The black tunnel was like the entrance to hell, and the faintly glowing runes in it were like ghosts wandering in the air. They made people feel fear from the bottom of their hearts, but they occupied all the positions in their vision, leaving people with nowhere to hide and nowhere to escape. A breeze came out from nowhere, with a rustling sound, and surrounded them from all directions, like a monster hidden in the darkness, ready to pounce at any time. Everything around them was the same, but since Zhou He's weird scene, Xiao Chen and Luo Ling felt like they were trapped in a nightmare.
However, they were too tired and exhausted. All they could do was sit there back to back, allowing their overdrawn bodies and nerves to recover.
After a long time, Luo Ling suddenly remembered something, stood up, squatted in front of Xiao Chen and asked: "That white light actually shines a lot on you, how do you feel?"
Xiao Chen leaned close to the fluorescent light emitted by the runes on the wall, looked at his hands over and over, and said, "The light was like a needle prick. I remember that my upper body and arms were in great pain at the time, but now I don't seem to feel anything obvious. Maybe it's because my body was outside the light at the time?"
"If you're going to become a lunatic, you'd better let me know in advance."
"Let you escape?"
“No.” She smiled, stood up, walked to the door leading to the main hall, and looked at the stone statue from afar. “If you want to become a monster too, my best option is probably to worship the stone statue right away and make it emit a white light again, so that I can become like you.”
"What nonsense are you talking about? You should just turn around and run."
"What if we can't get out? I don't want to starve to death facing a monster. It might be better to turn myself into the same kind." Luo Ling turned around and looked at Xiao Chen calmly. Xiao Chen looked into her bright eyes and suddenly had an impulse. He thought that if he turned into a monster and couldn't control himself from hurting the girl in front of him, he might as well crash his head against the stone wall and die.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. Even if something happens, I can hold on. Besides, although that kind of power is scary, it may not be uncontrollable." Xiao Chen pointed to his head, "Go ask around at school, and see if anyone says that I, Xiao Chen, can be trusted."
"I never need to rely on anyone to survive." Luo Ling smiled slightly, "The only person I can rely on is myself."
This sentence made Xiao Chen vaguely feel a kind of confidence with a slight sadness. He wanted to say something to express his attitude, but suddenly he heard footsteps coming from a distance.
Rustle... Rustle...
They both saw the other's face tightened with tension.
Rustle... rustle... The footsteps were not fast and light, but they were like drumsticks hitting their hearts. In this place where a strange incident had just happened, the sound came from the unknown darkness. No matter what it was, it made people feel scared.
"Zhou He?" Luo Ling said in a very soft voice into Xiao Chen's ear.
"Definitely not. If it was a teleportation array, there would be no need to teleport back and forth in this underground palace, right?" Xiao Chen whispered, "Whatever it is, let's hide first."
He quickly pulled Luo Ling to hide in a corner. He stuck to the wall, using his ears to distinguish the sounds in the distance, holding the Berserker's throwing axe in his hand. The footsteps were still moving at the same rhythm, getting closer and closer. Gradually, a shadow rose from the opposite stone wall, swaying back and forth with the footsteps, swaying, and twisting at various strange angles.
Suddenly, the footsteps stopped, and the shadow also stopped there. Then the shadow swayed, as if looking around.
Xiao Chen was about to look around. Suddenly, he found that his right arm was pulled and it hurt a little. He turned his head and saw that it was Luo Ling who was holding his arm tightly, with her nails digging into the flesh. How could this girl become more and more timid? He gently patted her hand, and Luo Ling came to her senses, looked at him a little embarrassedly, and let go of his hand.
Just then, a young man's voice came from outside: "Is anyone there?" It was quite standard Mandarin. Xiao Chen and Luo Ling looked at each other and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Chen quietly leaned forward to take a look, but immediately gasped. Luo Ling also leaned forward to take a look. The scene in front of her made her face turn red, and she said in an exaggerated tone: "Wow!"
What appeared not far ahead was not a demon or a ghost, but a man who was completely naked.
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Xiao Chen looked at the young man, who was shirtless and wrapped around his waist. He had an ordinary appearance, and was not outstanding among the crowd. His eyes were small, his skin was dark, and his eyebrows were a little sparse. In short, there was nothing eye-catching except that his edges were quite sharp. But his figure was completely different. He was of medium to tall stature and had a standard inverted triangle body shape. He looked like he had practiced bodybuilding. Every part of his body was solidly muscled, and he was extremely strong. Compared with him, Xiao Chen was like a straw compared to a tree stump.
"Think about it again?" Xiao Chen looked at the other person seriously, as if he wanted to find out something from his lifeless eyes.
"I forgot." The young man still gave him this answer. He looked at Xiao Chen blankly and repeated, "I really forgot everything."
"I only remember his name was Liu Yisheng, but I don't remember his age, identity, or how he got here. He must have really lost his memory. He probably hit his head in the earthquake." Luo Ling interrupted.
"But he looks as good as can be. You can't tell that he had hit his head." Xiao Chen said with a frown.
"Maybe it was an unfortunate collision, or maybe he's strong enough."
"It's true that she's strong." Xiao Chen felt a little jealous when he saw her figure, and asked helplessly, "What else do you remember?"
"I remember... I was walking and walking, trying to find a way out."
"Didn't you meet the armored warrior?"
The other party shook his head, obviously not knowing what Xiao Chen was talking about.
"Forget it. What happened next?"
"I was walking and asking, 'Is anyone there?' I didn't find anyone, but I found a room with a lot of boxes. Then I heard a loud noise, so I slowly walked over here."
"The room where the things are placed?" The two decided to go and see what was going on.
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Xiao Chen and Luo Ling followed Liu Yisheng to the room. What surprised him was that although Liu Yisheng had lost his memory and looked a little confused, he remembered the way clearly in the maze-like underground palace. They walked for a long time in the twists and turns of the tunnel before arriving in front of a stone chamber.
The three of them walked on the gravel on the ground to the door of the room and found that there was a door in this stone room. The door was made of a whole piece of metal, thick and heavy, and the workmanship was very sophisticated, but only one person could pass through. In addition to the decorative patterns, there were many strange runes flashing on it. It can be seen that this place was originally well protected, but no matter how powerful the protection was, it was no match for nature. The earthquake directly caused the door to fall to the ground.
"It's in here." Liu Yisheng took the lead and walked in. Xiao Chen and Luo Ling followed carefully behind. However, when they saw what was in the room behind the door, they exclaimed in unison: "Treasure room?!"
There were dozens of boxes of different sizes in the room, placed on the floor and wooden shelves around the room. Several boxes had fallen to the ground and broken open, and the things that fell out of them illuminated the entire room. Various gold coins, jewelry, and luxurious utensils rolled all over the floor, competing to emit a light that made people's blood boil. But what was even more strange was that there was a gorgeous sarcophagus in the corner of the room, with countless runes on it, but the sarcophagus had fallen to the ground and broken into two pieces, and it could be seen that various gold and silver burial objects were scattered inside.
There are not many people who can remain calm when facing wealth falling from the sky, let alone a plot like a maze, a secret room, or a treasure that only exists in movies. Xiao Chen felt that his heart was beating faster than when he was chasing Zhou He. However, the strange sarcophagus made him dare not act rashly. He slowly moved to the side of the sarcophagus and took a picture inside with his mobile phone. "Huh, no one."
"Well, there is no sign of a corpse. It's an empty coffin. I guess the owner hasn't had time to use it yet." Luo Ling also came over.
Xiao Chen then picked up two gold coins from the ground, weighed them, and then put them in front of his eyes to examine them carefully, and said happily: "Haha, they are heavy enough."
Luo Ling ignored him and picked up a necklace. The sapphire on the necklace was as big as a pigeon egg. It refracted a crystal light under the rune fluorescence, turning her face into a light purple. Then she found a gem brooch. The brooch was made in the shape of a butterfly, and the color blocks on each wing were made of different gems.
Just as the two were picking and looking around excitedly, Liu Yisheng's curious voice came: "What are these things? Why are you so happy? You can't eat them."
Xiao Chen turned around and looked at Liu Yisheng in astonishment, pointing at a gold bar in his hand and asked, "You don't even know what this is?"
"I forgot all about it..." Liu Yisheng replied aggrievedly, "When I came in and saw these, I always felt that they were useless. But I know that these cannot be eaten. Look, I bit this one and I couldn't chew it." He picked up a gold bar from the ground, with a clear tooth mark on it.
"You're awesome! Aren't you afraid of breaking your teeth?" Xiao Chen looked at the tough guy in front of him and wondered if he had lost his memory or was completely stupid. He had never heard of a person with memory loss who couldn't even tell what was edible.
Liu Yisheng frowned and looked at Xiao Chen seriously. Seeing Luo Ling busy picking out jewelry everywhere, he suddenly slapped his head and said, "I see. There must be a reason why you value these things so much! They can be exchanged for food! Right!" He eagerly grabbed Xiao Chen's arms, shook him and asked.
"Uh, don't get excited... Yeah, yeah."
"Can it really be exchanged for food?!" Liu Yisheng looked at Xiao Chen in surprise, then snatched the bitten gold bar and stuffed it into his waist, then announced in a serious tone: "Then whoever sees it gets a share, I want one third."
"Do you... have amnesia?"
Xiao Chen carefully checked the boxes in the room and found that the large boxes on the lower level were mostly filled with gold, silver and jewelry, while the many smaller boxes and cases on the shelves contained some well-made and peculiarly designed weapons, armor and accessories. And it seemed that the higher up the box was, the more exquisite the items were.
For example, the short sword in his hand was taken from the two boxes on the top shelf. The blade was only a foot long, but very heavy, and the blade was light red. The upper door was covered with runes similar to seal characters.
Xiao Chen played with the dagger, trying to identify the runes on it, and suddenly he felt as if his spirit was attracted by the dagger. Then he felt a mysterious power bursting out from the inside of the dagger.
A fire suddenly appeared and the dagger was burning.