The boss of a foreign organization called the police, claiming that he was defrauded by me

Meng Yin looked at the holes in front of him. They were all the same size and there was almost no difference between them.

The hole they passed through when they came in led to the outside. Does this mean that the remaining seven holes are also connected to the outside world?

"That's not necessarily true!" Yang Xia said as he slowly walked forward and carefully examined the shapes of the holes.

Then he put his ear close to it, but did not feel any wind.

If these holes really lead to the outside, there must be a breeze coming in, but now there is no movement.

Yang Xia reached out and knocked on the surrounding stones, but found nothing unusual.

Then he found the very center and discovered that there seemed to be some strange patterns painted on the ground.

"Have you seen these patterns before?"

Yang Xia asked the person next to him.

Luo Xun took the initiative to step forward and took a closer look. He had some vague memories, but when faced with these patterns, he couldn't explain why. He just felt like he had seen them somewhere.

Meng Yu also looked confused. The pattern here was not conspicuous. If the king had not reminded him, he would not have noticed the pattern on the ground.

"It looks like there's a formation here!"

As soon as Yang Xia finished speaking, he heard a noise behind him.

When they turned back, they saw that the road they came from was completely blocked.

The eight holes were all blocked by unknown objects, without a single gap.

Luo Xun hurried over and pushed hard, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't push away the things blocking the hole.

"All the ways out are blocked. Luckily some of us are still outside. Let's find a way to contact them and ask them to come over."

Meng Yin remembered that he had companions outside, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart.

Only if they come over will we have a chance of survival.

Yang Xia frowned slightly, feeling vaguely that they seemed to have fallen into a trap carefully designed by someone else. Before he could think about it, he felt his body begin to fall rapidly.

If they fell at this speed, they would be smashed into pieces.

Yang Xia quickly pulled out the dagger in his hand and stabbed it into the earth wall next to him, only then was he able to barely stabilize his body.

Seeing this, the others followed his example and were able to barely hang in the air.

However, their physical strength could not sustain for long.

If we can’t find a new foothold, we will probably fall into the abyss.

The place where they had just stood was falling rapidly, and there was only darkness below, and they could not see what was below at all.

"My lord, how about I go down and explore the way first? Maybe I can find a way out."

Meng Yin thought that his skills were pretty good. Even though he didn't know the height here, he was somewhat confident that he could jump from here.

Even if I die here unfortunately, it would be a worthy death.

"No, the situation below is unclear and there are unknown dangers. It's too risky for you to go down rashly." Yang Xia stopped him immediately.

Yang Xia held the dagger tightly, thinking back to the eight holes he had just seen, and then thinking about the formation pattern, he came up with an idea.

He directed the other seven people to hang in different places according to the locations of the eight holes.

Then they climbed up little by little.

This process is extremely difficult, but having a direction means there is still hope.

No one complained, and Yang Xia led them to the place where they had just fallen.

They used the daggers in their hands to touch the area blocking the eight holes.

In an instant, I felt the world spinning. The ground that had just sunk, at this moment, slowly rose up again.

Everyone stood there safe and sound, feeling as if they had survived a disaster.

Yang Xia breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he made the right bet.

If he makes a wrong bet, he will probably be doomed.

"boom!"

Suddenly there was a loud noise from the left. Yang Xia turned around and saw the wall over there collapsed.

Several people walked along the passage, as if they had arrived in a whole new world.

If everything in the place where they were just now was made of earth, then this place was so much more upscale.

It’s just that the water under my feet was too clear, which seemed particularly strange in this place.

The water could reflect their shadows. When Yang Xia looked down, he felt that the shadows in the water were staring at him strangely.

There was an evil look on his face. Yang Xia shook his head and dared not stare at the shadow in the water anymore.

He noticed something strange in the water, but the group of people behind him didn't notice.

One of them stared at his shadow in the water, and slowly he became a little crazy, and his expression became very strange.

"Hahahaha!"

He suddenly dropped the weapon in his hand and laughed loudly. Several other people did the same and dropped their weapons one after another.

"Hahaha!"

They laughed louder and louder as if their funny points were hit, and they showed no intention of stopping even though they were out of breath.

"Not good, they must have been bewitched by the shadow in the water."

Yang Xia finally reacted and spoke quickly.

"Don't look at the reflections in the water. There's something wrong with the water."

Yang Xia quickly covered his nose with his hands. In fact, what was weird was not the shadow, but the smell of the water.

As soon as he stepped into this place, he noticed that the taste of the water was a little strange. The scent was too fresh, with a faint osmanthus fragrance.

You know, in this weather, it is impossible for osmanthus flowers to bloom, let alone in this cave, which makes no sense.

But the smell on the water is extremely similar to that of osmanthus, so pleasant that people can't help but smell it again and again.

So, what’s weird is not the shadow, but the water.

It was all his fault for reminding them too late. Several people were affected by the smell in the water. They couldn't even tell the directions. They fell into the water while laughing.

The water was actually not deep, probably only up to the thigh level, but after they fell into the water, they neither struggled nor had any thought of surviving.

Yang Xia quickly had people pull them out of the water, and slapped them hard in the face several times, which forced them to wake up.

The people who were slapped finally woke up in a daze and had no idea what had just happened.

"What happened to us just now?"

"Why does my face hurt so much?"

"Oh, I also have a nosebleed..."

Only then did they notice the burning pain on their faces, and some people even had nose bleeding from the beating.

Because they had just lost some memory, they were full of doubts.

"You were just bewitched by this water. Hurry up and cover your mouth and stop smelling the sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance."

This is not the scent of osmanthus at all, it's clearly something that can kill you.

Mengyin asked everyone to tear off a piece of cloth from their bodies and plug their noses. When they first entered the cave, they felt that this place was not big, but when they came here, they seemed to be in an endless blue ocean.

The water here is not deep, but it is very wide, giving people the feeling that it is boundless and it seems that one can never find the exit.

They walked in the water for a day and a night but could not find a way out.

Moreover, my legs had been in the water for too long and their color had changed, and my hands had wrinkles on them.

"If this continues, we won't be able to save our legs."

Luo Xun felt his legs go weak and he felt light-headed when he lifted his feet.

"Stop for a moment!"

Yang Xia raised his hand and asked everyone to rest for a while.

They walked neither fast nor slow. It was a day and night's journey, so they should have been able to get out.

What went wrong?

Yang Xia stared at the shadow in the water and wondered, is there any other way out?
As soon as this idea came up, it was like a seed planted in my heart, gradually taking root and sprouting, and finally growing into a towering tree.

"Try to see if you can pry open the place we are standing on."

Yang Xia said to the third-rank guards.

Everyone took out their weapons and pounded the ground hard.

But this was in the water after all, so we couldn't exert any strength at all, let alone make a hole in the ground.

"Don't always stand in the same place, try everywhere."

Yang Xia shouted at them.

Everyone tried it one by one according to his instructions.

"My brick seems to be a little loose!"

Luo Xun shouted excitedly.

He found that the place where he was standing was different from other places.

In other places, he chopped down with his knife and there was not even a scratch on the ground.

But where he was standing, he always felt like there were bubbles rising from below.

Yang Xia walked over quickly and found that there were indeed small bubbles floating up.

"There must be another way out. Call a few more people and pry it open together."

If bubbles rise, it means there is oxygen underneath.

The presence of oxygen meant there was space below, and since they couldn't find any other way out here, it meant the way out might be below. Although he wasn't sure, he had to give it a try.

With a new goal, everyone tried their best, and with everyone's concerted efforts, a big hole was finally dug under their feet.

The water suddenly found an outlet and formed a whirlpool there.

People standing near the hole were swept under by the current.

Yang Xia also jumped down. At this time, everyone was soaked and looked extremely miserable.

When they got down there, they were shocked by the scene before them.

Because there are countless jewels here, especially gold, piled there as if they were free of charge.

Only then did he truly realize what mountains of gold and silver meant.

"Don't touch these things. Even if you can get them, you may not be able to take them out."

Yang Xia was not tempted by these jewels. He knew well that sometimes money would slow you down and even make you miss the chance to escape.

"Keep going!"

Yang Xia led them forward, and the jewels along the way seemed to be waving to them constantly.

Even if it was just a bar of gold, they didn't reach out to take it.

Although the jewels here are enough for them to live a worry-free life for the rest of their lives.

But the rules are strict and if you can’t take it, you can’t take it.

Yang Xia was about to step towards the exit when suddenly, the entire space shook violently and he was completely confused about the situation.

"Run!"

Yang Xia ran towards the gate. However, just as he was about to reach the gate, it slammed shut, completely trapping them in this space.

"Who moved the things here?"

Yang Xia questioned angrily. He had already repeatedly warned people not to touch anything here, but he never expected someone would dare to disobey his orders, which made him furious.

Meng Yin was so angry that he was shaking all over. He thought he had strict discipline over his men, but he didn't expect that they would dare to steal things right under his nose, and in front of Yang Xia. This was simply a disrespect for him as a general.

"Whoever took it, put it back immediately! Before anything goes wrong, there is still room for recovery."

Meng Yin glanced at everyone present with a cold gaze, hoping that the person who took the things would take the initiative to step forward and not cause trouble for everyone.

In this dangerous place, it is a blessing to be alive, but there are still people who want to take away the treasure.

This is simply a case of greed trying to swallow an elephant.

The space was still collapsing, and rocks were falling from above from time to time. If they didn't put the things back, they wouldn't be able to escape from here.

Just when everyone was confused and didn't know who caused the trouble, Yang Xia stood up and said slowly: "I repeat again, put the things back!"

At this moment, a trembling man came out from the corner.

Before he could even open his mouth, Meng Yin rushed over, grabbed him by the collar and threw him to the ground.

"What on earth did you take? Put it back now!"

The man swallowed his saliva, obviously frightened out of his wits. He defended himself with a trembling voice: "I really didn't take anything here. I just accidentally touched a bead when I was walking just now."

He felt that he was really wronged. No matter how much he liked the things here, he didn't have the courage to take them when the king had expressly forbidden it.

Just now when he was walking, the person next to him pushed him, so he moved to the side. Unexpectedly, his sleeve accidentally touched the beads on the small pillar.

The bead rolled down, and then there was an earth-shaking situation.

He also wanted to explain things clearly, but looking at everyone's angry expressions, he didn't have the courage to stand up.

It was not until things became more serious that he stepped forward and explained the whole story.

"Where is the bead?" Yang Xia asked with a frown.

In this situation, only by putting the bead back to its original place can they leave here safely.

"Right over there!"

He pointed to the left and saw a white bead lying there quietly.

"Which direction did it fall from? Put the thing back while you still have a chance to make amends."

Yang Xia was not a bloodthirsty person, so he gave him a chance to atone for his sins.

As long as he put the things back and resolved the crisis, the stupid things he did before would not be pursued anymore.

The man could not bear the huge pressure and could only get up from the ground, his heart pounding. When he got the bead, his heart was in his throat. (End of this chapter)