The mystery of the disappearance of the living person was solved immediately after the two came closer.
The subway tunnel in Migenzhu City adopts the cut-and-cover method, and the tunnel cross-section is square. A hole was opened on the side where the figure disappeared for adults to pass through. The tunnel is about half a meter wide and two meters high. If it weren't for the red light in the tunnel, it would have been buried in darkness and never known to passengers when taking the subway. Judging from the neat and coherent appearance of the wall, it does not look like private excavation at all, but was completed at the same time as the tunnel project.
"Is it a safe passage or something like that?"
Zhou Yu didn't know much about the subway project, so he could only guess based on his common sense. Peeking into the depths of the cave, the view was completely blocked by the zigzag inside. They can only go into the cave.
The passage is only over half a meter wide, and even if both of them are thin, they cannot walk side by side. For safety reasons, Hongye took the lead and walked ahead.
The cramped space makes people feel even more oppressive under the blood-red light. This was not just a psychological illusion. Just now, Zhou Yu had already experienced how fragile the wall would become under this kind of red light. It was incomprehensible to him that the two of them stepped on the ground but did not sink into it.
"If the roof of the cave collapses now, we will all be buried underneath, right?"
Hongye didn't seem to be worried about this problem, and replied without looking back: "No. Even if it really collapses, I can handle it."
Although she didn't say how to "handle" it specifically, Zhou Yu could guess roughly. Since Hongye was able to create a crystal layer-like barrier out of thin air that night on the Gekaku Stairs, the "demon soil" around her now must not be able to stop her power.
But that must be a last resort. Those strange eyes, which looked like they were made of crystals, were probably just like the "pure land" that Sang Lian used to save the villagers. They were anything but legitimate in nature. Even if the red leaves were not broken, Zhou Yu was vaguely aware of this. The reason why I chose not to ask was simply because I felt there was no need to ask.
Hongye seems to know what he is doing. As an outsider, even if he knows the inside story, he will not change anything.
The narrow cave suddenly opened up after a hundred steps. Seeing the scene in front of them, Zhou Yu and Hongye shook their heads in unison.
What appeared in front of them was neither a mountain of corpses nor a sea of blood, nor monsters. Even the ominous red light disappeared without a trace. What filled the entire space was an ambiguous pink halo.
The source of the halo is a column-type rotating light standing on the ground in the middle. At this moment, the red and white spiral stripes on the lamp were turning ostentatiously. Looking at the revolving lamp that resembled the exterior decoration of a hair salon, Zhou Yu slowly stretched out his hands and rubbed his temples.
"So, he has a good relationship with Osler?" he said calmly
Hongye blinked a little confused: "I don't know that. How do you know, Zhou Yu?"
"Isn't that guy from Ao'er a casino owner? Since we are all colleagues in the entertainment industry, we must communicate with each other frequently, right? Why don't Li Li engage in research in the chemical industry, which can just complete the industrial chain."
"Zhou Yu, I don't seem to understand anything you say."
"Don't worry, it's a good thing that you don't understand."
Zhou Yu walked to the revolving lamp with an expressionless face, squatted down and inspected the lamp body. The outer glass lampshade is covered with scratches, and it can be seen that it has a certain age. And I don’t know whether the lamp owner hates blue, or thinks that bright red and warm colors are more entertaining. The rotating cylinder of the three-color lamp was wrapped again with red tape, turning it into a red and white striped lamp, with only a little exposed at the edge of the tape. Dark blue.
Really unable to see what was special about this lamp, Zhou Yu had no choice but to stand up and continue to follow the red leaves. An inconspicuous door opens in the wall behind the tricolor lamp.
With the rotating light in front of the door, even though he understood that the situation in front of him was very strange, Zhou Yu still had an unflattering imagination about the scene behind the door. In order to avoid embarrassment, he walked to the door ahead of Hongye and tried to hear what was going on inside. There was indeed a vague human voice behind the door, as if several people were having a conversation. But judging from the tone and fragmented words, it shouldn't be a scene that needs to be avoided.
"Zhou Yu, the situation behind the door is still uncertain, let me come first."
Hongye, who knew nothing about his concerns, walked forward frankly and patted his back gently. Having determined that there was no indecent scene behind the door, Zhou Yu stepped aside without any objection, letting Hongye take the lead into the unknown area.
The door was not locked, but opened with a slight push. Behind the open door, countless noisy sounds suddenly surged out, as if a muted TV was suddenly turned to maximum volume.
The radio read out the press release in a eloquent tone. The cat across from me let out a low howl as if it was in heat. The man whistled a pop tune. The baby kept crying. The woman next to me scolded and comforted him at the same time.
Zhou Yu's view was blocked because he was standing at the back. But just looking at Hongye's head shaking, her face must be full of confusion at this moment.
"Zhou Yu?"
"Don't ask me, I don't know either."
He walked forward, looked over Hongye's shoulder, and saw that behind the door was a concrete passage similar to a train corridor. The left side of the passage is a sealed wall, and the right side is cut into a row of neat squares. Just like train beds, every square is occupied by people of all ages, men, women, and children, minding their own business. After the two opened the door, these "passengers" did not have any special reaction, only a few nearby people cast quite indifferent glances.
If it wasn't hidden deep in a tunnel, it would look like the cheapest shared house. Zhou Yu could even see underwear and bags of shampoo spread out on the bed.
Even if you encounter a group of zombies, it is much easier to understand than the scene in front of you. The two people outside the door looked at each other, and in the end they could only step into the corridor one after another, as if exploring a minefield.
The row of cubicles on the left is too small, with almost no room for the two beds on the left and right. Naturally, there are no blocking doors in the compartments. Some beds have curtains, but most of them are left open, allowing people passing by in the corridor to peek.
While walking through the corridor, Zhou Yu scanned the residents on the beds, trying to find someone suspected of being Sang Lian. He found that the residents here were of all kinds, including young people wearing T-shirts listening to music, green-haired girls with tattoos on their arms, shy old men cleaning their nostrils with newspaper strips, and even suits and leather shoes hanging to dry above the bed. middle-aged man in shirt.
It seems inappropriate to generalize them all as homeless people. The more Zhou Yu observed, the more he couldn't figure out why these people were here.
Likewise, the people on the bed also cast strange looks at him. It's hard to say there's any malicious intent, it's just a defense against intrusion from outsiders.
Despite this, Zhou Yu's progress was not blocked in any way, and no one even came forward to talk to him. After arriving at the end of the corridor safely, I discovered that there was another row of corridors on the left. Like supermarket shelves filled with products, rows of corridors and beds cut the entire space into long strips. Judging by visual inspection alone, there are nearly a hundred people living here.
Seeing such a scene, Zhou Yu didn't know what to do for a while.
"...Hongye, are there any problems with these people? Like the monsters you killed before?"
"No, they are just ordinary people."
"Didn't you say that if you eat that soil, you will grow scales on your body?"
"I don't know, maybe they didn't eat that kind of dirt."
Zhou Yu really didn't agree with Hongye's statement. Regardless of whether Sang Lian's motives were good or evil, since she turned the subway tunnel into a bloody cavity, she definitely had an agenda.
And in this dark underground, the only people who can hope to eat the soil are these humble people.
