The Lost City of Alien Beasts

Chapter 106 Mysterious Space
Not the ground.

Gao Yang was very disappointed. They were still underground, and there was a huge underground space in front of them.

Estimating based on feeling, it is at least as big as three sports squares. In the center of the space is a towering tree with lush branches but no leaves.

This giant tree is shining with a sacred and cold white light. If you look closely, you will find that it is not light, but white energy hidden in the translucent trunk. They flow quietly, like the blood of the giant tree.

The thick and intertwined roots of the tree penetrate into the ground, and the dense branches are spread along the dome. It is like a giant, standing upright, supporting the entire underground space.

Logically speaking, with a giant tree that glows, this place should be as bright as day.

But what is counterintuitive is that the entire space is in a cold, silent, and solemn darkness, like a deep valley surrounded by twilight.

Everyone was shocked by this magnificent and bizarre sight, and no one spoke.

I don’t know how much time passed, but White Rabbit broke the silence: "The bottom of this tree must be the subway tunnel. I can’t understand it. It’s all responsible for it."

Gao Yang looked sideways in surprise. Bai Tu was obviously standing next to her, but her voice seemed to come from ten meters away.

"Probably." Gao Yang replied.

"What's wrong with your voice? Or is there something wrong with my ears?" White Rabbit also realized something was wrong.

"There's something wrong with both of your voices." Qing Ling said.

"It feels like we are more than ten meters apart," Officer Huang said.

"It turns out that everyone feels the same." Gao Yang felt relieved.

"This place is very unusual, please be careful." Douhu spoke, his voice seemed to be far away.

Everyone maintained the previous formation and slowly walked towards the giant tree in the center.

The giant tree looked so sacred and bright, but both under Gao Yang's feet and behind him, everything was extremely dark. This was incredible.

As we get closer to the giant tree, our feet become uneven and full of ravines. This is due to the disorderly rolling and destruction of the ground by tree roots.

Douhu, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and stretched out his hand to stop everyone.

The others immediately stopped and followed Douhu's gaze with vigilance.

Twenty meters away, four corpses, male and female, were lying. The corpses were all wrapped in glowing tree roots, almost blending in with the light source. It was impossible to tell them apart at first glance without looking carefully.

It must be said that Douhu's eyesight is quite sharp.

Lao Wang's face fell, and he hurriedly took a few steps forward and recognized one of his own.

"Gu Ling!" he shouted, anxiously rushing to the nearest body.

Others quickly followed.

Gao Yang saw clearly that the corpse was that of a mature woman with long black hair and wearing a leather secret service uniform. It was obvious that she was a sassy and capable beauty before she was born.

Half of her body was entangled in tree roots, and her dead body emitted a translucent cold light, like a human-shaped lantern growing on the tree roots.

"Wake up! I'm here to save you!" Lao Wang wanted to break off the tree roots that were restraining Gu Ling, but he couldn't.

He pulled out the dagger from his waist again and stabbed the root of the tree hard.

A wound appeared in the root of the tree, and a stream of light white energy particles splashed out, like dandelion seeds, quickly dissipating.

Soon, the wound on the tree root healed. It was neither humble nor arrogant, ruthless, and continuously injected its "white energy" into the corpse, vowing to assimilate the corpse.

"Calm down, she's dead."

Douhu put his hand on Lao Wang's shoulder and said in a regretful voice: "Go and check the other corpses to see if they are your companions."

The corners of Lao Wang's eyes were wet and red. He stretched out his trembling hand, closed Gu Ling's eyelids, stood up and walked towards the three corpses nearby.

Qing Ling and Officer Huang looked at each other and followed Lao Wang to prevent him from being alone.

Douhu, Baitu and Gao Yang stayed and continued to observe Gu Ling's body.

Bai Rabbit inspected the body and said, "Judging from the deceased's expression, she seemed to be in shock before she died. There were no external injuries on her body, so she probably had no time to resist."

"What's the cause of death?" Douhu asked.

"Shot."

White Rabbit wore gloves and pointed at Gu Ling's left chest, which was dark red: "One shot hit the heart. He died not long ago and the blood has not completely coagulated." "Been shot?" Gao Yang felt something was wrong: "Beasts can do it too. With a gun?"

"It's unlikely." Douhu also darkened his face and touched his chin: "The body of the beast is a powerful weapon, there is no need to use a gun."

"Wait a minute," Bai Tu was still checking Gu Ling's body, his face changed, "The deceased himself used a gun, you see."

Gao Yang took a closer look and saw that Gu Ling had a gun holster on the outside of his thigh, but the pistol had not been drawn out.

"Suicide?" Douhu frowned.

"Basically ruled out, she didn't even draw her gun, and people who commit suicide usually don't aim at the heart. It must have been homicide." White Rabbit stood up, "There is only so much useful information."

"Go and see."

The three of them came to Lao Wang again. Lao Wang squatted next to a male corpse and closed his eyelids for him.

"Are they all your companions?" Douhu asked.

Lao Wang nodded, feeling extremely sad, "Yes, they are all dead, but Cheng Xin was not seen."

"Everyone, look for him. He may be nearby," Douhu said.

"Here! I'm here! Help me..."

A cry for help came from not far away. Due to the abnormality of space, everyone could not tell how far away the sound was from them.

"It's Cheng Xin!"

Lao Wang stood up excitedly, not knowing whether he was happy or worried for a moment, "That bastard is still alive!"

The six people walked cautiously in the direction of the sound, climbed over several thick raised tree roots, and found a young man wearing a dark jacket in a low-lying ditch.

His face was black and blue, his hair was messy, his hands were covering his bleeding abdomen and he was shrinking into a ball. It looked like he was injured clearly.

Gao Yang and Bai Tu were both startled. They had seen this man before. He was the male representative who had traded rune circuits with them in the Qilin Union.

"Cheng Xin, you bastard!" Lao Wang remembered that he was abandoned by him, and grabbed him by the collar, "You are here too!"

"Old Wang, it's me, I'm sorry for you," Cheng Xin said in a weak voice, "I had no choice at the time, I am the team leader, I must protect everyone..."

"Can you protect me? They are dead, they are all dead!"

Lao Wang was so angry that he was shaking all over, "I opposed entering the subway at the beginning! But you insisted on having your own way, and you killed them!"

"Yes, it was me who harmed everyone. I was wrong. I am willing to accept the punishment of the organization." Cheng Xin grabbed Lao Wang's hand and begged with tears in his eyes, "Old Wang, I don't want to die yet, please save me. For the sake of being a friend..."

Lao Wang fiercely shook off Cheng Xin's hand. He gritted his teeth and struggled in pain.

Finally, he sighed and looked at Douhu: "Can you save him? Although I am more relieved that he is dead, I want to bring him back to the organization and give everyone an explanation."

Douhu gave Baitu a look.

Bai Tu shrugged, squatted down, and checked the wound on Cheng Xin's abdomen. He quickly came to the conclusion: "It's a serious stab wound, but not fatal."

"Gao Yang, give me the backpack."

Gao Yang put down his backpack, and White Rabbit took out the painkillers from inside, gave them to Cheng Xin orally, and then took out [Medicine C], which is a rapid wound repair medicine specially made from the blood of dead pigs.

Bai Tu pulled out the needle sheath and pricked it near Cheng Xin's wound.

Cheng Xin groaned and his body twitched. Soon, his pale face turned red, and the wound on his abdomen healed rapidly.

"This can only help you a little bit. You still have to receive formal treatment when you go back." Bai Tu's voice was cold.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you so much..." Cheng Xin kept thanking him, his tone was extremely humble.

"Cheng Xin, right?"

Douhu stared at him: "What happened here?"

"what!"

After being out of danger, Cheng Xin woke up from a dream and shouted: "Rune! We have found the rune circuit!"

(End of this chapter)