Chapter 644: Torture Chamber
"Professor Chu, when did you enter Huangquan City?" Zhou Wen asked directly.
If this Chu He is really Professor Chu He of the Imperial Capital College, then the Professor Chu He who went to Zhuolu is most likely an imposter.
But the impostor was not discovered for so long, which means that Professor Chuhe must have come to the desert very early, so no one has seen him again, otherwise the impostor should have been discovered long ago.
Based on this inference, Professor Chu He should have entered Huangquan City very early, otherwise he would definitely have contacted the outside world, and someone in the outside world should have known that he was in the desert instead of going to Zhuolu.
The fact is, no one knew about this situation at all. Even Chu He's family thought he was in Zhuolu, which was very wrong.
If someone had not deliberately cut off Professor Chu He's contact with the outside world, then he had entered Huangquan City very early, so no one knew he was here.
But with the three iron laws of Huangquan City, how did Professor Chu He survive?
"What time?" Professor Chu He looked at him strangely and said, "Today, didn't you come in today because of a huge sandstorm?"
"Today? Didn't you contact your family before coming in?" Zhou Wen asked in disbelief.
"There is absolutely no signal in the desert. How can I contact my family? About half a month ago, I went to another city to contact my family. At that time, I excitedly told them that I had made a major discovery and would soon go back to reunite with them. I didn't expect..." Chu He's face was full of sadness.
Zhou Wen was completely stunned. Chu He had contacted his family half a month ago, so why hadn't his family mentioned this matter? His family hadn't even mentioned Chu He's visit to Taklamakan.
Now Zhou Wen wanted to go back immediately and find Chu He’s family to find out what was going on.
In Zhou Wen's opinion, this was no coincidence. There were actually two Professor Chu Hes appearing in different places. There must be someone controlling everything behind the scenes.
"Who is doing these things? If the Chu He in the Zhuolu expedition team is fake, then what exactly does the fake Chu He want to do by sneaking into the expedition team? Could the old principal's disappearance be related to him?" Zhou Wen's mind became active when he thought of this.
If someone really took the old principal away, then the old principal might still be alive.
Liuyun was getting anxious. Zhou Wen had been asking questions for a long time but hadn't gotten to the point, so he had to ask himself, "Professor Chu, you got here earlier than us. Do you know what's going on here? What exactly was that dimensional creature that just appeared up there?"
"That's the Lord of Huangquan City. The bronze bell on it rings every hour, just like the clock at home. When the bell rings seven times every day, he will appear, roll the dice, and take a life..." Chu He said with a trembling body.
"Wait, you said that the bell rings seven times a day, which means you have been here for more than one day, right?" Zhou Wen discovered the problem in Chu He's words.
Chu He smiled bitterly and said, "I heard it from others. You just saw it. The Lord of Huangquan City really appeared and took a life. Maybe tomorrow it will be my turn. But my worry is unnecessary. I don't even know if I can survive today, so why worry about what I will do tomorrow?"
Liuyun was immediately disappointed. He had originally thought that he could find someone who knew the situation and find out some information about Huangquan City. However, who knew that Chu He had actually entered Huangquan City on the same day as them, just a little earlier than them.
After carefully looking at Chu He's feet, he found that he only had 132 steps left, which was less than Zhou Wen and the others.
"Professor Chu, have you heard anything else about Huangquan City and the Lord of Huangquan City?" Liuyun continued to ask unwillingly.
To Liuyun's surprise, Chu He knew much more than he imagined.
According to the news Chu He heard, the three iron laws of Huangquan City must never be violated, otherwise one will die immediately.
Moreover, the distance of a stone slab is a number, and whether it is moving forward or backward, or moving left and right repeatedly, it will be counted.
Once the number reaches zero, it means death has arrived.
Chu He saw with his own eyes a man who exploded and died because the number reached zero, exactly the same as the middle-aged man who had just died.
It is said that there is only one way to leave Huangquan City alive, and that is to walk to the end of the long street, step onto the stone steps, reach the Huangquan throne, and ring the bronze bell on it. Only then can you leave Huangquan City.
"This is simply impossible. There are at least two or three thousand stone slabs between here and the stone steps. With such a short number of steps, we can't even reach the stone steps, let alone walk up the stone steps and ring the bronze bell." Liuyun frowned and said.
"There's a way to increase your steps. Just wait until the next hour, when the gates on both sides of the long street will open. Then you'll have a chance to gain steps." Chu He said, pointing to the buildings with closed gates nearby.
"Do those shops sell step counts? What do we need to buy them? Money or dimensional crystals?" Liuyun asked as he looked at the shops on both sides of the long street.
"No, those are not shops, but torture chambers. You can be tortured in the torture chambers in exchange for steps. The punishment in each torture chamber is different. You can get different numbers of steps by receiving different punishments..." Chu He's eyes revealed fear when he spoke.
Zhou Wen and Liu Yun were both stunned. According to Chu He, those torture chambers contained various punishments such as branding, burning at the stake, and stabbing.
A red-hot iron block was branded on the chest, scorching the skin and flesh. This punishment could be exchanged for five steps.
Also, pricking your ten fingers with a needle can earn you ten steps; scraping off a piece of flesh with a knife can earn you one step.
Although these various punishments do not require life, they are still frightening to the ears.
"So, as long as we can endure the pain, we can get enough steps to walk up the stone steps?" Liuyun said.
"That's not entirely true. For each type of punishment, there will only be step rewards the first time you are punished." Chu He said.
Zhou Wen immediately went to count how many torture chambers there were on both sides of the street. According to the information Chu He had inquired about, there were only about ten steps between each torture chamber.
"There are two hundred and thirty-nine torture chambers. If we calculate based on ten steps for each torture chamber, then we can get more than two thousand steps. Can so many steps be used to walk up the stone steps?" Zhou Wen estimated in his mind, and it felt like it should be about the same, but it was just an estimate and might not be accurate.
"Junior brother, we seem to have made a mistake..." Liuyun's face looked a little ugly. He had the same thought as Zhou Wen.
The number of steps is very tight. I am afraid I have to go through all the torture chambers before I can reach the Yellow Springs Throne.
But they had already missed many torture chambers along the way. If they walked back again and again, they would waste a lot of steps, making the already limited number of steps even shorter.
(End of this chapter)
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