Chapter 2148 Town in the Cave
Seeing the other party give in, Yuanbao Tongzi said: "In that case, you lead the way."
Gongyangyu was the weakest among the nine people in the group, and he was the only one from Qianji City. He was not very familiar with the others. If he offended them, he would definitely be in trouble. Therefore, Gongyangyu did not dare to have other thoughts and honestly led the way in front, walking towards the mine cave.
After entering the cave, a strong smell of blood floated out, and everyone couldn't help but frowned. With such a strong smell, the number of monks killed must be not small. It seems that those miners and monks were most likely killed in this mine cave. I don’t know who did it, but it was so cruel.
After walking for a while, the mine began to branch out. Since they knew there would be danger in the mine, they did not dare to act separately. They could only choose the direction of the bloody smell. However, the speed of traveling was very slow. They could only travel a few dozen miles in an hour. If they made a mistake and found that they did not choose the right direction, they would return to the original intersection after walking for a while, which would be even more efficient. Soon, four or five days passed, and they only went 800 miles deep into the mine.
For a full ten days, everyone was just rushing on the road and did not find anything abnormal, not even a corpse. Everyone couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the previous judgment was wrong, the miners did not die in the mine, and the bloody smell on the road was left by others on purpose?
Not right, if they were not in the mine, where could tens of thousands of miners go? If they were outside, it would be impossible for ordinary people to solve tens of thousands of monks at once without making any noise, and clean up the scene without leaving any traces.
However, everyone can feel that the smell of blood here is stronger than at the entrance of the cave. So it seems that everyone's direction should be correct. Now that there is no problem, it means that it is not deep enough. Just go further in. It's just that this place is colder than at the entrance of the cave. The whistling wind comes in waves, and the sound is like the wailing of thousands of ghosts, just like entering the ghost domain.
However, everyone is an old monk who has practiced for thousands of years. What scene have they not seen? Naturally, they will not be scared by the mere wind. Only Gong Yangyu is slightly hesitant. Maybe he was scared by Meng Qianji's disappearance and worried that his cultivation could not cope with the things that happened later.
However, it's no big deal to be careful. Everyone made some preparations to avoid being unable to deal with emergencies. Then they continued to walk deeper into the mine. In a blink of an eye, a few days passed. At this time, they have already gone deep into the mine for one or two thousand miles. According to Gong Yangyu's speculation, even if they have not reached the deepest mine at this time, they should not be almost there. At most, they can touch the end in two or three days.
The bloody smell here is even stronger, as if soaked in a pool of blood, and it is even colder here. The body alone can no longer bear it, and it is necessary to stimulate the true essence to resist. The sharp whistling sound is like a thin needle piercing everyone's head, and it seems that the soul is faintly painful.
As for the bodies of the miners, there is still no one encountered, and no abnormalities are found, but the less abnormal, the more abnormal. The truth is in front, so everyone speeds up.
I don’t know how long it took, Gong Yangyu, who was walking in the front, suddenly shouted: "Everyone, look, there seems to be someone in front. Judging from their dress, they should be the miners of this vein."
Hearing this, everyone looked up and saw that there were indeed many figures in front. The mine cave, which was originally only a dozen feet in diameter, suddenly opened up a few thousand feet in front. On this open ground, a small town with a length and width of dozens of miles was suddenly built. The small town was crowded and lively. Judging from the clothes of these people, it seems that they are the miners who disappeared before.
Seeing this situation, everyone was immediately puzzled. Didn’t they say that the miners were killed? How could it appear here? It seems that no one is dead, so where did the bloody smell come from? The cold wind suddenly disappeared, and it is not easy to build such a large city underground without alarming Qianji City. This matter is full of strangeness. What went wrong?
Everyone couldn't help but stop and frowned to look ahead. Yang Chi said: "Gong Yangyu, are the monks in the mine dead? What's going on with this underground city?"
Gong Yangyu was also puzzled and said: "I don't know either. At the beginning, the monks of the entire mine disappeared for no reason. The patrolling monks couldn't find anyone on the ground, and found a strong smell of blood coming out of the mine. They were timid and didn't dare to go into the cave to explore, so they reported the news directly."
"That is to say, Qianji City doesn't know whether these miners are dead or alive. Everything is just your inference. Could it be that these tens of thousands of monks are not dead at all, and moved to the mine for the convenience of mining. The monks in Qianji City are just scaring themselves?" Jin Tianliang said.
Yang Chi shook his head and denied it directly: "Impossible, if that were true, the Guard Battalion and Meng Qianji would have sent people back to Qianji City long ago, it is impossible that there is no news until now." Yang Mei said: "According to this, these people in front of us are either dead or controlled by someone, but I have carefully observed that there is nothing abnormal in the city ahead, and the cultivators inside are no different from living people, and they don't seem to be controlled. How can this be explained?"
Qingyang also observed carefully. The city in front was real, and the monks inside were all active and lively. There was no sign of being controlled, and there was no trace of ghostly aura, which was puzzling. Could it be that as Jin Tianliang said, the miners built a city deep in the mine to facilitate mining. The monks of Qianji City were always aloof and would definitely not inspect the cave, so they did not find such a city in the cave. As for the people in the guard camp and Meng Qianji, perhaps they were delayed by something. Qianji City had not received the news for a long time, which caused a misunderstanding.
Everyone was puzzled, and Yang Chi said: "It's useless to guess, it's better to go in and find out."
Gong Yangyu hesitated a little and said: "But if these are all fake, or it is a trap set by the enemy, if we step in, the consequences will be unpredictable."
Yuanbao Boy said: "What are you afraid of? Even if this is really a trap set by others, can our group of eight late-stage god-transformation monks still lose to these hidden people?"
Indeed, among their group, there are three cultivators who have perfected the transformation of gods. Not to mention the cultivators of transforming gods, they can even fight against the cultivators of Void Refining. This strength can be used around Qianji City. If you are still timid about doing things, it would be too embarrassing.