Li Muye was doubting himself when he suddenly heard another movement above his head. It turned out to be Lao Cui and Ji Xuefei hanging down on the elevator cable. As soon as Ji Xuefei landed, he said, "The lights above suddenly went out for some reason. It's so eerie. We both think it's safer to stay with you and this old cat."
Now that they're down, it's naturally not easy to catch them up. Ji Xuefei said this, but actually she was more worried about Brother Xiaoye's safety. Lao Cui is his brother and we have been through many hardships together, so naturally there is nothing to say. It was a bit unexpected that Ji Xuefei had such thoughts.
The wind is howling, the atmosphere is full of ghosts, and deep underground where corpses are everywhere, the dim lights flicker on and off, and occasionally there are strange sounds that make people shudder. The boldness of Brother Xiaoye, a thief, gave him a chill, not to mention Ji Xuefei, who didn't have much horror experience. The moment she saw the corpses on the ground, she almost screamed out in fear.
Lao Cui said in a deep voice: "Boss, the atmosphere in this place is so weird. Why do I feel like I'm being stared at by countless pairs of invisible eyes?"
Li Muye's perception is more than ten times sharper than his, and what he hears and sees is different from his. This hellish place is full of people who have died in vain. It is inevitable to feel resentment, but the real horror is not the ghosts and gods, but those who There are hundreds of big red-skinned rats that eat people. If each one represents a sentinel of the Rat Kingdom, then the Rat Kingdom that Sun Defu has gathered here has hundreds of millions of rats.
Suddenly there was a deep sigh in the darkness. Li Muye followed the sound and looked over. Ji Xuefei nervously came over and hugged Li Muye's arm. He asked in a trembling voice, "Did you hear it, Old Li? Do you think that was a ghost cry?" ah?"
"This place is even scary for ghosts." Li Muye waved Kui Dou over and jumped onto Ji Xuefei's shoulders, saying, "With Kui Dou on your side, you will feel much better."
Lao Cui showed off the weapons equipped on his armor and said solemnly: "Boss, the sound came from the left. I'll go in front."
Li Muye said: "Let's go and take a look."
The three of them carefully walked through the corpses on the ground, followed the sound for about tens of meters, and came to a relatively small room. The door was closed, and there was a small window above, and they could see a bed inside. There was an old man with white hair sitting on it, who was vaguely the same old man who had received me and others before!
Ji Xuefei was surprised: "Why is it him?"
The old man raised his head when he heard the sound, and was equally surprised to see the three people walking here, and asked: "Who are you? Why did you come to this place?"
Ji Xuefei said: "Hey, you are quite forgetful. You forgot all about it just after you separated from us."
Li Muye looked at the door of the room and said, "It's not that he forgot, but he never left the room at all. He was not the one who received us just now."
Ji Xuefei said: "Do you know this?"
Li Muye pointed to the ground under the door and said, "This door is very low. The dust below is very thick and there are no traces. This means that this door has not been moved for a long time."
"Then he won't get in from other places...?" Ji Xuefei's words stopped abruptly because she had noticed that the four walls of the room were clear and there was only one exit.
The old man inside suddenly snorted and said: "You are Sun Youfu's minions, right? Stop acting in front of me. Without his consent, who can enter this damn place? He wholeheartedly wants to open the underground treasure house and let him Give up this attachment as soon as possible."
Sun Youfu? He was probably talking about Sun Defu, right? Li Muye thought to himself and asked, "Old sir, who are you?"
The old man sneered and said: "You are still pretending to me, well, I will cooperate with you. No one has talked to me for a long time anyway." He paused, then stood up solemnly, and introduced himself: "My My name is Eberstein Taylor, you can call me Mr. Taylor, I am the security director of Red Shield Manor."
Li Muye asked: "Who is the Sun Youfu you just mentioned?"
"A devil!" Taylor responded casually, then straightened his face and said, "Young people, don't you think we should all get to know each other before we have a formal conversation?"
Ji Xuefei said: "I now believe that this old guy is not the same person just now. His style is completely different from what he pretends to be."
Li Muye said: "My surname is Li, and these two are Miss Ji and Mr. Chuikov."
Taylor bowed slightly to greet him and said, "Good evening, all of you."
Li Muye smiled and said: "Good evening, sir." He asked: "So you are the security director here, but we met someone exactly like you before, and what happened to the one named Sun Youfu? ?”
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Taylor cursed angrily: "That man is a devil! A dirty and despicable rat!"
Li Muye said: "How long has Sun Youfu locked you up here?"
"It's been a long time." Taylor said, "He is the gardener who came to work in the manor two years ago. Since he came, the manor has been haunted. First, some people heard strange noises at night, and then people began to disappear not long after. , At that time, he was just an inconspicuous Asian staff member here, and no one suspected him. It wasn’t until more and more people disappeared that I had to adjust his position and I didn’t notice him.”
"With so many people missing, you have never thought of calling the police to solve the problem?" Li Muye said: "Aren't the families of those missing people going to investigate?"
Taylor said: "Most of the staff at Red Shield Manor have served here for generations, and their families live around here. After Sun Youfu makes someone disappear, he often makes that person's family disappear too, and we have been there since. From the beginning, I didn’t think that the FBI would be more professional than the manor’s security team.”
This explains why around the Red Shield Manor, ordinary houses are frequently raided by armies of rats.
"Mr. Taylor, what's going on with the treasure trove you just mentioned?"
"Hey, can't you help but finally ask?" Taylor said with a proud smile: "Except for this question, I can answer everything else for you."
Ji Xuefei said impatiently: "You old man is really interesting. You are talking as if we want some treasure from you. Just give me all the things you own in this wretched place for free. It depends on my mood whether you want it or not."
Taylor snorted and said proudly: "You are just arrogant and ignorant to say that. If you knew that the treasures collected in this place represent the essence of world culture for two hundred and seventy years, you would not dare to speak so arrogantly. "
Li Muye said: "Okay, let's change the topic. How did you end up here?"
Taylor said: "Sun Youfu, this crazy devil, suddenly killed all the security personnel of the manor overnight about half a year ago. It was also at that time that I was captured here by the devils he had tamed."
"Half a year ago?" Li Muye questioned: "How did he maintain the operation of the manor in more than half a year?"
Taylor said: "Those living staff were all controlled by him with drugs, and some of them were recruited from outside by him later."
Li Muye asked again: "Where have the owners of Red Shield Manor gone?"
Taylor said: "After Mr. Honasan passed away a few years ago, no members of the Rothschild family have settled here. The older ones among them will regularly send people over to check the collections in the manor, while the younger generation only likes to Enjoy life, they have endless money to spend outside, so they have no interest in this place at all.”
Li Muye said: "I will rescue you now, can you lead us to find this Sun Youfu you mentioned?"
Taylor said: "I know where this devil lives, but I don't believe you can save me from here. This door is made of alloy and cannot be opened without a key."
Li Muye showed Qingyun Xianyue and tried it first. Although it didn't feel like cutting tofu, it could still be cut with a little force. There is a ready-made window on this door. The old man inside is thin and a few inches wider is enough for him to get out.
Ji Xuefei watched Li Muye use Qingyun Xianyue to expand the window, and said in Chinese: "Old Li, you really have a lot of treasures. Why don't you use this thing to cut the outside door open when you are up there?"
"We are here to find Sun Defu. If we always think about how to escape, can we still do things?" Li Muye glanced at Taylor inside and said, "Didn't we find a clue?"
The window was opened a few inches, enough for a person to get in and out. Taylor stuck his hands and head out according to Li Muye's instructions, and Lao Cui pulled him out.
"Thank you very much." Taylor politely and thoughtfully thanked Brother Xiaoye and said, "I will take you to find Sun Youfu."
Li Muye said: "That person's name is actually Sun Defu."
Taylor said: "So you know his origin?"
Li Muye said: "Even if you know something, we came to North America this time just to catch him. This old devil is very cunning. It took us a long time to find him here."
"Since you are the Eastern Knights who are here to trouble that devil, then please come with me."
Taylor was in front, leading the three of them to continue walking along the dark underground corridor. Along the way, they could still see skeletons and corpses that had been eaten clean from time to time. I don’t know how big this place is. After walking about a mile, Taylor in front suddenly stopped and said: "The area ahead is where biological collections are stored. The Sun Defu you mentioned lives over there."
There was an open door in the direction he pointed, and there seemed to be a faint light shining from there. Li Muye asked: "Why don't you leave?"
Taylor said: "I think it's time to say goodbye to you. I want to go back up there and get out of this damn place."
Li Muye looked at him with a smile and said, "I'm afraid this is not appropriate. At least until we see Sun Defu, you can't go anywhere."
A portal in the darkness is like a dawn in the eternal night. Sometimes it represents hope, and sometimes it may hide a terrible trap.
Taylor was escorted by Lao Cui towards the portal, followed by Ji Xuefei carrying Yu Kuidou, and Li Muye walking at the back carrying Qingyun Xianyue. Behind him were gusts of cold wind, blowing against his back. Li Muye suddenly looked back. In the dark depths, pairs of red bean-like eyes seemed to be eager to try. (End of this chapter)