"Professor Chu, when did you enter Netherworld City?" Zhou Wen asked directly.
If this Chu He was really Professor Chu He from the Imperial Capital College, then the Professor Chu He who went to Zhuolu was very likely an impostor.
However, the impostor hadn't been discovered for so long. This meant that Professor Chu He had come to the desert very early, so no one had seen him again. Otherwise, the impostor would have been discovered long ago.
In this case, Professor Chu He should have entered Netherworld City very early. Otherwise, he would definitely have contacted the outside world. Someone in the outside world should know that he was in the desert and not Zhuolu.
However, the truth was that no one knew of this situation. Even Chu He's family thought that he was in Zhuolu. This was very amiss.
If someone hadn't deliberately cut off Professor Chu He's connection with the outside world, it meant that he had entered Netherworld City very early, so no one knew that he was here.
However, with the three ironclad laws of Netherworld City, how did Professor Chu He survive?
"What time?" Professor Chu He looked at him strangely and said, "It's today. Didn't you come in today because of the sandstorm?"
"Today? Then didn't you contact your family before you came in? "Zhou Wen asked in disbelief.
"There's no signal in the desert. How can I contact my family? About half a month ago, I went to a city outside to contact my family once. At that time, I was very excited to tell them that I had made a major discovery and would soon return to reunite with them. I never expected … "Chu He's face was filled with sorrow.
Zhou Wen was completely dumbfounded. Chu He had contacted his family half a month ago, so why hadn't his family mentioned this matter? His family hadn't mentioned Chu He's arrival in the Taklamakan at all.
Now, Zhou Wen wished he could immediately return and ask Chu He's family what was going on.
From Zhou Wen's point of view, this wasn't a coincidence. For two Professor Chu Hes to appear in different places, someone must be controlling everything from behind the scenes.
"Who is doing this? If the Zhuolu expedition team's Chu He is fake, then why did the fake Chu He sneak into the expedition team? Could the disappearance of the former principal have something to do with him? With this in mind, Zhou Wen's mind turned active.
If someone had really captured the old principal, then the old principal might still be alive.
However, Liu Yun was somewhat anxious. Zhou Wen didn't get any serious questions after asking all day. He had no choice but to ask, "Professor Chu, you came earlier than us. Do you know what's going on here? What was that dimensional creature that appeared above? "
"That's City Lord Netherworld. The bronze bell above will ring every hour. It's just like the clock at home. When the bell rings seven times a day, he will appear, throw the dice, and take away a life …" Chu He said with a trembling body.
"Wait, you said that the bell rings seven times a day. In other words, you've been here for more than a day, right?" Zhou Wen realized the problem in Chu He's words.
Zhou asked. Chu He said with a bitter smile. "I heard it. Wen, Chu He, Wen, Wen." I, I, Netherworld, I, Chu. "I, I, I," Chu said, "I Chu," Wen said. " However, my worries are unnecessary. I don't even know if I can survive today, so what's the point of worrying about tomorrow? "
Liu Yun was immediately disappointed. He originally imagined that he could find someone who understood the situation and ask about Netherworld City, but to his surprise, Chu He had entered Netherworld City on the same day as them. He was just a little earlier than them.
He carefully looked at Chu He's feet and realized that he still had 132 steps left. He had fewer steps than Zhou Wen and company.
"Professor Chu, have you heard anything else about Netherworld City and City Lord Netherworld?" Liu Yun continued asking indignantly.
To Liu Yun's surprise, Chu He knew much more than he imagined.
According to the news Chu He had heard, the three ironclad rules of Netherworld City couldn't be violated. Otherwise, one would immediately die.
Furthermore, the distance of a stone slab was a number. Be it advancing or retreating, or moving left and right repeatedly, it would be calculated.
Once the number returned to zero, it meant the arrival of death.
Chu He had personally seen a person self-destruct and die because the number returned to zero. It was identical to the middle-aged man who had died.
It was said that there was only one way to leave Netherworld City alive. It was to walk to the end of the long street, step onto the stone steps, and arrive in front of the Netherworld Divine Throne. Only by sounding the bronze bell above could one leave Netherworld City.
"That's impossible. From here to the stone steps, there are at least two to three thousand stone slabs. With our small number of steps, we can't even reach the stone steps, much less walk up the stone steps to sound the bronze bell," Liu Yun said with a frown.
"It's not impossible to increase the number of steps. As long as we wait for the next hour, the doors on both sides of the long street will open. When the time comes, we will have a chance to obtain steps," Chu He said as he pointed at the tightly shut buildings beside him.
"Do those shops sell the number of steps? What should we use to buy them? Is it money or dimensional crystals? "Liu Yun asked as he sized up the shops on both sides of the street.
"No, those aren't shops, but torture chambers. You can be tortured in the torture chambers in exchange for steps. Every torture chamber has a different punishment. By suffering different punishments, you can obtain different numbers of steps … "As Chu He spoke, his eyes were filled with fear.
Zhou Wen and Liu Yun were dumbfounded when they heard that. According to Chu He, there were all kinds of punishments in the torture chambers, such as burning, cutting, and so on.
Having a red-hot piece of metal branded on the chest, burning one's skin and flesh could be exchanged for five steps.
There was also using a needle to stab ten fingers in exchange for ten steps. Using a knife to scrape off a piece of flesh could give one step.
Although the various punishments didn't take one's life, they left one shuddering in fear.
"In that case, as long as we can endure the pain, we can obtain enough steps to walk up the stone steps?" Liu Yun asked.
"That's not entirely the case. Every punishment only gives a step reward on the first punishment," Chu He said.
Zhou Wen immediately counted the number of torture chambers on both sides of the street. According to the information Chu He had obtained, a torture chamber could only give about ten steps.
There are 239 torture chambers. If each torture chamber can obtain ten steps, then I can obtain more than two thousand steps. Can I reach the stone steps with so many steps? Zhou Wen estimated inwardly. He felt that it was about right, but this was only an estimate. It might not be accurate.
"Junior Brother, we seem to have made a mistake …" Liu Yun's expression was somewhat ugly. He also thought of the same problem as Zhou Wen.
The number of steps was very tight. They probably had to go to all the torture chambers before they could ascend the Netherworld Divine Throne.
However, along the way, they had already missed many torture chambers. If they were to walk back now and come back, they would waste a lot of steps, making the number of steps they already had become even fewer.
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