hotmtlnovel Chapter 112 Tunnel
Chapter 112 Tunnel
Forty miles east of the city.
After watching a ray of golden light slowly rising from the city explode into countless meteors, Ying Ziming's team murmured, "This is the drum seal. I hope something big has happened in the city."
Then he jumped up and blocked a ray of golden light flying past.
Then the golden light turned into a clear command: "I am Shen Xiaoyin. The evil spirits have entered the city and are slaughtering people everywhere. We are short of manpower. All the odd-numbered hunting teams must return quickly without delay. The rest of you must be on standby at any time."
"Tsk, how did the evil spirit enter the city? From the noise, it doesn't sound like there is any fighting at the city gate. It seems that the house has been robbed by the evil spirit. It really makes people feel uneasy.
Let's go, our Zhenzi Team 7 is on the recall list, you two should follow me back to the city quickly."
Ying Ziming glanced back at Yang Qing and Xia Wan, his tone still with a hint of laziness.
"Feathers soar into the blue sky, and the gods travel a hundred miles, fast!"
Upon hearing this, Xia Wan quickly formed a White Crane Seal, and the three of them immediately moved quickly and rushed towards the city wall.
Nearly an hour later, Yang Qing and the other two arrived at the wall of the East City Gate. At the gate, a clerk from the Night Patrol Department who was responsible for recording documents was already waiting there with several night watchmen.
"You've had a hard time on this journey. May I ask the Immortal Master's team number?"
"Team Seven of Zhenzi."
When the clerk saw the few people, he immediately opened the task book he was carrying and asked for their team numbers.
"The situation is urgent. I have overstepped my authority and dared to take charge of the task here.
Team Seven, the hiding place of three households in Yanwei Street in the east of the city has been dug through by evil spirits through tunnels, and the residents have been basically slaughtered. Now we need you to deal with it.
In addition, there have been more than sixty similar sneak attacks starting from the cellar recorded tonight, but less than half of them were dealt with in time.
Invaders have dug countless crisscrossing tunnels underground in my Hengzhou Prefecture and are attacking everywhere. A large number of night watchmen have now gone underground, but we are still seriously short of manpower and can only seek help from the hunting team outside your city.
Remember, while clearing out the evil spirits, the key is to find the main tunnel that leads from outside the city to inside the city, as well as the evil spirits or evil cultivators who dug the tunnel. "
Then he turned around and said to the night watchmen behind him, "Hey, you are in charge of Swallowtail Street. Hurry and take a few night watchmen over there."
After saying this, the clerk bowed to Ying Ziming, then opened the task book and walked towards another group of night watchmen who had arrived.
At this moment, the entire Night Patrol Department, from the night watchmen to the clerks and night watchmen, has begun to work at high capacity.
Led by a night watchman who was familiar with the alleys, Yang Qing and his two companions quickly arrived at Yanwei Street. Along the way, they encountered several wandering evil spirits, all of which were killed by Yang Qing with a single swing of his knife.
The three households that were slaughtered were not far away, so it was probably just a casual move by the people digging the tunnel. Anyway, digging through one household would not require much more labor than digging through three households.
"One person per household, check carefully, don't miss any evil spirits. I believe these three tunnels are connected, we will gather in the tunnel below.
You all have the wolf smoke and butterfly whistle, right? If there is something you can't solve, remember to ask for help in time."
After hearing the order from their captain, Yang Qing and Xia Wan nodded and accepted the order. Then they each chose a household and walked towards that household's cellar.
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At the same time, in a tunnel not far from where Yang Qing and the others were standing, a night watchman was carefully exploring the surrounding situation.
As a night watchman who has been in the job for three years, Ye Qin has his own pride. Thinking of the nervous look of the young night watchman who joined the job not long ago, Ye Qin couldn't help but sneer.
It's just exploring a cave. Why should I be so nervous? Over the years, I have entered mines to kill evil spirits at least eight times, if not ten times.
Sure enough, the newcomers still lack a lot of courage.
Not far away, a sparse sound of footsteps passed by at the other end of the tunnel. Ye Qin raised his eyebrows, then turned sideways and put his ear against the wall of the tunnel, trying to listen carefully through the vibration of the mine wall.
With many years of experience, I can tell whether the footsteps are human or evil by listening carefully.
Just as Ye Qin's ears touched the wall, a scaly claw suddenly stretched out from the wall of the tunnel and grabbed Ye Qin's neck.
It was a pity that this "senior Deep Night's Watcher" who had been in the service for three years had his head torn off by the claws before he could even put up any resistance.
Then a figure broke through the wall and found that there was another tunnel behind the wall. The distance between the two tunnels was less than three fingers. This tunnel digging skill was truly amazing.
"You are lucky, my boy. Our leader wants to use your body as a gift to the Night Patrol, so I will not use your body to offer to my own stomach."
The figure muttered to himself, and at the same time, he raised his hand and cut open Ye Qin's body, skinning and removing his bones.
After a while, Ye Qin's entire body was made into a particularly simple, yet particularly disgusting and terrifying battle flag.
After inserting the flag in the tunnel, Tuozhuijia sneered, turned around and disappeared into the depths of the tunnel.
At the same time, similar sneak attacks were also taking place in other places in the tunnel, with Kondo's Five constantly attacking passing night watchmen.
Those who were skilled and vigilant might be able to survive, but those who were weak or less vigilant were killed one by one by the attackers and then made into "human skin battle flags".
This is a provocation and also a revenge by the Kondo Five against Yayuuji.
After all, a day ago, they were still called the Kondo Seven.
Yang Qing entered the cellar of the household he was in charge of. As expected, as soon as he landed, he found that the walls of the cellar were covered with bloodstains. A large hole half a person's height had been artificially broken in one corner of the cellar. The hole was dark and terrifying.
Seeing this, Yang Qing did not hesitate and quickly performed the Golden Light Seal and the Nine-Character Mantra, and then jumped into the tunnel with the light from the Golden Light Seal.
After entering the tunnel and walking a few steps, Yang Qing noticed something was wrong. The three households where the accident occurred were not far away. Yang Qing and his team of three each entered one household, and they should be able to reunite soon after entering the tunnel.
But when we got down there, we found that the situation inside was more complicated than we had imagined.
After walking for a while, they saw several forks in the road. Ying Ziming and Xia Wan, who were supposed to meet each other, were nowhere to be seen. Even the few forks in the road did not seem to be connected to the two households.
The layout of this tunnel is far more complicated than imagined. It seems that the guys who dug this tunnel are deliberately separating the team members, forcing them to fight individually, thereby weakening the strength of the Night's Watch.
Moreover, the tunnel was not quiet at this moment. From time to time, one or two sharp screams could be heard from afar.
Yang Qing did not have to wait long for this scream. After a while, several evil spirits sensed Yang Qing's presence and followed the golden light of the golden seal and pounced on Yang Qing from one end of the tunnel.
Of course, these evil spirits naturally turned into the evil beads in Yang Qing's storage bag.
In order to prevent getting lost in the tunnel, Yang Qing summoned the soul soldier god and carved a special mark on the wall of the tunnel. While marking the location, it also left a message to Ying Ziming and the others that he had been there.
If they pass by here and see these signs, they can find themselves through these signs.
Not long after they started walking, Yang Qing saw a scene that shocked him - a flag made of human skin and flesh.
And it is obvious that the owner of this human skin is a night watchman.