"Ah, I really didn't expect that my products here are so popular. A few of them have already come back."
The cashier looked at the people who went upstairs with a smile, and his expression was just the right amount of surprise.
"Stop talking nonsense, did a kid come to the supermarket just now?" Deng Zhiyi patted the counter and asked loudly.
"The guest just now, turned out to be your companion? Thank you very much for being able to introduce me to this place by such a wealthy gentleman. You must know that business is more difficult to do now..."
"Don't pull a bunch of other stuff! Where are the people?"
Lu Ning had just wondered why Xin Mi would let Deng Zhiyi be the first among so many people here who were good at negotiating. Now she realized that Xin Mi had probably talked to this cashier once before coming here.
Sure enough, the cashier was choked by Deng Zhiyi and tried to turn to the back: "All the guests too..."
"Hey! It's a basic professional quality to accept consultations in the order you come, right? You guys first deal with my problems!" Deng Zhiyi yelled again.
The cashier couldn't change the subject at all.
"Well, that young man did spend money here, but he has already left. Our products are fresh and easy to use, even a child can use them normally! To be honest, you really don't think about it..."
"Where have people gone!"
"Oh, how do I know this? No supermarket in the world will ask customers where they will go after buying something, right?"
"Oh? You're being sloppy, right?" Deng Zhiyi laughed, "You asked for our blood specifically when you went into the supermarket. What's the purpose of this? The cost of consumption? You don't care about money at all, do you?"
"Well... if you don't want money, who would run out to do business..."
"If you don't want me to ask further questions, just say something! Anyway, my personal position doesn't affect you, right?"
It seems that the cashier does not have the ability to refuse, and may be bound by some kind of rules. He had a troubled look on his face, but despite Deng Zhiyi's intimidation and unwillingness to give in, he finally told them a floor number.
"You must be honest." Deng Zhiyi snorted.
"Why can't he refuse anything Sister Deng asks? She seems a little... rude." Yan Zidan asked in a low voice as they went upstairs.
"Because she is lucky." Xin Mi smiled softly.
"You don't have to ask in such a low voice. We have come to this supermarket to shop before, but the product I selected happened to have a defective product mixed in. The guy needs to stop me from telling anyone." Deng Zhiyi said.
"But didn't you just say it now?" Duan Ye asked with a smile.
"It's definitely not you, it's probably some big shot here... That guy is scared, I can tell. In short, with this little braid, he has to agree to me even if it's not a fundamental problem, but this guy is also cunning. Very, if you don't stare and ask, he will probably change the subject soon." Deng Zhiyi snorted.
8000 floors.
The level of risk in this very round number of floors is also relatively low, just like the floors previously selected by Lu Ning and others to implement the plan, they are all at a level that they can defeat with their strength. The monsters on this level are skeletons that can resurrect and stone monsters wearing black cloaks. They are troublesome if they gather in groups, but they are all wandering aimlessly in a cemetery-like area.
"Why did Chen Hang come here?" Zhou Shilan frowned as she avoided the broken tombstones around her.
Logically speaking, even if he gained strength, he should return to the tenth floor to protect Zhou Shilan. Why would he run to this floor that he couldn't reach before?
Lu Ning glanced at Duan Ye. There must be something missing in the story this guy told, and Zhou Shilan didn't know it yet.
The cemetery is very large and divided into several areas by railings. Lu Ning had experimented. You had to go through a formal door to pass. No matter how broken the railings were, as long as you tried to cross them, you would instantly turn around and come back.
As for the tombstone, no strange reaction was detected. Neither Lu Ning's white ring nor Qian Yipeng's plate had any reaction. They should be ordinary tombstones. The weeds were about as high as the knees, and blue and green lanterns were hung in some places. Although everyone agreed that the different colors should have some meanings, they really didn't find anything special right now.
The most important thing is that after searching for a long time, Chen Hang was nowhere to be seen.
"Dalong, is there any mechanism here? Can you go down to a tomb or something like that?" Xin Mi asked.
"There is nothing particularly obvious. This place is too big and a little search will waste a lot of time." Long Tiangang said, "If he doesn't want to show up, it will be very difficult for us to find him."
"What about you? Anyway, now we have to wait for the number of people to decrease again. No matter what, it is not time to go out." Deng Zhiyi asked Zhou Shilan.
"Sorry for wasting everyone's time, but there should be a way to find him." Zhou Shilan turned to Duan Ye, "Mr. Duan, you have also shown us your ability to find people before."
"This... I have already said that it is easy to find a group of people with specific meanings, but it is very troublesome to find one person alone... The accuracy is also very low..." Duan Ye waved his hands, "This will not be because of the survival of the people. It’s different when the number of people is reduced, especially in such a weird place, it’s even less certain how effective it will be.”
"Then, what's wrong with giving it a try?" Zhou Shilan insisted, "It's better than us searching randomly, right?"
At this time, Lu Ning spoke: "You don't have to find someone."
Duan Ye's mouth twitched.
"We have searched all areas. If we don't see Chen Hang on the surface, he must be hiding somewhere. You just need to find where the hidden space is located, and then we will ask Brother Long to find the mechanism there. It can save a lot of time.”
"Yes!" Zhou Shilan said immediately, "Instead of looking for someone, I should be able to find a place, right?"
"Do you really trust me enough?" Duan Ye muttered, squatting down and starting to take off his shoes.
After a move that shocked the three of Xin Mi, Duan Ye pointed in the direction of the toe of the shoe: "It's over there. We can almost find it by throwing it twice when we go around."
To be honest, after seeing Duan Ye's true ability, if he still uses this method to find people, then he really is not exaggerating on purpose.
In the cemetery he marked, Long Tiangang searched for a while and found the mechanism behind a tombstone that seemed to be the oldest. With a sway, a dark entrance opened in the center of the cemetery. The stairs above looked very clean, and there were no signs of damage.
"Go down?" Deng Zhiyi stretched out his knife and asked.
"Let's leave a few people on top this time and keep the exit open at all times." Lu Ning said.
Finally, Deng Zhiyi, Zhou Shilan, Duan Ye and Lu Ning walked down the entrance of the cave and explored inside.
There are no complicated mazes, no strange traps, and no wandering monsters. A road, from beginning to end, until you see a simple black arch standing at the end. In a rugged open space, there are countless blue flames flickering, and in the center of the flames are two... shapes.
Lu Ning couldn't find other words to describe it.
A faint blue ghost with a thin body, but with a large number of limbs and tentacles. The head cannot be seen at all. Each limb and tentacles are in a rotten state, as if they have been torn apart by something. Opposite the ghost is a dark giant. Only a small part of the upper body still maintains a human posture. The hands are thick and powerful. There is a huge eyeball on the top of the head with a ray of nerves sticking out. The lower body is supported by four thick legs composed of white bones. On the body.
These two terrifying creatures made everyone hold their breath.
They were just looking at each other without directing their attention in this direction. I don't know how long they looked at each other before coming. Lu Ning knew in her heart that one of them was probably Chen Hang, and the other... was the thing that brought him here.
When you have something in mind, you will go to the corresponding floor. In a sense, the Red Prison is also a twisted wish coming true.
At this moment, the black monster roared, and it waved its arms. Countless sharp claws of flesh and blood came out of its arms and stabbed at the ghost spikes. The ghost did not resist at all, and all the spikes were engulfed in its body. Then blood burst out from both sides' bodies at the same time.
Dark blood and glowing blood fell to the ground, quickly making a sizzling sound. The black monster lifted the ghost up and let out a painful roar, which was very similar to a human voice, but it was unclear.
"Chen Hang?"
Zhou Shilan said in the lowest voice.
But even this sound made the black monster's eyeballs suddenly twist this way. It threw the ghost against the wall, then turned around, and its body slowly began to shrink. Those hideous and terrifying limbs slowly retracted its body, two of the four bones of the body also retracted, and the other two began to grow flesh and blood.
"Ah... Master, it will be very difficult for me to deal with you like this." Duan Ye stood up to block Zhou Shilan, "My mission is to ensure the safety of you two, and if you do this, don't you end my contract?"
"I know what you are thinking now, Duan Ye." Chen Hang was finally able to speak after recovering, "You can't hide anything from me now."
"Why are you like this? Are you crazy?" Zhou Shilan shouted, "Even if you can't make much contribution here, there is no need for you to give up on yourself! Life is everything!"
"Yes, living is everything. After death, there is nothing." Chen Hang laughed softly, "That's why I am like this."
"It seems that there is something else in this story that we don't understand." Lu Ning said.
"Li Wenyue, you are still so smart. If it were you, you might be able to deal with that situation. We were both raised rich, so the gap between us is really big."
"What happened to you?" Lu Ning frowned, "Pure pride will not let you do this. You said you would protect Zhou Shilan no matter what."
"Yes, because at that time I thought that I was the one qualified to protect her." Chen Hang smiled bitterly, "However, I just discovered that I am completely incapable of protecting others."
"It seems that you have done something that makes you regretful. Let me guess, Wang Zhongnan's death was caused by you?" Lu Ning knew what the inside story was after thinking about it. It was actually easy to guess.
This is a hurdle that is easier to overcome for people who really have no conscience. At least that kind of person will never feel any shame about killing others. The remaining sense of morality will make this matter more complicated. Lu Ning is not a master in terms of psychology, but she does not have the eloquence to talk people back. She can only express Chen Hang's knot. Let's see. Is there any other way.
"So I said you are very smart... It is true. At that time, I sacrificed Wang Zhongnan for our safety, and after that, I realized that when faced with a life or death crisis, I would sacrifice the people around me Just push it out as a means of escape. I don't have a protective mentality at all. Sister Song is right, it's impossible for someone like me to get a ghost weapon."
The ghost is slowly getting up.
"Then why did you go to the supermarket? And why did you come here?" Deng Zhiyi asked sharply, "This doesn't fit with your excuse."
"If I can't protect others in a life-or-death crisis, then it would be better to make the crisis less dangerous. As long as my strength is enough to cope with it...that's what I originally thought."
"You thought wrong and suddenly gained power, but your mentality will not change with the power. Either it is an expansion of your arrogance, or your original thinking is still bothering you." Lu Ning said coldly.
"That's why...I came here, I am the latter." Chen Hang smiled bitterly, his body began to expand again, and those weird organs came out of the body again, "The cemetery of the dead is here , the dead will take revenge on the living..."
"Is that ghost Wang Zhongnan?" Lu Ning looked at the blue ghost.
"Yes, I can feel that this is my place of judgment, or it may be that this place responds to me - I can see him again, tell him my sins, and then bring everything to an end here openly. "
"What is a full stop? This is just a method of execution on this floor! Follow us and leave immediately!" Deng Zhiyi threw away the bone knife, "Otherwise, I will knock you out and take you away!"
"You can't beat me. The things I bought randomly allow me to see some things clearly. Li Wenyue, I have a favor to ask of you."
Huge eyes drilled out from the top of his head, seeming to watch everything here.
"explain."
"I can see it now. What the Taoist priests saw before but we didn't know, the... curse that haunts us." Chen Hang's voice gradually began to become blurry, "That reflection of us is exactly the same as us. Reflections, like shadows, cannot break free, but must... break free..."
His voice turned into the monster's death again, and the ghost pounced, and he turned to meet it. Deng Zhiyi threw away the bone knife and was about to rush forward. Duan Ye pinched his fingers and froze Deng Zhiyi for a moment, then pulled her and Zhou Shilan and gave Lu Ning a wink before turning around and running towards the tunnel entrance.
