Chapter 31: The Sewers
I jumped down from the stairs and fell that time, and my arm still hurts. If there is not a grass nest under the building, but a road or a brick floor, this master must have already hung up before he got out of the school. I think that even if it is a brick ground, Yuxin will jump down without hesitation, although I didn't say it, but I was quite moved in my heart...
I quietly rushed ahead of Yuxin and poked my foot into the sewer well first. I stepped on it hard, and I felt that the iron ring nailed to the wall of the well was quite strong.
"Ah Leng, you have to be careful..."Yu Xin said with great concern.
I smiled at her, closed my eyes and took a breath, flicked my arms twice, and carefully climbed down. In this situation, I have the feeling that I was on the chimney of the brick kiln factory, so I thought of Morning Star, and I don't know if she is sleeping now, whether she is better... Then I thought about the 'strange face' I saw on the chimney in the grass nest in the southwest corner of the brick kiln factory...
As my foot gently 'thuded' to the ground, my thoughts came to an abrupt halt. Looking over from both sides, I saw that the bottom of the sewer was pitch black, like a netherworld. I felt my hand in the pocket of my jacket, I took out the lighter, and lit it with a 'click', the light of the fire could only shine two or three meters away, and my shadow was cast on the sewer wall, dangling, very huge.
"Yuxin..."
I looked up and shouted upward, the echo startling me.
"Huh?"
"Come down."
I lowered my voice, but Yuxin didn't seem to hear clearly.
"What?"
"It's time to come down..."
"Oh..."
After Yuxin climbed down, I lit the lighter, only to see her beautiful eyes without blinking, looking around in surprise.
There's a lot of space under the drain, and at my height, it's more than enough to walk upright. The walls are covered with dry black mud, uneven, and uneven. In some places, the black mud is falling off, and judging from the exposed green bricks, this is an old-fashioned drainage system, I don't know how many years old, maybe it was repaired before liberation.
The lighter was already hot, so I extinguished it and blew it, whispering, "Xin, go..."
There was no response, I was startled, and hurriedly lit the lighter, only to see Yuxin standing blankly, with straight eyes.
"Xin..."
I gave her a tug, and she reacted.
"Huh?"
"What's wrong?"
"It's okay, Ah Leng, look..."Yu Xin smiled at me, like a little girl, pointing around.
"How?" I asked.
"Here...," Yu Xin said, "is it like last year, and at this time, when we were in the Taihang Mountains, the underground passage we walked?" ”
"You mean... That underground passage from Stone Village to the Arsenal in the back mountain? ”
"Hmm...," Yuxin said with a sigh of relief.
I took a closer look, and it was a bit like it, except that the sewer was bigger and dirtier than the one. Thinking of the tunnel, I can't help but think of the collapse of the cliff, me and Yuxin were buried under the collapse, remember, at that time I was familiar with Yuxin not long ago, time is so fast, in the blink of an eye it has been a year...
I didn't dare to make eye contact with Yu Xin, looked to the side, and whispered, "Let's go, you obediently follow me, do you hear?" ”
"Hmm..."
On my left-hand side, based on the geographical location above, it is north. In the previous game, the Tiger Escape is in the northeast direction, and if the sewer well we came down from is the escape, then, let's go north...
The bottom of the sewer is extremely uneven, and the dried sludge is mixed with filth and all kinds of messy garbage, and it is everywhere. The two of them walked very slowly, the more they walked, the more nervous they became, and the more they walked, the more stuffy the air became. The lighter shines at intervals, and every time the fire is lit, all you see is a scene that makes your scalp tingle. At the same time, the air that had been scorched by the flames was very uncomfortable and sour to the nose. Although Yuxin and I kept our steps very light, it was not quiet in the sewer. From time to time, I don't know where I heard the sound of 'bones', like a mouse. Yuxin followed me step by step, nervously grabbing my clothes behind her...
It's so complicated and so many forks in the road that it's hard for those who live on the ground to imagine that there is such a complicated world underneath. We kept walking along the 'main road', and after a while, the air became damp, and the soles of our feet began to be muddy, faintly, and the sound of 'whooshing' water came from nowhere. I feel like I'm already out of that planning area. Keep your ears pricked up so that you can't hear any movement from above. Judging by the direction, we should be heading east at the moment... First to the north, then to the east, to the northeast... Where is the place of the 'Tiger Escape'?
After walking for a while, water began to get under our feet, we pulled up our trouser legs, and with each step, we felt our feet sink straight down, and after not many steps, we couldn't walk. I stopped, took a lighter, and saw the mud on the right-hand side against the wall, forming a long ridge, sticking to the wall and heading east. The ridge looks quite wide, and it seems to be quite strong, and even if it is not strong, it is better than walking in the water.
"Xin, let's go, let's go there." I pointed.
The walls were dirty, so I took the lead and walked inside and let Yuxin walk outside of me. Walking on this ridge feels like stepping on plasticine. As I walked, I didn't know where I heard, and I was taken aback by a muffled sound, and my instinctive hand reached into my pocket and felt a talisman, and at the same time, the other hand lit the lighter.
Due to the vigorous movement, the soles of my feet did not stand firmly, and as soon as I slipped on my stomach, a horse fell forward. Yu Xin reacted very quickly, and grabbed my clothes with her hand, grabbing me by the hand. Just as I was steady, my wrist against the wall, and about to stand upright, a stream of water suddenly rushed down the wall and hit my hand firmly.
"How are you, A-Leng?" Yuxin asked.
"It's okay..."
I shook the lighter in my hand, and pressed it seven or eight times in a row, but there was no response at all... The lighter was doused with water, and as a result, Yuxin and I became blind.
"Xin."
"Huh?"
"Hold on to my clothes, don't leave me even a step, do you hear?"
"Okay."
"Let's go..."
If you go any further, you will be purely blind and you will not see anything. I could only feel Yu Xin grabbing my clothes from behind, but when I looked back, I couldn't even tell her shape...
As I walked, I stepped on something, and Yuxin behind me grabbed my clothes. My heart almost didn't jump out. After listening for a moment, I bent down to touch it, and I felt a piece of cold wood, and next to the wood, there seemed to be something made of metal...
I chuckled in my heart, thinking of what I had done earlier... The so-called 'Tiger Escape' is Yiqihe's territory Xin, Linxiumen, Luogen Palace... In Qimen, the five elements of 'B' belong to wood, which is Yin wood, and the five elements of 'Xin' belong to gold, which is Yin gold... At this moment, I found the 'elephant', the piece of wood on the ground, and this metal object told me that the place of the 'tiger escape' was nearby... I looked around with my eyes wide open, and I couldn't see anything...
"Yuxin...," I said, lowering my voice.
"How?"
"Before going to the old man Liu's house, I took out two talismans for you, and held them in your hands, did you take them?"
"I've been holding it."
"Okay, I'll tell you again, no matter what happens, you must not leave me."
"Hmm..."
I took a breath, mobilized all my mind, sensed the aura around me, and continued to walk forward. After only two or three minutes of walking, my nerves were about to break, and my heart said, why can't I feel anything...
I was so distracted, and all of a sudden, I realized that something was wrong... I clearly felt that Yuxin was grabbing my clothes from behind, but why couldn't I hear her footsteps? …
I thought it was an illusion, but I pricked up my ears and took two more steps forward, and my heart felt like I had fallen into an ice hole... There are no footsteps! … What's wrong?! I was so scared that my hair stood on end!
"Xin..."
I called out in a low voice, but there was no response.
"Yuxin..."
I called again, but there was still no response.
"Yuxin!"
I reached behind my hand and was about to touch it when I heard a voice in the distance behind me...
"Ah Leng..."
It's Yuxin's voice, why is she there? If Yuxin is there, then who is this one holding me behind me?! …
I grabbed it backwards violently, and at the same time, the feeling of being grabbed by someone disappeared, and I turned around, and grabbed my hand again, and felt a 'person' bite my hand... Frightened, I raised my other hand, and was about to hit the ice talisman at the man, when my wrist tightened and my hand was caught. Immediately afterward, I was hit my stomach and almost didn't pull it. I held my breath and gathered all my strength, and was about to hit my head at this man, when suddenly, I felt as if a hair was hanging down on my bitten arm... It was as if a bolt of lightning struck me right in front of my eyes...
I bit the tip of my tongue, and a chill suddenly spread from the top of my head to the soles of my feet, and the whole person felt like waking up from a big dream. Then I felt that it was a woman's hand that was grabbing my left wrist, and this woman was biting my right wrist and not letting go.
"Xin, don't bite, it's me!"
As soon as I wrestled, I broke free of my left hand, reached over, groped for Yuxin's head, and slammed it on her temple. Yuxin let go of her mouth.
"Xin..."
"Ahh Ah Leng? ”
"It's me! It's me! ”
"Just now... What just happened? ”
"We were confused and fought each other..."
"Confused?"
"That's right, there's a ghost here..."
What is it that confuses us just now? That old man Liu? … I figured out the lighter, tried a few times, and it still didn't burn? What to do? …
"Xin, we..."
I was only halfway through my sentence when I heard a voice in the distance...
"Ah Leng, I heard you speak, where are you..."
What's going on? Why is Yuxin still far away?! … The most incredible is yet to come...
I took two steps back, and was about to answer, when I heard a voice say, "I'm here..."
I couldn't believe my ears, this voice, was actually my own! …