Chapter 122 Suspicion
There was a smell of blood at the entrance of the cave. Qin Muxue took off her mask and could smell a strong smell of blood, which made her feel vaguely uneasy.
Of course, the one who was most afraid was Manman. She nervously grabbed Qin Muxue's sleeve and asked, "Will he..."
Qin Muxue replied firmly: "No, let's go down first."
Even so, Qin Muxue was still unsure. He Qiuyang put down the rope and volunteered, "You saved my life before. I will go down first this time to repay you for saving my life."
Shi Yan, who had been silent all the time, suddenly stopped him. For some reason, he didn't seem to be disgusted by the smell of blood. Instead, he felt an eagerness in his heart and was vaguely excited. He was afraid of his own thoughts.
"I'll go!"
Qin Muxue found it very strange that Shi Yan, who was so timid just now, suddenly made this suggestion.
Before she could ask, Shi Yan had already jumped down, and his movements were so agile that even Shi Yan himself did not expect it.
Although it was dark, Shi Yan could see the surroundings clearly, "No problem, you guys come down!"
The people who came down later all brought flashlights. Shi Yan asked uncertainly, "We can clearly see here, why do you need to use flashlights?"
Qin Muxue stared at him strangely, and he began to feel embarrassed. "Xiaoxue, why are you staring at me like that?"
"Can you see everything in the dark?"
"yes."
"Then you lead the way."
It was obviously a time to be afraid, but Shi Yan nodded seriously and said, "Follow me."
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, everyone switched to dim lights. Shi Yan walked to the first one, and Qin Muxue followed behind him, walking towards the depths of the mine.
Manman didn't know what she stepped on and screamed. Everyone stopped and looked. It turned out to be several pieces of bones. Sheng Xingyuan put on gloves and observed carefully. "It's human bones. The surface of the bones is broken. It should be injured by a blunt object. It has turned into bones. It proves that he has been dead for a long time. He is not one of us."
"Well, they might be the miners who died here before. Since they are dead, let's bury them!"
Sheng Xingyuan found a place and buried the bones there.
He Qiuyang had been in a state of confusion since the last incident. When he heard about what happened in the mine, he bowed towards the bones and said, "Sorry for disturbing you, sorry for disturbing you."
The stones under their feet gradually increased, and the place they walked on became increasingly bumpy, until the radar began to lose its signal, and Manman's mood became increasingly devastated.
She was too scared to see a bad scene.
It was not until the smell of blood became so strong that it was almost nauseating that everyone saw the true situation in the cave. Shi Yan took a few steps back and suppressed the urge to kill.
Qin Muxue looked at the dead humans. It seemed that Qu Yanbai was not among them, and there was not even a psychic. They should all be survivors who were captured. There was also a strange circle drawn on the ground, and all the corpses were inside the circle.
It can be seen that the deaths of these people were very tragic. Almost all the blood on their bodies had spread to the area under their feet.
Everyone endured the strong discomfort. Sheng Xingyuan checked the methods of killing these bodies. "The fatal wound was the wound on the throat, but... they were also tortured before death."
"The bodies are neatly placed here. They don't look like they were meant to be eaten. But if they weren't meant to be eaten, why did they use such a method?" This was the first time He Qiuyang had seen such a tragic scene. "It looks like a brutal killing. We used to kill pigs in the countryside like this. You can see that there are marks of being tied up on the legs of these people. They should have been hung upside down and their throats cut to drain all the blood. They wouldn't die all at once and watch their blood drain out while still maintaining a clear mind."
"Murder?" Shi Yan felt a severe headache. Bloody fragments began to flash in his mind. Something was about to come out, but he couldn't remember the key point. He squatted on the ground, covering his head.
"What's wrong, Shi Yan, did you remember something?"
"No, no..." Is this related to the memory that disappeared? He was full of doubts, but he didn't dare to tell Qin Muxue, because he was afraid that Xiaoxue would hate him.
Sheng Xingyuan was still checking the strange circle. A part of it was already covered in blood, but one could still vaguely tell that it was a strange symbol. "It looks like a cult symbol. I didn't expect that even in the end times, this group of cult lunatics are still doing evil."
Qin Muxue vaguely remembered that there was a group of people on the Internet at that time. They began to spread the news that the end of the world was coming, and they were very fanatical. They were called radical doomsday theorists, and they believed that the end of the world did not appear for no reason, but was a punishment from God. Because human beings were deeply sinful, God sent down a disaster to destroy human beings.
It seems that this kind of killing is indeed very much like a sacrificial ritual. Every country has cults, and the people in cult organizations are quite cruel, so it is not surprising that they would perform sacrifices.
Qin Muxue used her water power to wash away the blood on the ground, and the entire sign finally revealed its original appearance.
"At first glance, they are the group of people from the God's Advent Sect. They have caused many troubles in the world before, but we have not been able to completely eradicate them."
"Why is that?" Qin Muxue has never been interested in these things. If Sheng Xingyuan hadn't mentioned it, she would have never known that there was a sect about the end of the world.
"Several foreign business giants are also involved in this. The God's Descent Sect is simply unable to eradicate the problem. There are many factors that fuel the problem. After the natural disaster, these believers became even more rampant. They killed humans as sacrifices to God in an attempt to get God to forgive them, or before doing important things, they would sacrifice humans to bless them to do things smoothly. There are many people with special abilities among them. There are many wealthy chaebols in the God's Descent Sect. They are very rich, and they are likely to be here..." Sheng Xingyuan suddenly realized, "Someone must have leaked the situation here, otherwise they would never have found this place. No one knows about this except the Special Ability Team."
On the other side, Qu Yanbai was being threatened by several people with strange symbols on their clothes. "Tell me quickly, where is the rare ore?"
"So you took so much trouble to bring us here just for the rare ore? This is obviously a confidential mission, how did you know about it?"
The men laughed in a low voice, "We naturally have a way. But if you don't speak up, you will never see the sun tomorrow."
Qu Yanbai raised his hand, but found that he had no strength in his body. He realized just now that he could not use his special abilities at all.
Seeing his little action, the man next to him tore off his mask, "Don't waste your energy. If you tell me the truth, I can spare your life and you can go back to see your lover. Otherwise..." A sharp metal knife with blood on it was placed on his neck, "I will offer you as a sacrifice to God. God will not blame us."
Several teammates around him seemed to have been hit as well, and some were even unconscious. They were eating the food they brought with them. Before the incident, he had just drunk a few sips of water.
Water? Qu Yanbai suddenly reacted and looked at Yuan Rong, the invisible superpower beside him.
He was an invisible man, and his behavior was sneaky along the way, but because they had carried out missions together many times before, he did not think too much about it. Was he going to be betrayed and die in this life again?
Yuan Rong has an old mother who is seriously ill at home. It costs a lot of points to maintain her life. The medical resources at the base are in short supply and medicines are often out of stock. He once asked Qu Yanbai for help, and Qu Yanbai agreed to it. Qu Yanbai also discussed the matter with Manman and planned to come back to treat his mother after the mission.
Qu Yanbai looked at Yuan Rong weakly and asked, "Did you give him the medicine?"
"I...I..." Yuan Rong suddenly knelt on the ground and cried out in despair: "Captain, I have no choice. My mother is dying. They are willing to provide me with medicine that can cure my mother's illness. I really have no choice."
"Didn't I promise you that I would let Manman save your mother? Why did you still do such a thing?"
"You only agreed verbally. What if you go back on your word? They have already given me medicine that can cure my mother. You haven't given me an answer yet. I'm scared, very scared..." he spoke incoherently.
"Yuan Rong, you bastard, how could you do such a thing?"
Several men in black laughed, and one of them said, "Yuan Rong, we didn't just give you medicine. You can follow us and enjoy wealth and glory. You don't have to go to a place like the base anymore. You have to go through life and death just for a few points and come to a place like this."
Qu Yanbai still had a trace of regret just now, but now it has completely disappeared. This was just his excuse. Even if his mother had not been sick, he would betray them sooner or later for wealth and glory.
The black-clad men said this to make it impossible for Yuan Rong to turn back. "The God's Advent Sect will never let you suffer any loss. You can make a great contribution!"
Qu Yanbai listened to their strange conversation and asked, "What is the God-descending Sect?"
"Is it your turn to inquire about this? You are just a prisoner now." The man in black patted Qu Yanbai's face and said to another man in black, "This man has a good face, you can take him back."
"Don't forget, he saw our faces."
Qu Yanbai understood that no matter what he said or not, this group of people were not going to let them go, so it would be better to fight with them...
"I'll tell you everything as long as you don't kill me."
"Captain! You can't say it." The teammates around him were still trying to persuade him, but now Qu Yanbai was no longer fighting for his own life.
"But before I tell you, you must promise me that you won't kill anyone here."
The men in black looked at each other and decided that they were just promising not to kill now. It would be the same if they killed later. Anyway, these people were no different from ordinary people now.
There are many wealthy people in the God's Descent Sect, and naturally there are also many scientists. They have developed a potion that can suppress super powers. As long as a person with super powers drinks such a strong potion, he will be no different from an ordinary person within 24 hours.
This is why they are so rampant now. "Even if a more powerful superpower comes, we will not be afraid. We have already performed a sacrificial ceremony before coming in. The God of Doom will protect us."
"Okay, I promise you, a wise man is a wise man. Hurry up and lead the way!"
Qu Yanbai's legs had been tied up, "Everyone, my legs..."
"Yuan Rong, untie your captain and teammates."
Yuan Rong's face turned pale as he reluctantly untied the ropes on Qu Yanbai's legs.
His teammate next to him asked him, "Captain, do you really want to reveal the location to them?"
Qu Yanbai glanced at the man in black beside him and said, "Now, it is more important to save your life. If you lose your life, you will really have nothing. These are just rare minerals. Just give them to them!"
He deliberately said such words to confuse that group of people. Although his teammates were unhappy, Qu Yanbai was the captain after all, and he didn't want to live.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense and tell us where we should go?" asked the man in black.
"I'll take you here."
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Manman breathed a sigh of relief at this moment. Although she knew this was not good, she really didn't want to see Qu Yanbai's body in here. "How could this sect be so cruel?"
Sheng Xingyuan said silently: "The more cruel things are still to come. Come out and see if there are other passages in this cave."
Several big men walked out from the shadows. They were the "bodyguards" that Sheng Xingyuan called.
These bodyguards also have special powers, and they seem to move quickly, with the same expression on their faces. After Sheng Xingyuan gave the order, they disappeared into the shadows.
"These bodyguards have been following us?"
"Yes, that's right. Otherwise, how could I come here with peace of mind? My personal safety must be guaranteed. Didn't you ask about my special ability? This is my special ability."
Qin Muxue finally understood why Sheng Xingyuan was so fearless. After he saw the ore in the mine, he said with a serious expression: "Since the purpose of the Shenjiang sent them is rare ore, Qu Yanbai and the others are very likely to be controlled by them."
"They all have special abilities, they won't be able to..."
"No, the God's Advent Sect is more terrifying than we thought. Anyway, we should go find rare minerals first. After all, this is our ultimate purpose."
When Sheng Xingyuan was about to move forward to the mine, Qin Muxue did not move, "This is your goal, but not mine. My goal is to save Qu Yanbai and the others."
"Don't forget the contract between you and me. If you violate it..."
"I didn't violate the agreement. You have bodyguards to protect you, and I'm just your experimental subject. I have no obligation to protect you. This is not included in our agreement." Qin Muxue still remembered the terms written in their agreement. None of them said that she needed to protect Sheng Xingyuan's safety.
Sheng Xingyuan turned his head to look at her, anger appeared in his eyes for the first time, but in the end he just sighed and said, "You are right, but I don't want you to take risks. The people in the cult are vicious, and women who fall into their hands will have a bad ending. I can promise you that we will find the ore first. After we find the rare ore, we will rescue them." This was already the biggest concession he could make, and he had already discussed this matter with Qin Muxue in a good tone.
Qin Muxue lowered her eyes and looked at Manman beside her. She bit her lip, worried inside, but tried her best to stay calm.
"He Qiuyang and Shi Yan, you guys follow Sheng Xingyuan to look for ore, Manman and I will go find Qu Yanbai and the others. The two of us are enough, and I have enough ability to protect myself."
"You...don't be willful at a moment like this."
Manman summoned up her courage and said, "Professor Sheng, I know that rare minerals are important, but aren't other people's lives more important? Moreover, they came here for a mission, and they knew that it was dangerous but they still wanted to find minerals. We were already here, but we didn't choose to save them first."
He Qiuyang clenched his palms, "I am willing to follow Qin Muxue. She has the ability to defeat them. I have seen her ability before."
Shi Yan also stood beside Qin Muxue silently, "I am willing to help Xiaoxue too."
"You guys!" Sheng Xingyuan frowned helplessly, and finally had to compromise, "Okay, let's save them first."
Shi Yan's ears moved. He could hear footsteps not far away. He reminded: "There is a sound."
They followed the sound and continued to move forward in the direction of the cave...
At this moment, Qu Yanbai and the man in black walked around the mine several times.
"That's not right. Why do I remember that we have been here before? This is the entrance to the cave, right?" One of the men in black noticed something was wrong. "Tell me, is this man playing a trick on us?"
Qu Yanbai calmly thought about the words, "How could it be? How could I risk my life for those broken ores? I must have remembered it wrong, go here! Yes, it should be here!"
Fortunately, he destroyed the map after looking at it again. Now his brain is a map. As long as they kill him, they will have to pay a lot of price to find the ore.
"I'll give you one last chance. If you do this again, I will kill you all without mercy." The leading man in black had lost his patience. "Do you remember how those who were sacrificed died?"
Shi Yan was leaning against the wall. He could already feel the sound getting closer and closer. He glanced at Qin Muxue and said, "They are approaching this place!"
"Get ready for battle!"
Several people were already prepared for the fight and were hiding in a corner, waiting for those people to show up.
The men in black were very smart. They were afraid of traps, so they let the special power team walk in front. Even if they encountered danger, they would encounter it first, and they would walk behind, letting Yuan Rong walk at the end to lead the way for them.
"It's all because of you. If you could find out the location from him, why would we have to go around in circles in this mine? It's so boring." One of the men in black couldn't help but complain.
"Yeah, I feel tired, why don't I eat something before I go!"
Just as he finished speaking, he seemed to feel a cold wind blowing from behind, and his whole body shivered. "My Lord bless you, my Lord bless you." He kept muttering to himself.
They believe in God, so naturally they also believe in the existence of ghosts.
"I heard that many people died in this mine."
The leader didn't say anything. If ghosts really existed, they would have come to take revenge on them long ago after sacrificing so many humans.
"Ah, what is this?" A member of the superpower team suddenly screamed.
The leader frowned, "If you dare to shout again, I'll cut your throat first!"
"No, look, look." He had already seen the suspicious looks of these people, and he pretended to be very scared. When one of the men in black checked the thing under his feet, he found that it was a skeleton. He was shocked. The bones were moving, and the bones scattered on the ground were slowly gathering together.
Moreover, the skeleton was slowly standing up and walking tremblingly towards the man in black step by step!
"Help! There really is a ghost!"
The leader did not lose his composure in fear like the others. He narrowed his eyes and pushed Qu Yanbai, "Go and see what those bones are."
Qu Yanbai walked calmly to Bai Gu's front. Bai Gu's teeth were chattering, and it seemed to ignore Qu Yanbai. It walked directly towards the direction of the men in black behind it. Suddenly, it pounced on one of them and bit his leg.
The man was so frightened that he even forgot to fire the gun in his hand. The leader fired several shots in the direction of Bai Gu, who fell down.
But what followed was the collapse of the mine. The cave here was not solid to begin with, and because of the loud noise, it had begun to shake.
The leader has already noticed it. "Not good, let's get out of here quickly. We only need to save that man. It doesn't matter whether we save the others or not."
As soon as he finished speaking, the mine cave began to collapse, and Yuan Rong was buried inside. He stretched out his hand and shouted to the man in black, "Save me, save me!"
"Do you want to save him?"
"He's useless now. There's no need to waste time. Let's run."
A huge rock fell on Yuan Rong's head. He looked sadly at the man in black in front of him and closed his eyes. After a muffled groan, he was buried forever under the ore by the huge rock.
The man in black pulled Qu Yanbai and tried to take him away. Although he no longer had super powers, he still had brute strength. "Go away! Do you want to die?"
Qu Yanbai smiled slightly and let go of his hand. The man in black could only stare blankly at him falling into the huge pit.
The boulder separated the members of the Ability Team from the men in black.
"Now, what to do now, he fell down..."
Although the leader was angry, he did not show it. "We have been delayed here for long enough. If we cannot find the rare ore, our lives will be ruined here."
After hearing the loud noise, Qin Muxue and the others quickly ran towards that location, "Something must have happened to them. I heard gunshots!"
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