Chapter 1618 Back Door!
Lu Li was completely confused about the situation and was having a terrible headache.
The succubus lady leaned in to join the fun, saying:
"Hey, congratulations! You've gained two more little fans. Their unwavering devotion is quite impressive."
"Hehe, what's the use?" Lu Li replied with a wry smile.
"Didn't you hear what Xing Anlin just said? Babayak and Gerargon are going to part ways with us."
"They'll go through the back door and head straight to the Endless Forest in a bit."
"The two of us then returned the way we came."
"I guess we won't see each other again."
“Oh, right.” Evelyna nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
Upon hearing this, Babayak and Gerargon's expressions of joy vanished instantly, replaced by deep worry.
"My lord, is it really necessary to take a strange reminder so seriously? That person hasn't even revealed their true form..."
“It’s not inexplicable,” Lu Li interrupted decisively.
"He is my good friend and my right-hand man."
“Uh, I mean his identity hasn’t been verified yet…” Babayak paused, then changed to a more tactful way of putting it:
"What if someone impersonates you and deliberately gives you wrong instructions..."
"No, that won't happen." Lu Li shook his head and said:
“I have verified his identity.”
Seeing that things had been said to this extent, Babayak could only remain silent, no matter how unwilling he was.
After adjusting his equipment, Lu Li looked around for the 'back door' Xing Anlin had mentioned, while comforting Babayak:
"You must have heard that too."
"Xing Anlin said that you will live a long time, at least 618 years old."
"So once you enter the Endless Forest, you don't need to worry too much about encountering danger."
"All dangers will turn into good fortune and be easily resolved."
“My lord, I am not afraid of death.” Babayak interrupted, looking up at Lu Li with fervent eyes.
"I just want to follow you! I don't want to be separated from you!"
"You only want to follow me? You don't want to be separated from me?" Lu Li suddenly turned to look at Babayak, his expression turning cold.
He countered with a question:
"And then what? You, lacking strength, sacrificed your largely useless life in some crisis?"
"You think this will make me happy?"
"Or do you think this will help me?"
Babayak froze, his eyes filled with shame and regret.
Lu Li withdrew his gaze.
While continuing to search for clues in the surrounding area, he sighed softly:
"Since Xing Anlin came to deliver the message, informing the two of you that you need to leave through the back door, there must be a reason."
"Whether for my sake or for your own, you should seriously consider his opinion."
“I understand, sir,” Babayak replied dejectedly, bowing his head.
He then glanced at the corpse on the ground and asked:
"Should we take these corpses with us too?"
"Do you have any other alternatives in your storage items?" Lu Li asked casually.
“A substitute?” Babayak was taken aback again, and stammered in response:
"No, no."
"Prepare one or two in the future, they can be used to cover our tracks in a critical moment," Lu Li said casually.
"Since there are no substitutes, let's take all three of their corpses with us."
"Clean the site thoroughly, leaving no trace."
"Yes," Babayak replied quickly.
Upon hearing this, Gerargon immediately rolled up his sleeves, ready to go forward and move the body.
But before he could even take a step, the three Gobelins Soulguards rushed ahead and busied themselves with their tasks.
One by one, they skillfully rummaged through their own corpses for equipment and tools, and after sorting them out, they respectfully handed them over to Babayak.
"Is this Lord Li Yun's innate ability? He can actually turn dead targets into summoned creatures. It's incredibly powerful..."
Glarigon was full of praise.
Upon hearing this, Lu Li, who was standing to the side, once again let out a helpless "one".
Although it's true that the other person was complimenting him.
But the thought of [Soul Devourer] still being sealed in its grayish-white state gave Lu Li a strange, nauseating feeling.
Fortunately,
The back door that Xing Anlin mentioned is not hard to find.
After some investigation, Lu Li quickly discovered that a small section of the broken floor tile was hollow underneath.
With a quick dig, a hole just big enough for one person to pass through suddenly appeared before them.
"Looks like this is the back door."
Lu Li focused his mind and extended his spiritual tentacles to explore the cave.
After confirming that there were no living creatures inside, only two strangely shaped guardian statues and a huge bronze bell, he cautiously crawled down.
Evelina and the others immediately followed, with Babayak and Glargon in the middle.
Three Gobelins were at the rear of the column, one stayed behind to stand guard, and the other two served as the rearguard.
Although the underground passage was narrow, it was not very long.
Before long, the group arrived at a smaller underground space.
A huge bronze bell hangs in the very center of the space, emitting a faint blue light that illuminates everything around it.
Looking past the bronze bell, you can see two identical guardian statues standing on the left and right sides in the opposite corner.
They are all depicted holding axes in both hands, as if they might launch an attack at any moment.
Lu Li cautiously approached the bronze bell, preparing to see if there was any information on it.
But at that moment, a thunderous bell suddenly rang out, sending chills down everyone's spine!
At the same time, the faint blue light emanating from the surface of the bronze bell flickered a few times before turning into a blazing crimson.
Despite the ringing in his ears and the dizziness in his head, Lu Li managed to make out a line of characters engraved on the surface of the bronze bell.
That's a rule.
As the bells toll, truth and lies switch places.
After informing everyone of the information, Lu Li circled the bronze bell again, and finally discovered another rule behind it—
The guard will answer your questions, offering either the truth or a lie. Each player has only one chance to ask a question.
Apart from this, there is no other extra information in the entire underground space.
Behind each of the two guardian statues stands a stone gate.
If you approach, you will be warned by the other party with an axe raised, and asked if you choose to enter the stone door behind him.
Once the choice is made, one must enter into it.
Otherwise, you will be met with a frenzied attack from the stone statue!
After learning all the information, Evelyna's pretty face showed impatience.
Before Lu could speak, he muttered to himself:
"This stone statue is so annoying... Can't we just smash it?"
"I advise you not to even consider that idea," Lu Li said leisurely, glancing at the lazy succubus who was planning to brute force her way through the game.
"This is the tomb of the gods."
"Although the remains of that god have disappeared, the challenges he designed can still function normally."
"The two stone guardian sculptures used to guard the gate must have been imbued with a lot of magic by that god, so it's impossible for you to break them so easily."
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