Returning from the abyss

Chapter 268 Sacrifice Field

The downward tunnel is a very evil place. Anything thrown there will be returned quickly, and it is surprisingly aggressive.

No one is willing to try what will happen if people go down, and the source of the voice that emerges in the mind is unknown, and it may have something to do with the bottom of the tunnel.

The four people covered each other and retreated from the tunnel. Fortunately, apart from the inexplicable voice, it seemed that the enemy had no more attack methods, and it took a little time to return to the fork.

"Now we should take a look at the road here." Robert took a picture there. The road condition was much better than the downward tunnel, so he held the silver coin in one hand and took the lead to explore the road. Li Chuanliang and Yu Gui Ting followed closely, while Lu Ning was a step behind.

She took out a new flashlight and took a look at the way back just now. The side was very humid and the ground was soft, and the footprints looked very clear. Even if four people walked back and forth, it became very messy. Lu Ning The detection ability can also be distinguished.

There are five footprints in total.

In addition to the footprints of the four people, there was another set of footprints that went deep into the tunnel, but did not come back.

She nodded meaningfully, turned her head and followed the pace of the three people in front of her.After walking back and forth, she had carefully observed the surrounding area. If there wasn't some extremely hidden secret door, there wouldn't be any fork in the way down.

Along the flat road, several people soon arrived at a landslide point.

Compared with the one that blocked the entrance before, the situation here is slightly better. A large amount of soil and gravel sealed half of the mine tunnel, but the other half of the brackets still held up and did not completely collapse.Although it looked precarious, after Yu Guiting carefully checked the strength of the bracket, he was still able to move forward.

After squeezing through this landslide, the front can be said to suddenly open up.

Just tens of meters away is a huge mine, with an area the size of three basketball courts. The place where the flashlight shines will emit green fluorescent lights. I don't know what kind of ore it is.Lu Ning stepped on the ground and found that her feet had changed from the soil-rock mixed road in the mine pit to gravel.

"This place looks interesting at first glance." Yu Guiting looked around with a flashlight, looking very interested.Lu Ning also began to observe the large mine along the edge, and soon found a black nest in the corner.

Her heart moved, and she took two steps closer. Sure enough, it was a "nest" that was exactly the same as the one she saw in the cemetery. The only difference was that there was no witch's heart growing out of it.

And compared to the nest that grows from a human body, this one is too small.After careful observation, she found that the black sticky threads that made up the "nest" grew out of the cracks in the wall.

"Wait, the corpse...the lair...the child buried in the wall..."

"Oh oh!"

A loud cry interrupted Lu Ning's train of thought. It was Yu Guiting who accidentally stepped on something slippery and fell, and sat down on the ground.The other three heard a loud "click".

"Are you okay?" Robert hurried over.

"It's killing me..." Yu Guiting got up with a troubled expression on his face, "What broke just now? This place..."

He reached out and felt under his body, and pulled out a bone that had been broken in two from the rubble.

There were still some residual black sticky threads attached to the bone, and Lu Ning recognized the appearance of this bone at a glance.

"Human tibia."

Yu Guiting's expression changed immediately, he threw the bone aside with his hands, and then jumped to the side like avoiding the plague.

"This green light can't be phosphorous fire!"

"It's fluorescent."

Lu Ning squatted down and picked up a relatively large stone, and shook it with a flashlight. It was indeed a little green seeping from the surface of the stone, not the bones.But even so, I am afraid that many people are buried in this place.

"They didn't die in the mine accident." Ryo Lichuan quickly pushed aside a piece of gravel, and that kind of "nest" had already appeared in some places.But the size is not very big, at least not the entire mine floor is composed of these nests.

Indeed, these people did not die in a mining accident—there was no obvious landslide here, let alone a place to bury their bodies. There are several mine tunnels around the mine, which are obviously used as a transit zone.

Lu Ning paid a little attention, counting the road from here, there are six passages in total.

Another six.

Six demons, six ceremonial items, six corpses of children, six passages...

She began to dig slowly with her dagger along the crack where the "nest" had grown.There were no large rocks in this crevice, but after a few scrapes, she felt that the knife had dug through the rock wall.

so thin here?
"Lu Ning, what are you doing?" Robert asked not far away when he saw her movements.

"I'll see where these things grow from."

Lu Ning shined a flashlight into the gap, and with that ray of light and the vision of the demon, she finally saw clearly what was going on inside.

At that moment, she suddenly understood that the key here is not the six passages, but... the six secret rooms divided by the six passages.

A little late.

A creepy scream sounded in the mine, and the voice was so loud that the four of them couldn't help blocking their ears. However, at this moment, several crisp bangs sounded from everyone's hands, and all the flashlights went straight to the ground. When it exploded, the light dimmed for an instant. Only Yu Guiting's night light was still on, but it could only illuminate a range of two or three meters around. Lu Ning and Li Chuanliang were all plunged into darkness.

"Are you two okay!" Robert shouted immediately.

"No problem." Li Chuanliang replied.

"I'm fine...what's going on?" Lu Ning continued.

Yu Guiting subconsciously stretched out his hands to hold the night lamp, but his reaction was still a beat slower. A sharp stone pierced through the air, smashing the glass of the night lamp, and the flames inside were also instantly extinguished.

"Oops! Prepare your own defenses! Lichuan, can you light the fire?"

"I'm trying, there's some interference."

"Wait for me to find the flint and steel! The candle is still lit!" Yu Guiting shouted.

In the chaos, Lu Ning stood in the direction where the stone flew out, restored his slightly swollen palm, and smiled.

There are expected gains and unexpected surprises, which is really double happiness.

Facts have proved that the closer the demon is to the "truth", the more rewards he will get. At least Lu Ning is now sure that he can transform into a demon in the dark without having to abide by the rules from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] am.

"You should be thankful that I didn't take the murderous route."

This thought flashed through her mind, and her hands had easily pierced through the thin rock wall here.

The interval between Shadow Leap was ten seconds, and according to Lu Ning's estimate, the three people would be so overwhelmed that it would take about that long to relight the candles.

The palm of the hand began to stretch and elongate indoors, and the black horniness covered the original skin, gradually revealing a truly ferocious appearance.It was originally five fingers, but now it has become as sharp as a razor. The five weapons shredded all the obstacles in the secret room until they touched a metal box that was placed on something inside.Lu Ning immediately turned the blade back into a finger shape, and held the box in her palm.

"Ten seconds."

Counting silently for a second, she activated Shadow Leap again and returned to her original position.This time, no one noticed the action across the entire mine.

When the fire was lit again, Yu Guiting raised the night light up, and Robert and Li Chuanliang also lit the candles they carried, and the three light sources immediately illuminated a large area.

Lu Ning struggled to pull her foot out of the black sticky silk nest, and her normal hand had already quietly thrown the small box the size of a soap box into the backpack.

"Tsk, it's disgusting."

"Everyone wasn't attacked, right?" Yu Guiting was relieved after seeing that everyone was safe and sound, "Sorry, I didn't notice for a while..."

"There's no need to apologize, it's just that this place can't stay any longer, it's very dangerous." Robert looked at Lu Ning, "Dr. Lu, have you found what you were looking for?"

"Hmm...can you take this rock apart for me?" Lu Ning pointed to the wall with black sticky threads around her, and also attracted the three of them.In this way, the hole he dug out on the other side of the wall will never be discovered again.

After a little inspection, it was found that the rock wall was not too thick, Li Chuanliang and Robert took out the hammer and chisel and quickly dismantled the wall to create a hole that could allow a person to pass through.As expected, the inside was almost filled with that kind of nest, and this time it was a nest in the shape of a corpse, and an unpleasant stench wafted out, and Lu Ning covered her mouth and nose, and saw the innermost part with the help of light Three witch hearts grew from the top of the lair.

"That's the one?"

"How do I feel...that thing is alive?"

Lu Ning didn't care about explaining, and immediately walked into the lair. The Witch's Heart was so evil even when it died, and these three plants that still had vitality seemed to be calling loudly to take them away.

"Hey! Be careful what's in danger..." Yu Guiting hastily reached out his hand, but didn't hold back.Lu Ning stepped on the lair and walked to the Witch's Heart as if she had discovered some rare treasure. She took out a dagger and carefully cut off the leaves and flowers.

"Okay, okay, but if the potion is made with this thing, it's really disgusting..." Yu Guiting could only curl his lips mockingly.

"If this stuff can save lives, you'll drink it no matter how stinky it is." Robert ruthlessly revealed the truth.

"I also heard that manure water was often used for detoxification in the old days..."

"Okay, okay! You two, stop disgusting me!"

Just kidding, the spirits of the few people have been tense and haven't let up.Although Lu Ning was pretending to be nervous, the other three were all real.Robert is now holding a silver coin between his fingers. It seems that he has learned a lesson without noticing it last time. As for Li Chuan, he has the habit of touching the handle of the knife every five or six seconds.

"I found it. I think we can go back this way. There is obviously something wrong here. Do you want to continue exploring?" Lu Ning went back outside and asked the three people.

"Lichuan, what do you think?" Robert turned his head and asked.

Among the four people, only Li Chuan has positive combat power. If he wants to continue exploring, he must be consulted.

"I'm not good at dealing with intangible opponents." Li Chuan shook his head, "If you want to investigate further, you must invite Ms. Sugiyama or Ms. Inawara to come here."

Lu Ning put the three Witch Hearts into her backpack in the medicine box she brought, and then said: "These three plants are basically enough for a few days, as long as you don't dislike this... strange growth place, I It can make a lot of medicinal materials."

"It doesn't matter, gaining is better than not gaining. At least this time it proves that there is a problem here-what was it that screamed just now? Did you see it?"

"It's pitch black, but there's no other attack except sound and extinction," Yu Guiting said.

Lu Ning roughly understood what was going on.

If I'm not mistaken, this should be the sacrificial field where the devil tried to make the witch return. The metal box she got is probably one of the sacrifices, and the witch's heart is also a sacrifice. The other four rooms are probably similar.

However, judging from the fact that the Witch's Heart is dying, these sacrifices are not always fresh.Most of the rituals back then were a failure. The demon found all the sacrifices and found such a place, but I don’t know whether it was because of the lack of key items or the wrong place. In short, the witch failed to return, and the demon probably did not have a good end.

This place in the scene has roughly the same function as the wooden board in the lakeside hut. They are both used to remind the devil. There must be similar places, but since Lu Ning has already verified it, there is no need to look for it again.As for humans... let them guess, this key information is still far from being exposed.

On the way back along the tunnel, nothing strange happened again, and even the rope was safe. After the four climbed out one by one, they saw the sun slanting to the west, and the day had not passed yet.

"It's much faster than expected." Yu Guiting stretched out his arms and loosened his muscles, and it was quite a pleasure to escape safely from that kind of place.

"Because we haven't fully explored, we're just looking for things to go there. But that's okay, it's just in the evening when we rush back now." Robert glanced at the height of the sun, "Everyone has to change clothes."

Lu Ning directly rushed into the lair, not to mention, the other three planed and dug a hole, and they were also covered in mud. Robert's words were immediately agreed by Yu Guiting.

"Then let's hurry up..." Just as Robert was about to point in the direction of White Lake Town, his fingers froze.Needless to say, several people have already noticed what made him stop.

From the woods, a wisp of smoke rose, not too dense, but it was very obvious under the sky illuminated by the setting sun.

"Hey, shouldn't it be..." Yu Guiting's eyes widened.

"Let's go and have a look." Lu Ning said in a deep voice, "It's autumn now, no one will set fire in the woods unless necessary."

"Let's go first." Li Chuanliang strode forward, and went straight to the direction where the smoke rose at a speed that the three of them could keep up with.

Before it got close, a burnt smell with the smell of barbecue had already floated over.

(End of this chapter)