Chapter Ten: The Underground Tunnel

  Captain Zhou Yang led twenty-six little brothers to guard near the mole's 'cave', while Zhang Mian, Bai Yang and I entered it.

  Back at the place where I stayed last night, I had two completely different feelings. Yesterday, I was amazed by its pure beauty and cartoon-like scenery, but today I had to secretly turn on the air quality detector.

  Ding~

  The air analyzer shows that three people have recently been in the mole's "lair", undoubtedly, it was us three.

  This made my heart tighten, I thought it's best if the surveillance didn't catch anything, the little mouse's 'hole' was exploited by the murderer, but now I can only hope that those extensive underground tunnels have nothing to do with the case, however...

  "Bad guy, take off your clothes, we'll give you some 'medicine'." Zhang Momo walked over with a small 'medicine' bottle.

  "Hmm~" I took off my top, and while applying the ointment to the 'girl', I casually said: "Xiao Baiyang, you're quite bold, aren't you? After Li Mohan got into trouble, you still dared to go to the crime scene."

  "What? Ah~" The two 'girls' were both startled at the same time.

  "Stop spouting nonsense! You can't be suspecting Xiao Bai too, can you?"

  "Hehe~" Seeing that I didn't say anything, Bai Yang hurriedly said: "I didn't go after sister Meng's incident, but before. Since the murder case happened, I haven't dared to go again."

  "Huh?" Zhang Meng finally reacted: "Uncle Wu is really something, even telling you about the secret 'cave'?"

  I nodded and said, "The murderer came without a shadow, left without a trace. In this crowded Ghost City, not one person saw anything. I'm not suspecting Xiao Baiyang, but rather that someone is using this tunnel. After we're done with the medicine, let's go take a look at the tunnel entrance and see if there are any flaws in the lock."

  "Wait a minute, I'll lock the door." After locking the door, Bai Yang opened the bedside cabinet, flipped out a pair of white underwear, and pressed the button at the bottom that was exposed.

  Squeak~~~~~

  The small "bed" moved horizontally in a nest-like manner, revealing an underground passageway with stairs!

  It's too sci-fi, just like a blockbuster from the future century.

  Before entering, Zhang Meng turned back and asked: "Are you going to take a look at the murder scene?"

  "Yes." After getting a response, Bai Yang said another sentence: "You'd better follow closely, this place is like a 'maze', don't get lost."

  I couldn't help but laugh, if I can lose you two little guys, then this police officer might as well quit his job.

  I went down the mysterious tunnel with two girls, and to my surprise, it was just right, not too big or too small. At least we didn't have to crawl. It was wide enough for the two girls to walk side by side, but if there were two men, it would be a bit cramped.

  Suddenly, a row of colorful small lights inside the tunnel lit up, and I could clearly see that the wall was made of green bricks, which looked a bit like an ancient tomb. However, the eerie atmosphere of this ancient tomb was completely destroyed by the cartoon colors of these seven-color small lights.

  I hastily took out the air identifier and walked while staring at it to see if there was a fourth person who had been here.

  The atmosphere was somewhat silent, and before long, we arrived at a central area with roads leading in all directions.

  Ding~

  The fourth person!

  The air identifier shows that a fourth person has been here, and indeed it is!

  "Bad guy, follow up, don't get lost." Zhang Meng turned back and complained.

  "Wait a minute." I walked back and forth with the air detector, shuttling through the eight tunnels for a while. At that time, some places had three people, and some places had four people?

  Bai Yang curiously stared at the device in my hand: "Chuan Jie Ge, what's that fun thing you have there?"

  "It's for solving cases." I hesitated and asked: "Will there be others coming here normally?"

  Zhang Meng said irritably: "Just the two of us have been here, how, you suspect us?"

  "No, there must have been a fourth person here. If so, the killer used this tunnel to commit the crime." I said firmly while feeling a bit anxious. If we were to search all these tunnels thoroughly, it would take at least half a day, and right now, there are people waiting outside, and someone is hunting, I couldn't afford to linger here.

  "It can't be." At this time, Bai Yang suddenly said: "Captain Bob won't be the murderer, the murderer is not him."

  "What's wrong, little white sheep? Can you make it clear?" I suddenly became anxious and my voice was a bit fierce.

  Zhang Meng hastily stopped me, his small hands habitually clenched into fists: "Can't you see there are small lamps here? The captain will come to check on them at fixed times, repair the lighting, and inspect the 'door' locks. Otherwise, you'll be doing these chores!"

  At that moment, I suddenly thought of something in my heart and muttered to myself: "The deceased is Li Muhuan, who has allergies. Zhao Ye and she are friends, always studying fish together, singing songs, and then there's Captain Wang. There seems to be a certain connection between them, but it doesn't quite add up, still missing something... what exactly is it?"

  Bai Yang clenched his small fist anxiously: "It's not Captain Bo, no."

  "Hey, are you going to go see it or not?" Zhang Meng got angry.

  "Let's take a look anyway, let's hurry up." After I finished speaking, the three-person team sped up their progress.

  Before long, we climbed up a few flights of stairs. The white foreigner's small hand moved and opened the old-fashioned earth lock. No longer using his hands, but instead, he gently pushed upwards with the top of his mushroom-shaped head, opening a stone door!

  The three of us squeezed together and stood at the exit looking out, I couldn't help but laugh and cry.

  In Li Muhuan and Kong Xiangdong's 'private' small world, the small bridge flows with water, the landscape trees are colorful, and the daylight lamp creates a daytime world at the bottom. And just on the most inconspicuous side of this fake mountain, or even the dead corner, we appeared quietly like three little moles.

  Looking at Zhang Mian and Bai Yang, the two habitually put their small hands on their chest, pouting their small mouths, with innocent big eyes and a cute silly expression, just like two adorable little bats.

  "Hehe~" Zhang Meng laughed happily: "In the past, we two often came here to play in secret, without anyone knowing."

  Hakuyou looked somewhat unhappy: "The only time I can exist in the daytime, and yet, a terrible murder case occurred here. How annoying."

  Wow! I'm used to being suspicious. The only reason you could stay during the day was because Li Muhuan wanted to change this place, so did you murder her?

  Seeing me with a strange face, Zhang Ning's small foot stepped on: "Bad guy, what are you thinking?"

  "No." I hastily said: "I was thinking, you guys often come here to play, how did Li Mohan and Kong Xiangdong not discover it?"

  "Hmm, this is it!" Zhang Meng laughed: "The couple set up two 'doors' to prevent others from seeing what's happening here. When they come in, we'll be long gone. Besides, this fake mountain is behind the entrance, as long as we stand here, they won't find us. By the time they walk over here, we'll have locked the 'door'."

  "Two 'doors'?" I curiously walked out of the tunnel and went to the "door" to take a look, remembering that there were no two "doors".

  It's an anti-theft 'door', and two pull-and-slide wooden 'doors', with a bit of Japanese style!

  Open the anti-theft 'door' from the outside, enter a small space of about one meter between the two 'doors', and close the anti-theft 'door' with your hand. You can change shoes and then open the two wooden 'doors' to enter a 'private' small world. In this way, even if outsiders come and go, they won't see what's inside.

  These two are really a handful.

  After looking at the two 'doors', I saw Bai Yang lowering his head and looking around at the ground when I turned around.

  "Little white sheep, what are you looking at?"

  "Ah~ hehe~" Bai Yang smiled foolishly for a moment: "I'm used to it, in the past when we came here, we both wore soft and fuzzy little tiger shoes. You're wearing leather shoes and left quite a few footprints, this way you'll be discovered~"

  At this time, Zhang Meng suddenly hugged Bai Yang, and the "girl" had some moisture in her eyes: "In the past, these things were all done by me, it was my fault, leaving good friends."

  Bai Yang's eyes also quickly welled up with tears, the 'girl' pouted her small mouth: "We've all grown up, it's just that you must remember to come back often, we'll play together, and... uh, nothing else."

  No way, can't let Zhang Meng stay here, or I'll be in trouble: "Cough cough ~ We're investigating a murder case, and besides, outsiders are always in danger of losing their lives, hurry up and go back to see if they've caught any monsters."

  Two girls glared at me angrily, as if I were a third party who had intervened.

  Wait, a third party?

  "Hmm, looking at these two 'gates', I think Kong Xiangdong and Li Mohan should be more introverted people. Why does Li Mohan often hang out with Zhao Ye and Yan Feng? What rumors have been circulating in the Ghost Market?"

  "Bad guy, if you look at me and Xiaobai with that suspicious gaze again, I won't be friends with you anymore!" Zhang Meng was super angry, her little face was all red!

  "Haha, I was thinking that Lin Zhen is my roommate of four years and we're very familiar with each other. With my eloquence introducing him, he'll definitely like Little White Sheep."

  "No, absolutely not!" Bai Yang suddenly shrieked: "Don't let him know about me, I can't let him be with me, never see the sunlight again, no, I couldn't be that cruel."

  "Hey, it's okay," Zhang Meng comforted her. "I don't think there's any difference between day and night, I just want to be with you forever, isn't being a little mole together more fun?"

  That's really childish, but it's also quite funny. I smiled and said: "Xiaobai Yang is only 15 years old now, this is puppy love, Lin Zhen doesn't have a girlfriend either, let's talk about these things later, now we go investigate the case, outsiders are really dangerous."

  So be it, the two 'girls' nodded, and we retreated back along the original path from the mole's hole.

  Because the three of us were running, and I had ointment on my shoulders, with disheveled clothes and sweating profusely, appearing in front of a crowd of rich and colorful netizens, and then opening and closing the mouse 'hole' door lock...

  It can be imagined that in their sly and sinister smiles, there is how much shamelessness and baseness.

  "Hey, what's with the twin pipes down there? I said gruffly: "What are you looking at? Hurry up and form two teams, move to the side, we're going back to provide support."

  These young people are not easy to deal with, unlike those security guards who rush to execute orders. They insist on walking in groups of four, shouting things like "For Demacia! Dawn is just ahead, victory belongs to us!" and so on.

  I was at a loss with them, however, as we walked along the way and turned a corner to the small dock, I suddenly found that Wu Xing, Zhao Hongshan, Liu Yingxiong's twenty security guards were all gone...