This cave was not carved by humans, but rather was carved out by some giant worms that gnawed and drilled their way out. There was moss at the entrance, but deeper inside there was only a bare rock wall.
The blond man Gordon walked forward with a torch in his hand, while the others behind him held guns, flashlights, etc. to illuminate the surroundings.
"These were created by some strange and magnificent creatures. They are one of His followers. They tried to hollow out the entire mountain to release their master. Unfortunately, the seals of the Old Ones are not physical."
As Gordon spoke, the brown-haired man John behind him and Dai Yuanyang listened silently.
"But these caves became clues for geological exploration. By analyzing the seismic waves emitted by the entire mountain, we were able to quickly obtain the relevant address structure and discovered a core."
"All the worm tunnels have failed to reach here. Perhaps it is a cognitive bias, or perhaps it is some kind of physical protection. In short, this should be the core of the seal."
Hearing Gordon's words, Dai Yuanyang swallowed.
He had a strong bad feeling.
"Mr. Gordon."
He said in English.
"I think it's best for us not to move forward. According to the legends of the Nine Paths, Jiangcheng Mountain contains great power and is the residence of immortals. Although I don't believe in those legends about gods and ghosts, my intuition tells me that if we continue forward, there will be big problems."
"Do you want to make yourself more powerful? Do you want to gain more wealth, money, and power?"
Gordon asked.
"Can……"
Dai Yuanyang hesitated to speak.
“The reason why humans have become the masters of the earth and the leaders of all things is because of curiosity.”
"If we lose the spirit of exploration, then humans will be forever bound to the earth, unable to reach the deep sea and the sky. Similarly, if we stop studying the gods because we are afraid of their power, then we will only be as ignorant and superstitious as the people in the past."
Gordon's torch went forward, lighting the dark path.
The fire suddenly became much smaller. This was a sign of lack of oxygen. In a cave like this, the air must be blocked.
The moment the fire went out, the cave suddenly became quiet.
The light of the flashlight illuminates the front, and in that dark forbidden area, there seems to be some kind of call sounding.
Dai Yuanyang's eyelids kept twitching. He held a flashlight in his hand and looked around the edge of the cave. The cave was silent except for the explorers' soft breathing.
In the light of the flashlight, Dai Yuanyang suddenly saw a human face.
The man's face seemed to be branded on the wall, numb and cold.
His heart skipped a beat and he stopped immediately.
But soon, Dai Yuanyang discovered that it was just his own illusion.
When a person keeps looking at something shiny in a dark environment, a projection will appear in his eyes. This phenomenon of persistence of vision will cause the original object to still appear in the dark.
And that face belonged to someone close to Dai Yuanyang.
Just when he felt relieved, Dai Yuanyang noticed that Gordon in front of him had stopped.
"What's wrong?"
He asked.
"The rock here is quite hollow... take a shovel and dig here."
Gordon pointed to a rock wall on one side.
His men immediately picked up the engineer shovels and started digging here. About a quarter of an hour later, with a click, the shovels fell into the air.
This means that the wall has been dug through and there is a hole on the other side of the wall.
Is this the seal?
Dai Yuanyang used a flashlight to illuminate the other side of the hole. He saw that it was a dilapidated space, but there were traces of human heartbeats inside.
The tables and chairs had not decayed because they were isolated from the air. There was a stone-carved coffin in the center, and beside it were many corpses.
The coffin, which seemed to be covered and buried by piled up bones, exuded a strange texture that made people afraid to approach.
"here it is?"
On the side, brown-haired John seemed to notice something but didn't say it.
"This is the sealed place."
There was a fanatical look in Gordon's eyes. He smiled excitedly, took the flashlight, and entered the cave.
Snap——
Following the rope, Gordon landed next to the coffin filled with bones. He glanced at the skeletons at his feet, almost all of which were human. It could be imagined that at least dozens of people died here.
The tables and chairs on the side were empty, as if there had been something placed there, but it had been taken away long ago.
There were countless words engraved around the sarcophagus that Gordon didn't recognize, as if they were describing something.
The cave has no exit and is blocked on all sides. It is hard to imagine how it was built.
"Do you recognize the words on this?"
Dai Yuanyang couldn't help but ask.
"No, I don't know him, but it's obvious that with such a coffin in the mountains, Fang Geng's secret may be in it."
Gordon's eyes were wild and his cheeks were tight as if he were in a rage.
He placed his hands on the sarcophagus and instinctively tried to push it, but unfortunately, the weight of the stone was beyond human power.
"You guys, together."
Gordon called a few people to push the sarcophagus.
Accompanied by a noise, the lid of the sarcophagus, which had been sealed in dust for who knows how long, slowly moved, revealing what was inside.
…
Lu Ban walked into the cave and felt a strong sense of pollution.
The black mist penetrated into Lu Ban's respiratory tract in an instant, soaked his lungs, flowed into his throat and stomach, and seeped into his bone marrow through every pore.
"If someone from another sect came in with this kind of pollution, they would probably lose their minds in an instant. Is it always like this, or did something unexpected happen this time?"
Lu Ban looked slightly confused.
According to what the Seventh Master said before, those who became Xuan Jun did not die, but at least they came out of it and lived a normal life for a few years before dying of illness. It did not seem like they were crazy.
But this pollution...
Lu Ban saw that the token in his hand was emitting the same pollution. The two resonated and entangled with each other, but seemed to be diametrically opposed.
Pollution from different sources is difficult to be compatible and will only assimilate and cover each other.
“Is this pollution from two groups of people?”
Lu Ban had some guesses in his mind, and he continued to move forward.
To ordinary people, the black fog is no different from poison gas, but to him it is just a more unpleasant stench.
Maybe it's not as smelly as the farts that some people secretly fart on the subway.
After walking for less than three minutes, Lu Ban arrived at a relatively empty cave.
He saw that the pollution here had faded a lot, with only a little bit left.
He saw tables and chairs carved from stone, and there were some books.
Lu Ban took a quick look and found that these books were written in foreign characters. He could vaguely make out that this was probably the language of the abandoned city.
Behind the table, in the center of the cave, sat a man.