Book 3: Chapter

Book 3: Chapter

Fatty! I shouted as I looked at Ping Lians reflection. When I heard Fattys answering call, I said, "Theres a situation."

"You can deal with it," Fattys voice said from further inside the tunnel. "I have something to do."

I looked at the face in the water and saw those eyes looking at me coldly. "Cant you just come over here?" I called out again.

"Mr. Nave, its time to grow up. Youll have to eat and shit by yourself sooner or later."

"Please, Fatty." I was a little desperate because I felt that Ping Lian wasnt drinking as much water now and the face in the reflection was starting to show a vicious expression.

Fatty finally came over but paused when he saw Ping Lian. I directed his attention to the reflection in the water.

Fatty squinted at it and then immediately pulled me back. We were both feeling a little scared and held onto each other. "Why is your Uncle Twos face appearing on a dog?" Fatty asked.

That face really did resemble my Uncle Two, but it definitely wasnt; otherwise, it could only be explained as another kind of metaphysics. Plus, there was no way that ferocious expression could be made by a humans facial muscles.

Ping Lian slowly stopped drinking and looked up at me. At this time, the face in the waters reflection was showing an extremely ferocious expression. Then, I saw that face's mouth move and form a word.

Of course, Ping Lian by the waters edge didnt speak and just looked at us, but the face and mouth below were moving. We just couldnt hear any sound. Fatty reached for his knife at the same time that I started to reach for my own knife with my left hand.

I used my right hand to grip Fatty as I stared at that face without showing any fear.Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

Finally, after the face and I stared at each other for a few minutes, Ping Lian turned and left the pool. But when he ran directly out of the hole, I noticed a strange sightPing Lian had left, but the face in the waters reflection didnt move at all. In fact, it was still in the same position.

I imitated the pronunciation of the words I thought that face had said and came up with the following words that sounded similar: broadcast, beat, kindness, and exterminate.(1)

Fatty asked me what it meant, but I just shook my head. The frustration in my heart had reached its limit: how many obstacles could be caused by not understanding a civilization and culture? I couldnt even conduct effective reasoning here.

After that, I kept watch and thought about all of the clues as I waited for Poker-Face to return. Unfortunately, I didn't make any progress and Poker-Face didn't get anything, either. As it turned out, the gap led to a dead end. The rest of the gap had collapsed completely, so he didn't dare go any further.

After discussing it, we felt that the layers of soil here had been specially treated and were prone to collapse. This was especially true for the excavated grave robbers' tunnels, which could only last for a short time. If this mountain was really packed earth, then it was probably the most annoying situation we could encounter.

There was a time limit when it came to the structural integrity of these grave robbers' tunnels because the soil here was like sheep intestines. In other words, when the grave robbers' tunnel was excavated halfway, the first excavated part would collapse and the exit would be blocked. Your only option would be to continue digging down to reach the underground palace.

After arriving at the underground palace, you could then use the air there and dig your way back. But it was still the same situation. The grave robbers' tunnel would continue to collapse, so youd have to keep moving forward without stopping.

This was a very special craft, which enabled the underground palace to naturally be closed off after it was robbed. It was also extremely demanding for the craftsman making the holes, because there could be no mistakes when it came to physical strength or positioning ability.

We had adequate experience, but I wasnt confident at all. I not only understood what those large grave robbers' tunnels meant, but I also knew that there were a lot of corpses in those countless small grave robbers' tunnels nearby. They were the bodies of those who didnt reach the underground palace and died halfway.

I thought of Shen Qianjue again and began to realize what information she had been hiding from us.

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TN Notes:

(1) b ()=broadcast; d ()=hit; c ()=kindness; mi ()=exterminate