Time is a flat circle, and the end point returns to.asxs..Xing Ze remembered what Bacht said.
He pushed open the first iron door, and flies rushed towards his face. The smell of decay overshadowed the smell of blood. In a daze, he felt like he was back in that hot afternoon. He also opened another door, and the same smell came towards his face.
fly.
He remembered that his brain paused for a few seconds, and then his instinctive vomiting took over what little sanity he had left.
On one side of the room were people, men and women, old and young, and on the other side were piles of corpses and body parts.
After seeing the scene in the room, Tonks quickly ran to the other side, supported the wall and vomited. Xing Ze could hear the curses and despair mixed in.
He stepped inside, and his shoes stepped on the slippery and sticky ground. Every step seemed to be filled with lead. But compared to Tonks who was vomiting, Xing Ze felt better. He didn't want to vomit.
, and was not lost in anger.
I'm okay. That's what he told himself. Habit is really a tenacious and huge force.
Those people looked at Xing Ze blankly. They had all been injected with hallucinogens, their eyes were wandering and they were in a trance. They had no idea what kind of hell they were in.
Xing Ze saw several children and a demented old man... He tried to take a baby from the arms of a mother. She cried out weakly and frightened, "The child... that is my... child..."
"I know, ma'am. He fell asleep, let me take care of him." Xing Ze carefully picked up the child, because he was no longer breathing.
"Damn it!" John couldn't help but curse when he reached the door. He turned his face away and took out the wine bottle from his arms with trembling hands.
Xing Ze took the child out of the room, placed it on the clean ground, took out a piece of cloth from the ring and covered it with it.
"We need to notify the Ministry of Magic, St. Mungo's, whatever," he said, "anything that can help. These people won't last long."
"The crystal is broken." John poured wine into his mouth. "It's probably affected by the thing that sent us here. In those rooms, damn, is this the case in all those rooms?"
"I don't know. Hey, J, J!"
"I'm so fucking sober now." John said with red eyes, and punched the iron door. The sound echoed in the hellish basement, "I'm going to hang those bastards one by one.
!Do you hear what I say, I’m going to hang them, slowly.”
"You can." Xing Ze patted John's face, "What about that woman?"
"You have to go and take a look while she's still breathing." John put a sapphire necklace on Xing Ze's hand.
"Naya?" Xing Ze asked. He had seen this necklace in photos.
John nodded, "The Cruciatus Curse, Legilimency, Bone Scraping Curse... I don't think she can hold on for long."
Xing Ze nodded, took out a few bottles of data potions from the ring and handed them to John, "Save as many as you can."
Naya could hardly speak. Before she died, she could only utter two words with difficulty - child.
Xing Ze closed her eyes and saw Tonks walking towards her with a pale face. She opened her mouth but no sound came out.
"We have to find those four Aurors. They may still be alive. Do you want to come with us?" Xing Ze asked her.
Tonks nodded.
"Then calm down." Xing Ze ordered, "Leave this to J. Let's go to another passage to have a look."
…
Along the passage paved with bricks and stones, Xingze and Tonks arrived at a rotunda.
The bright starry sky shines in the dome, and under the brightest star is a stone altar.
There is a potbellied statue placed on the altar, which is the same as the mural Xing Ze saw in Eric's country house. The white candles have burned out, and blood slowly flows along the statue to the ground.
For the King of the Underground! For the King of the Underground! Something sounded in Xing Ze's ears. It was the carnival of believers, a call from the underground, and a low murmur hidden in the darkness.
"Hey, are you okay?" Tonks asked Xing Ze uneasily.
Xing Ze pulled his thoughts out of the quagmire. He shook his head and pointed to the dark passages ahead, "It seems that this place is more complicated than we imagined."
Tonks completely lost her former glory. She was nervous and breathless, "This... what on earth is this place?"
"I think..." Xing Ze said, "This place is used for sacrifices."
"Sacrifice? For whom?"
"King of the Underground."
"Merlin's Beard, you mean... you mean..." Tonks suppressed the urge to vomit, "those people locked in the room are sacrifices?"
"I'm not sure. Hey, breathe, Tonks, take a deep breath." Xing Ze patted the girl's back. The reason why he took Tonks with him was because he was afraid that the girl wouldn't be able to bear it if she continued to stay there.
"There doesn't seem to be any danger here. You can stay here for the time being. I'll go check out those passages. I won't go too far."
Tonks, who had temporarily recovered her breath, pulled Xing Ze and said, "I'll go with you." The girl said firmly, "Balk is my friend."
Xing Ze thought for a while and said, "Okay, before I leave, please pay attention behind me."
"OK."
The two of them walked towards a larger passage, Tonks trying not to look at the sculpture as much as possible.
"That thing makes me feel scared." She said, "Why on earth do you look so calm?"
"Habit, if you can't accept it, humans will be forced to adapt to the environment." Xing Ze waved his magic wand, the light ball emerged, and the light temporarily eliminated the darkness.
"What if I can't get used to it?"
"Then...then step into madness. I'm glad I'm used to it."
"I really can't imagine what you have been through."
"I don't dare either." Xing Ze said frankly, "Oh, I would like to ask, where is the real Scott?"
Hearing this, Tonks finally showed a smile, although the smile was fleeting, "He is probably still passed out in the toilet of the fast food restaurant."
"It seems Kingsley is very important to you."
Tonks was silent for a while and was about to answer when Xing Ze suddenly stopped and said, "Did you hear that?"
"What?"
"run!"
Xing Ze pulled Tonks and ran towards the entrance. For a moment, a roar like a wild beast sounded behind them.
Then there was a series of "giggles", as if someone was rubbing their teeth.
"Don't look back!" Xing Ze shouted to Tonks. He saw the light at the entrance and quickened his pace.
After the two ran out of the passage, the monsters that followed them also rushed out. These blasphemous creatures resembled humans. Most of them walked on two legs, leaning forward with their chests in their chests, and their skin was like light pink rubber. It was life-like to look at.
Disgusted.
Smelly saliva flowed from their split mouths, and their sharp teeth were continuously polished, making a rattling sound.
"Ghouls?" Tonks exclaimed in horror, "I, I thought they were mythical creatures."
"Welcome to reality." Xing Ze said, he saw those ghouls circling around them like wolves, looking for opportunities.
Suddenly, one of them tentatively pounced on Tonks. Although the girl was frightened, her reaction was not slow. She dodged sideways, waved her wand, and the magic ray hit the monster, but it had no great effect.
The remaining five also surrounded them one after another. They were very fast, two of them went towards Xing Ze, and the other three went towards Tonks.
They are wise, just like Norph Ke, and know how to start with the weakest.