absurd deduction game

Chapter 329 Chase and flee!
The ghost sinks the tree.

Uncle Zhang was taken aback, and looked at the pattern carefully again. At first, he didn't believe it, but the more he looked at it, the more he agreed with Master Li's feelings.

"I didn't think of it until you mentioned it, but once you mentioned it...it seems to be true." He had never seen such a powerful ghost tree, but he had heard of it.

According to legend, the ghost tree is a kind of sacred tree that grows in dark places.

There are not many rumors and records about the ghost sinking tree, but every rumor that can be traced involves a great disaster in a certain area.

It seems to itself represent disaster and terror. I heard that the ghost sinking tree will not wither. Even if it is cut off, as long as the wood core is still there, it can still grow after planting.

But every inch of its growth is a nightmare for living people and ghosts.

It will grow for thousands of years, watered by blood, feed on resentment and despair, absorb nutrients from corpses, and then spread out a dead zone that few people can approach.

Wherever its branches and leaves cover, is hell.

Master Li stared at the pattern on the coffin, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that way. Simple patterns cannot arouse human emotions. Most people are afraid of ghosts, they have never seen ghosts before, but they are afraid of such an existence.

After he popularized the story of the ghost sinking tree to everyone, Uncle Zhang continued: "I once found the record of the ghost sinking tree in my great-grandfather's notes, and my great-grandfather wrote in the notes that he met him when he was young. Once a ghost sinks a tree."

"Is it really as in the legend?" Eunika asked impatiently.

"I don't know, the notebook didn't describe the appearance of Ghost Shenshu, it just said..."

Zhang Shuyou sighed, changed his tone, and repeated the original text in the notebook——

"When I hurt my leg, they thought I was dead and didn't wait for me. I fell behind and chased for two days, and saw a tree full of human heads and corpses from a distance. I thought they had already passed here, but I After taking a closer look, I found that they were among the heads of the people on the tree, right at the bottom."

Obviously it was just a straightforward narration, but everyone was terrified when they heard it.

"I fell ill at the first glance. I lay down for two months at home, but my legs didn't heal. Instead, I suffered from heart palpitations. In the middle of the night, I was always awakened by nightmares. In the dream, those heads and eyes were directed at me. Smile at me and call me by my name."

These were all written by Uncle Zhang’s great-grandfather. It has to be said that there were not many people who could write in that era, and even fewer could keep a diary.

"The notes left by my great-grandfather are very valuable. After I inherited them from my father, I often read them and memorized a lot of content." Uncle Zhang said, "Grandpa fell ill after just one glance, and his companions are even more helpless. Once it is spared, the ghost Shenshu is too evil, it cannot be compared with the gatekeeper."

"That is to say, if you can come across it, it's best to avoid it?" Ash was hired and didn't understand the various taboos of tomb robbery.

"What if the secret of resurrection lies on the ghost tree." Master Li murmured, "We've been looking for it for so long, isn't it for this reason?"

Before I came here, I never thought that the secret of Yaodao's resurrection is related to the ghost tree. If the core of the ghost tree is present, it will not die. It does have the power of resurrection.

But it was a whole big tree, and it couldn't be moved, and the wood core was not easy to get. Maybe the person was hanged before touching the wood core.

Too dangerous.

Uncle Zhang is much calmer than Master Li. Since he was a child, he has always been more Buddhist, while Master Li is more competitive.

Uncle Zhang said: "That can't really put your life on the line. Let's see when the time comes. If you go back and get sick, don't think about it. People who are close to it will have no good end. As for the resurrection It’s still not sure if it really exists, if you really find something, find some other way to take it back and study it for a few years, it’s better than staying next to the ghost tree.”

Eunika secretly beeped in her heart: Yaodao is really a strange person, just a tomb, there are gatekeepers and ghosts, and if this is made public, how much research value will it have!

Master Li acquiesced to Uncle Zhang's words, and then shook his head: "Ghost sinking trees grow in dark places, which is extremely evil in the world. This Chongyin Mountain meets the environmental requirements, but I have heard another saying."

Yu Xing finally interrupted: "What's the explanation?" He was enjoying listening to the story. The tree was interesting, and for some reason, he always felt that the tree on the pattern gave him a kind of vague connection. Feel.

It's a bit like the curse power that has been rampant in his body for so many years and disappeared under the suppression of the system during this period of time.

I can't even think about it, it might just be an intuition.

"Ghost sinking trees can still grow on people." Only then did Master Li complete the half sentence just now, and smiled mysteriously, "Some people's hearts are dark and complicated, and ghost sinking trees can grow on people's hearts, and they can also multiply branches. Ye Mao."

Everyone present was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

This is outrageous, the tree grows on an abstract concept, so what shape does the tree have?
Although there is some truth in what he said, it cannot be true. There is a bit of philosophical meaning in this statement, so let's listen to it as an unrealistic fairy tale.

"Having said so much, the ghost Shenshu is not a ghost Shenshu, and we can only meet later. We have to open the coffin first." Ash has a weird accent, but he is always so positive, "Master Li, Uncle Zhang , how to open it?"

Most of the coffins have the same structure, so how can they be opened, not just lift the lid.

But only tomb robbers know how to lift the lid.

"Okay, everyone, get ready. Whoever gets the ghost seal will disperse and run away. When we get to a safe place, we will stop and rest until Carlos regroups us one by one with paper figurines." Master Li didn't talk nonsense anymore. , He exhaled a foul breath, telling himself not to be too excited, and be careful when sailing for thousands of years.

Yu Xing tilted his head to see Master Li put his hands on the coffin.

The inner and outer coffins were pitch black, covered with ashes, and buried under the ashes were twelve coffin nails made of iron.

The coffin nails were already rusted, covered with dense reddish-brown, Master Li started, and Uncle Zhang explained: "These are ghost nails, they must be pressed with these nails, so that the gatekeeper won't break into the tomb if no one breaks into it." There is also an order in which the ghost nails are pulled out. If you haven’t learned Qimen Dunjia, I won’t tell you in detail. Anyway, you are optimistic about this order. The order of nails for each gatekeeper is different. This tomb says Might still be useful.”

Now that he said that, the others concentrated on writing down the sequence of Master Li's actions.

Mr. Li's fingers are hard, and he doesn't need any tools. He can pull out the spike by an inch with his fingers, and then pull out the whole nail with ease.

Fortunately, he didn't know this skill, so he was still a little interested, but unfortunately he had never done tomb robbery before.

The spikes fell to the ground and made a clanging sound. When the last spike was held by Master Li and let it fall freely, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew up, and the coldness penetrated into everyone's clothes from the air.

In an instant, the sky was freezing cold, and the coldness underneath seemed to be exposed from a dormant state, like going back from spring to winter all of a sudden.

Especially this square room is not too big, and there are only four doors for the entrance, once the coolness comes up, it looks like an icehouse.

"Ah cut!" Eunika was freezing, and involuntarily covered her nose and sneezed.

The coffin trembled, and the lid was shaking.

"Be careful, it's coming out!" Master Li drove everyone to the safe path he pointed out just now, getting them ready to escape, and then waited intently by the coffin, waiting for the first time the gatekeeper came out. It's time to get the ghost seal.

Because he was too serious, he didn't notice that two young figures sneaked up on both sides of him, and they could also get the position of the coffin with just a stretch of hand.

"Boom!"

The coffin shook violently, half of the coffin board was lifted off, and a black withered claw protruded from the inside.

Immediately afterwards, the other half was also lifted off, and Yu Xing shortened his body, dodging the coffin boards flying head-on, squinting his eyes to look at the gatekeeper who got up.

This is a big black zombie.

The zombie's face is stiff and wrinkled, just like the wrinkled skin left after dehydration, but no one who looks at it will think that it is weak, only that it must be difficult to deal with.

The zombie was still wearing an ancient robe, but it was a little bigger. It must have been much fatter when it was first put into the coffin by the living piston.

The difference from ordinary zombies is that it has no eyeballs, the eyes are two big black holes, the mouth is open, there are no fangs like zombies, but no teeth at all, only a long tongue comparable to Bai Wuchang .

This makes it look more like a ghost.

Although the coffin board is gone, the gatekeeper is not without restraint. Its limbs are wrapped in thick chains, and the chain ends are connected to the inside of the coffin, with dead buttons embedded, so that the gatekeeper can only sit in the coffin and growl. , It is difficult to move an inch, the hand can only be lifted to the position of the coffin mouth, and the chain will rattle when you move it.

This is the reason why we had to walk the Big Dipper Formation just now. After passing the Big Dipper Formation, the chains of the gatekeepers will not be broken automatically, which can buy them very important time. Brutal giant zombies that fly out to kill.

The gatekeeper has at least reached the state of flying stiff.

Its empty eyes were facing everyone, as if it could see, its mouth was opened wide, its tongue hanging down to its chest, and it let out a terrifying cry that was indescribable.

Uncle Li was in a trance when he heard the cry.

Uncle Zhang moved a little further away, and shouted loudly to remind: "Get the ghost seal first!"

Yes, the imperial ghost seal, where is the imperial ghost seal?
Master Li came back to his senses, his eyes kept scanning the coffin, but he didn't seem to see the bottom of the coffin, it was on the gatekeeper.

But the janitor’s clothes were the highest-spec gowns at that time, layer by layer, ghosts know where the ghost seal is, the chains can’t lock the waking janitor, at most 2 minutes, the janitor can break free from the chain .

Perhaps it is more reliable on jewelry. The ghost seal can be placed on headgear, necklaces, bracelets, and belts. The gatekeepers wear gold on these parts, and the ghost seal is very likely to be hidden inside.

Master Li gathered himself together, intending to take a serious look, then get it in one fell swoop, and run away immediately.

But at this moment, a hand stretched out from his left and right sides, and they all pointed at the head of the gatekeeper.

No, to be precise, it went to the gatekeeper's tongue.

In just a few tenths of a second, the black leather glove on the left reached under the long tongue one step faster, and pulled it out before the janitor bit it down, bringing out a golden sign two fingers wide.

The gatekeeper suddenly rioted, directly tore off a chain, and grabbed the sign with his claws.

Yu Xing withdrew his hand, dodged to the side, and looked at the sign he got leisurely.

The surface of this brand is also covered with a layer of unknown substance, which is unremarkable at first glance, but as soon as Master Li saw this brand, he became excited: "It is it! Get it quickly—"

Get it and run.

Before the word run was uttered, Yu Xing, the owner of the hand holding the sign, had already disappeared.

Master Li looked back and saw that San was already running towards the corridor on the left without looking back. Carlos was chasing after him on the right just now, who also wanted to get the ghost seal from the bottom of his tongue. The two disappeared instantly. Even faster than Uncle Zhang and others who were standing farther away.

Master Li laughed and scolded: "You little bastard runs so fast!"

The gatekeeper roared, and the chains were broken, only the one on the ankle was still holding on.

Master Li, Uncle Zhang, Lin, the man with glasses, Ash, and Eunika all scattered and ran towards the three corridors. Almost instantly, there was no one in the square room. The gatekeeper broke free from all restraints in a second, like a monster. Jumped out of the coffin, dragged its deformed body towards the corridor where Yu Xing left.

Yu Xing entered the passageway and found that the passageway was a labyrinthine passage with many twists and turns, and there were many forks. He curled his lips and randomly chose one of the intersections to enter. After a while, he heard the footsteps of the second person.

He looked back and saw that it was Carlos.

Carlos had to chase after him, because after Yu Xing got the ghost seal just now, the task reminder came.

[After 10 minutes, the person holding the ghost seal will complete the task.Countdown: 9 minutes 21 seconds 32]

[9 minutes 18 seconds 28]

Just know that the deduction of the tomb robbery can't make them really friendly and happy to do the task together!

Since Yu Xing got the ghost seal, the countdown has been advancing, and Carlos should have received this reminder, so, Yu Xing thought, Carlos should try his best to grab the ghost seal within a limited time.

The moment he saw the gatekeeper just now, he had a deep intuition that something was behind his tongue.Because of the premise that a memory was blurred, Yu Xing believed in his intuition very much, because maybe it was the things he experienced during the time he didn't remember that reminded him what to do.

And Carlos was based on the ability of a magician. After looking at the gatekeeper's whole body, Carlos came to the conclusion that the thing was most likely hidden behind the tongue, so Yu Xing took the lead.

Before the two of them could say anything, another footstep chased after them. The footsteps sounded at a long distance, but every time I thought about it, I could hear that the other person was getting closer and closer to them.

"San, the gatekeeper is coming!" Carlos reminded Yu Xing of the priorities.

Yu Xing laughed, there was almost no suspense when the janitor came to chase him. The ghost seal was there with him, and he snatched it in front of the janitor. If the janitor did not chase him, he would chase someone.

There was another intersection ahead, his eyes flashed, and he turned to a side road.

　I want a monthly pass woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
　　
　
(End of this chapter)