Mikago

Although the pit is large, fortunately it is not too deep.The two quickly descended to the bottom of the pit.

On the west wall of the pit, a hole as tall as a person was dug out, connecting a long corridor, and faint candlelight could be faintly seen in the depths.

This one might indeed be a shortcut to escape, but Lu You almost changed his mind and turned his head back.

Because the stench, the disgusting stench, the suffocating stench, all accumulated at the bottom of the pit.

At this moment, he felt that his whole body was completely soaked by the stench; not only that, the stench seemed to grow tentacles, and even penetrated into his mouth, nose and even ears... It made him dizzy and unable to breathe!

Fortunately, there was Tang Ruilang beside Lu You, who pulled off his sleeve to cover Lu You's mouth and nose.

"Don't feel it, go quickly, if you don't go, you won't be able to go!"

As they spoke, the two dragged and dragged each other, struggling to withstand the strong stench, and walked forward quickly.

The earth cave in front was only as high as a person, and the ground was full of potholes. It was obviously built hastily.However, after getting out of the first section of the corridor, the front suddenly became clear.

What appeared in front of me was a spacious underground cave hall.There are a few long, thin white candles stuck on the wall.The dim candlelight illuminated five or six old wooden tables, and some strangely shaped utensils on the wall——

Rusty iron chains, cold and slender iron hooks, iron spikes, long knives, and many unnamed but vicious weapons that can be seen at a glance.

Looking closely at those wooden tables again, the stains and marks on them were all covered with blood stains that couldn't be washed clean!

Just getting used to the stench here, Lu You was shocked by this scene again.He grabbed Tang Ruilang's arm tightly, and Tang Ruilang pressed the back of his hand.The two walked silently, and quickly passed through this bloody and strange area.

There is a rammed earth corridor at the back of the hall.It's just that the earth walls on both sides have been dug out into earth chambers, with locked wooden doors outside.On the door, an extremely fine spell pattern was drawn with unknown red paint. Judging from the text, it should be written by the ghost doctor.

Tang Ruilang looked into the sill window above the wooden door, and saw clay pottery jars of different sizes stacked one after another, all tightly sealed with mud, at first glance it looked like freshly brewed fine wine in an inn.

But he knew the true colors of these things.

"I'm afraid it's full of Gu, hurry up and don't stay."

On both sides of the corridor, there are six earth chambers and 120 pottery altars.There is a kind of Gu worm hidden in every pottery, and every kind of Gu worm can easily take people's lives in one way or another.Lu You seemed to recall the terrifying feeling of that Gu worm wriggling on his face just now.

Fortunately, the corridor will soon come to an end.After passing through a bloody cave hall full of torture instruments, five identical door openings suddenly appeared on the cave wall ahead.

It's a fork in the road.

No matter Lu You or Swiss Franc, I don't know how to choose.

But at the same time, they heard some rustling noises coming from the originally silent underground world.

It wasn't the footsteps of the chasing soldiers—in fact, Lu You even suspected that the guards were only willing to guard the entrance of the cave because of the pungent smell, and there was no one in the cave.

So at this moment, where did the rustling sound come from?

Since they don't have any clues or clues, they can only trust their instincts.

Tang Ruilang licked a finger wet, and went to the five holes one by one to feel it.In the end, he chose a place with a faint cool breeze, and led Lu You forward.

Behind this cave door is still a long rammed earth corridor, and there are still earth chambers and wooden gates on both sides.

However, completely different from the dead silence before, there are indeed some voices coming from inside these earthen rooms...

"do not come."

Tang Ruilang asked Lu You to step back carefully, but he approached the sill window and looked inside.

At first, he only saw an inexplicable darkness.There is no jar to hold Gu on the ground, but there seems to be some strange-shaped things, which seem to be still shaking.

He moved closer again, trying to make a closer look.

But at this moment, a pale eyeball flashed out of the sill window suddenly, staring closely at him!

Even if he was as bold as Tang Ruilang, he really took a deep breath.Lu You on the side hurriedly dragged him back to his side.

The two of them stood a little further away, and then looked at the things inside the sill window.

It seemed to be a person, but no one should have such a terrifying face——

I saw that its whole face was pale and pale, hanging down round by round, the left eyeball completely protruded out of the eye socket, and the right eye was only left with a black hole.

Not only that, its nose and lips have also disappeared, exposing its dark sinuses and white teeth.Looking further up, the left half of the head is covered with unkempt black hair, but the right side is bare skull!

What's more, the terrible stench that made Lu You dizzy came from it!

How could this be a living person?With such injuries, is there anyone who can survive?

"The living corpse..."

Tang Ruilang muttered the word: "These should be the corpses dug out of the graveyard by those ghost witch doctors."

"Back to life?" Lu You covered his mouth and nose, and took a deep breath, "How can such a thing happen?"

Tang Ruilang shook his head: "No, it's not resurrection. From this appearance, the dead are still dead, but the corpse can move."

Having said that, he checked several other earthen chambers, and the ones locked inside were indeed similar living corpses.They were all tightly locked with iron chains, and they could only move their bodies in a small range. The rustling sound heard just now was obviously made by them.

"I really didn't expect that these ghost witch doctors would come here and do such evil and terrible things!"

After the astonishment, Lu You suddenly became a little bit aggrieved.

If the relatives and children of these people found out here, what would they think and what would they do?Do you continue to treat these people who are neither human nor ghost as your relatives; or are you frightened and afraid, and get rid of them quickly?

No matter which option is chosen, there is no doubt that it is another tragedy.

He was in a trance when suddenly Tang Ruilang patted his shoulder lightly.

"...Zoran, I think we have to hurry up, do you feel a little dizzy?"

"Me? No." Lu You was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned to look at him: "What's wrong with you? What happened?"

"Don't worry too much."

Tang Ruilang whispered in the dark: "We will be safe."

After that, the two didn't stay any longer, and quickly walked through the stinky corridor full of living corpses.

I don't know if it's a psychological effect, but Lu You felt that the further he walked, the milder the smell would be.It even seemed to have a cool breeze blowing over in bursts.

Soon, they really felt that the terrain under their feet was rising a little bit, and what finally appeared in front of them was an old wooden door.

Lu You stretched out his hand to touch it lightly, and the door opened with a "squeak".

"Why is it open..."

The two instinctively took a step back, but soon found a small woodshed outside the door.Pushing open the door of the firewood room, he was already in an abandoned courtyard in Liuquan City.

"There are no guards here?"

Lu You, who had gone through all this just now, couldn't help feeling suspicious.

Tang Ruilang followed and walked a few steps forward, and saw a stone table placed under the tree in the courtyard.

There is a wine jar on the table, with three or four wine cups and some side dishes, and the chopsticks are scattered all over the table.

"I think it's probably because the Neifei Dragon Guard has received the news and raided the ruined temple just now. The gangsters who stayed here to support them probably also got the news, and fled... um!"

Only halfway through the words, Tang Ruilang suddenly shook twice, and then fell straight forward.

Fortunately, Lu You had quick eyes and quick hands, and stopped him, but his foot slipped, and the two of them fell to the muddy ground together.

"Swiss, Swiss franc?!"

Regardless of the pain of being treated as a meat pad, Lu You went to check on Tang Ruilang's situation as soon as he sat up.

I saw Rui Lang's face was pale, his brows were tightly knitted, and his forehead was already wet with sweat.

He obviously gritted his teeth, and the muscles on his cheeks twitched from time to time, as if he was enduring great pain.

Rui Lang was injured, but there was no one in the tunnel just now; so when exactly did it happen, and how long did he endure in silence? !

Lu You really didn't dare to think about it.Just looking at Tang Ruilang's painful situation, he was scared out of his wits, his lips trembled slightly, and even his hands trembled.

But before the boundless panic struck, he knew that there was one thing that he had to do right away.

Take Tang Ruilang and hurry back to Liuquan Palace as soon as possible!