The Fatty and Lao Hu had already developed a certain tolerance for supernatural events after their baptism at the Jin Dynasty general's tomb, but seeing the countless hanging corpses and the countless fireflies still made them feel a chill run down their spines.
Xu Lang pointed to a patch of white ash and said, "Look at that human-shaped white ash, that's a living person who was touched by the fireflies. As long as they are touched by these fireflies, they will be burned to ashes in an instant."
"Miss Yang, since the corpse at the bottom of the Great Glacier Rift is a member of your father's expedition team, then this corpse is very likely to be as well."
"This person probably wanted to investigate the burial ditch, then alarmed the fireflies here and was burned alive. I hope you are prepared mentally. I agree with Lao Hu's suggestion to evacuate immediately."
Professor Chen looked at Lao Hu and Xu Lang, his eyes filled with passion and madness.
Professor Chen said softly, "I will make observation records on the periphery. If there is danger, please protect Shirley and everyone. I'm an old man, it doesn't matter if something happens to me. The legendary Nine-Story Demon Tower is right in front of us, I can't just leave like this."
Professor Hao immediately said, "Comrade Xiao Hu, Comrade Xiao Xu, what is our purpose for coming here? Why did we go through so much trouble to get here? What we are looking for is too important. Now that we are here, we should naturally try to find as much as possible."
Xu Lang glanced at everyone, finding that they all had determined expressions. This wasn't ignorance, but a true disregard for life and death.
It was because of people like them that the Chinese people truly stood up. Such people deserved respect, but also made Xu Lang quite troubled.
Compared to these people in front of him, Xu Lang felt ashamed. These guys were all reckless lunatics!
Without this fearless spirit, they wouldn't have come here. With their level of education, finding a good job and living a peaceful life wouldn't be difficult. But they came to this damn place.
Getting them to leave now was harder than climbing to heaven.
Xu Lang thought about this and said, "Let some people go out first. Leave a few to make records. Don't make any noise, don't turn on flashlights. Shirley Yang, what are you doing..."
Xu Lang was distracted for a moment and found that Shirley Yang had already walked towards the Nine-Story Demon Tower without him knowing. This girl was really fierce.
Seeing that she didn't stop, Xu Lang said, "Lao Hu, you and the Fatty watch over Professor Chen and the others. I'll go see what this little girl wants to do."
Lao Hu immediately became anxious upon hearing Xu Lang's words, "Xu kid, this is too dangerous."
The Fatty also looked unwilling, "We are brothers. How can we leave you alone to face danger? We go together, if we die, we die together."
Xu Lang waved his hand, walking and saying, "You know my skills. If something happens over there, I won't be able to take care of all of you. This is the end. If the notebook is still here, it must be here. You watch over Professor Chen and the others, be careful not to alarm the fireflies here."
"By the way, tell them to turn off the flashlights on their cameras."
Xu Lang suddenly remembered something and hurriedly reminded Lao Hu.
If he alarmed the countless fireflies here, Xu Lang was confident he could get out alive, but it was delusional to think he could take them all out with him.
As he spoke, Xu Lang had already caught up with Shirley Yang, grabbed her arm, and whispered, "Don't ask anything, stay behind me."
Shirley Yang stopped in her tracks, then nodded silently and followed behind Xu Lang, looking at his back with a strange light in her eyes.
In Shirley Yang's eyes, Xu Lang had always been mysterious. He seemed to know a lot of things. Even though they hadn't been in contact for long, and even in this dangerous situation, he was still protecting her.
After walking a short distance, Xu Lang suddenly stopped, closed his eyes, and sensed everything around him. With his current spiritual awareness, he could easily scan an area of tens of meters. Even without spiritual perception, he was far beyond ordinary people.
Seeing Xu Lang stop and even close his eyes, Shirley Yang felt very surprised. Although she had many questions, she even thought he was possessed, but she didn't dare make a big fuss here.
Just as Shirley Yang was about to shake his arm, Xu Lang suddenly opened his eyes, took about ten steps forward, then climbed the stone steps leading to the Nine-Story Demon Tower, and reached into a leather bag on a corpse to take out something. It was a leather-bound notebook.
Xu Lang was about to put the bag down, but he found another film inside, not sure if it was useful, so he took it out as well.
Xu Lang opened the notebook and glanced at it, then handed it to Shirley Yang along with the film, and made a gesture to her to go back.
Shirley Yang opened the notebook and a look of joy appeared on her face, then she turned back along the way she came.
They had found what they were looking for, and Xu Lang had no desire to explore further. This place was indeed too dangerous. He had already sensed the general situation of the Nine-Story Demon Tower, but the tower was simply too high for him to get a complete view.
He only knew that there were some rectangular stone coffins inside the Nine-Story Demon Tower, built of stone and engraved with some patterns. They should have buried important people, and the patterns on the coffins on each floor were different.
Aside from that, there were countless decayed bones and countless fireflies.
After the two moved away from the Nine-Story Demon Tower, Shirley Yang whispered, "This notebook is the one I was looking for. It contains clues to the ancient city of Jingjue. We'll study it carefully when we get back. Mr. Xu, thank you for this."
Xu Lang laughed, "You're welcome. I got paid, who will pay us if something happens to you."
Shirley Yang also laughed. Even if she was grateful, now was not the time to talk about it.
Lao Hu saw the two waving at him, knowing that they had found the item, and his heart immediately relaxed. He had been watching Xu Lang and Shirley Yang, then he and the Fatty found Professor Chen and told him to lead everyone out in an orderly fashion.
Click!
Suddenly, a flash of light appeared, and everyone instantly looked at Sadi Peng, who was holding the camera.
Sadi Peng was dumbfounded, "I turned off the flash, Hu Ge saw me turn it off, I really turned it off."
Sadi Peng was almost crying at this point. He really did turn off the flash. He didn't know why it was still flashing.
The moment the flash lit up, the Nine-Story Demon Tower emitted a bright blue light, and countless fireflies with blue light flew up, causing the surrounding temperature to rise sharply. Thousands of fireflies gathered, like a giant blue flame.
It was flamboyant and spectacular, but it was deadly dangerous.
Everyone's heart skipped a beat. They looked up at the fireflies in the Nine-Story Demon Tower, and none of them expected such a thing to happen during their final evacuation.
Xu Lang roared, "Don't look at it, drop everything and get into the underground river!"
Xu Lang was the fastest, but his distance was awkward at the moment, and he hadn't had time to catch up with everyone.
Xu Lang grabbed Shirley Yang's arm and ran wildly, constantly closing the distance with everyone else, but in the face of life and death, everyone else was naturally not slow.
Even Professor Chen was running fast, making Xu Lang shout "Holy crap" in his heart.
A moment later, everyone entered the underground river, then took a deep breath and began to submerge.
Lao Hu and the Fatty stopped by the river. They both had automatic rifles in their hands. Xu Lang hurriedly shouted, "Shooting won't work, Fatty, take Lao Hu into the river first. Even if you die, don't pop your head out!"