Chapter 1178 Return to Huangquan City
A strange ancient city stood in the wind and sand. Outside the gate of the ancient city, a group of soldiers were stationed. One of them was an officer with a stern face, looking in the direction of the ancient city with a solemn look on his face.
"Commander-in-Chief, the third team has come out, but still hasn't found anything." A soldier's report made the officer's expression even colder.
After An Tianzuo arrived in Huangquan City, he immediately sent out four teams to explore Huangquan City. According to the experience and data obtained previously, three teams had successfully passed through Huangquan City and returned, but these three teams did not bring good news.
In Huangquan City, although there were many living dead who did not even know that they were dead and were tortured day after day, Ouyang Lan and the accompanying soldiers were not found among them.
"Commander-in-Chief, it seems that what Young Master Wen said is right. Madam and the others may have entered the real Yellow Springs. We need to go through all the punishments before we can open the real entrance to the Yellow Springs." An Sheng said.
An Tianzuo glanced at the officers and soldiers behind him. At this point, it seemed that this was the only possibility left.
However, the punishments in Huangquan City are not something that anyone can endure. Even someone as powerful as him cannot go through all the punishments in one day.
In addition to the fact that the body cannot bear it, time is also a critical issue.
There are three iron laws in Huangquan City: anyone who kills will be killed, anyone who leaves their feet on the ground will be killed, and anyone who enters the city must kill one person per day, otherwise they will also die.
There is an unsolvable contradiction here, so you must get out of Huangquan City within one day, otherwise even the most powerful existence will be killed by the forbidden power of Huangquan City.
Even if one's body could endure all 239 types of punishment in one day, it would be too late.
Even as powerful as An Tianzuo was, with countless talented people under his command, no one could fulfill this condition.
"Wait for the fourth team to come back. If they still haven't found it, we will enter the city." An Tianzuo said.
An Sheng whispered, "General, should we wait for Young Master Wen? He's gone to look for Li Xuan and should be here soon."
"There is no time to wait. If we wait one more minute, my mother and the others will have less chance of survival." An Tianzuo said.
"But if Master Wen is not here, I'm afraid we won't be able to endure all the punishments in one day." An Sheng reminded.
"Commander Lu, you have witnessed the punishment in Huangquan City. How do you feel about it?" An Tianzuo looked at an officer in the third team and asked.
The officer was white and fat, with a constant smile on his face and his eyes narrowed into slits, looking harmless.
But looking at his figure, he weighs at least 400 pounds and is almost fat like a ball. In this day and age, there are not many people who can be this fat.
Commander Lu's name is Lu Bushun. As for what kind of mentality his parents had when they gave him such a name, it is not something outsiders can know.
When Lu Bushun heard An Tianzuo's name being called, he took a step forward, raised his arm with difficulty, saluted, and said with slit-like eyes, "General, I've tried several of the punishments there. They can ignore the body's defenses. Even mythical powers can't withstand them. The only thing that can work is the body's self-healing ability. General, you know, this is my specialty. As long as I have enough time, it won't be difficult for me to endure all the punishments."
An Tianzuo nodded slightly and looked at another young officer: "Jingyu, what about you?"
An Jingyu is a few steps younger than An Tianzuo. He is a master of the An family who has shown his prowess in recent years. He is extremely talented and his strength is the rare and unique time system.
Although An Tianzuo had a very unpleasant quarrel with the elders of the An family, he was the helmsman of this generation of the An family after all. He would spare no effort to cultivate the young people of the An family who really had the potential to grow up.
An Jingyu is one of the young people in the An family whom he values most, and he was brought along this time.
Although according to family hierarchy, An Jingyu should call An Tianzuo "uncle", in the army, he could only bow politely and say, "Commander-in-Chief, I have tried to use time acceleration to speed up the punishment. As long as Commander Lu can endure it, I am confident that I can make him endure all the punishments within 24 hours."
An Tianzuo nodded slightly, without further explanation, and said to An Sheng: "Go and prepare. After the fourth team comes out, we will enter the city immediately."
Since he came here, he was naturally prepared and did not come blindly.
An Sheng didn't know what to say. He knew that what An Tianzuo said made sense. If they delayed for one more minute, Ouyang Lan and the others would have less hope of survival.
But he always felt that there were serious problems in Huangquan City. If he could wait for Zhou Wen to go together, he would have a better chance of success.
But now the arrow is on the string and has to be shot, because they don’t know when Zhou Wen will arrive, and they can’t wait forever.
An Sheng could only pray that Zhou Wen would arrive sooner, but until the fourth team came out of the city, there was still no sign of Zhou Wen.
An Tianzuo personally selected the people who would enter Huangquan City with him. Including him and An Sheng, there were a total of sixteen people. These sixteen people might not be the strongest in the An family and the Sunset Army, but they each had their own unique abilities, which might come in handy when facing different problems.
"Get ready to go." An Tianzuo didn't want to waste even a quarter of an hour.
"Ah, General, please wait a moment. I left something important in the camp. I'll go get it and be back soon." An Sheng ran towards the tent while apologizing with a smile.
"What should I do? This is life-threatening. Why hasn't Young Master Wen come yet?" An Sheng was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan in the tent. He knew that this trip was too dangerous. If he could wait for Zhou Wen, he would have a better chance of survival.
An Sheng walked around the tent a few times, hoping to delay a little longer, but then he heard An Tianzuo's voice coming from outside: "Adjutant An, if I don't see your men within three seconds, you don't have to go."
"I'm coming." An Sheng could only walk out of the tent with a bitter face. He walked towards An Tianzuo while holding his stomach. He walked very slowly, as if he was in great pain.
After finally getting close to An Tianzuo, An Sheng said again: "General, I'm a little urgent and want to go to the toilet first..."
"Go ahead." An Tianzuo said lightly.
"Thank you, General..." Ansheng was overjoyed, knowing that he could delay some time.
Who knew An Tianzuo would add, "You don't have to come back once you go. Just go back to Luoyang."
"General, I'm not in a hurry anymore." An Sheng stood up and said immediately.
"Can we go now?" An Tianzuo looked at An Sheng and asked.
"If the governor says it's okay, then it's okay." Ansheng stood straight and answered without looking away.
"Let's go." An Tianzuo glanced in the direction of the desert, but only for a moment. He quickly retracted his gaze and walked firmly towards the gate of Huangquan City.
"Young Master Wen!" An Sheng followed An Tianzuo towards Huangquan City. When they were almost at the gate, he looked back and was immediately overjoyed.
(End of this chapter)
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