Merchant of the Underworld

Suddenly, I realized something was wrong. I ran to other rooms and turned on all the lights, only to find that Alimu's family were all dead.

All the rooms seemed to have become a living hell, with scarlet blood splattered on the walls.

"Ugh, this, this, this..."

Li Mazi vomited for a long time before pointing at the corpse and asking tremblingly.

I'm no better than him. This scene is too tragic.

There were a total of five members of the Alimu family, and all of them had their hands and feet cut off and their waists chopped into two pieces. Even Xiao Yueyue was not spared.

Her beautiful big eyes were still open, but her last look was full of fear. I helped her close her eyes with red eyes, but there was a huge anger in my heart!

What happened at the Alimu family while Li Mazi and I were out?

"Brother, why is there so much water in this house?"

Li Mazi didn't tell me that I hadn't noticed yet. When I looked down, I realized that there was a lot of water on the ground, especially around the body.

I quickly checked and found that all the water pipes and faucets in Alimu's house were turned off, and the water tank was still in good condition.

This showed that the water on the ground was not Alimu's own water at all, and the water stains also gave off a fishy smell, just like the smell on Lao Dao's body.

Relating to their family's awe of Lop Nur, I think it has something to do with the red-eyed monster in Lop Nur!

"What's next?"

Li Mazi asked tremblingly. I gritted my teeth and looked at the tragic death of the Alimu family in front of me, feeling extremely sad. Not long ago, we were happily drinking and eating meat together. In the blink of an eye, these people were brutally cut into pieces. I really can't accept it!

"Bro?"

Li Mazi pushed me gently, which brought me back to my senses. When this happens, I should call the police immediately. After all, it involves a human life case.

But if we call the police now, Li Mazi and I will be the most suspect. I'm afraid we will be wasted at the police station, and we may even be found unjustly accused.

And we promised the female ghost to find the ancient tomb as soon as possible, and we must not waste time.

Thinking of this, I suddenly said: "Mazi, please clean the place where we have touched, and let's find another place to live first."

Before leaving, I looked at the Alimu family and secretly swore in my heart that I would find the murderer and avenge them!

Then Li Mazi and I ran to the service area far away from here and opened a simple house to settle down temporarily.

"Brother, what do you think we should do?"

Li Mazi asked anxiously.

"I don't know. The Alimu family's affairs will definitely not be covered. Maybe the police will follow the clues and get here tomorrow."

I said sullenly.

At present, the first task of Li Mazi and I is to help the female ghost find the ancient tomb, because I always feel that the ancient tomb has something to do with Lop Nur.

"Here, give you the map!"

Li Mazi took out the map, and I took it in my hand and observed it carefully. The lake marked on the map is indeed in the shape of a human ear. Since Xie Jun said that the map depicts ancient Loulan, I think we should go to the ruins of the ancient Loulan country. Try your luck.

I feel that the Pisces jade pendant, the old Taoist, the female ghost, Lop Nur, the ancient tombs of the Han Dynasty, and the death of the Alimu family seem to be inextricably linked, but there is no way to connect them together.

The only way is to find the ancient tomb, so that I may be able to get more useful clues from the female ghost.

"Brother, how about... let's go back!"

Li Mazi was scared and wanted to retreat. I shook my head gently.

Let’s not talk about the tragic murder of Alimu’s family. The female ghost alone is enough for us to drink a pot. After we discussed it in the ghost market, it was equivalent to signing a contract. The contract will take effect wherever we go, so we can only force it now. Keep your head open and investigate.

Li Mazi and I had a rough sleep that night, and the next day we went to the city to prepare some things. After all, we didn't know what would be in the ancient tomb, so the more preparation we had, the more protection we would have.

We bought necessary equipment such as tents, compressed biscuits, flashlights, ropes, and paratrooper knives.

Since there is a possibility of encountering zombies in reverse fighting, which is much more dangerous than usual, Li Mazi and I were determined to buy a gun, but we didn’t know the situation of the black market in Lop Nur, so we could only settle for the next best thing, and finally bought one for 1,000 yuan. A hunting rifle for self-defense.

In the afternoon, we followed a local tour group to the Loulan Ancient Ruins.

Loulan played an important role in the thirty-six kingdoms of the ancient Western Regions, but now Loulan has long been buried by the yellow sand, and humans can only find Loulan's past appearance among the ruins.

During the free time, Li Mazi and I broke away from the team, hid in a place where no one was around, took out the map, and started observing.

This map is so worn that many of the things recorded on it can no longer be seen clearly. I can only vaguely see a pagoda near the human ear-shaped lake.

But the surrounding area is full of yellow sand. Where can we find the pagoda?

Li Mazi and I both felt a little discouraged. It seemed that counting on the map was useless. Could it be possible to go back to the ghost market and tell the female ghost that there was nothing we could do?

This is too embarrassing. I thought for a long time and decided to continue observing the map. Unexpectedly, this observation really gave me some insights!

Behind the pagoda on the map is a majestic building. Although there are only a few strokes, it can be seen that the building is very tall.

I looked around, and sure enough I found something similar to a city wall not far away.

"Li Mazi, let's go and fight!"

Li Mazi was forcefully pulled up by me before I knew what was going on. Unexpectedly, the city wall looked very close to us, and it actually took more than an hour to reach it.

Although this city wall was swallowed up by yellow sand, it was still well preserved. I compared it with the map and found that the buildings on the map were more than 70% similar to this city wall.

"Li Mazi, we found it."

I said happily, and Li Mazi immediately became beaming after hearing this. After all, we are one step closer to finding the ancient tomb!

The map shows that the pagoda is not far from the city wall. Since the city wall is relatively high, we can clearly see the clear water of Lop Nur when we climb up to it.

It seemed that we could find the ancient tomb as long as we continued to follow the map's guidance. Li Mazi and I encouraged each other and continued walking forward.

The wind and sand on the road were so strong that Li Mazi and I couldn't open our eyes. After walking for an unknown amount of time, I asked casually: "Li Mazi, do you think what time it is now?"

However, Li Mazi didn't answer me. I thought to myself, what is this guy doing?

As the wind and sand became stronger again, my mouth would be filled with yellow sand. I had no choice but to turn around, only to find that there was nothing behind me.

I suddenly thought of the illusion created by the old man. Could it be that Li Mazi fell into the quicksand again?

I hurried back, wanting to look for Li Mazi, but as soon as I took a few steps, my feet suddenly became empty, and then I felt like the world was spinning.

I closed my eyes and felt it, and found that I was falling down. I felt that my internal organs were about to fall out.

"Brother Zhang, is that you?" Li Mazi's voice came from the darkness.

"Li Mazi? Is it you?" I asked in surprise.

"It's me! It's me!"

Hearing Li Mazi's happy voice, I immediately turned on the wolf-eye flashlight and carefully looked around. I saw Li Mazi lying half beside me. His face was pale and his forehead was covered with big beads of sweat.

"Li Mazi, what's wrong with you?"

I quickly walked to Li Mazi and saw that his leg was pierced by a white bone.

"Oh, it fucking hurts me so much..."

The fact that Li Mazi was still in the mood to complain meant it was nothing serious. I put down my backpack, took some antibiotics out of it, fed them to Li Mazi, and then grabbed the white bone stuck in his leg.

"Mazi, please bear with me!" I said somewhat unbearably.

Li Mazi nodded, gritted his teeth, and I pulled hard and pulled out the bones.

Li Mazi screamed "Ah" and fainted. I threw the bones aside, then sprinkled some Yunnan Baiyao around Li Mazi's wound, and then wrapped it with a hemostatic bandage.

After doing all this, I carefully looked at the surrounding environment. Li Mazi must have fallen down accidentally. The hole was filled with messy human bones. He happened to be hit on the back.

I was tired and hungry after working on it for so long, so I simply took out a small pot and cooked the compressed biscuits. Just before I had time to eat them, Li Mazi's voice came over: "Brother Zhang, what are you eating?" Does it smell so good?"

It seemed that he was awakened by the smell of food. I handed him some biscuit batter and asked at the same time: "Mazi, how did you fall from here? I walked in front of you and didn't fall."

Unexpectedly, Li Mazi didn't speak at all, and just wolfed down his food. It wasn't until he finished eating that he felt his stomach with satisfaction, and said aggrievedly: "Brother Zhang, I rubbed my eyes because of the yellow sand. Unexpectedly, when I looked up again, you would be gone. I ran forward to catch you, but fell down..."

I sighed, thinking that I was so unlucky that I encountered this situation in my first reverse fight. The hole is very deep and surrounded by yellow sand. It is difficult for me to climb out even with the help of my spiritual power, because there is nothing here to draw strength from. If I am not careful, it may cause a landslide and bury us alive inside.

But once you've come, you'll be fine, I don't believe there's no way out!

Besides, there are bones everywhere in this cave. It is naturally a man-made hole. I think there may be some clues here.

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