Chapter 32: The Skinner

In the enclosed stone room, the wall facing the doorway was still slowly moving inward. During this time, Dean tried to break the solid stone wall, but after some tossing and turning, he only managed to make a few cracks in the wall. As time went on, the seemingly slow-moving stone wall had forced everyone backwards several times.

The closer everyone got to the door, the louder the giant geckos behind them became. Dean has now finally truly experienced what it means to have a wolf in front and a tiger in the back. If he still can't think of a way in a short time, then Dean can only carry Anne on his back and step on those little monsters to flow back. As for Leon, it is estimated that he will have to lose a few pounds of meat to run back to the cable ladder.

The more critical the situation, the more it needed to calm down, and Leon's brain was racing: this path should never be a dead end, after all, it was the only way for the female assassin to meet Emperor Gang. So, there must be some mechanism here that can get her through.

Leon looked around again, there was nothing in the stone room, every brick he and Dean had examined, and there were no clues. The torches on the left and right have been squeezed out by the advancing walls, and it is now certain that the mechanism is not indoors.

Leon turned his gaze to the cavern outside the door, feeling more and more likely that the mechanism was hidden in the rocks. Because he couldn't find a better way for a while, he could only let the rough-skinned Dean run out and touch those stones one by one.

Although he is not afraid of the bite of the gecko's sharp teeth, Dean still jumps and tries to avoid these annoying guys in order to avoid interference. The tunnels in the cave are extremely long, and the number of large rocks around them is unclear. Even if Leon's speculation is correct, it will never be too late to test them one by one.

Just as Dean was anxious, a drop of water suddenly fell on top of his head. He looked up at the top of the cave, which, like the entrance, was densely packed with sharp stalagmites. Because of the humidity in the cave, there are many stalagmites covered with water vapor, and water droplets fall from time to time.

Dean stepped on a gecko and continued to look up, as if searching for something. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he took two sharp steps before leaping into the air. One grabbed a slender stalagmite and twisted it backhand.

The stalagmite was twisted by Dean for a full circle, and it didn't break.

Then there was a slight vibration throughout the cavern, and the wall inside the stone chamber that had been moving inward gradually stopped moving, and then began to move back again.

Dean shook off a few geckos wrapped around his body and quickly swept back through the door. Leon smiled at Dean and asked, "How did you find out about that mechanism?"

Dean touched his nose, turned around and pointed to the stalagmites on the top of the cave and said: "The stalagmites in the cave are generally formed after many years, and in a long-term humid environment, the surface of the stalagmites will form a smooth film, so most of the water vapor attached to it will condense into water droplets and slide down, and will not be absorbed by the stone itself." However, because the stalagmite of this mechanism is artificially installed and transformed, there is no naturally formed film on the surface, and there will be no water droplets attached to it. ”

Although Dean said this easily, he couldn't do it without extremely delicate insight, and Leon couldn't help but refresh his understanding of this seemingly grinning guy.

Just as Leon wanted to praise Dean from the bottom of his heart, Anne, who had been silent for a long time, let out an exclamation at the wall, which made the two of them nervous again after putting their hearts down, and looked at the moving stone wall together.

At this moment, although the wall has returned to its original position, it still does not stop, and continues to move slowly backwards. A small square pit appeared on the "new ground" exposed under the wall, and there were stone steps that could accommodate one person to pass through the pit.

After the small crater was completely exposed in the wall, the movement finally stopped. Dean leaned over and glanced into the pit. In this tunnel, a few fireflies are slowly flying, illuminating the originally small stone steps.

Dean turned his head and said, "This should be the way to Gangdi's room, let's go." ”

Leon nodded, turning sideways to let Anne walk between the two of them. The group slowly walked down the stone steps, and it didn't take a few steps to reach the end. Dean had thought that this would be a normal interior view, but the reality was that it was still similar to the previous underground cavern scene. It's just that there are fewer stalagmites on the top and strange rocks around, and there are more fireflies, which illuminates the road very brightly. Fortunately, after walking for a while, the group did not find the giant gecko again.

Dean was at the front, Anne was following closely behind, and Leon was behind. The group moved forward in silence, only the dull sound of footsteps echoed in the middle. Just when Dean wanted to tell a story to liven up the atmosphere, the atmosphere came alive on its own.

Not far in front of the cave path, a figure vaguely appeared. For a while, the three of them began to get nervous again. Dean, who was the leader, stopped and clenched his fists slightly, ready to strike at any time. Leon, who was standing at the end, quietly pulled Anne behind him, and a faint reddish light appeared on the back of his neck.

The figure not far away slowly walked towards the group, and when it got a little closer, it finally allowed Dean to see his face clearly.

Dressed in black, with black hair, two sword eyebrows, and an indifferent expression that others owe money to him, it is Shi Qing, who has already taken the lead. Dean breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward and scolded without asking anything: "Are you lacking heart?

Shi Qing pursed his lips and said, "Are you lacking heart-eyed?" You can't see me clearly from such a distance, so can I see you clearly!?"

The two of them scolded each other like this, and Leon on the side couldn't cry or laugh. After waiting for a long time, he finally interjected: "Diana is said to have been taken to Emperor Gang, and now it is a good thing that we are reunited, there is a lot of strength." ”

Only then did the two stop arguing, and the group continued to walk deeper along the path of the cave. On the way, Shi Qing also explained to everyone what happened after separation. This includes how to get down to the casino, how to find the cable ladder, and how to get there by a different route than the others.

The group walked for about a while before they came to the end of the cave.

There was a rather large arched door, with the same gecko pattern as the red door Dean had seen before, except for the purple color. Dean turned his head to look at Leon, who looked at the gate carefully for a moment and said, "It's just a simple totem, and it doesn't have the power to operate." ”

Dean relented and reached out to push the door. The door, though unlocked, was unusually heavy, as if it had been made of two heavy stone slabs. Dean gradually increased his strength before pushing the door open completely.

When the gate finally opens completely, you will be greeted by a space as wide as a square. The floor of the space is paved with the most sumptuous gold-grained granite, and the walls on the left and right are filled with countless books, the top is painted with a beautiful fresco, and under the farthest wall is a huge stone sculpture of a gecko. The light here is as bright as day, reflected through a hundred and eight mirrors placed here and there, and the core light source comes from the huge sunstone of great value in the middle of the roof.

In this square-wide room, there are basically no furnishings except for the sea of books on the left and right, so the middle-aged man standing in the middle of the room is particularly eye-catching.

The middle-aged man with a small face smiled at Dean and his party: "Hello everyone, I am the manager of Elysium, you can call me the big butler." ”

Dean felt a pang in his heart, it seemed that he was still a step too late, and he didn't know how Max was doing now. However, since the big butler can appear here lightly, his deal with Max has lost its meaning. Dean looked at the gecko statue at the far end, and there was a tall man sitting on it, who was undoubtedly Emperor Gang. And there was a beautiful woman in purple standing next to Gangdi, and Dean knew that it should be Jack's mother, Oiran Diana, when he saw Leon's hot eyes beside him.

Now the situation in the field has become very tricky, and Max has revealed that he is at the level of the Xiao Tianwu realm before. Then the great butler who appeared here at this moment was obviously higher than his realm, and it was even possible that he had reached the realm of the Great Heavenly Martial Arts. On the other hand, on his own side, even if everyone joins forces, it is impossible to escape with Diana and Anne, let alone win.

So, Dean squeezed out his playful little dimples and smiled, "Mr. Big Butler, we got lost just now and got here. You see, it's all a misunderstanding, can you let us go?"

"You can go, but he has to stay. ”

Dean turned his head in the direction of the big butler's finger and saw Leon beside him, and asked with some confusion, "Leon, what do you have to do with Elysium?"

Leon shook his head, indicating that he was also puzzled.

Shi Qing, who was standing on the other side, stepped forward and approached Dean and said, "Then we can only fight." ”

Dean looked at Shi Qing and smiled slightly, quickly turned around and grabbed Shi Qing's palm that was about to touch his neck. Then aimed at Shi Qing's chest and punched hard. Shi Qing's reaction was also quick, and his other hand was protected on his chest before Dean threw the punch, but even then it was pushed several meters away by the punch.

Leon and Anne looked at Dean in surprise, wondering what he was mad about.

Dean ignored the surprised gazes of the two and calmly looked at Shi Qing, who was standing not far away.

Shi Qing, who was suddenly attacked, was not angry, but shook his somewhat sore arm and grinned. Then he looked at Dean with interest and asked in a very different voice, "How did you find out?"

Dean smiled and pointed to his nose, "I don't know how you used to make that idiot look exactly the same, but everyone's smell is different, and it just so happens that my nose is very smart." ”

"Shi Qing", who was not far away, wiped his face with one hand at this moment, and turned into the appearance of another person, and said a little sadly: "It turns out that you have seen through it from the beginning?

Dean spread his hands and threw a red rope-like creature to the ground and trampled it to death, and said helplessly: "Actually, if you didn't want to put this disgusting little thing around my neck, I wouldn't mind accompanying you for a while longer." ”

After a slight twist and trembling of his body, "Shi Qing" finally revealed his true face. This guy is of medium stature, shorter than the real Shi Qing, and his facial features are even more featureless. The only thing that can be called characteristic is the fair skin.

The man who revealed his true figure looked at Dean and smiled faintly: "I haven't introduced myself yet, my name is Wuxiang." It's rarely public, and you may not have heard of it. However, I also have a nickname that is very well-known in the Western Continent, called - Skinner. ”