Cold Ice Swaying

Chapter 271: Underground Cult (600 votes at the Book City for additional updates)

Chapter 271: 271: Underground Cult (600 votes at the Book City for additional updates)


After passing through this door, these strange symbols filled both sides of the passage.


They didn’t know how long they walked inside; the decay and coldness filled the air, dark pools of water were on the ground, and there were traces on the walls that seemed like bloodstains. The whole passage made one feel uneasy—oppressed, pained, terrified.


But they were soldiers, they couldn’t retreat.


Just now, a very important drug lord had escaped into here; they had to go in and capture him.


If they didn’t catch this man and let him escape, it would be even harder to find him in the future, and many families would be destroyed because of this cruel, cunning drug lord.


"Captain, there are two paths here, let’s split into teams." A comrade said to Mu Cheng, wearing a camouflaged uniform with his face smeared with paint, making it impossible to see his features clearly.


Mu Cheng glanced back at his comrades, some of whom were slightly injured, recalling all they had encountered along the way, as if it was related to some mysterious event.


Moreover, having experienced such things himself, he took off his amulet and gave it to him: "You lead the other team. This is an amulet specially given by an elder, it’s very useful. Wear it on you. If anything beyond reason happens, just seek safety and retreat immediately."


"Captain, you should keep this with you." The comrade heard it was a special gift from a senior in his family and refused to accept it, immediately trying to return it.


"No need, I still have this." Mu Cheng took out the dagger given to him by Mu Qiuniang.


"Captain, this is amazing! Where did you get it? Do we have to be equipped with this in the future?" A comrade immediately liked it upon seeing it.


It was apparent at first glance that this wasn’t an ordinary object—the lines were sleek, and the knife blade sharp, surely it had drawn blood upon being unsheathed.


"Specially prepared by the elders at home!"


"Captain, do your family elders have to favor you this much? Preparing everything specially, it makes people so envious!"


Later, Mu Cheng led the group, including Houzi, into two teams with his comrades, each taking a different path.


Confident in his judgment, Mu Cheng even chose the passage that looked more dangerous.


At the end of the passage was a staircase, about ten steps deep, leading to an especially large indoor plaza.


In the center of the plaza was a particularly large cauldron of oil, with two dark, sturdy pillars standing beside it, one of which had a mummy on it.


The most chilling part was that the cauldron was still boiling, with a baby’s head, along with disgusting things like rats, snakes, and cockroaches emerging from it.


"Too cruel!" When Mu Cheng’s comrade saw the contents of the cauldron, his whole back shivered with cold, unable to help but exclaim.


The floor beside it had many bloody footprints, and some firewood for burning. There were also bloody handprints on the firewood.


Centered around the cauldron, there was a strange rune, large enough to cover the entire plaza.


It seemed like a mysterious ritual was once held here, cold, eerie, terrifying.


Mu Cheng’s heart surged with foreboding: "Everyone, be careful, something’s very wrong here!"


He looked around warily; there were about nine passage exits leading here, and the dark entrances always seemed ready to spew out something terrifying, tearing them apart.


Suddenly, a voice came from behind, and everyone quickly turned their heads.


"Viper, didn’t I tell you to evacuate with Xiaosi, why are you here?"


Moreover, what was bizarre to everyone was that Xiaosi, who had been rolling his eyes, breathing weakly, now stood in front of them as if nothing had happened.


"Xiaosi, weren’t you already..."


Xiaosi was also puzzled, scratching his head, said: "Don’t ask me, I also don’t know what happened. Viper was walking with me, and suddenly I woke up, completely fine."


Xiaosi even jumped a few times on the spot, afraid everyone wouldn’t believe him.


"We were walking back the way we came, but we ended up here without knowing how." Viper shrugged helplessly.


"How could it be? We left markers along the way." A comrade said.


"We followed the markers."


Everyone: "..."


If it had been that guy, Houzi, they might have worried he got the code marks wrong, but Viper was always cautious and careful; he wouldn’t make such a mistake.


"Then we’re really screwed!" Someone sighed.


"What do you think? Will Cang Ying appear here too?" Someone asked.


"Even Viper is here, what isn’t possible?"


Everyone’s hearts grew heavier.


"Don’t worry, since I brought you in, I will definitely escort you out safely." Mu Cheng said.


"Captain, we trust you!"


Seeing their trust in him, Mu Cheng was even more determined to lead them out safely.


"Captain, there seems to be fresh blood here!" A comrade noticed something new on a piece of firewood.


Pointing in one direction, another said, "The blood seems to lead that way, could it be the direction the drug lord fled? These horrifying things must be pre-arranged by him to confuse people."


"Possible! Let’s go over and check." Since entering the underground passage, something felt off; however, Mu Cheng couldn’t pinpoint what exactly was wrong.


Furthermore, it all seemed close but without danger; the drug lord was right ahead, and he really didn’t want to miss this chance.


"Go!"


Sure enough, they hadn’t gone far before there was movement ahead, a figure ran ahead.


"Over there!"


A group of people chased hard.


"Zhao Hu, stop! You can’t escape!"


That person didn’t answer them, wildly running ahead, throwing debris on the path at them.


Houzi was unfortunate enough to be hit by one.


"Damn it! If I catch him, I’ll kill him!" Houzi gritted his teeth in anger.


Another intersection.


A comrade said: "Left, he ran to the left."


At this moment, running sounds came from the right.


As everyone was alarmed, wondering if it was a trap set by Zhao Hu, Cang Ying appeared with the other half of the team.


"What are you doing here?!" Cang Ying said.


"No time for chit-chat! Zhao Hu ran that way."


"Chase!"


Following their instincts, they rushed towards the left fork of Zhongnan Theater.


Running and running, huh, why did it feel like no one was there?


"That bastard ran too fast, how come he disappeared in the blink of an eye?" A comrade panted, "We from Beijing already ran fast enough, and we were just behind him, yet still couldn’t catch up..."


Another, also panting, added: "Who was watching him just now? The one watching him?"


"Wasn’t it you watching?"


"Me?! It wasn’t me."


"How could it not be you? You were the first to spot him just now."


"It wasn’t me, it was..."


Everyone was stunned. Because they hadn’t realized they didn’t even know who first noticed Zhao Hu.


At this moment, they noticed Viper, Xiaosi, and Cang Ying’s faces were actually a purplish blue?!