In Panjiayuan, the first thing they did was trick Lao Hu into going tomb raiding.

Old Hu was more direct. He quickly passed through the gap on the eighth floor, took out his compass to find the right direction, and then began to pry open the door panel at the bottom of the tower.

With a quick pry, another astonishing discovery was made.

Old Hu raised an eyebrow. "The ebony here isn't original at all; someone took it apart and then reinstalled it!"

"The outside isn't rammed earth, but rather backfilled ordinary frozen soil. It looks like a repaired tomb robber's hole, but judging from the marks, it's definitely not from modern times."

Upon hearing this, everyone rushed over to help.

With this ancient secret passage, digging further out became much easier.

With everyone working together, they quickly dug a slope.

Su Mo said, "The traces of artificial excavation are more obvious here, but judging from the method, it should not be a tomb raider's tunnel. There are layers of earthen steps on the frozen soil of the slope, and the bottom one may connect to a huge passage."

Old Hu looked puzzled. "This crack certainly wasn't hastily carved. And it couldn't have been done by someone like Xue Mile. So who could it be?"

Su Mo shook his head. "Don't think about these things. Staying alive is the most important thing!"

The group crawled into the cave entrance and moved forward cautiously.

The group crawled through the darkness to a slightly flatter spot to rest.

Shirley Yang took a breath. "Where do you think this ancient glacier leads?"

Su Mo said, "I have a feeling that it will lead to the place we want to go!"

Old Hu said, "Since this used to be a high-altitude lake, there might be very deep water below. However, there's definitely something strange about this slope under the glacier!"

"The only possibility is that it was dug by the Samsara Sect. However, they built many tombs in this glacier and carried out a large-scale construction project to dig through the Demon Tower from below. Moreover, the scale of this project seems to be far more than that!"

"Could it be that the Samsara Sect wants to dig out something important from under the glacier?"

The fat man, however, was quite optimistic, nonchalantly saying, "Who cares? We'll find out as we go..."

Shirley Yang said, "Master Iron Stick Lama told me a lot about the Demon Kingdom in the long poem of the Great King of Subduing Enemies, combined with what we've seen and heard before..."

"Now, I have a bold hypothesis: the depths of this glacier are the Gate of Disaster leading to the Demon Kingdom's main city, Evil Luo Sea City. The Samsara Sect wants to dig through this mysterious gate!"

Chu Yi thought for a moment and said, "Eroha City is also known as 'Ten Fearful and Powerful Cities.' It and the Gate of Disaster are place names that only exist in ancient legends of Kunlun Mountain and have never been recorded in history!"

"They are just legends hidden deep within the Kunlun Mountains. Could it be that they really existed?"

For Chu Yi, a local, these were merely legends, and no one had ever seen them.

Old Hu said, "The ancient city depicted in the murals of the King Xian's tomb might be the city of Ero Luo Hai, but what connection does this northern demon's lair have with the bottomless pit deep in the Xinjiang desert? Could we find a giant eyeball altar there?"

Shirley Yang continued, "In legend, the ancient and evil Ero City, like the Jingjue Ancient City, mysteriously disappeared one night!"

"Therefore, the once mighty Demon Kingdom fell into decline, and what disaster or upheaval occurred there remains unknown!"

"..."

Old Hu stared thoughtfully, muttering to himself, "The ancient city of Jingjue, the tomb of King Xian, and the city of Ero Luo—there must be connections between them that we don't yet know about..."

Chapter 131: Bizarre and Terrifying

Old Hu stared thoughtfully, muttering to himself, "The ancient city of Jingjue, the tomb of King Xian, and the city of Ero Luo—there must be connections between them that we don't yet know about..."

Old Hu thought for a while, but given the known conditions, he still couldn't be sure about the connection between the three.

The group rested on the gentle slope for about half an hour, but worried that it might be unsafe near the Demon Tower, they continued their descent.

These underground tunnels, with their earthen steps, form a dense, interconnected network. No one dared to stray from the paths.

We simply followed the main road down the middle.

They could occasionally see some talismans, among which there were many eye patterns!

Shirley Yang said, "If the Samsara Sect only wanted to dig through the Gate of Disaster, then there was no need to keep digging the tunnel into the Nine-Story Demon Tower. Moreover, judging from the condition of the tunnel, they were not built at the same time."

"They may have been building it for hundreds or even thousands of years. They believe the abyss is the source of their power, but have you ever wondered why the people of the Samsara Sect would want to dig up the Demon Tower?"

Shirley Yang was very confused by this.

Old Hu thought for a moment and said, "This is indeed strange. The Demon Tower that enshrines the evil god is not to be violated. Could it be that the Samsara Sect wants to take something important out of it... But besides the Glacier Crystal Corpse, what else could be in that tower?"

Su Mo nodded in agreement when he heard the two of them pinpoint the most suspicious point.

As expected of tomb raiders who survived so many dangers, although their skills are not the best, their brains are definitely top-notch.

However, Su Mo did not answer their questions. Some things, they could only understand the advantages and disadvantages after experiencing them.

Take Fatty for example. After the witchcraft scandal involving King Xian, he's become much more docile when it comes to tomb raiding.

The group cleared paths through mountains and built bridges over rivers. Although the journey was difficult, it was also much calmer.

As Su Mo walked, he glanced at Uncle Ming every now and then. "Boss Lei, we've already helped you pry open the Nine-Story Demon Tower, and you accidentally destroyed the crystal corpse. Our deal is now over..."

Su Mo's words completely baffled Uncle Ming!

Is this going to throw them off their rhythm?

Uncle Ming quickly said, "No, no, no, Brother Su, Master Hu, we've been through life and death on this journey, you can't leave the three of us here!"

Han Shuna and A Xiang also watched Su Mo and the others silently, secretly praying that Su Mo would not abandon them.

Su Mo stated bluntly, "Our employment relationship has ended. We can take you out, but if you dare to act on your own again, don't blame us for being impolite!"

The reason they've ended up in this situation is because Uncle Ming and Peter Huang broke the rules and secretly tampered with the Crystal Corpse.

If we don't give Uncle Ming a good talking-to, who knows what other trouble he might cause.

Uncle Ming nodded repeatedly without hesitation, "Okay, okay, we'll listen to you!"

With Uncle Ming's assurance, Su Mo nodded and sped up the process.

Just like in the original story, the group encountered the Blood Bait Red Flower and a small green-haired dog one after another.

The group was both shocked and astonished by the green-haired puppy. Little Nail noticed the puppy's strange behavior and killed it on the spot.

Through subtle clues, Lao Hu finally determined that this place was the sacrificial site set up by the Reincarnation Sect, and that the Ghost Cave Clan of Jingjue Ancient City was an insignificant branch of the Reincarnation Sect.

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Upon receiving this news, everyone knew that they were getting closer and closer to Evil Luo Sea City!

The abyss beneath the glacier is indifferent to day or night. The group continued walking along the riverbank until they were too tired to sleep anymore.

About twenty hours later, the group arrived at the underwater gate of disaster.

To pass through the Gate of Disaster, one must pass through the White-Bearded Fish Formation.

The Whitebeard Fish Formation had delayed everyone for quite some time. It was Su Mo who took out the Crimson Sky Sword, leaped out of the water, and unleashed his dragon might, causing chaos on the surface of the water and leaving the entire lake covered in blood.

Unfortunately, there were simply too many white-bearded fish. In the end, Su Mo used a clever trick to lure the spotted dragon into fighting each other, and only then were they able to get through the white-bearded fish formation.

"what is that?"

What appeared before our eyes at that moment was even more astonishing than the fierce battle among the fish in the lake!

A wind-eroded rock ancient city, resembling a giant honeycomb, with at least a dozen layers, is abruptly embedded within it, surrounded entirely by white wind-eroded rock.

There are countless caves above!

This area is completely different from the lush forests around it; it is almost barren!

On the honeycomb-like city roof, there was a giant stone eye-shaped mark. Old Hu exclaimed in shock, "Could this be the legendary Evil Luo Sea City from ancient times?"

Apart from Su Mo, everyone stared at the ancient city in shock.

At this moment, no one felt even a trace of joy at finally arriving at their destination after such a long journey.

On the contrary, everyone's body hair practically stood on end.

What's chilling is that this city is not only brightly lit, but also deathly still!

Under the twilight, the city of Eroha was dotted with countless lights, which appeared particularly hazy in the thin mist.

It seems the inhabitants of the ancient city have already lit torches, preparing to welcome the arrival of night.

The city was deathly silent, devoid of any sign of life.

Everyone only glanced at it a few times before breaking out in a cold sweat.

"Legend has it that the inhabitants of this city disappeared without a trace. Moreover, the Reincarnation Sect was wiped out for hundreds of years afterward."

"How could there still be lights in this city?"

Shirley Yang clenched her fists tightly, feeling a sense of unease.

The fat man stammered, "This...this...what's the difference between this and seeing a ghost in the middle of the night...?"

Zhang Yingchuan's pupils contracted slightly. "What's most surprising is that the city, which can hold tens of thousands of people, is brightly lit, yet there's not a sound!"

Old Hu said in a deep voice, "It seems that it is not a dead city, but a ghost town!"

As for Uncle Ming and his family of three, they were so frightened that they couldn't speak.

Old Hu asked Ah Xiang behind the group, "Ah Xiang, come and take a look, is this a ghost town?"

Ah Xiang cautiously peeked down, then shook her head and said, "I didn't see anything dirty, and I don't know if it's a ghost town!"

"Not a ghost town?"

Hearing Ah Xiang's words, Lao Hu was stunned. How could this be? This Evil Luo Hai City, which is even more like a ghost city than a ghost city, is not a ghost city?

Sherry Yang murmured to herself, "Legend has it that Pompeii, the ancient city of Rome, was destroyed overnight by a volcanic eruption..."

"Later, through archaeological excavations, it was discovered that when the city's residents died, they all retained the appearance of living normal lives at home. The essence of Pompeii was frozen forever in that moment of destruction!"

"However, the ancient city before us seems to have vanished without a trace, with only the beehive-like Evil Luo Sea City standing brightly lit in the twilight..."

"It's so well preserved, it even seems to have broken free from the shackles of time. Nothing has changed in these thousands of years. What exactly happened in this city?"

There were too many doubts... and everyone's minds were not in a state of acceptance of this fact for a while.

Even Zhang Yingchuan was filled with countless questions, bewilderment, and confusion!

This is even more fantastical than fantasy!

"Load the bullets!"

Su Mo said, "Take your tomb raiding talismans, let's go into the city!"