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Ian really didn't want to be in the company of a guy who was eating human flesh raw, and it would take him some time to come to terms with the situation. And the old dwarf Manhe was obviously unwilling to give up the food in his hand, but he was afraid of Ian's strength, and after several struggles, he still gave up his patience to provoke Ian and put down his broken hand.

"Do you think you're still living in a civilized world? Manhe looked at Ian, who was sitting in the corner, and said coldly, "If you want to survive, you must discard everything you used to." ”

"I will not eat the flesh of my compatriots. ”

"That's what I thought when I first came in, but have you ever felt hungry, real hunger. "The kind of thing that, when you're desperate to stay alive, you're going to make the same choice as I did." What is that, stepping on the line between life and death, there is no such saying. ”

Ian was a little tired of Manhe's chattering nonsense. He took two servings of dry food out of the package and threw them to Manhe: "I hope these things will keep your mouth shut." ”

Manhe took the dry food, looked puzzled, opened it and sniffed, his expression quickly became exciting: "My God, is this beef jerky?"

Ian didn't want to talk, even though it was all his dry food. But he really wanted to quiet Manhe, he still had so much to think about and accept. If everything Manhe said was true, then this trip to the ghost town would be unlike any previous hunt, and he didn't even know who the prey was.

Manhe stared at the beef jerky, his eyes shining. Come to think of it, he hadn't eaten this kind of food in twenty years, and Ian didn't bother to think about how he had come through these twenty years. Originally, Ian thought that the old dwarf would gobble up the beef jerky in front of him, but he didn't expect him to do so, and after a short hesitation and struggle, he threw the beef jerky back to Ian.

Ian looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"It's your stuff. Manhe was clearly reluctant to look at the beef jerky again, "It would be great if eating it would make you become like me later." ”

Ian didn't quite understand what Manhe meant, and Manhe didn't want to explain any more. He suddenly remembered that Manhe was originally the patriarch of the dwarven clan, and according to him, the dwarves who had been brought here with him all died, and he was the only one who survived. Isn't that that the flesh of his countrymen who has eaten it?

What it was like to eat the meat of his compatriots raw, Ian didn't dare to imagine. Even the mighty and ruthless dragons would never attack their own kind, let alone the dwarves, who were known for their unity. How much did he have the desire to live to make such a decision?

Ian wondered if he had been forced into that situation, would he have made the same choice as Manhe?

It's an unsolvable proposition that Ian himself doesn't dare to imagine.

"I know you want to get out, and I want to go out too. "But I advise you to give up on this idea." ”

Ian shook his head, shaking the strange thoughts out of his head. Manhe's words reminded him that he should now be thinking about how to get out, or how to find other people, not about whether he would do such a horrific thing when he was cornered. Since you don't want to face such a desperate situation, then try to avoid it.

"Why do you say that, you know how to get out?"

Manhe shook his head: "I've been here for twenty years, and I don't know how to get out. ”

Unwilling to give up, Ian asked, "Have you traveled all over this ghost town?"

"No, there are five floors in the ghost town, and I haven't been to the bottom floor, but I've seen the four basement floors twice. Manhe sat up from his futon, "The area where I spend a lot of time is between the second and third floors. ”

"Is every floor the same?"

"How could it be. Manhe said, "The first and second floors are traps, the third and fourth floors are the places where [ghosts] operate, among which the first and fourth floors are the most dangerous, the second and third floors are like a buffer zone for these two layers, and the place we are in now, the partition between the second and third floors is the safest." ”

"Why don't you go to the first floor, isn't the first floor the closest to the ground? ”

"It's really closest to the ground, but how close?" Manhe asked rhetorically, "How many meters, how many meters, or tens of meters?" I know what you think, but without any tools, it is impossible for us to chisel through the bluestone bricks, let alone the ground that I don't know how thick. ”

Ian knew Manhe was right, so he could only nod.

"And what about the fifth basement?" Ian asked, "you said you've never been there, why?" ”

"Because I can't go through the four basement floors. Manhe said, "The number of [ghosts] swimming in the fourth underground floor is several times higher than that of the third underground floor. I've been there no more than five times in twenty years, but each time I've almost lost my life, let alone five basement floors. ”

"Since you haven't been to the fifth basement floor, how did you know that there is one?" Ian asked.

"Because I told you that ghost towns were once built by dwarves. Manhe looked at Ian, "No one knows ghost towns better than the dwarves, and that's why I'm alive until now." At least this compartment is not something that ordinary people can find. ”

"Then do you know what the fifth basement is?"

Manhe shook his head: "I don't know. ”

Ian was stunned: "Why?"

"Because the fifth basement floor is an exception. Manhe said softly, "In the drawings about the ghost town, there is no mention of the fifth basement floor, there is no description, I just know where the gap from the fourth basement to the fifth basement is located. But what exactly is the fifth basement floor, no one knows. ”

Ian was silent, and he vaguely felt that the fifth floor underground might be the key to leaving this ghost town.

Then, as if remembering something, he looked up at Manhe and asked, "Are all my companions trapped in the third basement?"

Manhe shook his head: "No, it's random, it's possible from one to four floors. I saw two dead humans on the second floor, and I realized that a new group of people had been brought here, just like we did twenty years ago. ”

"That's the case. ”

Ian stood up suddenly, "I'm going to find them." ”

"Sober up. Manhe scoffed, "Who do you think you want to deal with those [ghosts]?"

"Why not?" said Ian calmly, "I've killed all the dragon kings, and what is a ghost." ”

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