Endless route

Chapter 208 47. The Lamp and the Evil Place

The dark cave in front of them was equally deep, with a faint fire coming from the corners of the depth, and it was blocked by the twisting rock walls of the dark passage. They could only see it when they walked to the entrance of the cave.

Han Xian has already crawled inside.

Its goal is fire.

Zheng Yun and Ji Dao looked at each other and immediately thought of a piece of information that Deacon Bird and others had said during the conversation.

Nia from the expedition team escaped from the abandoned wine cellar. The expedition team's camp and information were all underground in the wine cellar. There was a burning smell on Nia's body, and she was suspected of setting the camp on fire.

Now it seems that is indeed the case.

Judging from the building location of the manor, the attic is a little over a hundred meters away from the wine cellar. In addition, the secret passage itself is quite long. This secret passage should lead to the abandoned wine cellar.

It should be easy to guess why the expedition team chose this place. It is far away from the manor church and others and is independent of each other. At the same time, it is the closest to the Zhenyin Gate.

"Why did Han Xian go in?"

Ji Dao muttered and drew his sword and chased after him. Han Xian was in front of him to clear the place, so there was nothing to worry about, just go in.

Zheng Yun followed closely behind.

But I already had a vague answer in my heart.

The two of them followed Han Xian deep into the dark cave, and soon reached the end of the dark cave. A large underground room appeared in front of them. There were a large number of oak barrels on the right hand, and the space was cleared on the left hand.

There are a lot of expedition supplies in the clearing.

It includes camp tents equipped with high-end soft beds, professional diving equipment, oxygen machines, a large amount of living supplies and food, and fully equipped dining tables and dining tables.

Zheng Yun even saw a coffee machine placed in the dining table, as well as a professional generator and freezer, as well as two desks with sofas and two rows of electronic equipment on them.

The expedition team has a high standard of living.

They live basically a modern life.

At the same time, the equipment was also extremely professional. Zheng Yun knew deep-sea cameras and diving tablets, underwater laptops with thick shells, and deep-sea exploration equipment.

But there were many things he didn't recognize. There were a dazzling array of wires all over the floor, neatly placed in the office area.

At this moment, everything was doused with gasoline, and dim flames wrapped around everything within sight. These high-end equipment of astonishing value had been burned to nothing but skeletons.

What a sin.

There is no point in rescuing him.

This place has been burning for a long time, from the time Nia escaped from the manor to this moment, long enough to burn everything down.

But Nia was burned very hastily, and there were still some devices scattered everywhere that escaped damage. Licia would look through them later to see if she could find some residual information.

"Master Immortal, look at Han Xian."

Jidao didn't care about other equipment. He only cared about where Hanxian was going. However, Hanxian didn't care about the debris on the ground. It went straight to the living supplies area of ​​the camp.

The expedition team carried a lot of meat and easy-to-eat foods, which were burned to a crisp after the fire.

The Hanxian disintegrated and turned into wisps of fairy light, floating towards the burned or even charred meat, getting into it and feasting.

"..."

Zheng Yun was silent for a moment.

The original intention was to invite the Cold Fairy Queen out, and the Cold Fairy would chase Deacon Bird and kill everyone, but she didn't expect it to go straight to this place.

It is understandable. The food for the expedition team was filled with seven or eight large boxes, weighing at least more than a thousand kilograms. Rather than working hard to hunt by yourself, it is better to eat ready-made food.

In addition, there is fragrance attraction.

I always wear a closed diving suit, there is no gas exchange with the outside world, and I can't smell anything.

But looking at the lively scene in front of them, the terrifying and weird underground sea Bayuan Cave in their eyes must have been filled with the fragrant smell of barbecue, seduce people's appetite.

Some people always think that the sense of smell is secondary, but this incident proves that the sense of smell is equally important during adventure travel.

"Han Immortals like to eat cooked food. They liked to eat cooked food when they were in the Immortal Sacrifice Cave before. This is also one of the taboos of Han Immortals, which is called reverse feeding in the cave."

Nidao concluded while touching his chin.

Eating food in the cave has many meanings, but the most likely one is to light a fire and cook in the Immortal Sacrifice Cave. The aroma of the heated food can float far away, easily attracting the Han Immortal.

"Take back Hanxian."

Zheng Yun glanced at Jidao lightly.

What he said was really hellish. What was the ‘cooked food’ in the Immortal Cave at that time? Those were all Western thieves who felt cold after inhaling hallucinogenic gases and set themselves on fire, or were burned to death by the surging will-o'-the-wisp.

He said 'cooked food'.

Zheng Yun really had nothing to say.

"Master Immortal, we can scatter a handful of fragrant sand here to force Han Xian to find another way. He is not afraid of drilling into the rock wall. Once the fragrant sand is taken away, Han Xian can be lured back."

Ji Dao offers advice.

This is indeed a good idea.

He rarely offered a good idea, and it turned out that he was not stupid, but rather reckless and face-saving. He would become cautious when encountering such a forbidden area of ​​​​the Triton.

"Just try it."

Zheng Yun nodded in agreement.

Leaving Ji Dao busy here, Zheng Yun walked out of the secret passage and returned to the underground sea, turning off the flashlight and scanning the sea.

This place is at the corner of the circular underground sea, and the Zhenyin Gate is opposite him. The big dark green characters are all revealed, and the follow-up is indeed the usual shoot-to-kill and genocide-killing methods commonly used by the sea guards.

Turn on the flashlight and observe carefully.

There is indeed a gate between the two lines of words, about forty meters underwater. There is a blue brick step under his feet leading to the platform in front of the door, and there is also an iron chain handrail left by the sea guard.

But these passages are all under the sea. You can only reach them by diving 20 meters under the sea. The gates are carved with carved beams and pillars, and are guarded by ferocious beasts. The sea water pours back through the gates, just like the entrance to the underwater dragon palace.

This view is truly amazing.

But if you look closely, you will notice clues. The carved beams and painted pillars are all patterned with demonic patterns, and the beasts on the side of the door are ferocious ghosts and demons. It looks dangerous and treacherous, and it is appropriate to say that it is the entrance to the underworld.

Zheng Yun walked along the coast.

This place is like a transit port located under the sea water. The Zhenyin Gate is the passage into the core of the ruins. Everything will be thrown into a certain level deep in the Zhenyin Gate.

There should still be sea inside.

But the depth is deeper than here.

Judging from the topography, if there is a submarine rift under their feet, then there may be a bottomless submarine rift behind the rock wall where the Zhenyin Gate is located.

"Master Immortal, Han Xian ran away." Jidao ran out of the dark cave, and Han Xian condensed into a villain and walked out ahead of him.

Zheng Yun watched as Hanxian walked far away from him, but they hurriedly drifted towards those porcelain bottles.

"My immortal master, I don't want to eat that!"

Jidao hurriedly took two steps to catch up. Those porcelain bottles were full of weird and dangerous things. No one knew what they were. What if they were eaten to death by Han Xian.

Zheng Yun sighed softly.

At this moment, Hanxian was like a child who couldn't wait to satisfy his appetite, so he could only let Ji Dao run around to persuade and stop him.

He was clearly in the forbidden area of ​​Haiwei, a dangerous place with ghosts and ghosts.

But it looks like the No. 1 Kindergarten on Jinhuai Road.

Hanxian is still suitable for battlefields surrounded by enemies. In this kind of chase battle where there is no shortage of food, Hanxian is not as good as a demon dog.

"Kedester, you can come back." Zheng Yun pressed the earphone and recalled Kedester and others to this place.

after a while.

Caedest, Licia and others emerged from the original secret passage. They were all panting and embarrassed, lying on the ground covered in sweat, and their diving goggles were covered with moisture.

"What happened?"

Zheng Yun quickly asked several people.

"Chief, there are a lot of those deep-sea long worms, and they were all led to us by the portable lamp. I wanted to lure them east and west, but the number was too large and beyond control."

Kedester squatted on the ground and gasped.

"We were trapped on a lighthouse, and the deep-sea worms almost rushed to the shore. We waited until a jellyfish came over and drove away the worms before we rowed away with all our strength."

Li Xiya added immediately and took off the small diving camera she was wearing to show Zheng Yun the picture.

The dark sea surface was illuminated by flashlights, and densely packed long insects were entangled with each other, stirring and swimming in the sea water, making the sea pitch black, which was extremely scary to look at.

No wonder the sea on their side was always calm, and no worms or jellyfish were seen. It turned out that they had all gone to their side.

"Why don't you ask for backup?"

Zheng Yun frowned and looked at these two people. They actually didn't say a word when this kind of thing happened, and they didn't say anything in their headphones.

"It's a small thing."

Kedester shook his head, then raised the portable lamp and said, "This lamp is very old. Licia suspects that it was the lamp used by Goode Manor to lure jellyfish back then."

"Luring jellyfish?"

Zheng Yun frowned and thought.

Goode Manor needs jellyfish to meet the needs of its wealthy customers. Jellyfish juice is the key to pleasure. After what I have seen along the way, I can already put it into practice.

Until now, the abandoned manor is still using explorers to extract jellyfish juice, which should be mixed with wine and sold, making huge profits just like the original Thousand Immortals Dojo.

The need to lure jellyfish has existed since ancient times.

Use iron cages and people to get the sap.

This is the only, easiest and quickest way to get jellyfish juice, the jellyfish will just wrap around a person and secrete the juice as they try to 'absorb' the human.

So this guess makes sense.

Handheld lights may be the key to attracting jellyfish, but why are jellyfish attracted to this warm yellow light source?

This may have something to do with Triton.

Maybe this is Triton's method of controlling jellyfish. The core of the portable lamp is the wick. This wick can burn underwater and is a very rare special substance.

Use lamps to drive monsters away.

This is a common tactic used by Triton.

Hanxian can be regarded as this type, and the desire to reproduce can be induced by the jade lantern, but the jade lantern should not only rely on the light source, but also involve the smell created by the burning wick.

But there is a loophole here.

In addition to attracting jellyfish, the portable lamp seems to also attract deep-sea worms. If Good Manor tries to attract jellyfish but attracts deep-sea worms, wouldn't it be over?

"Chief, Goode Manor was abandoned in a hurry, and the reason may be related to this portable lamp. I think that in the early days of the manor's operation, around the 19th century, there were only jellyfish in this underground sea, and no deep-sea worms."

"Kedester told me that the porcelain bottles were full of deep-sea worms, so I speculated that these deep-sea worms suddenly appeared one day when a certain porcelain bottle was broken."

"Good Manor didn't know about this, and still used portable lights to lure jellyfish to run the place. Maybe some customers were parasitized long ago, but nothing happened until the day it was abandoned."

Licia stood up and shook the seawater off her body. The closed diving suit wrapped her body and splashed water all over the ground.

"Very logical."

Zheng Yun nodded in agreement with this guess.

This can also explain why some fishermen are parasitized by long worms. They still need to obtain jellyfish juice. If you often walk along the river without wet shoes, you will inevitably become parasitized.

But there's a key question here.

What exactly are these deep-sea worms? Triton suppressed it on the bottom of the sea. It had the ability to parasitize the human body and was called a Gu by Ji Dao. What special abilities does this Gu have?

"Chief, we later found out that some victims, including women, were specially abused. It should be those slaves who were parasitized."

Li Xiya did not praise happily but said calmly, and at the same time changed the picture in the diving camera for Zheng Yun to check.

The content is appalling.

It completely records the entire process in which Licia opened the cage, carefully examined the victim's physical condition, and found parasites and special bruises on the victim's body.

Zheng Yundu felt uncomfortable watching this.

Fortunately, it was Li Xiya who took action. She had probably done similar things in Hades Pavilion before and carefully studied the corpses sinking in the underground corpse lake, so she was able to persevere.

The whole process is indescribable.

The church oppressed dark-colored slaves and caused terrible harm to them. Those slaves who had almost no human form would also oppress the captured explorers, especially the women among them.

It even involves human experimentation.

The teachings of this church should be extreme enjoyment. People of this group have been conducting experiments on slaves since the 18th century, and they will definitely do so on this inaccessible island.

in their eyes.

Slaves and victims are not human beings.

Anyone who sees those scenes will feel resentful. This manor involves pleasure poisons, the luxury of the powerful, slave experiments, and the darkest aspects of human nature.

It is really too evil and evil.

Not everyone can face it calmly.

Not everyone is suitable for exploration.

For example, Song Wan is still young and has just started her senior year. Regardless of whether she wants to come or not, and whether she can face it calmly, Zheng Yun does not want her to be contaminated by the mud.

"It doesn't matter, people here can't run away."

Zheng Yun spoke softly. Although Li Xiya didn't seem to need comfort, Zheng Yun still comforted her. It was also a symbol that the Supervisory Immortal Division would take over completely.

The Christian is right.

If Triton knew what they had done, none of them would be able to escape, and they would be cut to death with a knife.

There is only one thing to worry about now. The believers may not be talking about these victims, but there are other things.

There is obviously more than one kind of evil thing sealed here. In addition to deep-sea worms, there are also strange red meat and rotten pupae. Each of them should be similar things, with some ghostly properties.

Take the piss out of your local church.

They might have tried it a long time ago.

After finding out through the investigation, Jiasi Irene and others probably have their own goals, which are located in the deep-sea floating city.

"Don't think too much, there is nothing to worry about when Triton takes action." Kedester said to Licia with a smile.

"Go in and look for information."

Zheng Yun didn't say much and led everyone towards the dark cave.

Jidao is still walking around with Han Xian. The surrounding is absolutely safe and they have time to find information.

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