Above the gray fog

"Black blood, where did it come from?"

"This is just ordinary blood, there is no supernatural power on it, it should be left for a long time and affected by the environment that it turned black." Li Shiyao stared at the blood for a while and said.

Liu Heng gently pushed, and the door that was originally just a gap was slowly pushed open.

"Creaky, creaky." The old wooden door made a creaking sound that could not bear the weight.

As the old wooden door was pushed open, a long-sealed courtyard appeared in front of everyone.

The dark gray stone floor was covered with a thick layer of ash, and stepping on it could clearly leave a footprint.

The wooden eaves and wooden windows were covered with spider webs, but no spiders were seen.

They might be the second group of visitors to this ancient house after it was sealed for a long time. The first group was the grass spirits, and they also knew the ancient house.

"Look, there are footprints!" Xiong Wen exclaimed.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and sure enough, in that layer of ash, they saw a group of footprints extending forward to the unknown end.

This house is very big. It is impossible for a rich family to build such a big house. There is a small flower bed in the center of the courtyard. A long time ago, it should have been full of flowers and plants. However, now there is only black soil, and even withered branches and leaves cannot be found.

The soil seems to emit a fishy smell.

Behind the flower bed is a corridor, which can be walked to the left or right. There are rooms on both sides of the corridor.

Everyone stepped over the pool of blood on the ground, bypassed the flower bed, and walked straight to the corridor, but when standing in the corridor and looking left or right, they found that they could not see the situation on both sides at all, and their vision was blocked by darkness.

In addition to the walkways on both sides, standing in the corridor at this time, they found that there was actually a hall in the middle. This should be a living room. Looking from the outside, they could only see a dark area.

Everyone looked at each other, and Liu Heng nodded. The two gray lines in front of him disappeared after entering the ancient house. This was the first time he had seen this situation. It seemed that he had to explore the road behind by himself.

This greatly increased the danger and uncertainty. There were so many rooms here, and no one knew which room the opportunity was in.

Liu Heng took the lead in stepping over the high threshold outside the living room, followed by Xiong Wen and Li Shiyao.

After crossing the threshold, the darkness that originally blocked the view seemed to have lost its effect, and all the furnishings in the house could be seen clearly at this moment.

The three of them just stared at the two "people" sitting on two black lacquered armchairs in front of the living room.

This scene made the three people's faces change constantly.

It was a man and a woman. Their robes had been eroded by time and rotted to only a few pieces of cloth. However, the two bodies were well preserved. The man was tall and the woman was tall. The bodies were not rotten, but the skin became very dark, with a black color, and patches of corpse spots everywhere, covering the bodies.

Seeing this scene, Liu Heng couldn't help but step back a few steps, and Li Shiyao and Xiong Wen also subconsciously stepped back a few steps.

Corpse.

Corpse that had not yet rotted.

"Are you sure these two bodies are human?" Liu Heng asked in a low voice.

Although the scene was very strange, the three of them were not ordinary people, and they quickly suppressed their horrible emotions.

Xiong Wen's face has never been better since she entered the bamboo forest, but she did not shout. Not letting the environment affect her mood is the most basic quality of the team members. Of course, some people control it well, and there must be some people who control it mediocrely.

"How can we confirm this? Are you going to check the bodies to see if there are any other features?"

"Besides, even if they are human, they can't be from our tribe. They are probably from another group of humans before us."

"This old house should have been idle for only a few years, and judging from the appearance of these two bodies, they probably died not long ago."

"But you can't judge things by appearances. This place itself is full of weirdness."

Hearing Liu Heng's question, Li Shiyao replied in a low voice, then looked around, and his eyes finally fixed on the back of the two bodies, "There seems to be a back hall behind, let's go in and take a look."

"Well... be careful."

The three of them carefully walked around the two bodies and entered the back hall. The back hall was empty, with three armchairs on each side, a total of six armchairs, neatly arranged here, and there was nothing else.

Suddenly, Liu Heng's eyes froze slightly.

A faint gray line appeared in his sight, and he turned his head to follow the guidance of the gray line.

The next second.

His body couldn't stop shaking, his heartbeat was like a drum, his fingertips were twitching uncontrollably, and his pupils shrank deeply.

A huge bloody face was reflected in his eyes!

...

...

On the other side.

Outside the bamboo forest, there was a "bang" sound, as if someone hit something.

Then, a black door opened, and Lin Shan walked out of the door with a puzzled look on his face. His hands were still rubbing his head, and bright red blood flowed from his head, so that his face was covered with bloodstains.

At his current speed of 1,000 kilometers per hour, he didn't crash himself to death. He could only be thankful that his body was strong enough now. After two promotions, his physical strength was more or less enhanced.

"What the hell? How come there is an invisible wall here?"

Lin Shan carefully stretched out his hand, touched forward, and suddenly found that his hand could pass through.

Now the doubt in his eyes deepened. What did he just hit?

"Does that wall only exist in dark spaces?"

With this thought in his mind, Lin Shan opened the dark space again and reached forward to touch it. Sure enough, there was an invisible wall. It was different from the wall in the Purple Soul Flower Forest. This wall was extremely hard, as if it were made of iron. Same.

"You can only go from outer space, not inner space. This place is definitely not normal."

"...Could it be the forbidden area that the grass elf tribe calls it?"

"These people... took my beacon and ran to the forbidden area... They should be in danger now and want me to save them..."

Without any clues, he could only make simple assumptions.

Lin Shan did not enter directly, but entered the dark space again and returned to Yuejing. He wanted to ask the old grass spirit about the situation first.

"Since they chose to enter that forbidden area, they should have made plans not to get out, but why didn't they leave my beacon outside, instead brought it inside, and still contacted me inside the forbidden area..."

This thing is a bit weird. The old grass spirit has said before that even he can get into this place. Liu Heng should have heard this, but now Liu Heng has extinguished the beacon he gave him. He wants to Did he go in to rescue him, or was it for other reasons?

Selfish? Fear of death? The last straw?

Thinking along the way, we soon returned to Yuejing.