Chapter 188: Fire

I felt the sound of chains being pulled against my feet, and the ground began to shake slightly.

Everyone's faces changed drastically, and they took a few steps back cautiously, weapons in hand.

Luo Hun's nostrils flared, and his hand, which had been shooting an arrow and drawing the bow, paused for a moment. He shouted, "Your Majesty, there is danger."

"Everyone, retreat!"

The chain was spinning at a very fast speed, and the huge stone at the entrance was like a huge guillotine, chopping down the soldier closest to the entrance who had no time to escape, and the screams of the soldier who was hit on the head stopped abruptly.

Blood dyed the thick stone walls red.

The only entrance was sealed, and everyone was trapped in the mausoleum in an instant. Everyone was a little panicked, reaching out to grope and push on the stone wall, trying to get out.

Luo Hun tentatively slammed his fist against the stone wall, the dull sound making his heart sink.

An ominous premonition gradually emerged. He just... seemed to smell a faint scent of tung oil.

Shen Tingyu was stunned, his body shaking with fear.

She paid no attention to the stone wall at the entrance, but instead stared blankly at the coffin...

Thousands of requiem lamps lit behind him were shaken off and fell directly onto the ground and the offerings.

Flames shot up into the sky and quickly ignited, like a flaming dagger, following a predetermined route and swooping down towards the stone wall at the door like flowing water.

"Fire! Back off, back off..."

"There's a fire."

"Put out the fire quickly."

"No, it can't be put out. There are flammable debris on the ground in advance, and tung oil is poured on it."

"Your Majesty, General, what should we do now?"

The half of the body under the stone wall turned into fuel, burning with a crackling sound. Everyone was terrified and retreated step by step.

Before anyone could react, the Regent pulled out the candle from the mechanism and threw it down. The ignited fire formed a circle of fire, surrounding and protecting him and the coffin in the center.

The Regent looked at all of them quietly, and gave a crooked and evil smile.

"None of you can leave."

The flames around him made the air heat up quickly, and Shen Tingyu shrank back, hugging his arms uncomfortably.

Xin Hongying took a step forward, his brows gradually cold, and asked in a cold voice: "Tell me quickly, where is the exit?"

The Regent's eyes flashed, and he laughed as if he had discovered something surprising.

"How strange! It turns out His Majesty can also be afraid..."

"Are you afraid of death?"

"I'm still afraid that the monster in your hand will die. Hahahahaha..."

Shen Tingyu forced herself to calm down, and she spoke.

"You escaped from prison, clearly able to live in hiding. But you still exposed yourself and captured me. It's because you don't want to live anymore. You want to drag His Majesty, and all of us, down with you."

"But..., I'm sure you don't know who killed the Queen Mother."

Shen Tingyu clenched her hands nervously and said word by word: "Don't you want to know who the murderer is? As long as you tell me the mechanism of leaving, I will tell you..."

The Regent touched the coffin, his eyes reflecting the firelight, and interrupted her. The malice in his eyes could no longer be hidden.

"You're right, the Queen Mother is dead. It would be so meaningless for me to live alone!"

“What a pity…”

The flames had surrounded everyone tightly, and the spacious mausoleum became cramped in the firelight, making people feel daunted and scared.

The Regent stood beside the coffin, looking at the dead Queen Mother with an extremely calm expression.

"I have modified the mechanism. Now you can only enter but not leave."

"No matter who killed her, it doesn't matter now. I will kill you all."

Luo Hun's face looked grim, and he wanted to kill him with an arrow to vent his anger, but he still held back.

"Your Majesty, this old fox wants to die with us. He won't tell us unless we force him."

"Your Majesty, let me try to pry open his mouth..."

Old grudges and hatreds piled up together, and General Luo made a gesture with a cruel and cold look in his eyes.

Xin Hongying nodded silently.

General Luo left a message: "Everyone else, don't stop, keep looking for an exit."

A broad figure ran towards the Regent, and his heavy military boots stepped into the circle of fire surrounding the coffin. Screams and angry growls rang out from time to time.

Xin Hongying: "Protect the Imperial Master."

Shen Tingyu took Xin Hongying’s hand, stood on the shoulder of a young soldier, and said in a concerned tone: “Be careful.”

Xin Hongying looked at her with a smile and slowly approached the stone wall.

The soldier who was crushed in half was burned into a charred corpse and was dragged aside by the other soldiers silently.

Xin Hongying wrapped his hands with his internal energy, swung out his palms, and slammed them heavily on the four corners of the stone wall. The powerful internal energy shook off the tiny gravel.

The stone wall was no longer difficult to shake, and Shen Tingyu ignited a little hope.

The talisman that could summon wind and rain in the system could only be used outdoors, and she could not extinguish the fire in the tomb deep underground.

Even though she was far away from the fire, the high temperature around her still made Shen Tingyu curl up uneasily, hugging her knees with her hands.

A ray of hot spark was blown up and fell on the clothes on her back, igniting a faint flame, but she was unaware of it.

Until the system's childish voice was filled with endless fear.

[Host, look behind you! Fire! Fire! Fire! It's on fire...]

You are on fire!

Shen Tingyu’s expression changed drastically, and he stood up hurriedly: “What…what!”

As he turned his body, wisps of gray smoke floated around him. When he flapped his little hands backward, the fur quickly ignited and turned into a small flame.

The thing she was most worried about and afraid of finally happened.

[Host, Xiaoqi, it has been detected that there is a large amount of tung oil on your body]

[Wuwuwu, host, are you okay...]

The puppet's body was burning, but she felt no pain. Her fingers, each distinct and distinct, were like five wicks and could still move.

She just felt herself becoming lighter than before.

"I'm burning, I need water... water, water, water..."

Shen Tingyu kept shaking her arms and asked for help from the soldier closest to her: “Where is the water!”

The young soldier was dumbfounded as he looked at the burning puppet, his lips moving as he asked, "How could this happen?"

His Majesty personally ordered him to protect the Imperial Master, and he had been careful to stay away from the fire, so how could this happen?

He put his palms together and kept slapping the fire off the Imperial Master's body, but to no avail.

The flame went out and then reignited. He frowned, his heart in panic and anxiety, but he accidentally ended up causing the fire to fall on himself.

He cried out helplessly: "Help!"

Shen Tingyu thought of the mess of props in the system mall, and suddenly thought of something.

"System, I need to use the scented detergent. It can also put out fires. Hurry!"