Chapter 44 Continue Forward

  Zhou Huan fell asleep again like a lazy bed, in such an environment, I was naked and hugged a beauty, it's really laughable.

  I stood there blankly for a while, and the situation didn't change at all. It seems that this grave-robbing job is really not easy to do. This time, I clearly haven't reached my destination yet, but I've already had nine near-death experiences.

  I was so cold and tightly hugged Zhou Huan, finally fell asleep...

  Dazed and confused, I didn't know how long I had slept, when suddenly I heard a loud crash, I immediately sprang up, not knowing what had happened, feeling the whole space shaking.

  "What's going on?" Zhou Huan was also startled awake and asked in surprise.

  "I don't know, I was also shocked awake."

  As I answered her, I looked up and found that the light seemed to be brighter than before, and a lot of dust fell from above.

  Just when I thought it was an earthquake, a familiar voice said: "Damn, this is a slaughterhouse, isn't it too disgusting?"

  Liang Zi, this is Liang Zi's voice...

  After confirming, I was overjoyed and stood up, shouting loudly with my head raised: "Liangzi, damn it, I'm here! Liangzi..."

  I was so excited that I suddenly shouted and lost my voice. At that moment, I saw two heads appearing above me, followed by the light of two flashlights shining in.

  I was right, and the two people who appeared were indeed Liangzi and Hei Lian Dui Zhang. The latter didn't seem to have a very obvious reaction, but I heard Liangzi shouting at me: "Ah...my god...can't bear to look directly! Qiu Ye, I told you to pick something good, can't you even get a slightly bigger room?"

  All along, I have always thought that Liang Zi's words were too unserious, but this time, although I heard him rambling on, I felt that his voice was incredibly moving.

  "Stop messing around and get us out of here quickly!" I exclaimed excitedly.

  "Ah...... I really didn't mean to disturb you guys, are you sure you're done?"

  "Ah, it's all done, this time I'm really satisfied. Hurry up! Due to excessive excitement, I also forgot that Zhou Huan was still by my side and directly started a ruckus with Liang Zi."

  It wasn't long before a rope was let down, Zhou Huan climbed up first, and I followed closely behind. The space was small, with the rope in hand and feet against the wall, we didn't have to exert much effort to get out of this small space.

  After I came to, I quickly looked around and found that a big hole had been blasted in the wall beside me. Rocks were scattered all over the place, and a dazzling ray of sunlight shot in, apparently it was already early morning on the second day.

  This old mansion hasn't changed much from before, the ground is still littered with the remains of humans and giant insects, although I've experienced this scene personally, but now that I'm calm and looking at it again, it's still quite shocking.

  Apart from Liangzi and Heilian, there is no one else here, and it's unclear whether Zhang Zhuang and Hua Chenshan's troops were all killed in battle or escaped from somewhere else.

  Zhou Huan saw me spacing out, nudged me and said: "Let's go, we'll talk outside."

  I reacted and nodded, the four of us walked out through the blown-out entrance. I didn't want to stay in this haunted place for another second. So many people had died, and what happened before would be a nightmare for me for the rest of my life.

  As soon as I walked out of this ancient mansion, a warm current rushed towards me. Looking at the forest with its sunny and beautiful scenery, birds singing and flowers fragrant, I really wanted to kneel down on the ground and kowtow several times.

  The exit we came out of was right next to the entrance we went in before, only now where the door used to be had turned into a wall, as if the door itself never existed.

  There were many equipment packs scattered on the ground in front of me, and I unexpectedly found that not only Zhang Zhuang's team was gone, but also the few remaining members of our team were nowhere to be seen.

  "What happened outside? What about us?" Zhou Huan asked first.

  Hei Lian's captain was about to respond when he heard Liang Zi say with a particularly arrogant tone: "Hey... the kid has no mother, it's a long story, but that's how things are..."

  Then Liangzi told us about what had happened.

  After I and Zhou Huan followed Zhang Zhuang into the old mansion, Liang Zi discovered a very strange phenomenon. At first, he found that the flower shirt left behind was particularly anxious, thinking that this kid was worried about his own safety, but after a while, he realized it wasn't like that at all.

  Because the people who stayed outside were clearly divided into two groups, one group of about ten people was responsible for guarding our team, and the other group had more people, all surrounding the floral shirt from a distance.

  At this time, Liangzi fully played his own familiar character, he asked a fellow who was guarding him for a cigarette, and then chatted with him from time to time.

  Slowly, Liangzi vaguely learned from the mouth of that fellow that not all of Zhang Zhuang's men outside were his subordinates. It seemed that except for these guards, everyone else was brought by Hua Chenshan. And this person Hua Chenshan seemed to have a big background. The fellow who gave Liangzi cigarettes couldn't explain it clearly either. In short, they had never met before and didn't know each other.

  Everyone waited for a long time again, only to find that we still hadn't come out. Some people looked in from the entrance but couldn't see anything or hear any sounds.

  At this time, the floral shirt seemed to be unable to stay still, a person silently walked back and forth, considering for a while, then simply handed over a few words to the guarding fellow, and then took his subordinates into the old mansion.

  But the flower shirt was like us, after going in, it never came out again, and even when the sky turned dark, there was no change.

  Liang Zi was worried about their safety at this time and also felt that it was the best opportunity to counterattack, so he asked Hei Lian in a low voice what to do.

  Hei Lian obviously wasn't any stupider than Liang Zi, and he also knew that if they didn't counterattack now, once Zhang Zhuang and Hua Kanzhi came out, it would be too late to do anything.

  Then Liangzi found that all the partners who stayed to watch had relaxed their vigilance and gathered together to chat, so he leaned against Hei's back and pretended to rest, and after exhausting his strength, he finally untied Hei's rope.

  When the sky was completely dark, the counterattack of the black-faced man began. Liang Zib thought it would be a fierce battle and quickly rushed to another team member to start untying each other's knots. However, before they could even untie the ropes, the black-faced man had already won the first round.

  Liáng zǐ wán quán xiǎng bù dào zhè shèng xià de huǒ jiǔ zhème bù kān yī jī, hēi liǎn jǐn jǐn fàng dào le liǎng gè rén, qí tā de jiù quán bù xiàng tou xiáng le.

  After Liang Zi gained his freedom, he started to interrogate one of Zhang Zhuang's accomplices with severe punishment. In the end, he found out that these people were just ordinary thugs who didn't know much about the purpose of this trip into the mountains or the identity of the man in the floral shirt. After questioning several people, there was no significant result.

  Hei Lian, although the leader of the tomb raiding group, was not a killer. Seeing these dozen or so subdued accomplices made him feel somewhat uneasy. Killing them was out of the question, but leaving them behind would be risky too. In the end, he had no choice but to tie them up with ropes. After getting their guarantee that they would kneel down and beg for mercy, Hei Lian decided to wait until dawn before letting his remaining three team members keep an eye on them as they left the mountain. Once they reached a safe place, he would set them free. Probably none of these people would dare come back again.

  The next day, after everyone else had left, Hei Mian and Liang Zi unexpectedly discovered that the entrance to the ancient mansion where we entered had disappeared.

  Helpless, they also found explosives to blow a hole in the wall because of their eagerness to save people. After entering, they soon heard my cries for help, and then Liangzi discovered me naked with Zhou Huan in that small space.

  After Liangzi finished speaking, he asked me with a serious face if he was exceptionally intelligent and brave beyond compare.

  After I gave him a thumbs up with both hands, I felt particularly moved by what he told me. It seems that my guess was correct, and this flower shirt and Zhang Zhuang are indeed in cahoots. As for why they're together, it's unknown, but it's really puzzling where the flower shirt ended up going. According to his skills, if you say he was killed by a giant insect, I absolutely won't believe it.

  At this time, I saw Zhou Huan and Hei Lian discussing things in the distance, but I didn't bother to intervene. Instead, I let Liang Zi find some food, and the two of us sat on the ground, eating and resting while thinking about what to do next.

  Hei Lian and Zhou Huan seemed to have a lot to discuss, after a long time, I had finished eating my meal before the two of them returned.

  Zhou Huan was also starving, and as soon as she sat down beside us, she started looking for something to eat. At this time, Liang Zi had eaten his fill and asked with a smirk: "Little sister-in-law, are we heading home next or continuing on?"

  Liángzi has been calling Zhōu Huān "little sister-in-law" lately, and she might have gotten used to it too, so she didn't mind. After swallowing the food in her mouth, she said to Liángzi: "What's wrong, do you want to back out now? Are you scared?"

  "My goodness, little sister-in-law, you don't even go and ask around. What is my brother afraid of in this life except for being afraid to see our old man? Alright... whatever you say goes."

  I saw Liangzi this reckless ghost, being urged by someone to come in a hurry, and quickly said to Zhou Huan: "Let's not talk about whether we're afraid or not for now. This time, before we even reached our destination, so many people have died one after another. I really want to know why you have to do this. Is what you're looking for really that important?"

  "This is my job, and it's also my fate. I won't go back until the task is completed. As for what we're looking for, you'll know when the time comes. If either of you feels uncomfortable, you can leave now. Of course, the money I owe you will be considered as your compensation." Zhou Huan deliberately avoided the key point of my question.

  Li didn't care about anything else, but as soon as he heard the word "money", his spirit lifted, and he quickly put on a smiling face: "Look, look, what's the point of joking around about money? Talking about money between family members hurts feelings. Ah, right, where we're going this time, are there any valuable treasures?"

  Zhou Huan nodded at Liang Zi with a confident smile, indicating that there would definitely be a baby.

  I took a look at Liangzi, this guy is typically going to follow along, although my heart is not sure about what's coming next, but I don't want to just go back like this either. So I said to Zhou Huan: "Alright then, since you've decided, let's continue moving forward."

  After we ate our fill and rested well, I found myself still stark naked, with only a camouflage jacket wrapped around my waist, so I quickly went to find clothes everywhere.

  Because Zhang Zhuang left all the equipment of his partners, now everything is very complete. I found a new camouflage suit in one package and put it on, then went to sort out other things.

  The last four people each packed a full backpack, of course, Liangzi's bag was still all food, what surprised me was that Hei Lian actually gave me and Liangzi one gun each, it seems we are really in this together now.