(Foreword)

The road ahead was thorny and bumpy, but there was no turning back.

(Text)

June 2, 2022 at 15:06 p.m

Xia Cheng took the lead in stepping out of the elevator and looked around to see the surrounding situation, obviously this place was not the same as the floor we had seen before, what appeared in front of us was one narrow corridor after another, and from a distance, there was no end in sight.

"Cheng Yin, I think this place is very eerie and terrifying, should we not go out?" Cui Li asked as he hid behind me in fear.

I also took a few steps forward and said, "Anyway, staying in the elevator is not an option." Xia Cheng is right, it is better to go out and explore, maybe he can find another way out. After saying that, I followed Xia Cheng out of the elevator door.

"Hey, hey...... Cheng Yin, do you really want to go out? All right...... Just get out, right? Cui Li walked out of the elevator with a helpless face.

The moment I stepped out of the elevator, I was shocked by what I saw. It doesn't look like a part of a mansion in any way, it's clearly an 'underground palace'.

"Cheng Yin...... What is this place? This...... Is this still the same building we were in? How does it look like the layout is completely different? It's almost like a ...... An underground palace. Cui Li said in shock.

"Tsk, rare and weird, how can you be so exaggerated? I think it's just a fan tower structure. Zhao Yuyu looked around and said disdainfully.

"Zhao Yuyu, you also studied civil architecture? What exactly do you mean by a fan tower structure? I asked curiously.

"The so-called fan tower structure is like a pagoda, the lower layer is much larger than the upper layer, so as to stabilize the foundation and strengthen the building. It's just strange that generally speaking, floors like this structure shouldn't be underground. And as far as I know, I've never seen a fan tower structure like this. Zhao Yuyu frowned.

"No, Zhao Yuyu, didn't you get out of the elevator? Also, I've never heard of that structure you're talking about, so you can't have made it up, right? Cui Li's expression can only be summed up in one word - disbelief.

"If you believe it, you can believe it, if you don't believe it, I don't have time to explain it to you here. However, this kind of building structure is really strange, so we should be careful. Zhao Yuyu said vigilantly.

"It's mysterious, I don't think there's a problem, it's just some aisles, how can it be as exaggerated as you say."

Cui Li is a typical scar and forgot the pain, but now he was completely like a nobody, and he began to act recklessly again.

"Cui Li, didn't you be cautious? Why, all forgot? I kindly reminded, "Could it be that you have forgotten the power of those automatic rifles?" ”

As soon as Cui Li heard the words automatic rifle, his face changed in fright.

"Okay, Cheng Yin, don't scare Cui Li anymore, let's figure out how to get out of here." Lin Yun said.

Yes, the priority now is to find a way to get out of here as soon as possible, but there seem to be many walkways here, and I don't know which one is the right one. I looked around again, and there were eight roads around us, each symmetrical in pairs, as if it were a geometric figure.

"I said there are so many paths here, which one should we take?" Zhao Haoyu asked.

Cui Li suddenly counted the number of people seriously and said: "It's a pity that there are only six of us, if there are eight of us, then we can act separately, so that we can always find the right path." ”

"Splitting up? If the other seven roads were full of traps, wouldn't that be the equivalent of sacrificing seven people to keep one person out? And isn't someone with an IQ like you going to be killed in minutes? Zhao Yuyu glanced at Cui Li.

Cui Li stopped speaking as soon as he heard the mechanism.

"Don't worry, I think there must be some way to figure out which of these eight lanes is the right route." Xia Cheng said.

"By the way, Cheng Yin, why do I think the layout of this place is so familiar? But I just can't think of it, eh~ Look at my brain, it won't come in handy when it's critical. Cui Li patted his head gently.

"You said you've seen it? Really? In what place? Zhao Yuyu hurriedly asked.

"I didn't say it all, I can't remember. Where? Where is it? Maybe I'm mistaken?" After Cui Li thought hard, there was no result.

Xia Cheng took out paper and pen from his backpack and carefully drew the layout in front of him on the paper.

"Cui Li, take a look again, have you seen a similar pattern or something else, in short, you can tell me as soon as possible no matter what you think." Xia Cheng handed the drawings to Cui Li.

Cui Li took the drawing from Xia Cheng's hand and looked at it carefully, he held it above his head for a while, and put it on the ground for a while, looking like he was thinking very seriously.

"I said Cui Li, are you playing with us? Make-up. If you know, you know, if you don't know, you don't know, is it okay to give a happy word? Zhao Yuyu said impatiently.

"Don't make a noise, I'm almost there, give me a little more time." Cui Li said and compared the drawings in front of him a few times.

June 2, 2022 at 15:14

Cui Li suddenly clapped his hands and said excitedly: "Yes, I should have remembered it a long time ago, I said where I saw it." ”

"Cui Li, what did you think of?" Xia Cheng asked anxiously.

"Cheng Yin, do you remember that I was in the backyard of the palace with you when I was in the 'Odd Array', it was that, on the stone gate, I had seen a similar pattern."

"Shimen ......? You're talking about stone plates? I suddenly remembered something, and took the drawing from Cui Li's hand, and sure enough, the pattern on it was exactly the same as the one I remembered.

In fact, many people can see this pattern, but everyone will not associate the two.

"I said Cui Li and Cheng Yin, you sang and talked about harmony for a long time and didn't say why. What palaces, stone gates, stone plates, what are these and what? "Except for me and Cui Li, the other people here have never been to the palace, so they don't know about this, and it's no wonder they don't know what we're talking about.

"Actually, none of this is important, the key is this drawing. These eight passages correspond to the gossip. I said.

"Gossip?" Xia Cheng looked around and said, "That means that the direction of these eight aisles corresponds to the eight gates in the gossip." ”

"That's right." I nodded meaningfully.

(End of chapter)