Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 344, 343: A Promising Slender Waist
The steps on the white stone wall had been under construction for more than a month, and were only one step away from completion, but they collapsed with a roar amidst the cannon fire of the Zhenshui Division, leaving only ruins.

Scattered ruins remain on the wall, but the bigger problem is that a large part of the main body of the white stone wall collapsed along with it under the bombardment of the Divine Might Cannon, resulting in the complete loss of the basic conditions for rebuilding the staircase.

Relying on their good skills, Feng Xiuhu and Shunzi jumped down one after another from the footholds on the ruins—Mike was pulled down by Shunzi.

Standing before the ruins, Feng Xiuhu was so heartbroken that he cursed and wished he could pull Hong Shenghuo out of the sea and whip his corpse.

Mike turned around in surprise: "What? Admiral Hong is dead?"

Feng Xiuhu, still angry, glared at him and asked, "What, you can't bear to part with him?"

Mike's eyelids twitched: "He is the Admiral of the Navy and also the True Man of the Xi Jun Temple. This is no small matter—to put it bluntly, even if the mayor died, it wouldn't be this serious. Taijing will definitely send people to investigate thoroughly."

The situation was actually more serious than he had imagined—he didn't know that Yan Qingtian was also dead.

"Investigate if you want."

Feng Xiuhu waved his hand: "The person was killed by the Empress. If you have the guts, go and investigate the Empress."

That's fine.

Mike wisely kept quiet.

Shunzi, worried about her family, followed Mr. Hui around searching: "Where exactly is the mouse hole you mentioned?"

"Don't worry, we'll be there soon."

Mr. Gray reassured him.

The group followed him along the wall until they reached the place where the stockade building and elevator had originally been built.

When the village building collapsed, this area was left with ruins. Later, because of the need to build a road, the people of Dicheng, led by the choir, cleared the area and used it as a place to store building materials.

But now that the white stone walls have collapsed, this place is once again buried in ruins.

Mr. Gray rubbed his hands together: "We need to move these big rocks first. It would be bad if a second collapse occurred and injured the people in the cave."

Without a word, Shunzi rolled up his sleeves and got to work.

Feng Xiuhu muttered to himself – he had been to this place many times, but he never remembered there being a hole underneath.

But for now, he still had to follow Mr. Gray's instructions. Feng Xiuhu put aside his doubts and went over to lend a hand.

Fortunately, Shunzi was there. He could easily lift the stone pillar-sized rock, and with a deep breath and a twist of his waist, he threw the huge stone pillar directly out.

It seemed that after his body was replenished by the divine power of the Brave Feedback, his strength had increased considerably.

Since Mike couldn't help, he stood on high ground in the ruins and directed the work, telling people which piece to move first and which to move next, which improved efficiency considerably.

After a while of busy work, the two, covered in sweat, finally heard Mr. Gray call out: "Almost done."

Feng Xiuhu suddenly realized something and stared at Mr. Gray with an unfriendly gaze: "Wait, you're not small either, why don't you come and help carry things?"

Mr. Gray touched the hair on his belly sheepishly: "As a gentleman, one must always maintain a neat and tidy appearance."

Feng Xiuhu almost laughed out of anger. He pointed at Mr. Gray and walked over: "You'd better buy medical insurance."

Shunzi quickly hugged Feng Xiuhu from behind: "Brother, forget it, our people are still in his hands."

It took some persuasion to calm Feng Xiuhu down.

He shouted at Mr. Gray in an annoyed tone, "Where's the hole?"

Mr. Gray pointed to the cleared space and then flicked the brim of his hat.

The other three quickly looked closely—only to find the open space completely empty, unchanged.

Feng Xiuhu was genuinely amused and got up to come over again: "It's no use having medical insurance now."

"Wait—Shh!"

Shunzi grabbed Feng Xiuhu and gestured for him to be quiet: "Brother, listen, it sounds like there's some noise."

Feng Xiuhu held his breath and listened intently.

Shunzi was right; they actually heard a sound. Besides the shoveling sound of soil being dug, there were also faint human voices.

"People coming from behind—get the soil out of here first!"

"Keep it up! Put all your effort into collecting the offerings!"

"Sanmazi, are you deaf or blind? I told you to dig at an angle, or the ground will collapse and bury you alive!"

"Big Ears, stop crowding in. Don't you know your own size? You think it's not crowded enough here?"

It sounds like the voice of someone with a slender waist.

Feng Xiuhu and Shunzi exchanged a glance and looked in the direction of the sound—it was still that open space, but the sound was coming from underground.

Feng Xiuhu turned to look at Mr. Gray: "Where's the hole?"

Mr. Gray said, "We'll be through soon."

Feng Xiuhu exclaimed in surprise, "Dig it up right now?"

Mr. Gray scratched his head in distress, trying to explain to Feng Xiuhu: "The hole has always been underground, but I hid it before, so no matter how they dug, they couldn't find it; until I just released the hiding state, so they can come out immediately."

Feng Xiuhu was completely confused.

However, Eclipse roughly discerned the meaning: "It sounds somewhat similar to the 'concealing' property of the Mist Authority, but the difference is that things concealed by the mist still exist, while the Concealing Authority can make things temporarily disappear from this world."

Feng Xiuhu glanced at Mr. Gray's top hat and muttered under his breath, "I knew he was using that hat for magic tricks."

Before the words were finished, a pit suddenly appeared in the open space, followed by a noisy and excited commotion.

“It’s working! It’s working!”

"It's in the light! It's out! It's really out!"

"Make the hole bigger!"

"Sister, I thought we'd never get out of here again—waaaah..."

This is the sound of Lingzhi crying.

Snapped!
A crisp slap rang out, followed by a sharp rebuke from a woman with a slender waist: "Stop crying! With the master gone, I'll take charge. Since I said I'd take you out, I won't let you die before me. What are you complaining about?"

Feng Xiuhu squatted by the pit and gave her a thumbs up: "You've made something of yourself, slender waist. Your master really didn't spoil you for nothing."

"master!"

"Monitor!"

"Crazy Tiger!"

Exclamations of surprise and delight echoed from inside the pit.

Ignoring everything else, the slender girl scrambled up on all fours and threw herself into Feng Xiuhu's arms.

Feng Xiuhu didn't care about anything else and threw the slender waist to the ground.

He scanned the pit with a dark expression: "Who called for Mad Tiger?"

All the brothers turned around and looked at an owl.

The owl smiled apologetically and retreated to the back of the crowd: "Please don't be offended, sir... I just called him that out of the blue."

Feng Xiuhu wasn't an unreasonable person. He dragged the owl up, slapped him twice, and kicked him a few times, and that was the end of it.

One by one, the brothers crawled out of the pit. Feng Xiuhu stared at the pit opening for a long time and found that people were emerging like ants, and he didn't know when it would end.

Mr. Grey is incredibly capable; he managed to fit everyone in the bottom city inside.

Slender waist clung to Feng Xiuhu's arm, refusing to let go, while Lingzhi and Narcissus also gathered around.

Not far away, Feng Xiuhu also saw Xiong Guiyuan sitting on a rock, with Gu Zhili with her—Xiong Guiyuan seemed to be injured, and Gu Zhili was changing her dressing.

(End of this chapter)