Endless route

Chapter 211 50. The ghost stone statue hides the skeleton

Judging from the clues obtained so far, it is speculated that the location of Jias Eileen and Nia should be behind the Zhenyin Gate. They need to dive in, and this journey is quite risky.

For safety reasons, Zheng Yun asked them to prepare slowly near the camp, while he walked out of the camp to the underground seaside, notified Ji Dao to come back, and at the same time opened the fairy gate again.

We still need to bring a few Yin soldiers to explore the way.

There are also many complete diving suits in the camp. They were brought directly to the secret realm for the Yin soldiers to put on. They were picked up ready-made.

Let the ghost general hold the diving suit and pass through the fairy gate. Zheng Yun followed him into the secret realm and commanded the little Taoist priest to put it on the Yin soldiers.

During the waiting period.

Jidao returned from the corner of the corner carrying a jade lantern, followed by a wisp of Hanxian. As soon as they met, he picked up a diving walkie-talkie and handed it to Zheng Yundao like a treasure:

"Master Xian, look what I found. This thing was still talking just now, and I found it by following the sound."

"What did you say?"

Zheng Yun immediately made a mental inquiry. This walkie-talkie must be a leftover plant from the expedition team or the manor church, and the content of the other party's conversation is an important clue at this moment.

"I heard a female voice talking, maybe Nia. I couldn't understand what they were saying. The original words were, 'I'm sure it was Triton who landed on the island. Pick up the salvaged things. If they don't work, throw them away first.' Go back to the ocean.'"

Ji Dao answered quickly.

He can only imitate the other person's speech.

"What else is there?" Zheng Yun frowned and asked. The first reaction of these people was to find something that was salvaged, but what exactly did they salvage?

"No more. I took this walkie-talkie from a corpse. That corpse should be their teammate and was abandoned in a small room above."

Ji Dao shook his head slightly and then continued: "Maybe they were killed by Han Xian just now. Han Xian was eating them when I passed by. There were four corpses in total, all of which were male."

"Um."

Zheng Yun recalled the clues he had previously obtained from Bird. Nia and several others came up this time and brought back several corpses. She and other teammates were also recovering from their injuries in the manor.

The clues match up.

These bodies didn't appear out of thin air.

But their fate may be exactly as Ji Dao said. Even if they were still breathing at the time, they were killed by Han Xian.

"Master Immortal, the dead corpses are very strange. The cause of death may not be simple. I also found some modern electrical appliances from those corpses, but I can't understand them."

Ji Dao took out another plastic bag, which contained many things, including tablets and some modern small appliances, and even a medical instrument for measuring blood pressure and blood oxygen.

"What is the state of death?" Zheng Yun asked.

"Their bodies are mutilated, either missing arms or legs, but the wounds are healing well. It doesn't look like they have just become disabled, but more like they have been disabled for many years."

"In addition, their eyeballs were bloodshot, as if they were parasitized by worms, their chests were shattered to varying degrees, and their internal organs were crushed. I don't know which one was the cause of death."

Ji Dao frowned and shook his head.

The corpses looked like that, any one of them could be the cause of death, and when they were added together, it gave people a headache.

"Take it in and show it to them. We'll prepare and leave immediately." Zheng Yun nodded and said no more.

Jidao handed the jade lantern to Zheng Yun and hurried towards the camp. Zheng Yun led Hanxian back to the Hanxian vat. This vat is sealed and can be brought in and used as a means.

Let the ghost general carry the vat on his back.

Zheng Yun mobilized the Yin soldiers to collect the black jade pillow.

When walking back to the camp again, Kedester and others made new discoveries. They found a simple underwater topographic map and many other adventure videos.

The undersea topographic map was the route map of Jiasi Erin and others, which was dug out of a tent. No matter how hard Nia tried, it would be difficult to destroy all the clues.

According to this topographic map, it can be seen that there are indeed two submarine rifts here. One of them is under their feet, the deepest is less than two thousand meters, and there is a deeper one in the north. There is only one passage between the two rifts.

The deep sea floating city is in the northern rift valley.

The only passage is the Zhenyin Gate.

The inner passages of the Zhenyin Gate are complex. Jias Eileen and the others have explored it many times, but the focus is not on the submarine rift in the north, but on a high cavern.

The adventure video is in an underground corridor. The corridor is deep and humid. Water is dripping from the cracks in the bricks above the head. The walls on the left and right are wet, and there are puddles gathering under the feet.

This tunnel may be underwater.

The person who shot the video kept walking down the corridor. Judging from the height, it should be the height of the action camera worn on the chest.

The scene lasted just ten seconds.

A black shadow flashed before his eyes, and the video shooter fell to the ground. A red liquid covered the camera lens. Then the black shadow slowly approached and began to bite the body.

"This part of the video is full of similar content. The protagonist is this black figure. It should be an investigation document compiled by Jiasi Aileen from the video. There are also many screenshots and photos."

Kedester showed Zheng Yun roughly. There were seventeen videos and dozens of photos. The clearest photo showed that the murderer was a strange-looking undersea creature.

Maybe it escaped from the porcelain bottle.

The attack was so fast that no one could defend themselves against it.

"The shooting took place last year. These dangers should have been eliminated by Jiasi Aileen and others." Licia stood in front of the bonfire with several waterproof backpacks piled at her feet.

"Are you ready?"

Zheng Yun took a look at the backpacks and saw that they were rummaged through the ruins of the camp.

"Get ready. We selected some diving equipment that is not burned out, replaced the oxygen, and then we can set off."

Kedester nodded, and they brought their own oxygen-generating equipment and oxygen bottles, which were all on the previous Hanxian ship.

"Go and change."

Zheng Yun used his last moment to carefully check everyone's diving suit to make sure there were no minor damages.

After everything is confirmed correct.

Everyone gathered at the underground seaside with their things on their backs. The Yin soldiers and ghost generals were the first to enter the water, immersed themselves in the sea water, and swam towards the Zhenyin Gate in the depths, paving the way for future generations.

Zheng Yun and others were adapting to the water temperature on the shore.

After watching the Yin soldiers walk along the underwater steps into the Zhenyin Gate, they dived into the water one after another and followed behind.

The world under the sea is different from that on land.

Vision and hearing are both limited, and movement becomes slower. Ji Dao can only be dragged forward.

"After hundreds of years, the power of these radioactive ores should weaken a lot and accelerate through this door."

Zheng Yun looked forward and said.

Looking at the Zhenyin Gate from under the sea, there is another feeling. The two lines of dark green characters combined with the deep door opening, plus the two stone statues of monsters and ghosts squatting beside the door, give everyone a sense of weirdness.

The majestic and vicissitudes of the Zhenyin Gate make it clear that there are ghosts and ghosts behind the door. Anyone who enters this place must weigh the gains and losses and weigh his own conduct.

As the distance gradually approached, the figures of the dozen or so people present were all illuminated by the dark green light. The diving suits were covered with cyan, and the faces under the goggles were illuminated green.

It's like being in the underworld.

The whole world smells like hell.

Licia, Kedester and others hesitated a little. This door was somewhat similar to Hades Pavilion, but with the addition of the underworld style, it felt even more dangerous and weird than Hades Pavilion.

"This material looks familiar?"

Jidao fell upside down in the water and looked at the stone statue: "It should be similar to the demon-suppressing stone statue in Qianzhou, and has the effect of expelling demons."

Everyone looked at the stone statue.

It is three meters tall, with a ferocious face guarding the gate. It has a dragon's head, tiger's claws and a fish's body. It has pearls in its mouth and sharp claws to step on stones. It is also reflected brightly by sapphire, and its whole body has a sinister texture.

Strong oriental flavor.

Like the cultural relics in the British Museum, its body was mutilated in many places, with varying degrees of damage to its head and tail. However, this was not caused by man-made damage, but by natural erosion.

While everyone in the West Factory was marveling, Zheng Yun understood Jidao's meaning, looked up and down at the stone statue and asked:

"what do you want?"

"I want to go and have a look."

Ji Dao smiled and said immediately.

They had done this kind of thing once in Qianzhou Strait, and asked the ghost general to remove the head of the demon-suppressing stone statue and carry it with him to drive away demons, so the two had a tacit understanding.

It's all my own stuff.

It’s okay to borrow it.

"Let's go together." Zheng Yun ordered.

Everyone swam towards the Zhenyin Gate. The ghost general pulled Ji Dao to the two stone statues. Ji Dao held the stone statues up and down and carefully observed them, circling around them like a blind man touching an elephant.

As he watched, he suddenly got half of his body into the huge mouth of the stone statue, and tinkered inside with a flashlight for a while, which made Kedester and others tremble with fear.

What a bold artist.

Normal people would definitely stay away from the stone statue when they saw it, but Ji Dao performed a gastroscopy on the stone statue. If the stone statue contained a mechanism or strange means, it would be fatal.

Only Triton dared to treat his own things like this, and foreign explorers, not even Cadest, dared to do anything wrong.

Who would get in and take a look when they have nothing to do?

Fortunately, Ji Dao quickly stepped back with a strange and subtle expression. He looked straight at Zheng Yun and hesitated to speak, but his hands were empty, and he didn't know what he saw.

"Do you want?"

Zheng Yun raised his head and glanced at Qingyu. Don't stay here for a long time. If you stay here for a long time, your hair will easily fall out.

"Keep your teeth sharp and your claws sharp."

Ji Dao nodded and pointed out two places.

The ghost general immediately drew his sword and chopped off a few of the sharp fangs of the stone statue. Then Zheng Yun raised his hand and swam forward.

Everyone speeded up and entered the gate.

The Yin soldier had already been waiting with a flashlight, and the deep doorway was completely illuminated. The entire corridor was three meters high, with smooth blue bricks all around, and no end could be seen at a glance.

"This is a downhill road, about 600 meters long. Jia Silin and the others turned left halfway."

Kedester pointed the way with the blueprint.

It was still the Yin soldiers who opened the way, and everyone swam forward cautiously, always alert to the surrounding environment, and deeply afraid of sudden changes.

"What did you just see?"

Zheng Yun turned off his headphones and walked with Ji Dao. Since he hesitated to speak, it had his own reason. He should have discovered some clues or weird things that were not convenient to talk about directly.

Ji Dao still had a strange expression, and raised his hand to turn off the earphones. He raised his hand to grab Zheng Yun's shoulders and said in his ear: "Master Immortal, there is a body of Triton in the belly of that stone statue."

"What?"

Zheng Yun's heart skipped a beat, he raised his eyes and glanced around the front, then turned to look at Jidao: "How did you determine your identity?"

"Master Immortal, the corpse is so old that only the skeleton is left, but other items are still well preserved. It must be that of Haiwei Wuyi. I found these two items from his body."

Ji Dao flipped his wrist and took out an iron plate with the identity of Triton, and a slender iron rod that looked like an iron rod.

Without waiting for Zheng Yun to ask, he continued to explain: "Master Immortal, these things are all trivial matters. The main thing is that the two ankles of the sea guard skeleton are locked with iron ropes."

"..."

Zheng Yun was silent.

Just listening to it makes one's hair stand on end.

Before they had completely entered the danger zone, there was this call at the door. Why did the sea guard lock his colleagues in the stone statue? Regardless of whether it was a living person or a corpse that was locked up at that time, it was not normal.

"Master Immortal, this matter is very strange."

Ji Dao also looked nervous and could not relax.

They always thought that this place was built by Triton, but it was impossible for Triton to harm their colleagues. No matter what the reason was, it was impossible for them to do such weird things.

Unless colleagues change.

Got stained by something.

"Are you sure the skeleton is that of Triton and not someone else? Maybe the skeleton is that of a prisoner, and the iron plate of Triton was thrown into the stone statue later." Zheng Yun took a deep breath and spoke rationally.

There is an iron sign next to the skeleton.

In fact, it cannot be proved that the iron plate belongs to the skeleton.

"The possibility is not small, but why put people inside the stone statue..." Ji Dao nodded repeatedly and became more confused.

"There are a lot of deep-sea creatures here. Maybe those things were thrown into it by a certain creature." Zheng Yun patted Jidao on the shoulder and told him not to think too much and go in first to take a look.

Jia Si Aileen and others can go deep.

The road ahead should be fine.

"Master Immortal, I have also watched the video of the Deep Sea Floating City, but I always feel that the problem is not small. This place seems to have not been completed yet. Even the Immortal Prison Prison contains out-of-control immortals and ghosts. This time, I may not be able to harvest any magic tricks. .”

Ji Dao nodded and whispered in a low voice.

"Our purpose this time is not to harvest, it is just to track down Jiasi Irene, and at most, completely block this place."

Zheng Yun glanced at Jidao. At this time, he still wanted to gain something.

While the two were talking.

Kedester had already led the way to the middle of the corridor. Several people from the West Factory looked around with flashlights and found a narrow dark hole that had been artificially destroyed in the left corner.

"right here."

Kedester confirmed.

He and Jiasi Aileen were indeed a couple, and they were equally good at breaking holes. This hole made people's heads hurt when they saw it. Just like the situation with the Immortal Sacrifice Cave, repairing the hole was troublesome.

"Enter."

Zheng Yun raised his hand and sent out the Yin soldiers.

After all the Yin soldiers got in, Zheng Yun and others got in one after another. Just a few meters forward, a large number of deep sea worms emerged from the depths, as if they were disturbed.

Everyone was shocked.

The ghost general drew his sword and was about to strike, but all those long insects got into the cracks in the rock wall and disappeared in an instant.

Zheng Yun took a closer look and discovered that the hole was drilled into the inside of the rock wall. The walls of the narrow cracks were filled with dense holes, which seemed to be the nest of these deep-sea worms.

And this robbery hole leads straight to the top of the head.

If Kedster's reasoning is correct, just going up from here is the second camp of Jiasi Erin and the others.

"Here's a rope."

Kedester looked to the side and saw a rope hanging from his head, which might have been left by Jiasi Irene and others.