Endless route

Chapter 271 41. Superintendent of Immortals, Official Thief

The two discussed for a while, and then quickly came to the conclusion that the current situation of the corridor did not allow any room for maneuver, and they had to drain the water in the corridor to relieve the pressure.

Ji Dao immediately went to buy steel pipes.

Zheng Yun took the opportunity to study the historical materials.

I have read part of it before, which was about the speculation that the ancient city of Nanze was submerged in the swamp, and the causes of death of the victims.

What we are looking at this time is the ecological speculation and climate impact of the ancient city of Nanze. The information is the result of Gubo’s field visits during this period, and it is also the latest first-hand information.

This part of the content is too technical, making it boring, but Zheng Yun still read it carefully, because it is also the key to exploring the ancient city of Nanze and cannot be slacked off.

After all, he is a college student. Even if there are some professional terms in the information, Zheng Yun can basically understand it and has a general understanding of the ecological environment of the entire ancient city of Nanze.

in short.

Due to the special environment, swamp ecology has lower requirements for the ability to regulate body temperature. The number and types of mammals are relatively rare, and there are many cold-blooded animals in the conventional sense.

But none of them are the protagonists of the swamp ecology. When combined ten times, they are not as good as the insects in the swamp. These insects are also the greatest threat to humans in the swamp.

The detail of this part is that the plants in the swamp have not been at a disadvantage despite countless years of confrontation with insects.

Until this morning, the information collected by Gubo had not found the real culprit that caused the explorer's death. Where did the toxin that can make humans go insane come from?

Watched it for a while.

Ji Dao took several Tiangong Taoist priests back to the secret realm, obtained more than ten meters of steel pipes, and took out some tortoise shells that could protect the chest from the corners of the Tiangong.

In fact, they had prepared some equipment that could withstand high pressure. After all, everyone knew that the destination was deep in the swamp, and it was impossible not to make preparations. However, Ji Dao felt that those clothes were too bulky and not as good as the magic weapon left by his ancestors.

Turtle shell is one of them.

It can make people resist for a few seconds longer.

Then Ji Dao hurriedly led people back to the Dusi Mansion. According to the discussed plan, he first blocked the breach they made, and then brought water back to the secret realm one by one.

The internal and external pressure of the vertical corridor is balanced, so plugging the hole is quite simple. You only need to fill it with some special materials, and then use a steel pipe to hold it firmly to prevent the blockage from being pushed back by the pressure.

As long as the hole is plugged.

They can bring water back.

The Yin soldiers went over to carry a few buckets, and the pressure in the corridor immediately dropped significantly. After carrying dozens of buckets of water, the corridor became a pleasant environment, and there was almost no pressure at all.

After some operations.

Zheng Yun led the team back to the corridor again. The water line had dropped to the point where it could no longer fill the corridor, but there was still swamp water seeping into the cracks between the bricks, and it would not take long for them to be filled up.

So Zheng Yun mobilized hundreds of Yin soldiers, holding various water containers, and kept carrying water from the corridor back to the secret realm.

This is the advantage of having more people.

Hundreds of Yin soldiers came in and out of the Immortal Gate, each carrying two buckets or a large blue and white porcelain vase. They repeated this process non-stop, and in a short time less than half of the water was drained out.

It's a pity that the water pump cannot be used. The essence of Xianmen is just a jump, and it is a single object every time. The water pipe of the water pump cannot be extended, otherwise the speed would be faster.

But even this is extremely efficient.

Before long, the water level in the corridor actually dropped to near the chests of Zheng Yun and others, and their heads were above the water. They could try to open the wall and drill the steel pipe.

This step is also critical.

For this reason, Zheng Yun even found a member of the West Factory who had been working on the Tiangong excavator and asked him to provide solutions from a professional perspective.

Analyzed for a while.

They finally began to make breakthroughs.

As long as the steel pipe is driven parallel or even downward into the silt, the gravity of the 30-meter swamp cannot be directly transferred to the inside of the steel pipe, which means that the silt spewing speed will slow down.

There will definitely be sludge sprayed in.

Similar to a 'silt pipe'.

But as long as the Yin soldiers move quickly, the mud will never be able to submerge the corridor, and the pressure on the corridor will always be controllable.

In other words, the Yin soldiers are the key to this exploration. The faster they move the mud, the safer the corridor will be, and the greater the operating space for Zheng Yun and others, without any risk at all.

So Zheng Yun arranged the Yin soldiers in a straight line, turning them into an assembly line of Yin soldiers, ready to move the mud quickly.

Now that things have developed to this point, the style of painting has changed slightly, completely different from the previous exploration style.

They seemed to be fighting backwards.

It's not a civil war, but an ancient bandit. Thousands of people would sneak into the deep mountains and forests at every turn. They would disappear without a trace for several months, but in fact they were digging and removing soil.

Watch the Yin soldiers working hard.

Zheng Yun was slightly in a trance.

If the Yin soldiers were replaced with Shanghai Guard clothes, then this situation would be completely that of an official thief, even La Tu would be exactly the same.

Even the scale of their mere hundred people is much worse than that of the Mojin Colonel in ancient times. They had thousands of people at every turn, but they only had more than 300 if they sent everyone out.

There are still fewer people.

If he had three thousand people, and combined with modern technology and equipment, this mere silt would be nothing, the entire ancient city of Nanze could be hollowed out, and even the swamp would sink several meters.

Although it is a little strange to be an official thief in the Jianxian Division, it is not bad, because Zheng Yun has always been one.

If you look into it carefully.

Every time they explore the dangerous places of gods and ghosts, they are official thieves, digging for their ancestors' treasures and pocketing them for themselves...

It’s no wonder that contemporary archeology requires so many people, and it often takes several years. In fact, the essence is the same.

After the plan is made.

Everyone began to beat the steel pipe. This step used modern technology to achieve something that ancient officials and thieves could not do.

In fact, it was done a bit hastily.

With the height and area of ​​the corridor, they could even bring an excavator over. The Tiangong excavator is modular and can be inserted into the corridor by removing the tracks.

puff.

Silt leaks from the steel pipe.

The Yin soldiers immediately began to move it.

The Jianxian Division worked together to drive steel pipes deep into the mud at the bottom of the inaccessible ancient city of Nanze.

Hundreds of people working together.

The entire corridor was extremely lively.

The steel pipe entered the depth inch by inch, and all the silt was pulled away by the Yin soldiers, and was sent to the Heavenly Palace to the Immortal Burial Valley in one breath.

The action is extremely efficient.

Within twenty minutes, they had used up all the steel pipes, and following the direction provided by Ji Dao, they reached the interior of another building marked on the city construction drawings.

The silt slowly stopped leaking out.

Jidao was immediately overjoyed. He held the drawing and said to Zheng Yun: "Master Immortal, it's done! This path is indeed the right one."

"very good."

Zheng Yun nodded happily.

The silt in the steel pipe stopped flowing out, which meant that they had reached another environment with less silt pressure. It was probably a closed space like here.

It's not easy.

No one knows how many tricks they used.

There are not only the construction blueprints of the ancient city of Nanze, but also magic weapons such as the Immortal Gate for starry sky jumps, hundreds of Yin soldiers and professional modern equipment, and even the large blue and white porcelain bottles used to pull mud.

This action can be described as massive.

The mud they dug out even had to cross two immortal gates in a row and span an unknown number of light years. It first went from Nanze Dusi to the secret realm, and then jumped again and poured into the Immortal Burial Valley.

These microorganisms in the mud probably did not expect that after living in the ancient city of Nanze all their lives, they would cross the starry sky twice when they died, and eventually be buried in the Immortal Valley.

This life is worth it.

And he may not die.

Immortal Burial Valley is also a geomantic treasure.

"Then let me go and take a look first."

Ji Dao immediately drilled into the steel pipe.

Zheng Yun also sighed and followed closely.

Their Jianxian Division has already achieved this step. If they cannot lead the Western explorers and become the first team to find the secret place of Dusi Mansion, it would be unreasonable.

But things are really hard to say.

Kedester said previously.

Western explorers have long used steel pipes. In addition to those who entered the ancient city of Nanze from the east city wall, there were also teams that entered the ancient city center by boat from the surface of the swamp.

Those teams can drive steel pipes straight down from the top of the swamp and pump out the silt, and the speed is not slow at all.

And they came early.

I have been in Nanze Ancient City for a long time.

According to Zheng Yun's guess, so far, there should be more than one of their teams around Dusi Mansion in the entire ancient city of Nanze. There is an archaeological team in the underground waterways, and there is probably a Western team on the surface of the ancient city, which is very close to Dusi Mansion.

Ji Dao also said just now that he heard some machine sounds coming from about 20 meters above the tower, so it could only be the Western archaeological team rowing to the nearby area.

But there should be no other teams inside Dusi Mansion. It is very difficult to enter Dusi Mansion. Apart from them holding the blueprints, others should have to go around for a day or two.

They were the only ones in the entire Dusi Mansion who arrived late and succeeded in seizing the opportunity.

Everyone got into the steel pipe and walked straight forward.

Ji Dao was at the front and climbed to the end to observe the situation, only to see that the other end of the steel pipe was filled with mud.

Not much pressure.

It's really sealed here.

"Master Immortal, starting from this place, it should be consistent with the drawings. We can circle around the ancient buildings, but then we have to fight against a section of mud. We can use a similar method to continue to open the Immortal Gate to mobilize manpower. Pass."

Ji Dao stepped out of the steel pipe and stretched out his hand to pull Zheng Yun out.

"What direction should we go next?" Zheng Yun nodded. They had just opened the Immortal Gate and transferred all personnel and equipment back to the secret realm, and were on standby in the secret realm 24 hours a day.

You can open the fairy gate again at any time.

Repeat the clearance process just now.

"Next we have to pass through a courtyard and go to a main hall along a winding corridor. This winding corridor has a roof." Ji Dao immediately got into the mud and led the way.

Zheng Yun followed him.

The winding corridor had a roof but also had cut-out windows. It was completely buried in the mud, and they had to climb forward in the mud.

Just as Ji Dao said, they climbed forward for a while and came across a main hall. The end of the winding corridor connected to the side door of the main hall, and they went directly into the interior of the main hall.

But nothing can be seen.

Everything before my eyes was mud.

They didn't know what this hall was used for. Anyway, the hall was not protected and had been flooded by the swamp, but the main body of the building did not collapse.

Buildings can resist some gravity.

The mud pressure here is not very high.

After that, they climbed out of the main hall and, led by Ji Dao, circled around the large and small ancient buildings of Dusi Mansion.

It was the same as before under the ancient city, but the mud in front of me was not as black, and the impurities in the mud were more dense.

They lay on the ground of the ancient city and climbed forward using the gaps between the gray bricks. Occasionally they would encounter a lampstand, some gray brick steps, or an ancient building that suddenly appeared.

This feeling is amazing.

As if the ancient city of Nanze was rising upright, they grabbed the gray bricks of the lampstand and the edges of the ancient buildings and climbed straight up.

Every brick left by the ancients for people to step on, every lampstand to guide the night path, has become a tool for them to climb forward today, hundreds of years later.

Every object in their hands carries the rich history of the ancient city of Nanze, Dusi Mansion. They have witnessed many historical celebrities passing by, and they are genuine antiquities.

But they couldn't see anything.

The entire ancient city of Nanze was completely buried, with a thirty-meter-deep swamp above their heads. They crawled at the bottom of the swamp and shuttled across the surface of the ancient city, not much different from ants.

However, there should be no one else in the entire Dusi Mansion, and no one can see them. Maybe someone can use sound wave equipment to detect movement under the mud, but there is nothing they can do, and they may not even realize that the movement is man-made.

Climbed two hundred meters in one breath.

Ji Dao suddenly changed his route.

They climbed upwards, used a crowbar to pry open a stone window, and got into the second floor of an attic. At the same time, a sudden change occurred in front of them. The attic was also sealed.

Not only is there no silt.

It wasn't even covered by water.

The water level was only up to their chests. By shining a searchlight around, you could see the ancient furnishings in the attic, including soaked mahogany tables and chairs, an ancient warm bed and a dressing table.

"Why do you have to crawl here?" Zheng Yun looked around with confusion on his face. This seemed to be a women's boudoir.

"I don't know either, Master Xian. It is marked on the drawing that this should be the core area of ​​Dusi Mansion. It is the attic of Nanze Dusi Mansion that is exclusive to Haiwei Superintendent Xiansi."

Ji Dao was also stunned.

"The attic dedicated to Jianxiansi?" Zheng Yun was even more confused. Why was the attic of Jianxiansi a women's boudoir?

"Yes, Master Xian, there is actually an exclusive area for Haiwei inside each Dusi. It is in front of and to the side of the commander's residence. You can go to the commander's residence through here."

Ji Dao subconsciously scratched his head.

The museum on the former site of Fuci Dusi has exactly the same layout. The side hall with a well leading directly to the underground immortal gate is very close to the courtyard where the commander lives.

Because this is the ancient practice.

The Immortal Sect is controlled by Haiwei Supervisor Xiansi, and even people in the court may not know about it, only the emperor knows about it.

Later, Haiwei became more powerful and took charge of the various governorates as the emperor's secret guard. His main responsibility changed from seeking immortality for the emperor to controlling endless territories for the emperor.

All the commanders of the Dusi were born in Haiwei, and they all served as secret guards for the emperor. They were also members of the Immortal Supervision Division.

This was the case with Zheng Yun's adoptive father.

His main identity is the commander of the Western Capital Division, but at the same time he also holds the power of the Immortal Supervision Division. He holds the Immortal Sect and becomes the Master of the Immortal Supervision Division, and has the right to know and enter the Immortal Sect.

"That's weird."

Zheng Yun looked at him carefully with a puzzled look on his face.

When the ancient city of Nanze was built, Haiwei had not yet obtained the power of the capital, but as the emperor's secret guard, Haiwei had an exclusive area within the capital, which was also a reasonable situation.

But now this place is actually a women's boudoir.

Is it because the drawings have changed again, or is it some other situation?