"I am telling the truth." Gu Jun frowned slightly. It did not feel good to have a gun pointed at him. "I do not know anything else."
Xue Ba finally nodded and made his decision. "Xiao Ning, put the gun down. I trust Ah Jun. It is a feeling, and I am a person who believes in feelings. "
"Okay." Lou Xiaoning lowered the rifle in her hand and pulled the safety back on. She had been paying close attention to Gu Jun's expression. His first reaction was to be startled. Initially, he tried to suppress his calmness, trying to understand her motive. However, he was slightly annoyed, and this annoyance grew stronger and stronger.
This reaction was acceptable. It was not that he did not care or that he was prepared for this. But he still needed to be careful …
"Actually, I admire you." Lou Xiaoning walked over and extended her hand toward Gu Jun. "That was just a routine, but I apologize."
"You are such a hateful person." Gu Jun grumbled and slapped Lou Xiaoning's hand. "Captain Xue should have shot you first."
"Hmm …" Xue Ba choked from the sarcasm. He said seriously, "Ah Jun, we all know that you were once the Spirit Child of Lai Sheng Company. A few days ago, the Action Department was in a similar situation. Just like Xiao Ning said, what happened earlier was not about the person. "
Xue Ba looked around the members. "But since we have chosen to trust you, then we should stop doubting you, understand?"
Yang Henan, Zhang Huohuo, and the rest nodded in agreement. They understood the importance of unity.
Actually, they did not have any suspicions, but they needed some time to digest what Gu Jun had said about the foreign curse.
"Okay, okay, everything is fine now." Uncle Dan stepped forward to be the peacemaker. He said with a smile, "I have read many people. I can tell with one glance whether they are good or bad. Ah Jun, don't be angry. Sometimes, you point a gun at others, and others point a gun at you. It is a cycle of karma. "
Uncle Dan's tone was too flirtatious. Everyone understood what he meant. A light chuckle dissolved the tension in the air. Gu Jun could not help but chuckle. But even so, the atmosphere was a little different. Lou Xiaoning looked at Gu Jun more.
"Ah Jun, do you think you can trigger the mechanism in the stone again and restore the tunnel?" Xue Ba asked.
"I feel that the mechanism is finished." Gu Jun shook his head. "I tried it before, but there was no response."
"Then let's rest for a while before continuing." There was no other choice. "The wind is blowing. There should be an exit at the end."
Immediately, the team picked up the things scattered on the stairs, while Yang Henan led a few other team members to walk around for a while, trying to find the supplies that had been blown away by the strong wind. However, they walked all the way to the entrance of the tunnel after walking a hundred steps, and still could not find the lost supplies. It seemed that they had been blown into the rotten soil outside by the strong wind.
Now the problem that the team faced was not only the lack of supplies but also the serious depletion of stamina. Everyone was very thirsty, and the water that they had was running out even faster.
To conserve energy and increase their speed, when they resumed their journey, Xue Ba had the team leave behind some of the equipment that they did not need. They only took three sets of protective gear with them. If the black wind carried some kind of virus, they would have already been infected.
After hearing what Gu Jun had said and witnessing that mysterious power, the further down they went, the more they felt like Gu Jun was right.
The stone path was alive. The dark red lines were the proof of its vitality. It felt like they were inside the stomach of a giant beast.
When they reached the 200th step, there was still no change.
It was the same for the 500th step.
The 1000th step was still the same.
Seven hours later, the 10,000th step was not far away.
Each step was one meter wide and half a meter tall. In other words, they were ten thousand meters away from the entrance and five thousand meters underground. The oxygen concentration was still the same.
But Gu Jun suddenly had a feeling that there was light coming from the other side.
He did not say it out loud to avoid adding to the team's suspicion. After walking for a while, everyone saw it. "There's light!" "It looks like a light!"
"Be careful, prepare for battle!" Xue Ba ordered. They slowed down. Their knees were sore and aching. The half-meter step was not easy to walk down, and every step they took shook them. Lou Xiaoning and the rest of the firepower members aimed their guns forward and pushed the steps forward one by one. Soon, they saw the stone wall at the end of the 10,000th step. There was a red door at the bottom, and two strangely shaped kerosene lamps were hanging on the wall next to the door.
The faint yellow light came from the kerosene lamps. It was soft and warm, like it was welcoming them.
Gu Jun's heart skipped a beat. This kind of kerosene lamp and the strangely beautiful carvings on it … he had seen them in the illusion in the basement …
'Basement? Isn't there a basement behind the red door? '
And this red door, its shape and color, he felt like he had seen it before. It was the red door before he was hypnotized into the sealed memory …
Suddenly, Gu Jun had a physiological reaction that made him want to vomit.
A message from Raybundy Payany's diary appeared in his mind.
"Lenton left behind a suicide note. Apparently, it did not contain much content. He only left behind the information and some thoughts that he had gained while he was alone in the ruined city of Rikers. As for why he wanted to die, I was not told. Perhaps he could not stand the monsters and hemoptysis. "
The ruined city of Rikers … The space with the high walls outside …
'Rikers …'Rikers' in the foreign language, does it not mean stone? '
"Ah Jun, Ah Jun?" When they were twenty steps away from the end, Xue Ba had the team stop. He was calling out to Gu Jun with confusion. He could see that something was wrong with the young man's expression. "What's wrong? Do you feel anything? "
Some of the team members looked at Gu Jun, and some looked forward, but they could not tell what material the red door was made of. They could only confirm that it was not made of stone like the ones around them. It appeared to be some kind of wood. The red did not look like it was painted; it was natural.
The red door was smooth and clean. Other than a small hole in the middle that let out a faint white light, there was nothing else on it.
"I have a headache again …" When Gu Jun said that, his voice was unconsciously hoarse.
His mind was still in a mess, and the agitation was growing. Wang Ke's words echoed in his ears. "We, the Abnormal Energy Investigation Group, do not believe in coincidences."
'If this is not a coincidence, then what is it? '
"Is the headache because of your perception? Can you sense the situation behind the red door? "Xue Ba asked. Uncle Dan and Lin Mo also turned to look at Gu Jun with anticipation.
'Is there a trap? Is there something strange? Can I push the door open? What is behind it? '
"Let me try." Gu Jun massaged his temples, trying his best to calm himself down. Then, he tried to focus his senses …
But after a while, it only intensified his headache. He sighed helplessly. "I can't help it. The red door has blocked all my senses."
"Okay." Xue Ba nodded with slight disappointment. The team did not bring the remote-controlled robots with them, so someone had to go and take a look.
Xue Ba gave a standard command. Lou Xiaoning, Zhou Yi, Gao Mingpeng, and the rest of the team rushed toward the red door with guns in hand.
The team members were nervous as they watched the assault team move forward. Gu Jun was watching as well, and the agitation in his heart kept roiling …
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