Chapter Twelve: Escape

  Four murals, four blood-soaked and eerie carvings that completely presented the danger of this underground world in front of Jiang Yunshui.

  Jiang Fengshui began to look for a way out again, but the four walls, no matter how he struggled, completely trapped him inside, like a cage.

  Moreover, Jiang Yunshui felt that he was more like something raised by that giant brain, and it seemed that the white pearl given to him was also because he was regarded as a pet-like creature.

  Because the big-headed one didn't bring him much joy, he could give that dead pearl to the lively Jiang Yunshui.

  After thinking through all this, Jiang Yunshui became even more anxious and started pacing back and forth in the area. He had to escape from here!

  Just then, Jiang Feng felt something dripping down from the top of his head. He reached out to wipe it away and brought his hand in front of his eyes for a closer look, only to find that it was some kind of black liquid.

  Jiang's face suddenly broke into a smile. For half the day, he had been searching for an exit within these four walls, and it was only now that he remembered this one.

  Busy walked to the copper stage where the beads were placed, and under this copper stage was a stone stage. This stone stage added to Jiang's height, just enough to reach the top.

  Jiang Yunshui stood on the stone platform and used the pearl in his hand to illuminate the top, only to see that there were some carvings on the top after passing through the pearl again.

  The scene in this painting is even more eerie and shocking. There are three mountains, and the entire mountain sinks into the ground. After sinking underground, it seems that a lot of black water has surged out, and there are also some people who are helplessly and mournfully screaming in the midst of it.

  Looking at the engraving on top, Jiang Yunshui's whole body felt a chill run down his spine, because this engraving seemed to be telling their story.

  But now is not the time to worry about this, Jiang Yunshui pushed hard on the top, although it was a bit slippery, but it followed Jiang Yunshui's force and moved, and later actually opened a gap. It seemed that the top was originally designed to be movable.

  Jiang Yunshui became even more excited, and couldn't help but use a bit more force. The lid made a "creaking" sound as it was slowly pushed halfway by Jiang Yunshui.

  The lid was pushed halfway, but the width was already enough for Jiang Yunshui to pass through. He withdrew his hand and spat a few mouthfuls of saliva into his palm, then placed both hands on the edge that had been pushed open, and with a forceful push from his feet, he used all his strength to support himself, and his entire body was lifted up.

  However, after hanging in the air, it was difficult to use force again. Jiang Fengshui's hands were tightly grasped on the edge, and his body was like a fish that had just been caught from the river, struggling and twisting, and finally slowly climbed up.

  When Jiang Meng finally crawled out from below, he felt like his whole body was drained of energy, and sat there panting for a long time before struggling to stand up.

  With the light of the pearl he had brought out, Jiang Fengmian looked around this place. Then he was stunned there, because just a few steps in front of him, a coffin was placed, and under the shining of the pearl, it emitted a cold metallic luster, and on it were inlaid many precious stones!

  He Jiang had seen coffins of people who were buried before, but in front of this coffin, it was like a small witch seeing a great witch, there was no comparison at all. The material of the coffin alone was stronger than what he had seen by tens of thousands of miles, not to mention the precious stones that shone with strange colors under the light of the beads in his hand.

  However, after entering here and encountering continuous danger, Jiang Yingshui also learned to be smarter. He remembered the words that Zha Qianzong had told him before. He did not rashly walk over to look at that stunning coffin, but instead continued to hold the pearl in his hand and walked away while observing the surroundings.

  After Jiang Feng walked to the four corners, he also saw some gold and silver utensils, as well as plates and dishes with paintings of flowers and birds, and even some large ceramic jars were piled up there.

  And in each of the four corners, there is a mud figurine standing with its head higher than ordinary people. The appearance of this figurine looks extremely realistic, even the hair-like objects are very delicate. The armor on the figurine also has mottled colors, making these figurines look more vivid and lifelike.

  Moreover, the four pottery figurines placed in the corners each hold real weapons. Each one holds a halberd in its right hand and places its left hand on the hilt of the sword at its waist, looking as if they are about to swing their halberds and draw their swords at any moment.

  Although he found it strange, Jiang Feng didn't go to touch those things. He walked towards a very beautiful gate that required him to bend down to pass through. The gate was entirely made of bronze, with gemstones inlaid in the shape of the Big Dipper on its surface. The door frames of the two closed gates were carved with two ferocious and frightening ghost heads.

  After Jiang Feng saw this place, it seemed that there was a way to get in and out, but he couldn't be sure if going out from here would be safe. He hesitated about whether or not to open it up and take a look.

  And he was also very curious about where the huge brain came from and left, could it be that there was another entrance and exit at the top, just like the place he had just come out of?

  Embracing this idea, Jiang Yunshui did not make any rash moves towards the bronze door. Instead, he raised the pearl in his hand and looked up at the top of his head. However, this time he couldn't see the situation above because the height was completely beyond the range of light emitted by the pearl in his hand.

  As Jiang Fengshui's gaze returned from above and looked around, he suddenly brightened up in front of him. The coffin was almost half his height. If he stood on it, he might be able to see the situation above.

  Jiang Yingshui walked up to the coffin and bowed his hands, muttering: "I'm sorry for the disturbance, I had no choice but to do this, please forgive me."

  After finishing speaking, Jiang Fengshui carefully looked at the coffin and then looked around before supporting his body to stand on top of the coffin. Taking a deep breath, Jiang Fengshui raised the pearl in his hand and looked up.

  At this glance, it was indeed discovered by Jiang Yunshui again. There is a hole on that thing, and the width of the hole is almost the same as his waist. Thinking about that huge head again, that huge head is also roughly the same as his waist, and it seems that place is where the huge head can pass through.

  But Jiang Yunshui thought he was wrong again, that huge head left before and clearly passed through the wall of the place where it was trapped, which means that the huge head did not leave from this hole!

  After realizing this point, Jiang Fengshui could only temporarily get down from the coffin. He walked to the bronze gate that needed to be passed through with a bow, and after hesitating for a while, he still gave up the idea of leaving from here. Because he really couldn't determine what kind of place was on the other side of this strange bronze gate after he opened it, maybe there was no road behind it, but something terrible, which is also uncertain.

  Jiang Fengshui returned to the side of the coffin and looked up at the direction of the hole on top, although he couldn't see it without standing on the coffin, but he knew it was in that direction.

  The hole on top is just a distance away from the coffin, so even if Jiang Yunshui really wants to leave from that place, it's still too difficult. Moreover, the hole now is not necessarily the exit, once you've struggled for half a day and entered inside, only to be trapped in an even more dangerous place, this is not what Jiang Yunshui had thought.

  Jiang Fengshui could only continue searching for suspicious places in this area, to see if there was any possibility of leaving this ghostly place.

  Just as Jiang Feng was searching for a way to escape, the people who had entered this place with Cha Qian were now being blocked by the lifelike murals, and they were trapped.

  The black, branch-like thing that first wrapped around Zhang Qian's arm was extremely alert and was discovered by him in the first instant. After being chopped down by Zhang Qian's knife, the black branch quickly retreated back into the mural in pain. However, the black branches emerging from the mural were not just one, but appeared on both sides of the wall, heading towards all the people present in this area.

  Those murals, whether it's the trees, the flying women inside, or the pavilions and buildings in between, are becoming more and more vibrant at this time. The entire mural seems to have received a huge stimulus, and the black branch-like things emerging from it are also increasing, looking like a surging tide of dark water rushing past.

  Peng Tianrang and Jin Douzi were also trapped by these things, which had already spread to the height of everyone's calves and were still rising continuously.

  "Put out all the torches! These are 'wall wraiths', they come to life when they see light and will cling to anything with blood energy, dragging everyone into the walls!"

  Peng Tianrang also shouted to the people in Huoziying: "These 'wall creepers' are not afraid of fire at all! Extinguish all the torches and spit on these 'wall creepers'!"

  Under the reminder of these two people, those who were trapped here began to extinguish the torches in their hands, and after the torches went out, they started spitting saliva towards "Wall Crawler" in Peng Tianying's mouth one by one.

  After the saliva landed on the "wall creepers", these black branch-like things actually made a "squeaky" sound, and a burnt smell began to appear. The smell was like a corpse had been rotting for a long time in the scorching heat of summer.

  Those who often appear in such places and deal with the dead couldn't help but retch, and some even vomited.