1

Han Jiang, Yelena, Makarov, and Xu Renyu agreed to re-enter the sewer pipe tomorrow morning to find the white ghost. The four of them seized the time to rest in Victor's apartment, Han Jiang lay on the sofa and fell asleep, but there was a terrifying scene under his eyelids

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Han Jiang and Tang Feng pushed open a door and came to a splendid palace, it was dark all around, suddenly, out of nowhere, a strong light shot out, the strong light hit Han Jiang and Tang Feng, stabbing the two of them unable to open their eyes, Han Jiang and Tang Feng just stepped forward, the strong light also moved forward, Han Jiang and Tang Feng quickened their pace, the strong light also accelerated the movement, Han Jiang said to Tang Feng: "Let's run separately." ”

Tang Feng nodded, the two separated, and ran in opposite directions, the strong light also split into two beams, staring at Han Jiang and Tang Feng deadly, in the dark, huge palace, the road ahead seemed to never end, passing through the gates, corridors, but the strong light has been closely following, lingering, what is this place? Where did this bright light come from? Why does this bright light follow him? Tang Feng doesn't know what's going on? …… A series of question marks hit Han Jiang's brain, he didn't know what was going on, he ran forward desperately, just when Han Jiang felt desperate, suddenly, he saw a light appear in front of him, it was the exit of the maze? Han Jiang quickened his pace again, but when the light approached him, he bumped into a person head-on, Han Jiang calmed down and saw that it was Tang Feng who he bumped into, and at the moment when he and Tang Feng collided, the two strong lights that followed them closely coincided again.

"How did you get here?" Han Jiang questioned Tang Feng loudly.

"I don't know, I ran in the opposite direction from you, and the bright light stared at me, and I ended up here." Tang Feng replied in horror.

"Looks like we can't escape this labyrinth!" Han Jiang roared in frustration.

"So what are we going to do? ……”

Before Tang Feng finished speaking, a white figure suddenly appeared in front of them, it was a person in a white robe, no! That's not a man, it's a ghost! Because...... Because Han Jiang and Tang Feng couldn't see the ghost's face at all!

The white ghost floated towards them, Han Jiang instinctively pulled out the gun, the ghost was still moving towards them, Han Jiang raised the gun with both hands, but he couldn't pull the trigger, Tang Feng shouted anxiously: "Shoot, shoot!" ”

Han Jiang didn't know which part of his body he was getting out of a low roar, and then used all his strength to finally pull the trigger, "Bang! A bullet shot into the body of the white ghost, and the body of the white ghost shook violently, but it only stopped slightly, and continued to float towards Han Jiang and Tang Feng.

"Open it again!" Tang Feng was terrified.

Han Jiang pulled the trigger again continuously, "Bang! Bang! Bang! ......" After several shots, the gun hit the white ghost, the white ghost finally disappeared, and the strong light that had been enveloping them also disappeared, Han Jiang and Tang Feng didn't know whether the ghost was killed or retreated, in short, the surroundings returned to calm, so quiet that only the wheezing and heartbeat of the two could be heard......

Han Jiang and Tang Feng cautiously groped forward in the darkness, they came to the place where the white ghost disappeared just now, and stared nervously ahead, but they couldn't see anything in the darkness. Suddenly, the strong light hit the two of them again, Han Jiang and Tang Feng were startled, almost at the same time they felt the strangeness behind them, the two turned around and looked, the white ghost appeared behind them again, nervous, frightened, already overwhelmed Han Jiang, he pulled the trigger suddenly, "Bang!" Bang! Two more shots, and the white ghost in front of them disappeared again, but then, a scene that made them extremely frightened appeared—in the huge dark palace, countless bright lights suddenly lit up, illuminating this place as bright as day, and countless white ghosts shook around them, approaching them! Han Jiang and Tang Feng were back to back, panting heavily, their eyes widened in horror, wondering what would be waiting for them next?

2

Countless white ghosts were approaching Han Jiang and Tang Feng, some had already floated in front of the two, Han Jiang and Tang Feng finally saw the faces of those ghosts, which were faces covered with pus, indistinguishable human shapes, some pustules were still flowing pus, Han Jiang and Tang Feng's hearts were pinched, and they were finally convinced at this time that these were indeed not human beings, but ghosts, because this face could never be a human face.

Han Jiang and Tang Feng leaned together in great despair, the ghosts beside them gathered more and more, suddenly, the palace that was still golden just now instantly turned into a dark and damp, huge sewer pipe crawling with rats, countless ghosts, groups of rats attacked them together, Han Jiang was crawling with rats, making him scratch his heart with a hundred claws, Han Jiang felt a strong hand choking his neck, he felt suffocated, he wanted to shout, wanted to call for help, wanted to do the last dying struggle, but he no longer had any strength, he couldn't shout, He turned his head and saw Tang Feng, at this moment, Tang Feng was already dying and unconscious! No! You can't just die here - this terrible ghost house!

Han Jiang began to regather his strength, he shook off the two mice on his arm, stretched out his thick arm, grabbed the hand in front of his neck, the ghost hand that he couldn't see, the hand of fate, used his only remaining strength, and tore hard, but, all the efforts he made seemed to be in vain, Han Jiang felt that his strength was losing little by little, and the ghost hand on his neck was getting tighter and tighter, and finally, Han Jiang gave up resistance in despair, and only let out a low roar from his body

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Han Jiang opened his eyes suddenly, and it was pitch black all around, where was this? He wiped a handful of fine sweat from his forehead, but he felt cold all over. Han Jiang sat up from the sofa and looked at the clock on the wall, eleven o'clock in the evening! It seems that I just fell asleep and was woken up by this damn nightmare! He sat quietly for a while, and then remembered that he was still in Victor's apartment, and Han Jiang's low roar just now woke Yelena, who lit the candle and asked with concern, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Han Jiang let out a long breath and said, "I had a nightmare. ”

"Nightmares?"

"Yes, it's a terrible nightmare, I dreamed that Tang Feng and I were in a splendid palace, chased by two bright lights, just like ...... It's like we're in the center of the stage, surrounded by an audience, but ...... But the spectators around us turned out to be ghosts, they pounced on us, I shot, but to no avail, we seemed to be in a ghost house, those ghosts gathered more and more, the original golden palace, in the blink of an eye, became a dark, damp, crawling sewer pipe, we were powerless to resist, we were going to be devoured by those ghosts and rats, and then ...... Then, I woke up! Han Jiang clearly recalled the nightmare just now.

"I thought you were with me in a dream? It turned out to be Tang Feng? Yelena deliberately pretended to be unhappy.

Han Jiang shook his head and said, "Yelena, I'm not joking with you, I've always rarely dreamed, and this dream makes me have a bad feeling." ”

"I think you're scared of tomorrow's actions, don't you have a saying in China that 'you think about the day and dream at night'?" Yelena laughed.

"Scared? Maybe a little, but that's not the main thing, this nightmare made me feel dangerous, I felt that a great danger was approaching us, and besides, Tang Feng was probably already in danger, he was only one person, and once he encountered danger, he was powerless to resist at all. Han Jiang said affirmatively.

Yelena patted Han Jiang on the shoulder and said, "I see that you are tired in the past few days, don't think about it, hurry up and rest, and you will have to act early tomorrow morning." ”

Han Jiang grabbed Yelena's hand and said, "You must believe me, my intuition has always been very accurate, I don't think we can stay here any longer, we have to move quickly!" ”

"You're saying we're going to move overnight?" Yelena exclaimed.

Han Jiang nodded and said, "I don't know what kind of danger we are going to face, but I feel that they are near us!" ”

"They? Ilyugin? ”

"I don't know, maybe it's Stephen! Or somebody else that's interested in us. ”

"So where can we go now?"

Han Jiang thought for a moment and said, "Since we have to explore the sewers again tomorrow morning, it is better to move forward, maybe, at this moment, that ghost is sleeping in the underground cabin!" ”

Yelena thought alone for a while, and asked Han Jiang: "I can leave with you now, but what about my father?" Is he also acting with us? ”

"Now we can only take your father with us, we have no hiding place in Petersburg. Ilyugin won't let us go, Stephen will appear at any time, and the hell knows who else it will be! ”

"Okay, we'll do as you say, but we'll have to ask my father first, he's more experienced than us!" Yelena agreed with Han Jiang and turned to Makarov's bedroom, waking him up.

3

Han Jiang also woke up Xu Renyu, as Han Jiang expected, Makarov listened to Han Jiang's idea and said with a smile: "I've been sleeping for a day, and I've long wanted to act, now is the right time to go, and this is not a place to live for a long time." ”

Xu Renyu still looked sleepy-eyed, and the boss was not happy, but seeing that Han Jiang, Yelena and Makarov had reached an agreement, it was not good to say anything. The four of them packed up the necessary things and everything was ready, and Makarov looked back at his son's apartment with nostalgia and muttered, "Will we come back?" ”

"We'll be back soon." Yelena comforted Makarov.

The four men left Victor's apartment and went downstairs in the dark, Yelena parked the car in an underground parking lot two blocks away from them, and the four of them walked through the street that was deserted in the early morning to the underground parking lot.

But just as they were about to cross the corner, several black cars suddenly turned from another street, and although they did not have any signs, Yelena recognized them at a glance, and she raised her left hand and motioned for everyone to hide on the side of the street.

The four of them hid in the shadows on the side of the street, and only after the black cars roared past did Yelena turn to Han Jiang and said, "It seems that your intuition is really smart, they are all FSB cars, and there is one that should be Ilyugin's car." ”

"Ilyugin is here too?" Han Jiang exclaimed.

"Looks like they're coming at us." As soon as Yelena finished speaking, she saw the black cars parked downstairs in Victor's apartment, and more than a dozen black shadows jumped out of the car and rushed into the apartment building in battle formation.

"Let's go, if we don't leave, it will be bad for them to find out!" Xu Renyu urged.

Han Jiang pressed Xu Renyu and said, "Don't worry, take a look!" ”

It was Ilyugin himself who led the way, and Ivanov led the men into the apartment building first, followed by Ilyugin who also entered the building. Victor's apartment was on the third floor, Ivanlov tiptoed to the third floor, he looked back at the people behind him, signaled everyone to pay attention to concealment, Ivanlov lay on the side of the corridor, quietly listened to the movement in Victor's apartment, there was no sound, "If Yelena is really here, then they must be asleep!" Thinking of this, Ivanlov couldn't help but feel sorry for Yelena.

Ilyugin, who was walking behind, saw that Ivanlov was slow to act, and he was already impatient to wait, he pulled out his pistol, separated the crowd, walked to Ivalov's side, and asked: "Why don't you act yet?" ”

As soon as Ivanov wanted to answer, he heard a loud "boom", and an orange-red fire broke through the door of Victor's apartment with a loud noise, and the originally solid iron gate was easily lifted by a huge wave of air, and Ivanov quickly pressed down Ilyugin, who was about to rush up just now.

This was a big explosion, the explosion shook a lot of lime and gravel in the corridor, Ilyugin waited for the explosion to stop, shook the lime on his head, raised his head and cursed: "Damn, Yelena turned out to be *!" ”

Ivanov didn't say anything, he stood up stupidly, not even aware that his arm was bleeding, he looked at the still burning apartment, and his heart felt like something had scratched him, and he was in great pain.

Han Jiang and the others, who were hiding not far from the apartment, were stunned by the sudden explosion just now, Han Jiang turned his head to look at Yelena, he only saw the raging flames from Yelena's eyes, and after a long time, Xu Renyu asked Han Jiang: "Do you know that there is going to explode?" ”

Han Jiang said angrily: "I know a fart!" I said trust my instincts. ”

"It can't be a gas explosion, right?" Xu Renyu said again.

"It's clearly aimed at us." Yelena said hatefully.

"It doesn't seem that Iryujin did it, it can only be ......," Han Jiang speculated.

"You mean Stephen!" Xu Renyu exclaimed.

"Who else but that mysterious organization has this ability! Who else wants to put us to death! Han Jiang said angrily.

"It seems that Ilyugin and Ivanov, who rushed in just now, are more than lucky!" Xu Renyu muttered.

Han Jiang looked at Yelena and didn't speak, Yelena didn't speak, but when they turned their heads to catch a glimpse of Makarov, they suddenly found that Makarov's eyes actually shed two lines of tears, Yelena remembered that when she was about to go out just now, she was still comforting Makarov, "I'll be back soon!" "Unexpectedly, in less than half an hour, Victor's apartment turned into rubble!

"Father, don't be sad, let's go, fortunately we're all fine!" Yelena comforts Makarov.

Makarov wiped tears from his cheeks and said hatefully: "I am inseparable from them!" After speaking, Makarov took a big stride and walked straight forward, Han Jiang, Yelena, and Xu Renyu hurriedly followed behind and chased after him.

4

In Viktor's apartment, the fire had just been extinguished, the police were calming the nearby residents, Ilyugin and Ivanov were the first to walk into Viktor's apartment, the windows and walls on the outside of the apartment were completely destroyed by the violent explosion, the side by the door was still intact, Ilyugin and Ivanov searched every room, and did not find a single dead body, Ilyugin was puzzled, "Did Yelena and they not come here at all?" But what about this explosion? Gas pipes? ”

"This is clearly what *was done." Ivanov said, having just bandaged his arm cut by falling stones.

“*？ Who would have done it? Could it be Yelena who installed it, just waiting for us to show up? ”

"Obviously not, in my opinion,* it was installed on the façade outside the building, and their target was not us, but Yelena, Han Jiang and Makarov."

"Want to fry Yelena and Han Jiang? Who could that be? ”

"Do you remember the mysterious organization I once introduced to?"

Ilyugin recalled that Ivanlov had told himself about the mysterious organization that had kidnapped Yelena, "You mean that the gang also came to Petersburg?" ”

"I can't say for sure, but the power of that mysterious organization is truly extraordinary." As he spoke, Ivanov picked up some food bags from near the sofa in the living room that had not been blown up, and said to Ilyugin: "Yelena, they did come here, and they should have left not long ago. ”

Ilyugin nodded, leaned over, and pulled out a thick, half-burned document from under the sofa that had been overturned by the explosion, he flipped through the document, and then sneered at Ivanov: "Yes, I completely agree with you, they just left here, and this is the evidence!" ”

Ivanov had already recognized that the document was the one he had found for Yelena about Misha, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, he lowered his head and waited for Ilyugin to yell and reprimand him, but Ilyugin did not do this time, he calmly found a evidence bag, carefully put the document into the evidence bag, then glanced at Ivanov, turned around and walked out of Viktor's apartment. Ivanov was left alone, stunned, standing in his apartment, which had been burned beyond recognition.

At the same time that Ilyugin found the document, Han Jiang, Yelena, Makarov and Xu Renyu had already drilled into the huge sewer pipeline in Petersburg, Han Jiang was in front, Xu Renyu and Makarov followed, Yelena was behind, the four of them walked through the Dashilar Gate, turned into the sewer pipe that had long been abandoned, and walked in this pipe for a while, Han Jiang shone in front with a flashlight, turned around and whispered to Makarov: "That underground hut is in front." ”

Han Jiang didn't dare to move forward rashly, he squatted not far from the underground hut, and observed for a while, at this time, the underground hut did not have a trace of light, the same as the last time he came with Yelena, it seems that since the first time he encountered a ghost with Xu Renyu here, that ghost has never returned here.

Thinking of this, Han Jiang stood up and took the lead in walking towards the underground hut, the four flashlights illuminated the dark underground hut, it was still the same, Han Jiang and Yelena didn't notice any changes here from last time. Makarov carefully observed the underground cabin, the small wooden bed, the row of books on the bookcase, and the candles on the desk that had long since burned out, and Makarov refused to give up every detail, and at last he sat down at the desk and muttered: "It's exactly the same as in my dream, except that there is no Misha!" ”

"That's because you've listened to our story, that's why you're having nightmares!" Han Jiang said.

Makarov got up from his seat, walked to the bookshelf and looked at it again, and said, "Han Jiang, judging from the leftover food and books here, as well as the piece of paper with words written on it, that ghost lived here not long ago, and he left here because of your intrusion and disturbed his life." ”

"Got out of here? You're saying he still has a place to live? Han Jiang asked curiously.

Makarov nodded and said, "It's very likely, although this place has long been abandoned, but it is too close to the exit we came in just now, it is still easy to be discovered, so, you see, there are retreats on both sides of this place, you can advance and retreat, what a smart ghost!" If my guess is correct, this is just one of the ghost's residences, and he should have more than one residence, so that he can keep changing places. ”

"Why did the ghost change places?" Yelena asked.

"The reason why ghosts live underground is that they don't want to see people, especially some people, I think ghosts are probably hiding from someone!" Makarov tract.

"Ghost dodging people? I see that people are scared to death when they see that ghost, who is hiding whom! Xu Renyu recalled the scene of encountering that ghost, and couldn't help but feel numb in his scalp.

5

The four of them had no gain in the underground hut, so they left the underground hut from the narrow passage at the other end, drilled out of the narrow passage, and followed the passage where Han Jiang first found the ghost, and finally, they came to the three parallel pipe mouths, Han Jiang pointed to the three pipe mouths, and introduced to Makarov: "This pipe on the left is the one we just walked out of, and the middle pipe is the one that Yelena and I encountered a large group of rats in it last time......"

"Nope! Not a big swarm, but thousands of rats! Yelena still remembers the rat she encountered that day.

"Yes, thousands of rats, entrenched in the pipes, with no end in sight! So then we got into this pipe on the right, and we ended up in the Hermitage Square and found the strip of cloth. Han Jiang pointed to the pipe on the right and said.

Makarov looked at the pipe in the middle, then at the pipe on the right, and finally, pointing to the pipe on the right, he said to Han Jiang: "Listen to you say that, then we have to go from here." ”

Han Jiang nodded, and the four of them drilled into the pipe on the right side according to the formation, and like last time, they came to an underground hall, where many pipes appeared, Han Jiang led everyone to a red brick pipe, and said to everyone: "Last time, we walked from this red brick pipe to the Hermitage Square. ”

The four of them got into the red brick pipe again, and they came to the large pipe with plenty of water very smoothly, and after walking along the narrow sidewalk next to the pipe, they came to the manhole leading to the Hermitage Square, and drilled under the manhole, Han Jiang pointed to it and said, "This is where the white cloth strip was found last time." ”

"This is the Hermitage Square over here?" Makarov asked.

"Yes, of course not in the middle of the square, otherwise we would have been surrounded by people in the square? Hehe! Han Jiang said with a smile.

Makarov looked up, and the eye on the manhole cover revealed two rays of light, shining on the damp wall of the well, "It seems that the sky is already bright above!" Makarov muttered.

"We've been walking down there all night." Xu Renyu said.

Yelena looked at Han Jiang and asked, "Where should we go next?" We didn't seem lucky to run into that ghost today! ”

"Yes! Today, the ghost seems to be gone! Han Jiang looked at the manhole cover on his head, he really wanted to go up and get some fresh air, but reason told him that it would only be bad.

Makarov walked back to the large sewage-filled passage, pointed ahead, and said to the crowd: "If there is no goal, just keep going!" ”

Han Jiang nodded, and the four of them rested for a while before embarking on the journey again. The road ahead was never crossed by Han Jiang, he became extremely cautious, and the pace under his feet slowed down significantly, and after walking for a long time, Han Jiang found that this pipeline was bent, and the further he went, the greater the bend, he didn't know where this pipe was going to take him?

An hour later, another pipe appeared on the side wall of this large pipe, and Han Jiang shone it inside with a flashlight, which was very dry and deep, obviously not a manhole, but a pipe that led somewhere.

Han Jiang hesitated, whether to go forward along the big pipe under his feet, or drill into the pipeline next to him, Yelena and Makarov also checked the pipeline, Makarov judged: "This pipe looks abandoned, the sewage in the big pipe flows forward, I estimate that there should be an exit ahead, we are looking for the ghost now, not going out, so I suggest going in from the abandoned pipe next to it." ”

"And ghosts should live in abandoned pipes." Han Jiang completely agreed with Makarov's proposal.

So, four people got into this abandoned pipeline, in this abandoned pipeline, the four people walked far and did not find other forks in the road, this abandoned pipe is like an endless labyrinth, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, sometimes upward, sometimes downward, Xu Renyu, who walked behind Han Jiang, complained: "If you go on like this, when will it be a head!" ”

Han Jiang didn't answer, he continued to lead the group forward for a while, and a T-shaped fork appeared in front of him......

6

T-shaped fork in the road? Han Jiang suddenly panicked in his heart, did he have to face a choice again? He came to the intersection of the T-shaped fork in the road, and an east-west pipeline appeared in front of everyone, Han Jiang found that the pipeline to the west had already been killed by stones, and only the pipeline to the east could pass, and he didn't know why, he suddenly felt a sense of relief in his heart, because he had no choice, and he was not facing a desperate situation.

Serious Makarov walked to the dead pipe, carefully inspected the dead place, here is covered with cobwebs, thick ash, it seems that no one has been here for a long time, Makarov saw this, only then relieved to point to the pipeline pointing to the east, said: "The pipeline to the west has long been blocked, I hope this pipeline is not blocked!" ”

The pipeline extending to the east has no sewage, and it seems that it has long been abandoned, this pipeline has not been blocked as Makarov feared, but has gone farther and farther, there is no end, Han Jiang secretly calculated in his heart, he has walked a few kilometers in this pipeline, how come there is no end, he is tired and thirsty, he can shine a flashlight ahead, the front is pitch black, and there is still no exit in sight!

"Let's take a break here!" Han Jiang finally stopped and proposed.

Yelena and Xu Renyu also had this intention, and Makarov was already out of strength, so the four of them leaned against the pipe wall and sat on the ground, Han Jiang turned out the food in his bag and said: "The food we bring is limited, and we can't survive in this underground world for a long time, so I think if we still can't find the ghost, then we should also find a way out before dark, after dark, we can go out to eat something and breathe." ”

"I can't imagine what we would do if we kept getting nothing. Is it going to go on like this? Yelena began to feel hopeless.

Makarov comforted Yelena and said, "Don't worry, we will find that ghost, Han Jiang's words are very reasonable, if there is no harvest today, we should also find a way out before dark." ”

The four of them ate all the food they carried, and then rested against the wall, but they were so tired that the four of them fell asleep unconsciously, and in their sleep, Xu Renyu also had a dream, he dreamed of his early years of study......

Was that in Berlin, London, or Stockholm? Xu Renyu really can't remember, but he clearly remembers that the winter was unusually cold, it was the coldest winter he had ever experienced in his life, he was wrapped in a shabby coat, braving the wind and snow, walking in a strange city, he believed that with his honor at that time, sitting on the side of the street, he would definitely throw a coin or two at a kind person.

He walked to the door of a restaurant, he stared at the window of the restaurant by the street, which displayed exquisite pastries, which made Xu Renyu, who was already hungry, salivate, he touched the wallet in his pocket, it was empty, and his visa had expired for many days, he thought about it, hesitated for a long time, and finally pushed open the door of this restaurant, he asked for many delicious dishes, and of course those exquisite pastries he saw in the window.

After a gust of wind swept away, Xu Renyu got up and left, but the waiter of the hotel stopped his way, "Sir, you haven't paid the bill yet?" ”

Xu Renyu paused for a moment, and then he spread his hands and said, "I don't have any money." ”

"No money? Do you want to eat white food? A voice came from behind Xu Renyu.

He turned his head and saw that it was the owner of the hotel, a big fat man with big shoulders and a round waist, "I'm sorry,...... Sir, I can work for you. Xu Renyu began to regret his stupid move in his heart.

"Nope! We don't need to! The fat man yelled at Xu Renyu.

Xu Renyu was at a loss, and the big fat man approached Xu Renyu and said word by word from between his teeth: "You are Chinese, right?" You Chinese who eat white food, I will send you to the police. ”

Xu Renyu felt humiliated and frightened, and he trembled and said to the big fat man, "No! You can do whatever you want me to do, but please don't send me to the police. But the big fat man still didn't give up, Xu Renyu stepped back, suddenly, his hand touched a plate on the table behind him, he couldn't go to the police, he made up his mind, suddenly lifted the plate, and smashed it to the big fat man who was approaching him, the seemingly fierce big fat man was so unsmashed, Xu Renyu smashed down, the fat man rolled his eyes, and he collapsed!

Seeing this, Xu Renyu rushed out of the hotel gate desperately, but he didn't run far, he was followed by the police, a police car sounded the siren, chasing him who was running wildly on the sidewalk, Xu Renyu secretly said that it was not good, he saw a narrow alley on the side of the street, the police car could not chase in, so he got into the alley, the police car rushed onto the sidewalk, across the alley, the police jumped out of the car, rushed up with a baton, Xu Renyu desperately forward, but who expected, just when he was about to rush out of the alley, Two tall policemen blocked in front of him, and when he turned around again, the pursuers behind him had arrived, and he had no way to escape......

7

Xu Renyu was crushed in the snow by several tall policemen, he screamed and struggled in tears, but to no avail, he was escorted into a police car by the police in full view of everyone. With shame, humiliation, pain and despair, he came to the police station and was put in a detention cell, with whom were prostitutes, hooligans, drug addicts, members of the underworld, and all the scum of the city!

An old prostitute in scantily clad came up, touched Xu Renyu indiscriminately, said dirty words in her mouth, teasing him, and finally, this prostitute lay on Xu Renyu and laughed: "Chinese? I'm cheap, do you need it? ”

Immediately afterwards, a drug addict conjured a needle out of nowhere and said to Xu Renyu: "How is it, do you want an injection?" I promise you feel like you're in heaven, where you can see God, hehe......"

Before the drug addict finished speaking, he was thrown aside by a strong man covered in tattoos, and the strong man led a few people, approached Xu Renyu, and sneered: "Hey! New here, do you know who's the boss here? Let me tell you. Saying that, the strong man lifted Xu Renyu up like a chicken, and raised his right fist at the same time, Xu Renyu saw this, frightened, at this time, the drug addict with a needle, and the disgusting old prostitute came up again, touched and pierced Xu Renyu's body, Xu Renyu couldn't bear it anymore, he called for help to the police, but the police didn't pay attention to him at all, the strong man's powerful fist like a hammer fell on Xu Renyu, and he howled in despair......

Xu Renyu opened his eyes suddenly, there was darkness all around, he knew that he was still in the abandoned sewer pipe, suddenly, he felt that there was a furry thing squirming on his leg, he was shocked, he touched the flashlight beside him, turned on the flashlight, and shone it on his leg, a black furry thing, what is it? "Ahh - There are rats! Xu Renyu screamed and jumped up, only then did he realize that Han Jiang, Yelena and Makarov had also climbed on mice, and dozens of huge mice suddenly appeared around the four of them.

Xu Renyu's exclamation shook the echo in the pipe, and also woke up several other people, Han Jiang, Yelena and Makarov, and quickly got up and shook off the rats on their bodies. Yelena exclaimed, "Where did these rats come from?" ”

Han Jiang shone a flashlight on the ground, dozens of rats fled towards the dark front, he took a few steps forward, turned around and said to everyone: "The rats are going forward, and we are following the rats forward." ”

"What's the place ahead? It can't be a rat house, right? I'm the most afraid of rats. Yelena was terrified.

"You're talking nonsense, we have no other way to go now than to move forward, I wanted to rest here for a while, but these rats won't let me." Xu Renyu complained.

Makarov looked at his watch and suddenly exclaimed: "It's not good, we all fell asleep just now, and now it's four o'clock in the afternoon." ”

"Four o'clock in the afternoon? It should be almost dark on the ground! Yelena said.

"Looks like we're going to have to get out of here." Han Jiang became anxious in his heart, he didn't expect that he would sleep for so long. The four men said no more and walked on. However, they didn't walk long before they encountered a T-shaped fork in the road, and when everyone was at a loss, Han Jiang suddenly found that this place seemed to have been here, he looked at it carefully, and suddenly exclaimed: "Oh no, how did we get here?" ”

"Where is this?" Yelena asked.

Han Jiang explained: "Have you forgotten? The last time we walked here from the middle pipe, we ran into thousands of rats as soon as we turned the corner, and now we're walking here from another pipe, and if we go straight ahead, it's the same place we ran into rats last time! ”

"What? You're saying there will be thousands of rats ahead? Although Yelena had already recognized this place, she still couldn't believe it, she shone it in front of her with a flashlight, and the dark and faint pipes couldn't see any clues, but when she shone the flashlight on the ground and the wall, she suddenly found that the ground and walls of the pipes in front of her were crawling with big black mice!

8

Yelena was so shocked that she dropped her flashlight on the ground, "How did we get here?" No wonder a rat crawled on us just now, it turns out that the place where we were resting was so close to the mouse's home! It's horrible! Yelena asked tremblingly.

"I don't know, anyway, we went around in a big circle inside the underground pipes." Han Jiang Road.

"So, let's turn around and get out of that pipeline?" Xu Renyu asked.

"Yes, but I don't want to give up halfway!" Han Jiang said categorically.

"What do you want to do?" Yelena asked.

"I want to walk over there."

"You're going to walk through the rat-infested pipes in front? You are crazy? Xu Renyu shouted.

Makarov patted his shoulder and said, "Han Jiang, I support you, but you have to think about it, maybe turn around, you can walk out soon, and keep going forward, there are endless dangers waiting for us." ”

"Well, I think it's not normal for so many rats to gather here, and I think we'll find something as we go along." Han Jiang stared at Makarov and said with certainty.

Makarov nodded and said to everyone: "Okay, now everyone follow my command, first tie the trouser legs and cuffs tightly with a rope, then wrap your head with something, and then follow me, quickly pass through here, remember, don't look, don't scream, just go forward, no matter what happens, don't stop!" ”

Han Jiang, Yelena and Xu Renyu found the rope and tied the trouser legs and cuffs tightly, and Makarov told again: "In addition, we had better divide into two groups to advance, doctor, you and I are in a group, Han Jiang, you are in a group with Yelena, remember, Han Jiang, Yelena has been afraid of these fluffy gadgets since she was a child, if a mouse falls on Yelena, you have to help him get rid of these little things." ”

Han Jiang looked at Yelena and nodded at Makarov, Makarov and Xu Renyu got ready, the two supported each other, and walked into the pipeline crawling with rats, Han Jiang protected Yelena with his shoulders and followed in.

There was something soft under his feet, not a carpet, but a swarm of rats, the rats let out a scream, Han Jiang ignored it, tried to keep himself calm, and gradually, his feet lost sensation and just took a step forward mechanically...... Suddenly, a huge mouse fell on Yelena's hair, Yelena screamed, Han Jiang hurriedly grabbed the mouse and threw it out!

Ahead, a burst of white mist completely obscured Han Jiang's vision, he saw that Makarov and Xu Renyu had walked into this mist, he felt stuffy, the temperature here rose sharply than just now, Han Jiang began to understand in his heart, why there are so many rats gathered here, because in the cold and dry winter, this place is warmer and wetter than other places!

Han Jiang couldn't see the front at all, he simply closed his eyes, and continued to walk forward with Yelena, about ten minutes later, he finally had a feeling under his feet, he knew that his feet were on the solid ground again, he opened his eyes and looked at Yelena in his arms, still nestled in his chest, and then looked back, only to see a thick white mist, permeating the entire pipe, and the thousands of mice had long since disappeared.

"Looks like we're coming!" Makarov said to Han Jiang.

"Yes! Just don't know where the road leads? ”

It was still dark ahead, the four of them returned to their original formation, continued to move forward, walked out for about half an hour, this pipeline still did not see the end, Han Jiang walked cautiously in front, suddenly, he found that a narrow pipe appeared on the side wall of the pipe, and a little ghost light flashed inside......

9

When Han Jiang saw the ghostly light, he immediately leaned sideways against the cave wall, and motioned to the others to stop advancing, Han Jiang turned around, pointed to the pipe on the side wall, and whispered: "There is a bright light inside!" ”

Han Jiang and Yelena took out the snatch, cautiously took the lead in turning, and walked into the narrow pipe, that little bit of ghostly light came from a stone door, what would be inside the stone door?

Han Jiang and Yelena were extremely cautious every step they took, about forty steps later, they came to the stone gate, Han Jiang glanced at Yelena, and then took the lead in breaking the door, Yelena followed closely behind, and also broke into the stone gate, but to their disappointment, there was no one in the stone gate, let alone a ghost!

"It's an underground hut again!" When Makarov came in, he sighed.

The underground hut was made of huge stone bars, larger than the one originally found, and there was nothing different about it, even the furnishings were similar to the hut, but when Makarov looked at the walls and roof of the hut, he was stunned, and Han Jiang, Yelena, and Xu Renyu were also stunned - they saw that the walls and roof of this underground hut were covered with all kinds of strange symbols and words with ink.

"It's all words we don't recognize! And the mysterious symbols! Is this the House of Ghosts? Yelena sighed.

"Look, that's Tangut script!" Xu Renyu exclaimed, pointing to a large block of dense symbols on the roof.

Han Jiang and Makarov also saw it, "Yes, that's the Tangut script, and on the walls." Han Jiang also found Tangut script on the wall on one side.

"I also discovered Sanskrit in ancient India, and ...... Luwen, Spitchar Rowan! If I'm not mistaken, there are many old Oriental scripts, and many of them are lost scripts. Xu Renyu said, pointing to the other wall.

"This is Misha's ghost house!" Makarov muttered to himself.

"Do you remember the document that Ivanov brought? As mentioned above, after Misha was admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the walls of the psychiatric hospital were smeared with many oriental characters that no one recognized. Yelena reminded everyone.

Xu Renyu carefully looked at the words on the walls and roof, especially those Tangut characters, shook his head and said, "It would be nice if Tang Feng was here, although I can see that it is Xixia script, but I can't recognize what is written." ”

"Yes! I don't know what happened to Tang Feng now? Han Jiang said worriedly.

Makarov walked to the bookshelf, which was full of books, some of which were apparently often read, and he went to his desk, on a yellowed white paper, neatly written in calligraphic Russian, and Makarov's eyes widened when he saw the line, because he saw the familiar phrase again - "To God, we are all Nekhryudov, and for life, we are all Duke Myshkin!" ”

"This is Misha's handwriting!" Makarov said with certainty.

"Now we can almost conclude that Misha is not dead, and has lived to this day! But is he really the ghost? Yelena said.

"Misha! Where are you? Please come out. I'm Makarov. Back then, in the scientific expedition team, you all called me 'Ivan'! Don't you remember me? Makarov suddenly shouted loudly in the underground cabin. Han Jiang and Yelena clenched their guns again, they were afraid that the terrible ghost would suddenly come out of nowhere, but Makarov shouted for a long time, and there was no ghost in the hut, and there was no figure of Misha, only the candlelight swaying and trembling in the echo of Makarov's shouting.

10

Makarov shouted that he was tired and sat down, Xu Renyu also leaned on the desk and sat down to rest, Yelena still stared nervously at this terrible "ghost house". Han Jiang held a gun and slowly walked out of the ghost house, and came to the narrow pipe, his figure was extremely slender under the illumination of the candlelight, and suddenly, he found another figure, projected on the ground at the mouth of the pipe, and there was someone outside the pipe?

Thinking of this, Han Jiang calmed down, then took a few steps, rushed out of the narrow pipe, and returned to the big pipe he had just passed, a white figure flashed in front of him, and then disappeared into the darkness in front of the pipe, Tang Feng raised his gun and fired a shot at the top of the head, but the white figure did not appear again.

Yelena, Seo In-woo and Makarov heard the gunshots and quickly rushed out of the "ghost house", "What's wrong?" Yelena asked Han Jiang.

"It's the ghost, it's the ghost we've seen, he's gone!" Han Jiang said with a flashlight shining in front of him.

"Misha......" Makarov muttered to himself.

"Why are you still stunned, hurry up and chase it!" Yelena urged.

Only then did everyone react, and chased forward along this wide pipe, not long after running out, the originally tall arch-shaped pipe suddenly became a low and wide oval pipe, and there was sewage flowing through the middle of the pipe, and everyone had no choice but to pinch their noses, hunch their waists, and walk along the edge of the oval pipe.

The four of them finally walked through the oval pipe, came outside, two forks in the road, faced with a choice, the four of them suddenly had no idea, Han Jiang looked at the passage on the right, and then looked at the passage on the left, the two passages were almost the same, there was no difference. Just when Han Jiang was confused, suddenly, the white shadow in the passage on the left flashed, Han Jiang rushed into the passage on the left without hesitation, and the others didn't react to what was going on, and they also rushed in, Han Jiang pressed forward step by step, the pillar of light shot out of the flashlight shook violently in the dark, he couldn't see the front clearly, he couldn't see clearly whether the white ghost was in front, and he couldn't be sure that the white ghost was Misha, he only knew that he couldn't give up if he grabbed a glimmer of hope.

I don't know how long I walked in this pipe, the originally curved pipe suddenly became straight, Han Jiang's flashlight caught the white ghost again, he saw it, he saw the white ghost, just in front of him...... But when his flashlight shook violently, the white ghost disappeared in the straight pipe.

Han Jiang slowed down in confusion, his brain was quickly judging the situation, the straight pipe, under the beam of light of the flashlight, the white ghost actually disappeared in front of his eyes, there is only one situation, there is a fork in the road! Thinking of this, Han Jiang slowed down, turned on the safety of the pistol, and explored the way forward step by step.

As Han Jiang expected, just where the white ghost disappeared, a black hole appeared on the cave wall, Han Jiang noticed that this hole was obviously different from the pipe that appeared in front, as if it had only been knocked open recently, and there were some scattered gravel on the ground, Han Jiang shone a flashlight into the hole, a very irregular pipe, and it was very narrow, Yelena, Xu Renyu and Makarov also caught up, in the face of such a hole, everyone was suspicious and reborn, Makarov glanced at Han Jiang and said, "This time I'll go first!" ”

"Nope! Or I'm advanced. After speaking, Han Jiang walked into this cave without hesitation, and walked forward more than ten meters in a pile of rubble, and inadvertently, he entered a dark room again, is this another ghost house?