Chapter 275 (Self-inflicted)
Soon, a passage was broken open above the secret chamber, and Meng Qingyin and the others jumped down with a splash.
The two guards were dumbfounded when they saw the person falling from the sky; their mouths were agape for a long time.
Just as Qin Jiu was about to make a move, Lu Cheng chuckled and stopped her: "Let me do it. I've been studying acupoints lately."
Qin Jiu looked at him suspiciously: "Why are you studying acupoints? Are you going to give people a massage?"
Lu Cheng answered her question with his actions.
Two pear blossom needles shot out with a whoosh. The first needle pierced the neck of Guard A, whose eyes rolled back and he instantly fainted.
The second pear blossom needle missed slightly, grazing the neck of Guard B.
Guard B clutched his neck, staring in horror at his fallen companion.
In the blink of an eye, at this critical moment of life and death, he lay down on the ground, closed his eyes, and began to play dead.
Lu Cheng: "..." I didn't expect the little guard to be such a good actor.
He stepped forward and delivered a swift chop to the neck of Guard B, who then passed out.
Lu Cheng retrieved the pear blossom needles and, incidentally, took a set of keys from Guard A.
Meng Qingyin glanced at Zhang Yan and frowned when she saw the numerous wounds on his body. "They beat him up?"
Zhang Yan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, stubbornly insisting, "No, how could they possibly hurt me? I bumped into something by accident."
How could he act like a weakling in front of a woman who admires him?
Absolutely not!
Lu Cheng hooked his arm around his shoulder and said meaningfully, "Dude, you're really good at this."
He accidentally pressed on Zhang Yan's wound on his shoulder, and Zhang Yan gasped in pain, but still pretended to be nonchalant.
Qin Jiu couldn't stand it anymore, "Lu Cheng, don't kill him."
Lu Cheng moved his hand away, looking completely innocent. "I'm innocent!"
Zhang Yan stubbornly insisted, "I really did it!"
Meng Qingyin was too lazy to watch him stubbornly deny it, so she had Fei Qiu treat his injuries and left the secret room with Chen Leying.
Outside the secret room is a long, narrow corridor with almost no lighting, making it difficult to see.
Just as Meng Qingyin was about to rummage through her backpack, Chen Leying had already taken out a flashlight, illuminating the entire corridor.
The corridor is flanked by walls, and at the end is another secret room.
The two exchanged a glance and quickly walked to the door.
There was a lock on the door. Meng Qingyin turned around and called out, "Lu Cheng, the key!"
Lu Cheng quickly jogged over, hissing and gasping as he opened the door, "That Zhang Yan kid really knows how to hold his breath..."
When Fei Qiu was treating Zhang Yan just now, he glanced at him and saw that there wasn't a single patch of intact skin under Zhang Yan's clothes.
The various bloodstains were intertwined, a horrifying sight.
Even after all this, that kid is still stubbornly insisting that he knocked himself down.
Just then, Qin Jiu, Zhang Yan, and Fei Qiu arrived.
Zhang Yan's injuries have been healed, and he is now lively and energetic.
He gritted his teeth, "That old dog Chen, once I rescue Grandpa Mental and Meng'er, I will definitely not let him go!"
With a "click," the lock was opened.
Meng Qingyin opened the door and entered the secret room, which was empty.
Zhang Yan was shocked: "Where is he?"
He paced around the small, cramped room three times, like a cat on a hot tin roof. "Where did they go? They were still here when I left."
Meng Qingyin: "Are you sure this is the room?"
“I’m sure!” Zhang Yan pointed to the bed. “Mont was sitting on that bed back then, with an icy expression, completely ignoring me!”
He then pointed to the corner of the room, "When Old Man Chen brought the mentally challenged man in, I hid in that shadowy spot!"
Meng Qingyin: "It's possible that they were moved away."
Zhang Yan said angrily, "I didn't expect that old dog Chen to be so cunning. He must have seen through my extraordinary abilities, which is why he kept his secret."
Everyone: "..."
Meng Qingyin was speechless and turned to leave the secret room: "Let's see if there are any other rooms here."
Zhang Yan caught up with her: "Hey, you're using me to analyze things..."
The two figures quickly disappeared through the doorway.
Lu Cheng slapped his forehead: "Does Zhang Yan really have a secret? Given his narcissistic personality, how could he possibly keep a secret?"
Qin Jiu feigned profundity: "Don't you understand that you can't judge a book by its cover? Maybe Zhang Yan is deliberately playing dumb to take advantage of someone else."
Lu Cheng wholeheartedly agreed, "What you said makes sense."
Chen Leying: "..."
Fei Qiu was more direct: "You two should stop thinking and hurry up and find someone."
Qin Jiu and Lu Cheng: "..." Who do you think you are?
The two exchanged a glance, then turned away with obvious disgust, refusing to look at each other.
After searching for more than ten minutes, the group found nothing.
Lu Cheng set his sights on the two unconscious guards: "They might know something. Why don't we try waking them up?"
Fei Qiu disagreed: "They're just guards, what could they possibly know?"
Lu Lucheng pulled out a bottle of water. "Let's try it."
After saying that, he poured the mineral water over the head of Guard B.
Guard B immediately snapped back to reality, his face filled with terror as he retreated, crying, "I don't know anything! Please don't kill me!"
Lu Cheng sneered, "You think I'd believe that?"
Guard B broke down: "I really don't know anything! I'm just a nobody guarding the secret room! Why are you making things difficult for someone like me? I'll give you the key, please spare me... Wait, where's my key?"
Lu Cheng knocked him unconscious with a single chop.
Before he fainted, Guard B had a relieved smile on his face.
Lu Cheng acted as if nothing had happened: "How do we find them?"
Fei Qiu quietly distanced herself from him.
"Oh, right, I have a prop!" Zhang Yan suddenly said.
Everyone turned to look at him.
"Location card! It can locate the player's position." Zhang Yan said, taking out a location card.
"With this location card, we can find Grandpa Mental, and then we can follow the clues to find Moner!" Zhang Yan said excitedly.
Meng Qingyin shook her head: "They may not necessarily be locked up together."
Since Chairman Chen has moved Master Meng'er and the spiritual old man to different places, it shows that he is a very cautious person and probably will not keep the two of them in the same place.
"Then let's go save the mentally challenged old man first," Zhang Yan said.
He had barely finished speaking when a group chat notification popped up.
Elderly man: "[Location], help..."
Lu Cheng was shocked: "It's the old man who sent the distress message! We have to go save him right away!"
Fei Qiu grabbed him: "Aren't you afraid it's a trap set by someone?"
Lu Cheng: "Even if it's a trap, we have to go! We were originally planning to go and rescue them, weren't we?"
Meng Qingyin: "Lu Cheng, don't worry. Fei Qiu doesn't mean we shouldn't rescue them, but that we should be prepared before we do. If we rush to rescue them blindly, we don't know if we'll be able to save them, and we might also be in danger."
Lu Cheng calmed down. "That's right, we need to be prepared. We can't let that old dog Chen wipe us out in one fell swoop."
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