Endless route

Chapter 269 39. Spirit Loft and Mysterious War

The Gubo archaeological team was busy in the underground waterway. A group of people recorded and collected evidence in accordance with the regulations. However, Zheng Yun quietly led the team into the secret passage along the root of the wall and started exploring again.

It feels a bit like trying to hide something.

The underground waterway is only two meters wide. Even if they are close to the wall, they are still a group of people. As long as they are not blind, they can see it.

But no one interfered with them.

Only Li Wu nodded to them and told Zheng Yun through the earphones that he could return to the camp for oxygen at any time.

Zheng Yun replied politely, switched the channel on the intercom, left the Gubo archaeological team and went on the road alone. He and Jidao went deep into the secret passage to retrieve the ghost figurines in the mud first.

Ji Dao found a place to study the drawings carefully.

Every secret passage in the ancient city of Nanze plays an important role, and the same is true for the secret passage under their feet. It not only connects to the underground iron cable bridge, but also connects to somewhere in the Dusi Mansion in a winding way.

The secret passage just now is the same. It connects the backyard of Dusi Mansion and the chain bridge, and it also connects to a secret place.

It is still unclear whether there is a fairy sect in Nanze Dusi, so for the time being, it can only be referred to as the secret place.

In short, this incident can show that the Iron Chain Bridge is highly related to the Nanze Dusi Mansion, and there is a subtle relationship between the two.

And now there are actually three routes to this secret place. In addition to the underground cable bridge and the secret passage just now, you can also take the inside of the 'Nanze Dusi Mansion'.

Ji Dao was a little undecided.

It is indeed dangerous to walk on the underground cable bridge. It only leads to the secret passage just now, which is equivalent to taking an extra detour.

It is not appropriate to go to the secret passage from the first floor of the underground waterway. The secret passage just now was occupied by the archaeological team. It is impossible for them to walk back through the city with the ghost figurines in hand.

Taking Nanze Dusi Mansion can save some distance, and you can also see the current situation of Dusi Mansion. You may gain something else along the way, and you may be able to find out the real reason why the ancient city of Nanze was abandoned.

But the road is equally difficult.

Dusi Mansion was completely buried in the swamp.

There is an ancient city bottom wall above the cable bridge to bear the weight of the mud, and the pressure is relatively limited. However, there is thirty meters of mud above the Dusi Mansion. If no buildings can be found, they can only resist.

If they want to choose this route, they must plan their route and walk along the buildings that have not collapsed in Dusi Mansion, but no one knows the collapse of the buildings.

The two discussed for a while.

In the end, I decided to take it one step at a time and go to the Dusi Mansion first. If it didn't work, I would go back from the Iron Chain Bridge.

So a group of people entered the second floor of the underground sewer from the secret passage. Under the leadership of Ji Dao, they went left and right along the brick wall corridor and went underground to a corner of the backyard of Nanze Dusi Mansion.

This road is indeed the shortest.

They arrived without much effort.

Zheng Yun and Ji Dao successively drilled out of the mud and appeared in a deep well filled with water. The searchlight illuminated the inner wall of the well, and dark water waves mixed with mud surrounded the surroundings.

This well is different from the ones I have seen before. Its diameter reaches two meters, and there are stone steps on the inner wall for climbing.

The height of the well is about twenty-five meters.

It leads directly from the second floor of the underground sewer to the interior of Dusi. The silt is only ten meters long, and the water line is flush with the first-floor sewer.

Above the Yinjing is the Dusi Mansion.

According to Ji Dao, the location of this well is extremely weird. The backyard is a landscaped courtyard with a landscaped lake surrounded by pavilions, water pavilions, and attic corridors.

The exit of the shade well is at the corner of the corridor.

The good news is that the pavilions and corridors are made of stone, so the probability of being crushed by the swamp is low. The bad news is that the doors and windows of the pavilions and corridors are not sealed and may be filled with silt.

"Fairy Master, this well is full of water. It should have seeped in from the cracks in the brick wall. It can be seen that the underground water pipe is tightly sealed, but the cover of the well must be pressed down by mud."

Ji Dao touched his chin and said.

This manhole cover is not easy to open. On the one hand, the ancients used a special structure, and on the other hand, it is pressed down by silt.

They had seen a well that was blown up by explorers on the first floor of the underground sewer. A large amount of silt was poured into the sewer instantly, and more than a dozen branches were buried in one go, covering a huge area.

"Try to pry on one side first."

Zheng Yun also had to be careful.

That scene must be extremely dangerous, but they have already been to the underground of the ancient city. Compared with the endless mud over there, the mud here is not much, but the impact is more dangerous.

"good."

Jidao took the lead, took out the crowbar and climbed up, just like he climbed to the mouth of the Yin well in one breath in the ancient city of Hongwu, adjusted his stance and stood up, waving the crowbar to pry.

Just pried it twice.

Jidao quickly lowered his head and said: "Master Xian, I can't knock it alone. Let the ghost masters come up and help."

Zheng Yun took the iron chain holding the Yin ghost figurine from the ghost general's hand, sent the ghost general up to help, watched the ghost general swim to the entrance of the Yin well, and worked with Ji Dao to pry the Yin manhole cover at the same time.

Poof.

There was a slight noise.

There was a small gap in the manhole cover.

But the expected mud never appeared. There was no mud pouring in from the gaps at all, and the scene was eerily quiet.

"Um?"

Ji Dao was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously moved his head to the edge of the gap, trying to use a searchlight to see what was going on above.

But the light actually shined through.

There is actually water above the gap.

"Master Immortal, there is no mud on this. It seems to be a large dark room." Ji Dao was overjoyed and continued to insert the crowbar, trying to pry out the way with Gui Jiang in one breath.

"Be careful."

Zheng Yun went upstream.

The drawings in their hands were from the city's construction period. The buildings in the city were likely to have changed over hundreds of years, especially in places like the Dusi Mansion. Maybe the commander didn't like the landscaped lake, so he asked someone to convert it into a study.

Only large main structures such as sewers are not easy to change, and it is normal for some changes to the buildings in the city.

"Don't worry, Immortal, I saw it. It is indeed a dark secret room above, full of water." Jidao said with a smile.

Click.

Suddenly there was a strange noise.

Zheng Yun's eyelids twitched, and just as he was about to speak out to stop Ji Dao, he saw cracks suddenly appear on the wall of the dark well.

The crack was five centimeters wide when it appeared, and it opened a ferocious and deep black seam, enough to fit a fist into.

Click click click.

Loud noises were heard one after another.

They watched helplessly as the crack spread rapidly, running through the entire shaft in an instant, and its width also expanded rapidly.

"No, this place is going to collapse, get up quickly."

Zheng Yun spoke quickly and ordered all the Yin soldiers and ghost generals to come up. At the same time, he asked Ji Dao to quickly get into the secret room.

"What's wrong with this good thing?"

Ji Dao was also shocked, so he simply threw away the crowbar in his hand, clasped the manhole cover with both hands and pushed it up with all his strength, completely overturning the manhole cover into the secret room.

The entire wellhead is presented.

Jidao Guijiang and others immediately swam up, and Zheng Yun grabbed the Yin ghost figurines and followed closely behind. Before the Yin well was about to collapse due to dense cracks, they all managed to get into the secret room with many dangers.

Wow.

Before they could look around, the well beneath their feet collapsed, and a large amount of sediment filled up like smoke.

"What the hell is going on."

Ji Dao scratched his scalp and looked confused.

"Hard to say."

Zheng Yun was full of doubts. The sediment beneath him blocked the well. They could not clearly see the collapse and could not analyze the cause of the cracking of the well. They could only wait for the sediment to settle.

This is indeed strange.

It feels like a trap.

It may also be caused by too much pressure. The height they are currently at should be the standard thirty meters underground, located on the "ground" of Nanze Ancient City. There is silt in all directions, and the buildings near the surface become brittle under the high pressure.

"What kind of place is this?"

Ji Dao raised his head and looked around. The searchlight penetrated the water and shone on the wall of the secret room. He was startled after taking a look.

There was actually a head behind him.

The man's head was half a meter tall, with a pair of dark eyes staring directly at Ji Dao, less than one meter away from him.

Ji Dao subconsciously drew his sword and stabbed the head with one sword. He quickly stopped his hand just halfway through because the head was actually a stone, embedded in the arched wall of the secret room.

"What is this?"

Zheng Yun also turned the searchlight over, and saw a stone statue sitting in the muddy sand, but he didn't know who it was. It was completely different from ordinary Buddhist and Taoist statues.

They have seen many stone statues.

There are faceless stone statues in the Immortal Sacrifice Cave, and there were countless statues of Zhenhai gods under the Qianzhou Strait.

This stone statue is equally weird.

He is a middle-aged man holding a book.

"This...this is..."

Ji Dao frowned deeply and swam back one meter. He looked carefully at the stone statue but could not identify it.

"Is this a pagoda?"

Zheng Yun observed the surrounding situation.

They seemed to be in a tower-shaped attic. The walls were hexagonal and made of gray bricks. The area was very large, with a diameter of twenty meters and a height of more than ten meters.

There are dark holes in the wall.

At a glance, it was estimated that there were thousands of them, densely distributed on the inner wall of the entire building, surrounding them.

These dark holes are all square in shape, more than ten centimeters long and wide, and contain soaked wooden strips.

"Master Immortal, we seem to have entered the Lingshi Pavilion. Those wooden strips seem to be spiritual tablets, but when was this a custom?" Jidao scratched his head and thought carefully.

The Ming Dynasty has a history of more than 500 years, spanning several periods from the 15th century to the 20th century. The territory is extremely vast, and the customs in each period and place are different.

Even Ji Dao can't tell the difference.

Because the Ming Dynasty was so big, with different customs, customs, gods, ghosts, legends, and too many weird habits.

"Are you sure it's a spiritual position?"

Zheng Yun was highly vigilant about letting ghost generals protect their surroundings. This place was far more weird than the Iron Chain Bridge.

Those spiritual tablet holes were like pairs of eyes, staring directly at them together with the statues beside them.

This matter is also related to the feudal king.

The ancient city of Nanze was built in the early to mid-Ming Dynasty. The vassal kings at that time still had great influence. The ancient city of Nanze may have been in the fiefdom of a certain vassal king and was influenced and controlled by the vassal king.

If the ancient city of Nanze was abandoned during the early to mid-Ming Dynasty, then the vassal king would have made the final decision in the Dusi Mansion, while Haiwei could only impose restrictions and constraints, but did not completely take power.

The title of vassal king may not be a good word. The original Demon Pregnancy Tower was a tragedy caused by the vassal king colluding with Haiwei to rebel.

These vassal kings were far away from the imperial court and each had their own fairy continent. Most of them were more fanatical and unscrupulous than the emperor in their desire for the methods of gods and ghosts and the magic of immortality.

Look at how evil this place is.

No one can tell what kind of weird building this is, maybe it's something like the Pregnant Demon Tower.

Don’t blame Zheng Yun for thinking too much.

The pregnant demon tower gives people too deep a shadow.

"Master Immortal, I can't figure it out either. This figure is a bit weird. It looks decent, but eerie."

Ji Dao stared straight into the eyes of the stone statue, and as he looked at it, he shivered all over and got some goosebumps.

The height of the stone statue is more than four meters.

There was a slight smile on his face.

Standing upright in the base of the grotto.

After years of erosion by swamp water, the surface of the stone statue is covered with cracks, and darkness is wrapped around the stone statue.

"Find the exit."

Zheng Yun took out his camera and took a few photos, then looked down at the base of the building, looking for the building's exit.

Sand and mud drifted underfoot.

Nothing can be seen clearly.

"Master Immortal, can this door be opened? We won't be trapped here, right?" Jidao asked with a sad face.

He is not afraid of this place at all, no matter how weird it is, even if the stone statue comes to life, the worst it can do is compete with the sword in his hand.

Even if you want to fight, you are not afraid at all. The Yin ghost figurine is still in the hands of the immortal master. It is also four meters long, not much smaller than this stone statue. At most, you can open the Yin ghost figurine with a knife and throw out the gods who have lived for hundreds of years. Ghosts and evil things come out.

Mainly it’s a matter of leading the way.

It's okay for him to lead the way to such a weird place. If it turns out to be a dead end, it would be a serious breach of responsibility.

"You just said that this was a landscape lake before? What buildings are around this lake?" Zheng Yun asked.

"This is in the southwest corner of the Dusi Mansion. It is usually the residence of the commander's family. There may be some attics and courtyards, but no other major buildings." Jidao replied immediately.

"Family members..."

Zheng Yun swam to the wall and looked at the small wooden strips in the hole, trying to find a slightly complete one to take a closer look.

Jidao followed Zheng Yun closely behind him. His colleague, who was holding a sword to protect him, listened carefully to the movement above his head. After a while, he suggested:

"Master Immortal, I heard some mechanical sounds. This place is not far from the surface. It should be less than twenty meters. If the top of the tower is penetrated, we can use equipment to float up."

"It's a way."

Zheng Yun stretched out his hand and took out a complete piece of wood to examine it. The searchlight shone on the blackened wood, and he could faintly make out a few words: "Nanze Dusi Marsh Huying Sentinel, Qiao Erkui."

"This is……"

Ji Dao was slightly startled.

"Soldiers."

Zheng Yun's scalp felt numb. All the spiritual tablets on the wall seemed to be from the Ming Dynasty barracks?

What does it mean?

What did these soldiers do to build such a tower inside the Dusi Mansion specifically to store their spiritual tablets?

"What kind of camp is Marsh Tiger Camp?"

Jidao recalled carefully that the Ming Dynasty had countless troops stationed in various places, and various battalions emerged one after another, but he had never heard of this name, and it seemed to be exclusive to Nanze Dusi.

"It seems we misunderstood."

Zheng Yun looked at several spiritual tablets one after another. They all had similar characters. All the spiritual tablets here belonged to soldiers.

After realizing this.

This place suddenly became less eerie.

There must be a special reason for building a tower in a place belonging to a family member in Dusi Mansion and placing a soldier's spirit tablet, but the story behind it should not be of the supernatural type.

It seems that there is another hidden reason why the ancient city of Nanze was abandoned. It can be seen from this place that there may have been a war in Nanze Dusi, which resulted in heavy casualties in the Humarsh Camp.

This matter is complicated when you think about it.

The ancient city of Nanze was discovered in the West much later, and it was not discovered by navigators until the ancient city of Nanze was abandoned.

Around the Nanze territory at that time, only the Ming Dynasty existed, and there were no other humans or countries at all.

Who is Nanze Ancient City at war with?

E-07, where Minamizawa Toji is located, is very close to E-09, where the route is broken. There is only E-08 in the middle, and it can be reached by sailing two thousand kilometers in a straight line.

Perhaps the ruins of the ancient city of Nanze are related to the ruins outside E-09, and also to the demise of Triton?