"I prepared something."
Yin Xiu opened the backpack on his body and dumped it on the table full of food, fire, water bottles, and a bundle of ropes.
"What a coincidence, I also brought something here."
Ma Xiaoyu opened her backpack and took out several throwing knives, daggers, steel wires, and two bottles of strangely colored poison.
"Then I..."
Luo Wei rummaged through several pockets and found only one piece of chewing gum.
"How about I get some?"
As he spoke, he smiled awkwardly and began to get the supplies and weapons on the table.
"Miss Ma, do you think we will definitely fight this time?"
"Of course," Ma Xiaoyu nodded, "The three of us have four minds, let alone them. Neither Fang Yin nor Zhu Wu is a man of his word."
"Why four?" Luo Wei asked again.
"Because Yin Xiu has three minds, and I have two." Ma Xiaoyu said calmly.
"Then why are there four?"
Luo Wei clapped his fingers and seemed unclear for a moment until Yin Xiu patted his shoulder.
"It's okay, it's none of your business, just take care of it first."
Then Yin Xiu also picked up a flying knife and put it in his pocket.
Ma Xiaoyu looked at him, "You seem very relaxed?"
Yin Xiu grinned, "I'm used to seeing bloodshed and conspiracies. Now this kind of small scene is nothing. And maybe even if they want to follow the rules, I will play tricks instead?"
Ma Xiaoyu pursed his lips and sighed: "In my opinion, it is indeed possible. We may have to fight with them before we reach the main altar this time."
"It doesn't matter, just fight if you want. Besides, isn't fighting your favorite solution?"
Ma Xiaoyu rolled her eyes, "It's you who is right!"
……
The location agreed upon by both parties, or the three parties, is on a barren mountain far away from the city.
There used to be a large village here, but then a landslide buried half of the village, leaving the other half abandoned, and all the villagers were moved to the city.
Luo Wei dug out a broken plaque from the ruins, with the word "李" vaguely left on it.
"Lijiapo or Lijiacun?" he asked.
Yin Xiu glanced at it casually, "It might also be Lijiazhen."
"It's Ho Lee Huo Au."
Fang Yin stroked the plaque thoughtfully.
"There used to be no less than five hundred families living here. It was a very large village. There were two surnames in the village. One was He, who was responsible for managing the business, and the other was Li, who was responsible for farming.
It cannot be said that they treat each other as guests, but there is not much acrimony and friction between the two clans.
Then one night, it rained so hard that it seemed as if hundreds of years of rain fell from the sky overnight. If the observatory had recorded it at that time, it would have been the heaviest rainfall in a century.
But no one cared about it at that time, just thinking it was a heavy rain during the plum season.
It wasn't until the flash flood completely buried half of the village that everyone understood what had happened here and knew that they could no longer live like their ancestors.
Later, some smugglers would bring stowaways here to gather, and some criminal thieves would settle here and use it as a shelter or hiding place.
Later, some people said that there were ghosts here. They would see headless foxes and owl with broken wings in the middle of the night, which was very scary.
Therefore, this place became deserted, and even rats stopped coming here. "
Fang Yin spoke a lot and was detailed, but his tone was just plain, and it seemed like he was just telling the stories he had heard from somewhere.
"You know so clearly?" Yin Xiu asked.
"What's so strange about this? Before you come to a place, you have to understand its history. This is basic common sense." Fang Yin said calmly.
"So, you're saying I don't have common sense?"
"I didn't mean it that way."
Fang Yin changed his usual style, took out the compass from his pocket, and walked around the hill-like ruins. He finally stopped at the top of a slope and stepped on it.
"Mr. Zhuowu, is this here?"
Although Zhuowu was under house arrest and under guard, the court's treatment of hostages was always extremely good.
Therefore, not only did he not suffer from hunger or thirst, he even changed into a new set of clean clothes, which made it easier for him to walk and shuttle underground.
Zhuowu walked over with a calm expression, looked at the compass in Fang Yin's hand, squatted down, picked up some clods of soil, and smelled it under his nose.
"That's right here. Although the entrance to the main altar is at Ho Li Huo'ao, perhaps because of the tide, the entrance that can be entered changes every time.
If we choose the wrong place, we may end up soaking in the water, or we may get lost directly, with no possibility of returning. "
Fang Yin agreed with him, "The world of Infernal Affairs is strange and ever-changing. It will always change at some point in time. The way it came from a few minutes ago and the entrance to the cave will disappear at some point."
"Is it because of the mud monkey?" Yin Xiu asked.
"Maybe, maybe there is a mysterious existence that is more powerful than the spirits, preventing explorers from exploring and moving forward."
Zhuowu looked mysterious, "After all, to the world of Wujian, we are just ants without eyes. If we are lucky enough to dig into a blessed place or enter a certain tunnel, it is not because of our strong power, but just because of good luck.
A blind cat encounters a dead mouse, which is perfectly suitable to describe the hermit underground. "
"Oh? The mysterious power you mentioned is still a powerful existence. How many heads does it have?"
Lei Zhong dismissed Zhuowu's words.
By the way, he didn't like Yin Xiu and Fang Yin very much. He just wiped the Miao knife in his hand with a cold face, waiting for the time to set off.
Maybe Si Xingcheng from Qintian Prison can also find out the existence of this so-called general altar, but that will also require detailed information and some routes.
Therefore, Fang Yin and Zhuowu are the best guides at the moment. Even if Lei Zhong looks down on them, he still has to rely on them.
As for Yin Xiu, they are just a few people on the side. If they get in the way at any time, then...
Thinking like this, a cold light suddenly appeared in his eyes, which happened to meet Yin Xiu's gaze.
"What are you doing?" He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"Why not." Yin Xiu grinned, "I was just wondering if masters like you would do nothing else but kill people and eat and sleep in a day."
Lei Zhong sneered, "You will know after you are killed by me once."
"You will have a chance soon, remember to seize it!"
No matter how Lei Zhong glared at him, Yin Xiu just patted him on the shoulder as if dealing with an old friend, and then walked away.
Fang Yin picked up his cane and pointed at the bottom of his feet, and said to Lei Zhong: "Master Lei, please call some of your men to dig through this place all the way to the bottom."
She looked at the sky again and checked the clock, "Don't worry, you can catch up if you work slowly."
Lei Zhong didn't say anything. He just waved his hand, and several masters rolled up their sleeves and began to carry and dig away the debris.
Luo Wei sat on the side, playing with the stone in his hand, and quietly approached Yin Xiu.
"I always feel something is wrong. These guys Lei Zhong brought are all new faces, not the ones we saw at the Jockey Club that day. Could it be that their personnel have changed in the past few days and others have been recalled.
Or is it that Lei Zhong actually led a lot of people, and these guys are the ones who can really fight? "
Yin Xiu naturally recognized that these people were different from the people from the previous few days, but he didn't care.
"Maybe those guys are claustrophobic, or they're just showing off. It's normal not to come down."
Luo Wei glanced at him and said, "At this time, are you still joking?"
Yin Xiu shrugged his shoulders, "Anyway, it's just a matter of tactics. The soldiers will come to cover up the water and the soil. What they want to do, we have to leave the problem to them, not us here to think hard."
"Is that what you always say, throwing the problem to your opponent?"
"Yes, that's it."
Saying that, Yin Xiu stood up and walked to Ma Xiaoyu's side again.
From just now, she has been looking at the scenery around her, seeming to be looking for something.
"Is there something wrong?"
"Yes, and it is very wrong."
Ma Xiaoyu touched Yin Xiu's hand and left two grapefruit leaves in his palm when she left.
Yin Xiu picked up the grapefruit leaf and wiped it on her eyes, and her eyes suddenly became clear.
Then he understood why Ma Xiaoyu kept looking around.
Around them, I don't know when, many translucent "souls" have gathered, standing or standing, their faces cold and numb, and their eyes looking at them gloomily.
"These seem to be dead villagers, right?" Yin Xiu said.
"Yes."
Ma Xiaoyu nodded, "But there is still daylight at this moment, and these ghosts can still gather here. It may be more than just resentment."
Without intending to talk to Yin Xiu, Ma Xiaoyu took out a bronze pendant from his pocket.
The pendant looks like a copper coin, but in the hollow part in the center, there is a small Bagua array hanging with a pointer inlaid in it.
This is one of the modern inventions that no one had before.
Combining the compass, Bagua array and the so-called "Moon Watching at the Wellhead", this light but complex device is formed, which is used to detect some special Feng Shui patterns.
Ma Xiaoyu took the device in her hand, and the Bagua array in the middle began to rotate gently. The pointer moved in a counterclockwise direction, and finally pointed forward.
In front of them, there was only Fang Yin who was holding his hands together and just watching everyone dig.
"Did she do it?" Ma Xiaoyu asked in a low voice.
"It should be her. After all, she seems to know the history of Ho Li Huo'ao better than Zhuowu."
"But doesn't she not know where the main altar is?"
Yin Xiu gave Fang Yin a deep look, "Maybe she was faking it, or maybe she hit her by mistake. Anyway, this woman's life will be in danger if she believes it!"
"You seem to know her very well?" Ma Xiaoyu suddenly turned her head.
"No, not at all."
Yin Xiu shook her head repeatedly, "I'm just speculating. It has always been my specialty to use the most vicious thoughts to speculate on others."
"When you first met me in the provincial capital, did you also assume this about me?"
"What if I say, no?" Yin Xiu grinned, "If I say so, do you believe it?"
Ma Xiaoyu paused, blinked, and two dimples appeared on his face, "I believe it."
Saying this, she thrust another tube of talisman paper into Yin Xiu's hand.
"I always feel that that woman Fang Yin will use some tricks. I give you this talisman, keep it for self-defense first."
Yin Xiu was not polite to her and put the talisman into his pocket calmly, "Maybe nothing will happen until we get to the main altar, and we can maybe relax.
But once they reach the main altar, murderous intent will come at any time.
Because the most successful hunter will always attack at the moment when the target is relaxed and kill with one blow. "
"I know."
Ma Xiaoyu nodded, and then the two of them dispersed as if nothing had happened and stood in different directions.
After a while, the debris was finally cleared away. Pieces of stones, broken wood, and roots were thrown aside by the experts, and a hole appeared underneath that could allow one person to walk through.
"Can this lead to the world of eternity?" Lei Zhong asked.
When he saw Yin Xiu, Fang Yin, and even Zhuowu's eyes, he finally turned around and asked a stupid question.
After coughing twice, he added: "This hole looks like it was made by a mouse as big as a millstone, not dug manually."
"Maybe it was dug by such a big rat?" Fang Yin said.
When she said this, Yin Xiu felt Ma Xiaoyu lean behind her and take two steps back.
He immediately said: "Where did such a big rat come from? This looks like a natural cave. At most, someone just added a foot and a shovel to it."
When Yin Xiu said this, Ma Xiaoyu seemed to be less nervous again and stood forward, side by side with him.
Zhuowu said calmly: "This hole was not dug by animals, nor by humans, nor does it even have anything to do with natural formation."
"Well?"
Lei Zhong frowned, "Then where did this cave come from? Could it be conjured out of thin air?"
"Yes, it appeared out of thin air, but it was not conjured, but it existed as a matter of course."
Zhuowu looked determined.
"I have said before, in the world of Infinity, in front of fate and chance, we are just insects like ants.
He neither knows his own shallowness nor sees the greatness of the world. Despite this, he can still be self-righteous. When he wakes up every day, he always thinks that the sun rises for him.
Such a person cannot escape the shackles of fate and chance.
What you must know is that the reason why this cave exists here is just because fate wants it to exist here. Even if you change the direction, as long as it is your chance, this cave will definitely appear below! "
"I don't even know what you're talking about."
Lei Zhong rolled his eyes to the sky.
A few years ago, a spiritual officer from Qintian Prison once helped him divine a fortune. The experience was a great honor, but the result was unfortunate.
The spiritual officer frowned and said that he was suffering from a bloody disaster.
When Lei Zhong heard this, he went home to buy materials for his birthday and prepare for the funeral.
A few days later, the divination spirit officer was killed by Lei Zhong for colluding with the White Lotus Sect.
Blood splashed all over his body and face, it was indeed a bloody disaster.
"Throw the light source down!"
Lei Zhong waved his hand, and dots of fluorite fell into the cave, like stars falling into a bottomless stream. (End of chapter)