Purgatory Artist

  Chapter 170 Tunnel

  A team of snow camels marched slowly in the blizzard.

   Liu Ping said loudly:

   "Uncle Zhasha, how long will it take to get to the border?"

  On the other snow camel, a thin man replied: "Master Paladin, we are almost at the level, look--"

   Liu Ping looked in the direction of his fingers.

  In front is a majestic mountain that can't be seen at a glance. This mountain is like a wall, covering the entire plain strictly.

  A winding path stretches forward, leading to the foot of the mountain.

  At the foot of the mountain, there are several buildings.

"Two people, there is the border post. You have to check your pass, and then you can pass through the mountain through the underground tunnel to the other side of the mountain-that side is the territory of the Kingdom of Ceylon." Guide Zhasha Said.

  "What's the climate over the mountain?" Hua Qingkong asked.

The guide smiled and said loudly: "Two of you, please be prepared. This mountain blocks most of the ice from the Kingdom of Ceylon, so Coldhammer Town can still exist. Once you cross this mountain, the climate will change. Even worse, most people can't live at all."

  The camel team keeps going.

finally.

  The whole team arrived at the guard post.

  Zha Sha went to set up the camel team, and Liu Ping and Hua Qingkong went to verify the pass.

  In the warm office, a potbellied man read the pass carefully and said:

  "Are you from the energy exploration team?"

   "Yes." Hua Qingkong said.

   "Really young." The man said with emotion.

   Liu Ping glanced at his epaulettes and smiled: "So we are just trainee members."

  ——The opponent is a major.

  I am afraid that he is the highest-ranking officer in this post.

"Get to know, I am Major Bart who is in charge of the post here," the major put down his pass and cleared his throat: "That's it. Two mineral deposits have been found in the underground tunnel. I hope you can help me to investigate. Make a record."

  While talking, he placed two passes next to Zhang Zi, and continued:

  "It won’t take much time. As soon as I come back, I will stamp your pass and give you some self-defense things-what do you think?"

  Liu Ping and Hua Qingkong looked at each other.

  If it's just for recording, of course there is no problem.

  It is said that the exploration of minerals also needs to be recorded by a profession like them, and reported to it, and then people will be sent to carry out the next step.

   "Yes." Hua Qingkong Road.

Major    said: "Then it's settled."

  He stood up and walked outside with the two of them.

  Liu Ping looked around for a week, and suddenly found a marching chess on the other side of the desk.

  This is a very popular game in the army.

   "Huh? Major Bart, do you also play marching chess?" Liu Ping said with interest.

Major Bart did not expect that he would ask such a question, he was taken aback, and responded: "In places like the border, there is no decent entertainment at all. Playing chess is a good way to pass the time-well, let's hurry up. Look at those mineral deposits."

  He took the two of them out of the room.

  ……

  Underground tunnel.

  Every 100 meters, there is a dim light illuminating the spacious tunnel.

   "Strange, this tunnel is not mentioned in the book."

  Liuping Road.

  "This tunnel existed a long time ago. As the empire's territory continued to spread, it was discovered and not dug by our people." Major Bart said.

   "It turns out that it was not a merit of the empire, so it's no wonder that I didn't write it." Liu Ping said in relief.

  The ground is covered with neat little stones, which are quite solid to step on.

   Liu Ping squatted down and touched.

   "Qinglan Stone." He whispered.

   "Yes, this stone is very good for paving roads, and the roadbed below is also very strong, so we don't need to worry about it." Major Bart said.

  Liuping looked around again.

  On the rock walls on both sides, some residual colors and outlines of objects are occasionally visible. At first glance, they are murals from a long time ago, but they have been eroded by a long time, and now they are completely invisible.

  He stepped forward and touched, and sighed:

  "Extremely advanced mural painting skills. If nothing happens, I would really like to stay here for a while."

  "Do you still know this? I remember you were prospectors." The major asked.

   "Ah, when I was alive, I was an artist—in certain fields." Liu Ping admired the mutilated mural and said casually.

   Hua Qingtian interjected: "Does this tunnel lead to the Kingdom of Ceylon?"

   "Yes." said the major.

  "Such a tunnel is very necessary for historical research. Why is there no one here and there is no decent record?" Liu Ping asked strangely.

  Major shrugged and said: "I don't know, we just guard here, who knows what we think above."

  After walking for a while, there was a fork in the road ahead.

   "Look, there are five passages here. The mineral deposits we discovered are in two of the tunnels. You need to go and record them separately."

  The major waved his hand, and a group of soldiers following by his side walked out.

  "Ms. Hua, they will take you to one of the tunnels; Mr. Liu will come with me, and we will go to the other side." The major commanded.

  Hua Qingkong glanced at Liu Ping.

  Yiuping nodded.

   "Okay." Hua Qingkong said.

  She followed the soldiers towards one of the tunnels.

  Liu Ping and Major are left in the same place.

   "Let's go the other side." The major said.

"it is good."

  The two of them walked into another tunnel under the dim light.

   rustle...

  The tunnel is very quiet, only the footsteps of two people can be heard.

   walked for a while.

Major    stopped, pointed to a collapsed wall in front of him and said: "The mine was discovered from there."

  Liu Ping looked over, and saw that the wall had been crushed, exposing a large chunk of rock behind.

   "Is that the stones?"

"Yes."

   "Very good, I'll go and see." Liu Ping said cheerfully.

  He was about to walk forward, but suddenly stopped and said:

   "Major Bart, I also like to play marching chess, and I had a third place match in school. When we have time, let's compete?"

   "Haha, you can, if you are not in a hurry, you can play a few games with me tonight." The major laughed.

  "Wait for us to come back, let's learn from each other when the time comes." Liu Ping said.

   "No problem! Now, please record the situation of these ore first." The major said.

"certainly."

  Liu Ping walked forward step by step.

  Behind him, the smile on the major's face gradually faded, and he reached out his hand and gave it lightly.

  A card appears in the major’s hand.

  The major took a look at the card and threw it away.

   "Goodbye, knight."

  The card turned into a fire, rushed out, and slammed into Liu Ping's back.

  Boom!

  The firelight hadn't touched him, it seemed as if it was blocked by something, and it spread out and disappeared.

   Liu Ping slowly turned around and said with a smile: "Major, I just noticed that here are some ordinary rocks, there is no need to record."

  Major Bart's face darkened, and he shouted in a low voice: "This is impossible, you obviously have no defense!"

   Liu Ping said: “There are actually many things in the world that we have not seen before. There is no need to make a fuss.”

  In the void, rows of burning small prints have already stayed there:

  "You sent a battle invitation to Major Bart:'When we have time, let's compete.'"

  "The other party's answer was:'Haha, yes, yes.'"

   "The condition has been met."

  "As a prison knight, this battle has entered your exclusive battle mode: Soul Gambling."

  "The soul of the loser will belong to the winner."

  All the small prints disappeared in a flash.

  Lines of new burning small characters quickly surfaced:

   "The opponent's spell card attacked you."

   "The attack failed."

  "In the current soul gambling mode, the opponent must defeat all of your cards before they can cause damage to you."

  "—Just like the bartender who fought with you back then."

  Liu Ping didn’t look at these prompts at all, just stared at Major Bart and said:

   "As an imperial soldier, did you also join that cult? Tsk, it seems that this time it's a big deal."

  Before him, three half-human, half-worm monsters quietly emerged.

  Major Bart showed regret and shook his head: "Isn't it good to die simply?"

   "I would feel very embarrassed to be killed by a sneak attack." Liu Ping said.

  Major Bart took two steps back and said in a low voice:

   "Give me strength!"

  A card quietly appeared above his head.

  This is a card that Liuping has never seen before.

  The infinite black light appeared on the card, so that it was impossible to see what was painted on it.

   "Then, then you will only see true despair." Major Bart said.

  The card turned into a black mist, rushing towards the next, completely covering the major.

  Boom——

  A large area of ​​black fog obscured the tunnel.

  The next moment.

  A rickety bone hand stretched out from the black mist and swiped it lightly.

Snapped! Snapped! Snapped!

  Three crisp sounds.

  The three bugs that stood in front of Liu Ping are killed instantly.

  At a critical moment, a white glow suddenly appeared, and he waved forward with force——

when!

   A violent clash sounded.

  Zhao Chanyi showed her figure~www.readwn.com~, blocking Liu Ping behind her, and shouted in a low voice: "Be careful, it's very strong!"

  Liu Ping looked over her arm.

  Only one fight, Zhao Chanyi's white and slender fingers had already broken a hole.

  Blood gurgled out.

  Looking at the three insects, I saw bursts of flames burning on their bodies, and they were all burnt in an instant.

  Liu Ping's expression changed, and he drew out three cards at random.

  I saw that the three bugs on the card were gradually disappearing, and the card also turned into powder and scattered from his hand.

  A line of burning small characters emerged:

   "You completely lost three cards: the cemetery corpse."

one strike!

   Kill three level 11 corpses in one hit!

  What a strength this is!

  In the black fog, a weird voice sounded:

   "I said, from now on, you will only feel despair."

  (End of this chapter)