Chapter 1007: Submersion
Using deliberately leaked false information, he mobilized the main forces of the Thorns, and then reported it to the Security Bureau, giving the other party information about the Thorns' action targets, letting the hunters pin them down, and then taking the opportunity to steal the house.
Lure the tiger away from the mountain, this is the strategy Dorothy used this time. The current situation is a bit similar to the time when she dealt with Buck in Eaglewind, but the difference is that Buck attacked on his own and Dorothy found an opportunity, while this time the thorn was lured away by Dorothy with great difficulty.
Now, Ci Rong and his important men are entangled with the hunters and will not be able to return for a while. This is a good time for him to enter the ruins.
Deep inside the Mizhi Academy, Dorothy stood in front of the spider web corridor, looking at the long corridor covered with fine spider webs. She was thoughtful. Last time, it was the entire corridor that blocked the investigation of Dorothy's small corpse doll.
"The spider silk on this corridor...if you are not the one who has chosen you, the alarm will be triggered if you touch it even a little bit. Although the thorns are outside now, there must be some people left inside the ruins. It is best not to trigger the alarm so as not to alert the enemy."
Dorothy thought so as she looked at the spider-web-covered corridor in front of her. Then she looked around and focused her attention on Nefernis beside her.
"Senior Nefnis, I'll trouble you one last time. Could you please carry me over?"
"Eh? Carry him over? Let me try, that should work."
"Well, let's try it. If carrying doesn't work, I can do it as long as my feet don't touch the ground." Dorothy responded, and then she stood on a wooden box and cooperated with Nefernis to pick her up in a piggyback position.
To Dorothy's surprise, Nephnesse's physical fitness seemed to be surprisingly good. She held Dorothy very steadily and there was no need for her to change her back.
Then, Nefernis held Dorothy and began to walk through the spider silk corridor. Since Nefernis was identified as one of their own by the spider silk, no one triggered the alarm.
Finally, after passing through the entire spider silk corridor, Nefernis put Dorothy down. Turning back to look at the corridor full of alarm trigger lines, Dorothy said with relief.
"Finally I'm here. Thank you, Senior Nefnis. You really have good stamina."
"That's nothing. The major I study often requires me to go to remote places with inconvenient transportation, so I exercise all the time."
Neveu responded, and Dorothy continued to ask.
"So... now where should the so-called torture chamber be headed?"
"Go down this road all the way to the end and you'll see a corridor going down. Go down and you'll be there. Although the thorns have gone out now, there should still be someone guarding there. Please pay attention to Miss Dorothea."
Nefernis said, pointing to an aisle, and Dorothy looked in the direction Nefernis pointed and nodded slightly.
"I understand. Thank you for your cooperation, Senior Sister Nefnis. You can go back now, and it's best to stay away from here. If I need you later, I will use the code to notify you."
Dorothy said to Nephthys, and Nephthys asked back in surprise.
"From now on, you will be on your own... Is that okay?"
"Don't worry. Although I'm a little young, I'm also a Beyonder and can handle the situation. I don't need your cooperation anymore. It will be safer for you to leave here now, Senior Sister Nefnis."
Dorothy said to Nefernis in front of her with a smile. When Nefernis heard what Dorothy said, she did not say anything more but responded solemnly.
"Then please be careful."
Then, Nefernis returned through the spider silk corridor, and Dorothy released a few small corpse dolls to clear the way and scout ahead, and then headed in the direction pointed by Nefernis.
Soon, Dorothy saw the staircase that Nefernis had mentioned, which led all the way down. There were fallen stone statues scattered at the entrance of the stairs. Dorothy did not hesitate. She let the small corpse doll go in for a while, and then she followed behind.
Dorothy went down the stairs and walked down a narrow corridor. After a while, she heard faint screams in the distance. The small corpse doll, which had arrived before her, had already explored the exit of the corridor.
With the help of the corpse puppet's vision, Dorothy could see a spacious underground space supported by countless stone pillars. In the space, the lights were dim, and there were a dozen cubicle cells nailed with wooden boards. Each cell contained prisoners who were tortured and covered with scars. As the large forces had gone out, most of these prisoners were now huddled in a corner of their cells, shivering. Only a few prisoners were being whipped by two cultists and screaming.
"Is this the torture chamber that Neveu mentioned? Sure enough, there are still some people left here..."
Observing the scene inside the torture chamber through the vision of the corpse doll, Dorothy muttered to herself. She counted briefly and found that in addition to the prisoners, there were still six people left in the torture chamber. Two were beating the prisoners, two were sitting and resting, and two were guarding the stairs leading to the next level. Among them, there might be one or two apprentice-level extraordinary people.
"If that's the case... then let's deal with you first, then go down."
Dorothy murmured, then took out her magic box, enlarged the exit, used the puppet ring to control three of the human puppets to crawl out, and then let them move forward and ambush at the entrance of the torture chamber.
Then, Dorothy took out a few more things from the magic box, a piece of black candle, a talisman, and a carved stone coin.
After putting away the magic box, Dorothy moved a little closer to the torture chamber, then she picked up the black candle, injected a little "shadow" into it, and ignited a faint black flame. This was a special item she got from Luer, and she extinguished the black candle.
Dorothy blew out the black candle, and suddenly, all the lights in the corridor around her went out, along with the few lights that were on in the torture chamber.
All of a sudden, pure darkness descended upon this underground space, and everyone's eyes were plunged into pitch-black darkness.
This is the advantage of underground space. Without the influence of moonlight, you can create a completely dark environment by turning off the light source. It is not like the last time when Dorothy turned off the lights in St. Amanda's Church and needed to nail the windows first.
"What! Why did it suddenly turn dark?!"
"Why are the lights out? It's so dark."
"Hurry up and find the lamp and light it up!"
The sudden darkness caused chaos in the torture room. The remaining cult guards were panicked by the sudden darkness. They stood up one after another to look for lights around them and tried to light them again. However, it was extremely difficult to move in the complete darkness. Many people were tripped by the obstacles around them. Many prisoners were startled by the darkness and looked around in panic in their cells. Some mentally ill prisoners shouted in panic in the darkness.
At this time, Dorothy wrapped the stone coin with the talisman she had taken out earlier, and then pressed it to the ground. Then she closed her eyes and began to activate the talisman.
"Listening to the Earth Seal..."
In the battle at the church, the talisman that Dorothy seized from Deer Skull's men was activated by a spiritual storage of "stone". All of a sudden, Dorothy used the earth as a medium to accurately feel the vibrations coming from all around. Through these vibrations, she locked onto all the moving targets in the torture chamber without the need for vision, whether they were guards or prisoners.
Dorothy had previously used the knower's memory ability to record the coordinates of all the prisoners and guards. After the lights were turned off, she compared the location of each vibration with the location of each person before the lights were turned off, using the knower's information processing ability. She easily determined which vibrations were from prisoners and which were from guards.
Then, Dorothy ordered the three corpse puppets that were ambushing at the door to attack at the same time. Holding daggers and other cold weapons in their hands, they quickly approached the source of the vibration of the guards in the dark.
Soon, the first scream sounded in the darkness.
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