Zhou Wen's eyes were like two miniature searchlights, shooting out two beams that illuminated the dark underground tunnel. Although the main effect of this skill was X-ray vision, it wasn't difficult to see in the dark. However, the illumination distance was a little short, and the Light of Penetration couldn't reach too far.
The sound that resembled a train in the darkness wasn't far from the exit of the tunnel. When Zhou Wen took a look, his expression immediately turned odd.
There was really a vehicle in the dark tunnel. It was coming up, but it wasn't a train. Instead, it was a strange vehicle made of stone and wood.
The style of the carriage was very old. The carriage had a square back, and it looked like a chariot pulled by horses in ancient times. However, this carriage didn't have any horses or other creatures pulling it. At the very front of the carriage was a humanoid puppet. The puppet stood on the pedals of the carriage, holding a rocking arm with both hands. Its body moved up and down, pushing the rocking wheel rhythmically.
As the rocker spun, the strange vehicle made of stone and wood moved up the stone steps. The stone wheels collided with the edge of the stone steps, producing clanging sounds. It moved at a slow speed.
Beside the puppet was a wooden pole with a stone lamp hanging on it. The light that Zhou Wen and Lu Yunxian had seen was emitted from the stone lamp.
Apart from the puppet, there were no other creatures in the vehicle. It was as though the puppet was driving the strange vehicle.
The puppet was also strange. It looked like a human, but its face was flat. There were no facial features carved on it, making it look very strange.
Zhou Wen had only taken a few looks when the strange wooden carriage had already reached the entrance of the tunnel. Then, it slowly came to a stop.
Zhou Wen and Lu Yunxian sized up the strange vehicle warily. However, after the strange vehicle left the stone tunnel, it stopped moving. The puppet on it seemed to have run out of clockwork. It stopped there, maintaining the rocker arm motionless.
Lu Yunxian leaped up, but he didn't approach the vehicle. He only wanted to jump up to see what was inside.
"Lu Ning!" After Lu Yunxian rose to a certain height, he looked into the carriage and shouted.
Zhou Wen also flew up and looked into the truck bed. He saw that there was only a woman lying inside. She looked like she had fainted. Apart from that, there was nothing else. The truck bed was empty.
Zhou Wen might know the woman. She was Lu Ning, who had come with An Sheng. Zhou Wen had a deep impression of her, especially her Snow Fox. It had powerful ice-elemental powers that left Zhou Wen envious.
"I'll go see if she's dead," Lu Yunxian said as he prepared to jump onto the strange vehicle.
"Don't go yet." Zhou Wen had a nagging feeling that the strange car was somewhat odd. He stopped Lu Yunxian and used the Demonic Astral Wheel to suck in the car.
Lu Ning, who was unconscious in the back of the truck, was immediately sucked out and flew towards Zhou Wen's palm.
Having learned his lesson from Liu Chengzhi, Zhou Wen was much more vigilant. He didn't touch Lu Ning's body and instead retracted his strength, causing Lu Ning's body to fall to the ground.
He didn't know if she was dead or not. She didn't react at all when she fell to the ground. She just lay there motionlessly.
Zhou Wen first used the transparent light to look at Lu Ning and realized that her heart was still beating. Her bodily functions seemed normal.
However, what was strange was that there were many snake-like worms squirming along her blood vessels. It looked abnormally terrifying.
Zhou Wen roughly knew that the reason Lu Ning was unconscious was likely due to the worms in her blood vessels.
The worms looked like snakes, but their bodies were extremely slender like strands of hair. They squirmed in her blood vessels and even burrowed into her heart and other organs.
"She's still alive. There doesn't seem to be any injuries on her body. Her heart is also beating, but for some reason, she's unconscious," Lu Yunxian said as he checked Lu Ning's body.
"Her raincoat is already torn. It can't withstand the blood rain here. It's not convenient to treat her here either. Bring her back to the tent and ask her what happened after waking her up." Seeing that the hair-like worms showed no signs of burrowing out, Zhou Wen got Lu Yunxian to wrap Lu Ning in the rain cloth he had brought and carry her out of the ruins.
Zhao Xin and company were alarmed when they saw that Zhou Wen and Lu Yunxian had come out unscathed and had even brought someone back.
"Lu Ning! What happened to her? "Zhao Xin was alarmed when he saw Lu Ning.
He knew how powerful Lu Ning was. Her ice-elemental Primordial Energy Art was considered top-notch at the Epic stage. With the help of many excellent-grade Companion Beasts, there weren't many people at the Epic stage who could defeat Lu Ning.
Now that Lu Ning had been brought back by Zhou Wen and company in an unconscious state, it meant that the situation down there was probably very bad.
"What happened? How are Adjutant An and the rest? "Zhao Xin asked.
"I don't know. When we arrived at the entrance of the underground tunnel, we happened to see her come out. Now, we can only wake her up before we know what happened down there," Zhou Wen said.
"Let me try. I have a Rejuvenation Vine Companion Beast. It has pretty good healing abilities," Zhao Xin said as he summoned a plant-type Companion Beast.
It was a green vine that wrapped around Lu Ning's body like a snake. The sprouts climbed onto Lu Ning's face and reached into her nostrils, mouth, and ears, secreting a liquid that resembled clear water.
The liquid had pretty good healing effects. Even a heavily injured person would typically be able to wake up temporarily.
However, Zhao Xin kept urging the Rejuvenation Vine to secrete the liquid, but he failed to wake Lu Ning up.
"Strange … If it's just an injury, even if it's a brain injury, the Rejuvenation Juice would still be effective. Why isn't she reacting at all? Could she have been hit by a Primordial Energy Skill like hypnosis?" Zhao Xin wore a puzzled look.
The others didn't have any healing abilities either. They looked at each other, unable to come up with a good solution.
"Don't waste your Companion Beast's energy. Let it rest for a while. It'll still be useful later," Zhou Wen said to Zhao Xin.
"Young Master Wen, do you have a solution?" At some point in time, Zhao Xin had changed the way he addressed Lu Yunxian.
"Let's give it a try. It's a desperate attempt," Zhou Wen said as he flipped his wrist. As Zhou Wen spoke, he flipped his wrist and a strange force condensed in his hand, turning into a metal syringe.
Walking to Lu Ning's side, Zhou Wen stared at her like a searchlight. At the same time, he stabbed the syringe into Lu Ning's arm.
He had learned some knowledge about injecting drugs in school, but it was the most basic knowledge. Furthermore, it was only in theory and had never been put into practice. Zhou Wen was only giving it a try to see if Doctor Darkness's poison could kill the strange worms in Lu Ning's body.
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