Chapter 22
Chapter 22
Hua County Corpse Cave-09
Yan Chaosheng and the others have been wandering here for a long time.
Even though they parted ways with Gu Qi and the two sides ran in opposite directions, the thundering sounds and noises of artillery fire from the direction behind him, as well as the humming and vibration of the ground and the stone walls on both sides, all came from time to time. The method showed them how fierce the battle in the rear was.
Then at a certain moment, those sounds and vibrations all stopped suddenly, as if someone stopped this chaotic song in the middle, and the end was so sudden and unexpected.
Jiang Quechen couldn't help but looked over there worriedly: "The voice stopped...does it matter?"
"That's Gu Xi, what can happen to Gu Xi?" Mo Jueming said, "Instead of worrying about these illusory and meaningless things, we should first think about how we should open this door."
That's right, the door.
Perhaps it was the reason why all the firepower was attracted by Gu Qi, but their journey was unimpeded.With advance warning, the protective barrier built with spiritual power has never been removed from itself, and even the spores can only be helpless.
Although occasionally there will be some hosts controlled by the mushroom parasites to attack them, but they are all small-scale and not difficult to deal with.
—until they were blocked by a door.
After removing all the mushrooms that got in the way, the door that was originally hidden was revealed in its entirety.
This is a door inlaid in the stone wall as a whole, and the second half is inlaid in the mountain.After trying, several people regretfully found that, apart from using serious methods, they may not be able to enter by blowing up the mountain—or, breaking open the gate violently. It has to be said that it is very What a pity.
Then the problem is coming.
"Where can I find the key?"
"The worst situation now is that the key was taken to the lower floors by the last batch of celestial masters who came here to explore - that is a complete dead end." Mo Jueming frowned, "It is best if they Still left the key on this floor for us, but..."
The space on this entire floor is so wide, who knows where the key will be hidden.Although they must find it even if they dig three feet into the ground, they all know that there is not much time left for them.
"Let's look for them separately," Jiang Buhuan said, "Whether it's the key, or the clues left by the previous batch of celestial masters...it doesn't matter."
"Didn't they leave us with guiding clues on the previous floor? Be optimistic, maybe there will be something [Eve's golden apple] on this floor."
Then that clue will be like Adam and Eve eating the golden apple and opening their minds, guiding them in the fog, and then quickly finding the way to the next floor behind the door.
Several people dispersed, only Yan Chaosheng was still standing at the door, looking up at the door in front of him with unfathomable eyes.
If at the beginning, he didn't take this ghost breeding place seriously; then when he actually followed him down, Yan Chaosheng didn't think so.
This ghost raising place is indeed not ordinary as the human celestial masters speculated, but they still underestimated it.
Also as a ghost, Yan Chaosheng had already clearly understood the secrets under this ghost breeding ground when he reached this step.
This place is not, as humans think, will become a bad place that continuously produces big ghosts; but from the beginning to the end, it is only for the birth of an existence.
——The last one to go out from here will be a ghost king.
It is true that Yan Chaosheng himself is the ghost king; but just like there were ten ghost generals before the ghost king appeared, no one has ever stipulated that there can only be one ghost king.
But at this stage, the only ghost king who has been born and exists in this world is his Yan Chaosheng.
Look, isn't another ghost king being bred here now?
And since Yan Chaosheng was standing here before the coincidence, then the new ghost king who has not yet been born will naturally...
There will be no chance of birth.
"This is really a pity." The young man stared at the huge golden gate in front of him, and chuckled lightly, with a gentle expression on his face.
"What regret?" Mo Jueming, who was next to him, asked.
"It's nothing." Yan Chaosheng replied with a gentle smile without any flaws, "Let's investigate quickly."
Mo Jueming greeted him and walked towards the other side by himself.
but……
Mo Jueming scratched the back of his hand.
He didn't know what was going on, but he had been feeling itchy on the back of his hands since before.
But this little matter was not worth Mo Jueming's concern.
It might be fine in a while.
However, it backfired.
Not only did the itching not subside by itself over time, on the contrary, the symptoms kept getting worse.
Mo Jueming should have lowered his head to take a look, because this kind of itching was a bit too abnormal no matter what.
However, it seems that there is another voice—or, it is a will that is affecting him, subtly making Mo Jueming think that it is nothing, he will feel in this stuffy, hot and humid environment. Some slight discomfort is also a matter of course, there is no need to be too nervous.
Now that time is so urgent, it is reasonable to look for clues as much as possible, instead of wasting energy on such insignificant things.
Mo Jueming complied with this wish, deliberately ignoring the terrible itching on the back of his hand that had begun to spread towards his arm.
Until Wei Li's voice sounded hesitantly behind him.
"Mo Jueming." He heard the other party ask in that hoarse and rough voice, "What happened to your hand?"
"my hand?"
Mo Jueming lowered his head strangely, looking at his hand——
I saw that the arm that should have belonged to humans had been covered with white hyphae at some point, as if wrapped in a delicate cocoon.There are already small pieces of mushrooms protruding from above, opening the translucent blue canopy, shining brightly in the dark.
Even, those hyphae were not just on Mo Jueming's arm.Instead, the neck, ears, lower abdomen, thighs, knees... all have slices of small mushrooms.
His whole body has been parasitized by spores, becoming the new one—the nourishment and breeding ground for mushrooms.
"what……"
At this moment, Mo Jueming seemed to wake up from a dream, and found that such an amazing change had taken place in his body.
"Those spores..." He realized an extremely terrifying fact, "It can corrode the barrier and parasitize us!"
The others were also attracted by the conversation between Mo Jueming and Wei Li, and then saw what happened to Mo Jueming.
Of course, he also heard Mo Jueming's warning.
They hurriedly checked and repaired their own barriers, and they were a little relieved after confirming that they were intact.
Only Jiang Quechen frowned calmly.
Kind of... weird.she thinks.
There is no gap in her spiritual enchantment.
To be more precise, when Jiang Quechen checked, she found that there were also corroded holes in her barrier, but it was blocked and wrapped by another force, preventing the spores from entering.
This discovery caused the girl to fight a cold war, because without the help and blessing of the unknown mysterious force, then the current her body might also be covered with hyphae and mushrooms, becoming a hotbed for spore growth.
It's just that the power that was protecting her before she knew it... who could it be?
Jiang Quechen had a guess in her mind, but this guess was so absurd that she couldn't believe it herself.
And that's why she decided to step into this dangerous place as a fourth-level celestial master.
***
Mo Jueming has fully realized what happened to him.
He sighed, a little melancholy, but he accepted his death well.It's better to say that when he took on this mission, he had already made up his mind to die.
It's just that this way of death still feels a bit embarrassing...
Mo Jueming looked at the hyphae and mushrooms on his body, and was able to smile at others.
"It seems that I can only go so far."
The mushrooms growing on his body were growing and proliferating at a speed visible to the naked eye. They were never smaller than the size of a fingernail, and soon grew to an umbrella handle as thick as the mouth of a bowl.
He no longer looked human at all.
"kill me."
Mo Jueming said.
But it wasn't so much words as a sort of "ho ho" sound coming from the mouth.
Among these people, because they are both in charge of a certain safety zone, Jiang Buhuan had the most contact with him on weekdays, and he also had the deepest friendship with him.Seeing that Mo Jueming had become like this now, he took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice the last request in his life.
He said, "Okay."
Mo Jueming said "Hey": "I understand Lin Moran's mood now."
Jiang Quechen's eyelids twitched slightly.
Then, she heard Mo Jueming say: "We will die as human beings, not..."
"A monster that is neither human nor ghost."
Jiang Buchang's eyes suddenly became frightened.
No, to say it was panic is not necessarily the case.To describe and describe it more accurately, Jiang Buhuan's widened eyes and hesitant expression seemed more like someone who said inappropriate things on an inappropriate occasion and in front of inappropriate people.
Has something happened?
This was the last thought in Mo Jueming's mind.
Because in the next second, something like a bullet penetrated his body and entered his chest.The surging spiritual power exploded in his body, but it was mixed with a chilling yin energy.
Why... spiritual power and yin energy appear at the same time?
Mo Jueming was so puzzled, and then closed his eyes forever.
However, what other people saw was a bullet with red flames coming through the clouds and embedded in Mo Jueming's chest.
As a result, the mushrooms and hyphae that had swelled and grown on Mo Jueming's body were being burned rapidly as if they had touched the flames of the prairie fire, and finally accompanied by a "bang", no matter whether it was or not, it was almost invisible. Be it Mo Jueming in his own form, or those mushrooms, they were all wiped out in the flames.
"Da da da".
From that direction came the slightly dull sound of boots stepping on the ground, and then Gu Qi walked out of the narrow and dark passage, holding a silver-white □□Smoke is still coming from the muzzle.
His eyes skipped the crowd, and landed on the golden door behind them, and immediately raised his eyebrows.
"What a coincidence." The boy snorted, "The door just appeared?"
Yan Chaosheng felt that there seemed to be something else in his words: "This means..."
"Did you get the key over there?"
This is an exciting news.
Since it was Yan Chaosheng's question, Gu Xi would not have the kind of arrogant look who wished his eyes would grow on his forehead, looking up at people with his nostrils.
"Well, I got it." He smiled, "It went well, you don't have to worry."
Yan Chaosheng: ... No, you are overthinking, and I don't want to worry about you.
When he walked over, the expression on Jiang Buhuan's face looked a bit embarrassing, as if he had done something to offend Gu Qi.
He seemed hesitant to speak, hesitant to speak, and finally he spoke when Gu Qi passed him by.
"Gang Lao Mo's words...how much have you heard?"
Gu Qi stopped, tilted his head and thought for a while, then smiled: "I heard everything."
Jiang Buhuan, who was laughing, shivered directly, with a frowning face, but he still had to laugh along with him: "He didn't target you... just, don't worry about it. Those who don't know are innocent."
A monster that is neither human nor ghost.
That was the title that was once crowned on Gu Xi.
Now all the insiders are silent and will not mention this in front of Gu Xi, but they are afraid that Gu Xi will care about it, which is why Jiang Buhuan is so frightened and sincere.
Gu Qi felt happy.
"You think I'll care." He repeated Jiang Buhuan's words, and laughed again, "Jiang Buhuan, you are so interesting."
Jiang Buhuan trembled.
It's interesting to be praised by this young Gu Xi, but it's definitely not something to feel lucky about.
"I know what you want to say." Gu Xi said, "But I don't care."
"After all, what you say, how you see, and how you do it has nothing to do with me."
His gaze crossed Jiang Buchang and landed on Yan Chaosheng, so there was a bit of sweetness and sincerity in his mocking smile.
"Look," he said.
"As long as I have Ale—"
"That's enough."
Jiang Buhuan opened his mouth, but he had nothing more to say.
But when he looked at Gu Xi, he felt a chill crawling up his back bit by bit.
It was for pleasure that Gu Qi changed from a beast with sharp claws to a domestic cat squatting lazily in the sun and licking its fur.
But that is Yan Chaosheng, not Yan Le.
There is no longer a "rein" that can tie him.
Jiang Buhuan began to feel that Gu Qi, the decadent salty fish waiting to die in the future, might not be without merit.
Gu Xi skipped him briskly, came to the huge golden door, and reached out his hand to dig in his pocket.
The golden key, which was as long as a finger, lay quietly in his palm.
He picked up the key and opened the locked door.
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