Chapter 386 The Hidden Basement
At Lei Xiao's signal, the main subordinates all got up from the sofa and prepared to go find the businesswoman Eya again.
Without any warning, the whole room suddenly experienced an unexpected vibration.
In an instant, the square plate on the coffee table and the teapot and teacup next to it began to tremble slightly, making a crisp sound of collision.
Lei Xiao noticed while being a little surprised.
Although this sudden shock was not strong, it was far from enough to make it difficult to stand firm.
But it started from weak to strong, and then from strong to weak, until it lasted for about more than a minute, and then it completely stopped.
Wait until everything returns to normal again.
Lei Xiao did not hesitate, and while signaling the subordinates around him to be on alert, he asked the sassy female knight: "Lin, is the situation just now consistent with your previous encounter?"
Lin Ning frowned for a moment and then responded: "Back to Lord Lord, it is almost completely different from the one I encountered before. Firstly, this time lasted longer, but the level of tremors was somewhat different. It is weakened, and secondly, there is no sound of sharp objects scratching through the wall.”
"I understand."
Hearing this, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully and murmured to himself: "It seems that there is little possibility of a connection between the two. It is better to investigate as soon as possible the source of this sudden shock. ”
Just when Lei Xiao thought of this.
Boom, boom, boom!
There was a rapid sound from the door not far away.
Hearing the sound, Lei Xiao motioned to Hu Zhi and others who had not shown up before to put on the invisibility cloak again, and motioned to Lin to open the door.
Immediately afterwards, Lin opened the door cautiously.
The figure of the short and fat businessman appeared at the door. His greasy and fat face was full of panic and he said: "Your Excellency, it's bad! We are trapped here!"
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Lei Xiao couldn't help showing a solemn look, and immediately asked: "What happened?"
"Your Excellency, you... you'd better come and see for yourself."
The short and fat businessman was obviously greatly shocked. After gesticulating with his fat hands for a few seconds, he didn't say anything. He could only make a follow-me gesture to Lei Xiao, and then hurriedly walked in. Lead the way.
Close the door, follow the other person's footsteps, and move forward in the red-carpeted hotel corridor.
Not long after, Lei Xiao and his party arrived at the open-air balcony on this floor.
Because from this location, you can just see the entrance to Shanjing Principality, which is the scene at the pass.
In addition, this hotel was taller than ordinary buildings, so Lei Xiao immediately noticed the abnormal situation there.
Observing carefully, I saw that outside the towering city wall, it was already covered by a thick layer of sand and dust. It was overwhelming and the scale was astonishing.
At first glance, it looks like a huge sandstorm has occurred.
Seeing this scene, all the main and subordinates couldn't help but show expressions of surprise and began to look at each other.
This sudden change obviously exceeded everyone's expectations.
However, things are far from that simple.
Next, Lei Xiao, who narrowed his eyes slightly, took further notice.
Amidst the dust in the distance, a large number of mountains and rocks have formed a solid roadblock, tightly blocking the road connecting Shanjing Principality to the outside world.
This giant barrier made of rocks was even much higher than the ten-meter-high city wall. It undoubtedly completely blocked the only way out of the city.
Of course, a roadblock of this scale would not have any effect on Lei Xiao and his party, all of whom were level three experts or above.
However, it is obviously more than enough to block ordinary residents.
"It turns out that this is the real reason why the room shook just now..."
After a moment of surprise, Lin was seen standing next to Lei Xiao, her long eyelashes flickering, and she couldn't help but show a thoughtful expression.
"Your Excellency, there has been such a serious landslide here. It seems that we will not be able to leave for a while."
On the other side, the pudgy businessman's mood gradually calmed down a bit, and then he sighed heavily and said: "Oh, it's really bad luck for us to encounter such a natural disaster."
"Sir, when I came here just now, my subordinates have carefully observed it. The mountain structure here is compact, the vegetation is densely covered, and there are no traces of groundwater erosion."
Immediately, Lin's soaring voice reached Lei Xiao's ears again: "From this, my subordinates judge that such a serious mountain collapse is definitely not caused by a natural disaster."
“So, if it’s not a natural disaster, then it’s a man-made disaster?”
Lei Xiao pondered and nodded, murmuring to himself: "This sudden change is really unexpected. It seems that there is a high possibility that I will be involved inexplicably." In the midst of some kind of dispute.”
"Man...man-made disaster?"
I saw a short and fat businessman standing aside with a frightened expression on his face as he tremblingly answered: "Sir, you mean... someone deliberately isolated this place from the outside world?!"
After speaking, the pudgy businessman swallowed subconsciously and said: "What exactly is the other party going to do? As far as I know, compared with the powerful Lengyan Kingdom and Holy Night Kingdom, the strength of this Shanjing Principality is, although it can It’s negligible, but it still has a garrison force of five thousand people. It’s impossible for anyone to plan to fight against such a force, or even prepare to capture this city, right?”
"At this stage, the specific situation is still difficult to determine."
Waving his hand slightly to indicate that the other party did not need to be nervous, Lei Xiao responded.
While speaking, Lei Xiao's eyes moved and fell on the street under the open-air balcony.
At this moment, the streets that were bustling just now have become deserted.
Only a few groups of young soldiers in light armor, fully armed and solemn-looking, were left trotting past in a hurry.
It seems that the entire city has entered an emergency state of comprehensive martial law.
Noticing this, Lei Xiao took steps towards the room and said to the short and fat businessman: "Okay, let's go back first."
All the way back to the room just now, Lei Xiao pondered for a moment, and then said to the pudgy businessman who was still frightened: "At present, everything is still unclear. Please instruct the people in the caravan never to step out of the room. The remaining Just leave it to me to solve the problem.”
"I understand, please be extremely careful!"
The pudgy businessman nodded immediately and trotted back to his room.
When the figure of the short and fat businessman completely disappeared in front of him.
Lei Xiao and Lin also put on the invisibility cloak again one after another, and triggered the invisibility ring to hide their aura.
At this point, the eight people currently in office are all in a state of invisibility.
"Lord, the situation here seems to be getting more and more complicated."
A rough voice sounded, and Huzhang bowed slightly and said: "When we were on the open-air balcony just now, my subordinates carefully investigated and found that there was no scent of other new strong men around. It seems that the unknown opponent is obviously Some method of hiding the aura was used.”
Having said this, a look of solemnity appeared on the face of the tiger stick again, and he stroked his chest and saluted: "However, please rest assured, Lord, no matter what kind of monster comes, my subordinates will completely crush it."
Ye Cang, Chao Yan and others on the side also nodded, with firm expressions on their faces.
“Very good.”
Nodding slightly to the subordinates beside him, Lei Xiao closed the door again from the outside and said to the subordinates beside him: "Okay, according to the original plan, let's go see the businesswoman Eya first. What are you doing?”
After leaving the hotel, Lei Xiao immediately asked Sean and other members of the Pterodactyl Knight team for their location.
It was learned that they were following the traces left by the Sky Pterosaur and marched all the way into the mountains. They walked nearly ten kilometers and had already left the area around the city.
Therefore, the vibrations and sounds of the mountain collapse were not noticed.
"Understood, continue to concentrate on the work of collecting the mount. If there are other arrangements, I will notify you as soon as possible."
Just when Lei Xiao had just stopped talking.
Chaoyan's somewhat confused voice came over: "Lord, Sean and others are still far away from the pass, so they can't hear the sound of the mountain collapsing, which is normal. But just now we were so close to the site of the incident, but we couldn't hear it. I still didn’t hear any sound. The sound insulation effect of the building here is a bit too good, right?”
"Yes, Lord Lord, my subordinates have also discovered this."
On the other side, Lin, who was full of doubts, took a step forward and echoed.
"It seems that the buildings here can not only hide the breath, but also isolate the sound."
Nodding slightly, Lei Xiao couldn't help but look thoughtful again, and murmured to himself: "What is this remote country in the mountains hiding?"
With this thought in mind, Lei Xiao, who was wearing an invisibility cloak, moved his dark eyes and focused his gaze on the surrounding streets.
Under the bright sunshine, the huge street was already deserted.
Only some stalls that had not yet been evacuated and rubbish on the ground were still left there. The rustling wind was blowing all over the sky, making everything look like a mess.
Just when Lei Xiao saw this.
The group of people had already arrived at the corner of the street, in front of the Dawn Exquisite Trade Fair with its mottled signboard.
I saw that the door here was still open, which was very different from the many closed shops around it.
"Lord, there is no breath in this shop."
Immediately afterwards, the sound of Japanese knotweed reached Lei Xiao's ears.
"Let's go in and take a look first."
With a slight nod, Lei Xiao stepped into the door of the store surrounded by his subordinates.
After entering it, Lei Xiao noticed.
In this slightly dark store, everything was no different from before. There was indeed no breath.
Although it looks like there are some rags everywhere, it is kept quite clean.
It was just the old wooden table where he had sat before. Where Ea was, the wooden chair fell to the ground on one side.
"Lord, judging from the situation at the scene, this young local businesswoman seemed to be walking in such a hurry that she didn't even notice that the chair fell over or the shop door was left open."
Immediately, Ye Cang said thoughtfully while pushing up the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose.
"Indeed."
He leaned down to lift up the wooden chair, and Lei Xiao said thoughtfully: "Other shops keep their doors closed and don't leave the house, but Eya has chosen a completely different approach. It seems that we still have some concerns about her. The speculation of other special identities has obviously found another basis.”
"Lord, come and take a look!"
At this moment, Bai Wei's surprised and crisp sound came from not far away.
When he got closer, Lei Xiao discovered it.
At the end of the store, a large container has been moved aside.
In the original position of the container, there are some slight differences in the distance between the floor tiles and the gap next to it, which obviously hides a secret door.
"Lord, there seems to be some special smell down here."
I saw Bai Wei lying on the ground, her big fluffy white tail raised high, sniffing carefully with her nose.
"I didn't expect that there is another mystery here."
Surprised, he first signaled Bai Wei to stand up again. Lei Xiao nodded to the burly man beside him: "Polygonum stick, open it."
"As you command, Lord."
The knotweed strode forward and after groping on the ground for a moment, he pulled out a metal ring and easily pulled up the cleverly hidden basement door.
Looking intently, Lei Xiao noticed.
This underground door, which is about one meter square, can be said to be very thick, nearly 20 centimeters thick, like a safe door in a vault.
After Huzhang and Ye Cang went in to check, they found nothing unusual.
Lei Xiao, surrounded by Chao Yan and Bai Wei, followed the steep stone stairs and entered the hidden basement.
Returning to the flat ground again, under the light of the light crystal, Lei Xiao's dark eyes moved and began to look around.
I found that the area of the basement was not large, only about twenty square meters, and the overall shape was square.
It was empty, like a rough house without windows.
However, the most eye-catching places are the walls, floors, and even ceilings here.
They are all covered with traces of different shades, and in some places, there are even holes the size of fists.
The traces of these deep ravines look very regular in part, as if they were scratched by the sharp claws of some kind of wild beast.
"Lord, my subordinates seem to know the secrets that Shanjing Principality is trying its best to hide."
Bai Wei first picked out a handful of gray-black animal hair from a crack in the ground and sniffed it carefully for a moment.
A look of sudden realization suddenly appeared on her fair and delicate face.
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