harleyscars Chapter 115 Endless
Chapter 115 Endless
"But why is that? The driver wasn't going very fast... Logically speaking, no matter how sharp that thin wire is, it shouldn't be able to slice off half of his head instantly, right?... At most, it would just leave a bloody mark."
Satan looked closely and saw that the thin lines seemed to have been placed horizontally on the earthen wall of the dark alley by human hands, and there was more than one of them. They were all arranged neatly horizontally, with an estimated interval of only four or five centimeters between them.
It looks like a bunch of ordinary fibers, not some kind of infrared beam.
However, only the first thread was stained with blood. Logically speaking, a single thread, without high speed or even movement, could not possibly be used as a deadly weapon.
"As a stand-in, I didn't find anything strange. When the driver died, there was absolutely no sound... no sign of anyone doing anything."
"However, there can only be a maximum of six puppets. Now that one has died, if... if there are more traps later, five might not be enough..."
After much deliberation, Satan finally voiced his opinion, suggesting that the path might be too dangerous and that he wanted Yedan to back down and not risk his life.
"Five...that's enough. If not, we can find some more puppets and go through it again, even if they're just some children."
Yedan would naturally not give up, after all, there might be unknown and powerful treasures ahead. If he gave up like this, he would have a hard time surviving in the days to come, whether facing the damned Chen or the Rongrong who was constantly chasing him.
So in order to become stronger, he has to gamble with some possible costs.
...What a proud will! Should I say that...?
Satan was helpless; it could not stop its host's actions and could only guard the host in this ghostly alley as much as possible.
"Let them all come in."
The alley was narrow, not wide enough for two people to squeeze in. If all five puppets were to enter the cave, they would have to line up one by one.
Once everyone was inside, everyone except Yedan squatted down, following the order of queuing to get food. Those in the first row used flashlights to probe the way and were always ready to die.
They walked slowly like this for half a minute, until the entire head of the group was covered by tiny threads, as if they were about to fall and strangle them.
But Yedan didn't care. As long as he kept an eye on the movement of the thin thread and reacted before danger struck, he wouldn't die.
Even if you don't react in time, there's Satan. Satan's reaction speed is more than a hundred times that of yours.
"The flashlight can't reach the end, and neither can these thin threads. This alley, except for half a meter from the entrance, is almost completely covered by a cluster of thin threads."
The endless alley is like a mysterious beast, seemingly waiting for someone to walk forward, then instructing them to feed themselves with their own flesh; the thin line is the tool for cutting the flesh food.
"That's terrifying..."
Yedan was initially brimming with confidence, until after walking for a few more minutes, he arrived at a position about a hundred meters from the cave entrance, where he could no longer see the light from the entrance when he looked back.
They did not escape the thin lines, but Yedan could see some spherical objects covered in yellow dust ahead.
Shining a flashlight close to them, you can clearly see that they are skulls, which look like the heads of adults from a long time ago.
"Satan...Satan, have you noticed any traps?"
Someone had died less than five meters in front of him, so Yedan would naturally feel scared and be ready to take cover at any moment.
"No, but I don't know if we get any closer... there might be traps near those heads."
"Then let the puppet take the risk..."
The puppet in the front row received the instruction, handed the flashlight to the one behind it, and then approached the skeleton expressionlessly, picking it up and examining it closely.
The flashlight shone even more clearly, allowing us to see the true state of the skull in the light, and even some cracks in its skull.
"No problem, it was just an ordinary dead adult. We didn't find any traps on the skull."
That being said, in order to be in a safer situation, Satan still ordered his puppets to go and examine the skeletons one by one.
Only after countless identical conclusions of harmlessness are reached will subsequent generations dare to slowly move forward.
They kept walking until they finally made it safely through the horde of skeletons, and then they could see some light not far ahead.
"It's right there, just ahead! That light ahead is the treasure!"
Yedan, unable to contain his excitement, began ordering the troops to speed up.
Over the next ten minutes, they suppressed their emotions while cautiously searching for potential traps.
Ten minutes later, they finally arrived at the place where the light was.
It is the entrance to a cave.
"Uh, let them go out first..."
Yedan, unusually calm, did not show any signs of anxiety. He felt that he had already found the treasure and there was no need to rush.
A few minutes later, they all entered the cave and stared blankly at the tomb chamber inside.
"This...is this a place we've been before? Because there are a few shovels near the cave entrance...what does that mean?"
If it were another tomb chamber, Yedan could at least accept that it might contain other mysteries.
However, the five shovels were scattered haphazardly by the hole, and all five shovels were exactly the same as the one in his hand. Once again, all six were gathered together, and the oil lamp that he had lit himself was hanging on the wall.
This already clearly shows that this is their starting point.
Yedan stood at the cave entrance, questioning his existence, unsure of what to say.
"...Should we leave here?"
"Master...it seems he can no longer do it."
In reality, they were already unable to leave, because one of the puppets, which moved according to Satan's will, had already begun to act, but could not leave through the entrance.
To be precise, there is no way to escape this tomb. The entrance is like a hole. Even if the puppet walks out of the tomb through that entrance, it will lead to the same tomb. The puppet will be momentarily blinded and suddenly appear out of the hole behind it.
"We're in a maze... the only way forward is through the hole behind us..."
"But after moving forward, we'll just end up back here... In short, we're doomed."
At this moment, Yedan was exceptionally intelligent and clear-headed, so clear-headed that a consciousness churned in his mind, clearly and frantically declaring that he would pay the price for his arrogance and carelessness.
Satan remained silent, recalling some details, and then ordered the puppet to observe the situation inside the cave from the entrance.
Then they discovered that the path they had come from had disappeared, and a few steps from the cave entrance, the dead driver was still lying there, with a thin, blood-stained line glittering above his head.
This is a situation that has not occurred before.
"...It might be an endless maze? But we still have a chance to escape, for example... by doing what the master originally planned—digging through the pyramids, etc..."