Chapter 34: The Underground Chamber
Zou Qing saw that the wall actually moved, and then there was a crisp sound of "click" from inside, like the sound of the door lock being opened. He subconsciously closed the door and dodged lightly behind the shower curtain.
As soon as he hid in and stood up, he heard a man come out of it with a full burp. Coming out of the toilet with a full burp, Zou Qing thought to himself that if he didn't know the situation, he might really think that this person had gone in to eat.
Zou Qing stepped on the edge of the bathtub, leaned against the wall, and peeked through the gap in the shower curtain.
It was a man who stood there as if he had just woken up and rubbed his eyes, then walked to the sink outside, washed his face after listening to the sound, and finally opened the bathroom door and walked out.
After the man left, it took another while before Zou Qing walked out of the shower curtain.
He opened the bathroom door and saw that the man was no longer in the private room, apparently out.
Coming to the toilet again, Zou Qing looked at the wall behind him curiously. This time he could see that the wall was somewhat different. Unlike the other walls, where the edges are covered with tiles and there are no gaps in between, this one has a small strip of concrete visible at the edges as if it were unfinished.
Zou Qing walked cautiously to the wall, and he could feel a breeze blowing out from inside the wall.
At this time, Zou Qing suddenly realized that this was not a serious bathroom at all, but a bathroom with the back door open.
Could it be that Ling'er was taken into the wall by that kid?
Zou Qing knew in his heart that this was already the only possibility, the person who came out just now obviously did not lock the wall from the outside, and he didn't hear anyone lock it from the inside in the bathroom, this door must be open.
So he reached out and pushed hard against the edge of the wall.
The wall was lighter than he had expected, apparently with bearings or something underneath, and he pushed the wall to reveal a gap that could accommodate one person to pass through.
The probe saw a dark passage inside, with a row of dim lights shining under the corner of the wall on the side of the ground.
Zou Qing stabilized his mind again, this is really a hole!
At this time, the Xuanxi mirror, which had not moved, suddenly vibrate, and when I took it out, the mirror was still glowing slightly.
Look at Xuan Xijing's reaction, I'm in the right place.
Looking at the dark passage, Zou Qing was worried, and when he was hesitating whether to go in, he suddenly heard the sound of the door closing outside, maybe someone had entered the private room. Then the voice grew louder and louder, and it sounded like he was walking towards the bathroom.
You can't hesitate any longer, it's going to be a hassle if someone finds out you're sneaking here. Zou Qing raised the Xuanxi mirror to his chest and walked into the passage.
The moment he closed the wall, he heard someone push open the bathroom door, Zou Qing was in a hurry, and hurriedly bent down and ran forward.
It was dark in the passage, and I had just come in from the bright bathroom, and my eyes couldn't adjust to the dim light for a while, and through the small light on the side of the ground, there was a corner not far ahead.
Zou Qing controlled his movements and breathing while running, trying to make his voice not so obvious in this narrow passage, he didn't know what he would encounter after turning over, but he didn't have a choice, the blue light from the Xuanxi mirror in his hand could give him some sense of security.
Soon they came to the corner, and from here, the passage was coming to an end, and the row of small lights on the ground seemed to disappear into the ground not far ahead.
Zou Qing walked over and found that the row of small lights did not disappear, but went down into the ground, which means that this is a staircase going down.
The dark and silent passage was very stuffy, and there was already a sound in the bathroom behind him, and the man was probably about to open the wall.
Zou Qing continued to walk down the stairs, and walked down for about four or five meters before going down the stairs.
This place should already be underground! Zou Qing thought about continuing to walk forward, and after walking a few steps, he saw through the light of the Xuanxi mirror that there seemed to be a doorless doorframe at the end of the passage, and the black doorpost more than two meters tall was on the ground with the sky and the ground, and the situation on the side of the doorframe was completely unclear.
At this time, Zou Qing had an ominous premonition in his heart, every time he took a step towards the darkness, the stronger this feeling in his heart became, and he didn't know why, the huge black door frame in front of him made him subconsciously think of the first time he saw the dragon, its open bloody mouth and the yellow fangs in its mouth.
With a spirit on his body, Zou Qing stopped and wiped the sweat on his face. Listening to the person behind him, it was obvious that he was going down, and there was no way to avoid this straight passage, and there was nowhere to go if he wanted to.
What's more, I can't back down for the sake of Ling'er!
Damn it, if there's one in there, I'll shoot you to death!
Walking forward again, this time Zou Qing did not run, but walked forward slowly step by step, he covered the Xuanxi mirror with the sleeve of his clothes, so as not to attract the attention of something inside from the light of the mirror.
The closer you get to the door frame, the clearer it is that there is a sound, which seems to be rhythmic, and it is rough like the sound of some kind of mechanical operation, but the sound is uninterrupted, and it does not seem to be very rhythmic.
Zou Qing was even more nervous, he had already arrived in front of the black door frame, which exuded a smell like agarwood, and before he could take a closer look, the person behind him seemed to have walked the stairs and entered this passage.
Zou Qing hurriedly took the Xuan Xijing into his arms, and dodged into the door frame, which was a large space, and after entering, Zou Qing squatted down and leaned against the wall to hold his breath.
After a while, the man behind him walked in, and he didn't notice a man squatting in the corner, but walked straight forward.
Zou Qing exhaled slowly, his eyes had gradually adapted to the darkness here, not far in front of him, there seemed to be rectangular things, the light was too dim to see clearly, but he could distinguish those things densely packed into this huge space, it looked like a black coffin.
The man's footsteps faded away, until at last he could no longer be heard, and he didn't know whether he had left or stopped.
Zou Qing craned his neck and looked inside, it was blurry in the darkness, and he couldn't see anything clearly. The regular voice just now sounds more real now, judging the source from the sound, Zou Qing's scalp is numb, and those sounds seem to come from those black coffins!
My mother! Zou Qing was so shocked that he almost screamed, although he was a nominal dream killer, but this kind of strange situation was still rare, and his heart said My Ling'er, are you not here?
Thinking about it, Zou Qing wanted to move his body to change the angle and see what those black long objects were, but as soon as he took two steps to the side, suddenly a sharp object hit his shoulder.
Zou Qing suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, took out the Xuanxi mirror and looked at it, and was directly frightened and sat on the ground.
What touched his shoulder was a long sword, and the one holding this long sword was actually a fierce and vicious Qin soldier, just like the Qin soldier in the first battle of the cooling tower.
This Qin soldier glared at Zou Qing angrily, as if he was about to swing his sword and slash at him in the next moment.