personnel are qualified to live below. Zombies are "nourished" in this environment, and their strength will slowly increase. In addition, some corpses that were originally unconscious, placed at the bottom and cultivated through some special techniques, may eventually wake up and become zombies.

They even have the means to actively cultivate, no wonder this evil sect has such a large number of zombies in it.

You must know that Xinmo's corpse control faction is directly looking for zombies that have been formed, and at most waking them up in their sleep. But cultivating ordinary corpses into zombies, the corpse control faction never did this kind of thing.

At this time, Chen Taiyuan could sense that the entire space was full of dense dark energy fluctuations, and he was even a little numb. Because for corpse riders, the best time to cultivate corpses is at night, when the yin qi is heavier. So now is a good time to train or cultivate zombies, many people are in a state of wake, and zombies are constantly bursting with dark energy.

There are dozens of human cultivators (demon monks), but it is not excluded that some people do not have the power to urge them, so they are not felt. As for the number of zombies is even more staggering, there are at least more than 200 or maybe more than 300 in the energy fluctuation alone! plus those who are sleeping or resting, the devil knows how many zombies are in this space now!

It's horrible, it's a pile of dead people.

And Chen Taiyuan can sense that the further down he goes, the more fierce he becomes. In the "bottom of the well" area at the bottom, there were even three Qin-level zombie energies erupting, and the number of Han-level zombies was a bit uncountable. It is worthy of being a zombie base camp, and there are really many powerful zombies.

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Listening to the faint sound of ghosts crying in his ears, and thinking of countless zombies, this feeling is simply a thief, and Jian Wu can't help but grab the soft sword hidden in his waist. After all, she is a woman, not afraid of people but afraid of ghosts.

At this time, the ten guards led the three of them down the circling passage, and whispered: "My stone chamber is in the middle of the passage, and there is no reason to continue to descend after entering, because people from above are not allowed to go down at will. ”

The hierarchy is strict, and the lower the residence, the more noble it becomes, so those who live below can come up at any time, but those who live above are not allowed to go down casually, otherwise they will be severely reprimanded.

That's a real problem, but let's get to this guy's stone chamber first. The only thing Chen Taiyuan is a little curious about is the identity of the Ten Soldiers, which also shows that Chen Taiyuan is as careful as a hair.

"You said that the more people who live above, the lower their status, and the higher they are below. And you live in the middle, at least not at the bottom. Chen Taiyuan said, "But why did you send you to the top of the mountain to be on duty? That is obviously a task that only the most unlucky fellow will receive." ”

Shibei said with a sad face: "That's not thanks to your old man's family! Our people here are divided into several large parts, except for the group of people directly under the Star Sea Division, the remaining four parts belong to the Four Great Ming Kings. I was originally under the command of King Dademing, and I was also reused. ”

"But now that King Dade Ming is dead in your hands, our gang has no backing, and can only be oppressed and slaughtered by the other three forces. ”

"Do you know the identities of the two unlucky people who guarded the gate just now? Like me, they are all among the eight protectors around King Dade Ming, and they have all been reduced to the point of watching the gate. Of course, I'm worse than the two of them......"

Chen Taiyuan and the others were speechless, it seemed that the struggle between the factions would appear anywhere.

As for the Eight Dharma Protectors, they are the eight subordinates under the command of King Dademing. I think that the three black-clothed hats who appeared with King Dade Ming outside Jinliu City were three of them.

Coincidentally, the two who besieged the Wolf King Detective Institute with sixteen zombies a few days ago are also two of the eight protectors. At that time, the Star Sea Master ordered them to go to China to avenge King Dademing, and those two fools had to be sent to death honestly.

Now there are only three of the Eight Great Protectors of King Dade Ming, and as a result, two are watching the gate at the door, and the Ten Guards are even sent to the top of the mountain to drink the cold wind.

Hey, once a son of heaven and a courtier, it's all tears.

In addition, the unlucky ghosts who were on duty on the road from the front mountain to the back mountain were also subordinates of King Dademing, but they were subordinates of lower rank.

And according to Shibei, because King Daitoku Ming is very highly valued by the Star Sea Division, he has the most men and horses under his command. The remaining three monks under King Ming are all more than ten or twenty people, but the monks under the command of King Dade Ming are close to thirty people, and they are the most bullish in the past, and they can almost walk sideways. And many people also speculate that in the future, King Dade Ming will take over the throne of the Star Sea Master.

Perhaps it was precisely because it was too high-profile before, so once it lost its backing, there was a situation where the wall fell down and everyone pushed it.

As a figure among the eight protectors of the Great Deming King, even if the Ten Guards are ranked slightly lower among the eight, they are still considered middle-level figures in the entire Demon Retreat Courtyard, so it is not surprising that their residence is arranged in the middle or even a little lower.

Ten Guards also said that due to the reduction of status, I am afraid that in the future, their nest will have to be moved to the top as well. It's just that the temper of the Star Sea Master has been very bad recently, and it is inconvenient for the other three Ming Kings to make things too obvious and excessive, so they slowly plan to let the people under the command of the Great De Ming King continue to live in their respective rooms. When the time comes, these people will definitely be thrown to the top.

While whispering introductions, he also passed by two stone chambers one after another. Since they are all residences of low-end people, there are no doors - it is a waste to install doors and windows on the grottoes. Chen Taiyuan and the others noticed that there were two monks living inside, sitting on the bed as if they were stunned. These two monks are not very old, and it seems that they are indeed low-level disciples.

And the two monks are in their respective zombies, looking eerie. Especially the second monk, whose zombies are estimated to be freshly dug up and not dead for a long time, can smell a smell of sour rotten meat through the stone gate, which can almost disgust people to death. The zombie was also standing stupidly by the bed, not moving at all, obviously not cultivated yet.

This is the characteristic of actively cultivating corpses, even if they are just simple corpses, and they do not naturally form zombies, they can also get them out and cultivate! Not only disgusting, but also seriously contrary to the concept of humanity.

But if it weren't for that, they wouldn't have gotten so many zombies.

There are about 100 monks in the entire exorcism courtyard, and the zombies under control below have reached six or seven hundred. With such a huge number, it is too difficult to generate naturally alone, and it is not enough to dig up as many graves as you want, and I am afraid that it will not be enough to overturn all the ancient tombs of the island country. Therefore, it is precisely because of the constant cultivation of "fresh dead corpses" that the zombies in the Exorcism have reached such a terrifying number.

The thought of hundreds of zombies in this place made Jian Wu feel uncomfortable. It's not that I'm scared, it's that I feel disgusting.

But what's even more disgusting is not the zombies, but these demon monks who control the zombies!

For example, when they passed by the fourth stone chamber, Chen Taiyuan and Jian Wu's worldview really collapsed. Inside, it is estimated that the corpse of a woman who has not been dead for a long time is placed on a stone bed without moving. It's not even a zombie, and because of the low level of cultivation, it's more appropriate to call it a corpse.

But it was such a corpse, and there was nothing left of its clothes. Below is a crooked monk with a disgusting smile on his face, carrying the corpse's legs, lifting his robe, and shamelessly doing that indescribable thing.

Chen Taiyuan almost spurted out a mouthful of blood, and Jian Wu was even more disgusting, and immediately turned his head, and couldn't help but vomit. But you have to hold back, otherwise the "zombie" will vomit too, and won't it be about to reveal its identity. But everyone is really disgusting, too unbearable to bear this kind of thing.

In short, Chen Taiyuan and Jian Wu understood more and more that there were either zombies in this huge cave, or demon monks who were even more inhumane than zombies. It's not like a part of the human world anymore, but more like hell and a demon cave!

"Who?" the filthy demon monk inside turned his head to look out as he heard the movement of the sword dance.