During the investigation, Qi Guze also discovered that the maids' martial arts skills seemed to be extremely high, something that ordinary maids could not possess.
This made him even more puzzled: who exactly was behind this?
In the days that followed, Qi Guze continued to secretly investigate the identities and backgrounds of those maids.
He always felt that the person behind this was hiding very well, so it would take some time and effort to find clues.
However, at that moment, another incident occurred. A maid in the kitchen suddenly disappeared, leaving behind only some bloodstains and a hidden door.
"What's going on?" Qi Guze asked, looking at the hidden door. "Has that person reappeared?"
Xu Yuehuai also went over to take a look. "It looks like a trapdoor. Aze, should we go in and take a look?"
"Of course we have to go in and take a look," Qi Guze said. "There's definitely something fishy going on behind this. We have to find out the truth."
With that, he led the way inside.
Xu Yuehuai followed behind him, proceeding cautiously. After walking for a long time, they arrived at a basement.
It was very dark and damp, and the air was filled with an unpleasant smell. "Where is this place?" Xu Yuehuai asked. "How come there's a basement like this?"
"I don't know either," Qi Guze said, "but there's definitely something wrong here, we need to be careful."
They continued deeper into the basement, only to find it becoming increasingly eerie and terrifying.
There was disgusting liquid flowing on the surrounding walls, which looked extremely gruesome.
Xu Yuehuai also felt that this place was very strange. "Aze, let's go back. This place is too scary."
But just then, a cold wind suddenly blew in, making them all shiver. Then, faces appeared on the surrounding walls, faces that were extremely ferocious and terrifying.
Some puppets emerged from underground and floated in the air.
"These are all traps!"
Xu Yuehuai exclaimed, "We need to get out of here right now!"
Qi Guze also realized the danger, and they turned to leave.
However, the puppets blocked their way, preventing them from leaving.
"What should we do?" Xu Yuehuai asked. "We need to think of a way to get out of here quickly."
Qi Guze thought for a moment, "These puppets don't seem very powerful. We can try to defeat them."
With that, he drew his long sword and charged toward the puppets.
However, these puppets seemed unafraid of his sword energy, remaining suspended in the air and continuing to attack him.
Qi Guze felt that these puppets were extremely cunning and difficult to deal with, and his sword energy seemed to have no effect on them.
This made him extremely anxious and helpless. Xu Yuehuai also drew the dagger from his waist and rushed towards the puppets.
However, the puppets seemed unafraid of her dagger, remaining suspended in the air and continuing to attack her.
She found the puppets utterly disgusting and terrifying, and she wanted to leave this horrible place as soon as possible.
During the fight, Qi Guze and Xu Yuehuai also discovered that these puppets did not seem to be physical entities, but were being controlled by some kind of terrifying force.
This made them even more confused: who was behind this? And why did they hate them so much?
Why did we bring them into this godforsaken place?
However, at this moment, Qi Guze seemed to remember something, and his face turned pale.
"Aze, what's wrong?" Xu Yuehuai was stunned when she saw his appearance. "Why do you look so pale?"
"I'm fine." Qi Guze took a deep breath. "I just suddenly feel a little unwell."
Xu Yuehuai knew he must have remembered something, so she didn't press him further.
At this moment, the puppets seemed to sense the abnormality between them, and their attacks became even more ferocious.
Qi Guze and Xu Yuehuai felt they were struggling to cope, as if they might be defeated by these puppets at any moment.
But at that moment, a dark figure suddenly rushed out from the shadows and cleaved one of the puppets in two with a single stroke. Then, with another stroke, it cleaved the other puppet in two.
The dark figure seemed extremely powerful, defeating the puppets with a single strike.
"Who?" Qi Guze and Xu Yuehuai were both stunned. "Someone actually came to rescue us?"
However, at that moment, the dark figure had already arrived in front of them and removed its mask.
"It's you?" Qi Guze was stunned. This person was actually the masked man who saved him last time.
"Are you alright?" the masked man asked them. "I just happened to be passing by and heard some noise, so I came to check it out."
"Thank you," Xu Yuehuai said, looking at him. "If it weren't for you, we would probably be in danger."
"It's nothing," the masked man said. "I just did what I could."
Qi Guze looked at him gratefully, "You saved me twice, and I haven't properly thanked you yet."
"No need to be so polite," the masked man said. "As long as you're safe, that's all that matters." Then he glanced around at the surroundings. "This place is very strange and dangerous. You'd better leave quickly."
Qi Guze and Xu Yuehuai also felt that the place was very strange and terrifying, so they left with him.
During the departure, Qi Guze also discovered that the masked man's martial arts skills seemed to be extremely high, and he did not seem to be an ordinary person.
However, just as they were about to leave, the ground suddenly shook, and many stones fell around them.
"Oh no, watch out!"
Qi Guze grabbed Xu Yuehuai and pulled her aside.
The masked man also noticed something was wrong and quickly retreated, avoiding the falling rocks.
"What's going on?" Xu Yuehuai exclaimed, as the entire underground space seemed to be trembling.
"This place is going to collapse, run!" Qi Guze shouted, hugging Xu Yuehuai tightly as they ran towards the exit.
The masked man followed closely behind, and the three of them, with all their might, finally managed to escape from the basement at the last moment.
"Boom!" Shortly after they left, the entire basement collapsed completely and was sealed off.
"That was close," Xu Yuehuai said, still shaken. "I never imagined it would be so dangerous here."
"Yes," Qi Guze sighed, "we weren't careful enough."
The masked man sighed, "This place is very well hidden. If we hadn't just happened to be passing by, you would have been in danger."
Qi Guze looked at him gratefully, "Thank you. If it weren't for you, we would probably be in danger this time."
"No need to be so polite," the masked man said. "Now that you are safe, I'll be taking my leave."
With that, he turned and left. Qi Guze and Xu Yuehuai watched his retreating figure, knowing that he would definitely come back to help them again.
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