Georgia, Arabeka Mountains, Kurubyala Caves.
This is currently the deepest known natural cave in the world, with a proven depth of 2,197 meters in 2012.
Xu Cheng and Yin Lisabai stood on the edge of this famous cave, lowering their heads and looking down, unable to see the bottom at a glance.
Surrounded by dense forests, this place is often visited by cave exploration enthusiasts from all over the world. However, after the disaster, all ordinary people are busy surviving. There are adventures everywhere in life, so there is no need to travel all the way. Come over here.
After saying goodbye to Qiu Gongyue and others, Xu Cheng returned to Eastern Europe to meet Yin Lisabai, and then left Eastern Europe and came to this famous Internet celebrity cave.
"You said the entrance to hell is right here?"
Xu Cheng curiously asked Yin Lisabai: "I remember that people often come to explore here? If the entrance is here, why has it not been discovered?"
"This hole is at least 15,000 meters deep, and humans have only explored more than 2,000 meters."
Yin Lisabai smiled slightly and explained: "Without the intervention of state power, it would be difficult to continue exploring. Even if we really explore to the bottom, no one will be able to discover the entrance inside."
"Why?"
"Because the entrance has been blocked, unless the strength reaches a certain level, it will not be discovered at all."
Xu Cheng nodded, and then followed Yin Lisabai into the cave.
He turned into a bolt of lightning, and Yin Lisabai turned into a piece of cold air. The two walked side by side, speeding through the dark cave.
This place is known as the Gaze from Hell. The environment is very dangerous and countless enthusiasts have died here over the years.
Xu Cheng's electromagnetic induction explored the entire cave faster than him, getting an overview of the environment inside.
As the distance goes deeper, you can see various strange sights that cannot be seen on the ground. Sometimes they are complicated maze-like curved caves, sometimes they are straight up and down shafts, and you have to pass through cold waters and waterfalls, which makes Xu Cheng I remembered my experience with Yin Fulin in the underground world under the snow-capped mountains.
Unfortunately, the remains of some victims along the way ruined the environment and atmosphere here.
soon. The two of them passed through the deepest depth of human exploration and continued deep underground.
This is a territory that humans have never set foot in. It is dark, damp, and cold, and is not suitable for the survival of most creatures.
After descending to a depth of about 6,000 meters, the two of them dived into a piece of cold water and continued to dive in the water, just like sinking into the abyss of the sea.
With Xu Cheng and Yin Lisabai's speed, it took them more than ten minutes to finally reach the deepest part of the cave.
The average thickness of the earth's crust is seventeen kilometers, and the weakest point is only five kilometers.
The deepest point of this cave has reached fifteen kilometers under the earth's crust and is about to break through the earth's crust. The temperature here is extremely high, reaching about 400 degrees. Even the liquid has been evaporated, making it difficult for ordinary creatures to survive here.
"Here we are."
Xu Cheng and Yin Lisabai stopped at the end of the cave at the same time. There was a hole tens of meters high, and a huge black rock wall appeared in front of them.
When Xu Cheng's electromagnetic induction covered the black rock wall, the electromagnetic waves were directly absorbed and could not be reflected back.
"Is this the entrance to hell?"
"That's right."
Yin Lisabai raised her hand and waved lightly towards the black rock wall.
The cold air dissipates the scorching heat around it, brushing against the black rock wall, like lifting a veil, revealing the true face inside.
On the black rock wall, a "mouth" appeared.
At first glance, this mouth looks like some kind of shellfish. It is brightly colored and is constantly squirming on the rock wall, like some kind of living creature trying to break free from the rock wall. It makes bursts of deep and hoarse sounds. Like a demon in hell moaning.
"This is the gateway to hell."
Yin Lisabai looked solemn: "We call it the Gate of Hell."
But Xu Cheng couldn't be serious at all, because the squirming mouth on the rock wall looked like some kind of abalone to him, and it was also pigmented and battle-hardened from the black forest.
Is this the Gate of Hell or the Gate of Hell?
If it weren't for the wrong occasion, Xu Cheng could almost have laughed out loud.
Yin Lisabai turned to look at him and asked again: "Are you sure?"
Xu Cheng took a deep breath: "Of course, people are forced out, so it's not a big deal to go back again."
Seeing that he had made up his mind, Yin Lisabai stopped trying to persuade him.
"Although I have never gone in, I have communicated with brave men who came back alive from inside. The gate of hell contains the power of gods and demons. No matter what happens after entering, it is possible, and it is extremely dangerous, even if it is a god. Safety cannot be guaranteed.”
Yin Lisabai looked into Xu Cheng's eyes: "I will wait for you here for half a year. If you don't come out within half a year, I will reseal this door to prevent the demons in hell from escaping."
The subtext of this sentence is that if Xu Cheng has not come out within half a year, he will probably die inside.
"You said it so seriously, it made me a little scared. Is it too late for me to go back now?"
"sure."
"Forget it, it's just a joke, it's already here."
Xu Cheng did not hesitate anymore and prepared to enter the gate of hell.
"Wait a moment."
Yin Lisabai stopped him: "Let's agree on a code to confirm your identity when you come out."
Xu Cheng was surprised: "Is this necessary?"
"Of course, it's already an established tradition."
Lisa Bai Yin was not joking: "Someone once came out alive, but it was found that he was a fake devil, which caused a lot of harm."
"That's okay."
Xu Cheng followed his good will, and after agreeing on a secret code with Yin Lisabai, he turned into a bolt of lightning and shot towards the gate of hell, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Yin Lisabai stood fixedly, staring at the gate of hell, and did not move for a long time.
She knew that this behavior was very risky, but Xu Cheng's soul was very fragile. If he didn't temper it in this radical way, it might take hundreds or even thousands of years for him to slowly become stronger.
As for the current situation, the original spirits of the ancestors of the Celestial Clan may be resurrected at any time, and the Divine Chosen War will reappear. There is not enough time for Xu Cheng to fish leisurely.
As an ally, the only thing Yin Lisabai can do is to trust Xu Cheng.
…
Door of hell.
As soon as he entered, Xu Cheng felt as if he had fallen into a black hole. He instantly lost his balance and direction, and his electromagnetic induction was completely disrupted, making him unable to explore his surroundings.
He could only go with the flow, and the manager's beep also sounded at this time.
[Mission: Beyonder]
[Difficulty: Difficult]
[Content: At the gate of hell, gain recognition from those who watch]
[Whether to accept the task]
Xu Cheng was surprised when he saw the mission.
Since he defeated Yaoguang a long time ago, he has not encountered a difficult level mission for a long time. Even when he faced Xu Fu, it was only at normal difficulty.
With his current strength, he can still encounter difficult-level tasks, which means that the level of danger is far greater than before. It is worthy of being the gate of hell where even the gods cannot guarantee safety.
Come on, of course Xu Cheng will not back down, and directly chooses to accept it. The next second, his consciousness falls into the lake of mold.
I don't know how much time passed before Xu Cheng woke up from his coma and opened his eyes again.
The surroundings were very dark, with only a candle burning in the corner providing weak illumination. It was vaguely possible to make out that it was in a house.
Xu Cheng felt something strange in his body and subconsciously raised his hand. When he saw a small pink hand, he realized that he had turned into a baby.
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This kind of thing had happened before when he went back in time to protect Bai Yuelin, so he was not nervous, but opened his eyes to observe the surrounding situation.
It was a dark, narrow wooden house that looked unremarkable, but he couldn't see any trace of modernity. The walls were made of earth and the ceiling was covered with thick hay.
"What's going on? What era have I been sent to?"
Xu Cheng was very surprised. He thought that after entering the gate of hell, he would be surrounded by a large number of hell demons or various random monsters.
The result was unexpected. Not only did he come to this weird place, he was also turned into a baby.
He tried it, and sadly found that all the power in his body disappeared and he completely turned into an ordinary baby.
At this moment, the task prompt finally sounded.
[Task begins]
[You only have ten chances to come back, please cherish it]
[Your identity is a newly born baby. Please pass the God and Demon Trial at the Gate of Hell and get recognition from those watching. If the existence of the task manager is exposed, the task will be deemed to have failed]
[Please save your life and grow up smoothly]
[Connection code: What should the national football team do to get a chance to enter the World Cup? 】
The secret code for the joint was agreed between Xu Cheng and Yin Lisabai, so he ignored it and concentrated on this rare difficult task.
He knew that the trials of gods and demons at the Gate of Hell should refer to the trials containing the power of gods and demons at the Gate of Hell, but who was this observer referring to?
What does the mission name "Beyond" mean?
This was Xu Cheng's first time encountering such a Riddler mission. Unfortunately, no matter how he asked questions in his heart, the dog manager kept pretending to be dead and did not answer.
As a baby, Xu Cheng was very weak in all aspects, and his brain quickly exhausted the little energy he had left for thinking, and he fell asleep again after a while.
I don't know how much time passed, but Xu Cheng was awakened by a slight noise.
He opened his eyes and saw two men in black cloaks walking in from outside the wooden house.
One of them walked over quickly and hugged Xu Cheng in his arms. His huge heart made him realize that this was a woman.
"My poor child, are you hungry?"
As the woman spoke, she lifted up her clothes and put the pacifier into Xu Cheng's mouth.
Xu Cheng: "..."
He was immediately shocked. Is this something that can be written?
"John, look at our baby."
The woman's voice was filled with strong motherly love and joy: "Look at his big eyes, how cute he is."
Xu Cheng's eyes widened in confusion, and his cute appearance instantly inspired the maternal love in this woman's heart.
As the husband, John didn't even look at it. He blew out the candle in the corner of the room, and then urged: "It's almost time, let's go quickly."
The woman was obviously hesitant and looked down at Xu Cheng: "But... he hasn't eaten enough yet."
"Nothing but, don't miss the time."
At her husband's urging, the woman hugged Xu Cheng, turned around and left the cabin with him.
Under the translation of Dog Manager, Xu Cheng was able to understand their language. He was very curious about the identity of the couple, and was soon carried outside.
It was night outside, the weather was good, and the bright moon hung in the night sky. With the help of the moonlight, Xu Cheng, holding a pacifier in his mouth, saw a patchwork of low buildings on the hillside, which looked like a small mountain village.
The couple held Xu Cheng in their arms and walked cautiously along the stone road in the mountain village, deliberately avoiding the houses with lights on.
After they left the village, they walked on the rugged mountain road and climbed up the hillside.
About half an hour later, the couple arrived at the top of the mountain and found a cave hidden in the weeds.
Entering the cave, her husband John lit a candle. By the light of the candle, Xu Cheng could clearly see the environment inside.
The cave is not too big, about as spacious as a living room. There are traces of scorch on the roof of the cave, which is obviously often burned by smoke.
On a flat rock wall that had obviously been dug out, a one-eyed image was painted using some kind of dark red paint or blood.
Below the picture is a simple altar, covered with black cloth and equipped with gems, wands, charms and other props.
Xu Cheng thought to himself, could his temporary parents be a pair of magicians hiding in a small mountain village?
Could it be that you brought him to this place in the middle of the night to stimulate the magical potential in his body through a mysterious ritual?
Xu Cheng was looking forward to it for a while.
John lit a few candles, then walked to his wife and took Xu Cheng over.
It was obvious that the wife was a little reluctant to let go, but she still allowed her husband to take the child away.
John carried Xu Cheng to the altar and put him down. He picked up the knife, took his little hand, and cut his palm hard, and blood immediately gushed out.
Damn it!
Xu Cheng's eyes widened in surprise. The pain was nothing to him, but he found that his guess might be wrong.
This couple was not seeking the welfare of their child at all, and most likely used him as a sacrifice.
"Um?"
John was a little surprised to find that the child didn't cry even after his hand was cut, but that was all. He put Xu Cheng's injured hand into a bowl and let the blood flow.
At the same time, he also cut his and his wife's palms hard, and the blood of the family of three gathered together.
After the small bowl was filled with blood, John picked up the small bowl. While chanting some unintelligible spell from his mouth, he dipped his fingers in blood and drew spells on Xu Cheng's body.
If he hadn't had no strength at all, Xu Cheng would not have been able to sit still and wait for death, but now he could only wave his little hands to resist, but this was meaningless.
After painting all kinds of charms on Xu Cheng's little body, John lit the myrrh and sandalwood placed on the altar, and the whole cave soon smelled of mixed spices.
"Great Demon King of Hell, Sartos, please listen to the call of your devout servant..."
After making all preparations, John and his wife began the ritual of summoning the devil. The two shook their heads, chanted a mysterious language that was like a song or a spell, and even started dancing.
Xu Cheng wanted to break their ritual, but he was only a month or two old now, couldn't speak, couldn't even turn over on his own, and could only helplessly kick his calves.
As the couple performed the ceremony, the atmosphere in the cave gradually became gloomy, the temperature slowly dropped, and the cold wind blew from nowhere, shaking the smoke of candles and spices.
The one-eye pattern on the rock wall suddenly became real, like a real one-eye watching the family of three.
Upon discovering this scene, the couple who were performing the demon summoning ritual worked even harder.
Xu Cheng felt very bad because he found that the one eye on the wall was staring at him.
"Look nm?"
Xu Cheng tried his best to stare back, but he found a dark shadow slowly coming out of the wall and floating in the air several times.
Finally, as John screamed at the top of his lungs, the black shadow instantly disappeared into Xu Cheng's small body.
He only felt that his body was in severe pain as if it had been run over by a large truck, and a huge and evil spirit washed through his brain like a flood.
Although Xu Cheng had the soul of an adult, his mental power was not strong. Under the wash of this huge evil spiritual power, he quickly fell into a coma.
【mission failed】
As the dog management prompt sounded, time seemed to have been pressed on the pause button, and everything came to a standstill.
Helpless Xu Cheng could only choose to start over and return to the wooden house where he had just woken up.
He began to try to save himself, but he couldn't even turn over. Even if he had to do it again, the ending would be the same.
Soon, the black wizard couple appeared again and took Xu Cheng away from the mountain village.
He tried to alarm the people in the village by crying, but his mouth was immediately covered, and he was almost covered to death, unable to even hum.
After being taken to the cave, Xu Cheng was used as a sacrifice and went through a ritual to summon the devil, and died in the devil's body in an instant.
【mission failed】
Xu Cheng did not choose to reopen in a hurry, but watched the replay after a long time, reviewing what happened in just one hour frame by frame.
His expression gradually became serious. No matter how you looked at it, he was dead. The baby, who couldn't even speak or turn over, couldn't save himself.
This was a difficult level task, and Xu Cheng was given two big buckshots as a deterrent to let him know how smooth sailing he had been using dogs to manage cheating in the past.
After thinking for a long time, Xu Cheng decided to reopen again.
Back in the wooden house, he tried his best to wave his little hands, stained with his own saliva, and write on the bed board.
Although I can't speak or turn over, I can still write a few words slowly with saliva.
In order to prevent the handwriting from being seen when it was dry, Xu Cheng deliberately waited until the couple appeared before he started writing - it didn't matter what he wrote, as long as he showed them that he could write just after giving birth, maybe he would cancel the idea of using himself as a sacrifice. thing.
"John, look!
"
Xu Cheng's method worked. His wife, who was about to come up to feed Xu Cheng, saw his little hand writing and drawing on the bed board, and she suddenly exclaimed in disbelief.
Xu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and then tried hard to continue writing with his little hands.
Don't kill me, look how smart I am!
John also came over immediately. After observing for a while, he showed an ecstatic expression on his face: "You can write when you are born. This is the revelation given to us by Sir Saltos. Hahaha, our son is indeed the best." sacrifice!
"
Xu Cheng, who was working hard to write: "..."
