After looking around the main hall, Chen Ziyang realized that there was not only one gate here, but three. In addition to the wall that connected the passage where I had come before, each of the other three walls had a stone gate.

The gates are identical in appearance, all of them are very large, but they still feel a little small in the middle of this empty hall, and you can only feel the size of these gates when you stand in front of them.

After walking around the hall, Chen Ziyang found that two doors were tightly closed, and the gap between the two doors of one gate was very wide.

To be precise, it is not the gap left by this door, but the door of the opposite door is a little tilted, and the top of the two doors is tightly attached to each other, but there is a gap more than ten centimeters wide at the bottom.

When I shone through the crack in the door with a flashlight, I could see a wide staircase stretching upward, and I didn't know how high it was. After estimating in his heart, Chen Ziyang felt that Liu Tong's previous judgment should be correct, the steps behind this gate were likely to be directly connected to the gate of the palace, and if this place could be opened, it might really get in touch with the team outside.

Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang took out his compass and wanted to determine the direction of the gate to confirm his speculation. But when he took out the compass, he was surprised to see that the hands of the compass were spinning wildly, so fast that he had no intention of stopping.

"The pointer doesn't stop, this is a needle, there's something evil around here!" Chen Ziyang muttered to himself as he ran in the direction of Liu Cong, and then he told Liu Cong about his discovery.

According to Liu Cong, they also took out the compass to check the direction before the gate, and the compass also appeared with a needle at that time, and now I think that it is possible that the needle is pointing to these zombies around. Liu Cong didn't think there was anything strange about this matter, it wasn't worth making such a fuss.

"Liu Cong, all the zombies here have been eliminated, but the hands of the compass are still spinning. In other words, it is not these zombies that are set to point the needle, but there are other evil things here. Chen Ziyang hurriedly said the key to the whole thing.

Hearing Chen Ziyang's words, Liu Cong reacted. Then he supported the wall with one hand, reluctantly stood up, and looked around the empty hall to make sure that all the zombies had indeed been eliminated.

"I don't know if there's anything else hiding around here, let's be careful, the team is not in any state at all, I think we should not find a way to open that gate, in case there are really any more evil things rushing in, we will all be in danger." Chen Ziyang suggested to Liu Cong.

After listening to Chen Ziyang's words, Liu Cong pondered for a while, and then he nodded and agreed with this opinion. Now, it is important to get in touch with the team outside, but if it is really like Chen Ziyang said, there are other evil things here, if the gate is opened and these things rush in, the people in the team will be wiped out. Now there are only two people in the entire team who have combat effectiveness, and it is impossible to deal with other evil creatures at all.

Just when the two of them had just finalized this matter, suddenly a crisp sound of "dang chang" echoed in the hall, Liu Cong and Chen Ziyang's eyes were attracted by the sound, and they found that the bronze small tripod in Xu Xiaoyuan's hand had fallen to the ground, and the lid of the tripod had been separated, and Xu Xiaoyuan's face was pale and fell to the ground at once.

"What's wrong with you?" Chen Ziyang, who rushed over in a few steps, hurriedly helped Xu Xiaoyuan up and asked.

"I'm really sorry, my Taoism is too shallow, and I can't solve the corpse poison in the square." Xu Xiaoyuan gasped for breath and said intermittently.

"What!" Chen Ziyang screamed in surprise. At this time, the hall was very quiet, and because of the incident where the bronze Xiaoding fell to the ground just now, all the people focused their attention here, so everyone in the hall who was awake heard Xu Xiaoyuan's words.

"He is now attacking his heart with corpse poison, I have used all my mana just now, but I can't completely get rid of the corpse poison in his body at all, or it won't be long before Master Fang Zheng will ...... It's going to be a zombie. Xu Xiaoyuan said helplessly.

"How is this possible, aren't you a Maoshan Danshi? Isn't your mana very strong? Why can't even you save him? Hearing Xu Xiaoyuan's words, Liu Congqiang endured the pain on his body, and also came to Xu Xiaoyuan's side, grabbed her shoulders and asked nervously.

"You're scratching me." Hearing Xu Xiaoyuan's pale words, Liu Cong realized that he had lost his temper and quickly let go of his grip on Xu Xiaoyuan.

"Liu Cong, don't get excited, listen to what Aunt Dao has to say." Although he knew that Xu Xiaoyuan's next words were still the same, Chen Ziyang still held the last glimmer of hope in his heart.

"Fang Zheng has been poisoned for too long, and he is still fighting after being poisoned, the corpse poison has already flowed all over his body, and the corpse poison has already attacked his heart. I tried my best just now, but I could only get rid of part of the corpse poison on the surface of his body, but there was nothing I could do with the corpse poison in the deep layer of his body, I'm sorry, I really tried my best. ”

Seeing Xu Xiaoyuan's pale face and the sweat on her forehead, as well as the trembling hands supporting her body, Chen Ziyang knew that Xu Xiaoyuan was not lying, the mana in her body should have been exhausted, otherwise that bronze Xiaoding would not have fallen to the ground like that, obviously Xu Xiaoyuan didn't have even a trace of mana in his body.

"Is there any other way to get rid of the corpse poison in Fangzheng's body?"

"There are a few heavenly treasures that can do this, but we don't have them at all, and we don't have time to look for them, this kind of corpse poison is very powerful, at most in another hour, Master Fangzheng will become a zombie."

After listening to Xu Xiaoyuan's words, all the people were silent, even Xu Xiaoyuan, who was the only one who could save Fangzheng, said so, and the others knew that there was no hope at this time.

"What about Master Jia? Will your master, Master Jada, be able to heal Fangzheng? Suddenly remembering that there was another Jada outside the gate, Liu Cong hurriedly asked.

"My master?" Hearing Liu Cong's question, Xu Xiaoyuan frowned, revealing a puzzled look, and then she said very uncertainly:

"Perhaps...... Maybe my master can save Fang Zheng, after all, his mana is much stronger than mine. ”

"Good, great, it's good to have hope. Senior brother, don't think about other things, let's go see if the door can be opened, if you can get in touch with the team, Master Jia can rush here as soon as possible, maybe Fang Zheng will be saved. Liu Cong said to Chen Ziyang with bright eyes.

As the saying goes, the authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear. In fact, from Xu Xiaoyuan's words, Chen Ziyang had already heard that even if Jada came here, it would not be of much use. The reason why Xu Xiaoyuan said that was because she didn't want the last glimmer of hope in Liu Cong's heart to be dashed, after all, she was a woman, and there was no way to tell the truth bluntly.

However, Liu Cong's relationship with Fang Zheng is very deep, and it is impossible for him to give up the last glimmer of hope, so Chen Ziyang feels that he has no way to refuse Liu Cong's request.

Fortunately, Jin Huang is still in a coma, otherwise, if Jin Huang knows about this matter, he will definitely find a way to open the door immediately, even if he can't open it, he will use his head to open it, after all, the relationship between Jin Huang and Fang Zheng is deeper.

At this point, it's useless to say anything else. Chen Ziyang hurriedly walked to the front of the gate and checked a huge stone roller connected to the gate.

"I can't avoid the disaster after all, and I can only fight at this time." Thinking of this, Chen Ziyang turned the stone roller. As he turned, the chain connecting the gate was slowly straightened. After the rattling sound, the two doors slowly moved in different directions.

Although the stone roller is very huge, and the gate is also very heavy, the rotation of the roller does not require much strength, but it may be because the age is relatively old, the mechanism that opened the gate has failed, or there are some other debris blocking the bottom of the gate, after the gate only opened a gap, Chen Ziyang can no longer turn the roller.

Although this gap is not large, it is more than enough for one person to pass through. When the gate opened, Chen Ziyang saw that no other mechanisms had been triggered, and no other evil things had run into the hall, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned on the flashlight and walked into the gate.

Behind the gate is a large stone staircase, which extends upwards, and the flashlight that can illuminate more than 100 meters will not reach the end at all, and thinking back to the height he fell in the passage paved with smooth black stone slabs, Chen Ziyang estimated that these steps may be longer than he thought.

Just now Xu Xiaoyuan said that Fang Zheng would become a zombie in one hour at most, and Chen Ziyang estimated that this time was already a bit exaggerated, and it was Xu Xiaoyuan who deliberately said that the time was longer in order to take care of Liu Cong's emotions, and now it seems that he has to race against time.

Running up the stairs all the way up, it didn't take long for Chen Ziyang to be tired and panting, his legs were sore and swollen, as if it wasn't his own, but he still held on.

Because his legs had no strength, Chen Ziyang, who was running wildly, was suddenly tripped and fell on the steps, and he instantly felt that his whole body had no strength at all, and he could only lie on the steps and gasp for breath, while constantly beating his legs with his own hands, hoping to recover some strength quickly.

"Someone...... Listen...... Is it? The intermittent words from the communicator broke the silence here, and Chen Ziyang suddenly came to his senses.

It seems that Liu Cong's previous estimate was not wrong, these steps should indeed lead to the palace gate, he has already run up the steps for a long time, and he should be very close to the team outside the door, even if there is a thick stone wall at this distance, the communicator can work normally.

After gritting his teeth and walking upwards for some distance, the words coming from the communicator became much clearer, and Chen Ziyang was already able to contact the other team.

It turned out that the team trapped outside had found the mechanism to open the gate, and these people had already walked down the steps behind the gate, and waited in place for a while, and Chen Ziyang was overjoyed when he saw the flashlight shining from overhead.

He had already briefly told the people in the team what had happened in the communicator, and now Zhen Hao and Umbrella Shi Shuai were holding the fat Jada, and they were running down the steps at a rapid pace, hoping to get to the location of the main hall before Fang Zheng turned into a zombie.

Chen Ziyang, who followed the team back to the main hall, saw that all the other people had gathered around Fang Zheng, and Jin Huang also woke up, with tears in the corners of his eyes, obviously suffering a lot of blows.

Xu Xiaoyuan's face was a little ruddy, and she was using that bronze tripod to continue to remove the corpse poison in Fang Zheng's body. Hearing someone enter the main hall, everyone looked up.

"Master Jia, come and see Fang Zheng, maybe only you can save him now." Jin Huang and Liu Cong said almost in unison.

The panting Jada nodded, walked to Fang Zheng and Xu Xiaoyuan's side, and after looking down to check the injuries of Fang Zheng, who was breathless and unconscious, he asked Xu Xiaoyuan:

"Apprentice, you can't get rid of the corpse poison in his body, right, you are my apprentice, you have done my true inheritance, my opinion is the same as yours, this person has already attacked the corpse poison, and he can't be saved at all."

Jada's words were addressed to Xu Xiaoyuan, but everyone understood that in fact his words were addressed to those present.

Hearing Jada's words, Liu Cong lowered his head weakly, while Guo Huaxing and Zhang Linfu also showed regretful expressions. Jin Huang gritted his teeth and vigorously pounded the ground with his fist.

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault, it's because I'm not good at learning, it's precisely to save me that I became like this, it's all my fault."

The loss of a general in the Maoshan Seventh Division so quickly was something that everyone had not expected, and a feeling of grief and indignation permeated the hearts of everyone in the team.

At this time, Zhang Linfu gritted his teeth, stood up, puffed up his chest, and said loudly: "Liu Cong, the matter has come to this, don't be a woman's kindness, you take matters into your own hands and let Fangzheng walk with dignity." ”

"Nope! He's still alive, and Fang Zheng isn't dead! Jin Huang suddenly pounced on Fang Zheng's body, holding on to it, for fear that Liu Cong would make a move on the other side.

"Pull away!" Liu Cong almost squeezed these two words out of his teeth. Zhang Linfu is right, if it drags on any longer, Fang Zheng will immediately become a zombie, and when the time comes, he will still have to be dealt with, it is better to do things before he becomes a zombie, and leave the last trace of dignity for Fang Zheng.

After letting others pull away the screaming Jin Huang, Liu Cong took out his golden dagger, and then he leaned down, gently raised Fang Zheng's head, and stabbed the golden dagger along the back of Fang Zheng's neck at once.

(End of chapter)