Endless route

Chapter 221 60. No antidote

Everyone ran towards the depths despite the vibration. The stone corridor was deep and dark, the green bricks on the ground were wet and slippery, and the water droplets condensed from the moisture above their heads fell with the vibration.

Run down two flights of stairs in one breath.

The shaking under my feet has not stopped yet.

"Master Immortal, it feels like it's raining here! Water is pouring down from the cracks in the bricks above my head. Isn't it going to collapse?" Ji Dao asked doubtfully, and there was the sound of rushing water in the background.

"Han Xian hasn't been found yet?"

Zheng Yun frowned and observed the surrounding environment.

The stone corridor here is similar to the Tiangong Stone Corridor. Not only is the structure and system similar, but the movement is almost the same. There are occasional forks in the road and secret doors, and occasionally it turns around and returns.

The reason why they are called stone corridors instead of corridors is that the corridors are enclosed on all sides, but the stone corridors have windows.

Just after descending the two stone steps, everyone saw a steep rift outside the stone gallery window on the left, as deep as a cliff, but less than ten meters wide.

This rift is very narrow, but it is parallel to the underground sea where the Floating City Floating Ship is located, with only a rock wall separating it.

There are pumping pipes on the ground, and traces of flooding can be seen everywhere. The exploration team pumped water from this rift valley.

It looked like they had drained it long ago.

I also explored this place thoroughly.

"I found a few of them at first, but I don't know where some of them went." Ji Dao's background sound was full of noise.

It seems that the rain in the depths is indeed heavy.

After all, this stone corridor was built hundreds of years ago. Even if it didn't leak at the time, it has become full of holes after years of erosion. Coupled with the vibration underfoot, water is flowing in the gaps between the blue bricks.

"Did Han Xian catch up with Nia and others?"

Kedester led the way with a flashlight. When he heard that Han Xian had not returned, he turned his head and looked out the window at the bottom of the cliff.

If there was an artificial light source at the bottom of the cliff, they would be able to see it from a distance now, but the rock walls of the rift valley were pitch black, the entire stone corridor was dark and silent, and even Ji Dao could not be seen.

"The rift can be very long."

Li Xiya made a guess upon seeing this.

As they spoke, they were still running deeper. By now they had walked several steps and had completely entered the stone corridor. However, everyone still looked back from time to time, fearing that the Yin Ghost Chrysalis would chase after them.

"Ji Dao, go to the window and flash the flashlight." Zheng Yun also looked close to the window. Their flashlight could illuminate a thousand meters, but at this moment it could not illuminate the cliff bottom.

"Master Immortal, I don't have a window here. The temperature is getting lower and lower. I suspect that I have walked into the sea. There is a lot of water all around and it has become a water curtain hole. I'll see if I can find a window."

Ji Dao quickly replied.

"What's the altitude over there? Raise your hand and look at the watch that comes with the diving suit. There is an altitude data."

Li Xiya asked Ji Dao through the earphone.

"What? I can't understand." Ji Dao was stunned.

"Recite any numbers." Zheng Yun said immediately. Ji Dao's modern education still needs to be compensated. He basically didn't study when he was in the pawn shop, let alone Western knowledge.

"06:12, 3 is followed by a circle and the moon, 55 is followed by a slash circle, 43 is followed by a slash circle, 803 is followed by an m, 73 is followed..."

Ji Dao began to read the data one by one.

Zheng Yun and others looked down at their watches. After corresponding one by one, they suddenly discovered that Ji Dao was actually at an altitude of -803 meters, the temperature was three degrees, and the oxygen was still 55%.

"How did you get down?"

Li Xiya asked in surprise. Their altitude at the moment was only -47, but Ji Dao had actually reached more than 800 meters.

"If you go further, you will encounter a three-way fork. Directly below that point, there is a stone corridor that turns around and you can use a rope to climb over the fence and jump down."

"Every three hundred feet there is a stone corridor that goes back around. Just keep jumping down. I'm on the eighth floor."

Jidao responded quickly. He actually jumped over the railing directly, but Zheng Yun was not surprised at all. He was really impatient, and it would be strange not to jump off a cliff.

Kedster and others were shocked when they heard this. Three hundred feet is ninety-six meters, and this level is close to one hundred meters. Ji Dao jumped eight levels directly. This was really courageous.

"Get ready to go back."

Zheng Yun made a prompt decision and asked him to go back. It was very refreshing for him to jump deep in one breath, but if Han Xian didn't go that deep, Han Xian might also be in the middle.

The slope of this stone corridor is gentle, and it may take a long time to walk along the stone corridor to a depth of more than 800 meters. Hanxian may not be that fast, and he may not be in front of him.

"Master Immortal, I heard some noise. There must be someone here. I'll catch up with them if I go deeper."

Ji Dao responded immediately.

"Be careful."

Zheng Yun did not forcefully recall him.

The subtle vibrations continued, and strong earthquakes occurred every once in a while. The stone corridor was in disrepair for a long time and might really collapse. Fortunately, there was indeed water everywhere in this place.

Went away for a while.

They found the three-way intersection that Ji Dao said, and also found a secret door and a secret room behind it nearby. There was a lot of water in the depression in the ground, enough to put down the black jade pillow and open the door.

Although there was no bottom below, there were evil things chasing behind them, and the surroundings were still shaking, they were safe.

As long as the fairy gate is open.

No matter how desperate they are, they still have a way out.

"Let's take a look here first."

Zheng Yun opened the fairy door and walked to the window opposite the dark room. Ropes were hung on the stone corridor fence. Ji Dao went down from here, and if he wanted to come back later, he would climb up from here.

He lowered his head and looked down.

Still can’t see the bottom.

The range of their flashlights in the air was one thousand meters, which meant that the rift was at least a thousand deep.

The depth of one thousand meters is far lower than that of the pontoons, but it is probably still very far away from the real valley bottom.

But even if this rift valley is three thousand meters deep, the water storage capacity is not large, and it will be enough to drain it to the bottom in one year.

"The Yin Ghost Chrysalis doesn't seem to be chasing me."

Kedester walked to Zheng Yun and looked behind him with great vigilance. After listening for a while, he heard no sound.

"Fire a search bomb down."

Zheng Yun nodded and observed carefully. This place was obviously the key. Haiwei carefully selected it and found it. In addition to the two roads in front and back, there was also a road leading behind them.

I just saw it when I was looking for a darkroom.

At the end of the fork in the road is a room.

There is a dry well made of blue bricks in the room. This well is only 30 centimeters in diameter and bottomless, making it difficult for people to get down.

Zheng Yun couldn't tell what it was for. He looked up at the top and didn't see any exit.

"good."

The hunter took action immediately.

A blue search bomb was thrown into the rift valley and fell freely from a high altitude. The dazzling light illuminated the entire rift valley.

Everyone looked down at the blue light.

Using the fall time to calculate the depth, the flare soon fell one thousand meters, then two thousand meters, then three thousand meters.

It wasn't until they could barely see the flare that it finally hit the water, and there was seawater at the bottom of the rift valley.

"It's really more than three thousand meters."

Li Xia's expression was solemn.

Even if you use a rock climbing rope to jump down, you will have to jump for a long time to reach the end of the three thousand meters distance.

"The water here has been pumped away, which means that the underground space is sealed. From the topography of the island, the only exit here is the landscape pavilion, and there is no other exit."

Kedester took out his notebook and started writing.

The Landscape Pavilion is directly under a mountain on the north side of Goode Manor. After walking several steps along the stone corridor and discovering the dry rift valley under the window, the location has already left the island.

To put it simply, the highest point of this dry rift valley is the Landscape Pavilion. Everything in the depths is below the sea level, and any exit will cause seawater to pour in.

"This is even more strange. Since this is a dead end, what is Nia's plan to release floating boats and floating cities to fight us to the death and die together here?"

Licia looked back.

The underground sea is behind the wall on the right hand side of the stone corridor. If the wall collapses, the two underground rifts will merge into one.

But it’s also a bit difficult.

This rock wall is dozens of meters thick.

"They just said they were going to open an exit, but I don't know where the exit is." Kedester asked doubtfully.

Now the only exit is blocked by the evil thing transformed by the Yin Ghost Chrysalis. Unless Nia and others have a way to control the Yin Ghost Chrysalis, they will not be able to get out, but they obviously cannot control it.

If only they could control it.

I have brought Yin Ghost Pupa to kill me a long time ago.

"I also think it's impossible for these people to commit suicide. I'm afraid they have other methods." Li Xiya was still frightened, always looking at the way back, worried that the evil ghost chrysalis would chase in.

Zheng Yun remained silent.

Where is Nia's retreat? Zheng Yun has been pondering this question in his mind since just now.

This is the place where immortals are imprisoned.

Triton can't build too many exits.

The dry rift valley is very narrow. They stood by the window and faced the rock wall on the other side ten meters away. A flashlight could illuminate the whole thing, so no one could climb up silently.

Therefore, Nia and others cannot return the same way. This place has been completely blocked by themselves and others, and no one can get up.

And even now, there are still occasional vibrations deep under the feet, which is obviously caused by Nia and others.

They're at rock bottom right now.

This involves a major question, what method can they use to attack the floating city in the deep sea.

The deep-sea pontoon is not fixed. The unmanned submarine can go down and hang a rope and use equipment to pull it up.

But the floating city in the deep sea is nailed by iron ropes.

Even the heavy lifting equipment could not lift it.

To release the floating city, one has to either cut the iron cables or pull out the nails. The former is difficult to do, but the latter is possible to work backwards from the bottom of the valley and push the nails out.

And if you try to push out the nail, it will leak.

The researcher said this before his death, involving the density and salinity of sea water, and the specific operation method is unknown.

Think of this.

Zheng Yun suddenly had a guess.

Everyone who enters this place wears diving equipment, and Nia and others are no exception. If the seawater really pours in, the water will rise rapidly and people can be brought up.

This is an escape route.

Even if you are at the bottom of a 3,000-meter valley, as long as you have a lifebuoy, you can float with the water when the sea water pours back. This has nothing to do with the water pressure, and you can do it without wearing a diving suit.

If the rock wall above their heads collapses and a crack opens up that is connected to the outside seawater, they can get out.

If the location is chosen well.

You can even escape directly outside the island, drill out from the seabed around the island, and bypass the people guarding the island.

As for the huge rocks falling from the mountain, there are a lot of stone corridors to avoid, and you can avoid them by getting in.

If they were Nia and others, they could definitely find a way to destroy the rock wall at the bottom of the rift valley, blow up the iron cables fixing the deep-sea floating city, and let the sea water pour in from the bottom.

Triton's final mechanism is probably related to the floating city in the deep sea. Once the floating city is out of trouble, it will take effect immediately.

The vibration just now.

Maybe it was the movement of explosives.

Nia and the others know that they are Tritons. Once the deep-sea floating city is released, Triton will never sit idly by and do nothing. They will give priority to the deep-sea floating city and give them a way out.

"..."

Zheng Yun frowned.

If Nia and others really want to do this, then there is really nothing he can do. The escape from the deep-sea floating city and the escape from the ghost chrysalis will leave this mess that he doesn’t know how to clean up.

Until now, I don't know what is banned in the deep-sea floating city. There are even doubts about the purpose of the floating city. Maybe there are poisons similar to 'Jiu Shanzhou' in it.

This possibility is extremely high. Yin ghost pupae have large-scale killing capabilities. Just relying on the secretions in the form of pupae can make more than a dozen people commit suicide by twisting their necks at the same time. The lethality is extremely high.

The level of the deep-sea floating city is higher. Once the evil things sealed inside are released, it is likely to cause another catastrophe.

I will definitely not be able to take care of Nia then.

I will definitely give priority to the floating city.

Because this is the duty of the Sea Guard Supervisor. The Sea Guard protects the common people and safeguards the peace of the world...

Therefore, this plan is almost a dead end for him, similar to a general in chess. As long as Nia and others use the deep-sea floating city as a 'hostage', he has no choice at all.

The situation will then be chaotic.

They can take advantage of the chaos and escape.

Just thinking about the scene of the sky collapsing and the seawater pouring in, coupled with the forbidden evil objects and demons dancing wildly, and the floating city and floating boats moving together, Zheng Yun felt a little numb in his tailbone.

It's just too difficult.

How does one deal with this?

The Supervisory Immortal Division only has so many people, and it is not easy for them to survive if the sky is falling and the evil things are trapped. Let alone arresting people and preventing the evil things from escaping.

They have to face an extremely dangerous environment at the same time, and also have to fight to the death with ghost pupae and evil creatures in the floating city.

And the key question is.

Nia and others may have really done this. Their actions from beginning to end were moving in this direction, delaying time to enter the rift valley, shaking the earth and destroying the rock walls.

They don't just have to escape alive.

They also wanted to set up a conspiracy to bury themselves, the sea guards, directly in the depths of the seabed of this ghostly ruins.

What a cruel method.

This game is unsolvable. As long as they are allowed to complete it successfully, I am afraid I will have to fill this hole with my life!

It’s not just about letting the dark soldiers and ghost generals fill in.

He and Ji Dao can only fill their lives.

People like Nia are "gold diggers" in a broad sense. In order to survive, they will never blink an eye at what they do. They will not consider the fate of mankind and the disaster at all.

And there is one sentence in the researcher's last words.

Said that Nia hated Triton so much that she went crazy.

If Zheng Yun guessed correctly, this Nia might be the descendant of a member of the archaeological team during the operation that Cadest led into the arctic mountains twenty years ago.

It's not hard to guess.

Because this is human nature.

If Cadest really dies, his daughter will also hate Triton and make the same choice...

"Jidao, where are the ancient books of Yin Gui Pupa?" Zheng Yun stopped thinking about it and asked Jidao.

The only thing that can be done now.

It is to use this last period of time, before the sky collapses, before the seawater pours in, and before the floating city is out of trouble, to completely kill the plan of Nia and others.

Time is running out.

Even if he was overthinking and Nia and others just wanted to find a way to escape, he had to prepare for the worst.

Nia and the others should be at the bottom.

He was three thousand meters away from them.

It's too late to use the rope. Now we can only make dangerous moves and use unconventional methods to reach the bottom of the valley!