Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 492 The Gate of Hell

Seeking one's own death will only be effective in the present world, but once you enter the Root Sea, it will no longer be effective.

This has only happened once before, during the Blood Dynasty in the 16th century.

Now this line of words appears again. Could it be that they are no longer in this world?

"Brother Xia Shou! Is something wrong?" Su Yue suddenly popped up from the side, followed by others running over one after another.

"Oh my god, who was screaming just now? It was so creepy!" Gu Liang asked nervously.

"It's okay, something's wrong here, let's go back." Xia Shou said.

"Ah? Are you going back now? The food we brought down is still sufficient, and we haven't been here long." Gu Liang looked puzzled.

Xia Shou didn't explain, just sighed.

"It would be great if it were that easy to go back. Everyone follow me."

Xia Shou took the command arrow, kicked the head of the corpse on the ground, turned around and walked back the way he came, in the direction away from the fan-shaped dead line.

"Even if the mission objectives cannot be completed, we should try our best to achieve the planned progress, right? Although we have collected quite a lot of map routes now, there is still a long way to go before we can reach the planned targets." While persuading Xia Shou, Gu Liang turned his head and winked at 102, wanting 102 to talk to Xia Shou as well.

Investigators can indeed retreat temporarily when they encounter danger, but they will try their best to complete the task in full as long as it is safe.

This is the duty and the responsibility that an investigator should have. If someone is afraid of sacrifice and backs down during the mission, it will inevitably affect other participants.

If this situation occurs multiple times, the Control Bureau will adjust the position of the person involved. If a serious impact occurs once, the person involved will have to bear the corresponding punishment.

Therefore, those who can be the finishing person are not afraid of death, and those who are afraid of death cannot be the finishing person.

Gu Liang certainly didn't think that Xia Shou was a coward. How could someone who could enter the Blood Demon's House be afraid of death?

He just didn't understand Xia Shou's decision.

Shen Fei, who was in charge of map drawing and logistics management, couldn't help but ask: "Captain Xia, did you find anything?"

"Look at the map! Compare it with the route we took!" Xia Shou said forcefully.

Shen Fei was stunned. He realized something was wrong without even taking out the map.

"The route... is different from when we came here!" Shen Fei said in a daze.

Xia Shou looked down at his feet and saw that the red lines began to increase rapidly. There were several extremely bright red lines pointing in all directions of him, almost eight directions, all of which were extremely dangerous routes.

In addition, the angle of the fan-shaped red line is still increasing. It has expanded to 110 degrees. A large fan-shaped area behind Xia Shou is covered by this strange red color.

"Here! There should be a road here!" Shen Fei rushed to the corner in front and threw himself onto a wall covered with flesh and blood.

"Hmph, you don't need to tell me. Anyone who is not blind can see it." No. 102 snorted coldly.

Xia Shou raised his head.

102 was right. Even an idiot could tell that there should have been a path here. On the wall in front of them, glowing flesh-colored sutures formed an arched wall, and the area encircled by the flesh lines was out of tune with the surrounding flesh walls.

This wall reminded Xia Shou of the wall he saw in the Paradise Club, except that this was a wall formed by countless skeletons squeezed together.

"Here, there was no road here!" Shen Fei said, pointing to another wide road.

No. 102 rolled his eyes, and even Xia Shou couldn't help but complain about the other party.

This is nonsense. Anyone can see that this is not the way they came, because the ground ahead is not soft flesh and blood, but hard stone slabs. "Brother Xia Shou, what should we do next?" Su Yue asked softly.

"I think it's better to keep going down." Gu Liang suggested.

"I think so too." Shen Fei seconded.

Xia Shou didn't say anything.

Gu Liang and Shen Fei's judgment is the reaction that normal people would have.

After all, there was no road in front of us, but suddenly there was a road, and the original road was inexplicably blocked. It was obviously wrong.

It was as if this place was forcing them to take the path they were on. No one in their right mind would want to take this new path.

Xia Shou was also a little hesitant. He looked at the fan-shaped area behind him that was still expanding, and then at the winding stone passage in front of him that led to nowhere. He hesitated for a moment and said:

"No, keep going."

"You bunch of squishy guys should just hide at the back. From now on, I'll lead the way." No. 102 said coldly and walked silently at the front of the team.

Among all of them, No. 102 has the strongest defense. Shen Fei's [Sharing Weal and Woe] can share the damage with her, and Gu Liang's medical ability can heal Shen Fei, so that No. 102 can recover in real time during the battle. Their ability coordination is quite exquisite.

But Xia Shou knew that if something really happened, even the most sophisticated team configuration would still cause various problems.

Now we can only take one step at a time.

Although [Self-Destruction] cannot restore the space, they, who belong to the real world, can still be affected by the power of Self-Destruction.

Simply put, there are two lives.

As long as he dies, the entire team can be resurrected once.

Of course, this effect will also affect other worldly things in this world, such as the people in the funeral home.

The key is how to use it.

Walking along the stone road, the road became wider and wider. After walking for several hundred meters, the sky above my head suddenly became clear and there was no obstruction.

In fact, Xia Shou couldn't be sure whether there was a dome above their heads, because it was pitch black, just like the night sky without stars or moon, it was pure black.

It is possible that the dome of this space is too high, beyond the limit of their vision, or it is possible that they have indeed entered a more special space.

Although it was dark above, there was lighting in front of it. Various green and blue flames were floating in the air, like will-o'-the-wisp.

"Damn it, it feels like I'm in hell." Gu Liang spat on the ground.

"You're right, you crow's mouth." No. 102 sneered.

At the end of the road under my feet, the outline of a huge building is vaguely visible. It looks like an ancient archway and also like a city wall. Pots are neatly arranged on both sides, and human bones are burning fiercely in the orange flames.

Getting closer, there are two huge vermilion pillars that three people cannot hug together. The bottom of the pillars is not a stone pier, but a huge skull. The shape is exactly the same as that of a human, but the height is taller than a person. I don't know which giant's head it is.

Xia Shou raised his head from a distance. If he got any closer, he would not be able to see the details of the top of the building. On the half-broken plaque hanging high up, he saw two words: "Ghost Gate".

"The gates of hell?" Xia Shou frowned.

Gu Liang shuddered and laughed helplessly: "Fuck, I really went to the underworld!"

(End of this chapter)