Chapter 21: The Strange Man in the Black Robe
Strange to say, although we have been circling all the time, we have never been to the same tunnel repeatedly, and these underground tunnels, although complex, seem to have some mysterious arrangement rules that make us dizzy without really getting lost in them.
When you are tortured to the point of despair, the exit of the tunnel suddenly miraculously appears around the next corner......
This is the power of the underground network, people who are proficient in this way enter it, they can easily get out, and people who don't know anything break into it, and after some torture, he can also come out, the only difference is the time to get out of the maze.
If the old turtle and the Taoist priest are here, maybe they can still see some doorways, but as for me, forget it.
Soon, we don't know how many times we have walked through the complex underground network, and we have found four of the five tunnels with the grooves of the Bagua brand, and only the last earth tunnel has not been found.
I've lost count of how many times I've walked around these underground tunnels, and although the tunnels engraved with the grooves of the Bagua cards will not be repeated, the tunnels that extend in all directions in the depths of the tunnels are not.
The first wooden tunnel did not need to be looked for at all, because the place where we fell was the fire word tunnel, which took about five minutes to circle, and then the water word gold tunnel, the circle time became longer and longer. It seems that with each more one found, the complexity of the internal network increases exponentially, which can't help but remind me of the legendary Qimen Dunjia.
In fact, it is not difficult to break the maze of the network tunnel, we only need to walk directly through the huge heart in the pit when we find the first few tunnels, and we can avoid the maze and reach all the tunnels in the shortest time.
This is the most ideal way to break the maze, but we don't dare, that thing is a devil who is secretive even to the master of Tiantong who arranged the Eight Gates Binding Ghost Array, if we accidentally wake it up, we won't have to work hard in our lives.
After trying again and again, we finally saw the exit of the last tunnel, almost exhausted.
When we rushed out of the maze and stepped into the earth tunnel, Officer Zhou, who was overly excited, suddenly let out a groan, and then fell to the ground without warning.
I followed her closely, and when I saw her fall, I hurriedly stopped, and at the same time I looked at my feet, and I saw a person lying at the entrance of the tunnel, and it was this person who tripped over her.
Soon, Officer Zhou also found the person on the ground, and his face suddenly showed surprise: "It's him, one of the missing students, it's great, it's finally found!" ”
As she spoke, she excitedly went to photograph the student, I wanted to stop it, but it was too late.
I saw that she had just turned the person on the ground over, and the surprise on her face suddenly turned into horror, and then, a piercing scream suddenly resounded all around.
At this time, I also saw the front of the student, and even though I was used to seeing all kinds of horrible or disgusting things, I was still startled by the image in front of me.
The student who was recognized by Officer Zhou, of course, I don't know what Officer Zhou relied on to determine that the person was the missing student, but I saw that the student's face was completely gone, leaving only an old dead skin shaped like air-dried bacon, and many places had been completely sunken in, clinging to the bones, looking like a skeleton with a layer of dry skin, no wonder Officer Zhou had such a reaction.
In fact, the moment I saw this person, I already had a premonition, because I had encountered a similar situation before, but I didn't expect this corpse to be so terrifying and terrifying.
Officer Zhou is worthy of being a public safety expert, and after a short gaffe, he immediately adjusted his emotions, and although his face was not good-looking, he finally recovered from his fear.
"How so? How did he end up like this? Officer Zhou asked with a pale face.
I was already accustomed to this, and patted her, "You followed me before, didn't you notice that there was also a dried corpse on the corner of the third floor?" ”
Hearing this, Officer Zhou was stunned for a moment, saying that all her attention before was on me, and it was not easy to follow people, so how could she have any other energy to care about anything else?
I rolled my eyes and told her about the dried corpses in the corridor and the headless corpses found at the entrance of the administrative building.
"So, the missing students have all been killed?"
I shook my head and said it wasn't likely, but from what I knew, at least six of the eight students had been killed.
Before Yang Mengqing rescued Sydney and the others, four had already died, and the headless corpse I found at the main entrance of the hall had been dead for two days, and it should be included in the four people, the bodies of the other three were not found, and the dried corpse on the third floor of the experimental area should be one of the other three who escaped in addition to Sydney.
Coupled with the one in front of him, there are six people who are sure to be dead.
Officer Zhou suddenly seemed to have been drained of all his strength, and sat on the ground with his fists clenched tightly, and it could be seen that she was very angry now.
"Who the hell are those three guys, and why did they kill so many innocent students?" Officer Zhou looked at me with a gloomy face and asked word by word.
I sighed, not knowing how to explain this to her, because I was still unsure of the identity of the gang myself.
"I can't be sure of the specifics, but they are very likely to be related to a cult called the Heavenly Witch Cult, this cult is very mysterious, vicious and ruthless, and their highest doctrine is to destroy the current world, I have fought with them before, even if it is a hundred times more cruel than this, I have seen it. ”
Speaking of this, I subconsciously thought of Fengyang Town, which was completely destroyed by Bagan, and in the whole town, there were only two people left, Yang Mengqing and Xiao Na, and the blood pool full of the flesh and bones of the old and young women and children in the town during their human sacrifice, which still makes me shudder when I think about it.
The third uncle told me that there are not many people in the entire system who know about the Heavenly Witch Sect, except for the Special Incident Investigation Bureau, and only some departments with special functions know about it, so Officer Zhou is still very unfamiliar with the name of the Heavenly Witch Sect in my mouth.
"According to what you say, everything the Heavenly Witch Sect does is for the purpose of destroying the world, does that mean that there is something in this building that is related to their purpose of destroying the world?"
Officer Zhou is worthy of being an expert, as soon as her words came out, I was shocked, and my heart said yes, where there are traces of the Heavenly Witch Cultists, Fengyang, Hometown Yeling, Suoming Ancient Town, Luogang Village Demon Valley, Toast Tai Lock Demon Lake, these are all places that the Heavenly Witch Sect has targeted, without exception, they all have a common characteristic.
Eyes of the Earth!
My heart was pounding, and I suddenly had a very terrible guess: Could it be that there is also an eye in the ground under this strange experimental building? 67
As soon as this thought arose, I couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart, to be honest, those previous experiences, especially the terrible encounter in the lock demon lake not long ago, have long been deeply imprinted in my mind, becoming an indelible nightmare, now I, but whenever I hear the word "earth eye", I can't help but tremble in my heart.
If there were eyes on the earth, the complexity of the matter would be far beyond what I could have predicted.
"Officer Zhou, although I don't want to admit it, your words do make me think of something, if the purpose of the black-robed people is really as I thought, then I will probably be able to understand the reason why they have such a strange way of killing."
"What is it?" Officer Zhou asked.
I took a deep breath and said in a solemn tone: "Although I am not sure, but the Eight Gates Binding Ghosts, the Eight Gates, and the black-robed people kidnapped are also eight people, and they are also collecting the Five Elements Bagua Cards. ”
Officer Zhou's eyes widened, and he didn't seem to understand my words very well, but I couldn't stay any longer, and hurriedly said to Officer Zhou: "Quick, Officer Zhou, we must find the last survivor before the black-robed man succeeds, the previous cry for help was a female voice, this is a male corpse, that girl is likely to be alive, we have to hurry." ”
As soon as I finished speaking, there was a burst of applause in the tunnel.
The sound came from the mouth of the tunnel, it sounded like it was near the heart, my eyelids jumped, and suddenly I had an ominous feeling, and I hurriedly raised the flashlight to the end, and saw two figures standing at the mouth of the tunnel.
Seeing this, my heart became vigilant, tightened the Apocalypse Sword in my hand, crossed in front of me, and shouted to the two figures: "Who, who is there?" ”
The applause in the tunnel did not stop because of my shouting, but with the rhythm of clapping, there was a burst of laughter: "Hehe, the little doll is really good, it seems that I underestimated you, hehe!" ”
The laughter grew from far and near, and the figure gradually became clear in the flashlight, and soon, I could see his true face.
Although I was ready, when I saw his appearance clearly, I couldn't help but exclaim: "It's you, the black-robed man!" ”
Just as I was shouting, before the words could be spoken, there was a sudden thud in the tunnel, no, it should have been all underground.
It was like it was coming from my ear, and it shook my whole brain. I looked down in confusion, and it turned out that it was Lin Qiaoer who pulled the trigger of the pistol.
I really didn't expect it, Officer Zhou actually said that he would shoot when he shot, and he didn't hesitate at all, how much did she hate the black-robed man opposite?
Although the gun went off, at such a close distance, even if you hit it with your eyes closed, it would be impossible to hit it crookedly, but a scene that shocked us happened.
Because of the light, I don't know if the bullet really hit the black-robed man, but the black-robed man's body did stumble for a moment, and then turned into a large black mist, which all dispersed at once, and then reverted to a black-robed man in the same place.
I looked at this scene dumbfounded, completely stunned, and said in my heart, is this guy a god?
Just when I was shocked beyond comprehension, the hairy applause rang out again, but this time I didn't see the black-robed man clapping, so where did this applause come from?
Just when I was in a state of panic and didn't know how to react, Officer Zhou on the ground suddenly let out a painful moan.
I hurriedly looked down and saw Officer Zhou holding his stomach, his face was full of pain, and even the gun in his hand fell to the ground.
At this time, Officer Zhou's expression was completely distorted, and I couldn't even answer.
Seeing this, I was so angry in my heart that I forgot my fear for a while, and yelled at the black-robed man, "What the hell have you done? ”
The black-robed man's face was still completely hidden under the cloak, and he only let out a shrill laugh: "Jie Ji Ji~, little doll, I can't blame me, I didn't let her touch that corpse!" ”
"What?" I was shocked when I heard this, and immediately looked at the corpse at my feet, and asked angrily: "There is something wrong with the corpse, you, what did you do on it?" ”
The black-robed man smiled: "It's nothing, it's just some tricks that can't be put on the stage, but you, you didn't get hit, could it be that you saw something in advance?" ”
I had a gloomy face and didn't answer, thinking quickly in my heart what kind of trick Officer Zhou had hit.
Seeing that I had a black face and didn't speak, the ugly laughter rang out again: "Guy, kid, it's okay if you don't want to say it, but ......" I vaguely saw him tilt his head, as if looking at me, suddenly, he raised his hand and pointed to the Apocalypse Sword in front of me, "The guy in your hand is not a mortal thing, right?" It's no wonder that even the five ghosts I have raised for many years have died at your hands, and now it seems that they died unjustly. ”
The black-robed man continued to talk to himself, but my eyes froze, and I suddenly found some clues. Since Officer Zhou was recruited, the applause of the black-robed man has not stopped, even when he was talking to me, will Officer Zhou's plot ...... Something to do with his applause?
As soon as I thought about this, I suddenly had a plan in my heart.
The black-robed man was still muttering to himself commenting on the apocalypse in my hand, and I grabbed the gap, my body was like a sharp arrow off the string, and I rushed out with a swish.
I think this should be the sharpest sneak attack in my life, almost in the blink of an eye, I have come to the black-robed man, the Apocalypse Sword infused with a large amount of Yuan Qi was completely stimulated, a sword slashed, the gray ghost light with the sword blade slashed out, just like cutting tofu, the black-robed man immediately became two halves.
I was overjoyed at the first blow, but the excitement lasted less than a second, and I was completely dumbfounded by the scene in front of me.
I saw that the black-robed man who had been cut off by my lazy waist dispersed into a black mist again, and this time, due to the close distance between us, I immediately realized that the black mist was not black mist, but a group of flying ants that I had never seen before.
Even the black-robed man I saw just now was entirely made up of these flying ants.
My heart suddenly cooled, since this is not a black-robed person, then where is the real black-robed person?
In the darkness, the uninterrupted applause slowly approached me, and then, another black-robed man appeared in front of me.