After a casual glance, I found that the trash cans in this commercial street were full of leftover snacks and kitchen waste. It was easy for rats to find food, so no wonder they were lurking here.
Zhang Lin walked around to check, not missing any corner. She turned around and said, "We have confirmed the location. They are all in the sewer about fifty steps ahead. We have to find a way to lead them out. Now we Evacuate first, Sun Jiajia. Now call the local police and ask them to control the surrounding streets and prevent ordinary people from entering these two streets. In addition, ask the person in charge to send over a drawing of the sewer branch in this area."
Following Zhang Lin's order, the group of people withdrew from the commercial street and waited at the entrance of a nearby bank that had finished get off work for the person in charge to deliver the drawings. While waiting, Zhang Lin assigned tasks and gave the two oval backpack-style weapons that she brought before departure to Sun and Chen. Only then did Yang Xuan learn that these things were called flamethrowers. Zhang Lin used it to deal with possible rats.
The plan was for Yang Xuan and Chen Qingshan to team up, and she and Sun Jiajia to team up. Yang Xuan and her were responsible for dealing with the medium and large rat demons, and Sun and Chen were responsible for destroying the rat swarms with flamethrowers. Yang Xuan didn't speak during the whole process, until she heard Zhang Lin say that she was going down to lure the rats up. Yang Xuan interrupted her speech and said that he could lure the rat demons out, and asked her and Sun Jiajia to be responsible for blocking the escape routes of the rat demons. .
About twenty minutes later, the person in charge drove over and delivered the drawings. After learning about Zhang Lin's next move, he said, "Be careful," and drove away.
After looking at the branch drawings of the sewers in this area, I found that in addition to the sewers in the commercial street, there were two other exits that were also connected. I immediately called the person in charge who had run away again and told him that no matter what method he used, Find something heavy to hold down one of the sewer outlets within half an hour. During the operation of the Special Office, any department in the local area must cooperate unconditionally.
Less than thirty minutes later, I received a call back from the person in charge, saying that someone had been welded to the sewer and a 5-ton road roller was blocked at the exit. No mouse would be allowed to escape.
After making the call, Zhang Lin called for action. Before that, Yang Xuan successfully persuaded her to let him go down and lure the rat demon with "I can see things clearly in the dark without using a flashlight."
Yang Xuan and Chen Qingshan got off the car when they arrived at the commercial street, while Zhang Lin and Sun Jiajia continued to drive towards the other sewer exit.
The time to get off the bus was 10:30 in the evening. It took Zhang Lin and the others about ten minutes to get to the exit, so the agreed time was 10:45 to start on time. Yang Xuan didn't have a timer and could only look at Chen Qingshan, who looked at his phone. He whispered that there were still five minutes left.
At 10:45, Yang Xuan used the ruler to open the sewer manhole cover on time and climbed down the ladder. The entire sewer is about three meters high, with a drainage channel in the middle. There are high platforms half a meter wide and one meter high on both sides underground for daily inspection and maintenance. As soon as I landed, I saw a dense swarm of rats not far ahead that made my scalp numb and kept moving. Yang Xuan carefully controlled his footsteps and walked slowly forward along one of the platforms. He tried his best not to step on the mice, but he could not avoid the little mice scurrying around and bumping into him.
After walking about a hundred meters, there was an open space in front of them that was almost free of mice. Yang Xuan carefully looked around and found several medium-sized rat demons sleeping. There were no mice running around them.
Carefully avoiding these medium-sized rat demons, he slowly continued to walk forward. As he moved forward, there were more and more small rats. After walking for another fifty meters, he arrived at a crossroads. Yang Xuan remembered that the drawing showed that there was a small rat nearby. Where the lines are gathered, there is a small platform for the gang, and the rat demon is probably hiding there.
Standing at a crossroads in the sewer, looking to the right, the entire field of view is filled with densely packed small mice, occasionally mixed with a few medium-sized ones. So Yang Xuan slowly moved to the high platform on the left, turned left and continued walking. The sound of the scurrying rats covered up his footsteps to a certain extent. After walking about a hundred meters, he found that there was no other rat here. It is possible that we have arrived at the rightful owner's place.
After turning left again, Yang Xuangang walked a few steps and found an open space half a meter above the platform at his feet. It was used to place instrument panels and summarize nearby pipeline lines. He also saw the two animals that were nearly two meters long. , lying on the open ground next to the sleeping rat demon.
Seeing this, Yang Xuan picked up his fingers with his left hand and recited softly in a voice that could only be heard by himself:
Xuanzong of heaven and earth, the root of all things.
I have cultivated extensively for thousands of kalpas and proved my magical power.
Within and outside the Three Realms, only the Tao is supreme.
There is golden light in my body, which reflects my body.
Out of sight, out of hearing.
It encompasses heaven and earth and nourishes all living beings.
If you uphold it thousands of times, your body will be bright.
The guards of the Three Realms and the Five Emperors will greet you.
All the gods pay homage and control the thunder.
Ghosts and demons are frightened, and spirits have lost their form.
There are thunderbolts inside, and the God of Thunder roars invisibly.
The wisdom of the cave is clear, and the five energies are soaring.
The golden light appears quickly and protects the real person.
This is a golden light spell commonly used by Taoists to protect the body. As the mantra was uttered, a faint golden light instantly enveloped Yang Xuan's body. A bright light suddenly appeared in the sewer that was originally almost dark, causing a commotion in the entire rat group. All the rats began to While running around wildly, he screamed.
The two rat demons in the small clearing also started to move. Seeing this, Yang Xuan no longer hesitated. He handed the ruler to his left hand and suddenly took out a pistol in his right hand. This pistol was found by Zhang Lin from the trunk before getting off the car. Take it, this pistol can indeed play a big role when your cultivation level is low.
Ignoring his aim, he quickly fired seven or eight shots at the small platform. Yang Xuan turned around and ran, following the optimal route he had estimated when he arrived, towards the entrance to the sewer. All the rats were completely confused by the moving golden light and the gunshots. For a while, the entire sewer echoed with chirping sounds and rat shadows scurrying around.
Suddenly, there were countless rats on both sides running madly towards the exit. No one knew how many rats were trampled to death under their feet. They only felt sticky and slippery on the soles of their feet as they ran. On the way Yang Xuan escaped, he didn't know how many rats jumped in panic and bumped into his back. Many rats from the opposite direction bumped into his face. For a moment, he felt that the knotted rat hair carried a foul smell. He kept scratching his face, and now he felt extremely regretful that he should not have refused Zhang Lin's kindness to let him wear a helmet.
When Yang Xuan arrived less than a hundred meters away from the exit, he glanced back and found a rat demon lying on one side of the wall. It grabbed the wall with four claws and ran towards him quickly. It was already not far away from him. to fifty meters. At that moment, he accelerated towards the entrance again. When he saw the ladder, Yang Xuan fired a shot into the sky at the wellhead. This was a signal for him and Chen Qingshan to avoid being burned by the fire as soon as he came out of the wellhead.
Holding a ladder with both hands, he exerted force under his feet and jumped up nearly two meters. Then he held the nearest step in front of him, stepped on another ladder and jumped out of the well mouth again. After landing, he turned around and lifted the golden light spell. He held a ruler in his right hand and stared at the rat demon that might come out of the well at any time. Only then did he have time to glance at the battlefield above with his peripheral vision. The air was filled with the smell of burnt food and rats. There was a sour smell, and the ground was full of burnt rat corpses, including three or four medium-sized rat demons. Chen Qingshan was holding a flamethrower and chasing some stray rats seven or eight meters away from the well mouth. .
In about four or five breaths, a rat demon that was two meters long and nearly one meter high jumped out of the well mouth, with four paws on the ground, red eyes and grinning teeth, and rushed towards Yang Xuan, whom it regarded as the culprit.
Yang Xuan saw the rat demon crashing towards him, turned to the right to avoid it, and took advantage of the moment when the rat demon crossed in front of him, swung the ruler and slapped it hard on the back.
After receiving this blow, the rat demon adjusted its body shape in mid-air to face Yang Xuan again, then raised its head and let out several sharp roars.
As the rat demon finished roaring, the nearby little mice that had just climbed out of the sewer well ran towards Yang Xuan as if they had received instructions. If you look from above at this time, you can see that a circle of many little mice is surrounding them. Yang Xuan gathered and shrank in the center.
In an instant, at least twenty rats were hanging on Yang Xuanzhou's body. At the same time, pain caused by being bitten could be felt everywhere on his body. Seeing that there were many more running towards this place, Yang Xuan was in a hurry. First, he pulled down a few rats that were crawling on his face, blocking his view. During this period, he took the opportunity to knock to death a medium-sized rat demon that jumped up and tried to pounce on him.
As soon as his vision recovered, he found that the rat demon was less than half a meter away from him. In desperation, he turned sideways and kicked his left leg out again. This kick hit near the ear of the rat demon. Although the force was not strong enough in the rush, it did not do anything to it. Although he was injured, he successfully slowed down the attack, and one of his left trouser legs was ripped off at the same time.
At this time, Chen Qingshan noticed the situation here and rushed over. While holding a flamethrower to burn the little mice along the way, he took out a handful of powdery stuff from his pocket with his right hand and sprinkled it directly on the rat demon. It looked like powder, but when it was swayed, it didn't spread. Instead, it hit it directly. As it got closer and closer to the rat demon, it spread. When it was about to touch, all the powder suddenly turned into sparks. It hit the rat demon with a crackling sound.
It seems that this is one of Chen Qingshan's abilities. After the rat demon received this blow, he felt a burning sensation in many places all over his body. He eagerly used his forelimbs to rub his face crazily in an attempt to relieve the pain on his face.
Taking this opportunity, Yang Xuan ignored the other little mice that were still nibbling on him, pinched his fingers with his left hand, and recited the Demon-Breaking Jue:
Respect the mighty general, the great innate spiritual official
Golden armor surging all over, green boots walking on the ground
Surrounded by wind belts, three eyes dazzle the sky and the earth
The twin commands of thunder and fire, the golden whip destroys evil spirits
Please support me. I am as urgent as the law.
As soon as the mantra came out, a faint golden light seemed to flash away from the ruler in his hand, and then swept forward with the sound of wind and thunder under Yang Xuan's wave. One of the forelimbs of the rat demon was cut off directly before it could dodge.
Under the severe pain caused by the severed forelimbs, the rat demon ignored the two people in front of him and was about to drill into the sewer manhole again. However, when he ran to the entrance, he found that the manhole cover had just been covered by Chen Qingshan, who had been a step ahead.
In anger, the rat demon directly adjusted its angle and rushed towards Yang Xuan. At this time, Yang Xuan had almost finished dealing with the rat hanging on his body. Seeing this situation, he was about to end its life. Unexpectedly, the rat demon rushed about one meter in front of him. But he stopped and opened his mouth to spit out a stream of light black gas with a putrid smell at Yang Xuan.
As soon as he smelled the putrid smell, Yang Xuan knew that he was poisoned. He covered his mouth and nose with his left sleeve and swung his right ruler forward to cut off the rat demon's ear again. At the same time, he felt that his head was getting heavier and heavier, and there was still a sensation in his throat. I felt like vomiting for a while.
At that moment, Yang Xuan felt that his condition could no longer be delayed. He held back his discomfort and ran quickly towards the rat demon that was injured again and tried to escape, but was driven back by Chen Qingshan with a flamethrower. Three strikes from the ruler ended its life.
After finishing dealing with the few little mice still hanging on his body, he walked to a relatively clean open space and said to Chen Qingshan: "I'll leave the rest here to you. I need to adjust my breathing." After seeing the latter nodding, He closed his eyes and crossed his legs and began to regulate his breathing to expel the remaining toxins of the rat demon from his body.
