The huge noise from the stone door was still ringing. Yunwen and I were at a loss for what to do. We wanted to run away and hide immediately, but we thought that if we left and attracted the Wutu people, they might think that those poor people did it themselves, and would be furious and start killing them. This was not our intention, so we both decided to stay and help them, and not run away in fear.

Finally, the door was fully opened. I paid attention to the mechanism on the cave wall. When the door was fully opened, a new protruding square pillar would appear on the cave wall. Although I don't know the operating principle, I think that the door opened and the protruding stone pillar changed at the same time, and when the cave entrance was fully opened, the stone pillar also stopped changing. This means that if we come out later and want to close the door, we should be able to close it completely by pressing the stone pillar.

After roughly understanding the routine, we were not afraid of the door closing by itself, so we entered the cave. After entering, there was a lot of stench inside, and there were some candles lit on the surrounding stone walls, which were obviously the way the fishman cream was used to light fires. We covered our noses and continued to move forward, and gradually we were frightened by the situation inside. It turned out that the scene just now was just the tip of the iceberg. There were many such people living here. When they saw us, they were all at a loss and hid in the corner.

There are many such houses here, which basically serve as prisons. I don't know who left this cave, but I can be sure that the iron prison craftsmanship is definitely not something that the current level of civilization of the Wutu people can produce. After all, I have seen the iron shoes they forged for themselves, and they were all very crudely made, barely considered iron boots, which are completely different from this prison made of pure black iron, which is regular and hard.

Moreover, each cell here is equipped with chains and iron locks. The locks are Guang locks, which are the same type of locks used to lock prisoners in the Qing Dynasty that are often seen in TV dramas. However, I heard that most of the locks in the Qing Dynasty were imitations of those in the Ming Dynasty, so it is unclear whether the locks are from the Qing Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty. It is definitely a high-end thing, a craftsmanship that those old-fashioned people of the Wutu tribe cannot produce. But even if they cannot produce it, they know how to use it. Otherwise, how could they get those people locked up in there out?

"How come there are traces of the Ming Dynasty on Xi Island?" Yunwen couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know either, but now is not the time for us to think about these things. We have to find a way to free them. We should act quickly before the Wutu people arrive." I said.

Yunwen nodded. There was fire here, so there was no need for us to use the Golden Que Sword. Through the fire, we could also see those humble and fearful faces. There were about fifteen or sixteen cells, and each cell had about six or seven people crowded in it. They were skinny, with broken limbs, and fearful eyes, worse than animals. The ground was full of lumps of strange materials, probably bran or something edible for humans mixed with some insects. Most of the stench came from those things.

Yunwen approached a cage, which was the one where a baby was crying. She squatted down and said two words to the baby's mother that I couldn't understand. She could speak the language of all things, and through a certain frequency change, the tone could be heard by the other party. Soon, the woman responded, timidly at first, then gradually strongly, and finally reached an extremely excited level. She screamed heart-wrenchingly, with tears streaming down her face.

As things happened here, people in all the surrounding cells began to gather here and started talking to Yunwen in a babble. They went from being afraid to gradually talking more and more until they completely trusted her.

I was afraid that we wouldn’t have enough time and would chat endlessly, so I quickly patted Yunwen on the shoulder and said, “What did they say?”

Yunwen sighed and said, "Most of them were complaining. When they heard me say we would rescue them, they said they would thank us. One of the women asked me if I was infected by the devil flies. I said yes, and she told me that if I let them out, she would help me find an antidote. This mountain was originally the home of the Kunke tribe, but it was occupied by a group of dwarves who suddenly came. They became prisoners and could not even be considered slaves."

"You mean, they can help us find the medicine?" I asked.

Yunwen nodded and said, "It should be."

"Okay, here's my plan. You can tell them about it later. After you help them open the lock, don't panic. Everyone follow me and hide behind the mountain. We'll wait for those Wutu people to come up and enter the cave. Then we'll close the stone door. This way we can hold out for a while so we can quickly escape from here. If we fight hard, they have skin as hard as iron and bodies as strong as steel. They are not afraid of fire or swords. One of them will kill ten of them. And everyone here is sick and disabled. It's definitely a dead end. After you let us out, we must listen to my arrangements." I said.

Yunwen translated for me and they said something. The Kunks immediately shouted in unison. I could understand it without translation. They must be saying "agree" and "OK". So I started to think of ways to unlock them. Unfortunately Yingchun was not there. She was an expert at unlocking locks. Now I could only try to see if the key was nearby.

But just as I was about to leave, the door lock opened with a click. Yunwen took the lock off naturally and threw it on the ground. I slapped my forehead and sighed. Then I realized, damn, this is the ability of Lingdiao. Through "authorization", the door lock opened automatically. I had forgotten about Yunwen's magical power of Yangshenmu.

The Kunks were stunned. They had never thought that the rock-solid lock that had trapped them for so long could be opened so easily. The lock that locked their lives and dignity could be opened just like that!

They were unable to react for a moment. After all, they had been in darkness for many years. I don’t know how long, but judging from the number of human bones in the Wutu tribe and the fact that there were no elderly people here, I guessed that those who survived were probably locked up here since they were babies. Now they all looked like young adults. Based on this, it can be estimated that it must have been more than ten years.

For more than ten years, they have been trapped underground, without light, like grass, living worse than animals. This is how they have survived their days. But now the lock that controls their life and death has been opened. Whoever it is will be stunned for a long time.

However, now is not the time to let them be dazed, I quickly shouted: "Come out!"

Yunwen translated for me. Among those who opened the first cell, one or two began to try to cross the iron cage. Suddenly, cheers broke out one after another, and they all started to rush out. I pulled Yunwen away to avoid being knocked down by the crowd. Then I shouted for silence and knocked on the cell. They regarded us as gods and naturally listened to our orders.

Yunwen and I opened the doors one by one, and basically let all the people inside out. However, there was one room that didn't need to be opened. There was no one inside, and there was a hole dug on the ground. All the Kunke people couldn't help but feel a chill when they saw this place, but I knew it without them explaining.

Not long ago, Yunwen and I heard the sound of digging the ground, which should have come from here. There were traces of blood near the pit, which shows that those skinless monkeys were coming here to drag people to eat. In addition, the Kunke people hanging on the ghost vine tree outside must have been thinking of running out of the dug hole, but ended up falling on the ghost vine tree.

"It's said that he was kidnapped by a thing called an earth ghost. That's how it should be translated. The earth ghost is an ominous creature." Yunwen translated for them.

"Ghosts on the ground? It seems like there really are monsters and demons out there. Forget it, don't worry about it. Tell them to follow me and go up the hillside first. Once we get up there, no one is allowed to make a sound." I said.

Yunwen said that those people all spoke in the same tone.

I took them out of the cave, but just as we were leaving the cave, I heard a sound coming from the other direction of the mountain. It should be the Wutu people coming. After all, for some reason, they had to wear iron boots wherever they went, so the sound was particularly loud. It sounded like they were not far away. It seemed that trouble came as soon as we got out of the cave.

What's even more troublesome is that originally the Kunke people had understood Yunwen's words and were following me according to my instructions, but now they are all in chaos. Some of them were so scared that they wanted to hide and run back into the cage. I really can't lead them!

The situation has become even more embarrassing. Not only does it affect them, but it also affects the safety of Yunwen and me.