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

He almost rolled and crawled before he put the bead back to its original position.

As soon as the beads were put back in place, the earth-shaking scene around them stopped immediately, and the door that had just been closed slowly opened again.

As if everything that had just happened was just an illusion, Yang Xia and his men continued to move forward.

However, there was no road ahead, but a bottomless abyss, and under his feet was a dragon head.

Under the dragon head was boiling hot magma, the temperature was frighteningly high. He estimated that he was at least thirty or forty meters away from the magma, but he could still feel the heat.

This scorching feeling seemed to be able to roast him through the air.

“There’s no road ahead!”

Yang Xia looked around and found that the dragon head he was standing on was missing an eye.

He looked at the other side of the dragon's head and found that the eye was still there. The eye seemed to be a night pearl, the one they had just returned.

In this situation, the only way to open the next path is to go back and get the night pearl and put it back into the dragon head's eyes.

But if I go back to get the night pearl, it means I will be trapped inside. It is a dilemma.

If they can’t get the night-shining pearl, they can’t get out; even if they get the night-shining pearl, they still can’t get out.

No matter what they choose, they will be trapped behind or in front, unable to move forward.

Meng Yin made an inappropriate suggestion: "Perhaps this was originally a dead end. Maybe if we go back the same way, we can find another way out."

Yang Xia did not accept his suggestion: "The eight holes represent different directions. No matter which path we choose, we will face these difficulties."

"How about I go back and get the pearl, and then throw it out, and you just catch it."

Luo Xun stood up and made this suggestion.

This method would undoubtedly put his own life and death at risk, and Yang Xia naturally did not want him to sacrifice himself in this way.

Everything depends on human efforts. Things are not that bad yet. As long as they are willing to find a solution, there will always be a way out.

While they were still hesitating, Yang Xia noticed that the magma level seemed to be rising continuously, with a tendency to continue rising.

"Do you feel that the magma is higher than before?" Yang Xia thought he was dazzled and asked the people around him.

"I noticed that, too. The temperature is getting higher and higher. If it continues like this, the place where we are standing now will melt sooner or later."

Meng Yin took a step back. The high temperature in front of him was so high that he couldn't open his eyes. He even felt that every inch of his skin was about to melt.

If they delay any further, the road ahead of them will be blocked by lava, and they will have no way to retreat, so they will be trapped in the middle, with no way out.

"I'd better go. I have a way to get out of this unscathed."

Luo Xun made a rough estimate and found that the night pearl was not far from the gate. As long as he rushed there as fast as possible, he should be able to have the best of both worlds.

"How sure are you?"

Meng Yin didn't want him to take the risk, but he had no choice. Someone had to take the risk, otherwise they would be trapped here.

"Eight points!"

In fact, Luo Xun was only 50% sure, or even lower.

But in order not to make them worry and to get them to agree to let him go, he deliberately exaggerated his chances.

Meng Yin frowned slightly, not knowing whether to agree or not.

"If you are so sure, then go ahead and give it a try. If it doesn't work, put the pearl back."

Yang Xia said this and turned back with the others.

Luo Xun felt that the responsibility was heavy and dared not slack off in the slightest.

They returned to the place where they had just been. The night pearl was emitting a strange light and lying there quietly.

Luo Xun observed the surrounding environment. The possibility of him getting out successfully was not great at this distance, but in order for everyone to escape, he had to give it a try.

Among all of them, his kung fu is the best. If he can't get the pearl, then the people here will have no chance at all.

Luo Xun took a deep breath, rushed over as fast as he could, then turned around and grabbed the pearl in his hand.

The moment the pearl was in his hand, everything around him was shaking violently and could collapse at any time. He ran towards the gate without hesitation.

The heavy door was slowly closing and was about to be completely closed. Meng Yin directly drew out the sword in his hand and blocked both ends of the door.

The sword in his hand could not hold out for long, and the blade was already bent. Luo Xun took this opportunity to leap out at the moment when the door was about to close.

Maybe he used too much force and almost jumped directly into the lava. If the person next to him hadn't pulled him up, he would not have been able to stand here alive.

Luo Xun looked a little excited. He slowly opened his palm, and the huge pearl was lying quietly in his palm.

"Put it up!"

Yang Xia stepped aside to make room for him. He slowly squatted down and placed the pearl in his hand on the dragon's eye.

The moment the eyes were installed, the pearl seemed to become brighter, emitting a strange light, and the other pearl also became dazzling.

Immediately afterwards, they felt a vibration beneath their feet, and the dragon head standing under them slowly spit out its dragon tongue, which extended to the opposite side.

A hole appeared on the opposite side, and they stepped directly on the dragon's tongue and slowly walked towards the other side.

Just when all of them arrived, there was a loud noise behind them. The stones shattered and fell directly into the molten lava, melting instantly in just a few seconds.

The eye on the dragon's head exploded directly. Now their retreat was cut off and they had no chance to go back.

The group had no choice but to keep going. Not long after Yang Xia started walking, he smelled a foul odor, like the smell coming from a sewer.

He couldn't help but cover his nose, and the people around him followed suit. It was pitch black inside, with no light at all, and they could only rely on their mobile phones and the flashlights they brought with them to barely observe the surrounding situation.

There are spider webs everywhere, and there are several huge spiders on them, constantly spitting silk, wrapping flies into small balls.

Yang Xia observed the wrapped flies and felt an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Everyone be careful, there may be traps here." Yang Xia said to the people behind him.

As soon as Yang Xia finished speaking, he heard a crisp "crack" sound, and he didn't know what was breaking.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw Mengyin stepping on a small bone, which looked like a human rib from its shape.

Everyone looked in that direction, and the scene before them made everyone's heart tremble. There were layers of bones piled up here, as if people could see the miserable struggles of these people to survive. The surrounding walls were covered with scratches, as if they were scratched by human fingernails. It is conceivable how desperate the people trapped here must have been to leave such marks.

Looking at this deep tunnel, Yang Xia did not let anyone around him enter rashly.

These scratches indicate that once someone walks in, they will trigger the surrounding mechanisms and be trapped inside. The mechanisms will not open again until the person inside is dead.

But to reach the destination, this road is the only way.

"Give me the sword in your hand." Yang Xia looked at the sword in General Mengyin's hand that was almost bent.

Meng Yin handed over the sword obediently.

After Yang Xia got the sword, he threw it hard towards the tunnel space. A crisp sound was heard from inside, but the mechanism did not start.

This shows that the mechanism here does not respond to inanimate objects, but we don't know what conditions are needed to trigger the mechanism.

Yang Xia took a deep breath and bravely walked in first.

Meng Yin wanted to stop it, but it was too late.

As soon as Yang Xia stepped in, he triggered the trap and the door closed instantly. No matter how hard Meng Yin knocked outside, he couldn't open the heavy stone door.

Thinking of the tragic scenes of those people before they died, Meng Yin suddenly became extremely worried about the king's safety. It was all because of the incompetence of his subordinates that the king put himself in danger.

If the king were to make a mistake, he would not know how to explain to the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He would then surely become a sinner for all eternity, be infamous for eternity, and be cursed by the world.

Meng Yin was outside, running around anxiously, like an ant on a hot pot. Yang Xia walked inside and began to carefully look for the mechanisms around him.

After he entered, he was not attacked by any weapons, but he felt that the oxygen around him was becoming thinner and thinner as time went by.

This enclosed space blocks out all oxygen.

If he couldn't find a way out, he would probably be trapped here and die like these people.

Yang Xia used the light from his cell phone to scan the surroundings. This stone door could definitely be opened, but he didn't know where the mechanism was.

He first checked the pattern under his feet and found nothing unusual, so the mechanism to open the stone door was not under his feet, but somewhere else.

Looking at the wall again, it is very neat, except that the color of the bricks is slightly different.

Yang Xia looked around carefully and found that the color of the third brick on the left hand side was different from the other bricks. The other bricks were dark gray, while the color of this brick was slightly lighter than dark gray.

If you don't look carefully, you won't notice any abnormalities at all.

Yang Xia reached out and touched the brick, then pressed down tentatively.

"Boom!"

There was an earthquake behind him, and the tightly closed door slowly opened, allowing oxygen from outside to rush in. Yang Xia then felt like he was alive again, breathing in deep gulps.

Fortunately, he made the right bet this time.

In fact, it is not surprising that the oxygen here is thin. There is extremely high-temperature magma next to them, which consumes a lot of oxygen, so they have difficulty breathing.

"My king, you must not take such risks next time. What will we do if something happens to you?" This was the first time Meng Yin spoke to the king in such a tone after he came in, and it was also because he was too concerned.

When he was outside, he wished he could replace the king. The country cannot be without a king for a day, and putting the king in danger was his dereliction of duty.

If anything really happens to him, even if he dies a thousand times it won't be enough to make up for it.

"Don't be so pessimistic. Am I not fine now?" Yang Xia understood that Meng Yin was worried about his safety.

But this small mechanism couldn't trap him at all. Instead of letting them come in and die in vain, it would be better for him to explore the way first, rather than letting them rush in blindly here.

"Don't talk about these useless things now. We don't have much time. The important thing is to seize the time and move forward." Yang Xia walked in first without waiting for them to finish speaking.

Because he destroyed the mechanism, it did not start again when other people came in.

The road seemed very long and it seemed like there was no end to it. Yang Xia thought he had hit a wall. Just when he suspected that he had taken the wrong road, he finally found the exit.

They seemed to have gone around under the magma, and as soon as they came out, they felt the high temperature, which scared him so much that he quickly led his men back.

"This road is definitely not right. There is magma underneath and there is no way out." Yang Xia said as he walked back.

"But there is only this one passage. If we can't get out, could it be that we went in the wrong direction from the beginning?"...

Meng Yin was also full of doubts. If they had chosen the wrong path from the beginning, they would have no choice but to wait for death.

The stone bridge they passed by earlier had broken, and now they had no way to retreat.

Yang Xia found a shady place to sit down. Even though he was still some distance away from the magma, the high temperature still made him feel irritated.

With a "thump", someone fainted on the ground due to dehydration.

Originally, they had enough water with them, but the temperature of the magma was too high. Not only did everyone feel hot, sweaty and dehydrated, but they also felt thirsty and had dry mouths.

There was very little water left, and the last two bottles were specially prepared for Yang Xia, so it was impossible to use them on a royal guard.

"Bring out the water, saving lives is the most important thing." Yang Xia glanced at the fainted Imperial Guard. It was obvious that he fainted due to dry mouth and dehydration.

Even in this situation, he never made a sound, which shows that he is a man of steel.

"But this water is for you. If you give it to him, what will you do if you get thirsty?"

Meng Yin was reluctant to take out the two bottles of water, which were prepared for the king's safety. Even though he himself was very thirsty, he never thought of taking the water.

In his opinion, a small royal guard, although a brother fighting together, is not worth mentioning compared with the king's life.

Forgive him for being a little selfish, but he has to consider the overall situation and cannot ignore the king's safety for the sake of one person.

"You'd better get some water out. I can still hold on for a while, but if he doesn't have any water, I'm afraid he won't even make it through the day."

Yang Xia took the water from Meng Yin and handed it directly to the Imperial Guards.

After drinking the water, the Royal Guards slowly woke up from their coma.

"Cough cough..."

The Royal Guard coughed twice. Although he was moisturized by the water, the long period of dehydration made him dizzy. Even if he woke up at this moment, he didn't have the strength to stand up immediately.

Seeing that it was the king himself who fed him water, he was moved and terrified. He struggled to get up and knelt on the ground respectfully. (End of this chapter)