Underground Riddle

By Aleigh Pittman

While sunbathing last night, he noticed something strange... A hunchbacked weirdo, a crazy teenager, a spiritual book without words. An uncharted territory. People of the old generation said that when that Qin's square warrior was digging to build an underground mystery palace, he dug too deep and dug through the entrance to another world, and s

• Language: English
• Publisher: Annevia Lester
• Release date: Jan 22, 2024
• ISBN: 9798869314246

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Chapter 2: A Bizarre Experiment

    Before dawn, Li Fu sat down on the street again and started 'sunbathing'.

    In fact, he was waiting for someone, his eyes were zipping around when he saw a patrolman approaching him.

    Li Fu suddenly stood up and ran away.

    The patrolman shouted, Stop! Li Fu don't you run, he grabbed Li Fu by the collar of his shirt and asked, How did you know that Old Liu's family was going to be silenced?

    Li Fu nervously said, I don't know, I was reading what the wordless spirit book said.

    But there are no words in your shitty book! The patrolman with a question, Tell me quickly what else you have.

    Just because you can't see it doesn't mean the book doesn't work, I'm crazy anyway, believe it or not ...... Now someone is going to kill ninety-nine people to be an unjust soul to open the underground mystery palace! Li Fu said, seeing a figure in the distance, violently breaking away and running out.

    Bullshit! Ugh don't go, Li Fu where are you going? The patrolman felt that Li Fu was completely crazy.

    Li Fu said as he retreated, The hunchbacked weirdo who knows evil magic is about to appear, this city is in danger!

    I think you boys just got hit with an evil spell, the patrolman teased with a grin, so am I going to die?

    Li Fu: Don't worry, sooner or later.

    ...... The patrolman had a lump in his throat, and in the blink of an eye Li Fu had run out of sight.

    At that moment a suspicious-looking man appeared on the far side of the street, walking furtively toward the northern suburbs, and the patrolman followed him at a distance, secretly watching.

    This suspicious man is Gao Shi Ren, with a hunched back.

    The two of them, one after the other, came to the outskirts of the city, and Gao Shiren sat down with difficulty, leaning against the tombstone, and slowly took out a black notebook.

    The patrolman in the distance watched him with a frown on his face, thinking, "Is this man a murderer?

    Gao Shiren has an extremely severe split personality, with his two personalities taking turns working, one on the day shift and the other on the night shift.

    In order to have a full memory, his two personalities kept a diary day and night.

    The writing day was a daily task that both of his personalities had to do before going off duty.

    The patrolman looked at the strange man from a further distance, the light wasn't very good and he couldn't see very well, What's this guy up to in a graveyard?

    Gosseyn squeezed the pen and stuck the tip into his wound, sucking a tube of red for ink.

    Looks like today's diary is highly nutritious, Gosseyn put away his twisted smile and couldn't help the pain that escaped his lips.

    Hiss!

    He hadn't realized that the patrolman was staring at him from a distance, and then the pen rustled and the blood-colored notes came pouring out.

    Black Notebook 4982 June 6, 2002.

    I can't believe I failed!

    The only good news is that my stupid senior brother is dead, and although his spirit, through Li Fu's body, escaped the Puzzle Palace, it won't pose a threat to me.

    Let that little lunatic run amok in the city, so that even less people will believe in the existence of the Underground Mystery Palace.

    Except I'm hurt pretty bad too, the darkness is eating away at my heart, and I've got two months left at best.

    If I go up to the mountain and confess my faults to my master, I will die faster, I stole his book of forbidden arts, this cannot be forgiven, in short I cannot go back!

    It seems that I can only use that forbidden art, although it will bring immeasurable consequences ...... but that forbidden art can save me, and can even make everything start from scratch again.

    The prerequisite is that I must gather all ninety-nine grievous souls.

    Ninety-nine lives, only sixteen completed, and only two months to go, so I had to make a perfect harvesting plan quickly, and stay out of the police's sight.

    Gao Shi Ren put away his pen and slowly closed his eyes, and when he slowly opened his eyes again, his personality had already switched.

    At that moment the patrolman who had been observing from afar for a long time walked straight towards Gao Shiren.

    As the footsteps got closer, Gosseyn quickly read through his notes and slowly closed them, blocking the wound as a smile floated across his face.

    Uncle, what are you doing sitting here alone?

    Hey! I miss my old lady, and today is her anniversary I came to visit.

    The tombstone behind Gosseyn was indeed a woman's, and though he didn't recognize it, he actually wept.

    The patrolman looked him up and down, then pulled a picture out of a folder, Have you seen this man?

    Gosseyn took the picture and looked at it and returned it, he had seen it before but he shook his head.

    No, I haven't seen it.

    Uncle you should leave here as soon as possible, the suspect is most likely hiding in the deep mountains, and the foothills of these mountains are also dangerous.

    Thank you lad, I'll be off in a minute.

    Looking at the faraway back of the patrolman, Gao Shiren had another soul-crushing smile on his face.

    Come on, let's go and silence a man. He stood up and walked slowly toward the city of brimstone.

    ......

    Sulphur City, noon.

    Knock, knock! A sharp knock on the door.

    Li Fu looked anxious and gasped, Open the door, open the door!

    Boom-boom-boom!

    Seventy-five year old Professor Tang Wen, slowly came to the door and pulled open a small crack, Young man, who are you looking for?

    You're Professor Tang, aren't you?

    Professor Donovan nodded, but he had no intention of letting the strange young man in.

    Professor Tang, please believe me, if you come across a hunchbacked weirdo, don't approach him! Li Fu looked very anxious and spoke in a serious tone.

    Young man, you're talking about him, right? Professor Tang Wen opened the door and sidestepped to make room, only to see a man sitting in a chair in the room, hunched over in black, with a torch-like gaze, staring at the young man with a smile.

    That smile looks so realistic.

    It's over! Li Fu exclaimed as if he was overly frightened ...... It's him ...... What have you guys done? What the hell are you guys doing!

    Li Fu's tone was sharp, and when he looked at the hunchbacked man, his face was terrified and he looked agitated.

    Haha, Gosseyn stood up and walked over, this is the young man I was telling you about, crazy, what a pity!

    Donovan smiled and nodded his thanks, Lad I think you've got the wrong idea, he's as much a man of science as I am.

    Li Fu said in horror, He is not ...... he is lying to you! He's trying to use you to hide from the police, and he's going to open the underground mystery palace!

    Regarding the underground riddle palace such a sub needless thing, of course Prof. Tang Wen wouldn't believe it, he shook his head and said in a deep voice, Alright lad! You go.

    Li Fu hurriedly took out the wordless spirit book and opened it up in front of Professor Tang Wen, Look at what's written on it.

    The book Lifu held in his hand, a blank page without half a word.

    You go back, lad, it's all right.

    Professor Tang, he's trying to use you... Look at the book carefully! I ......

    Boom! The door was slammed shut, Lifu froze for a moment and had to leave disappointed, the street was even stranger, people whispering in groups.

    Have you heard, Old Liu's family has been silenced!

    I heard that there was not a single drop of blood at the scene and there were no clues, so the police initially ruled out the possibility of homicide, but could not find a cause of death.

    Inside sources say there's one thing missing from every body!

    What's missing?

    Everyone is missing a strand of hair!

    Gee, you're really something! Is the hair on your head made of gold?

    At this time, Li Fu ran over fiercely and grabbed Zhang Dazui's arm with great emotion, Zhang Dazui you just said that every corpse is missing a strand of hair, huh?

    Zhang Dazui was startled and kicked away as soon as he saw it was him, Play aside! I don't talk to crazy people.

    I'm not the crazy one! Evil magic has appeared, you're all doomed! Li Fu went crazy and ran towards Old Liu's house, It's over, it's over, this city is over! The day the evil man appears, when the underground mystery palace opens!

    Zhang Dazui looked at Li Fu's back, Awesome, awesome, even better than me!

    Haha, the crowd laughed.

    ......

    Prof. Tang Man's residence.

    Gao Shiren wore a smile as he looked at the photo on the wall of a quiet girl with a chic jade pendant around her neck.

    The jade attracted him; the Book of Forbidden Arts said that nine pieces of Soul Sucking Ancient Jade were needed to break the seal of the Underground Mystery Palace.

    This jade is very special, can I take a look at it?

    Professor Tang Wen shook his head sadly, Ai, both the person and the jade are gone.

    Gao Shiren pretended to be surprised and said, I'm sorry Professor Tang, I'm to blame for talking too much.

    Prof. Tang Wen reluctantly smiled and said, It's okay, you've done the test I just mentioned? I've been engaged in researching acupuncture for more than fifty years, but this is the first time I've heard of such a theory from you, I'd really like to see how you utilized acupoints and conducted a magnetic field separation memory test.

    Gao Shiren said mysteriously, This experiment will subvert everyone's perceptions, and I'm afraid it will cause a riot.

    He put away his gloomy smile and turned to stare at Prof. Tang Wen, But there are some difficulties at this stage, this experiment requires a specially located laboratory ...... Alas! The others are dead set against it, so forget it.

    Special location?

    Prof. Tang, I ...... would rather not talk about it.

    Gao you just say it, where is it?

    In the cemetery!

    Graveyard, hiss ---- What's this about?

    Gao Shiren explained, The graveyard in the northern suburb of our small town belongs to the mountainous region, and the mountainous soil and rocks contain a large amount of ferromagnetic ore, that is, the best location is just on someone else's grave.

    Professor Tang Wen nodded, So you want to utilize the natural magnetic field there, but moving someone else's family's grave and violating folklore taboos is indeed a bit of a bad idea.

    Yes!

    Gao Shiren lowered his head in loss, but used his afterglow to sneakily stare at Professor Tang Wen.

    If Prof. Tang Wen falls for his trick, he can easily avoid the police's vision in the name of experimentation. And in the meantime to get together the ninety-nine souls, and when they are all together, then do to Tang Wen a surprise.

    Professor Tang Wen was pondering, and Gao Shiren was secretly pleased. Just then, a banging knock sounded.

    Who is it again?

    Prof. Donovan opened the door again, only to see a police officer and Li Fu.

    That's him, that's him! Li Fu pointed at Gao Shiren, very excited.

    The police signaled Li Fu to keep quiet and wait outside the door, then the police entered the house and questioned the two old men in detail.

    A few moments later, the police officer walked out of the house and said to Li Fu, Don't call the police indiscriminately in the future, remembering that you did it out of the goodness of your heart, and it won't happen again!

    The police left and Lief shook his head in disappointment as he angrily slammed the book on the floor.

    It's all because of this shitty book, what does the Underground Mystery Palace care about me!

    Just then, the book on the landing opened bizarrely on its own, and four large words appeared on it.

    Back in time!

    Li Fu opened his eyes wide, grabbed the book and vigorously knocked on the door while shouting, The book manifested the book manifested! Look at it, look at it!

    Professor Tang Wen opened the door angrily and looked at Li Fu holding a book, which still had no words on it.

    Li Fu you hurry back stop it, thank you for helping my daughter before.

    Li Fu said, Professor look ah books have words!

    Gao Shiren also came over with a sullen face, and said with a hateful look at Li Fu, Go away child, don't make a scene here!

    Li Fu said angrily, I'm making a scene? You can fool the professor but not me! You want to open the underground mystery palace, don't you?

    Gao Shiren was so angry that he crooked his nose and glared, What is this bear child babbling about na!

    Li Fu clapped his hands and laughed, I got you, didn't I? I also know that you killed all the people!

    Gao Shiren blushed and said, You stinking lunatic want to get beat up, don't you?

    Professor Tang Wen hurriedly stopped Gao Shiren, Old Gao, don't be angry, let's go inside and let him go crazy outside by himself.

    The two entered the house and the door closed with a bang, leaving Li Fu frozen outside the house by himself.

    He's been crazy since he escaped from the underground puzzle palace, and people don't believe him.

    People asked him where the entrance to the underground mystery palace is, he said in the old Liu head of the family under the grave, which is even more no one believes.

    Why don't I just be crazy! Li Fu tore out the wordless spirit book page by page and scattered it on the ground as he cried his way back home.

    Ai! A sigh, if any, issued through the air.

    Only the pages of the book on the floor, each with densely packed characters that crawled rapidly like a swarm of ants and gradually formed a section of moving images.

    There was a cabin in the image, and a black whirlwind blew around it, followed by the cabin exploding.

    Boom!

    All the pages of the book instantly shattered into black powder, and the black powder condensed into an eerie skull. Then the skeleton opened its mouth and whirled into nothingness.

    The scene seemed like an unsettling sign, and the wordless spirit book returned to its original state, intact!

    A transparent figure picked up the book and the wordless spirit book disappeared with it, this transparent figure was Zhang Wushan, Gao Shiren's senior brother.

    After Zhang Wushan is trapped in the underground riddle palace, he escapes by borrowing Li Fu's body and communicates with Li Fu through the Wordless Spirit Book.

    Li Fu ah I don't blame you, this is a calamity that we have to face together, the spiritual book has already revealed the future, senior brother Gao Shiren is afraid that he will have his way! But he can start all over again, so can we, let's meet again in the next life.

    After saying that, the figure disappeared.

    ......

    Turning half a month has passed, Li Fu never heard his master's voice, the person has become much more normal, the essence of the second hospital to see his performance is too poor, directly persuaded to leave.

    The police are now searching all over the city for the serial murder suspect, and Gao Shiren has managed to hide from the police after tricking Prof. Tang Man into trusting him.

    The Gao-Tang duo were doing a special experiment, and Gao Shiren was delaying the process of the experiment by all means, in order to buy time so that he could gather all the ninety-nine wronged souls.

    Early that morning, Li Fu came to Tang Wen's door again, he wanted to know what had happened.

    Prof. Tang Wen had not returned from his overnight stay and had not returned yet, the door of the house was locked tightly. Bad, something won't have happened to the professor, Li Fu somewhat regretted tearing up the wordless spirit book.

    That's when Professor Donovan came over from the distance.

    Great, the test worked! Haha! Tang Wen opened the door and entered the house with a loud laugh.

    Li Fu followed closely into the house, You're crazy! That bad guy is using you!

    Prof. Donovan wasn't angry and didn't kick him out.

    Boy, it really worked, time went back thirty seconds! Do you know what that means?

    This means danger! Li Fu was so anxious that he slapped the table, That person is going to open the underground mystery palace! Your daughter died with a strand of hair missing from her head, and the serial murders in the city were also missing hair, think about it! Look at the newspaper, how many people are dead now!

    Just as the two were talking, there was a dark shadow hiding outside the window, secretly peering at every move in the house.

    That dark shadow secretly said, if this kid dares to spoil my big event, I will take him to make up the ninety-nine count!

Chapter 3: The Rise of Darkness

    Li Fu said anxiously, So many people have been silenced, isn't this strange enough?

    Professor Tang Wen sank his face and said, I've heard about you, Li Fu ...... you've helped my daughter before, which I know, and it's because you've helped my daughter that I haven't kicked you out ...... but you can't ...... Hey!

    Professor Tang Wen sat in his chair and fell silent, he was thinking about how to explain to Li Fu, the murder suspect is wanted is a young man, and Gao Shiren is a kind and kind old man with a kind face, and recently with him to do experiments, how can he be a murderer, hey, what do I have to explain to a crazy person!

    Thinking of this Professor Tang Wen gave his expulsion order, You'd better go!

    Li Fu was silent for a moment and turned away, and the dark shadow behind the window disappeared.

    ......

    At midnight, thunder rolled.

    Gosseyn takes off his black coat and replaces it with a white one, as if his personality has also switched from day to night.

    The ninety-nine wronged souls have been assembled, the real experiment can begin, and to thank Prof. Tang Man, Gao Shiren wants to give him a surprise.

    The graveyard in the mountains of the northern suburbs, cluttered with raised graves and blackened, is full of ghosts and shadows, everything is circumvented, only the weeds shiver, and the mountain winds whimper and practice their beauty like aggrieved wild spirits.

    Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

    There was a newly built round wooden house that stood out, looking just like the wordless spirit book had revealed it to be, and there was a faint light in the house.

    This wooden house was nine meters nine in diameter and three meters three in height, the house was decorated with all kinds of magnetic field equipment, densely packed with lines connected in an orderly manner, all of these equipment were made by Professor Tang Wen's trustees to help get the wooden house. The two old men definitely didn't have the strength to do this.

    For the sake of secrecy, they didn't get any assistants during the final stages of the experiment, which looked very mysterious indeed.

    Prof. Donovan is drafting his dissertation, which is called The Gates of Time.

    If he succeeded tonight, he would shock the world! The pen rustled on the manuscript paper, as if he were already standing on the Nobel Prize podium, making a stirring speech.

    Ta-da.

    Suddenly, a few drops of fishy black liquid, dripped onto the design drawings, and a large stain blurred the drawings.

    Caw~Caw! A crow had landed on the skylight of the roof at an unknown time, and that crow was staring at Professor Tang Wen with a crooked head!

    Prof. Donovan was startled, and he put down his pen to drive away this crow.

    He saw that the crow's eyes were bloodshot and red, and there was a pin stuck in its head, but no matter how much he drove it away, the crow did not move.

    Professor Tang had to close the skylight and squeeze the crow out hard, luckily the crow flew away, but why isn't Gao Shiren coming?

    Professor Tang Wen waited anxiously, the two had agreed to do the experiment tonight.

    Whoops.

    Boom!

    At this time outside the house, the wind is strong, muffled thunder low, the sky is instantly black without half a star, it is about to rain.

    Squeak~ The door opened.

    I saw a hunchbacked old man, carrying a large black cloth pocket, walk into the house out of breath.

    I'm coming Professor Don.

    Old Gao, why are you so late?

    Gosseyn was covered in rainwater, he entered the house and locked the door casually, his face expressionless.

    Prof. Donovan took the pocket and opened it with a look of surprise.

    Hey? What are you doing with all the hair and dead bats? I thought you said to use mice?

    You'll understand in a moment. Gao Shiren looked serious.

    Prof. Donovan said, Why didn't you tell me in advance.

    Gao Shiren laughed, I was afraid of scaring you if I told you in advance.

    Tang Wen laughed awkwardly, Haha, I'm not a coward. For some reason, he was a little inexplicably nervous, always feeling that Gao Shiren was strange tonight, and suddenly remembered Li Fu s words ...... Witchcraft, it can't be.

    At this point Gosseyn said mysteriously, Actually, science is magic.

    Professor Donovan shook his head, That's not the same, science is the pursuit of truth, while magic is a lie, the two are so different.

    Gao Shi Ren hemmed and hawed and stopped talking.

    Professor Tang Man froze and watched his every move, only to see Gao Shi Ren place the dead bat on the floor and arrange it in three concentric circles around the room, with his hair in the center.

    The hair is laid out like a circuit diagram, more like a weird symbol, and the design drawings don't mention any of this!

    Those hairs were in bunches, tied with red headbands. The hair was dark and light in color and varied in length, and it looked like the hair of at least hundreds of people.

    What's he doing collecting so much hair?

    The rumor of the recent serial killings is that each body is missing a strand of hair!

    But this kind of gossip Professor Tang Wen will not believe, wind rumors, do not know who made up na.

    As if he had guessed what was on his mind, Gao Shiren smiled and said, Don't be afraid this is from the barber store.

    Prof. Donovan stammered, I I I'm afraid of what I'm afraid of, I just don't get what this is for.

    When he finished speaking he bent down and fixed his eyes toward the ground.

    Only to see those bats on the ground have been dead for many days, dry and hard, light as a leaf. The strange thing is that all bats head inserted a silver needle. That silver needle is unusual, above engraved with dense characters.

    The craftsmanship of this silver needle is exquisite. Tang Wen was thinking about it when ...... the lights suddenly went out!

    The house was suddenly dark and silent ......

    The sudden silence and darkness made Prof. Tang Wen feel very depressed, and his heart became more and more astonished.

    He only heard Gao Shiren begin to recite strange words, his voice rising and falling. Professor Tang Wen couldn't help but get nervous.

    "What are you doing, Old High ......?

    What are you you doing!"

    The room was dark and no one had an answer. Gao Shiren still kept chanting strange words, his voice getting louder and louder.

    "What are you doing na?

    Old High!"

    Gao Shiren turned a deaf ear and continued to make strange remarks, suddenly like praying and suddenly like cursing, his tone of voice was sharp and staccato and powerful, and the speed of his speech was getting faster and faster.

    It sounds a million times weirder!

    Angry thunder roared outside the house, and at this time, the oppressive feeling in Gao Shiren's heart became even more intense.

    Suddenly, an eerie blue light shot up to the roof.

    The skylight had been opened at some point, and that blue light went straight up into the sky, and the rain followed the cold wind into the house.

    That blue light came from a mirror that held a pair of bizarre hands at its edge. Those hands were none other than the hunchbacked weirdo Gao Shiren's.

    ...... Gosseyn what the hell are you doing!

    The cold wind hit his face, and Professor Tang Wen winced. In the flickering light and shadow, unlike his usual calm and approachable face, Gao Shiren's face became eerie.

    Even his voice became abnormally sharp, only to hear him let out a strange laugh.

    Ah-ha-ha!

    ...... Lao Gao you you crazy screaming? Professor Tang Wen kept pressing the light switch, but the lights just wouldn't come on.

    Ka! A bolt of lightning was introduced into the house along with the blue light, the sound of that lightning was deafening, and Professor Tang Wen took two steps back. He was afraid of touching the conductor equipment that was connected to the electricity, so he was in a dilemma for a while.

    A pungent burning odor.

    The magnetic field equipment in the room operated instantly, machines roaring, electric currents bared.

    hereby ...... hereby ......

    Ko Sae-in what the hell are you doing!

    Hahaha ......

    ...... Puff, puff.

    Hmm?

    There was a cacophony of voices, the sound of wings flapping.

    Wings. Where are the wings?

    Ahh! The bats on the ground are moving!

    How bats that have long been taxidermied and long dead ...... How!

    The bats flapped their wings and flew, circling the house over and over.

    At first Prof. Tang Wen thought that the wind was blowing the bats up. Upon closer inspection, the bats looked furious and they were roaring with their mouths open.

    The bat is surprisingly alive!

    It was as if these bats had been disturbed by a magnetic field, and the ultrasonic waves they emitted were slowly converging to a limiting frequency and resonating at the same time.

    This resonance is slowly distorting the space around it!

    Prof. Donovan sensed the danger and was about to use the uppermost of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, but he didn't have time to run ......

    Suddenly!

    Gao Shiren picked up a long silver needle and ruthlessly stabbed it into Professor Tang Wen's skull!

    The other end of the silver needle is linked by hair to a magnetic field memory inoculation device.

    Ah!

    Prof. Tang Wen couldn't react as well as he could, and fiercely felt a hot stream from the top of his head entering his body, but he could no longer move.

    What's even weirder is that all those hairs laid out on the ground stood up, and faint cries came out from them, cries like those of the unjustly dead!

    Oooh! Oooh!

    Mixed sounds mingled through the house as the wind and rain howled and thundered.

    Around the outside of the cabin a powerful black whirlwind blew, which from a distance looked as if it were a black tornado.

    The strong wind caused sand to fly around the wooden house, and the entire wooden house shook.

    What are you doing! Professor Tang Wen desperately roared. Only Gao Shiren's face was hideous, and he was holding a thick ancient book whose pages were scorched and looked very bizarre.

    The pages of the book were emitting an evil mist, and blood-colored characters were slowly seeping out of the paper.

    Professor Tang Wen finally realized that what Gao Shiren was reciting at this time was definitely not any laws of physics, but a fucking spell!

    Dog day dare to put me down, we fight one on one! Prof. Tang Wen cursed a bunch of nonsense, he can only use his mouth to fight back, but to no avail.

    Only Gao Shiren was heard shouting loudly.

    "A dark specter from the abyss!

    I summoned you with ninety-nine grievances!

    My soul makes a covenant with you!"

    Boom! The earth shook a few times. Only Gao Shiren floated up, a weird black aura surrounding him.

    Prof. Tang Wen's whole body was powerless, and he cursed in his heart, this fucking drop is not a magnetic levitation!

    Let go of me, Gosseyn you let go of me! Son of a bitch what are you doing!

    Hahaha, let's go save your daughter.

    ...... What? What the fuck are you talking about!

    It is the year 4982, July 9th, 23:59, 40 seconds, and I, Gao Shi Ren and Tang Wen ......

    Wait, we can't experiment on people yet! Professor Tang Man now understands that Li Fu was right!

    Only to hear Gosseyn continue, Let's go back to 4972, July 9th .....

    In a flash, Professor Tang Wen's whole body was like an electric shock, and his body slowly levitated. Only to hear Gao Shiren let out a strange laugh, sharp and twisted tone of voice, Is this magic trick of Prof. Tang real? Hahaha ......

    Boom!

    The light in the house was like a nuclear explosion shockwave, spreading rapidly in all directions, and at once heaven and earth were submerged in white light ......

    Silence.

    Deadly silence.

    Professor Tang Man was sweating profusely, waking up from a nightmare, his head aching like a pinprick, and the newspaper on the bedside desk dated exactly, July 9, 4972!

    ...... Ten years ago? Bad! Professor Donovan grabbed the door and ran desperately toward his college dorm room.

    Shin Hye my daughter, on July 9th Shin Hye is still alive, I'm going to save her!

    ......

    Gao Shiren peeled off his own shirt, the wound on his chest was gone He looked at the back of Professor Tang Wen running and smiled excitedly.

    "No one can stop me now! From now on I can open the underground mystery palace step by step.

    Darkness rises and builds my kingdom, haha!"

Chapter 4: The Book of Forbidden Arts

    On this day there was a great vision, day was like night, gods and devils were at war, while the darkness was slowly encroaching on this small mountain town.

    Although Gao Shiren had used an evil forbidden technique to distort space back to ten years ago, the entire small mountain city had also become truly 'isolated', and it was almost impossible to get out of this city.

    Again, those outside the city could no longer find Brimstone!

    It's hard to tell if Gosseyn is controlling everything or if Gosseyn is being controlled and used.

    Midnight.

    Black clouds covered the sky and thunder and lightning.

    A hunchbacked man was running at a brisk pace in a mountain forest that reeked of death.

    The ebony black rocks of the mountains were smoky. Dead trees with no branches and a choking smell of sulfur in the air.

    Brimstone Hill, an active volcano that pretends to sleep. Tucked away in this great mountain is a quaint stone house.

    Gao Shiren lit a lantern with a sardonic smile on his face.

    Only to see a thick ancient book floating in the air one foot empty on the stone table in the house. The ancient book was already a thousand years old, and the withered yellow pages exuded the smell of death, which was a book of forbidden arts.

    The entire book was shrouded by a black magic barrier. The only way to steal the book was to use a specialized spell to unlock the magic barrier.

    Gao Shiren had been on the mountain for thirty years, and he had only seen his master use the spell once.

    But just that one time, Gao Shi Ren memorized the incantation. He memorized the incantation in his mind and practiced it secretly, waiting for the right moment.

    Now the opportunity has come.

    The last time he stole this book, the second half of the book had been destroyed by his master. This, coupled with Gao Shiren's own over-anxiousness, caused him to lose his success and fail to open the Underground Mystery Palace.

    If he wanted to open the Underground Mystery Palace, he had to get the complete Book of Forbidden Arts. And now, he exchanged ninety-nine wronged souls for the reversal of time and space, and everything started all over again.

    Now the book has not been destroyed by the Master and the book is still intact!

    Gao Shiren skillfully chanted the incantation, the magic barrier then disappeared, and the ancient book gently fell onto the stone table.

    A hungry wolf pounced on a sheep, and Gao Shiren almost pounced on it, cupping the ancient book with both hands.

    Complete, the book is complete! Haha, it's everything with it!

    Go, quickly go down the mountain. Gao Shiren wrapped the book tightly in a piece of black cloth and stuffed it into his arms, when the sound of hurried footsteps came from outside the house.

    A one-eyed man walked into the stone house, Gao Shi Ren's senior.

    Elder brother, this is a letter from the master to you, and his old man is very unhappy to read it.

    Letters, see for yourself.

    What do you mean, where are you going, Elder Brother?

    Don't call me senior brother, I have been expelled from the division, read the letter yourself, from now on you and I had better not see each other.

    One-eye stopped Gao Shi Ren, Senior brother don't go, what exactly do you mean?

    By this time, Gao Shiren had already finished packing his parcel, Senior brother, let me ask you once more, how about following me to do something?

    One-eye suddenly remembered that his senior brother had once discussed with him about opening the underground mystery palace together.

    "Senior brother you're crazy! You want to open the underground mystery palace?

    Master said that we must not upset the balance of nature. We cannot bring things from another world to earth. Even more so, we can't privately bring human souls to another world; once this balance is broken, the consequences are unimaginable!"

    Without speaking, Gosseyn picked up the package, and One-Eye stopped him with a loud rebuke.

    "I can't believe you said that was the cause ...... That's the scourge of the earth!

    Let's go let's apologize to Master."

    One-eye looked at his senior brother in panic, while Gao Shi Ren did not change his face and did not move a muscle.

    Gao Shiren said, Zhang Wushan, don't say anything useless. Just ask you one thing, are you with me or not?

    One-eye said angrily, I'm not going! Elder brother you're crazy! You ......

    Gosseyn pushed him away and fixed One-Eye with a fierce gaze.

    Zhang Wushan in the future if you dare to get involved in my affairs, don't blame me for being ruthless!

    After saying that, Gao Shiren went out of the house and disappeared into the dark night.

    One-eyed Zhang Wushan held the letter and stood frozen, his mind still thinking about his senior brother's words.

    ......

    Cold rain is pouring down and the mountain wind is howling.

    The mountain path was not easy to walk at night, but Gao Shiren did not slow down half the time. A small fireball swirled above his palm, illuminating the dark path.

    This fireball was called the Fire of the Abyss, and it was condensed with his spiritual energy. This fireball flickered up and down, resembling a ghostly fire.

    The trail was rugged, with occasional debris rolling underfoot, and still he hurried on.

    But from time to time, he giggled and laughed.

    Immediately after that, Gao Shi Ren fell back into contemplation, he needed to think calmly and rationally about how to kill people in a frenzy!

    Gosseyn's shadowy eyes were like those of a wild ghost as he looked greedily at the earthly lights at the foot of the mountain.

    ......

    At the foot of the hill, there was a house light dimly lit.

    This house is not only Li San's mansion, but also the entrance to the underground mystery palace, but only Gao Shiren knows about this.

    Li San doesn't know, he only knows that this mansion of his family is a murder house, and his son Li Fu doesn't know either.

    Li Fu crazy that year is sixteen years old, now Li Fu is only six years old still do not understand and not crazy, wordless spiritual book and his master has not come to him.

    Now even Gosseyn doesn't know who owns the mansion.

    But no matter who it was, this mansion was his for the taking!

    Gao Shiren pressed back his excited heartbeat, only to hear the two Li San families in the room talking.

    Honey I had a nightmare again, same dream as yesterday, do you think it could be real?

    What are you talking about? What did you dream about?

    I dreamed that our child ran up the back of the mountain and it was eerie everywhere ...... There was a strange hunchbacked man on the mountain, and he had a bell in his hand to lure our child there to eat him!

    Awww, okay stop it, sleepy.

    Gao Shiren hid behind the window and listened to the talk in the house, thinking that this kid is having a pretty good dream, so why don't I just let him make his dream come true!

    Li San has been having nightmares ever since he moved into the mansion and has been losing money on his bad business, he is planning to sell the mansion.

    But his wife is usually the head of this family, and she will definitely not agree to sell the mansion, because it belongs to her old husband.

    Yesterday Li San secretly contacted Old Liu Tou, who wanted to buy the mansion to take over his business.

    After waking up from his nightmare, Li San wanted to tell his wife about the sale of the mansion, and he sat up from the comforter to lean on the bed.

    Wife has a proposition for you.

    His wife, with her eyes closed in a daze, said, What's up?

    Li San stammered, Is it okay to have Old Liu Tou come and look at the mansion tomorrow?

    Li San's wife opened her eyes and sat up violently, Sell the mansion? Surname Li is really daring you, you are really getting more and more power, one day you will have to press me over my head.

    Li San grinned, Have mercy wife, look who's crushing who now? I can't even catch my breath.

    His wife said, exasperated and laughing, Nasty nasty nasty.

    Good wife don't be angry, I'll show my loyalty to your old man tonight and keep you happy until morning.

    Oops take your stinking paws off the cooler.

    ......

    Keep your voice down so your son doesn't hear.

    The baby's asleep early.

    ......

    Outside the house, the electricity flashed and thundered, inside the house, the wind and rain, the date wood crib squeaked like a big windmill.

    Two people start a midnight chorus.

    Squeak, squeak, squeak.

    Two people plus a crib, everyone was just happy nah, the door opened!

    Squeak.

    A dark figure stood in front of the door, motionless, staring deathly into the room.

    The black shadow suddenly transformed into a gloomy, cold wind that drifted and poured in.

    Whoops.

    ......

    Who?

    Whoo whoo!

    Check it out, oops put your pants on.

    Li San angrily put up his pants and walked out the door. There were only his two families and his son in the house, no outsiders, and there was no need to ask who it was.

    Bears don't learn, do they, let's see how I'll beat you up!

    Li San's daughter-in-law said, Don't hit the child in the middle of the night, he doesn't learn from you, the dog father.

    Li San skimmed his mouth and said in his heart, "I didn't teach him, maybe this kid is self-taught.

    He won't learn until he's beaten.

    Li San took the belt and huffed into his son's bedroom, raised his hand and smacked the belt on the bed, Bear child, do not learn to be good, right!

    "Told you not to learn!

    I told you not to learn!"

    Snapping it twice in a row, but he didn't feel quite right, the sound of the belt going out wasn't right, and the bed was empty.

    Li San hurriedly pulled on the lights, fortunately there was no blackout today and the lights were on.

    Hmm? I don't see anyone in the house.

    The curtains were half closed, there was rain falling diagonally into the room, and an unusual putrid odor wafted in through the window.

    Behind the window was the messy cemetery, and beyond the messy