Xu Xin also wanted to contract a few wild beasts to use for exploring the way, but was stopped by Chang Yin.
Changyin said that if he was just exploring the way, he could just order the beast to move forward and there was no need to waste the contract.
The ring must actually touch the body of the mutant beast to collect it. Xu Xin used various methods, threats and inducements, but still could not touch this extremely fast mutant cheetah. Although the cheetah had signed a contract with him, it still did not let Xu Xin touch it.
There was no choice but to give up the idea of putting the cheetah into the ring and let it follow him all the time.
When Xu Xin and Chang Yin came out of the room, Xue Lan, the little boy and the maid were still waiting outside. Seeing the cheetah following Xu Xin, Xue Lan was a little surprised: "You actually tamed this cheetah. We spent a lot of effort to catch it."
Xu Xin's mind moved: "You caught them? Aren't you always underground? Where did you catch them?"
"Some of these beasts were brought down from the ground, and some were bred later. This cheetah is one of the beasts that were brought down at the beginning."
So that's how it is... Wait!
Xu Xin's eyes widened: "Didn't you...come down here forty-nine years ago and never leave again?"
"Yes." Chang Yin was followed by several mutant beasts that looked relatively strong. He wanted to use them to explore the way. "Maybe the mutant beasts have a longer lifespan. We don't know much about the mutant beasts outside, but these artificial mutant beasts have shown no signs of aging for such a long time, and they will become stronger as time goes by."
Holy shit! Is this true
Xu Xin was shocked. Isn't this immortality
He even wanted to try a bottle of mutant beast potion. Humans can also mutate, as proven by the hairy people in the other room.
Chang Yin seemed to have seen through Xu Xin's thoughts and said unhappily, "Don't be so delusional. Most of the beasts that drank this potion lost their will and only had instincts left. Only a few, including this cheetah, still had some memories before the mutation. Even the humans, without a single exception, all turned into lunatics. Do you want to become a lunatic and live forever?"
So... forget it.
What a pity. If he could achieve immortality by just growing a coat of hair, he would still be able to accept it.
Aren’t there things like depilatory creams? Having too much hair isn’t a problem, but having less hair is the most uncomfortable.
Xu Xin pointed to the room full of mutant humans and asked, "What are you going to do with them?"
"They..." Chang Yin looked at the covered wooden door with a complicated tone, full of hatred and sadness, and a bit of gnashing of teeth, "They will stay in this dark underground forever!"
As he spoke, he stomped his foot hard. A thick stone wall pushed out from under the door, crackling the door panel. With a "bang", the stone wall completely sealed off the room.
Chang Yin's mood was a little unstable. Xue Lan stepped forward and held his arm. The little boy also stood beside him and looked at Chang Yin with some worry: "Dad..."
The stone statue of a middle-aged maid stood behind them without saying a word.
Xu Xin just felt it was a pity. He was still thinking about whether he could contract a mutant. After all, jobs like planting and mining could only be done by humans. However, seeing Chang Yin's look, he tactfully did not mention it.
When Chang Yin's mood returned to normal, Xu Xin gestured to them, "Please come in. Didn't you say that you already have experience with the first two doors and you guys will handle them? Lead the way."
Although Chang Yin's stone eyes could not blink, he seemed to be rolling his eyes at Xu Xin: "You have no empathy at all, let's go." As he said that, he walked deeper into the corridor.
After passing the last metal door, there are no more doors on both sides of the corridor ahead, leaving only a deep, dark stone corridor with no lights.
Because they knew the previous mechanisms, there was no need for the mutant beasts to explore the way for the time being. Chang Yin didn't know what props he used to collect the mutant beasts, and several people walked towards the depths of the corridor.
The road was long, and the only sound in the corridor was the sound of a few stone statues stepping on the ground.
Coco had helped Xu Xin for the whole day and had fallen asleep on Xu Xin's shoulder, snoring softly. The mutant cheetah had been following Xu Xin two meters behind him. It walked silently, and if Xu Xin hadn't looked back from time to time, he would have thought it hadn't caught up.
Gradually, Xu Xin discovered that the corridor around him seemed wider and higher.
"Is this corridor getting wider?" Xu Xin asked the question in his mind.
"It's wider at the back, and we're still a long way from the first door." Chang Yin said without turning his head.
Xu Xin felt something was wrong. He felt that he had walked a long way. Thinking of the map that he had never used, Xu Xin's mind moved, and the long-lost map emerged in his mind.
The map still only showed the terrain on the ground. His current position on the map was getting farther and farther away from the entrance of the black bear cave, and farther and farther away from his tree house, and was even very close to the boundary of the normal three-kilometer protection range.
Fortunately, the protection range of his tree house is not as small as that of ordinary people. It is six kilometers in radius, so there will be no problem of walking out of the protection range and encountering attacks by underground creatures for the time being.
As we continued walking forward, the corridor became wider and taller, gradually becoming as wide as a tunnel. The ground also changed from a flat road to a slight uphill slope. Although the slope was not steep, it gave us the feeling that we were really moving towards the ground.
Although the corridor turned into an upward sloping tunnel, there was still nothing in the tunnel, appearing very spacious and deep.
After walking forward for a few more minutes, Xu Xin suddenly felt the ground shaking slightly, and the amplitude of the vibration became larger and larger. He also heard the sound of something hitting the wall from deep in the tunnel.
"What's going on?" He became alert.
The four stone statues were very calm. Chang Yin said easily, "Don't worry, the first trap is here."
Xu Xin frowned and squinted his eyes as he looked forward. When he saw what was approaching, his eyes widened involuntarily.
Rolling Stones!
It was a huge boulder, slightly smaller in diameter than the width of the tunnel, and as it rolled down, it kept hitting the stone walls on both sides. Because of the slope, the speed of the boulder was getting faster and faster, and it was likely to hit them in a few seconds.
You have to find the rhythm of the stone hitting the wall, and while it hits one side, you have to dodge it from the other side!
Xu Xin was concentrating on avoiding the rolling stones when the long seal in front of him suddenly hit the wall. Immediately, a part of the stone wall caved in, forming a small hole that was two meters high and less than one meter wide. The hole was several meters deep.
"Go in and hide." Chang Yin directly dragged Xu Xin in, and then the four stone statues also hid in.
... Isn't this a bit rogue, directly making a hole in the wall to hide the mechanism
A few seconds later, a rolling stone rolled through the cave entrance with a loud noise, hit the entrance, and continued to roll down.
Stone chips flew everywhere and hit Chang Yin who was standing at the door, but he seemed to feel no pain and just brushed off the gravel on his body.
"… it's over?"
"It's still early, just wait."
At this time, the little boy beside Xu Xin tugged at Xu Xin's clothes and said, "Uncle, we have played this game before. There will be several rolling stones coming down in a row. It will be difficult to just dodge. So we can just make a hole in the wall and wait for all the stones to pass by."
There are also several rolling stones in a row? Xu Xin's mouth twitched. If he had to do it by himself, it would be easy to dodge one, but it would be too difficult to dodge several in a row.
But... Uncle? Who is your uncle? If we really count the age, this little boy statue must be at least fifty years old. You are more like my uncle. Xu Xin complained in his heart.
Xu Xin suddenly felt like something was missing.
"Wait, where is the cheetah? The cheetah is still outside!" Xu Xin found that the cheetah that had been following behind him did not enter the cave, and he became a little anxious. He admired this cheetah very much.
"Don't worry, it's fine. If it can't dodge with its speed, then the mechanism doesn't want other people to survive. This is only the first mechanism, it's not that strong." Chang Yin said calmly.
Xu Xin looked outside through the gap between the stone statues. The mutant cheetah was unharmed at this time. It even lay down and combed its fur with its tongue.
It looked at the small hole where several people were squeezed with some disgust, and had no intention of coming in.
Seeing its relaxed look, Xu Xin felt relieved and leaned against the innermost part of the cave with peace of mind. He even took out an ordinary apple and started eating it.
While eating, he felt a little regretful. If he had known that he would be out for so long, he would have grilled some meat and brought it out. He really wanted to eat meat.
The loud noise coming from the back of the tunnel should be the boulder getting stuck. After all, the tunnel below is getting narrower and narrower, and the boulder will always get stuck in one place.
Not long after, the ground began to shake again, and the sound of rolling and colliding came from above again. This time the sound was more frequent, and it sounded like three rolling stones.
Although Xu Xin used a cheating method to avoid this mechanism, he already had the best method in mind. After avoiding the first rolling stone, you should continue to move forward as much as possible, because the further you go forward, the wider the tunnel will be, the larger the range you can avoid, and the easier it will be to avoid these rolling stones.
"Run forward, there's more room to hide in front!" Xu Xin shouted to the cheetah outside. The cheetah seemed to understand what Xu Xin meant, and it kicked its feet and disappeared.
This is really fast.
Soon, three boulders rolled through the cave entrance, and three loud noises were heard from the rear.
"Don't worry, there's more."
And... this mechanism is really life-threatening.
“嘤…” Coco on my shoulder was also awakened by the loud noises. He rubbed his eyes with his little paws, took a look at the current situation, found that there was no danger, and lay down to sleep again.
The ground began to shake again, and this time the noise was more frequent. Before long, five boulders rolled down from the edge of the cave and got stuck at the back.
"There should be no more." Chang Yin leaned over and took a look deep into the tunnel.
"Let's wait a little longer, just in case."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Chang Yin shrugged.