After rushing into the thick fog in Tongwan Bay, Lian Chuan slowed down and let go of Ning Gu's wrist.
"There are no aborigines?" Ning Gu asked.
"No." Lian Chuan walked forward.
"Did you hear the movement of other travelers?" Ning Gu asked again, "There is also the leader and the others."
"No," Lian Chuan raised his hand and pointed to the right, and heard a voice from there when he came here, "Some travelers should have walked along the fog."
"That's their patrol route." Ning Gu heaved a sigh of relief, which means that at least some people are alive, and they can live. The leader and Li Xiang, who are stronger than them, should be fine.
But what makes him a little disturbed is the collective disappearance of the aborigines.
"The aborigines live here all year round," Lian Chuan said. "When Tongwan was swallowed, they already knew what happened."
"Where can they hide?" Ning Gu thought for a while, "Can they go outside the border?"
"No matter where you hide, it's a good thing you can't run into them now," Lian Chuan said.
Ning Gu looked at the ground under his feet, then bent down and touched it: "The ground is not ice anymore."
"Which direction is the basement?" Lian Chuan asked.
"Come on," Ning Gu stood up, straightened his goggles, and walked forward, "Come with me."
Lian Chuan followed.
In the surrounding air, one could faintly smell the burnt smell, which was so faint that one had to hold one's nose against the wind to distinguish it, as if the black mist had been burned by the flashing lightning.
According to Ning Gu's judgment, combined with the distance he walked over the last time, the basement should be a few hundred meters ahead on the right.
He slowed down, although he was very eager to know the situation of the leader and Li Xiang, but special landmarks like the basement are often all dangerous targets and need to be careful.
Moreover, there are many small cracks on the ground, like the cracks extending from the vicinity of the big cracks. Although there is no electric light, the depth is bottomless. Ning Gu put the cold light bottle into the cracks, and can only see the infinite downward black .
Not far ahead, a light suddenly flashed in the black mist in the distance ahead.
Ning Gu froze for a moment, then stopped.
Then the lightning flashed again, from left to right, like Lian Chuan's kick across the ground outside the Lost Valley.
"That crack..." Ning Gu said in a low voice, "may have gone through the basement."
"I didn't hear anything unusual," Lian Chuan walked in front of him, "Go slowly, don't get close to those lights."
"En." Ning Gu responded, "Is there no movement from the leader and Li Xiang? There are many travelers below, and there is no movement?"
"No." Lian Chuan replied.
Ning Gu's heart sank, if that crack happened to go through the basement, whatever was inside would have been turned into ashes.
The vicinity of the electric light was illuminated, not to mention the tongue bay, even the entire ghost town, never had such a large area of light. Ning Gu was stunned when he saw the electric light that was already tens of meters ahead like a wall.
The basement has arrived.
But the door to the basement has disappeared.
A deep crack on the ground ran across the top of the basement, the gate had already collapsed, and the entire basement seemed to have been cut in half by someone.
I can't see the situation in the crack from this angle, I only know that this crack is the same as those small cracks, there is no lightning flashing out.
Ning Gu approached slowly, the crack was very long, but not wide, only less than one meter, he still couldn't see clearly when he got close, and there was dead silence below.
He brought three cold light bottles, and when he was about to throw the one in his hand into the basement for a look, a series of bursting sounds suddenly came from the left.
The air vibrated along with the ground under his feet, and the wind instantly changed its direction, roaring wildly.
When Ning Gu turned his head, he saw a beam of lightning.
It flashed here from the depths of the Bay of Tongue, and then countless small cracks crawled across the ground under their feet, like a net quickly opened.
This is a new electro-optical rift.
The ground behind him was already full of web-like fissures, and at some point it would suddenly split open, bursting out with lightning.
"Go down." Lian Chuan said, rushed forward and jumped into the basement.
Ning Gu didn't have time to hesitate, so he also charged and jumped down.
While still in the air, I heard a burst of explosion in the air behind. It should be that the lightning has flashed.
Ning Gu really wanted to look back, but he didn't dare, he already felt that at this moment, the clothes behind him had turned to ashes.
If I look back, I am afraid that this face that is the facade of the ghost town will be gone.
The basement was very deep, and it was supposed to be a long way down the stairs from the door, but now I just jumped down, and the landing process was quite long.
Finally, when he stepped on a piece of broken black iron, Ning Gu knew that he was in the end, and quickly fell to the side, rolling in a circle before he stabilized.
The cold light bottle went out when the lightning flashed, and now it was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything.
"Even the dog?" He lowered his voice.
"Yes." Lian Chuan replied behind him, "Are you hurt?"
"No, but..." Ning Gu touched his back with his backhand, and sure enough, "My clothes burned."
There was a blue light behind him, which was the lighting on Lianchuan's uniform.
"Your back..." Lian Chuan probably saw his back.
Ning Gu turned around immediately: "What's wrong with the back, it's perfect."
"It's dark," Lian Chuan said, "Are you not hurt?"
"What?" Ning Gu suppressed his voice, then quickly turned around, "Help me see!"
Lian Chuan hesitated for a moment, reached out and rubbed his back twice, and a piece of black ash came off, revealing his white skin.
"How is it?" Ning Gu asked.
"... very white." Lian Chuan said.
"I asked if you were hurt!" Ning Gu growled in a low voice.
"Did it hurt you? Can't you feel the pain?" Lian Chuan thought that this person could escape without falling to the ground after being shot twice in the leg... Maybe the pain sensory nerve is not developed, so he stretched out his hand and wiped it a few times to make sure But there was no injury on his back, "I don't think so."
"That's fine." Ning Gu hesitated for a moment, and took off his clothes. His back was so exposed that the clothes felt awkward on his body.
After taking it off, he realized: "Did you notice that it's so warm?"
"I didn't find it," Lian Chuan looked at him, "I subdued the constant temperature."
"Is the constant temperature amazing?" Ning Gu said.
"Yes." Lian Chuan replied.
Ning Gu glanced at him, couldn't think of anything to refute for a moment, so he turned and walked away.
"It wasn't so warm when I came here before," he looked around by the lighting of Lianchuan's uniform. This is the small hall at the entrance of the basement. There was nothing there. It was empty when I came here before. There is not much change on the top, but a small half has collapsed, and there are large and small debris all over the place.
"Where are you going?" Lian Chuan asked.
"There's a small door over there," Ning Gu pointed, and found that the small door leading to the depths of the basement had been broken in half, leaning against the wall, "It can't be... gone, right?"
"Go and have a look." Lian Chuan walked over there.
Behind the small door is a passage, which is not long, and after walking too far, they saw another small door.
The door was not knocked down, it was still closed.
Ning Gu went over and pushed the door, but remained motionless.
He glanced back at Lian Chuan: "Can you open it?"
"How did you open it when you sneaked in?" Lian Chuan shook his left hand, and the knuckles on his fingers shone with a dark blue light.
"It's open," Ning Gu stepped aside, "Now that I think about it, it's probably Lin Fan."
Lian Chuan didn't speak anymore, and with a wave of his hand, four deep cracks appeared on the door, and a faint light leaked out of it.
When Ning Gu was about to go over to have a look, Lian Chuan said, "It's empty inside."
Then he kicked the door.
The door suddenly seemed to be blasted open, and a large hole was exposed after splashing a piece of debris.
Ning Gu didn't care about anything else, and immediately drilled in with his probe.
When he came last time, the gate was full of huge iron cages, and there were many travelers in many iron cages, some were one, some were several.
All the travelers were silent, and they didn't react when they saw him, and they didn't even make a sound.
But after Ning Gu drilled past, he found out that what Lian Chuan said was true.
It was empty.
The iron cages were still there, but the doors were all opened, and all the travelers in the cages had disappeared.
Ning Gu walked to a cage and checked the lock on the cage door: "Someone opened it with a key."
"Being transferred," Lian Chuan looked around, "At this time, so many people can be transferred, at least it shows that the people who came to transfer are safe."
"Where did you go?" Ning Gu was a little anxious. He originally thought that if the nail hadn't gone to the border, it must be here.
This room full of cages is very large. Lian Chuan made a rough estimate that if all the cages are used, it can hold hundreds of people.
He raised his hand to touch the cage.
The material of this cage should be the same as the chain of Shuan Laogui, but there are still grooves on it, I don't know if it is a scratch or a scratch.
"Are all travelers held here?" he asked.
"Well, actually..." Ning Gu turned to look at him, "Uncle Crazy said that they are no longer travelers."
Lian Chuan didn't speak.
It's no longer a traveler.
The group leader is much more ruthless than expected. Although these people may not be successful experimental subjects, even if they are materials, there may not be so many in the main city.
Lian Chuan stopped after walking around the room, and took a few steps back.
Ning Gu kept looking at him, and when he saw his movement, he immediately reacted: "Is there space below?"
"Yes." Lian Chuan looked down.
"Is anyone there?" Ning Gu asked again.
"I can't feel it," Lian Chuan said, "Do you want to go down?"
"Next." Ning Gu said.
Opening the downward passage is more difficult than opening the previous small door, it is too thick.
The knuckles slid across a few times, and Lian Chuan kicked several times. After hitting a splash of sparks, he kicked the ground out of a hole just enough for a person to enter.
Ning Gu stretched his legs and was about to go down, Lian Chuan pulled his legs back: "There is someone."
"Is it alive?" Ning Gu suddenly lowered his voice.
"Theoretically yes." Lian Chuan lay down on the entrance of the cave, and half of his body went down.
Ning Gu stared at him steadfastly. Although there was any situation, with Lian Chuan's reaction and speed, it should be no problem to retract his head, but he was still a little nervous.
After a few seconds, Lian Chuan retreated from the entrance of the cave and looked at him: "I'll go down first."
"What's down there?" Ning Gu asked.
"It's all... travelers," Lian Chuan said, "but..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he had already jumped down.
When Ning Gu jumped down, the space below was already illuminated.
The scene in front of him made Ning Gu stagger a few steps and almost fell when he jumped from such an easy height.
people.
traveler.
all of them.
An underground cave full of travelers.
I can't count how many there are, and all I see at a glance are people, as if the three shelters crowded together to fight in a melee...
But there was no sound around.
Quiet as if no one was there.
All the travelers stood, heads bowed.
Ning Gu froze in place, looking at the weird scene in front of him, unable to recover for a long time.
It wasn't until Lian Chuan stretched out his hand to pull him that he took a sudden step back, leaned against the wall, and took a few breaths.
"This is..." He said hoarsely, "Is the army of the commander..."
"Not all travelers." Lian Chuan said.
Ning Gu closed his eyes, let himself relax, opened them again, and started staring at every face in front of him.
There are familiar faces, people who have not returned after going to the main city.
There are also people who have never met.
and also…
Not a traveler.
They are wearing the clothes of travelers, but their faces are obviously gray. When you get closer, you will find that the eyes of these people are also gray.
"It must be an experimental body that failed to integrate with the aborigines," Lian Chuan said.
"Nail," Ning Gu's voice was a little unsteady, "Look for the nail... I want to see if the nail is there..."
Lian Chuan followed Ning Gu and slowly passed among these people.
Everyone is like a machine that has been cut off from the power supply, motionless, but all breathing.
are alive.
I just don't know under what circumstances they will be activated.
He looked around.
This is a very ordinary huge cave. Compared with the room above, it is much rougher. It should be activated temporarily, and no activation device can be seen.
There is no metal black ring on these people's necks that he speculates can be used to control.
It can probably be judged that these are experimental subjects that have not yet succeeded.
Semi-finished products.
Ning Gu's eyes flicked across the expressionless faces.
Although most of the time, there is an expressionless face beside him, but these faces are completely different from Lian Chuan's, without a trace of vitality, making people shudder to see.
When he reached the middle position, a face made him stop abruptly.
Not a nail.
But compared to the few familiar faces he occasionally saw before, this face felt a strong sense of familiarity.
It took only a second to stop before he reacted.
This is the crazy uncle without the beard.
Lian Chuan behind him also stopped at the same time.
This is a face that is almost exactly the same as Fan Lu's.
Ning Gu didn't dare to make a sound, but his breathing was a little unsteady. He slowly turned his head and looked at Lian Chuan.
Although it was almost the same as Fan Lu, Ning Gu was able to tell from a small scar on his lip that it was Uncle Crazy. This scar on Uncle Crazy can be seen even when he has a beard.
Lian Chuan's gaze suddenly fell back on Uncle Crazy's face.
Ning Gu immediately turned around.
He suddenly met the eyes of the crazy uncle.
Crazy Uncle is awake!
Ning Gu opened his mouth in shock, and just about to speak, Uncle Crazy's mouth moved first, but he didn't make a sound.
Walk.
Uncle Crazy said with his mouth.
Go right now.
There was a sudden "click" sound in the cave, as if something had been stepped on.
"Quick." Crazy Uncle said, his voice was very low.
When Lian Chuan stretched out his hand to pull Ning Gu away, a dozen gray-white shadows suddenly jumped out of the motionless crowd around him.
Is Aboriginal.
The limiter compromised Lian Chuan's speed and judgment. At this moment, facing the aborigines who were much faster than ordinary travelers, it was too late for him to pull Ning Gu away.
His outstretched hand immediately changed its direction, pressed it on Ning Gu's shoulder, and using him as a support, he jumped into the air.
Ning Gu only felt his shoulders sink a bit. Lian Chuan had already turned half a circle in the air, and a blue light flashed in his hand. into two halves.
Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, aborigines suddenly appeared in the crowd on the ground.
Ning Gu jumped up and kicked the two nearest aborigines viciously, hitting the head.
When Lian Chuan blocked the first wave of attacks and landed, more than a dozen aborigines jumped out of the crowd.
There are still a few who Ning Gu failed to kick away.
Ning Gu knew that it was impossible for Lian Chuan to block this round again.
When they came all the way from Uncle Crazy's hut, Lian Chuan's hands were still warm, but just now Lian Chuan's hands supporting his shoulders were already cold.
Lian Chuan raised his hand, several beams of blue light tore apart the aborigines beside him, at the same time he grabbed Ning Gu's hand and threw him out of the encirclement.
When Ning Gu suddenly jumped up from the ground, he saw several aborigines fall down at the same time, and hit Lian Chuan hard on the head with his raised arms.
Lian Chuan knelt down on one leg and supported the ground with his hands.
Then he rolled to the side, dodging the next few punches.
Ning Gu didn't hesitate, jumped up and rushed back into the crowd.
He said he would not look back, and he also said that he could guarantee his own safety.
When you say it, you do it.
When rushing back to Lianchuan, the nearest aborigines had been swept away by Lianchuan.
Ning Gu saw a deep black wound on his neck.
Just as he was about to pull up Lianchuan, debris suddenly fell from above.
Ning Gu raised his head and saw three cave entrances appeared on the top of the cave, and a group of aborigines were entering through the cave entrances and leaping into the air.
This moment of despair brought unspeakable anger.
He didn't know what was happening in front of him, and he couldn't understand why the ghost town, which was originally a quiet haven in the dark, had become like this.
Just feel angry.
Out of confused rage.
It stems from the anger in my heart that I can't face but I have to face the facts.
Ning Gu stood up, staring at a group of aborigines rushing towards them, slowly raised his left hand, his voice almost hoarse with anger.
"Go to hell."