Volume 23, Chapter 4, The Mystery of the Empty City
As we walked along the way, Shi Yongshen seemed to not notice our vigilance. Even if he had suspicion, he would not put it on his face. Everyone was silly and kept their surface harmonious.
It is not yet at the moment when it turns against each other. First, the dangers on the way are constantly on the way, and there is no time to take care of it. Second, Shi Yong's body is terrifying, and I can't think of a way to kill him. Third, Wuhen and I cannot fully trust him. I know the secret of Wuhen's Heavenly Essence Bloodline, and it is hard to guarantee that he does not want to kill someone to silence him. Similarly, I don't need to share life and death with Wuhen. After all, as long as Kong Kongxuan wakes up, I can let it enter the small stove and leave Kongcheng calmly.
"The terrain is lowering little by little, and we are almost at the core of the empty city." Wuhen turned into a bunch of sand and dust, rushing out from the blockage of a hundred wolf-faced monsters. His sandy body was like wind and water flowing, light and erratic, and the creatures transformed by the runes could hardly hurt him.
"These monsters seem to be getting weaker and weaker." Seeing Wuhen breaking through, I rushed up and followed, punched and kicked, and fought a way out of the wolf-faced monster.
Every time I enter a new path of goat intestine, I always explore the path without trace, leading out various creatures and monsters transformed by runes. I stayed there to prevent the two from falling into trouble at the same time and being able to take advantage of Shi Yong.
Wuhen bent down, looked carefully for a while, pointed to the ground and said, "Look, most of the patterns on it are weathered and worn, and cracks are everywhere, so the monsters that appear are not as powerful as before."
I kicked the ground with all my strength, and didn't even splash at all. "This is not something that can be worn out by external forces." I shook my head.
"Since it's not external force, it should be caused by internal force." Wuhen's face was filled with deep thought.
Shi Yong smiled and said, "The more you break the road, the better, so you don't have to worry about those monsters acting violently.
The following journey was indeed easier. The path of the sheep intestine was damaged and goodbye. Later, the ground was filled with pits and cracks, and the runes were damaged and leaked, and they could not form. No evil and evil things could pop up again.
"This empty city seems to be slowly declining." Wuhen's eyes showed a strange god. The paths ahead were unobstructed and circling into the depths. The surrounding shops were gone, and the thick fog was blocking its sight like a wall.
I jumped over a deep trench on the ground and said, "The creatures in the shop are the same, they are dull and dull, dead, as if their vitality has been drained."
Shi Yong said in a stern voice: "It is precisely because the empty city has entered the decay that we need to absorb our flesh and blood,
The soul can be used to prolong the breathing!”
I secretly praised: "This empty city should be a strange life that has given birth to spiritual intelligence? If so, it will be easy for us to deal with."
"That may not be." Wuhen said, "The more such a huge thing is, the more hazy the consciousness and wisdom it is. There are only some instinctive thoughts, which are far less insightful and powerful than you imagined."
He smiled and said, "Otherwise, the northern border will directly erase Chu Du, wouldn't it be easier? The laws of heaven and earth have heaven and earth, just like the rules of empty cities, they themselves will be bound by them. If they do not violate the rules, they can only create some obstacles based on instinctive thoughts and cannot directly attack us."
My heart moved: "What if the rules and regulations are violated?"
Wuhen looked at me with a deep meaning: "If you violate the laws of the North, you may be directly erased by the North using the power of heaven and earth. Perhaps the North will have a trace of instinctive thoughts, manifest the external appearance, and erase it.
The entire Dandingliu Sect disappeared in the past, which is said to be because of the refining of Nishenwan, which violates the laws of the North. We broke the rules of the empty city, so the runes manifested their external appearance and gave birth to monsters. Logically, we will be trapped here forever and be forced to die."
He narrowed his eyes, pondered for a long time, and said, "Unless we can pay off our debts."
I said sleepily: "The empty city first owes us debts through those rare treasures, and then traps us, forcing us to repay. What medicine is sold in the gourd?"
Wuhen said: "Killing a few companions will not be able to pay off the debt. The original intention of Kongcheng should not be to let us kill each other."
I laughed and said, "This is like a trick that some mortal bullies often play. If you fall in love with someone's daughter, you will set up a trap, which will deceive the other party into spending all their money and have to take the woman and pay the debt."
"You are afraid that you have hit its intention!" Wuhen was moved with a terrifying look, "It wants us to repay it in another way!"
I had a light in my mind: "You said the empty city is declining. Could it be that it wants us to help me?
If this empty city is saved, the huge debt can be paid back, right?"
"Lin Fei, you are really smart and have hit the nail on the head." Wuhen's eyes suddenly lit up, and he shouted, "Hongcheng wants us to save it, this is a glimmer of chance in this journey!"
Hearing our words, Shi Yong lowered his head and slowed down, as if concealing a drastic change. He suddenly looked up and laughed dryly: "You two are too ridiculous. It's just a simple treasure hunting empty city. Where can we get so many roundabout ways? If the empty city really needs our efforts, why do we have to divide many rune monsters, which will almost harm your life?"
Wuhen said: "Empty City's rules cannot be violated even by itself. If we die at the hands of monsters, it can only prove that we are incompetent, and this ability will naturally not save it."
Shi Yong snorted: "Since this empty city is so magical, how can we save it with our three-legged cat?"
Wuhen and I looked at each other and said slowly: "That depends on why it has decayed."
More than half an hour later, the path ahead finally came to an end, and a huge and deep fog hole appeared in the field of view.
The fog cave is still, but it makes me feel a strange illusion like a dizzying place, as if it is a surging vortex.
Wuhen suddenly stopped his steps, squatted down, and picked up a corner of the rag from the crack on the ground. My eyes swept across the gravel and broken bricks around me and several collapsed pits, and said in a deep voice: "Someone has fought here."
Wuhen handed me the rag, the rag was only the size of a thumb, smooth and soft, the tentacles were cool, and the silver-white silk thread emitted soft starlight. "This is the Xingluo robe of Zhuang Meng, the head of Xinggu. " Wuhen said unexpectedly, "He may have met the owner of another key here, and the two sides fought, and Zhuang Meng seemed to be at a disadvantage."
I looked at the bottomless fog cave and guessed: "Zhuang Meng was unable to fight against the other party, fled into the fog cave, and the other person chased in." Unexpectedly, this time, I encountered so many acquaintances in the treasure hunt in the empty city.
With the ability of Zhuang Mengxuan, he was killed and fled, which shows the other person's power.
Wuhen said decisively: "Just go deep into the fog cave, you will know the difference."
"What do you think of Brother Shi?" I looked at Shi Yong silently. Unlike Wuhen, who had no way out, I had no need to go into the cave to take risks. But Kong Kongxuan kept closing his eyes and showing no sign of awakening. I didn't know how long I would wait in Kongcheng.
However, if you catch up with Zhuang Meng and kill him, it will be considered as cutting off Gongzi Ying's hands and feet.
Shi Yong pointed around expressionlessly: "Where is there any room for you and I to refuse?"
Chapter completed!