Chapter 52: The Culvert

It's been three hours since entering the culvert tunnel. The three of them still haven't found a way, and it's clear that this underground culvert is not a cobweb-like network of interconnections, and every time they try and make a mistake, they have to go back the way they came, and such an inefficient exploration is undoubtedly time-consuming and laborious.

The locust felt depressed, and he remembered Li Yi's words again.

"Damn, it's not really out of breath here." The locust cursed in anger.

"It's just my guess, but it's very likely. The corrosive gas and miasma content in the cave are very high, but there is not much oxygen, and it may be squeezed out by the high air pressure. When Li Yi said this, it sounded like he was out of the way.

The locust didn't say a word, and followed closely behind Li Yi and Song Yushu, although the locust was the largest among the three, and the arms and body made of muscles that bulged high like an explosion had an invisible deterrent.

When they first entered the fork in the road, the locusts were still full of anger and even fought violently. But as they went deeper into the culvert, the locusts fell silent, and the three of them went deeper and deeper, avoiding the dead end.

"When we run out of air, we're going to die." Song Yushu felt that it was difficult to breathe, and he followed closely behind Li Yi, and was sandwiched between Locust and Li Yi.

"If it's really gone, of course it is." Li Yi still didn't look back, and walked forward on his own.

Song Yushu grabbed his throat with both hands, he felt that he might die in this dark ditch, but he didn't know why, the other two who could also die here were indifferent.

"We've been here." I don't know how long I tossed in this culvert, but the locusts finally spoke, but the voice was low and hoarse.

"yes, lost again." Li Yi's words sounded understated, but the word "again" did not seem easy at all, in fact, after spinning in place more than 20 times, the locusts had long been impatient.

"You really can't find your way?" The locust asked in a muffled voice.

Li Yi only nodded and did not stop.

"And you're still going on?" Although he questioned it, the locust did not stop, but urged Song Yushu, who was twisting step by step in front, to get up, this little man was in a trance, it seemed that this culvert was used as the ground he cleaned, and he climbed up on the ground with both hands and feet.

"If you're not going to go any further, just do it." The locust bared its teeth and smiled fiercely. "I'm broken, save some air for Lao Tzu."

Song Yushu screamed out in fright, took a few steps and made a step, staggered forward, and hid behind Li Yi.

"A little further on, I think we'll soon be out of the confines of the Holy Tower, and even if we don't find a way out, we should be safe for the time being." Li Yi put one hand on the damp wall, walking steadily.

After a few more steps, he suddenly stopped.

The locust followed behind Li Yi and suddenly sat down cross-legged. Song Yushu didn't have time to react and almost bumped into Li Yi head-on. The placket of his shirt, which looked a little embarrassed, was soaked with sweat, and he pulled at the collar and shook it, feeling more and more sullen in the dark ditch.

The locusts only felt hopeless, but Rao was so, and the posture of sitting on the ground was also very troublesome and majestic. It's not that I'm tired, it's just that tossing back and forth in such a winding tunnel, no matter how strong-willed I am afraid that it will collapse.

What's more, they don't even have a sure answer as to where their destination is, or whether it exists or not.

The locusts could not continue to scurry around like headless flies.

But he glanced at Li Yi. Although Li Yi also stopped, the locust could clearly feel a calm composure from Li Yi's body. Although he kept saying that the air might not be enough, no matter how he looked at it, the locusts did not see a trace of panic from Li Yi.

This is not normal. The locust felt that Li Yi must have hidden some hole cards.

"I don't have time to play any adventure games with you two little ghosts." The locusts couldn't bear it, so they simply sat down on the spot. "The surname is Li, what other tricks do you have, just use it."

"It's gone." Li Yi was very frank, opened his hands, and shrugged his shoulders. "This is beyond the confines of the Holy Tower, and in terms of vertical distance, we are already in the mountains."

"Oh?" The locust raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Yi, where was "impossible" written on his whole clean face? Locusts didn't believe Li Yi's nonsense at first.

"Legend in the rainforest." Li Yi suddenly diverted the topic and told the story in the cold and stuffy cave. "It's an incredible journey, and the tourists who enter this rainforest and step into the underground culverts never return."

"Brother Li?" Inadvertently talking about the "legend" with a ghost story style, Song Yushu's courage was almost frightened, he raised his head and looked at Li Yi, only to feel that this face was a little more hateful.

"It's just a legend, but it's similar to where we are now, isn't it?"

"What are you talking about?" Song Yushu panicked.

"Entering such a big game, running into walls everywhere and not going back, as if entering another world that is not bound by the laws of reality, it looks very similar. I mean, maybe we're one of those who have no return. Li Yi replied, but instead of looking at Song Yushu, he kept looking at the locust.

The locusts were silent, but sat down on the ground. After listening to Li Yi's words, his expression became a little strange and strange, and Song Yushu looked back and forth at the two of them, and found that it was indeed a little unusual.

These two people don't look like they're facing a desperate situation of life and death at all, but like outlaw gamblers, fighting to the right place, facing each other head-to-head like a sword-rattling. Of course, this is different from watching it on camera, Song Yushu can't even restrain the trembling of his teeth, after all, he himself may be the first to be reimbursed in this duel at any time.

"Ha, Li Yi, is it?" The two looked at each other anxiously for a long time, and the locust took the lead in breaking the solidified gunpowder smoke and treachery. "When did you find out?"

This sentence came inexplicably, without a beginning or an end. But Li Yi was not surprised at all, but was very indifferent. He looked at the locust quietly, and Song Yushu on the other side was confused, although he didn't understand what grievances there were between the two, but it was obvious that even he could feel the change in the atmosphere between the two.

"The day I entered the mine." Li Yi's voice pierced through the darkness, calm and indifferent. "To be precise, I started to suspect from the time I went to prison. I mentioned that this prison is unusual and heavily guarded, and you didn't refute it. And to go deeper, locusts, you are very suspicious in this prison. ”

The locust was visibly stunned.

"Refute what? Suspicious of what? Locust asked.

"Heavy troops? Guard? What does that mean? Song Yushu looked a little dazed, as if he had never realized the problem here. Where did the heavy troops come from? ”

Of course Song Yushu couldn't see it. Li Yi chuckled.

"Locusts, jade books

You can't see it, but you can see it. Li Yi took a few steps back.

"What does this mean?" The locust's keen eyes flashed in the dark night, glaring at Li Yi, looking for the source of Li Yi's voice in this faintly transparent channel.

"On this island in Southeast Asia, in addition to the function of a prison, I think there is another use. As far as I know, the government here does not send heavy guards to detain prisoners, nor does death row prisoners. ”

"But you're different, locust." Li Yi said calmly: "The organization behind you needs an import and export channel, not just the sale of prohibited goods, I'm right." ”

"And you, the biggest inner line they have access to the interior. The destruction of your organization two years ago was of course only in name, and I have never doubted that it would be impossible for the locusts that could gather such a large organization to be destroyed simply. ”

"Looks like you're wrong." The locust snorted and sighed. "Am I not here too?"

"On the surface, you're probably confined to this prison just like us, but in itself, it's strange that you're here." Li Yi frowned. "According to the execution of such criminals in Southeast Asia, the death penalty is usually carried out immediately after the verdict, and there is no time left for detention, and it is incredible that you can stay here for two years, or even wait until I appear."

"Amazing. Admire, admire, admire. The locust stood up and tore open its prison uniform violently, its muscular body resembling a hill in the faintly translucent dark ditch.

Song Yushu suddenly realized. Li Yi is right, a drug lord like Locusts is also a gang leader, once arrested, it is impossible to just imprison such a punishment.

"Why is that?" Song Yushu asked subconsciously, and as soon as he said it, he realized that his question might bring about death, and he quickly covered his mouth, but it was already too late.

"In this part of Southeast Asia, Lao Tzu can eat here, and it's not just that he doesn't want to die, which you kid can probably guess." The locust glanced at Li Yi, and his voice was a little low. "But the water here is deeper than you think, surnamed Li, Lao Tzu won't tell you that he is also a person who loves talents."

"If only I had told you the inside story here." The locust took a breath. "Then I can only be embarrassed, I can only let you die here."

"Oh." Li Yi didn't care at all, he stared at the locust, and said lightly: "Then don't say it, I'm not too interested, what to do, you just say it." ”

The locust was obviously stunned for a while, he didn't expect Li Yi to give up asking so easily.

"You don't want to know the secret of Lao Tzu?" The locust coiled the thick muscles on his body, and Song Yushu on the side swallowed his saliva, although his vision was muddy and dim, he could clearly see the branding and thorns on the surface of this huge body, these things were not just wounds.

"Not much interest, I'm more interested in our collaboration. I'll get you out of here, and you'll have to do me a favor. ”

"The woman who saved you?" The locust asked, frowning.

"That's the first thing." Li Yi picked his head, but he didn't answer, and the locust didn't ask again.

"Since you're not interested, Lao Tzu won't make such jokes with you." The locust smiled and continued, "You said that you can get out from here, is it possible that you have a way?" ”

Li Yi replied with a smile.

"I don't, but locusts, you have."