usatvline Chapter 347 Go and bring your scapegoat
Chapter 347 Go and bring your scapegoat
After Cheng Feng took the jade, a dark hole appeared below.
Hei Xiazi and Zhang Qiling arrived at the cave entrance from the left and right, respectively shining their flashlights into the cave.
"Found it, there's a body inside."
After hearing this, Cheng Feng went to Hei Xiazi's side, looked down, and found that the space inside was very small, about the size of a normal bedroom.
The floor and walls were very rudimentary, suggesting that the space was dug in a hurry. A human-shaped object lay on the floor.
Its body was covered in a thick layer of dust, making it impossible to see its specific condition.
"I'll go down and take a look."
Cheng Feng informed the others, then jumped into the narrow space below.
As soon as Cheng Feng landed, the dust in the area was stirred up by the airflow. Stepping on the relatively flat ground, Cheng Feng walked to the humanoid figure.
With a thought, a gentle breeze emerged from the human-shaped figure on the ground, sweeping away the dust from its body from head to toe.
Soon the body, hidden under the dust, was fully revealed to Cheng Feng.
Its original clothes had weathered away over time, exposing a body that was black and shriveled like cured meat.
Each of his hands and feet was bound by a bronze yoke, with thick chains extending deep into the ground, firmly anchoring him to the surface.
A bronze mask completely obscured its facial features.
It's worth mentioning that there's a tiny crack on the mask.
Just as Cheng Feng was pondering whether to take the corpse to the lightning array to experience the rolling thunder again, he suddenly felt a weight on his shoulders.
It looked as if something was pressing down on it.
"You've been infected?"
At the same time, the bear at the cave entrance suddenly frowned and moved his arm somewhat unnaturally.
Sensing something, Cheng Feng no longer hesitated and immediately stepped forward, waving his hand to sever the bronze chain as thick as his wrist.
Then, he grabbed the corpse with one hand and returned to the cave entrance.
Zhang Qiling and Hei Xiazi cleared the entrance, allowing Cheng Feng to leap up and return to the platform where the coffin had been placed.
"Boss, I feel something's not right. It's like there's something extra on my back."
As everyone gathered around Cheng Feng, and the others were examining the corpses that Cheng Feng had brought up, Hei Xiazi pointed to his back and said...
Cheng Feng placed the corpse on the ground, then took out a palm-sized ancient mirror from the imaginary space.
"This is?"
Hei Xiazi looked at the ancient mirror in Cheng Feng's hand with a puzzled expression.
"The King of Qin's Bone-Illuminating Mirror".
As he spoke, Cheng Feng held up the Qin King's Bone-Illuminating Mirror, which he had already cleaned and sealed, and looked it up at himself.
With a slight tilt of his head, Cheng Feng's figure gradually became clear in the previously blurry ancient mirror. At this moment, a shadowy figure, neither human nor inhuman, was lying on his shoulders.
The shadow's hands covered Cheng Feng's eyes, as if it were about to grab Cheng Feng's eyeballs at any moment.
"Blind man, come here."
Cheng Feng wasn't alarmed when he saw what was on his back; he had already anticipated it while he was down there.
This is just to confirm things, so I'm aware of the situation.
After hearing this, Hei Xiazi came to Cheng Feng's side, and Cheng Feng turned the Qin King Bone-Illuminating Mirror to shine it on Hei Xiazi.
Sure enough, there was another dark figure behind him, also making a grabbing motion toward his eyes.
"Congratulations, you're blind. There are seven people here, and only the two of us have been targeted by this thing."
Noticing the unnatural distortion of the shadowy figures under the Qin King's Bone-Illuminating Mirror, Cheng Feng quickly put the mirror away to avoid scaring them away.
Black Bear laughed heartily and teased Cheng Feng:
"I guess this counts as a work injury. You'll have to give me extra pay when I get back."
“I have a gold nugget weighing over 200 pounds here. You can carry it with you later.”
Black Bear quickly waved his hand, saying that the gold he had been scammed out of in Changbai Mountain last time had almost killed him.
At this moment, worry appeared on the faces of all four women.
"Honey, don't waste any more time, get rid of your things as soon as possible."
The other three women echoed their agreement; in all these years, this was the first time they had ever seen a dirty thing that could move so close to the wind.
To avoid worrying them, Cheng Feng had no choice but to agree.
He then grabbed the dried corpse on the ground with one hand and led everyone back up to the top.
"It now appears that there were three evil beings that escaped from the Thirty-Three Non-Human Realms at that time."
This thing might have the ability to freely travel between the two worlds, which is why the Queen Mother of the West went to great lengths to lock them inside this corpse and imprison them in Thunder City.
Unfortunately, the meteorite jade that sealed the corpse was damaged for some unknown reason.
This caused one of them to possess the back of someone who came to Thunder City and escape.
On the way back to the lightning array, Cheng Feng explained his speculation. The cracks on the corpse's mask had somehow grown longer.
It seemed as if it would shatter at any moment.
"Boss, to be honest, I don't have your physique. Only if I had your strength could I destroy this thing."
The only thing that can go back with you is my ashes.
Black Bear recalled the scene from before and felt uneasy.
"So you need a scapegoat to take the brunt of the lightning and fire for you."
"scapegoat?"
No sooner had Hei Xiazi finished speaking than a burst of rapid gunfire rang out from afar.
Against the backdrop of Thunder City, it sounded like a muffled rumble of thunder.
"It must be Tian Youjin and his group."
Chen Wenjin said firmly.
Cheng Feng smiled and said to Hei Xiazi:
"Your scapegoat has delivered himself to your doorstep. Go and bring Boss Tian here. Remember, don't kill him!"
Black Bear is no saint; he has no pity for someone who considers them an enemy.
"I'll be back as soon as I go."
After making an OK sign, Hei Xiazi quickly left the group and soon disappeared into the passage ahead.
"Tian Youjin brought quite a few people this time. Can Uncle Blind manage them all by himself?"
Ah Xiang recalled the burly men she had seen at Tianlin Tower and said with some worry.
Chen Wenjin gently comforted him, "Don't worry, their gunfire wasn't intense. They must have lost quite a few men along the way."
Your older brother must have been confident to send the blind man alone.
At this moment, Tian Youjin and the remaining five people ran wildly through the passage like stray dogs.
He would occasionally turn around and pull the trigger.
Behind them, swarms of flying insects were hot on their heels.
"I can't hold on much longer, what should I do?"
One of his men frantically pulled the trigger, his face contorted with tension.
His question went unanswered, and when he turned around, he found that the other five people had already distanced themselves from him.
At this point, whether you can outrun the bugs is another matter, but you must be faster than your teammates.
This group of people, who have been teetering on the edge of life and death for years, understand this principle well.
Cursing under his breath, the man quickly turned and ran.
But after taking only two steps, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his ear, and then his legs gave way and he fell to the ground.
"Ah ah ah..."
A swarm of treehoppers rushed up, and the man let out a chilling scream.
But the screams soon stopped abruptly.
Hearing the sound behind them, Tian Youjin and the others ran even faster. At this point, they could only pray that there wasn't a dead end ahead.
Otherwise, they will definitely die a terrible death in the end.