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Following the stairs in front, everyone walked upwards. I thought the length of this group of stairs should be not much different from the two floors downstairs, but I didn't expect that the stairs would have an inclined curve before going up. They circled up clockwise in a narrow corridor, just like a spiral mountain road used for winding mountains.

Although we walked slowly due to excessive caution, even so, we still didn't see the end after walking for twenty minutes. In such a closed and narrow space, I felt more and more uneasy as I walked, and I always felt that the stairs were repaired too strangely.

Why did we spend such a large amount of engineering to build stairs around the periphery of the entire mountain, and the length reached such an amazing level. It is obvious that we cannot use too long distances in a straight line, so why did we extend the length of the stairs by dozens or even hundreds of times? Is it just to let visitors take a few more steps? Or... this kind of architectural model has ulterior motives?

After walking for another period, I felt like we had circled around the entire mountain twice, but because the angle of the stairs tilted upwards was very limited, we actually had a very small height.

The dark space, the narrow corridors, and the endless long stairs all give people an extremely depressing and suffocating feeling. Even people with good mental quality may be mentally broken by these ancient and strange stone steps.

Everyone tried their best to restrain their emotions, gritted their teeth and walked upwards, hoping that the end of the stairs would appear early. Even if one of the steps had some changes, for us now, we could slightly relieve the gloom in our hearts.

About fifteen minutes later, Ji Saner was the first to scream. He sat on the stone steps under his feet. He gasped and said in pain: "No...no, my buddy can't move anymore. Mingtian. Let's take a break. The stairs are so damn long that I have cramped my legs several times."

Ji Saner's actions made everyone present feel relieved. Many people were trying to endure the soreness of their legs and struggled to walk. At this time, it was even more difficult to move forward again.

Immediately afterwards, Miao Zitong and Ji Minhui also sat on the ground with a soft panting, and then Sun Wu sat down quietly. Ding Er carried Xuansu on his shoulder shortly after walking up the stairs. Now he seemed extremely struggling. Seeing that everyone was no longer moving forward, he immediately put down Xuansu gently and took off the kettle around his waist and gulped.

Seeing this, Hu and Wang, both of us shook our heads and sighed, knowing that we would not be able to get on the road without resting for a while. In short, there are at least a thousand steps we have taken this time. According to the floor, there are at least sixty or seventy floors. This is indeed difficult for them. If the prince and I had not conducted systematic training, we would probably be as difficult as them now.

So I told everyone that they could only rest for ten minutes at most, and they would set off immediately after ten minutes anyway. Then Wu Zhenyan's life was in our hands. Although the hope was already very slim, they could not give up the young life of a girl in order to suffer less.

After everyone sat down, the prince took out a cigarette and lit two, and the three of them gathered together and talked softly.

The prince first expressed his concerns and said to me: "Old Xie, why do I always feel that it is not right? This staircase is too long, right? It is necessary to dig such a long mountain road. It is really not a small project. Who would have to eat enough and spend so much time? Will we go the wrong way?"

I replied, "I also thought of this problem. If you really take the wrong path, there is only one possibility. Maybe there is another mechanism on the floor downstairs. In fact, opening that mechanism can lead to the right way out. This path is just a dead end to lure the enemy into the trap."

After the two of them finished speaking, they turned their eyes to the bearded man, waiting for him to express their views on the matter. The bearded man pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "What Mingtian said makes sense. We may have entered the other party's trap. But I think, the more we are in the trap ahead, the more we should go through it?"

Wang Zi and I nodded silently, understanding what the bearded man said. If there was an ambush before, it would be nothing more than a terrible creature such as blood monsters and snake monsters and giant butterflies. If the ambushed thing does not have the power of attack, how could there be a trap? With our understanding of the bearded man, he would not allow these monsters to ignore it. Even if there is a sea of ​​swords and fires ahead, as long as he believes that there are such creatures, he will rush in and kill them all.

Although I understand and agree with the idea of ​​the bearded man very much, my intention to go is far less determined than his. We have already experienced the methods of King Huiling, and its viciousness and viciousness have reached the extreme level. Assuming that only some blood demons or poisonous insect monsters and monster pythons ambushed at the end of this staircase will be a big advantage for us. But if there is a vicious murderous mechanism ahead, hundreds of huge rocks fell from the sky, then the blood demons will not be eliminated, and we, the group of people, will have to die first.

I expressed my worries, wanting to see what Hu and Wang thought, and then find a complete solution. After hearing this, the two of them immediately remained silent. Indeed, if my assumption was indeed correct, then our actions to continue moving forward would undoubtedly be equivalent to giving up their lives in vain.

In the dilemma of the three, suddenly, a muffled sound suddenly came from the position below us. The sound was very similar to the sound made by the huge rocks when they rubbed, and it seemed that a stone door was quietly opening.

The first time I heard the voice, everyone present was shocked and stood up, knowing that something must have happened below.

Before I could think about the specific reason, I hurriedly said to the prince: "Help me watch Minhui and the others." Then I shouted to Sun Wu: "Send two people to follow me." After that, I flashed out with the bearded man and ran straight in the direction of the way.

The reason why I wanted to keep the prince was not because I thought he was burdened, but because I was really worried about Sun Wu and his gang, for fear that after all the three of us left, he would take advantage of others' danger and keep the prince there to play a certain deterrent role.

When I passed by Sun Wu and his gang, three people immediately ran out of Sun Wu's team and followed us quickly. I suddenly realized something was wrong and looked back while running. I found that only two of the three were men in black, and the other one was Gao Lin.

I don't know what she was trying to follow us. It was a critical moment, and I didn't have the heart to ask her in detail. At least we are still grasshoppers tied to a rope, so she shouldn't do anything randomly here.

When we walked up the stairs, we stopped step by step and were careful everywhere. Now we are eager to find out the situation below, so we naturally cannot walk slowly so carefully. In addition, we have confirmed that there are no obstacles along the way, so the five people all let go of their steps and ran quickly, hoping to arrive at the site of the incident a moment earlier. When we came, we walked for nearly an hour, but when we returned, it took less than ten minutes.

Just as we were about to approach the starting point, there was a rumbling sound suddenly. The sound was ten times greater than the previous sound. It seemed as if an extremely huge rock was slowly moving.

Hearing the sound, the bearded man quickly stepped on his feet and rushed forward, unable to wait to walk side by side with us. With his speed, even Gao Lin, who had become a blood demon, could not keep up with him at all.

The other four people also accelerated their pace and ran desperately. Everyone knew that the huge sound was related to everyone's life and it was not guaranteed that some mechanism was being opened or closed.

In an instant, the four of them rushed out along the stairs. They were about to reach the starting point of the stairs, and at this moment, they suddenly saw a bearded figure standing in front. When we stopped, there was a shocking sound of "Kara", and then, all the sounds that had made before came to an abrupt end at this time.

I ran to the vicinity in confusion, and saw a blood-red monster standing under my bearded feet. I was staring at the other party with anger on my face, and almost all the fire was spurting out from my eyes.

I looked closely and found that the bearded man was stepping on a blood demon, but a huge hole was broken in his abdomen, and the internal organs in his abdomen were cleaned, but only a heart was still beating slowly. Due to the breaking of the abdomen, a large amount of blood must have flowed out. This person's body was dyed red. If he hadn't watched carefully, he would have mistakenly thought it was an adult baboon that had been skinned.

At this moment, the blood demon was already dying, and the red in his eyes was gradually fading away, and he was not able to resist the foot that was stepping on his throat. However, what surprised me even more was that this was one of the first members of Lu Daxiao and his gang that disappeared, but he didn't expect to appear here in this posture.

I didn't understand what the blood demon had to do with that strange sound, so I hurriedly asked the bearded man in a low voice and said, "What's the situation? Why did this grandson do just now?"

The bearded man stretched out his finger and pointed to the wall beside him. On the wall three inches above the stairs, there was a bloody palm mark in his eyes. It was obvious that the blood demon had just pressed it on it with his bloody palm.

The moment I saw the palm print, I felt a chill and suddenly had an ominous premonition. So I hurriedly squatted down and looked carefully, and found that around the palm print, there were four slight cracks appearing on the wall, forming a square shape.

I immediately realized that this was a mechanism that could push. By pressing my palm on the square and pushing it forward forcefully, I could push the square stone into the wall.

The moment I saw this mechanism, I felt a chill coming and hurriedly ran a few steps towards the exit.

As I expected, what appeared in front of me was a high wall that had been completely sealed. What blocked the way ahead was a hard rock weighing dozens of tons.

It was obvious that the blood demon crawled out of somewhere. With his internal organs empty, he used his last strength to trigger the mechanism, causing the huge rock to land and eventually blocked his only way out.

Unexpectedly, we were still one step late to hurry up. The huge rock was like a small hill. Not to mention the bearded man, even ** could not shake a corner of the huge rock.

Looking at the way out of my eyes, I was completely disappointed. I suddenly remembered a mechanism in the tomb of the Living Dead in "The Return of the Condor Heroes", and couldn't help but sigh and murmur: "Dragon Broken Dragon Stone... I think it should be called the Broken Life Stone."

The bearded man said strangely: "What stone? How do you know the name of this stone?"

I was desperate, so how could I have the intention to tell him these useless allusions in detail?

Just as I shook my head and sighed, I suddenly saw Gao Lin standing beside her with eyebrows raised and her eyes shining brightly. Then, a gloomy murderous aura suddenly appeared on her pale face. (...)

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