It was a place like a pigsty, with more than a dozen human beings locked in a small iron cage.
The rust on the iron cage is already very deep, and the damp basement has been there for who knows how long.
Everyone inside was naked, covered in unknown filth, and emitted a stench.
This was probably what I smelled when I opened the cave door earlier.
Their eyes were blurred, and they lay in the iron cage, making strange screams from time to time.
Next to their iron cage, a skeleton was hanging on a wooden stake. Apart from the ribs and some remaining meat, it was difficult to see its original appearance.
At this moment, his hands were tightly grasped, and he had never felt such killing intent before.
Damn it!
All deserve to die!
"What do you want to do again?"
Just when he was burning with anger, a weak voice came from a corner.
who?
For a moment, Yuan Yuan and Yuan Jie suddenly looked towards the side where the sound came from, looking for the source of the sound.
The two of them headed towards the direction of the sound, slowly walking towards a blind corner that they had not noticed before.
A one-meter-tall human being was tied tightly to a pillar with more than a dozen iron chains. His eyes were particularly hollow, and the eyeballs inside were long gone.
The blood stains all over his body made it impossible to see his true appearance. Countless scars were scattered all over his body, making his scalp numb just by looking at him.
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Just when Yuan was about to say something, he suddenly noticed that this person was not one meter tall.
But there is nothing else except the upper body!
If you feel his breath carefully, you will find that this person's breath is weak and thin, as if he will die at any time.
No wonder no one was found alive here before.
"We are not those monsters, we are here to save you."
He took a long breath, temporarily suppressed the feeling of depression, and then spoke slowly.
Yuan Yuan could tell at a glance that the person in front of him was also a monk, and his previous cultivation level was not low, at least he was in the realm of transcending tribulation.
After all, the physical body alone contains a lot of spiritual energy.
"Save us? Hahahaha."
The monk smiled miserably, as if he had heard something funny.
He couldn't see and didn't know who the two people in front of him were, but this statement alone was extremely funny!
"Amitabha, the donor, and the poor monk ascended from the lower world. They saw monsters running rampant here and wanted to save the human race."
Yuan Jie recited the Buddha's name, and then calmly told the reason.
Ascension?
Coming up!
Suddenly, the monk's miserable laughter suddenly disappeared. If his eyes were still there, you would probably be able to see the disbelief in his eyes.
There are actually ascendants!
"Are you really ascended?"
A hoarse voice came out of the monk's shapeless mouth. Although the voice was very small, the original two people still heard suspicion from it.
"We have indeed ascended here. By the way, there are identity tags here."
Listening to the monk's voice, Yuan Yuan thought of something, and immediately took out a wooden sign from the space ring.
But the moment he took it out, he realized that this person couldn't even see the wooden sign.
Moreover, the arms are also empty, and it is impossible to sense the authenticity with hands.
I felt a little embarrassed for a while, unable to find a way to prove my identity.
"No need, I believe you."
I don’t know why, but the monk sighed and said.
Believe it?
"Amitabha, in this case, please don't worry..."
Upon hearing this, Master Yuan Jie planned to comfort the monk a little, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by him.
"You should leave quickly. Before we are discovered, we may still have a chance to return to the Land of Ascension."
At this moment, the monk's tone became more urgent, and the original hoarse voice became much clearer now.
His whole body seemed to be trembling, and it was obvious that he was extremely excited.
"Don't worry, fellow Taoist, we will definitely rescue our fellow human beings before they are discovered, and we will leave together then."
When the monk heard the original words, his whole body trembled again.
"Leave? It's impossible, we can't leave!"
"They are all monsters, they are all evil spirits. We can't escape them, and we can't escape them!"
"You should leave quickly, you must survive!"
The monk's voice was full of despair, as if he had long since given up hope for everything. In his opinion, the original two people were also in danger.
No one can escape, there is almost no hope.
"There is a county town nearby. I believe that the human masters will not just sit idly by."
Yuan Jie tried to untie the monk's iron chain, and then said.
According to the marks on the map, there is a county seat thousands of miles east of Fenghe City.
Even if you can't defeat him at that time, you can still run thousands of miles and escape to the county seat to get protection.
But when Yuan Jie finished these words, the monk's reaction was beyond their expectations.
His empty eyes seemed to have seen something, and his whole aura became weak again.
"County town? Hahahahaha."
"There is no county seat left! The entire Liangzhou has long been gone! There is nothing left, everyone is dead!"
"It's all gone!"
His expression seemed to be laughing or crying. He used all his strength and almost shouted.
And the dozen or so people in the iron cage began to say "Ahhhhh" and "Hmmhhhh" at some point, which added an extra layer of desolation to the monk's words.
The county seat is gone?
Liangzhou is gone too?
This is what happened!
Yuan Yuan and Yuan Jie, who were originally very impatient, were stunned at this moment, unable to believe the news they heard.
In the original idea, there should be countless strong people in the world, not to mention how could a world like this that could ascend fall to a big state.
In fact, it is no wonder that the two of them were surprised. You must know that there are only nine major states in the entire Nine Worlds, and the Dayu Dynasty they belong to only commands three major states.
The fall of a state is not just talk!
This is a human race of hundreds of millions!
Now that Yuan Yuan recalls the strangeness of the Ascension Land, he understands a lot more clearly.
No wonder the guard captain felt very sorry for their ascension.
No wonder they want Yuan Jie to stay.
No wonder the Ascension Land has so many formations.
No wonder even the entrances and exits have to be narrowed.
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It turns out that they have always been in a trapped place and have been completely isolated from the outside world!
The Land of Ascension is actually the only place where humans survive in Liangzhou!
"It seems that the people in the Ascension Land didn't tell you this."
The monk also noticed the strangeness between the two of them, sighed, and then shook his head.