Chapter 317 - 317 Rescue (1)
317 Rescue (1)
Ning Shi came here with three main purposes.
Firstly, he wanted to provide Nico with a backup plan to ensure that he would not fall into absolute danger or that he would not have to bear too much of a price.
One had to know that although the protagonists of many worlds could become stronger as they suffered, they would inevitably sacrifice a lot of things in the process of becoming stronger.
Secondly, he wanted to find out what trump cards Nico had and investigate some information about her. This was not because Ning Shi wanted to pry into Nico’s privacy. He mainly wanted to collect information about the hot shots so that he could pry into the development of the Titanium Pole World.
The third reason was also the most straightforward. He wanted to see if there was a chance to help Nico and increase their character intimacy with each other. After all, when Nico was at his most dangerous moment, he could save him. It was definitely the best opportunity to increase their character intimacy with each other.
Ning Shi figured out the cause of death of the man on the ground and did not stay any longer. He continued to walk forward, but he activated the shapeless phantom and tried to be as light as possible.
As the blood of the dead man had not dried yet, there was still some residual heat on his body. This meant that he had died not long ago. Nico and the others had just left this place.
They were probably just ahead, and Ning Shi did not want to be discovered by the enemy.
Sure enough, after another two to three minutes, Ning Shi heard footsteps ahead.
In this underground tunnel, if one did not deliberately cover it, the sound of footsteps stepping on all kinds of gravel would be very obvious.
What was more obvious than the footsteps was the rapid breathing of the crowd.
Ning Shi did not rush to save them. He followed behind these people from afar.
Through Ball’s scanning, Ning Shi knew that there was a total of five people in front of him, including the four men in tight-fitting clothes and Nico.
The four men were about the same age, about 30 to 40 years old. They were not tall, but their bodies were especially strong, especially their fists, which were like sandbags and looked very powerful.
All four of them were injured. Some of them had bleeding heads, some had bandages on their arms, and one of them had been holding his butt.
Ning Shi followed these people for more than ten minutes. Someone suddenly said, “Alright, we’re almost at the exit. Let’s quickly leave this strange place.
“There must be evil spirits in this underground passage. Let’s go out first.”
“Yes, yes, yes! Let’s go out first. After we finish our mission, we’ll return to collect Third Senior Brother’s body.
“I’ve read the secret manuals in the sect. Filth and Evil are invisible. They’re not something we can deal with.”
Another person encouraged them. “Everyone, hang in there. Put more strength into your feet. Let’s get out of here quickly.”
Nico walked in the middle of the four of them. He wore a red electronic shackle on each of his hands. He did not say a word throughout the entire process. He just silently followed the four of them.
After walking another seven or eight hundred meters, the man who spoke first stood up. He looked around with a searchlight and saw a small stone.
The rock was an irregular hexagon with many edges and corners. It was similar to the shape of the rock that Ning Shi had twisted when he entered the secret passage.
The man obviously knew the password. He twisted the stone in different directions according to the password.
30 degrees clockwise, 45 degrees counterclockwise, 180 degrees counterclockwise, 90 degrees clockwise…
The man clearly remembered the password, but he was a little nervous because of Evil, and his palms were sweating.
As he was spinning, his hand slipped and he entered the wrong password.
It wasn’t a big deal. He just had to wait for five minutes before turning the mechanism again.
Who knew that his foot, which was squatting on the ground, would suddenly slip, and his hand would turn the stone again?
This time, he transferred the wrong password twice in a row.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The sound of electricity rang out, and the man immediately fell to the ground. His entire body twitched, and white foam came out of the corner of his mouth. His skin was black, and smoke came out of his head. The smell of roasted meat spread into the secret passage.
In order to prevent unknown people from using the secret passage or accidentally finding a mechanism to enter the secret passage, the underground secret passage was designed with a powerful protective device.
Once the password was wrong for two consecutive steps, a very powerful electric current would burst out from the stone, directly electrocuting the person who turned the key.
Faced with the sudden situation, the remaining three men reacted differently.
A man shouted in fear, “Evil, it’s Evil again!”
As he shouted, he ran into the secret passage in a panic.
The other two rushed to the front of the fallen man and shouted anxiously, “Eldest Senior Brother! Are you alright?”
“Hurry up! Hurry up and give Eldest Senior Brother the Essence Body Pill!”
Although the two of them were flustered, their movements were not chaotic at all. One of them took out a silver-white pill from his body and stuffed it into Eldest Senior Brother’s mouth. Then, he passed some water over and poured it into Eldest Senior Brother’s neck.
The Essence Body Pill was really effective. Eldest Senior Brother, who was on his last breath from the electric shock, took the pill and his breathing gradually stabilized. It seemed that he had been rescued.
Seeing that Eldest Senior Brother’s condition was gradually stabilizing and his charred skin was gradually recovering, the man who had just taken out the pill said, “Fortunately, Eldest Senior Brother is very strong and has cultivated the Wave Fist to Level 7. His body has already reached the realm of invulnerability.
“That is why he can withstand such a strong electric current attack.
“If we were the ones who turned the password just now, we would have been electrocuted to death long ago. No medicine can save us.”
Youngest Junior Brother let the Eldest Senior Brother rest on his lap and said, “Second Senior Brother, Fourth Senior Brother was scared away just now. Should we go and chase him back?