The smell in the air was so unpleasant that even though Shen Lie had a veil on his face, he could still smell it.
On the wall illuminated by the torch, the large bricks and stones were covered with cobweb dust and old in color, but they were neat and regular. Each brick was two feet high and three feet long. Moreover, these large bricks had gone through such a long period of time. Years and months, there are basically no obvious cracks and gaps on it, and it is extremely strong.
The footprints on the ground were messy, and they were everywhere. Shen Lie followed the messiest footprints forward, and another cross appeared in front of him.
It was quiet everywhere, without any sound. He chose the widest corridor. As he went forward, the space became more and more open, and a black object suddenly jumped out of the darkness at an extremely fast speed.
It's a very big mouse.
Seeing the light from this side, the mouse immediately turned around and ran to the other side quickly. He ran too fast and hit the wall and fainted for a while.
Shen Lie: "..."
After the mouse slowed down, it ran away quickly and disappeared in the darkness.
Shen Lie turned his eyes and looked in the direction where it came out, then walked away.
The torch in his hand had limited light and could not illuminate very far, but he could feel the openness in front of him, like the alluvial fan landform formed by the river rushing out of the green mountains on both sides and moving forward, suddenly opening up.
At this time, several more rats came out, also fat, but unlike the previous one, they did not avoid the fire, but suddenly rushed towards Shen Lie and launched an attack.
Shen Lie frowned and took a step back.
The fat rat that rushed in first was kicked away from the head and crashed into his companion. The sword flashed in the air, and the long hissing sound of the artifact being unsheathed instantly rang out in the air. The echo was long, and along with the sound of the sword, three thick Blood splattered, and the three jumping rats were chopped off by Shen Lie's sword.
The blade of the sword was like a roar, deep and powerful, and the sound was from eternity. Duanhong could cut even the fallen leaves in the air with one strike, and in an instant he sent a dozen more mice back to the west who had no time to escape.
The other rats scurried around, fleeing in panic, and there was a lot of movement and silence.
Shen Lie did not chase after him, but looked at the darkness with some wonder.
Rats are like ants in a colony. They are afraid of people when alone, but act recklessly when they gather in groups. Rats that dare to actively attack people must either have a large group of rats or have attacked similarly large creatures and won.
Besides, with such a huge group of rats in such a place, what do they eat?
And, do these mice have plague?
Shen Lie raised his eyes, but couldn't see the top at all.
But what is confirmed is that Shen Xu will not be here.
The sword was not stained with blood. The remaining blood of the mouse dripped down the tip of the sword, and the last blood bead fell to the ground.
Shen Lie turned around and left the same way. After going out, he used a torch to grill both sides of the sword blade carefully before sheathing the sword.
Walking through several intersections in this area, I encountered two gates, both of which were blocked. Other than that, there was basically no trace of anyone.
Shen Lie returned to the original place and continued to the next intersection.
A strong stench hit him, and he stopped. The large black residue pouring out from a drainage outlet in front of him made him frown slightly.
These things were a mass of black, almost indistinguishable from their original appearance. Only when he looked closer did he discover that a baby was half buried in the rubble.
Shen Lie's handsome face was cold and he raised his head to look at the half-covered drainage outlet.
This place, when he got off the rope bridge, felt that it was very hostile and evil. Whether it was the mice or the baby now, this place didn't seem like a good place to go.
This is another place like this.
It's always a similar place.
Shen Lie withdrew his eyes in disgust and walked forward.
Shen knew that they were still resting. After a night of intense pressure, all of his subordinates were extremely sleepy.
Rougu set up a small fire in a place far away from the crowd, boiled a small bowl of hot water, and looked up to see a tall young man walking up the stone steps.
His deep black eyes swept across the sleeping person, then turned his head to see Rou Gu.
"Young master just went to bed." Rou Gu walked over and said.
Shen Lie didn't speak. Outside the fire, he saw Shen Xu's back lying on his side, with a very thin soft blanket spread under him.
"How did you get here?" Rougu asked again.
"Leave on your feet." Shen Lie said, walking down the steps.
I wanted to put the torch into the fire, but when I came down and saw the calligraphy and painting hanging on the opposite side, Shen Lie walked away.
Rou Gu paused and followed.
"Did you come down through the rope above?" Rougu said.
Shen Lie held the torch slightly closer. The calligraphy and painting were badly rotted, and the ink marks on them had deteriorated and disappeared, making them indistinguishable.
Seeing that there was something on the other side, he walked towards that side holding on to the torch.
Looking at Shen Lie's figure, Rougu raised her eyebrows together.
"These are all rotten," Rougu followed up again and said, "There are some well-preserved ones over there, and one is from three hundred years ago."
The young man stood there silently and coldly, looking at the decaying calligraphy and paintings with his dark eyes.
Rougu stopped talking and didn't even want to stay here, so she turned to leave.
When he turned around, from the corner of his eye, he saw Shen Lie suddenly step forward and pull down the hanging calligraphy and painting.
Rougu looked at the calligraphy and painting, her eyes widened for a moment, and she took a big step back.
The wall behind the calligraphy and painting is a hollow square. Inside the square, three mummified heads are squeezed together. The death state is not peaceful, and the eyes are wide open, full of fear.
Even though Rougu had experienced many dangerous things, she was quite frightened when she suddenly encountered such a scene.
Shen Lie threw away the calligraphy and painting in his hand, glanced at the three heads, turned around and walked towards the next calligraphy and painting.
Rougu turned back to the first calligraphy and painting that Shen Lie looked at. Taking a deep breath, she grabbed the calligraphy and painting and pulled it off.
There was nothing on the bare wall, because her movement caused a large amount of dust to rise.
Rou Gu turned to look at Shen Lie. He had already gone far and pulled down five more calligraphy and paintings. There were hidden boxes behind each calligraphy and painting, and there were heads crowded in the dark boxes, maybe three, or four, or One.
Rougu went over and lifted up a calligraphy and painting that had not been torn off by Shen Lie, but the wall was still bare.
Strange……
She lifted up a few more pictures, all of which were on the wall.
Seeing that Shen Lie pulled out another picture, which contained a head, Rou Gu walked over and said, "How did you know that?"
"Guess." Shen Lie said.
"Guess?"
Shen Lie looked at his head, his dark eyes slightly narrowed.
"How do you guess that?" Rougu looked at him, "Have you been here before? Or have you met someone related to this place?"
Shen Lie didn't speak, his eyes met the head in the dark box.
After looking at it for a while, he turned to the next one and said, "These heads are fake."
Rou Gu was stunned for a moment and looked at An Geli's head.
"Fake?" Rougu said.
Shen Lie didn't respond again and walked straight forward.
Rougu stood in front of the secret grid, paused, took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, stretched her arm into the secret grid, and used the handkerchief to grab the head.
It's... clay sculpture.
Rou Gu looked at the extremely lifelike head in her hand. It was not her fault that she didn't recognize it, but that it was too old and the lighting here was not good.
