Chapter 138 That Place 4

  Mr. Qin felt a metallic taste in his mouth, wiped it hard with the back of his hand, and was shocked to see bloodstains on his sleeve, unaware of how hard he had bitten down just now, it was all an unconscious reaction.

  Lu Kai covered his mouth, but his eyes stared intently at Qin Boss, his eyes seemed to be about to pop out and were fixed on Qin Boss, his chest heaving rapidly, as if trying to hold back his breath.

  Qin Pei on one side saw Luo Kai finally stop and loudly shouted: "Luo Kai, come over! Come over and I'll f**k your grandfather!"

  Luo Kai finally brought his gaze back, a pair of sapphire eyes narrowed, because of the injury to his tongue, he spoke unclearly and vaguely: "I won't go, you want to bully my grandfather, let me tell you, my grandfather is still in his mother's womb, you can only bully him in your next life."

  Qin Pei was so angry that she almost fainted on the spot.

  Wen Baiyu helplessly rubbed her face, feeling that this group of people gathering together was too dramatic, it was simply a farce, how could they still go find someone!

  Mr. Qin stood up, coughed and said: "We can go now."

  "Where are you going?" Luo Kai asked.

  Mr. Qin said: "Go to that hole, besides, we are not in the same team, you just follow your own team."

  Luo Kai turned his head and took a look at Qin Wei and Wei Qiu Shui.

  At this time, Wei Qiu Shui finally spoke up and said: "Now the sky is still dark, it's unclear what's in the cave, don't rush down, there are still a few hours before dawn, wait until dawn to make plans, you can also rest for a while."

  What Wei You said makes sense, now it's very dark and this place has no sunlight, especially cold, with a heavy yin energy, who knows what is in the cave, maybe it's just the "place" they're looking for?

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and said: "Alright, let's set off again when the sun comes out."

  Mr. Qin subconsciously turned his head to glance at Luo Kai, who was smiling and walking over to pull Mr. Qin down to sit, saying: "You're injured, rest for a bit, there are still several hours until dawn, you sleep, I'll keep watch."

  Everyone sat down, and Mo Jie didn't sleep, but leaned against the broken wall of the sand pit, letting Wen Baiyu lie on his legs, then covered him with a blanket from his backpack. They came out in a hurry, many backpacks were lost, let alone replenished, sleeping bags are such heavy things, definitely not brought.

  Everyone wanted to sleep and recharge, but there were no sleeping bags and blankets were in short supply, so it was really too cold to fall asleep.

  Although Wan Xi Jing Hou could produce fire, with so many unfamiliar people in front of him, it wasn't easy to do so. He stretched out his hand and grasped Wen Bai Yu's hand instead. Wan Xi Jing Hou's palm was very warm, giving off a cozy feeling like a hot water bottle.

  Seven clutched the egg baby nest on one side, curled up his body, and protected the egg baby in his arms. Soon he started snoring, sleeping the most soundly of all.

  Qin Pei stared at Qi Ba in amazement, thinking it was unbelievable that on such a cold day, Qi Ba didn't even cover himself with a quilt and yet slept so soundly.

  Qin Pei said: "He didn't die in his sleep, did he?"

  Wei You shivered at the sight of Qin Pei's cold demeanor, rummaged through his backpack, and unexpectedly found a set of camping cookware inside. He took out the cookware and also pulled out a small, flat cylindrical camping gas canister from his backpack. A fire was soon lit, but the flame produced by this cookware was too small to warm everyone up.

  Wei You shui put the small pot on top, then poured in water. The water boiled and was distributed to everyone to drink some. Qin Pei drank hot water while humming, and sighed: "Still, Wei Ge is formidable. If I relied on others, I would have died a hundred times already."

  Wei Cui smiled coldly and poured the remaining hot water into a bottle, saying: "Now you call me Wei Ge? Not surnamed Wei?"

  Qin Pei was taken aback and said: "What's with the big man being so petty?"

  Wei You said: "I told you not to come here, but you didn't listen. Now that you're injured, you've thought of me."

  Wen Baiyu was drinking hot water when she suddenly heard Qin Pei and Wei Yousheng's conversation, feeling that there was something hidden in Wei Yousheng's words, so she couldn't help but take a closer look at the two people.

  Wei Youyi poured hot water from the thermos into a bottle and handed it to Qin Pei, saying: "Hold on to it, use it as a hot water bag."

  Qin Pei hugged the thermos to her chest, because the hot water was too scalding and the plastic bottle had deformed, giving off a strong smell of plastic. However, at this moment, she couldn't care about that anymore; if she didn't hug something warm, she would absolutely freeze to death.

  Qin Pei hugged the hot water bottle and was still chattering her teeth when Wei Youcai said, "Tomorrow morning, I'll have the brothers escort you out of the desert first."

  Qin Pei was taken aback for a moment and said: "What about you?"

  He said that and immediately glanced at Qin boss who was not far away, because the house was just so big, so Qin boss also heard it and looked up at him.

  Qin Pei's face stiffened and she immediately said: "I'm not going out, I still have things that haven't been done."

  Wei You sneered, his face colder than the weather. "What are you doing? Playing house like a child? Your feet are in such a state, how can you continue on? Do you want someone to carry you?"

  Qin Pei heard Wei Qiu's tone was slightly worse, he was a typical person who would not eat soft but hard, and immediately got angry, staring with his eyes and saying: "Why should I be the one to play house? You look down on me! I tell you, without you, I can still live! Even if I crawl, I can crawl by myself! Wei Qiu, you bastard! I don't want to see you again!"

  Qin Pei said, suddenly standing up, because both feet were injured, and quickly "thud" fell to the ground again. However, since Wen Baiyu had treated him earlier, Qin Pei's ankle was almost healed, just a bit of tendon and bone injury, which definitely couldn't heal immediately.

  Qin Pei quickly scrambled to his feet, Wei Qian Shui was watching him coldly, wondering how much this young master could take. Qin Pei's anger rushed to his head, and he didn't care about the pain in his foot, rushing out of the ruined house as fast as possible.

  Mr. Qin stood up at once and said: "Qin Pei! Qin Pei!"

  Qin Pei seemed to have not heard anything, and directly ran away, suddenly plunging into the darkness. For a moment, everyone could only hear the roar of the fierce wind outside, Qin Pei's figure and voice had disappeared.

  Qin boss was getting anxious, Luo Kai watched Qin Pei run out and turned to Wei Qianshui saying: "Brother Wei, you know the boss's temper, why do you always provoke him? If you two don't fight for an hour, I'll go to the temple to shave my head!"

  Wei Qiushui's face turned black as he said, "Go and bring him back."

  Lu Kai pointed at himself and said: "Why should I go? You got yourself into this mess."

  Wei You was still scowling, not saying a word, nor moving, just staring at the burning flames, his eyes filled with complexity.

  Luo Kai stood up and said: "Forget it, forget it, who made him my younger uncle?"

  Mr. Qin immediately glared at him and said, "What did you say?"

  Luo Kai smiled and said: "I'll go find him, don't worry, your brother is injured, he can't run far, I'll bring him back right away."

  Lu Kai said and left, Wen Baiyu was originally sleepy to death, but now he's not sleepy at all. He thought that they were really able to stir up trouble, Qin Pei was indeed stubborn, with a broken bone, still running outside. Fortunately, he and Wan Qi Jing Hou had already checked the surroundings earlier, there was nothing.

  After a while, Wen Baiyu felt drowsy and couldn't hold on anymore, so she leaned against Wan Jingshou and fell asleep. She slept for a while and suddenly woke up, looked at the sky, and found that it was not yet dawn, but the time was no longer early. It's just that in winter, the days are late, and now outside is still pitch black, but there is already a tendency to dawn, and the exposed sky on the roof has a strong sense of oppression.

  Wen Baiyu narrowed her eyes and looked at the roof of Guan Feng's house, feeling that it was going to snow, and heavily at that.

  Wen Baiyu woke up for a while, then turned her gaze around and found that everyone except Qi Du and the little ones were awake, with gloomy faces.

  Wen Baiyu was taken aback, Luo Kai and Qin Pei haven't returned yet?

  Wen Baiyu sat up and said, "Hasn't he come back yet?"

  Wei Qiu Shui didn't say a word from start to finish, the gas canister had been burned out, the stove was placed on the ground, the thermos that Qin Pei had been holding earlier had frozen into an ice lump and stuck to the ground, motionless.

  Mr. Qin nodded with a gloomy face.

  Wen Baiyu said: "No way, this outside is just a little bigger place, where can Qin Pei run to?"

  Mr. Qin stood up and said, "I'll go take a look."

  He said, just about to go out, a figure rushed up, it was Luo Kai. Luo Kai's face was covered in sweat, panting and saying: "It's not good, Qin Pei is gone!"

  Mr. Qin immediately became tense and said: "What do you mean by 'nowhere to be found'?"

  Luo Kai said: "I've searched everywhere, but I couldn't find Qin Pei. Could it be that Qin Pei has left the ancient city?"

  Mr. Qin was anxious and looked around, grabbed the luggage on the ground and put it on his back, saying: "I'll go find him."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Wait a minute, Luo Kai, have you found that hole in the ground?"

  Luó Kāi said: "The cave you mentioned earlier? I didn't find it, where is it?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "Qin Pei's personality is unpredictable, she might enter the underground cave ahead of us."

  Everyone was restless at this time, even Wei Youcai couldn't sit still, stood up and said: "Go take a look."

  Everyone woke up, packed their bags and set off immediately. It's been less than an hour since we rushed out of Qinpei.

  Wen Baiyu and Wan Kui Jinghou led the crowd to the stone carvings, but upon closer inspection, they were stunned. Wen Baiyu was shocked to discover that there were no marks on these stone carvings!

  All the stone carvings are very similar, and if there's any difference, it's only in the weathering, but this difference is so irregular that it can't be remembered. They had clearly seen a mark on one of the stone carvings before, so they didn't make an effort to remember what the stone carvings looked like.

  Wen Bai Yu squatted down, touched the base of the stone carving, and found obvious scratches on it. The base of the stone carving next to it also had scratches, and all the bases of the stone carvings had scratches!

  Wen Bai Yu said in surprise: "Someone has been here and destroyed all the marks? He doesn't want us to go down?"

  Everyone stood in the strong wind, and as the sky gradually brightened up, the sun rose and it immediately warmed up. At least the temperature was no longer minus twenty or thirty degrees, yet everyone was sweating at this moment.

  Just now when they were resting, someone came here for more than an hour and erased all their marks. To be on the safe side, this person also scraped all the stone pedestals, making it impossible to tell which one was which.

  There are so many stone carvings here. Wen Baiyu pushed hard a few times, and it seemed that they could all be moved. Maybe there were other hidden traps.

  "What to do? Which way should we go now?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou looked at this group of stone carvings, his eyes turned around, closed his eyes, as if in contemplation, and suddenly said: "This one."

  He said, pointing to one of the stone carvings. Wen Baiyu had already forgotten what that stone carving looked like, and everything seemed familiar, but since it was Wan Kuangjinghou who said so, Wen Baiyu naturally believed him without a doubt.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou pushed the stone carving open, and everyone looked down to see that it was a very deep pit. If they were going to go down, they would definitely need to use ropes, but Qin Pei had left without bringing anything, including ropes.

  Luo Kai looked down and said: "Qin Pei doesn't have any tools or supplies, can he really go down?"

  Mr. Qin narrowed his eyes and looked down, took out a fluorescent stick from his backpack, lit it up, and threw it down. The pit wasn't very deep, about four meters or so. If he jumped down from here, he'd be lucky to break an arm and leg, or a few ribs; unlucky, and his head would hit the ground first - either way, it was certain death.

  Mr. Qin said: "I understand my brother's character, he is a very stubborn person and it's likely that he will go down."

  Luó Kāi said: "When I came out, these stone statues all had scratches on them. When your brother comes out, how will he be able to tell which one is the right one? There are so many here, we can barely pick out the correct one, let alone your brother."

  As soon as he spoke, everyone was in an uproar. This is indeed a problem. Who exactly is secretly hiding behind and erasing all their marks?

  According to Luo Kai's account, he had already lost the mark when he came out. The person behind him acted very quickly, almost immediately after they found the mark and went back.

  Wei Youcai squatted down and touched the sand on the ground, swept away the sand, and saw several scratches on the ground. He said, "Look."

  There were scratches on the ground, but they were covered by fallen sand. The scratches were very new, and based on these scratches alone, it was impossible to determine whether they were left behind by Qi San Ye and his group or Qin Pei.

  But there were still bloodstains on the ground, and in the scratches, there were hidden bloodstains, which were very fresh. Everyone saw them at once and was convinced that Qin Pei had indeed gone down.

  Wen Bai Yu frowned at the scratches and said, "This doesn't feel right. If Qin Pei wanted to climb down, there's no reason for her to leave so many messy scratch marks."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said faintly: "Unless someone pushed him down, Qin Pei is struggling."

  As soon as he spoke, Old Qin's mind went "buzz" and he said, "Come on, let's go down and take a look!"

  Everyone rummaged through their backpacks and found a rope, but there was only one. In that case, they had to go down one by one.

  Mr. Qin grabbed the rope and said, "I'll go down first!"

  Luo Kai blocked his way and said: "The person who attacked Qin Pei might be down there, let me go first."

  Mr. Qin's lips trembled slightly, looking into Luo Kai's sapphire-like eyes, which were no longer as striking due to the dawn, but still very deep and profound, making Mr. Qin's heart skip a beat.

  Lu Kai grasped the rope and tied it around his waist, while Wan Zonghou tied the other end to a stone statue. Since the statue was movable, everyone worked together to push it behind the broken wall, where it got stuck, preventing them from falling down.

  Lu Kai quickly jumped into the cave, his movements extremely swift, and immediately fell into darkness. Everyone held their breath, looking at the cave entrance with some tension. After Lu Kai went in, he soon disappeared into the darkness. At this time, Old Qin finally came to from his tense state, hastily taking out a flashlight to shine downwards. A distance of about four meters should be visible.

  Mr. Qin flashed his flashlight and immediately let out a "hiss" sound, his body swayed, almost falling to the ground, Wen Baiyu stretched out her hand to support him, holding onto Mr. Qin's lower back, saying: "What's wrong?"

  He said, looking down, and suddenly also "hissed" a sound. The pit was empty without Luo Kai, the rope was shaking in mid-air, one end had been cut off, it must have been done with a sharp object. Their rope itself was long enough, but because it was cut from the middle, it hung only about half way down, still two meters away from the bottom of the pit.

  Luo Kai was gone, the walls of the pit were covered in blood, a large amount of blood, splattered everywhere, but they didn't hear any moans or cries for help, Luo Kai had disappeared silently...

  Wen Baiyu was also stunned, this series of events happened in just a few seconds, it was too fast. Luo Kai's outstretched hand, they had seen before, could make Luo Kai disappear silently, was it that "person behind" again?

  Wan Xi Jing Hou looked down and said: "I'll go first."

  "Be careful."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou pulled up the rope and nodded slightly.

  Because their ropes were shortened and had to be tied around the waist, making them even shorter, the statue couldn't be wedged behind a distant stone wall. It was more troublesome to move it elsewhere. There was another stone wall closer by, but it didn't look particularly sturdy. With no other options, they could only wedge the statue against that stone wall.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou moved very lightly and quickly, crawling down the hole in the ground. Everyone held up their flashlights, staring unblinkingly at Wan Kuang Jing Hou inside the hole.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou went down to the dock at the same time, and stopped beside the bloodstain, stretched out his hand to touch it, the bloodstain was very fresh, indeed just left behind, indicating that Luo Kai was injured, and the injury was not light.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou only stayed for a few seconds, and then quickly went down, soon fell to the ground, took out a fluorescent stick, folded it bright and shook it upwards.

  Everyone held their breath, seeing the glow stick swaying, and suddenly let out a sigh of relief. Wen Baiyu hastily pulled the rope up and tied it around himself, quickly sliding down.

  Wen Baiyu also landed smoothly, and Wan Qi Jinghou was standing beside him. This is a circular pit, the pit came down, and the four sides were very rough, perhaps not polished at all, just dug a hole. However, there is an opening on the side of the pit, the opening is small, it's a very narrow tunnel, inside is very dark, can't shine through with flashlight, must kneel on the ground to move forward.

  Others also slid down along the rope, there were too many people, and after one came down, the hole became narrow.

  The ground above the cave had bloodstains, and it was now impossible to tell whether it was Luo Kai's blood or Qin Pei's blood.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou took the lead, tied his hands to his arm with a flashlight, and quickly crawled into the narrow tunnel, crawling inside. The people behind him also followed quickly.

  Everyone rushed inside quickly, the tunnel was extremely narrow, so narrow that it made people feel very oppressive. There was a smell of blood on the ground in the tunnel, Wen Baiyu touched those bloodstains, and they were still very fresh, probably just dropped not long ago.

  Everyone crawled forward along the tunnel, Wen Baiyu was always very nervous, the person behind them had been around them all the time, in such a narrow place, if someone wanted to do something bad, both the leader and the last one would be in danger.

  Everyone didn't dare to slack off, and they made an effort to crawl forward. Soon, they saw Wan Jie Jing Hou speed up, then he drilled forward, and Wen Bai Yu immediately saw Wan Jie Jing Hou's figure disappear into the tunnel. He quickly followed suit and squeezed out of the tunnel.

  Everyone squeezed out of the tunnel, all feeling sore waists and backs, necks also aching badly. The backpack was too big and kept scraping against the tunnel, with dirt all over it.

  Everyone dusts off their backpacks, looking around left and right. Outside the tunnel is a pit, also made of sandstone, which appears to be an underground building with exactly the same style as the ancient city above.

  This ancient city was actually built with two sides: a sunny side and a shady side.

  The bloodstains on the ground had disappeared, and all around was extremely quiet. The place felt a bit like a tomb, but much cruder than that. Wen Baiyu always thought this shape was a bit like an air raid shelter, but looking at the excavation marks around it, they were far older than those of an air raid shelter.

  And it's also much more complicated than an air raid shelter.

  Everyone raised their flashlights and followed Wan Qi Jing Hou forward. At first, the cave was relatively spacious, but later it narrowed into a tunnel. The tunnel was square in shape, with a flat ceiling that wasn't rounded.

  Everyone walked in the tunnel, and all that could be heard was their breathing and footsteps. The surroundings were extremely quiet, with no sound at all, even the wind above had disappeared.

  The tunnel soon came to a fork in the road, and there were many scratches on the wall of the fork. However, every wall had scratches, and Wen Baiyu said: "Is this also a mark made by Qi San Ye and others? It's all been scraped off?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou touched the wall surface, and indeed it seemed that way. That person had always been in front of them, seemingly not wanting to let them enter.

  Because the mark was scraped off, everyone had to casually choose one and enter the fork in the road. Before entering the fork in the road, they first made a new mark on the wall surface, and then all of them walked into the fork in the road.

  After walking for two minutes, the fork in the road suddenly came to an end, it was a dead alley. Everyone retreated backwards, this time the marks on the wall didn't get lost, it seemed that the person behind them was actually in front of them.

  The crowd chose another fork in the road, made a mark and walked in, only to find that the fork ended again after a few minutes. They had no choice but to exit once more, this time leaving only one path remaining.

  They walked along the last road, and it took a long time to reach the end, but this road was very strange. The tunnel kept turning and just when Wen Baiyu thought it was a "回" shaped tunnel, the tunnel turned another strange bend, and three forks appeared in front of everyone.

  If there were no signs at this three-way intersection, people would have thought it was a blind alley.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Why is this tunnel so strange?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's eyes swept across and said: "It is a maze."

  "What's this about a labyrinth?!"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "There are many dead ends, and many meaningless turns, all of which are used to disturb the senses, it should be a maze-like layout."

  Luo Kai disappeared in plain sight, he must be inside the cave, and Qin Pei might also be inside, but they entered a maze, for the time being, they really can't get out, everyone is worried.

  The crowd continued to move forward, and soon they no longer felt the cold. Everyone's forehead was sweating with anxiety. As they walked, General Wan Xi recorded the terrain with pen and paper. After walking through several wrong paths, they quickly discovered a pattern.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou led the way in front, and everyone followed him quickly inside, after which their speed increased a lot.

  Although this maze is complex, it can be seen that the design was very hasty at the time, and many repetitions were used later. As long as the pattern is found in front, the back will be solved quickly.

  After that, everyone didn't walk into a dead end again, and they walked in smoothly all the way. They quickly walked out of the maze, wasting about an hour or so.

  As the crowd walked out of the maze, in front of them was a huge stone cave. The cave was as big as a basketball court. Inside the cave, there was a musty and rotten smell, the air was extremely bad, and on the ground were piled countless skeletons that had rotted to the point where they no longer had skin or flesh. With just a slight touch, they would immediately turn to ashes.

  Wen Bai covered her nose with her sleeve and frowned, saying: "What kind of place is this? So many dead people."

  A huge stone cave, countless dead people, in the corner of the wall, there are many bottles, jars and bowls piled up, with some food residues that have turned black and hardened inside, apparently these bottles and jars were all used for storing food.

  These people piled up food in the stone cave, and when they finished eating the food, did they all starve to death here?

  Wen Baiyu felt a bit incredulous. In front of the stone cave was a maze, which obviously didn't want people to enter. Was it trying to trap these people and not let them out?

  But this is also unlikely to happen, after all, the maze design is a bit simple. Compared with the empty cans and bottles here, these people can definitely walk out of the maze before they finish their supplies, and there are no machines or gates in the maze that would prevent them from leaving.

  Wen Baiyu's mind was in a mess, and she really couldn't figure out why.

  Wan Ji Jing Hou stretched out his hand and grasped Wen Bai Yu's hand, saying: "There is still a road ahead."

  The crowd continued to move forward, after passing the stone cave, there was still a road ahead, the road became very wide, no need to drill or climb inside. Qin boss suddenly said: "There are bloodstains on the ground!"

  The bloodstains had dried, but they didn't look old. There were signs of a struggle in the tunnel, as if someone had fought here.

  Everyone followed the bloodstains forward, and the bloodstains soon stopped. There were no signs of struggle either. It didn't last long, so it seemed that the person who struggled and the attacker had a big difference in strength. The person who struggled didn't last for a long time.

  The tunnel had only one path, which led all the way to the end. Soon they saw another stone chamber, slightly smaller than the previous one, about half the size of a basketball court. The room was filled with countless coffins, densely packed, as if forming a coffin array. On top of each coffin, instead of inscriptions, were intricate carvings of paintings.

  It's a narrative painting, and when connected together, it can be seen as a story. Everyone walks in along the coffin/material, looking at the murals on the wall one by one.

  The owner of this coffin should be the owner of the ancient city. Although the material of the coffin looks ordinary, the mural carvings are very exquisite, with a layer of varnish on top that has turned a bit black, I don't know what it is.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou looked at those lacquer and said: "It's blood."

  Wen Baiyu had never seen anyone use blood to paint before, and the blood easily penetrated into the wood, lacking durability. Wan Qi Jinghou said: "It's applied layer by layer, painted very thickly."

  Wen Baiyu shuddered and didn't know what was the significance of doing so with these coffins.

  Wan Qi Jinghou pointed at the coffin and said: "The grudge, blood lacquer and mural are well matched, expressing a kind of hatred."

  Everyone carefully looked at the murals on the coffins, although there were no words, but the graphics were delicate and very specific.

  This is a tribe that worships the moon, and the people in the murals are all kneeling down to worship the moon. There are some inexplicable scenes, their punishment is to cut off hands, after cutting off hands, they also have to sacrifice these hands to the moon.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "It should be felt that the two hands are given by the gods, and once they do evil, they will return the given things."

  Wen Baiyu continued to look at the murals that seemed to understand but not quite, and saw that this tribe worshipped the moon, specifically the full moon, with every picture depicting a full moon.

  The people in the tribe were skilled and could make many things. Wen Baiyu looked at these and suddenly thought of Minggui and Mo Yi, as many of the things this tribe made seemed similar to theirs or had a shadow of their predecessors.

  The next mural is of war, the ancient city from prosperity to desolation, and all the men in the tribe were caught/taken away, taken to a cave.

  Below is the scene of people in the tribe being enslaved, with many tall and strong men wielding whips or weapons to enslave them to work, among which there are also some strange beasts.

  "Wan Baiyu pointed at one of them and said, 'Beast? Is this a Qiong Qi?'"

  The beast is painted very concisely, but it absolutely has the shadow of a tiger, and the characteristics of a tiger are very obvious.

  He nodded and said, "The clothing characteristics of these people, as well as the male and female characteristics, can be seen that the slaves are from a matriarchal tribe, where women's status is far higher than men. Adding to this, it is very likely that these people are from the Western Queen Mother's country."

  The people of the Western Queen's country captured this tribe that worships the full moon and made them work.

  Below this picture, soon explained the doubts in Wen Baiyu's heart. These enslaved people were building an underground palace!

  The characteristics of the underground palace are very obvious.

  After the underground palace was built, all these people were buried alive in the underground palace. Since ancient times, craftsmen who built mausoleums have never lived to leave the mausoleum. The bigger the mausoleum, the more afraid of provoking tomb robbers, and releasing the craftsmen may leak the news.

  But the mural didn't end there. These people were trapped in the underground palace, but they didn't die. They cleverly designed an escape route and escaped from the underground palace.

  The escape route map looked very flat, but it was obviously painted very clearly in a certain tomb chamber. Wan Qi Jing Hou immediately took out something and rubbed the picture on the coffin board down.

  Later, these people returned here, but soon the people of the Western Queen's country also discovered that someone had escaped and was constantly sending troops to kill them. These survivors returned to their hometown, dug this underground castle, and stored all the grain, which is indeed a place similar to an air-raid shelter.

  These people knew they wouldn't live for long, because the Western Queen Mother's country was too powerful and there was no way to go out and fight them hard. However, relying on the maze being easy to defend but difficult to attack, no one could come in, and when their food ran out, they would all die here.

  The skeletal remains in the outer stone cave should also be from the tribe, but because these people had a lower status and there were not enough coffins to go around, they did not have coffins. There are so many coffins here, which should belong to some high-ranking individuals within the tribe.

  Everyone looked at the murals one by one, and suddenly Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "There is a breathing sound."

  Breathing sound?

  There was actually a breathing sound coming from these coffins? Could it be that after all these years, the people inside the coffins still haven't died?

  Everyone immediately held their breath. Wan Qi Jing Hou listened carefully and pointed to the two coffins in the back, saying: "These two."

  Wei You's eyes narrowed and he said, "Bloodstain."

  He rushed up and found that the innermost coffin had bloodstains, but very little, probably just a smudge. At the time, everyone was staring at the murals, so they all ignored it.

  Wei You Shui stretched out his hand to touch the coffin, but the coffin lid was open and not tightly closed. He grabbed the coffin lid with both hands and lifted it up violently.

  There was a person lying in the coffin, covered in blood, with an extremely pale face and very weak breathing. Just now, this coffin also owed it to General Wan's exceptional hearing, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to discover it.

  "Qin Pei?!"

  The crowd almost shouted out in surprise, Qin Wei quietly lay in the coffin, there was a lot of blood in the coffin, the color of the blood was very light, it was orange-yellow, but you could smell the bloody smell, and there was a strange smell that couldn't be described.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou furrowed his brow and immediately said, "Take him out of the coffin, there's a problem with the coffin liquid. This should be a corpse-refining coffin."

  Corpse Coffin

  Wen Baiyu was not seeing a refined corpse for the first time, and Yi Feng had also done something similar before. Refining corpses could make them "come back to life", but it was a heretical practice. The corpse wouldn't truly come back to life, it would just absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, turning into a puppet.

  Another possibility is that the corpse is refined into an essence and then consumed by other zombies.

  Wei You immediately took Qin Pei out of the coffin, and Qin Pei's body was covered in coffin liquid, with a strong smell of blood. His forehead and hands were still bleeding, and his wounds had become swollen from being soaked.

  Wei You immediately tore off Qin Pei's clothes, then took out a blanket from his backpack, wrapped Qin Pei in it, and wiped away the coffin liquid on his body. He also took out several bottles of water and poured them over Qin Pei from head to toe.

  They didn't have much water to begin with, and now they had even less, but Qin Pei's wound was terrible, no one complained a word, everyone was afraid that the water wouldn't be enough, and couldn't clean Qin Pei's wound.

  Qin Pei was splashed with cold water and the cave was no longer warm. She immediately woke up with a start, shouting "Ah!!" and saying "Don't! Don't!"

  Qin Pei's mind was somewhat abnormal, and she suddenly struggled violently, reaching out to grab Wei Qian Shui. A bloody scratch appeared on Wei Qian Shui's face, which turned to one side.

  Qin Pei exerted too much strength, and with one move, blood spurted out, splashing onto his face. Qin Pei took two deep breaths, and his whole body began to tremble violently.

  Wei You held Qin Pei in his arms and said: "Qin Pei? Qin Pei! It's me, what's wrong with you?"

  Qin Pei's body shook violently, her eyes wide open, and she let out a "huh-huh" sound. She trembled for a while before slowly calming down, her eyes reddening as she finally couldn't hold back tears, saying: "I... my hand hurts..."

  Wei You tightly hugged Qin Pei and said: "Let's go out now, be good, Qin Pei, hold on a bit."

  Wei You's voice was unusually gentle, calming Qin Pei's fears. His gaze swept across the crowd, as if searching for someone.

  Wen Baiyu initially thought he was looking for Qin Laoban, after all, Qin Pei is Qin Laoban's younger brother, and the relationship between the two people seemed not as tense as it appeared at first, it's just that neither of them was willing to back down.

  But soon, Wen Baiyu discovered that her guess was wrong, because Qin Pei's gaze was filled with fear as she searched for someone in the crowd.

  Wen Bai Yu Hou hesitantly said: "Qin Pei, who are you looking for?"

  Qin Pei heard the voice and immediately trembled, Wen Baiyu's tone was not cold or severe, giving people a warm feeling, her voice was also not rough, it didn't make sense to scare Qin Pei like this.

  Wei Youshui's eyebrows furrowed immediately, his voice cold as he said: "Qin Pei, who ambushed you? Is the person among us?"

  There were many people in this group, but most of them were from the caravan team, all hired by Qin Pei as bodyguards. Because Qin Pei was usually easy-going and generous with his money, the bodyguards liked following him around, and at most they would just have to coax a little kid to make some money.

  Qin Pei immediately became frightened again upon hearing his words, her whole body trembling like a sieve, tightly grabbing Wei Youcai's sleeve, not at all like the stubborn and arrogant look she had earlier, her voice shaking so much that she couldn't speak, constantly shaking her head.

  Wei You held him in her arms and said: "Qin Pei, tell me, don't be afraid, who ambushed you?"

  Qin Pei closed her eyes, her eyes were completely red, and her lips trembled several times, saying: "Luo... Luo Kai..."

  "Luó kāi?!" -> "Luo opened?!"

  Everyone cried out in surprise, it was actually Luo Kai!

  Mr. Qin was shocked and shook his head, saying: "It's impossible to be Luo Kai, Luo Kai is also injured, we just saw his bloodstains..."

  Qin Pei opened her eyes and looked at Qin Boss, with bloodshot eyes and many bloodstains on her face, trembling as she stared at him.

  Mr. Qin looked at his brother's appearance and took a deep breath, then let it out heavily.

  Everyone fell into reminiscence, carefully recalling Luo Kai's various deeds.

  Firstly, at the supply station, Luo Kai suddenly disappeared, saying he was going to the toilet. When the blood dumplings appeared, Luo Kai was not present, and then he suddenly reappeared.

  Then in the ancient city, after Qin Wei ran out, Luo Kai went to find him and came back to tell everyone that he couldn't find him. When they all went out again, they found that all the stone statue's marks had been erased.

  Luo Kai took a long time to find the person, Qin Pei's leg was injured and couldn't walk fast. Perhaps Qin Pei also found the mark and was sulking, wanting to go down, but when she discovered there was no rope, Luo Kai had already found the person. Qin Pei wouldn't suspect him, but Luo Kai pushed the person down and destroyed the mark, so time was ample.

  The last thing was that Luo Kai disappeared under their eyelids, without any movement. If he had disappeared by himself, then it would have been possible to do so quietly and unnoticed.

  It's likely that Qin Pei was under the ground at that time, Luo Kai was afraid that if Qin Laoban went down first, he would see Qin Pei. After Qin Pei woke up, she would also tell everyone the truth, so he chose to suddenly disappear and move away the unconscious Qin Pei.

  Qin Pei's appearance couldn't be more deceitful, his eyes kept shrinking, looking extremely terrified, unable to utter a complete sentence, constantly gasping for air. Adding to the poor air quality downstairs, Qin Pei was also stimulated and had difficulty catching his breath, feeling severely dizzy, leaning against Wei Cangshui's chest in a half-faint state.

  Everyone's mind is very complicated, Luo Kai is also Qin Pei's hired thug, they have been together for a long time, and there is no feud with Qin Pei. If it was really Luo Kai who made the move, then there would be a lack of motive. Why would Luo Kai want to put Qin Pei to death?

  This is simply unacceptable.

  At this time, Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "There is still a coffin with breath."

  As soon as he said this, everyone immediately remembered that earlier, Wan Qi Jing Hou had said that two coffins made a sound. They opened one and found Qin Pei inside. Everyone was excited for the moment and forgot about the other coffin.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou used a dragon-scale chopper to pry open the door with a "crack" sound, and everyone immediately let out a "wow" sound. Qin Pei was in a semi-dazed state, lost control and trembled for a moment, and struggled desperately.

  Another person lying in the coffin was Luo Kai!

  The coffin also had coffin liquid, but there was much less of it inside this coffin. Luo Kai's body was heavily injured, especially his abdomen, which had a huge hole in it. Fortunately, the amount of coffin liquid was relatively small and hadn't flowed into his abdomen. Luo Kai's lips were purple, his face pale, and his bright blue eyes were closed, looking lifeless.

  "What's going on here?!" said Mr. Qin.

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'Save people first, talk later!'"

  Mr. Qin alone couldn't move Luo Kai, so Wan Jie Jing Hou went over to help. The two of them each pulled one end, with one pulling the head and the other pulling the legs. Wen Bai Yu supported Luo Kai's back, and they lifted him out of the coffin and placed him on the ground.

  Qin Pei saw Luo Kai, even if Luo Kai had fainted, he was extremely frightened, almost shouting out loud, constantly retreating backwards. Wei Qianshui hugged him and said: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Qin Pei, calm down a bit, don't tear open your wound."

  Qin Pei trembled, her eyes fixed on Luo Kai, her pupils shrinking, and she stammered: "Luo Kai... it's Luo Kai... don't... don't kill me... why do you want to kill me..."

  Wei Youjin saw Qin Pei like this and found it hard to imagine what he had encountered before. He held him tightly in his arms, kissed Qin Pei's forehead and said "Qin Pei, Qin Pei, look at me, nothing's wrong, really nothing's wrong."

  Qin Pei was coaxed by him and slowly calmed down.

  Everyone is now a head two big, what's going on, no one can think through it. Qin Pei doesn't look like he's lying, can't even say a complete sentence, his whole body is injured, absolutely impossible to lie, he should have seen Luo Kai attacking himself, and there are many signs of struggle in the pit, at that time Qin Pei may have woken up once, so he is very sure what he saw.

  Qin Pei's mental breakdown was largely not due to fear, but shock. Qin Pei and Luo Kai had a good relationship, if someone you have a good relationship with suddenly wants to kill you, you would also feel shocked and unbelievable.

  But Luo Kai was lying motionless on the ground at this time, because of excessive blood loss, he had completely fainted.

  Everyone first stopped Luo Kai's bleeding, Luo Kai lay in a coffin with coffin liquid, which was also painted with blood paint, it was a form of corpse refining, but fortunately the coffin liquid had volatilized a lot over the years, so it didn't enter the wound, Luo Kai's wound was relatively easy to treat.

  The bleeding had stopped, and Luo Kai gradually came to from his coma. The moment he opened his eyes, Qin Pei was frightened again.

  Lu Kai slowly opened his eyes, somewhat dazed, with bloodshot in his bright blue eyes, extremely exhausted. He opened them for a moment, then closed them again, and when he opened them once more, they suddenly widened like a leopard's, and he sat up abruptly from the ground, seeing Qin Pei not far away, and immediately let out a loud shout, trying to struggle to his feet.

  Qin Pei was frightened by him, and a low growl came from his throat. The scene suddenly became chaotic. Wei Qianshui protected Qin Pei, while Luo Kai ignored the wound on his body and rushed up to grab Qin Pei.

  Wei You's iron wire was suddenly pulled out from his wrist and blocked Luo Kai in front of him, saying: "Luo Kai! What are you doing!"

  Lu Kai covered his abdomen with his hand at this time, because the movement was too big just now, and the wound was torn open. He stared his eyes and said: "Wei Ge, Qin Pei is not a good person! He wanted to kill me just now!"

  Everyone listened and felt even more confused.

  Qin Pei, because of his extremely abnormal words, roared: "Luo Kai! You fart! Are you not killing me, wanting to kill people in front of everyone!? I really misjudged you, why do you want to kill me!"

  Qin Pei let out a loud roar, suddenly coughing violently, and spat out a mouthful of blood. Wei Qianshui quickly hugged him, saying: "Don't move, sit down."

  Qin Pei panted "Hoo---hooo---", her eyes wide with anger, bloodshot and full of hatred, as if she wanted to pounce on Luo Kai and bite him to death.

  Lu Kai was squinting his eyes at Qin Pei, covering his abdomen with some trembling, should be very painful, and soon blood began to drip from between his fingers.

  Mr. Qin looked at him with blood all over his hands and said, "You also sit down, first deal with the wound."

  Lu Kai took a glance at Qin Boss before sitting down, taking a deep breath that seemed painful.

  Wen Baiyu looked at both of them and felt that this matter was getting stranger and stranger. Qin Pei said Luo Kai wanted to kill him, while Luo Kai said Qin Pei wanted to kill him. Yet, both of them were lying in coffins being refined into corpses.

  Wen Baiyu said: "You two carefully recall what happened?"

  Qin Pei's recollection was similar to Wen Baiyu's previous inference. At that time, Qin Pei was stubborn but had no tools and couldn't jump down directly. While he was hesitating, Luo Kai arrived. Qin Pei thought Luo Kai was giving him a chance to retreat, so he didn't have any guard against him. However, at this moment, Luo Kai pushed him down instead. Qin Pei was very flustered but reacted quickly and grabbed the edge immediately. Luo Kai then grabbed his hand, causing Qin Pei to fall off, after which he fainted.

  Qin Pei's hands were covered in scratches, with skin and flesh turned inside out. Her memories were chaotic and disorganized, not like she was telling a lie.

  Wen Baiyu carefully examined the wound, but it didn't seem like Luo Kai's doing. Luo Kai doesn't have fingernails, they're cut very round and smooth, not long at all. But Qin Pei's wound on the back of her hand was ghastly, looking just like a wild beast had clawed her. It was so deep, it must have been done by someone with fingernails.

  Everyone noticed this and observed it carefully, but no one disturbed Qin Pei from continuing her reminiscence.

  Later, things went almost as expected by Wen Baiyu. Qin Pei fainted and when he came to, he found Luo Kai dragging him inside. At that time, Qin Pei struggled violently and shouted loudly, leaving behind signs of struggle in the tunnel. However, due to the huge difference in physical strength between Qin Pei and Luo Kai, he was quickly subdued. Qin Pei later fainted again, and when he came to, he saw everyone.

  Lu Kai immediately said with a very bad face: "You're lying! You are not Qin Pei at all!"

  Luo Kai's memory was the opposite of Qin Pei's. Luo Kai insisted that when he went out, he didn't find Qin Pei. When he went down to the cave, halfway through, he saw Qin Pei lying at the bottom of the cave. Since it was Qin Pei, Luo Kai had no guard against her and wanted to go down immediately. At this time, Qin Pei suddenly jumped up.

  Qin Pei was so capable, Luo Kai had always been an employee, how could he not know? But at that time, Qin Pei's movements were extremely fast, and she rushed up directly. Luo Kai didn't even have a chance to react before he fainted, and when he did, he felt blood splashing out.

  Lu Kai woke up again, and it was just now.

  Wen Baiyu listened and his head got even bigger, both people's words were reasonable, so there was another possibility, the person behind had another identity, but why did he pretend to be Luo Kai's appearance, attack Qin Pei, and then pretend to be Qin Pei's appearance, attack Luo Kai?

  What's so unusual about these two people?

  Wen Baiyu expressed his thoughts and possibilities, Luo Kai thought for a moment and said: "If he is really Qin Pei, I believe in the possibility that Wen Baiyu said. Qin Pei's kung fu can't be good enough to subdue me at once."

  Qin Pei immediately glared and said: "What's with saying I'm really Qin Pei! I am Qin Pei!"

  Wei You immediately stopped Qin Pei and said: "Don't get excited, sit down honestly, be careful of dizziness again."

  He said, and immediately looked at Luo Kai, saying: "Qin Pei I still know him, he is absolutely not fake."

  Mr. Qin also nodded and said, "I think so too, it's not fake."

  Lu Kai covered his abdomen and said: "What's going on? It doesn't make sense to attack me and Qin Pei, and put us in a coffin."

  Wan Kuang Jinghou suddenly said: "Who told you that there is a treasure in Lintan, Gansu?"

  As soon as he spoke, Wen Baiyu immediately remembered that before these strange things happened, Qin Pei's sudden appearance was because someone told them that there was a treasure in the tube building, and this person may have destroyed the tape left by Xie Tongzi, or perhaps the one who wanted to kill Qin Pei and Luo Kai was the same person.

  Qin Pei said: "It was Luo Kai who told me."

  Everyone looked at Luo Kai, and Luo Kai looked at Wei Qiu Shui, saying: "It was Brother Wei who told me."

  The ball was thrown to Wei Qiu Shui, and Wei Qiu Shui frowned, saying: "Did I tell you?"

  Luo Kai said: "Right, wasn't it Wei Ge who called me?"

  He said, touching his body and mobile phone, which was in the breast pocket without water, looked at the call log, showing that Wei Qianshui had made a call to Luo Kai a few days ago.

  Wei Youyuan furrowed his brow and said, "I haven't contacted you recently. The last time we were in contact was when you took the initiative to contact me, saying that Qin Pei was going into the desert and asking me to prepare equipment."

  Everyone was stunned, and things got even more complicated. The person behind the scenes pretended to be Wei You Shui and told Luo Kai that there was a treasure in Tongzi Building. From then on, Qin Pei and Luo Kai followed the arrangement of the person behind the scenes, step by step.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "It's possible that Qin Pei and Luo Kai unintentionally discovered something, so they were silenced."

  Qin Pei and Luo Kai exchanged a glance, both furrowing their brows as if deep in thought, but they really couldn't think of what they had discovered. In the tube building, they were busy quarreling and didn't notice anything, while Luo Kai was busy looking at "beauty" and didn't find anything suspicious either.

  "But there's also something that doesn't make sense. If they were going to kill you and silence you, they wouldn't have put you in a coffin for refining corpses."

  Everyone fell silent, and Wan Xi Jing Hou stood up and said: "You two pay attention to your bodies. After the corpse refining starts, it will have an impact on your bodies. Perhaps that person will still take action against you."

  Wei You said to Qin Wei: "Is there anything uncomfortable?"

  Qin Pei shook her head and said: "My hands hurt, my body hurts, my feet hurt, but the strange feeling is gone."

  Lu Kai moved his body a bit, and since his physical condition was good after all, the bleeding stopped and it wasn't a big deal. He also didn't feel anything strange.

  Wan Kuang said: "Let's get out of here first."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Do we have to go back the same way?"

  At this time, Qi Dun suddenly shouted twice, and everyone immediately became alert, all looking at Qi Dun.

  Qī Dǔn crashed into the stone wall behind them, shouting. Wēn Bái Yǔ said: "Qī Dǔn? What's wrong?"

  Qī Dǔ yelled a few times, crouched beside the stone wall, stretched out his hand to scratch the stone wall. Soon, the stone wall was dug into a hole. Qī Dǔ's fingernails were extremely sharp, and he didn't feel any pain at all. His fingers were bleeding, but he still had no feeling, and continued digging the wall.

  Wen Baiyu quickly walked over, letting Qi Du stop scratching the wall. Then he took out a Fenggu bone knife and poked at the wall several times. Wan Kuang Jinghou also came to help, and soon they saw that behind the wall was actually a hidden cave!

  And the digging traces of the thief hole are from inside to outside, that is, someone dug a hole in this place and then got out from here.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly turned his head and looked towards the two empty coffins in the stone cave. The two coffins were empty, with Qin Pei and Luo Kai lying inside, but the original owners had disappeared!

  Wen Baiyu said: "Has the real master in the coffin run away?"

  Nobody knows who it is, but the thief cave really exists. Although it's very simple, it's very deep and extends upwards all the way to the ground.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "I'll go take a look first, wait for my whistle."

  He said, and quickly drilled into the thief hole, the thief hole was very simple, some places fell a lot of soil, almost half buried, but indeed went up.

  The whistle of Wan Qi Jing Hou quickly spread in the cave, Wen Bai Yu led the way and crawled in first, others followed quickly, but because they had wounded men here, they didn't crawl very fast.

  Everyone followed the tunnel and crawled for half an hour, but still hadn't crawled out. At first, the tunnel was heading upwards, but soon it leveled off and continued to move forward steadily, without knowing where it led.

  At this time, going back would be a loss, and everyone was also curious about where the cave led to, so they didn't retreat.

  Qin Pei's physical strength could not hold up, and he fell to the ground to rest. This cave was relatively narrow, and Wei You couldn't even carry him on his back. Everyone stopped to rest.

  Qin Pei fell back on the bed panting, Wei Qian Shui turned over with some difficulty and asked: "Does your body still hurt?"

  Qin Pei shook his head, the wound on his hand was a bit swollen, but it had been disinfected earlier and didn't hurt much anymore. The most painful part was his foot, his ankle had been injured by the bloody hand, and now he had to crawl forward for a long time, which would definitely put too much strain on his feet. His knee also hurt terribly.

  Wei You smiled and pinched Qin Pei's face, saying: "Now being honest?"

  Qin Pei slapped his hand and said, "Don't move me."

  Wei You said: "Isn't it time for you to let go of me now that you've caught me?"

  Qin Pei's face showed an unnatural expression as she said, "Hmph! I didn't want to see you. I'm still angry! Apologize!"

  Wei Qiu Shui said: "You still have a big temper, let me apologize? Do you know how much trouble you've caused? If you don't run away, we won't have to make such a big fuss to find you."

  Qin Pei's face turned pale, and she trembled with rage, saying: "You, surnamed Wei, you... I don't need you to find me, anyway, even if I die, no one will care..."

  Wei You saw him get angry, Qin Pei's voice was very loud, the cave was narrow, and it immediately spread out. Old Qin turned his head to look at them, Luo Kai said in front: "What are you arguing about again? Don't argue, both of you ancestors."

  Wei You saw Qin Ai's expression and softened his tone, saying: "I was wrong, will an apology do?"

  Qin Pei covered her face and said, "No way!"

  Wei Qiu Shui laughed and said: "You just asked me to apologize, I apologized but you say it's not okay, what do you want?"

  Qin Pei also felt a bit unreasonable, but she was still very angry, thinking that if Wei Qianshui hadn't scolded her, she wouldn't have run out and suffered so much.

  Qin Pei thought for a moment, and suddenly felt that Wei Qiu Shui was extremely guilty. She scowled, her eyes quickly turning red. Wei Qiu Shui saw something was wrong and said: "What are you crying about?"

  "Get out, you big idiot Wei! I don't want to see you. Who's crying?! You always look down on people, I know you've never looked up to me."

  Wei You held his chin and said: "Who are you scolding? Scolding someone again?"

  Qin Ai stuck out her neck and said: "I like it, it's none of your business!"

  Wei Qian Shui reached forward and immediately pressed the person into the thief's hole, stretched out his hand to pull down his pants. Qin Pei was suddenly frightened, kicked her legs hard, and hit the wound on her ankle again, hurting so much that she cried out loudly, shouting: "Wei, what are you doing?! You dare?!"

  Wei Qian Shui pulled down his pants, turned him over and slapped his buttocks twice, immediately producing two crisp sounds. Qin Pei's face turned red all the way to her neck.

  Wei You said: "What do you think I'm going to do?"

  Qin Pei suddenly got furious, shouting and struggling while saying: "I'll f**k your ancestor, you surname Wei's, how dare you...how dare you..."

  Actually hit his butt!

  But Qin Pei really couldn't say anything, her face was already red and she couldn't lift her head up anymore. Fortunately, the cave was too narrow, so others didn't see it, but they must have heard the crisp sound.

  Wei Qiu Shui put on Qin Pei's pants and held him in his arms, because of the narrow space, Qin Pei couldn't struggle either. Wei Qiu Shui softened his voice and said: "Shh... don't move, let others hear it, Qin Pei, I didn't look down on you, I care about you."

  Qin Pei immediately said: "Bullshit!"

  Wei Qian's eyes widened as he said, "You dare say that again?"

  Qin Pei was a bit stunned, stuttering and not speaking, Wei Qianshui said: "Qin Pei, I really didn't look down on you, if I looked down on you, could I have done that kind of thing with you? I'm not the kind of person who sleeps around with anyone."

  Qin Pei's face turned red, and then she heard Wei Qiu Shui say: "I like you, Qin Pei."

  Qin Pei's face turned even redder, she didn't expect Wei Qiu Shui to say it out loud. Everyone was in the cave, they must have heard it clearly. Qin Pei immediately shouted: "The young master doesn't care."

  As she spoke, her lips trembled and Wei Qianshui's face drew closer, covering Qin Pei's mouth with his own. Qin Pei's words were immediately swallowed up, and she involuntarily grabbed onto Wei Qianshui's clothes, tightly embracing him as the two of them kissed.

  Wen Baiyu was quite far away, but still heard it clearly. These two people were really enthusiastic and affectionate, even in the thief's cave they were lovingly happy.

  Wan Kuang Jinghou suddenly grabbed Wen Baiyu's hand and put it to his lips, kissing it lightly, smiling as he said: "Actually, I also wanted to do it once in the thief cave."

  "Come on, you go and surrender yourself!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said: "I am not a blood marrow."

  At this time, the backpack bulged twice, and a small blood lotus flower poked its head out from inside, holding up its hands in protest. However, the protest was ineffective, and it was put back into the backpack by Wan Qi Jing Hou once again.

  After a short rest, they continued to climb outward. Half an hour later, they rested again, and so on for a total of two hours.

  In the dimly lit cave, everyone's mood became increasingly depressed, until two and a half hours later, when a faint light suddenly appeared in front of them. It was sunlight! Everyone was excited and quickened their pace, making an effort to crawl outwards. Before long, they burst out of the cave.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly emerged from the thief's cave and was immediately stunned. This place turned out to be an oasis!

  Before his eyes were no longer yellow sand and endless dunes, but a green oasis!

  A very large oasis, looking a bit like a primeval forest, with air that is damp and humid, the cave of thieves lies within the forest.

  Everyone crawled out and was shocked like Wen Baiyu. They had arrived at an oasis from the desert.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou took out his compass and looked at it. This was northwest direction, they had been walking for two and a half hours, and had already gone very far.

  The area around here is lush and green, with dense trees. Because the trees are so dense, there's no wind or sand, and the air is a bit damp and cool, but it seems more comfortable than in the desert.

  They have been down in the pit since dawn, and now it's almost noon. Everyone is exhausted, so they chose a place to sit down, gathered some branches, and started a fire to cook their meal.

  Wen Baiyu said: "We've arrived at the oasis, but I don't know where those people went before. The thief's cave is sealed off, it's clear that the people ahead of us didn't take this route, so we won't miss them, will we?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Let's go find after we finish eating."

  At this time, Qi Duan hugged a pile of branches and ran back happily. He was also wearing a windbreaker with large pockets. The chest pocket held Egg Baby, and all the branches were placed beside them.

  Qī dǐn gān huó cóng lái dōu qín qín jiǎo jiǎo, zhè xiē shù zhī gòu shāo yī tiān de le...

  Translation:

  Qi Dian has always been diligent in his work, these branches are enough to burn for a day...

  Qī Dǔn has been holding the egg baby all along, almost inseparable from the egg baby. Wēn Bái Yǔ, this father, rarely touches the egg baby. Wēn Bái Yǔ takes advantage of this opportunity to touch/molest the egg baby.

  Qī dǔn zhè shì hěn xīn téng de, jiù xiàng gē ròu yí yàng, bǎ dàn bǎo bǎo jiāo gěi le wēn bái yǔ, wēn bái yǔ xīn shuō, dào dǐ shì shuí de hái zi!?! zěn me zì jǐ cái sì hū xiàng qiǎng hái zi de nà ge?

  Wen Baiyu put the egg baby in her palm, and the egg baby was very moist and warm. Wen Baiyu couldn't help but rub against the egg baby, it was really too warm and cozy, feeling like a hand warmer?

  Wen Baiyu smiled and said: "Our family's fourth egg will definitely hatch into a little angel, it's too warm."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou also reached out to touch it, and the egg felt particularly warm, with a feeling that seemed to warm people's hearts. The white eggshell still had no reaction, only a small blood vessel could be seen on its surface.

  Wen Baiyu looked left and right, the gap was too small, she couldn't see what was inside. This egg baby's hatching time is so long, it's making Wen Baiyu wait impatiently.

  Qī dǔn yǎn kàn zhe wēn bái yǔ duì zhe dàn bǎo bǎo mō lái mō qù de, zuò zài yī biān hěn wú liáo, wǎng huǒ duī lǐ tiān jiā shàng shù zhī, rán hòu cóng dōu lǐ tāo chū lái yī gè dōng xī lái huí qù de wán.

  English Translation:

  Seven caddies watched as Wen Baiyu gently stroked the egg baby back and forth, sitting on one side looking very bored, adding branches to the fire pit, then taking out something from his pocket to play with back and forth.

  Wen Baiyu was startled and almost threw the egg baby out of her hands, Qi Duan quickly took it over and carefully felt the egg baby, as if to confirm whether Wen Baiyu had damaged the egg baby.

  Wen Baiyu quickly brought over another thing from the seven cabins and said: "Walkie-talkie?!"

  Qī Dǔn had just picked it up to play with, and indeed it was a walkie-talkie. This thing looked very familiar. Wēn Bái Yǔ handed it over to Wàn Qí Jǐng Hóu and said: "Is this the equipment prepared by Qi San Ye?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou frowned and said: "It should be."

  The walkie-talkie is broken and can't make any sound or receive any sound, but it does look like the equipment prepared by Qi San Ye.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Have they been here? Qi Du, where did you find this?"

  Qī Dǔn was carefully feeling the egg baby, and upon hearing Wēn Bái Yǔ's question, he pointed to the forest in front of them.

  Everyone immediately got up and walked into the woods. As they walked in, not far away, they saw a broken campsite. This place had once set up a camp, but due to an attack, the camp was abandoned. There were many pieces of equipment scattered all over the ground, but there was no one around.

  The crowd walked into the camp and found that these equipment were indeed prepared by Qi San Ye. Many supplies were here, but those people retreated too quickly and abandoned more than half of their things. It is estimated that they only took away relatively light food and weapons.

  Wen Baiyu found that there were still bloodstains on the tent, and the camp must have been attacked. However, everything is now quiet, and nothing has been found.

  Wen Baiyu said: "At least now we have found that we haven't gone astray."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and said, "Pick up the usable luggage."

  Everyone immediately started picking up their luggage, the wounded were sitting on one side resting, and Wan Jinhou looked around at the trees and bushes, saying: "The grass here has been trampled down, I estimate that the person walked from this direction, let's go after them in a while."

  Everyone picked up their luggage and didn't dare to stay in this place for long. After all, the people from the camp had already retreated, and they were afraid that there might be something here, so they simply found another place and lit a fire.

  Everyone heated up the food to eat, and Wen Baiyu felt a bit sleepy after eating. Wan Qi Jinghou thought he was tired, so let Wen Baiyu lean against him and take a nap.

  Wen Baiyu was lying on Wan Jingshou's leg, her head getting heavier and sleepier, when she seemed to smell a unique fragrance that made her heart skip a beat. Just as she wanted to remind Wan Jingshou, she fell into darkness.

  Wen Baiyu's heart was racing with anxiety, but she couldn't wake up, struggling violently in her dream. Suddenly, a loud shout of "Ah!" startled her awake.

  He lay beside the bonfire, which had been kicked apart because the ground was covered with dry leaves that could easily catch fire. The flames were spreading and his white hair was scattered all over, almost getting burned.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly got up, the fire was very big, this is a forest, if it catches fire, it will be troublesome. However, Wen Baiyu found that this fire was actually lit by Wan Jinhou, not ordinary flames, but a fire spirit!

  The white feathers fluttered for half a day, but the fire couldn't be extinguished. Suddenly, a mournful cry was heard, and immediately turning back, all around was a thick fog. The people in Qin Pei's chariot team didn't know what happened, suddenly went mad, opened fire at their own people, and their eyes and complexion were extremely ferocious.

  Several people from the car team were injured and fell to the ground, gasping for breath. The ground was covered in blood.

  Wen Baiyu's mind went "buzz" as someone raised a gun at him. Just as he was about to dodge, someone suddenly pounced on his back and pushed him forward, right into the line of fire. Wen Baiyu felt a sharp pain in his arm as the bullet passed through it, and he fell heavily to the ground.

  It hurt so much that he saw stars in front of his eyes, the person behind him was extremely strong, pinning him to the ground, holding down his head with one hand and choking his neck with the other.

  Wen Baiyu exerted all his strength to push upwards, but the other person's strength was astonishingly great, and with another press, Wen Baiyu was pushed down again. In his heart, he cursed, "Who has such great strength?" He struggled to turn his head back for a look, and it turned out to be Wan Kuangjinghou!

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou's eyes turned blood red, his eyes narrowed, he pressed down on Wen Bai Yu, loosened the hand that was choking him, and suddenly raised the dragon-scale dagger.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes widened, and Wan Qi Jinghou looked at her as if he didn't recognize her!

  Wen Baiyu's arm was shot, one hand struggled to hold Wan Yu Jinghou's hand, the other hand carded Wan Yu Jinghou's arm that pressed down, the blood on his upper arm dripped down, dripping onto Wen Baiyu's face.

  Wen Baiyu's face was deathly pale, and even when he wasn't injured, his strength couldn't compare to Wan Jingshou's. Wan Jingshou was a Candle Dragon, born with an unusual power, and now that he was injured, Wen Baiyu really couldn't hold on any longer. With a sudden withdrawal of his hand, he immediately kicked both legs out and rolled to the side.

  "Hah!"

  Long Piao's dagger suddenly appeared at the edge of Wen Baiyu's ear, and the cold air made Wen Baiyu's ear and neck ache. Wan Kuang Jing Hou didn't recognize him at all, and with a sudden pull, he pulled the person back over, his eyes narrowing to reveal a fierce intent.

  Wen Baiyu gritted his teeth and struggled to open General Wan Jie's hand, shouting: "General Wan! What's wrong with you?!"

  He said this, and then saw another dozen or so people fall to the ground, covered in blood. Everyone was killing each other, and Xiaolong seemed to have lost control too, constantly roaring with rage, his face extremely ferocious. DanDan chased after Xiaolong, running and crying at the same time, saying: "Gege! Gege, what's wrong with you? Wuuu, gege doesn't want Dandan anymore..."

  Wen Baiyu's eyes were about to roll back, and she was covered in blood, struggling to stay upright. Just as she felt like she couldn't hold on any longer, she caught a whiff of a sweet fragrance and suddenly jolted awake.

  It's foggy!

  Fog is poisonous!

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou raised the dragon-scale dagger again, Wen Bai Yu had no strength left, and suddenly closed his eyes. At this moment, the hand that was pinching his neck loosened, and Wan Kuang Jing Hou's suspicious voice was heard: "Bai Yu?"

  Wen Baiyu struggled to open his eyes, and there were some bloodstains on Wan Jingshou's face. It was the blood from Wen Baiyu's arm that had splashed onto his face. Wan Jingshou narrowed his eyes, furrowed his brow, and looked somewhat dazed, saying: "Baiyu?"

  Wen Baiyu took advantage of the opportunity to climb up. Wan Jie Jinghou was already fully awake at this time, supporting Wen Baiyu and saying: "Were you shot?"

  Wen Baiyu didn't have time to say these words, and said: "The fog is toxic, I'm fine, it must be a blood problem, quickly restrain everyone!"

  The egg wailed and cried, the little dragon suddenly flew up, completely out of control, swept up the egg with one hand, and flew high into the sky. The egg shouted as it was flung away by the little dragon, whose face was splashed with the egg's tears. Suddenly awakened, "Whoosh" went its wings as it flew over and hugged the egg tightly.

  Egg/Egg burst into loud wailing, the flame on his forehead flickering brightly, crying extremely wronged. Xiao Chong Long's hands were shaking all over, earlier when he was momentarily awake, he almost scared himself to death, and he actually threw Egg/Egg out.

  The egg's tears also had an effect, and the egg, because it was frightened, cried very grievously, snuggled in Xiao Zhi Long's arms, sobbing and saying: "Gege is a bad egg, gege doesn't want me anymore..."

  Little dragon hugged the egg and said: "Don't cry, shh... I was wrong, it's my fault, brother didn't abandon you."

  The egg with a pouting mouth said: "Brother is a bad egg."

  Xiao Chong Long spoke in a very soft voice, afraid of scaring the egg, and said: "Yes, brother is a bad egg."

  Wen Baiyu hastily wiped away her tears, everyone was injured and it was a case of mutual slaughter. Wen Baiyu felt that the previous group's withdrawal from the camp might also be due to the fog here, which caused them to hallucinate and start killing each other.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou quickly subdued the others, and Wen Bai Yu dripped tears into their eyes. Soon everyone regained consciousness, feeling a bit incredulous and dizzy, with no idea what had just happened.

  Wen Baiyu's tears fell as she suddenly let out a startled cry: "Qī Dǔn is gone!"

  There is also Egg Baby...

  At this time, a furious roar suddenly came from the depths of the forest, which seemed to be a wolf's howl, but also sounded like a low growl. The voice was extremely hoarse. Wen Baiyu said: "It's Qi Du!"

  This voice, Qidao has only made it in prison before. Since Qidao came out of prison, he has been very cheerful and lively, like a husky, sometimes silly, and will not suddenly get angry.

  The crowd immediately ran over in the direction of the sound, and saw that Qī Dǐn's eyes were shining brightly, and his deep blue eyes were emitting a cold light. He was constantly scratching the trees and weeds around him with both hands, his fingernails scraping against them, and using his body to collide with the giant tree. Suddenly, there was a loud "Boom!" sound, and the thick tree trunk was almost snapped in two by him.

  At this time just heard "gulu" a sound...

  The egg baby fell out of Qī Dǐng's pocket and rolled on the ground, finally stopping in a tree hole.

  Wen Baiyu immediately wanted to rush up, but Qi Du was right next to him, closer than they were, and grabbed the egg baby on the ground with one hand. His eyes were filled with brutal and cold light, without a trace of rationality.

  Qī Dǔn Gāo raised his hands high and slammed them forward, smashing the white egg baby onto the tree trunk with a loud "crack!"

  Wen Baiyu let out a loud "Hmph!" and Egg Baby was smashed into the tree trunk with great force, shattering instantly. The white eggshell scattered everywhere like shattered gemstones. A piece of eggshell flew out and scratched Qi Duan's cheek, causing blood to drip down his face. He smelled the bloody scent and his eyes became even more ferocious as he continued to let out a loud, piercing howl.

  The eggshells shattered one after another, all falling to the ground. But then a "whoosh" sound was heard, and it seemed that something had burst out of the eggshell. A gust of wind sounded, and the thing brought up a fierce gale, sweeping upwards towards the sky with great force. The crowd was blown back by the wind, involuntarily retreating a step.

  A pair of black wings suddenly unfolded, flapping violently, with sharp and glossy black feathers that shone like scales even in the dim sunlight, jet-black yet radiant with a flowing luster...