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After the water receded, MI9 members tested the depth of the hole with their own means and confirmed that it would not exceed ten meters.

This height is nothing for any Sequence Extraordinary, and the Physique Boost gained by Sequence 9 is enough to keep them from getting hurt. But the question now is not just about jumping, but about where the hole leads and whether there will be a way inside.

This is also the "abode" of a god-level being, and even though they are loyal believers, there is no guarantee that accidents will happen at all.

"Do you want to go down here?"

"Hmm."

The team members were a little skeptical, but the chief knew the reason for the hole, but he couldn't tell anyone else. Since his wish was "a hidden entrance", and now that he has successfully completed the transaction, then this place must be able to enter the mausoleum without any problems.

He looked back at the rest of his teammates, and there was an indescribable feeling growing in his heart - he was reluctant to use this seal at all, even though the expression on his face when the Demon Family gave it to him was "You have made a lot of money" - but in the end, loyalty to the Emperor overwhelmed the affection and importance for his subordinates. When he made up his mind to write the first word on the inconspicuous little note, his hands trembled a little, and his heart was reluctant, but the whole sentence was written quickly.

Once the conscience and bottom line do not exist, there is more that can be done.

He hadn't immediately slipped to the point of deluding himself into believing that these subordinates would be willing to sacrifice themselves for His Majesty the Emperor, although sacrificing their subordinates without saying a word had gradually become acceptable. I just don't know what the price he asks for every time will be, if it is just to kill one of his subordinates every time, it may be fine, but his subordinates are limited, and they will receive it from him after all.

I hope I won't use that item again in the future, the things given by the demon family are still too evil...... The chief thought uneasily, but his hand involuntarily stroked his chest without a trace, feeling the bulging touch of the small glass bottle the thickness of a finger.

Despite its evil nature, this simple and crude way of using it is indeed the best tool to deal with unexpected situations at the moment, and can bring him an indescribable sense of security.

He pulled out a small, extraordinary object from his bosom.

There is no way to use torches in a rainstorm, and the lantern is easy to extinguish, but this thing is covered with a thick opaque fabric, and when you lift a corner of the cloth, a bright and warm light shines out immediately.

At this moment, everyone immediately saw that the soil on the wall of this cave was actually dark red, exuding a faint fishy smell that made people fearful.

Ignoring the expressions on the faces of the other members and the mood of wanting to stop talking, the chief said and followed, and then jumped directly into the hole more than a meter wide with the extraordinary object that emitted light. Before he could count to three in his mind, his feet had already landed on the uneven stone ground, and his thoughts did not come true, and he did not step on anything.

Somewhat uneasy, he picked up the extraordinary object and took a look around, only to find a path in front of him, so dark that it could not even be illuminated by the light. But it's not so much a path as a collapsed building crevice, and the sharp corners of various stones stick out from all directions, and the slightest mistake can be punctured and scratched. The MI9 members above jumped down one by one after receiving his safety signal, and they looked left and right in the crowded and narrow cavern for a long time, but they could not find the body of the companion who had died unexpectedly.

The corpse of such a large man disappeared like this, not a single bone was to be seen, only the smell of blood permeated the surroundings. It was as if he hadn't disappeared, but had dissolved in the tunnel.

They looked at each other and felt a chill run through their backs, but none of them dared to disobey the commander's orders.

"What is the approximate location here?" The Commander did not act rashly, nor did he use any extraordinary power. He silently infused his spirituality to make the extraordinary objects brighter, but no matter what, the path ahead was still pitch black, and it was impossible to see clearly from a meter away.

"The northeast corner of the mausoleum." The team member whispered, "Judging by the height, we should be at the junction of the ruins of the surface building and the underground part, and we still need to find the stairs down to officially reach the underground area. ”

After confirming the location of themselves and the others, they checked each other and found that the path in front of them was likely to lead to the staircase in this corner. They didn't need to go through the hassle, but the construction of the nine mausoleums was a secret within the House of Augustus, and with the fall of the angels and the entire royal family, the blueprints were missing. MI9 members could only rely on the confessions and memories of different people who had supervised the construction of the mausoleum to reluctantly put together a map of Mausoleum No. 1.

"Huh." The commander was about to walk forward when he suddenly heard a member of the team at the back speak, "What's here......"

He touched the hard, smooth thing in his hand that was clinging to the wall, and suspected that this was where the candlestick on the wall in the mausoleum had been. By the glimmer of light shining through the cavern overhead, he could see that it was a piece of brass-colored metal against the wall.

The metal sheet is oval-shaped, with two pointed corners, a circle in the middle that is just tangent to the upper and lower sides, and a thin vertical ellipse in the middle.

The piece of metal was covered with a layer of dark red dirt, but the member's foothold was right next to it, and with a slight movement, it wiped some of the dirt off it, revealing its true face. As he touched it, he inadvertently wiped some of the remaining red dirt away, so much so that the reflection of the brass was noticed by him.

"What is this?"

The more it looked at it, the more it looked less like the back of the candlestick, and a few people around looked at it too. The chief was far away, and there were five or six people crowded in the middle, and he didn't know what was going on, so he frowned and whispered, "Go forward as soon as possible, and don't waste time in inconsequential places." ”

"Sir, here's a totem with an unknown meaning."

Someone said, "We have never seen a symbol of this kind, whether it is a true god or a hidden existence. ”

“…… This thing seems to be an eye? The MI9 member, who was stroking the metal piece, said suspiciously, "Eyes, a bit like the symbol of the Hidden Sage, but now the Church of the Mysterious God has revised the emblem and coat of arms, why is it ...... here?"

Before he could finish speaking, an inconspicuous light suddenly shot out of his brass-colored eyes, which landed right on his head.

In an instant, the body of this extraordinary person began to collapse from the head downward, and all the tissues and parts were painted in the same way as a granular spiritual flyaway, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared from everyone's eyes.

Not even the clothes were left.

After a brief pause, everyone present immediately reacted. Although the members of MI9 have basically gone through rigorous selection and dangerous missions, the sight of a companion being erased without resistance still makes their hairs stand on end.

The captain who witnessed all this was suddenly shocked, and he suddenly remembered that brass is now also an important ceremonial metal of the Thunder Church, and it can be used as one of the ritual props to point to the God of Thunder like silver and tin at the beginning, but the Holy Emblem of the God of Thunder does not have eyes depicted, but only a white tower standing high on the sea, surrounded by thunder and storms.

He suddenly realized something, and without hesitation, he took the glowing seal and drilled directly into the narrow tunnel in front of him, his actions gave the people behind him an effective guide, and the others suddenly didn't care whether the tunnel would collapse or whether there would be other dangers inside, all of them one after another, scrambling to get in.

One of them ran a little slower, and the brass-colored eye sculpture once again grazed the corners of his clothes, and he dissipated into the air in an instant, just like the member just now.

The others had all run into the tunnel, their brass eyes shining into the tunnel, but the straight light could not penetrate in front of the pitch-black tunnel, but instead twisted and turned away as if refracted by an invisible mirror.

After a few attempts, the brass-colored eyes stopped trying, but gradually disappeared into the wall, not knowing where they went.

Rumble!

The sound of stones shattering came, and a thunderbolt the size of a bucket suddenly struck the ruins above the ground of the mausoleum, a large number of rubble and broken bricks splashed, and the gap above the head suddenly collapsed, once again leaving the entire mausoleum without any gap.

……

After entering the mausoleum in desperation, the people of MI9 suddenly realized that the inside of this tunnel was actually much more spacious than the outside. Although there are rocks above my head, I don't even have to bend down to walk.

At the same time, the tunnel does not seem to be completely downward, it looks straight from the outside, but in fact it gives the impression of going up and down, obviously spiraling downwards, but the person walking in front can always see the last person, as if it is a straight road.

"Twisted?"

"The space here must be distorted......"

The Commander realized that something was wrong here, but no matter how weird and terrifying the power of the High Sequence of Adjacent Pathways appeared at this moment, it would only excite those of MI9. They had completely forgotten their grief for the two companions who had died unexpectedly just now, and they couldn't help but quicken their pace, almost wanting to run in the narrow tunnel.

At this moment, a drop of water fell on the chief's head.

Immediately more and more rain seeped in from the top of the tunnel, originally he thought that the rain on the mausoleum had become heavier, causing the rain to seep into the mausoleum, but after a while he felt that something was wrong, the rain seemed to be gradually changing the surrounding environment - the tunnel suddenly became cramped, and the water under his feet rose rapidly in a very short time, and it seemed that in a short time, it spread from a thin layer to the height of their ankles, and constantly penetrated through the gaps in their leather boots. In the blink of an eye, everyone felt cold.

The water was still rising, the tunnels were getting lower and lower, and a dangerous thought was on everyone's mind:

They will be drowned here by the rising rain!

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"MI9 has been seized by the Thunder Church, and when they are about to lose their legal principles and the power to supervise searches, they finally decide to venture into the Emperor's tomb and seek the help of the gods in their own way."

"To this end, they ventured to find the cooperation of the demon family, planned the explosion, and disguised themselves as a gesture of goodwill to the Thunder Church."

It's just that Herwin Lambis of the Psychological Alchemy Society suddenly lost control, which led to an accident. Originally, they only planned to cause an explosion accident to allow the nobles to create public opinion with their own personal safety and cause social chaos, but they didn't expect that a demigod of the 'audience' path would be hidden in tonight's banquet. Unfortunately, there was no other presence of the same sequence to stop him, and he went berserk under the influence of the unknown, slaughtering everyone present, and then hiding in a safe house in the East Side, trying to contact the high-ranking people of Intis for help. ”

"The Harvest Church was completely destroyed in the flames, and the fire spread all the way to the surrounding houses, quickly spreading towards the East End."

In a room where no one was allowed to enter, a quill pen was writing on a white paper notebook on a line-bound white paper book made of solid wood, which looked square and had a beautiful openwork carving.

At the same time, there are inkstones, brushes, and pen holders made of ceramics with blue patterns, and other items with a strong Western Continent style, which seems that the existence of quill pens is very inconsistent, but there is a strange sense of harmony.

The face of the Demon of Knowledge at this moment was a middle-aged man with gray hair, and he still maintained the identity and appearance of "Yang Mo", but his age was different from usual.

He held two carved wooden balls in his hands, his eyes half-open, and he watched the "Pen of Alesukhod" as he scribbled to the pen.

On the other side of the table, there is a silver mirror with intricate patterns.

The mirror faces the book where 0-08 is writing, but not a word appears on it.

“…… Herwin Lambis's mental state was abnormal, and he thought his mental state was eliminated, but he didn't. In the jurisdiction of the God of Thunder, his prayers naturally went unanswered, which seemed to plunge him into anger and frenzy once again. ”

"At this time, the head of Beckland, Redale Valentine, is confronting Emlyn White of the Harvest Church, who is breaking into Redale Valentin's residence to ask for an explanation because of the burning down of the Harvest Church and the casualties of the people around it."

"When a young and vigorous demigod comes to visit directly, regardless of social etiquette and the relationship between the church, the words are useless. Faced with the enraged Ordinary of the same order, as well as the deity of the friendly church, the head of the diocese had to choose to appease the other party, so he could not care about what was happening in the city and let his subordinates deal with the gas explosion in the Viscount's mansion. ”

"Of course, the reason why we skipped the search and rescue and went directly to the aftermath is well known to the people in the church."

The Demon of Knowledge laughed.

"This kind of thing can happen everywhere." He sighed softly.

"Despite all the unexpected circumstances, despite the lack of strategy and imperfection in MI9's actions, tonight's infiltration is based on a simple perspective of interest and a pious stance towards God, but it still distracts the demigods of the Church of Thunder and Truth to a certain extent."

"Even if they weren't prepared, they decided to take the plunge in."

"I wasted more than ten minutes just on the act of finding the entrance. The search and rescue and aftermath of the Viscount's Mansion were coming to an end, and when they realized that they had been delayed for too long, they had no choice but to ask for help. With the help of (blacked name), they made it to the mausoleum - it was unbelievable that they should have returned in vain, or had been charred by the fire of the thunder. ”

“……”

"The good times didn't last long, and the God of Thunder quickly noticed their infiltration, and although the mausoleum had become the emperor's kingdom, he still had many ways to kill a few ordinary people who broke into the mausoleum."

"The tunnel was pressed to a height of less than 50 centimeters, and their faces were already forced against the water, and they were almost drowned by the rainwater that had accumulated on the ground."

"The rain is still rising, and the rain near Mausoleum 1 has already exceeded the amount of rain in Rune for an entire year!"

0-08 was just about to continue writing, but the demon of knowledge reached out.

He held his sleeve with one hand, picked up 0-08 with the other, dipped it in the inkstone a few times with a sense of ceremony, and then wrote the square words on the notebook in a dignified manner.

"But it wasn't enough to kill them, because the tunnel had come to an end."

"Perhaps, they don't know what they can do. However, the Emperor is looking forward to the arrival of outsiders to communicate with the inner and outer worlds, so they still have a good chance of making it to Him alive. ”

TBC

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Good night! (End of chapter)