Crossing the wilderness to survive, starting with a broken kitchen knife

�\\E�\u0026 When Mr. An saw Zhang Shi and the others decided to go down to the crypt, he returned to the soul-binding bell and let out the light all over his body. The bell is like a golden lamp, extremely bright even in the daytime.

"Okay, stay within my light range to protect you from being possessed by spirits."

Zhang Shi hung the bell on his chest and said to everyone.

"Everyone, get ready for battle. Huo Xiuxiu should have escaped by now. If you want to go back, you have to fight her."

Everyone took out their weapons, gathered next to Zhang Shi, and entered the crypt again.

The dim tunnel was extremely brightly illuminated by the light from the bell. Zhao Feng became brave and muttered as he walked.

"This place is really evil. I didn't gain anything. I almost lost my life. If I were asked to come here again, I wouldn't come."

Ge Dalong was the organizer who planned this expedition, and he felt a little guilty after hearing this.

"This exploration is all my fault. I didn't correctly judge the strength of the dungeon and monsters, which put everyone in danger."

Zhao Feng felt that he had said the wrong thing and quickly put his arms around Ge Dalong's shoulders.

"Hey, Lao Ge, don't worry too much. I don't mean to blame you. It's all because of this poor copy. It's poor and difficult. If you really feel bad about it, just call your brothers next time there is a similar scroll."

Ge Dalong patted Zhao Feng's hand, smiled and nodded.

"Silence!"

An Ye's voice came from the bell, and the four of them immediately clenched their weapons and were on guard.

Zhang Shi walked in the front, activated his concentration, looked forward, and found two sludge monsters wandering aimlessly in the passage, seemingly patrolling.

Zhang Shi winked at several people. Everyone understood and used their own methods to easily deal with the two sludge monsters.

"As soon as this monster dies, Huo Linjian should know that we are coming. Everyone, be careful not to be attacked by it."

"It doesn't matter. As long as I'm here, no one can do anything under my nose."

An Ye is quite confident in his own strength, but Zhang Shi doesn't trust this strange old man very much.

The four of them continued to go deeper and soon arrived at the place where the altar was.

Zhang Shi glanced at the relics scattered on the ground, and found Zhao Feng's fingerprints on them.

"Hey, I lost consciousness here before. I was touching gold when suddenly everything went dark and I didn't know anything."

Zhao Feng pointed at the area and described it vividly.

Zhang Shi looked at the clean ground and his heart tightened, but he didn't show it on his face. He called everyone to go to the secret room.

The four of them groped in carefully, only to find that there was no one inside. It seemed that Huo Xiuxiu and his wife had already left.

"What's going on, Mr. An, look and see if there's anything wrong."

"Nothing strange, Xiuxiu must have left."

An Ye made a very firm judgment.

After Zhang Shi heard this, he led everyone away. When passing by the altar, he took another casual glance and made sure that the place where Zhao Feng disappeared was clean. He suddenly remembered the description of the dungeon scroll and rummaged through the team chat records.

After a while, Zhang Shi suddenly became enlightened.

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The four of them returned to the ground. Zhao Feng yawned and looked at the time and found that it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.

"Hey, I don't know what's going on. I feel so tired. It may be caused by the possessed soul, and my body has become weak."

Zhang Shi took off the soul-binding bell, held Lao Duan in his other hand, and looked at everyone with a smile.

"It's normal to feel tired. Are you all tired?"

Wu Qing and Ge Dalong looked at each other and nodded.

"That's right. In fact, it has been 15 hours since we opened the dungeon."

Ge Dalong looked at Zhang Shi suspiciously and asked doubtfully.

"Zhang Shi, you were pulled into the 'past' and spent twice as much time as we did. But we only exist in this time and space and have not experienced changes."

Zhang Shi shook his head and pointed at the soul-binding bell.

"You have to ask Mr. An about all this. Even now, the four of us are in the illusion he arranged."

An Ye remained silent and said nothing. Seeing this, Zhang Shi continued to talk to himself.

"After Zhao Feng disappeared, I left a mark on the spot. You didn't know about this before I met you, so when you passed the altar just now, the ground was clean and there was no mark I left. "

Wu Qing activated the Ancestral Staff and asked.

"But isn't he going to leave this village with us? What's the point of creating an illusion to deceive us?"

Zhang Shi gently shook the soul-binding bell and continued.

"Of course we don't dare to let us see Huo Xiuxiu. If we meet her, all the bad things Mr. An has done will be exposed."

Ge Dalong interrupted.

"It's still wrong. Even so, there's no point in dragging Mr. An on. We won't get the soul-breaking bell, and he will be trapped and unable to leave here."

Zhang Shi raised his arm and shook the watch on his wrist.

"Have you forgotten that when we used the scroll, we were reminded that this copy has a time limit. I think, even if we do nothing, in another hour, we will be forcibly teleported back to the wilderness world."

Ge Dalong suddenly realized it, then raised his wand and stared at the soul-binding bell.

"So, Mr. An already knew that we would be teleported back, and created the illusion to delay time."

Zhang Shi nodded and added.

"Actually, we have fallen into an illusion unknowingly and even ignored the flow of time. But our bodies will not be deceived. After such a long period of high-intensity action, we will more or less feel some Tired."

An Ye was silent for a long time, then took the initiative to appear, clapped his hands, and said to Zhang Shi appreciatively.

"You guessed most of them right, but what really exposed my weakness was your kitchen knife. It's extraordinary."

Zhang Shi placed Lao Duan across the bell and said coldly.

"Now that everything has been discovered, stop pretending."

An Ye waved his hand in a very cooperative manner, and the scene in front of the four of them shattered like glass shards. The originally gloomy sky suddenly became darker, and only the golden light emitted by An Ye illuminated the surroundings.

After leaving the illusion, Zhao Feng pointed angrily at Mr. An and cursed.

"You old man, you are so shameless. You dare to plot against us secretly. Just stay in this village for the rest of your life."

Mr. An shook his head and said confidently.

"I'm not the only one targeting you. Compared to them, my purpose is simpler. At critical moments, I can even protect you. You have nothing to lose by taking me away."

Zhao Feng also wanted to quarrel with An Ye, but was stopped by Zhang Shi.

"What do you mean? Who else is targeting us? Tell us clearly."

Mr. An also kept talking and pointed in the direction of the ancestral hall.

"That black tiger has been guarding the ancestral hall for countless years. Over the years, no soul has dared to approach the ancestral hall. What do you think it relies on?"

"I was supposed to stay in the underground palace of the ancestral hall, but I appeared inexplicably in the crypt under Huo Youming's tomb, and was used as a magical weapon to suppress Huo Xiuxiu. Who do you think did it?"

"Now that Huo Xiuxiu is out of trouble, she has been trapped in the underground palace for many years. She is bound to seek revenge. Without my protection, just the four of you still want to survive in their hands? Hmph, what a wishful thinking!"