The earth trembled, the starry sky shook, and the sound of explosives exploding and falling rocks smashing into the ground could be heard in the distance amid the roar of a beast.

Shi Cheng and the three of them ran to a flat open field near the carriage for refuge, and the violent ground movement lasted for less than a quarter of an hour before gradually subsided.

"Whew...... It's finally safe. Wu Neng stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, looked in the direction where the carriage was located, and suddenly exclaimed, "Ah Yo Lao Shi, we just forgot to bring out those stunned dart masters, and now they are buried under the rockfall with the carriage." ”

"Leave them alone." Shi Cheng said as he unfolded the handkerchief in his hand, and he used his other hand to light a flame, illuminating the hair on the handkerchief, "Let's talk about this hair first, I have already said that this hair is highly similar to the hair we found at the small waterfall before, and it is likely to fall from the body of a child." ”

"We now have reason to suspect that the underground passages in this exclusion zone were used to transport children, and again, we can assume that this convoy of the Fruit Chamber of Commerce was also very likely to have transported children."

"Old Shi, do you mean that it is possible that the Fruit Wood Chamber of Commerce has colluded with the forces that built the secret passage, and they are transporting children to the forbidden area, and have achieved some ulterior purpose?" Wu Neng shuddered at this speculation.

Iron Mask said coldly: "I have heard that in order to find treasures in the forbidden area, some evil sects and outsiders sometimes even sacrifice living people to lure out sleeping treasures. ”

"What do you mean......" Wu Neng's voice trembled a little.

"Anyway, we can't go back now." Shi Cheng looked in the direction where the three of them came, his face was full of confusion and worry, "Don't forget, what we found in the forbidden area before all pointed to the fact that the person who presided over the construction of the secret passage was most likely the defected elder Ling Xuan of the Yanmen, Ling Xuan himself was inextricably linked with the Lu Clan, if the people of the Fruit Wood Chamber of Commerce really had a cooperative relationship with Ling Xuan, then it would be a very dangerous thing for the three of us to continue to cooperate with them." ”

"It shouldn't be, can the forces of the remnants of the Lu clan still have anything to do with a big businessman like the Fruit Wood Chamber of Commerce?" Iron Mask said.

"Judging from our experience in the Western Desert Country, the reason why the remnants of the Lu clan were able to stir up the Western Desert court into a mess is because they have an agent like Zhu Mingtao. In the same way, you have to say that it is not impossible for the Lu clan to develop a certain figure with a head and face to be a white glove in the Wei State during the years of hibernation. The Fruit Wood Chamber of Commerce may not know that its real collaborator is the remnants of the Lu Clan. "Of course, now is not the time to think about this, the first priority is to find the children who have been sent into the secret passage. ”

"So what are we going to do now?" Wu Neng asked.

"We have to find a way to go down to the secret passage again." Shi Cheng pointed to the ground under his feet,

……

"Well, you're not hurt, are you?"

After the ground moved, the camp of the first detachment of the treasure exploration team of the Fruit Wood Chamber of Commerce fell into chaos, but fortunately, Xiu Lin presided over it in the middle, and successfully stabilized the situation.

"A few are wounded in the camp to the west!"

"Quick, get the wounded there!"

"Light the campfire again!"

"Where's the wrap and the medicine box? Get it to me! ”

Xiu Lin walked around the camp with a few shrewd and capable team members, checking the situation around, and soon, she noticed that something was wrong.

"Wang Cheng, what about Shi Daoyou and his two companions? Why didn't you see where they were? Xiu Lin looked at one of the caravan guards beside her suspiciously.

The caravan guard named Wang Cheng was also confused, and he said respectfully: "The little one will send someone to find it." ”

Wang Cheng led people to search the entire camp, but they didn't find any trace of Shi Cheng and the others.

"It's weird, it's weird, Elder Xiu!" Wang Cheng hurriedly ran back to Xiu Lin, his forehead was full of beads of sweat, "The little one led people to search the entire camp, but he couldn't find the shadow of Shi Gongzi and his two companions, look at this...... This ......"

Xiu Lin's face was much more ugly, "Come with me to the tent where Shi Cheng and the three of them live." ”

Xiu Lin led a few guards into the tent of Shi Cheng and the others, and the huge tent was empty.

Xiu Lin paced slowly, walking around the three folding wooden beds in the tent, and her face, which was still a little anxious, gradually became expressionless.

Wang Cheng scratched his head and muttered, "It's weird, could it be that the three of them were scared away by the ground movement?" It stands to reason that monks of their realm shouldn't be so timid. ”

"No, the three of them left long before the earth moved, and it was clearly premeditated, and they left for some important purpose." Xiu Lin said.

"Elder, what do you mean by that?" The guards looked at Xiu Lin in bewilderment.

"Looking at the beds first, all three beds are quite neatly made and not messy, and it is clear that the owner of the bed did not leave in a panic. In addition, only some changes of clothes were left in the tent, and none of the really important luggage was left in the tent, obviously, this can show that Shi Cheng and the three of them left for some kind of ulterior and important purpose, otherwise, they would not have brought all the important luggage with them. ”

"Elder Xiu, should we report the situation to Deacon Xu as soon as possible?"

"Of course, you immediately send a message to the second team, use the teleportation talisman, the sooner the better, this is a change involving two half-step grandmasters, you must not be careless!"

"Yes, let's do it for the little ones!"

……

Ling Xuan stood on the top of a small hill, overlooking the pitch-black bottom of the cliff, if there was a light source under the cliff, he could clearly see that after the ground moved, a small area of collapse appeared on the flat ground below the cliff. In the center of the underground palace, there is a circular altar nearly ten zhang wide, and the outermost floral decoration of the altar is faintly emitting a dark red light.

"The rewards of the other teams have already come." Yin Ling, dressed in a black robe, stood beside Ling Xuan, looking at the communication array in his hand with a relaxed expression, "It is exactly what we expected, the secret passage in the core area has not been damaged, and the secret passage network in the periphery has been seriously damaged in the ground movement, but the Water Gate Array has been activated in time, and now the core area has been blocked by the Water Gate Array, just wait for the strange treasure to be born, and you can catch turtles in the urn." ”

"Understood, the final sacrifice just unfolds step by step." After Ling Xuan finished saying this, he stretched out his finger and pointed downward, and then said, "Don't forget to bring someone to repair the collapse here as soon as possible, it is best to complete it before dawn, and in addition, you must check the core area again so that there are no mistakes." ”

"The old body knows." Yin Ling smiled, "My men will soon bring a team of slave laborers to repair it, and with the help of the elders' engineering organs, it will be completed before the sun rises." ”

"What are the receiving teams sent by the Black Underworld doing now, aren't they already in place, why haven't we seen their shadows so far?"

"Hehe, although the entrance and exit of this area have been blocked by explosives, after all, there are still many obstructive human monks wandering in the area, in order to prevent them from doing bad things, it is natural to clear out some of them in advance."

"I see......"