Looking at the pile of things in front of him, although he didn't know who died here, it was obvious that the other party came here to warn the people behind that there was great danger ahead.
From the wall above, it could be seen that the unknown creature must have a sharp weapon that could easily drill a big hole in the hard stone wall.
However, Gu Zheng didn't know what it was exactly, but he knew that if he didn't want to end up like this friend, he must be more careful. Otherwise, he would have more bones than the other party.
Gu Zheng followed the corridor in front of him and continued to move towards the belly of the mountain. After a few steps, he had already entered a small passage.
On his right was a hard wooden door, and on his left was another path. In front of him was a room, but the entrance of this room wasn't here. Through the fenced-like window, he saw that there was a room that had been opened on the opposite side.
On the side of the room, there was a handle embedded in the wall, like a device to open some mechanism.
"Dong Dong"
Gu Zheng pushed the wooden door, but it didn't budge. It seemed that it had been locked from the back. He knocked lightly, and an empty echo came instantly. It was very loud in this place.
Looking at the other path, although it was illuminated by the candlelight, most of it could be seen clearly. However, Gu Zheng didn't want to see what was there. He was now out of the state of being powerless. How could a mere wooden door stop him at this time? He was just testing the surroundings to see if there was anything suspicious.
When he saw that there was no other reaction around him, he didn't hesitate and lifted his foot to kick in front of him.
"Bang" a huge muffled sound.
Gu Zheng's figure stiffened in mid-air. He slowly put down his foot, and then sat directly on the ground next to him without a word. His face was a little uncertain, and he began to gently rub his bare feet.
After a while, Gu Zheng's posture was not quite right as he walked towards the other passage. Even if he was still a little uncomfortable, he still felt that his entire foot was very numb, as if it wasn't his own.
How could he have imagined that the seemingly unremarkable wooden door was actually so sturdy? Not only did he fail to break the door, he even injured himself.
"At least I've verified that there are no problems around here." Gu Zheng could only comfort himself like this. Otherwise, he would be too depressed.
After taking a few turns, he felt that he was heading towards the room with the wooden handle. There was probably some mystery there.
However, on the way, Gu Zheng suddenly discovered a flight of stairs that led downwards. It was pitch black underground and he couldn't see anything. However, not far away, there was a shining golden door. Behind it was another passageway.
Gu Zheng hesitated for a moment before continuing forward. This was because at the end of the path, there was also a wooden door. Beside it was the room he saw on the other side. He could see the door that had been opened.
He quickened his pace and soon arrived at the door. He looked inside, and sure enough, it was that room. It was empty inside, and there was only that mechanical handle. It was the room he had entered from.
Then, he shook his bare feet. After walking for a while, there were no major problems. Then, he moved closer to the door and quietly pushed it forward.
This time, the door was successfully pushed open by him. However, just as a gap appeared, Gu Zheng stopped pushing and looked inside through the gap.
It looked like a passageway inside, but there were no rocks above his head. It was like a huge cave. At the end of this passageway, there was also a corridor that led to the opposite side of the mountain. The ubiquitous candlelight allowed him to see clearly.
On the empty ground, in addition to gravel, he also saw some black ashes scattered on the ground. It seemed that some unlucky people had also sacrificed themselves here.
The entire cave was empty, and there was nothing. However, under Gu Zheng's careful inspection, he saw many strange crying masks embedded in the wall. However, the two didn't seem to be in close contact with each other, as if there was a layer separating them.
However, at this moment, on the distant mountain wall, perhaps too much time had passed, a small stone fell from the sky and fell to the ground, making a loud noise.
"Buzz!"
At the same time, on the scattered ground, the strange masks suddenly split open. Accompanied by the crisp sound of flapping wings, they quickly rushed toward the stone. After circling around it, they didn't find anything strange. They turned back into masks and crawled on the ground nearby.
Gu Zheng saw this scene and took a deep breath. After seeing many masks, cold sweat broke out on his back. It seemed that the danger was not small.
The masks were very sensitive to nearby movements. As soon as the sound came, they spread their wings and flew away. To Gu Zheng's surprise, the masks in the distance didn't seem to be disturbed. It seemed that the best way was to quietly go around.
Gu Zheng closed the door again and quietly took two steps back. Then, he walked toward the golden door. He could go through this place, but it would take more effort. He also wanted to see other places, especially the golden door. It was so conspicuous that he was afraid that people wouldn't notice it. Perhaps it was a convenient way to go.
Feeling the dark steps, he went down step by step. As soon as he went down, his feet were submerged in the water. At the same time, cold water vapor came from the bottom of his feet, making him shiver. The temperature of the water was lower than outside.
Leaning against the wall, Gu Zheng groped his way to the golden door and pushed it forward. Sure enough, as he thought, there was no sign of it being opened. Next to the door handle, there was a golden keyhole. It seemed that he could only enter with the key.
However, Gu Zheng also showed a surprised expression. At the same time, he took out the key from his bosom. With the help of the golden light, he began to compare it. The pattern of the key was exactly the same as the pattern of the golden lock. This was simply beyond his expectations.
Gu Zheng thought that this key could be used somewhere below. If it wasn't for the fact that it was light and convenient, he didn't throw it away in case he needed it. He didn't expect that it would be used here.
"Kacha"
Gu Zheng gently inserted the key. With a soft sound of the golden lock, the golden door in front of him automatically opened. At the same time, the key disappeared in the air.
Although he wondered why the door here could only be opened below, he didn't go in. Instead, he returned to the previous room again.
In this room, after Gu Zheng circled around, he found something fishy again. In the middle of the opened door, there was a fist-sized gap. If it wasn't closed or if it was inside, it would be impossible to find it. It seemed that everything in the room could be clearly seen from that opening, including the outside of the window.
He curiously went over and found that as the door closed, the observation field of the gap was also expanding. He didn't understand how it was used, but since it was here, it must be used by the people in front.
After confirming that there was no other suspicious place, Gu Zheng walked to the front of the door handle, put his hand on it, and then pulled it down.
"Dong Dong" a soft sound was heard. It seemed to be the switch of the mechanism.
Before Gu Zheng could think about where it was, the door that he couldn't enter before opened with a creak. Then, with a familiar sound in the air, Gu Zheng's expression changed instantly. He wanted to push it up quickly.
But before he could move, his whole body instantly fell back because an arm had stretched out from the door. He didn't dare to bet that this door could squeeze the other party to death.
When Gu Zheng's figure retreated out of the door, the other party's figure had completely appeared. He stood at the door and looked around. His face was a little sad, as if he was looking for his lover.
But when he didn't find anyone, he shook the bell in his hand and walked towards the path that Gu Zheng first came in. And all this while, Gu Zheng was observing from the small hole. At this time, he understood the purpose of this. It was used to observe the other party's whereabouts.
However, at this time, Gu Zheng also found that the effect of the other party's bell was almost negligible. At the same time, he sensed in his heart and quickly understood that the food given to him by the other party contained a special effect for the other party. It was equivalent to being enveloped in the body of the dragon soul, so it was also greatly reduced. If he ate it, it probably wouldn't affect him at all.
Gu Zheng didn't move because he knew that there was no way out. The other party would be back soon, so he could only pray that the other party would go back.
However, his thoughts were shattered when the other party walked in the opposite direction. The other party followed the path that Gu Zheng walked and came here.
"I've really been caught in a trap of my own making."
Gu Zheng looked in front of him, then looked behind him and cursed himself.
No matter how slow the other party was, he wouldn't be able to reach the golden door in time. After all, the path from there was very short. He could either go through the door in front of him and break through the Mask Bugs, or he could just rush through the golden door and lose the other party.
Gu Zheng didn't make either choice. Instead, he turned around and closed the door. At the same time, he took the opportunity to look in the direction that the Ghost Woman had come from. He wanted to see if there was another way out.
What he saw made him suck in a breath of cold air. Even though he could only see part of it, there was a small red pavilion. The second floor was completely covered by golden light, and it was actually a rest area. However, below it, Gu Zheng saw at least five Ghost Women wandering around.
Who knew how many there were inside? It seemed that they had all been lured there. It was just that he was so unlucky. When the door opened, the other party walked out. It was very likely that she had been lured here by his kick.
It seemed that he had given up on that place. However, he still had to lure the Ghost Woman there.
Hiding in the corner, Zhang Xuan looked at the hole that had been revealed. The ringing of the bell was getting closer and closer. Just as he had expected, the ghost woman did not open the two doors. Instead, she went back the way she had come.
After Gu Zheng opened the door, he held a stone in his hand and carefully observed the other party's position. He felt that the other party was coming from that direction. Just as she was about to come over, he flicked his hand forward. The stone in his hand instantly flew out and accurately separated from the gap in the window. It bounced into the opened door. Then, he left the room again so that the other party wouldn't notice him.
The movement seemed to have alerted the Ghost Woman. From the gap, Gu Zheng could clearly see that the Ghost Woman had come to the window and was continuing to walk towards the door.
Gu Zheng was waiting for the other party to enter the forbidden area and then take advantage of the mechanism. Suddenly, something unexpected happened. Without him controlling it, the mechanism actually slowly lifted up and the door slowly closed.
This made him dumbfounded. He never thought that this thing could actually return after some time. However, at this moment, he couldn't do anything at all. He could only watch as the other party crashed into the door.
Bang!
What made Gu Zheng even more surprised was that the Ghost Woman didn't seem to notice and continued to walk towards the door. In the end, needless to say, she immediately crashed into the door and was also blocked by the hard wooden door.
Seeing the other party in such a sorry state, nearly knocked over, Gu Zheng suddenly had the urge to laugh out loud. It turned out that such a terrifying opponent was actually so clumsy during normal times. The fear in Gu Zheng's heart lessened greatly.
"Ah!"
The ghost girl seemed to be enraged. She suddenly screamed and raised her hands. She raised the bell in her hand and smashed it at the wooden door in front of her like a shrew. Every time she smashed it, the bell would ring. At the same time, a bloody light would emit from it and stain the wooden door in front of her.
Originally, Gu Zheng thought that the wooden door wouldn't be able to withstand the other party's attacks and would be broken by the other party. However, after the other party's attack, other than the wooden door being stained by the bloody light, there was no trace left behind. It was actually so hard.
In just three hits, the wooden door in front of her was completely stained by the bloody light. In the next moment, the Ghost Woman's figure passed through and disappeared in front of Gu Zheng.
The bloody light on the wooden door also disappeared and it quickly returned to its original state.
He didn't expect the wooden door to be so strong that even the other party couldn't break it. He also didn't expect the other party to have such a strange way of passing through. However, at least his wish had been fulfilled. The other party had been successfully locked inside again. If there was no other movement, she probably wouldn't come out again.
Seeing this, Gu Zheng directly walked towards the golden door. If he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have wasted time and just left.
When he came in front of the golden door again, it was still the same as when he left. He directly pushed the door open and walked in.
However, after taking two steps, under the illumination of the candlelight inside, a smooth stone path that looked like a slide appeared in front of him.
Gu Zheng looked at the slide. He didn't expect it to be such a thing. However, he still continued to fall. It had to be known that at the bottom was an endless void. This made him hesitate.
"Kacha!"
At that moment, the golden door behind him silently closed again. It wasn't until the movement that Gu Zheng's attention was drawn.
Gu Zheng hurriedly went back to check and found that there was another golden lock outside, completely locking him in. He didn't have a second key.
Gu Zheng turned his head and returned to where he had been before. Gu Zheng took a deep breath. This was the only way now. He didn't hesitate and directly jumped down. He hoped that he wouldn't fall into the void. Otherwise, he would definitely die.
"Plop!"
The passage was pitch-black. Gu Zheng felt that he had just made a small circle when he heard the roar of water. Before he could react, he fell down.
He was also speechless. He stood up from the knee-deep water and stabilized his body. At this height, it was better to just go straight up and down. He could jump down, so why did he have to be so mysterious? Moreover, if he had gone out earlier, wouldn't he also be locked outside?
Feeling the turbulent water under his feet, Gu Zheng walked forward and stood on a protruding rock near the edge. Only then did he look down.
This look gave him a headache. At the same time, he looked back. Unfortunately, at the back, there was a waterfall that was as high as ten feet. It was also turbulent, making it impossible for him to go up.
But under the waterfall in front of him, the current was even more turbulent than his current position. With just a glance, he knew that he couldn't stand at the bottom because there was a slope below.
And in the water below, there were blade-like reefs evenly distributed inside. If Gu Zheng bumped into them, he would probably be seriously injured. If he didn't stabilize his body, he was afraid that after a few bumps, his whole body would be crippled.
"But I can't not jump!"
Gu Zheng sighed helplessly in his heart. He really didn't know why he had to endure so many encounters. Couldn't he just leave smoothly? He would rather encounter other dangers than jump into the water.
The next moment, he immediately jumped down. The turbulent water almost made him lose control. Fortunately, in a moment of desperation, he hit the reef next to him and stabilized his body. But that was all. His body still fell down, and under the acceleration of the water, his speed became faster and faster.
Facing the reef in front of him, Gu Zheng could only pull himself together and began to control his body. He dodged left and right, trying his best to avoid the water that reached his waist.
In this turbulent water, it was not easy at all. It took three times more effort than usual to adjust. At this time, he finally understood why the other party wanted him to eat that thing. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to pass this place. And he was sure that the treatment he would receive later would not be easy.
Soon, Gu Zheng felt his physical strength rapidly depleting. But what made him happy was that in front of him, he had also reached the level of this stream. He could already see the flat water below. It was very pure, but the water flow did not slow down in the slightest.
Soon, after he dodged the last reef, his whole body was directly hit by the huge water flow. His whole body carried a huge impact, and his head almost hit the bottom.
As the water continued to ripple for a period of time, he had a little strength to stabilize his body. But at this time, he was almost washed down again.
Gu Zheng glanced down, and his face changed. Under the water flow was a slope. There were no reefs above the slope, but under the slope was a black void. The unceasing water flow all rushed down.
This made the somewhat tired Gu Zheng instantly filled with vitality. His body immediately retreated a few steps, and directly pressed against the stone wall. Relying on this depression, he completely stabilized his body.
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