Hunter × Hunter: The Seven Deadly Sins

"Be careful! There is nothing outside the stone door. Don't let go after you go out!"

At this time, the rich voice of a man in camouflage uniforms sounded in the communication, reminding the soldiers to hold on to the door and not let go after swimming out of the stone door to avoid falling into the unknown darkness.

"Snapped!"

In the darkness, Yin Lumi frowned, grabbed his calf with one hand, and immediately shook his foot with all his strength.

"Ah~!!"

Suddenly there was a scream at the feet, and the hand holding Yin Lumi's calf loosened, apparently being thrown away.

After being reminded by the man in camouflage uniforms, the remaining soldiers grabbed the door of the stone gate or the incomplete stone wall outside the stone gate when they went out.

After a while, the soldiers from the first and second teams who were responsible for breaking the rear swam out of the stone gate. The moment they swam out of the stone gate, the soldiers beside them quickly stretched out their arms to wrap around their waists and arms to prevent them from falling.

"Click!"

There was a soft sound, and a bright light appeared from the darkness. Everyone present turned their eyes and saw that Priest Kain was holding a strong flashlight in his hand and shining it everywhere.

"Anyone who has a flashlight, turn it on!"

The man in camouflage uniform ordered.

"Yes, boss!"

Five soldiers immediately responded. They picked up the strong flashlights hanging on their bodies with one hand, opened them with a "pop", and shined in all directions in the darkness.

Only then did everyone present see clearly what kind of place they were in at this time.

Above the head is a suspended lake hundreds of meters deep, and below is a vast and empty space.

A soldier shined his flashlight at the stone gate. At this time, dozens of soldiers were crowding around the stone gate. Everyone looked horrified, obviously frightened.

This stone door is half in the water and half in the dark space under the water.

What shocked everyone was that there was no support point below the lake above their heads, and it was completely suspended above the dark space.

Anyone who wants to enter this space must pass through this suspended water.

In the same way, if you want to get out of this space, you must also get out through this suspended water.

Then he shined the flashlight into the space below. Wherever the flashlight shined, there were cliffs everywhere, covered with vines and green moss.

The darkness below the cliff is terrifying and unfathomable, and the sight of it is frightening.

There is a path on the cliff that is two to three meters wide and can barely be regarded as a road. It is also covered with green moss and various vines and vegetation. There are unfathomable cliffs on both sides of the path.

"Help...help..."

A weak cry for help sounded in the darkness. Five soldiers, including Priest Kain, shined their flashlights towards the place calling for help. Only one soldier was seen hanging on the cliff holding a vine with one hand.

The soldier had injuries on his face, his diving suit was scratched, and his other arm was hanging limply by his side, apparently dislocated.

"It's ten meters high here visually, let's jump down."

Kain shone his torch downwards and found that there was a path more than two meters wide directly below them, with a height of ten meters according to visual inspection.

"stop!"

Immediately, Priest Kaiyin released his grip on Shimen and fell towards the narrow path on the cliff below. He landed steadily with a soft "click".

"Be careful when you jump down. There is a lot of green moss on it. You may slip if you are not careful."

After Kain landed safely on the path, he squatted down and touched the green moss on the path. He found that it was very slippery. If he hadn't controlled his posture well, he might have slipped if he stepped on the green moss.

After Kain finished speaking, he walked towards the man hanging on the cliff calling for help with a flashlight, obviously to save him.

"Did you hear that!?" The man in camouflage uniform yelled and ordered: "Be careful when you go down, and control your angles and postures."

"yes……"

Among the dozens of soldiers, some spoke in response, some nodded slightly with pale faces, and some remained silent.

“If someone around you slips and falls, help as much as you can.”

"Of course, within your ability."

"Others failed to save me, but I got caught in it instead."

When the man in camouflage uniform saw that his subordinates were in decline, he comforted them and asked them to help each other.

"Yes, boss."

This time, many more people responded.

"Okay, come one by one."

The man in camouflage uniform nodded, took the lead to let go, controlled his posture and fell to the path below, landing steadily with a "snap".

"You guys come down here later and I'll clean up the area."

The man in the camouflage uniform said, "Zeng" he pulled out his dagger, squatted down and cut away all the green moss and vines nearby, creating an open space for everyone without green moss and without slipping.

"Okay, come down."

However, in just two or three minutes, the man in camouflage uniform finished cleaning up and waved to the dozens of soldiers above, indicating that they could jump.

"I'll go first!"

A soldier from the first team shouted, then adjusted his posture, jumped down, and landed safely.

Seeing that he landed safely without slipping, the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, adjusted their posture, and jumped off one by one.

Yin Lumi was also among them and landed safely.

"Okay, let's sort out our equipment."

The man in camouflage uniforms didn't even count the number of people. He took off all the weapons, equipment and waterproof bags on his body and laid them flat on the ground in front of him.

First, he took out a field uniform and put it on, then checked his firearms and ammunition, and after making sure they were correct, he re-armed himself.

The rest of the soldiers did the same. They put on the combat uniforms that had been prepared in the waterproof bags, checked their firearms and ammunition, and were ready to go.

Yin Lumi stood at the back of the team, pretending to change into his combat uniform.

"rustle……"

Taking advantage of the time when everyone was changing clothes and checking combat equipment, a large number of black threads appeared silently under Yin Lumi's feet. These black threads extended back into the darkness, condensed under Yin Lumi's control, and turned into a ball. Just a bat.

"Pah, pah, pah..."

In the darkness, bats flapped their wings and made sounds.

"what!?"

The sudden abnormal noise alarmed the soldiers present, and they raised their firearms. Dozens of tactical flashlights mounted on their firearms raked the darkness in mid-air.

"It's a bat!"

Under the fire of dozens of tactical flashlights, it was easy to spot the bats flapping their wings in mid-air.

"boom!"

There was a flash of fire in the darkness, and a bat was knocked out.

"Tsk, I was so surprised."

The man in camouflage uniform who knocked out a bat slowly put away the automatic rifle in his arms, smacked his mouth and said unhappily.

"Ah~!"

At this time, a wailing sound came from in front of them.

Everyone turned to look and saw that it was Priest Kain who had rescued the soldier hanging on the cliff and was setting his bones just now.

"Ha...ha...thank you, Kain Priest."

The bone-setting soldier breathed heavily and thanked him. Priest Kain looked kind and nodded with a smile.

The soldier moved his arms and felt that his movements were fine, then he stood up, took off his diving suit, and put on his combat uniform and weapons and equipment.

"Where to go next?" The man in camouflage uniforms led the team behind Kain, shining his flashlight into the darkness ahead, and asked: "Along this path? Or are there other mechanisms?"

"As you can see, there is no other way here." Priest Kain replied, shining the flashlight on the bottomless dark cliff below, and said: "There must be a mechanism, but what we should worry about now is not to fall off. Just get off the cliff.”

"Kain Sacrifice, I'm ready." The soldiers in front of Kain finally changed into combat uniforms and weapons and equipment, turned to face the darkness, took a deep breath, and volunteered, "The road ahead is very dangerous, let me help Let’s explore the way!”

The soldier seemed to want to repay Kaiin for his life-saving grace. The other soldiers looked at their determined companions and admired them in their hearts.

"No, I'm afraid you will kill a lot of people if you explore the road."

But Kain refused outright, and the reason was very real.

"Uh...yes."

When the soldier heard this, there was a moment of embarrassment on his face, and then he turned back to the team.

"Let's go, I'll lead the way."

Kain smiled and said, lighting up the path ahead with a strong flashlight, and led the team forward along this narrow path.

The team left last, and Yin Lumi followed them with a dull expression, but in fact, he was controlling many bat mind beasts to fly further into the darkness.

Yin Lumi's mind beasts are all formed according to the real bat body structure, and can rely on echolocation to obtain the surrounding terrain and perceive spatial information.

Yin Lumi moved forward with the team while controlling the bat mind beast to explore the terrain.

A team of dozens of people moved forward in the darkness along a cliff path with a width of only more than two meters. They were cautious and did not dare to relax.

“What a big space.”

During the detection process, Yin Lumi frowned slightly, because his bat thought beast was almost out of his control range, and he had not yet detected the limit of this space.

"This secret realm is probably much larger than the secret realm of Abistem."

Yin Lumi speculated in his mind that the secret realm of Abistem's ruins was only about two kilometers in size, and he could cover it with the full force of his circle.

As for this secret realm, the mind beasts are almost flying out of range, and they have not yet reached the limit of exploration.

"Speaking of which, it's incredible that there is such a large space under the desert."

"Yes, and the air is so humid and smells so comfortable, as if the mouth and respiratory tract have been cleaned."

In front of Yin Lumi, a soldier was discussing quietly with his companions.

"I don't know if this secret space is safe or not. It would be great if it could be used."

The soldier further ahead turned back and discussed with them in a low voice.

These soldiers are orphans who have lived in Meteor Street since childhood. The dry desert and the smelly garbage dump make them yearn for the environment of this space.

"stop!"

Suddenly, Priest Kain, who had been leading the way in front, raised his palms. The man in camouflage uniforms shouted, and the team immediately stopped.

"What's wrong?"

The man in camouflage uniform squatted down and asked with a frown.

Although there was nothing in front of him, he knew that the Kain sacrifice would not stop for no reason.