mysterious forerunner

Chapter 378 Temple Underground Palace
He Zuo remained extremely vigilant. Zhang Qingxiang nodded secretly. Although the fourth son of the He family was stubborn and vindictive, he was also a promising talent.

However, the bus continued to drive forward for two kilometers and encountered another wave of evil believers.

This group of people painted their bodies with various paints and knelt down around a giant frog.

The person leading the group at the front was also staring at the bus.

After another four kilometers, they saw the third wave of evil believers.

There is a shrine on the roadside that is only half a person's height and is decorated in various colors.

Inside was a pale skull of some kind of beast, with two curved fangs under its upper jaw.

Hundreds of believers knelt around, not daring to raise their heads.

There was a skinny shaman with his upper body naked, only a skirt woven with colorful ropes around his waist. He walked around the shrine, shaking bells in his hands and muttering to himself.

While muttering to himself, he glanced at the bus with a sinister look.

This road is divided up among more than a dozen such "sects", with each sect's territory ranging from two kilometers to five kilometers. They do not interfere with each other and all have the same goal of facing the outside world.

Specialized in "hunting" foreigners.

In the previous few times, He Zuo reminded everyone to be secretly vigilant, and even to be wary of the tour guide and driver, wondering if they were the accomplices of the evil believers.

In the end... I became numb.

Anyway, our side is powerful, and these evil believers are just a mob at first glance.

If there is any action, we will fight back against it with our own strength.

He Zuo took off his hat and put it on his face, then leaned back in the seat and went to sleep!
Zhang Qingxiang also laughed. This kid can be quite carefree sometimes.

He Zuo’s idea was: Anyway, there is Zhang Qingxiang in the car, and that guy is extremely powerful, so what can go wrong?

When he first discovered the evil believers, he wanted to fight a good battle to impress Zhang Qingxiang.

I may not be as strong as you, but I may not be worse than you in ability.

But what happened later... He Zuo quickly changed his mindset. Why not use the "backer"?
The result was that they had a peaceful journey, as if every evil sect had designs on them, but no one took action.

After arriving at the hotel and checking in, He Zuo gathered the team members and said, "Stay here tonight. We will set off to this tourist attraction tomorrow morning."

He circled a spot on the map.

“This is very close to our destination. Once we get there we will leave the tour group and walk into the jungle.”

"We need to hike for four hours to reach our destination and catch the North Americans off guard."

"Now everyone go and prepare some water and food."

Weapons, medicines, etc. were prepared in the country and stored in a secret storage.

"At night, we will have two sentries, one on the roof and one in the room. The four brothers will work in two shifts."

He named four people.

The conditions in the hotel were pretty good. After dinner, Zhang Qingxiang took a comfortable hot bath, then turned the air conditioner to the maximum, lay on the bed, closed his eyes, and silently began to practice his cultivation method.

At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Zhang Qingxiang suddenly opened his eyes, and disappeared the next moment.

……

He Zuo was sleeping soundly.

Suddenly, someone patted him on the shoulder. He jumped up from the bed and at the same time, he pulled out a bayonet from the secret storage with his right hand... Before the next move, he saw someone standing beside his bed, raising a finger at him, telling him not to make a sound.

Then He Zuo found that he was frozen in mid-air and unable to move.

Zhang Qing gestured to him, and then he was gently put down like a child being lifted up high.

He Zuo's face was full of confusion.

Zhang Qingxiang gestured to him and walked out first.

He Zuo followed behind.

Zhang Qingxiang walked out of the window. He Zuo followed him and found that there seemed to be an invisible staircase under his feet. After walking out of the window, he walked up to the dark night sky step by step.

Zhang Qingxiang stopped somewhere in the sky. He Zuo looked down and felt puzzled: "What are you doing..."

Zhang Qingxiang asked him, "Did your sentry find us?"

He Zuo suddenly reacted and looked down at the location of the sentry post on the roof.

The four members of the duty team he arranged were a combination of high and low.

There is one fifth-level and one third-level person in each class.

Among the members on duty in the first half of the night, the fifth-level one was a [Gunner], he had excellent eyesight and powerful fire suppression, so he was the fifth-level one on the roof.

But now, the fifth-level [Gunner] sat woodenly at his sentry post, unresponsive to everything around him.

"What's going on?!" He Zuo was shocked and was about to go down, but Zhang Qingxiang waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, let's watch a good show first."

He Zuo actually didn’t have much patience to wait and watch the show, but fortunately, after just a moment, the “good show” that Zhang Qingxiang mentioned began.

Somewhere on the left side of the street they had walked on during the day, a huge wooden tiger mask rose silently.

There was a blood-red light emanating from its surroundings, and yellow-brown light and fire gushed out of its eyes and mouth.

The huge "King" character on the forehead seemed to be twisting and wriggling like a living thing!
This thing rose to a height of one thousand meters like a hot air balloon and then hovered.

This height... is five hundred meters lower than where He Zuo and Zhang Qingxiang are now.

The wooden carved tiger face opened its mouth wide, as if it was roaring.

A burst of yellow-brown light and fire.

On that street, all kinds of weird things popped up one by one: totem poles, frogs, skulls...

He Zuo was dumbfounded, these were all the objects of worship that he had seen during the day.

They floated in the air and, receiving instructions from the wooden tiger mask, slowly moved towards the hotel.

And below them are their respective believers.

Some had dozens of people, some had hundreds of people, and they gathered together to form a huge flow of people.

Each of them had pale eyes and surrounded the hotel like zombies.

However, despite such a big commotion, the hotel was still quiet and no one noticed. Even the sentry arranged by He Zuo did not react.

Zhang Qingxiang was very interested and stroked his chin with one hand: "Release your own subordinates and disperse the faith."

"Using these subordinates to control the believers below, um, um, um, why do you do this?"

"Isn't it good to control your faith directly?"

He Zuo saw that thousands of zombie-like believers had rushed into the hotel frantically, and some of them went directly in through the windows.

Those seven or eight monsters have already shrouded the sky above the hotel—they are as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

"Don't think about these useless things, save people quickly!"

He really wanted to jump down. He was not afraid of any one of the monsters alone, but to fight so many at once, and there was also a wooden tiger mask whose strength he didn't know... He Laosi, I don't want to die!
Zhang Qingxiang seemed to still be thinking about that question and could not empathize with He Zuo's anxiety.

He Zuo saw that a strange puppet had discovered the sentry on the rooftop and had dropped a silk thread down, about to hook the neck of the fifth-level [Gunner]... He Zuo was really anxious and grabbed Zhang Qingxiang's arm: "Director Zhang!"

"Help!"

"It's your turn to show your talents!"

Zhang Qingxiang nodded and landed.

He Zuo saw him take out a big sword, but he turned it in his hand and put it back, saying to himself, "I can't use it, it makes too much noise." Then he slapped the wooden tiger mask to pieces.

He Zuo saw that the wooden tiger mask was broken into seven or eight pieces, but it was shattered but not destroyed.

Each piece is given exactly to one of the monsters below.

The fragments flashed with blood-red light, mixed with yellow-brown light and fire, floating towards those monsters.

Zhang Qing put his hands behind his back, chased after them step by step, and then raised his hand:
clap clap clap...

Every weirdness was smashed to pieces.

This time there was nothing left, and their mysterious power was directly destroyed.

Thousands of evil believers who were rushing towards the hotel like a tide suddenly came to their senses. The paleness in their eyes gradually faded away, and they looked around in a daze: Why am I here?
What am I here for?
The fifth-level [Gunner] on the rooftop also shuddered, and the light in his eyes refocused. After discovering the dangerous situation below, he immediately shouted loudly into the headset: "Captain!"

"Little egg!"

"How's everyone doing?"

"Does anyone hear me? If you hear me, answer me!"

[Gunner] couldn't care less about all that. He stretched out his hands, and two weapon platforms were set up on the roof with two clicks!

The weapon platform moved as he wished. Two heavy machine guns formed a crossfire, and four groups of missile launchers opened their hatches...

He Zuo hurriedly said: "Everyone is safe!"

[The gunman] breathed a sigh of relief. It was obvious that he was really prepared to "go on a killing spree" just now. He used fierce firepower alone to disperse the "mob" below.

More than a thousand evil believers have already remembered that I seemed to believe in some kind of god... But when I think about it now, I feel that I have been deceived.

Most people lowered their heads and ran away in shame.

But there were dozens of them who looked at the luxurious hotel in front of them, with greed and viciousness in their eyes. They picked up sticks and other things beside them and continued to rush in.

They are not good people on weekdays.

boom!
A gunshot was heard, and a wooden stick in the hand of a thug was hit by a bullet and shattered.

"Ah——" the thugs screamed and fled in all directions.

Zhang Qingxiang quietly returned to his room and left He Zuo with one sentence: "Don't expose my existence."

The gunshots woke up everyone in the hotel. Several locals with electric batons rushed out of the security room and cursed at the empty street.

The guests were panicked and terrified. They rushed to the corridors and lobby, and fiercely demanded in all kinds of languages ​​that the hotel give an explanation and ensure their safety.

After several hours of noise, it gradually quieted down when daybreak approached.

There was a knock on the door at this time. Zhang Qingxiang opened the door and He Zuo flashed in.

"I told everyone that I was carrying a high-level secret object, so I was not confused by those monsters, and I used this secret object to repel those monsters."

Zhang Qingxiang nodded without commenting.

He Zuo asked curiously, "Why did the wooden tiger mask take me back?"

This was also Zhang Qingxiang's previous question.

"The mysteries have many logics that we cannot understand." Zhang Qingxiang said: "If you can't figure it out, don't think about it. Just solve the problem and eliminate the danger."

He Zuo was silent for a while, and Zhang Qingxiang thought he was going to leave, after all, there was nothing to talk about. But He Zuo suddenly asked, "You've already seen that there's something wrong with the evil believers on this street, but you didn't warn me on purpose?"

Zhang Qingxiang also nodded calmly: "Yes."

"why?"

"I'm really a little upset that you like Bai Qian."

He Zuo: “…”

……

Despite such a big commotion last night, the tour group still set off as planned in the morning.

Many out-of-town tourists received certain compensation from the hotel.

He Zuo and others didn't care about this, but the tour guide spent half an hour last night and another twenty minutes this morning arguing with the hotel and got them to reduce the room rate by half.

After arriving at today's destination, while other tourists were sightseeing, He Zuo led everyone quietly into the primitive jungle.

This country has historically relied on Chinese civilization, so it is also very old.

In the dense primeval jungle, there are many forgotten ancient cities, temples, ancient villages, etc.

Some of those with tourist value have already been developed by local governments, but many are too dilapidated or have no glorious history and will be buried forever among old trees, ancient vines and rotten fallen leaves.

The place He Zuo and his friends were going to was a former temple.

The locals all know that there is such a place, but the road is difficult to travel and the forest is full of poisonous snakes and ferocious beasts.

There is no record of this temple in local history, and no one knows who built it.

The temple itself had completely collapsed and was of no value to the local authorities.

There are many similar relics in the area.

However, in the past few months, some strange situations have often occurred in the forest, making the local natives even more afraid to approach that area.

At this time, the messy old trees and vines around the temple ruins had been cleared away, and even several areas had been leveled to build four military tents.

There was a [Beast Tamer] in He Zuo's team. He released a squirrel spirit, which jumped onto a big tree nearby. After observing the entire base from a high vantage point, He Zuo had a clear understanding of the situation here.

"There are ten people in total, led by a female sixth-level professional."

"They dug an exploratory hole, but it seems no further discoveries have been made for the time being."

"The vigilance is very high. There are four secret sentries around."

The team hid three kilometers northwest of the temple ruins.

The sixth-level person in the team was holding an umbrella in his hand.

This secret object opened up a layer of energy waves, perfectly concealing the entire group. From the outside, it looked like a primitive jungle.

The team discussed it for a while and finally decided: "We should wait for them to dig out something and then suddenly attack them."

Zhang Qingxiang sat quietly on the side without expressing any opinions.

In the evening, the [animal trainer] in the group suddenly came back - he had been one kilometer away, monitoring the North Americans closely.

"Captain," the trainer said to He Zuo, "I found something. You need to go and take a look."

He Zuo nodded and stood up. He took a step and turned back, a little shyly saying to Zhang Qingxiang, "Let's go take a look together?"

The team members were surprised that this "Xing Shitong" was about to get the credit.

Zhang Qingxiang still didn't say anything, he just stood up and followed him.

He Zuo became completely scared after last night.

Don't dare to get angry.

Director Zhang made it very clear last night: Don't do it! I'm a little upset with you.

I came here to help purely out of consideration for He Xu's face.

He Laosi is stubborn, arrogant and cunning.

But he is also a little smart and knows when to show which personality type he has.

After the three left, the team members quietly exchanged opinions: "Who said before that we should test the quality of other people's products? Don't make yourself uncomfortable."

"Maybe the captain will take the initiative to take him with him when he makes a contribution. We can't afford to offend him with this background."

But the players all felt somewhat uncomfortable.

The Sixth Rank clapped his hands: "Alright, stop talking. Let's not care about what others do and do our own job. Mr. He is a kind person and will not treat us unfairly."

……

The trainer took Zhang Qingxiang and He Zuo to a place two kilometers away, where there was a short and thick ancient tree with several huge rocks piled at the roots.

The trainer cleared the vines and leaves on the stone, revealing a narrow cave in the middle of the stone.

The entrance to the cave is half a person's height and only ten centimeters wide.

"My secret spirit accidentally went in and found a secret passage underneath, which is probably left over from the temple era."

He Zuo was surprised: "Can there be a passage under the temple ruins?"

"It's not clear yet. If the captain thinks it's necessary, I'll let the secret spirit go down and take a look."

He Zuo nodded immediately: "Put a camera on the secret spirit."

The trainer pulled out a small squirrel from his jacket pocket, tied a camera to its back, then gently stroked the mysterious spirit and whispered to it.

A moment later, he sent the squirrel into the hole.

At the same time, the images captured by the camera were transmitted to the mobile phone.

The squirrel crawled in and found that the entrance to the secret passage was actually a hole in an old tree.

Continuing down, we found that the secret passage was narrow and could only accommodate one person, but the walls of the cave were made of ancient blue bricks.

Several sections in the middle have collapsed and need to be cleaned up if people want to go in.

The squirrel ran fast all the way. There was no fork in the secret passage. It was estimated that it ran for several kilometers and entered a circular underground palace.

The underground palace collapsed severely, and several statues were broken.

The peculiar thing about this underground palace is that the entrance to the next level is located in the center and is a "wellhead" with a diameter of one meter.

The squirrel jumped down.

The camera image suddenly turned black, the squirrel fell for a while, and suddenly a dark blue light appeared below.

The mysterious squirrel squeaked urgently.

The trainer immediately said, "It senses the mysterious power below!"

Then the squirrel suddenly spread a pair of fleshy wings behind its back, glided to the wall of the well, and then climbed up again by grabbing the wall with its sharp claws.

The trainer said, "The little thing doesn't dare to go down."

He Zuo frowned and thought, and finally said: "This is our chance. Go back and call for help, and we will go down and take a look."

"it is good."

……

The sixth level still held the umbrella, and several two-level professionals carefully moved the boulder away to avoid making any noise.

Then, the collapsed bricks and soil were cleared out from the secret passage, and the passage became passable.

A fifth level said, "I'll go in first."

He Zuo was protected in the middle, with the sixth level at the rear.

When He Zuo entered the cave, he pulled Zhang Qingxiang along.

The team members thought that He Zuo wanted to protect "Xing Shitong", who had a deep background, and some of them couldn't help rolling their eyes.

Finally, two team members were left guarding the ground.

……

Inside a tent in the temple ruins, Ms. Courtney smiled: "Finally, she took the bait."

Two of her companions asked, "What should we do?"

"Let's just pretend we didn't see them at all and keep digging. Tell the boys to be smart and not to dig too fast and disturb them."

"Hehehe."

One of the companions was a little dissatisfied: "I can just capture a few local professionals and throw them down, and the problem will be solved. Why should we give those precious secret objects to the Chinese for nothing?"

Courtney smiled coldly and said, "I will convey your opinion to Chief Riddick Bowe truthfully."

The companion spread his hands and shrugged: "Okay, okay, I was wrong, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Courtney stepped lightly on the ground and said, "I have consulted many masters in North America and Europe about the magic circle below. It can only be passed by blood sacrifice, and eight professionals above level 4 must be filled in!
Even if you capture all the professionals in this country, you may not be able to gather so many fourth-level ones.

Moreover, this magic circle is extremely evil. Once triggered, its requirements must be met, otherwise it will devour all life within ten kilometers!"

Courtney snorted again: "Humph, the Chinese helped us feed this magic circle, so what if they took away a few insignificant secret objects?

Our real goal is the third level. The Chinese are using their lives to help us open up the third level!"

"Besides, this matter is also related to a big plan of the Director!"

Another companion was a little worried: "Will the Chinese discover the third floor?"

“No, the intelligence we disclosed to the Chinese side never mentioned that there is a third floor here.

The third floor is already very secretive, and after they lost eight people and got those secret objects, they must have been eager to withdraw and return to a safe area, and had no intention of continuing to explore. "

……

The team arrived at the circular underground palace. He Zuo made a gesture and everyone dispersed to search. After a moment, they confirmed: "It's safe."

He Zuo stood beside the "wellhead" and looked down. It was pitch black inside.

The trainer held the squirrel in his palm and whispered to it, then said, "That strange glow down there seems to be activated only when a living being approaches."

He Zuo gritted his teeth and said, "We have to send someone down to take a look."

The mission was obviously very dangerous. The team members looked at each other, and finally the sixth level gritted his teeth and said, "Let's draw lots and choose two people to go down..."

"I'll go." Suddenly a faint voice sounded, and everyone looked and it turned out to be Xing Shitong!
The sixth level was full of confusion: Isn't this guy here to take credit? Why would he volunteer for such a dangerous mission?
He Zuo's reaction surprised them even more.

He Zuo agreed without hesitation: "Okay, we'll wait for you upstairs."

(End of this chapter)