Let the system try to save the world

"Is my vision correct?" Lu Jingming rubbed his eyes. "Did Boss Xi suddenly disappear just now?"

Gu Yugui retracted his palm that had slapped the air and said, "It's definitely gone."

"It's over, folks." Lu Jingming said, "Our team's 100% chance of winning will be destroyed today by a thief who hides his head but shows his tail."

"This is too much!" The group was filled with righteous indignation. "Depriving someone of their money is like killing their parents. We must remember this hatred and never forgive them."

"I will give you the final payment." Gu Yugui said silently, "Can you find someone now?"

"Don't worry, Boss Gu." Lu Jingming said, "I will dig three feet into the ground today and I will definitely find the person for you."

"Replay the game!" Lu Jingming clapped his hands. "Shadow, tell me first, what did you see when Boss Xi disappeared?"

"I saw a very faint wisp of black smoke, and I'm 80% sure that it was Ning Cheng's Heart-Eating Demon." A man suddenly spoke from the shadow of the secret passage, which scared Gu Yugui. He had walked all the way here without noticing anyone.

"The Heart Devourer doesn't have the ability to teleport." Lu Jingming said, "It's your turn, Guo Ping. Report the situation at the gate to Boss Gu."

Guo Ping raised the iron rod that was half broken by the stone gate and said, "Please look."

"This dent was not caused by a heavy object directly breaking it. It was caused by a force from the side, which caused it to be twisted diagonally."

"So, although the stone door seems closed to our naked eyes," Guo Ping explained, "it is actually the outside of the secret passage that is rotating, and our path is being taken to an unknown place."

"I wonder if you have ever heard of the saying that 'mercury is used to simulate rivers and seas in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, and cameras are used to instill them'?" Guo Ping said, "According to legend, more than 1,300 tons of mercury are used in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang to simulate rivers, lakes and seas, forming a mechanism to maintain the operation of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang."

"I give this example to say that it is absolutely impossible to operate such a huge mechanism with human power alone." Guo Ping said, "In other words, at this moment, there is probably a large amount of mercury outside our wall."

Mercury is a heavy metal. If it leaks, they will definitely not be able to escape. Gu Yugui licked his lips and said, "No, it can't be mercury."

"We saw it on the way here." Gu Yugui said, "Although Pingjing Town is desolate, it is not completely barren."

"If there is a large amount of mercury, it will inevitably seep into the soil and water sources," said Gu Yugui, "and any living thing nearby will inevitably die."

"That's right." Guo Ping agreed with Gu Yugui's statement, "It could also be an underground river or sand."

"Whether a large amount of water suddenly pours in, or a large amount of sand and soil fills the entire tunnel, as long as this wall is broken," Guo Ping said, "we will all die."

"So, the person who took Xi Wanan away didn't want to kill him." Lu Jingming concluded, "He was saving him."

"Ah, big brother, if you save a few more people you will die." One of them waved his fist at the air and shouted.

"Don't scream." Lu Jingming said, "We were the ones they wanted to kill from the beginning."

"I have another question." Gu Yugui said, "The entrance to the secret passage is the statue. If the secret passage rotates, doesn't it mean..."

"The statue is not important." Lu Jingming shook his head. "The secret passage is slightly downward. We go down little by little, just like a frog in boiling water. It is difficult to feel the descent physically."

"I have a guess." Lu Jingming blinked, "I guess each of those tablets outside can be inserted into the groove behind the statue."

"Let's imagine it." Lu Jingming spread his hands, "Who will open this door?"

"No matter who opens the door, one thing is certain, that is, he must be a descendant of the Yan family, or someone who has a close relationship with the Yan family." Lu Jingming said.

"When we arrived, we didn't see any damage to the secret passage or the statue. This means that the last person who entered here didn't intend to destroy the secret passage, or..."

"For some reason, he knows this secret passage very well, and he is also aware of the dangers surrounding it."

"Even if you have this awareness, you have to go deeper." Lu Jingming concluded, "There must be something big going on here, family members."

"We must take it down." The group was filled with indignation.

"Don't worry, Brother Gu." After briefly boosting morale, Lu Jingming walked to Gu Yugui's side, "The other party has no intention of harming Xi Wanan."

"Nothing will happen to us. Since he can get out, we can get out too."

"I'm not worried about Xi Wanan." Gu Yugui said, "He's not a canary in a cage. He can handle it."

"Let's keep going." Gu Yugui said, "I'm becoming more and more curious about what's inside."

The group stopped discussing and continued moving into the passage in silence.

The passage was not very long, and the group soon reached the end.

There was a somewhat crude stone house with some rotten plants on the ground. Lu Jingming squatted down and twisted them, and found that they were straw.

There were some red hemp ropes hanging in the air. Due to the passage of time, the color on them had almost faded. Gu Yugui tried to measure his height. He bent his knees slightly so that his arms could just rest on them.

Guo Ping and others pushed away the straw and found some splattered blood on the ground near the rope, which had also been oxidized.

Someone before must have cleaned it, but there was so much bleeding that the blood soaked into the stone, leaving a dark red patch.

"What is this for?" After checking the safety of the ground, the group sat on the ground and simply shared dry food and drinking water to replenish their energy.

"Some kind of punishment." Lu Jingming took a bite of the compressed biscuit, "Hang him up and beat him or something like that."

"This person is a little too short." Guo Ping gestured to measure the height of the person they guessed, "Is he 1.4 meters tall?"

"No." Gu Yugui tried to make some of the movements they had guessed. He knelt on one knee and raised his hands. "This person is kneeling."

Lu Jingming suddenly felt a chill, "Beating while kneeling? How hateful is that."

"Come on." Lu Jingming ate up the biscuit crumbs on his fingers, clapped his hands, and called a few teammates, "Hang me over there."

Several people were ready to fight. Perhaps all of them had the hidden gene of wanting to punish their boss and buddy. They showed a strange excitement and hurriedly tied up Lu Jingming.

"Who is here and what do you want to report?" a teammate asked in a pretentious manner.

"Go away." Lu Jingming pouted at him. He knelt firmly and observed carefully from the man's perspective. This time he really saw something. "There is a talisman on the opposite wall. Li Ziche, analyze whether it can be torn off."

This wall was behind where they had just sat, and even if someone discovered the talisman paper, they had no intention of tearing it down.

Their long experience on the brink of life and death has taught them that if something has always been somewhere, it is best not to touch it. Who knows what this talisman is used for.

"It's for praying." Team member Li Ziche carefully analyzed the talisman paper with yellow background and cinnabar and confirmed.