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Chapter 459: The Triple Door (asking for monthly ticket)

Xu Shu now holds a very important position in everyone's hearts.

Whether it was killing a late-stage third-stage great shark with one punch, or riding a mermaid to fight three sword-wielding angels alone, all of them demonstrated his strength and bravery.

And every move of the strong will be respected.

Even actions that seem to have no meaning can be interpreted in many different ways.

Therefore, as soon as he opened his mouth, the others stopped and looked at the only master on the human list in the team as they knew.

They stared quietly with eyes that were either gentle, nervous, or looking around.

Lu Bingwei remained calm, looked around, and looked at everyone one by one.

Brush brush!
Everyone looked away consciously, pretending nothing had happened.

Finally, Lu Bingwei turned her gaze to Xu Shu and said coldly, "I feel like you are making things difficult for me. Did you use the thunder talisman to blast you before you hold a grudge against me? I... didn't do it on purpose. I thought you wouldn't get hurt."

what?
What are they talking about?
What thunder talisman, what injury?
Aren’t we talking about what happened under the church?
How do you feel like there's some revelation?
As soon as these words were spoken, the people around them pricked up their ears and paid close attention while pretending nothing had happened.

Xu Shu was stunned for a moment before realizing that the other party had misunderstood what he meant.

In order to ensure that everyone in the team could be of one mind, he changed his words and said, "Senior Sister Lu misunderstood. I am really asking for your opinion. You are the only one who has experience in exploring the Mother Goddess Church. You have also seen that even the gatekeepers are so strong. There may be dangers down there. What do you think our chances of success are?"

"Really? If you want to know how dangerous it is, you should ask the butcher." Master Lu, who was calm, did not answer directly, but glanced at Ning Xin behind him.

"That makes sense." Xu Shu looked in the direction Lu Bingwei was looking at thoughtfully.

Ning Xin was also wearing a Taoist robe, and at first glance, he and Lu Bingwei seemed to be from the same school.

The difference is that the curve of her chest is too bulging and seems to be about to burst out, which destroys the Taoist temperament of simplicity and abstinence.

Seeing that everyone quickly focused their attention on him, Ning Xin looked a little embarrassed and said helplessly: "Sorry... Actually, when I entered the cathedral outside, my 'bloodthirstiness' was suppressed and almost ineffective. Uh, I told you this a long time ago."

As she spoke, she looked at Lord Grim for help, and at her six teammates.

Gu Pan raised his eyebrows and said, "That's true, but I forgot to tell you."

"Oh, I see." Xu Shu nodded. He was not surprised by this situation. Instead, he felt it was reasonable.

If not for this, we wouldn't have been attacked by that giant shark for no apparent reason just now.

Although the monster had a little talent for stealth, Ning Xin should have been able to sense its approximate location before launching a sneak attack.

But the result was that it was not until the land shark launched an attack that everyone reacted, and as a result, Ning Xin's brother Ning Ze was almost swallowed.

It can be seen that what Ning Xin said is true. In this place, she really cannot "seek good fortune and avoid danger" like she can outside.

However, when she said that it would be invalid if one entered the church, did she mean the church compound outside after dark?
It was able to suppress the bloodthirsty perception of the "Butcher". It seemed that this "Dark Mother Cathedral" was truly extraordinary. I had to keep this in mind. I couldn't rely on the Butcher's perception and early warning for everything...

While Xu Shu was thinking, he saw Lu Bingwei take a few steps forward.

She took the lead and walked towards the spiral downward stairs. She stood there for a while, breathing the cold wind in the dark, sniffing the air for a while with her nostrils flapping.

After a moment, the cold "Heavenly Master" squeezed his palms and turned around to look at everyone: "The room corresponding to the key is the only one, and this is my first time entering here. But to be honest, there are four third-level late-stage evil spirits guarding the entrance. I am not sure what is down there..."

At this point, Lu Bingwei suddenly paused, then said hesitantly, "My suggestion is that if everyone feels that the situation is impossible, we should retreat first."

"retreat?"

After hearing this, Xu Shu's heart moved slightly and he began to think seriously about this proposal.

But the others shook their heads.

"If we leave now, won't the key be wasted?" Ning Ze said, scratching his head which had become intact.

Ms. Xifa and Shen Chongyang, who had been silent the whole time, also said, "The path to transcendence is like sailing against the current. How can anything be absolutely safe?"

"It has come to this, how can we be willing to retreat?"

Huang Lili tried to smooth things over: "Don't worry, the few powerful guards just now may be the last line of defense. I think everyone should be more careful and cautious from now on, but there is no need to underestimate ourselves. With our strength, we may be able to find out what's going on, right?"

She is obviously supposed to be an "evil apostle" with rampant desires, but she always looks like a timid cute girl who needs to be protected, which does alleviate some of the mental fatigue among the crowd.

Several people were talking to each other, and it was obvious that although they were afraid of this place, they were unwilling to give up the treasures and opportunities that were right in front of them.

After all, the four people including Xu Shu joined the team for technical reasons. They just need to work hard and have no investment in essence. They have the mentality that if they succeed, it would be the best, but if they fail, it doesn't matter.

But for them, it meant paying a "trigger" worth tens of thousands of contribution points.

If you give up halfway through the exploration, the church will not return the used silver key to you!
Such a huge sunk cost has been invested, but there is still no gain so far. Who would be willing to leave with nothing?
However, even if I have no sunk costs, I cannot retreat.

As the old saying goes, you won't cry until you see the coffin, and you won't turn back until you hit the wall... At most, you can be careful, and when you really encounter irresistible danger, you can just run away quickly. But who can say that you have a mountain of treasure right in front of you and not be tempted at all?

Xu Shu thought quite calmly.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Lu Bingwei raised the corners of her mouth slightly, then raised her smooth chin to Xu Shu and made an expression with her lips pointed.

"What do you mean?" Xu Shu was suddenly stunned.

"You and I are the strongest here. I will be responsible for covering the rear, and you will lead the way, Xu Longxiang." Lu Bingwei said.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone turned their eyes to Xu Shu and nodded in agreement.

Then they followed Gu Yueming's example, lined up in a row, and followed Xu Shu.

This even includes Ning Ze, who is also a "Dragon Elephant".

Only Xie Xiaochan and Gu Pan looked at Lu Bingwei with eyes that were not very friendly.

However, the reasons for their displeasure seemed to be different.

Xie Xiaochan casually pulled out a set of talismans and suspended them behind Xu Shu's forehead in the form of six Dings and six Jias, like a halo, and warned him, "Walk slowly."

Gu Pan, holding his sword, walked silently to Lu Bingwei's side, as if in silent protest - she could also be "one of the two strongest people" responsible for covering the rear.

"..."

The corner of Xu Shu's mouth twitched slightly, and he could only say "Be alert and don't fall behind", then walked past Lu Bingwei and entered the dark passage.

It is worth mentioning that although Lu Bingwei was standing at the entrance of the passage, Xu Shu did not need to avoid her and would not touch her body when passing in front of her.

The staircase, which was apparently quite narrow, suddenly seemed to become very spacious, and the road was smooth.

Of course, Xu Shu did not forget to leave the timid Ning Ze to the side before entering - as a "Dragon Elephant", even if he is not as good as himself, he is at least much more capable than the "nanny" professions such as Gu Yueming and Huang Lili, and he can give me some professional responsibility!

After entering the passage, Xu Shu carefully moved the mermaid's position, clearing the space in front of him and making preparations in advance, so that when encountering an emergency, he could use various abilities at the first time.

For example, the "Sun-Chasing Golden Spear" that had been re-condensed, the "Copper Green Holy Grail" that was 8% empty, and the walking posture that was slightly like a crab walking sideways, all represented that Xu Shu's vigilance had reached its peak at this moment.

Luckily, he was riding a mermaid, so this posture didn't seem to be inappropriate.

After walking down the spiral staircase for about ten minutes, the temperature seemed to drop.

It became extremely cold here, and the walls along the way became increasingly damp, and felt wet to the touch, like the mucus secreted by some algae. "256, 257..."

It was empty and silent, like a spiral staircase that went down infinitely. Only Xu Shu's low voice echoed, but it was also swallowed up by the mucus on the wall, making it look even more weird and terrifying.

"Isn't it over yet? Stop counting." Xie Xiaochan poked Xu Shu's waist with a little fear.

In this gloomy environment, Xu Shu's inexplicable behavior of counting the number of turns on the stairs made this place seem even more terrifying.

Xu Shu nodded slightly and started reciting silently in his heart.

After counting to 300, they finally reached the bottom of the spiral staircase. Xu Shu raised his hand to signal everyone to stop, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

What appeared in front of me was a platform and a huge metal door more than ten meters high. It was covered with moss and verdigris, and it was obvious that it was very old.

"This doesn't look like something that is only ten or twenty years old. It must be at least several hundred years old, right?" Xu Shu muttered silently in his heart.

The patterns on the huge bronze door are no longer recognizable, and only vague images can be seen. It seems to be a feng shui map that records all aspects of human life.

If the things depicted on it were not so ugly and disgusting, Xu Shu might have thought it was a corner of the Qingming Shanghe Tu.

But now, it might be more realistic to think of it as the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons.

"I'll push the door when I'm ready..." Xu Shu's voice became rare and serious.

As an adventure expert who has experienced death countless times, "opening the door = being killed on first sight" is almost a stereotype ingrained in him about this kind of ancient ruins-like place.

It was only because he was still alive that Xu Shu dared not open the door so rashly.

After his teammates had found their positions, prepared their attacks, and responded, Xu Shu took a deep breath and placed his palms on the extremely heavy door panel.

There was a huge resistance from the door. Xu Shu clenched his teeth, exerted his strength from the ground, and his muscles bulged like those of an ancient ferocious beast, and he moved forward slowly.

creak!

Under the terrible power of the "Dragon Elephant", there were several loud "bang! bang!" sounds behind the huge and heavy bronze door, as if something was breaking.

Xie Xiaochan and the others looked carefully and found that what was broken was not the chain, but glowing fleshy vines that spread along the damp wall like living things.

These vines hung on the bronze door like tentacles. Over the years, they had become like door shackles. But now they were torn apart by Xu Shu.

The bronze door wailed, cracked, and gradually opened inward.

There were thuds of something heavy falling to the ground.

Looking closely, they were follicles about two meters long.

Human figures are wrapped in a translucent membrane. One can vaguely see that most of these human figures have incomplete hands and feet, and are bluish-gray in color, and obviously have no signs of life.

"It should be the explorer who was eaten by the land shark in the past."

When everyone came to the conclusion, the bronze door opened completely with a clang.

What came into view was an extremely spacious room, comparable to the height and width of a stage hall, and at first glance it seemed to be at least a hundred meters wide.

In the center of the room is a huge sculpture, nearly ten meters tall, with an extremely conspicuous octopus face on its head.

Judging from the image, he is the one on the left of the two servant statues in the church - that is, the "Spirit King" Arthur, but in fact there are obviously big differences and they are definitely not the same person.

For example, the statue of the "Spirit King" holds a staff, but this statue does not.

Moreover, the waist and chest of this statue have obvious curves. Although the gender characteristics are not very obvious, it should be a statue of a "female" spirit king.

It's something similar to a sword-wielding angel.

At the same time, scattered around the hall are independent cells that seem to be embedded in the walls.

This seems to be not only a temple, but also a prison.

Everyone approached the cells cautiously and found that most of them were empty. Occasionally, on the floor of some cells, there were some heavily dusty gold jewellery left, shining with a dazzling golden and silver light.

"No one is involved?"

"No, maybe it's because time has passed too long and the bones have all rotted away..."

"I don't know how much time has passed, and the bones have turned into powder!"

As everyone was sighing in silence, there was a loud click suddenly heard nearby. Looking quickly, they found that it was Xu Shu who pried open one of the cell doors and took away the gold jewelry inside.

Then he walked out expressionlessly, quickly locked onto the next cell where jewelry was left, and broke in.

"..."

For a moment, everyone was stunned, staring blankly at Xu Shu, a superhuman, doing the job of a "tomb-robber".

"Why are you looking at me? If you want to go in and pick it up yourself."

Xu Shu didn't blush or feel nervous.

There is nothing to be ashamed of. Even a mosquito is still meat! This group of people who have never experienced the suffering of ordinary people and are so high and mighty!

"..."Everyone was speechless for a moment. They were also embarrassed to compete with Xu Shu for such a small reward, so they all went to observe the statue of the Spirit King that looked very mysterious.

Xu Shu was delighted by this, so he let go and searched the surrounding cells until they were all empty.

Half an hour later, he counted the items and couldn't help frowning, looking very dissatisfied.

The total amount of gold collected was less than 10 kilograms.

I am speechless. What kind of people did these Black Zhen School capture? They really don't know how to appreciate beauty.

Xu Shu complained silently in his heart.

He saw that everyone was gathered together like ants, studying the statue of the "Female Spirit Queen" in the middle. He was curious and finally followed.

It turns out that there is another mystery behind this huge statue of the Spirit King.

Looking from the back, there is an independent prison underneath the bottom platform.

Above the iron door of the prison, there is a small window, and everyone is constantly looking inside through this small window.

"Is there anything in there?"

When Xu Shu saw such a small prison, he couldn't help but think of the past, so he went closer to take a look.

Gu Pan looked back at him and made way: "Look for yourself."

Xu Shu leaned forward to take a look, and was suddenly stunned. He murmured to himself with a hint of surprise:

"Alas?"

"Torture of men and women?"

(End of this chapter)