Chapter Eighty-four: The Mysterious Mechanism of the Hidden Passage

  While waiting for Qingyi to return, Zhaoqing suddenly burst out laughing, not in anger or bitterness, but with a radiant and spirited expression. He shouted at his subordinates: "Change clothes! For ten years I've been hiding my true self, today I'll show you my original face!" As soon as he finished speaking, his arms shook violently, and the sound of ripping fabric filled the air as his outer garments were torn to shreds, revealing the inner lining of his Qingyi battle armor: the Ink Fish Robe!

  The dark-faced Qingyi people all showed joyful expressions, those who were free from work all rushed into the inner hall like a swarm of bees, and when they came out again, each person was wearing a black fish-scale cloak, with an embroidered spring knife at their waist, a wind shield on their arm, and a large sunshade hat on their back, looking majestic and heroic!

  Xiao Sai narrowed her eyes, looked around, and quietly walked into a side room. Before long, she returned, transformed into an icy beauty in a green military uniform. Liang Xin burst out laughing - the green uniform matched the girl's frozen-to-death expression on a sweltering summer day, it was indeed perfect.

  Xiao Hai looked at Liang Xin, who was grinning foolishly, and furrowed her brow: "Aren't you going to change clothes?"

  Liang Xin let Zhao Qing lead the way, and they also slipped into the inner hall. Moya and Huanggua exchanged a glance, and in a flurry, let out a strange cry: "We're going to switch too..." As they spoke, they hastily chased after them into the house.

  In an instant, inside the Beihuang Pawnshop, except for the tailless sheep's horn pastry, all were dressed in dark green uniforms with a strong aura of death, even Old Man Cheng was hastily put into a black fish-scale robe.

  Bang... Bang... Bang......

  Teng Jia Bing had already surrounded the pawnshop and was charging at the gate, the dull thuds of impact, one after another, pounding in everyone's hearts.

  The time of half a stick of incense passed quickly, and no one in green clothes returned from the secret passage.

  The massacre in the town did not stop, and the Qingyi who were stationed outside used their actions to express their own thoughts to the main officer: they wanted to intercept and kill the enemy, reducing the pressure of the breakout.

  Zhao Qing's eyes turned red, he lifted one foot and kicked the small incense burner into pieces, scolding fiercely: "You're all a bunch of fools!"

  At this time, Old Man Cheng's lips trembled and he stammered in a low voice: "L-let's run away quickly..."

  Zhao Qing took a deep breath, steadied his emotions, and waved his hand to order: "Follow me, break through!"

  Liang Xin had long been waiting for this sentence, he thought to himself that his combat strength was far superior to others, and the first battle should be fought by him. He took big strides towards the gate of the agency. Unexpectedly, none of the men in green followed him, they all turned around and ran towards the backyard.

  Mo Ya and Huang Hua were relatively kind-hearted, they waved their hands at Liang Xin together: "Third Brother, come this way..."

  Liang Xin's eyebrows were raised as he ran back, catching up with the others, grinding his teeth and smiling as he said: "The breakout had been arranged by Lord Li Jiao a long time ago when he was still alive, there is a secret passage!"

  Jie Ling Town is full of ingenious mechanisms, with clever designs and hidden passages for escape.

  Zhao Qing took over the topic, walking and explaining to Liang Xin: "This hidden passage leads all the way to the edge of the town, but the enemy's encirclement is too large. After leaving the hidden passage, there will definitely be another fierce battle before we can escape."

  The exit of the secret passage was within the enemy's encirclement, which was also one of the reasons why Zhao Qing did not rush to break through.

  Liang Xin nodded, but also looked puzzled: "Why didn't you dig the secret passage a bit longer at first?"

  Mo Ya had already asked Qing Yi about these things and said with a smile: "This is the cleverness of Lord Li!"

  The secret passage was the last insurance designed by Li Jiao for Xie Ling Town, and it had to be kept confidential. However, there were many capable people in the world, not to mention those far away, but even beside Liang Xin, there was a child who was good at listening to the earth's great method.

  So Li Jiao was meticulous in building this secret passage, with distance, angle and turns all calculated to the utmost precision. When survivors enter the secret passage, whether speaking or running, there will be no resonance or sound leakage at all. The current length is also the limit of secrecy, and if the secret passage is one inch longer, it will be easily discovered by people on the ground.

  The grinding of teeth had been tried, the dark post in the secret passage ran and spoke, while he was on the ground performing the listening to the earth technique, not detecting a single abnormality, this was truly convincing to Li Jiao.

  Liáng Xīn was also impressed by Lí Jiǎo's clever calculations, while Zhào Qìng's expression was somewhat strange, mixed with pride, disappointment, sadness and some emotions that Liáng Xīn couldn't understand.

  The dark-clad men were well-trained, removing their disguises and starting the engine. A moment later, Liang Xin had already followed the crowd into the tunnel, with others naturally staying behind to close the entrance and cut off any pursuit.

  Finally, Liang Xin brought the green-clad men and He Ling's undercover agents, and the two teams that had entered the secret passage merged together, totaling over 70 people.

  After entering the dark passage, not only Liang Xin, but also Xiao Quan, Xiong Dawei and others showed a look of surprise. This was not the narrow and small tunnel they had imagined, but a spacious and comfortable flat road. The top and bottom were paved with thick stone slabs, and the lighting in the passageway was not candles or torches, but naturally glowing phosphorescent lamps that shone brighter when met with wind or water.

  Not only that, but the stone slab also had exquisite flower patterns carved on it. The cucumber looked at it with wide eyes and couldn't help but laugh: "The escape passage still needs to be carved with flowers, this is too...too particular!"

  Zhao Qing smiled wryly and shook his head, apparently he also didn't know why Li Jiao designed it this way.

  He rubbed his teeth as if he was thinking of something, walked along and gently touched the patterns on the stone wall with his fingers. After a while, he suddenly realized that these patterns all had the effect of reducing sound vibration!

  The passageway is spacious, but the overall shape is winding and curved, with extremely large turning angles, which can make people dizzy after walking for a while. This strange construction method was probably designed to reduce and eliminate sound.

  After walking for a while, Zhao Qing walked to Liang Xin's side and said: "At the other end of the secret passage, there are also elite soldiers guarding it. If we are discovered by the enemy at the exit, they will send out signals and activate the mechanism to send us directly to the ground. In short, everyone must be prepared for battle at all times."

  Having said that, Zhao Qing paused for a moment and suddenly stopped in his tracks: "Lord Liang, I have an impolite request."

  Liang Xin hadn't even responded when Old Man Cheng, who was not far away, hastily shouted: "Don't just stand there wasting time, walk and talk at the same time."

  Zhao Qing took another step forward, continuing to speak to Liang Xin: "The restrictions left by the General Commander have all been activated, and from now on it's just a matter of fighting and breaking through. My mind is already in disarray, I want...I want to hand over command and willingly become a vanguard soldier, please, sir, grant me this."

  As he spoke, Zhao Qing suddenly burst into tears, with tears falling like broken pearls, pattering down.

  Jie Ling Town was the place where Zhao Qing had lived for ten years, and at this moment it was a scene of carnage. Even though he had an iron heart, he was now in a state of mental confusion, becoming impulsive and bloodthirsty.

  Liang Xin hadn't spoken yet, when Xiao Quan let out a soft sigh from not far away, turned her head to look at Xiong Da Wei who was closely following behind her with Cheng Bu Lan on his back and said: "Xiong Bai Hu, the next thing will be commanded by you."

  Xiong Dawei understood her lip language, and suddenly said: "Can my ears be deaf?" Deaf people rely on memory to speak, how can they clearly convey orders?

  Xiao Hai smiled: "It doesn't matter, those who can understand don't need to be told."

  Zhao Qing handed over the command, as if he had been relieved of a great burden. He wiped away his tears and softly said to the two riders: "Thank you."

  Cheng Bulan seemed to trust Zhao Qing more, seeing him step down, his old face was full of worry.

  A group of people walked quickly, but the hidden passage was really too winding, and it would take a while to reach the exit. Just as they were walking, Liang Xin and Xiao Quan, who were at the front of the queue, seemed to have discovered something at the same time, and with a simultaneous wave of their hands, everyone immediately stopped in their tracks.

  Two patrolling guards moved quietly forward a few steps, forming an angle with each other.

  A group of men in green clothes silently drew out their embroidered spring knives, pressing the blades under their shields to prevent any glint of light from being seen. Their footsteps were lighter than those of a wild cat, and in an instant they formed a battle array, with Hou Daming protecting Cheng Youlan's back at the center.

  After a short while, a chaotic footsteps came from the other end of the hidden passage... The footsteps became clearer and clearer, accompanied by heavy breathing sounds. Liang Xin slightly relaxed, since it was breathing, it wasn't a scarecrow.