Chapter 113: The Basement
The man with glasses was stunned, and the high dive listened carefully, and the chaotic footsteps were running here.
High Diver enters the Infernal Realm.
He stood on the edge of the broken floor, looking down through the hole, and below was a dark hallway, with no lights or voices, as quiet as if another world. Gao Qian jumped without hesitation.
The high dive stood in the hallway, looking out to the sides.
The corridor is relatively intact, except for the severely damaged ceiling, and the walls on the left and right sides seem to be a little decayed, but not broken. He reached out and knocked on the mottled wall, and found that the tiles were quite thick, and he even suspected that the back of the wall was probably solid concrete. The floor is the usual terrazzo floor tiles, old, full of cracks and potholes, but still intact.
High Dive stares thoughtfully at the ground. It was the first time he had seen such a complete building since he could see the third floor of the Infernal Realm. Even in his own apartment, the bathroom part had long since collapsed, and the dining table and sink were connected to a trembling floor. If he accidentally enters the Infernal Realm when he gets up at night, he will definitely fall into the bed of the fat woman downstairs.
So what makes this part of the building so special?
High Diving looked to the end of the hallway on the left, it was pitch black, and even with his eyesight, he couldn't see what was there. To his right was a metal door that was as heavy as a bank vault, which he had seen from the outside, but the shortcut he had taken didn't require him to solve the door's problem.
Gao Qian looked at the bare walls and walked towards the darkness ahead, he believed that in the real world, this corridor must be full of various laser detectors, sensors, lethal weapons, etc., just like in the movie, a mistake can be cut in half, but now that he can't see those things, he naturally doesn't have to worry about it.
He stopped at the end of the high-potential corridor and stared in front of him. He thought he was going to see a heavier and safer gate, even if he saw a fire-breathing monster guarding it, he wouldn't be surprised, who knew that what he saw was actually a large open entrance.
The old wooden door is like an old antique with a knocker in a courtyard, the beast's head on the knocker is still with green patina, and the double-open door is wide open, as if inviting the gentleman into the urn.
Gao Qian hesitated, he let out his thoughts, wanting to see the original appearance of the gate through his thoughts. However, as soon as his thoughts were released, he heard the alarm bells around him, and then several pillars of light arrows came towards him. Then he found himself jumping into the ancient gate, which creaked shut before he could regret it.
A layer of cold sweat broke out on the back of the high submersible, he knew that Sherlock's laboratory had some high-tech that could detect anomalous energy, but he didn't expect that even his thoughts could be detected. He remembered that the silver wolf had told him about a vampire who had turned into smoke and had one of his hands burned. He wondered if his thoughts were hit just now, would he lose an arm or leg or something?
He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and turned to look around. This is probably the basement that the man with glasses called it, and like the hallway, the buildings here look quite intact. In the dark, rows of shelves were lined up in the distance, and it was impossible to see how many. Some things sparkle on the shelves, but most of them look lifeless.
The high diver's gaze fell on the second row of shelves. Something was shining behind the shelves, like a floor lamp was turned on. Gao Qian secretly touched the Twilight Blade in his pocket, and slowly walked over.
Most of the shelves in that row are filled with antique porcelain pots, clay pots, plates, and the like. Gao Qian hurriedly glanced at it, and when he went around to the shelf, he saw the thing that was on the ground.
High Diver's eyes widened.
It was a small tree more than a meter high, with roots propped up to the floor like feet, a trunk the thickness of a finger, and branches as thin as willow branches adorned with money. Yes, the money with round square holes, glowing, it is these golden coins.
Gao Qian suddenly stretched out his hand and shook the branch. With a bang, the gold coin fell like a gust of rain and rolled to the ground. The branches shook as if they were freed, and instead of the way the willow branches hung low, they pointed to the sky like thorns.
The high dive stared at the money all over the ground in disbelief. He bent down and was about to pick up a gold coin to take a closer look, when he suddenly heard a deep voice in the darkness.
"A cash cow, an ancient knack made by witchcraft. ”
Gao Qian was startled and stared. In the aisle between the shelves, there was a black shadow, but no matter how high dives looked, they couldn't see the details of the shadow. It was as if a black hole had just opened out of thin air, and the voice was coming from the black hole.
"Who? who's there?" said the high submersion's voice, which seemed abrupt and tense in the silent space. Realizing that he was too nervous, he put his hands in his pockets and slowed his tone, "You're the guard guarding this basement?"
"Guards?" the voice laughed, as if hearing something very funny, "do you mean the guards are?"
Tattered?Gao Qian glanced at the cash cow that was reproducing golden coins, sneered, and did not answer.
"Do you want it?" the shadow asked, "There is not only a cash cow, but also a cornucopia, a fish basin that can conjure pearls, a singing shadow wall, a demon mirror, a circle of treasures, and a magic flute......
"Isn't there a golden hoop?" the high dive interrupted the shadow.
The black shadow was silent for a moment: "There used to be, but I lost it." ”
Gao Qian was speechless, he just asked casually, he was surprised that he didn't feel that the black shadow was talking, he looked at the rustic potbelly porcelain jar on the shelf next to him, and wondered if it was the cornucopia in the mouth of the black shadow.
"Do you want it?" asked the Shadow again.
"What are you going to do?" asked Gao Qian.
"Anything here can make you rich......
"Forget it, you just said that these things are made by witchcraft, presumably this money spilled all over the ground, it won't be long before it disappears, right?"
The shadow didn't speak, but the high dive felt him smile.
The gold coins from the cash tree beside him bent the branches again, and the gold was like a craft lamp. And the gold coins that had fallen to the ground disappeared one by one.
"In fact, there is such a cash cow, and it is good to put the ground lamp in the bedroom. Gao Qian muttered.
"If you knew how many lives have been lost on this cash tree, you wouldn't think so. The dark shadow sighed.
Gao Qian stared at the black shadow again: "I'm not interested in the story of the cash cow, but I'm very interested in you, do you come out by yourself? or will I pull you out?"
"What's the saying?" the shadow sighed long, "newborn calves aren't afraid of tigers. The black shadow grew darker and darker, as if absorbing all the light around it, and even the light of the cash cow on the side was gone.
In the next second, the surroundings suddenly brightened. A row of headlights on the ceiling are lit up.
The high diver squinted his eyes at the light.
In the huge warehouse, there are rows of dense shelves, and there is no end in sight.
In the middle of the aisle, where the black shadow had existed, stood a kind old man at the moment. Like the most ordinary storekeeper, he wore a white-washed navy blue tunic with a canvas apron and sleeve covers. The years had crept up the corners of his eyes, but they still left him with thick black hair.
He stood there, smiling at the high diver, as if to ask him, "What are you looking for? I'll help you?"