“No, I want to go with them.” Ye Zhaoyu refused to leave.
“Alright, you stay by my side, I’ll protect you.” Ling Yunjue didn’t try to dissuade him.
Ye Zhaoyu understood what she was saying.
The group continued their hurried journey.
Soon they arrived at the wooden door they had mentioned.
The wooden door is small, only allowing one person to pass through at a time.
Ling Yunjue pushed open the door, and a cloud of powder immediately greeted her.
It's poison.
Ye Zhaoyu quickly fed him an antidote pill before starting to check what kind of poison it was.
The poison here is not lethal; it will only render a person incapacitated for 24 hours.
There's poison at the entrance, but it's not lethal. It's probably to prevent our own people from getting poisoned too. There might be an antidote nearby.
People have been here for at least 15 years. According to human habits, very few people can remember to bring the same thing every day for 15 years. The best way is to put it somewhere you know where you can get it at any time.
If she encounters this kind of person, then she can only consider herself unlucky.
After Ye Zhaoyu went inside, her view immediately opened up, and she looked around and immediately began to investigate.
Demolish all the poisonous and trap-filled places, and collect all the poison; it might come in handy someday.
Ling Yunjue watched Ye Zhaoyu deftly dismantle the traps, collect the poison, and search for the items; anyone who didn't know better would think she had been here before.
"Boss, given Ye Zhaoyu's appearance, is it really possible she's never been here before? Could it be that she deliberately brought us here to wipe us out?" one of the underlings voiced the group's thoughts.
"No, the quick-acting hemostatic medicine we brought on our mission was developed by Ye Zhaoyu's mother. She has no reason to harm us," Ling Yunjue quickly explained.
"Comrade Ye's mother is that miracle doctor! No wonder Comrade Ye is so amazing." Upon hearing that Ye Zhaoyu was the daughter of the miracle doctor Ye, the underling immediately changed his tune.
I've been in the army for six years. I know about that Dr. Ye, and I've even used the hemostatic drug and universal antidote she developed.
In a way, it can be a lifesaver in critical moments.
Not to mention the medicine she donated.
When Ye Zhaoyu returned with some antidote, she had already overheard them discussing her.
“I would, because my mother taught me that cautious people always have a few backup plans. The fact that they have been stationed here for more than 15 years means they must be extremely cautious. This entrance must have more than one backup plan, so it’s better to be careful,” Ye Zhaoyu explained.
From a young age, her mother liked to play games with her, dismantling mechanisms and traps. Over time, she naturally developed a keen eye.
Ling Yunjue looked at Ye Zhaoyu with a light in his eyes. Someone like her should be in a special department. It seemed like there was nothing in the world she couldn't do.
"Then you can teach us when you have time, so that we can take it apart ourselves next time we encounter it," the lackey said obsequiously.
"Sure, look at your boss." Ye Zhaoyu didn't care; these things weren't unteachable.
"We'll talk about it after the mission is over." Ling Yunjue said, seeing that everyone had taken the antidote, and prepared to go downstairs to discuss it further.
Ling Yunjue glanced at the cave entrance, which was only about two meters wide, and about 10 meters deep.
There's a rope next to us to go down, but we still need to figure out a way to get down, otherwise we'll be trapped like turtles in a jar.
However, the rope showed no signs of use. Was it recently replaced, or had it never been used before?
"Comrade Ye, do you think there are any other passages down here?" Ling Yunjue wasn't good at this, so he could only ask Ye Zhaoyu.
“There should be one. See that door? That should be it,” Ye Zhaoyu said, pointing to the door on the wall. Now they needed to find the mechanism.
"Comrade Ye, how is that possible? There's no sign of this door being used. How can it be displayed so openly?" The others thought Ye Zhaoyu was talking nonsense.
"What do you mean?" Ling Yunjue asked Ye Zhaoyu.
“When I was dismantling the mechanism just now, I found traces of the Mohists, as well as traces of Japan. It’s possible that the descendants of the Mohists were captured by the Japanese and asked to make the mechanism,” Ye Zhaoyu explained.
Her mother knew a descendant of the Mo family who told her that he was looking for his brother, who was a young man who had mastered mechanical arts but was a bit naive. He had been missing for decades and had not been found.
Judging from the marks, this place is about 40 years old, and there's a rather large, unassuming door.
In an instant, Ye Zhaoyu thought of the Mo family descendant her mother had mentioned who liked to play dirty tricks and then disappear.
This fake door was clearly something they put thought into; it's never been used before, so it's obviously there to buy time.
If it was indeed done by descendants of the Mohists, then it's possible that they left a way for the people of the Dragon Kingdom, and that way is behind this stone gate.
Ye Zhaoyu recounted her information.
Ling Yunjue fell silent. How did she know so much? And how could she connect all the information?
Seeing everyone in a daze, Ye Zhaoyu ignored them and, true to the nature of the Mo family descendants, investigated the matter thoroughly before making any further decisions.
Soon they found an unusual stone at the cave entrance. Ye Zhaoyu couldn't reach it, so she called Ling Yunjue to open it.
Three circles to the left, three circles to the right, and soon the fake stone door opened.
After the stone door was opened, there was a wall behind it.
“I told you this house was a scam.” The others, upon hearing this, couldn’t help but feel happy with their own judgment.
Ye Zhaoyu was even happier when she saw that the door was really open.
Immediately step into the entrance of the secret passage, and press the left side three times on the protruding stones on both sides of the entrance, then press the right side three times.
Tell Ling Yunjue to turn the switch three times to the right and three times to the left.
The wall behind the stone gate opened.
Ye Zhaoyu watched the stone wall slowly open, feeling happy; she had found the right place.
Eighteen years ago, a descendant of the Mo family came to find her mother and told her about the agreement between her and her brother. Ye Zhaoyu listened in.
She found it interesting at the time and wrote it down. With her photographic memory, she hasn't forgotten it to this day, and when she came across it today, she wanted to know if it was true.
There really is a door behind this.
Everyone was stunned; who knew that opening a door would involve such a thing?
It's not that the door is particularly well hidden, but rather that no one knows how to open it.
"This passage has probably never been used since it was built. Just as Comrade Ye Zhaoyu said, it was reserved specifically for us."
"Isn't that descendant of the Mo family worried that if no other Mo family members come along, they won't be able to find the entrance? Opening the door is far too complicated."
"No, once you enter this cave, you'll find all sorts of traps. To avoid too many casualties, you'll seek help from the descendants of the Mo family to dismantle them," Ye Zhaoyu explained.
Yes, they all forgot about the initial trap. Without Ye Zhaoyu, a lot of people would probably have died or been injured.
“This Heavenly Dao has been sealed off, and there’s not enough air. Let’s rest here for a bit and then go in later,” Ling Yunjue said.
Everyone immediately rested on the spot, ate dry food, drank water, and quietly recovered their strength.
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