Capítulo 850: Chapter 353: Whispers in the Earth Abyss
Li Chengfeng quickly swapped the “storyteller’s tone” for a normal narrative tone: “With those twelve Warriors relying on the pangolin’s advantage, they crazily dug pits, and within just three days, from the wellhead, they drilled hundreds of meters deep underground.”
Zhou Xuan almost laughed out loud, spreading his hands: “You’ve been warming up for half a day, but these Warriors are simply twelve excavators, right?”
“Pretty much.” Li Chengfeng said.
At this moment, Zhao Wuya pointed out the flaw and said: “This doesn’t make sense. Digging several hundred meters, what do those Warriors eat, drink, and where do they sleep? How is the excavated soil removed? You can’t just lower a rope, and when you’re done, climb back up the rope?”
“That wouldn’t be necessary. The Earth Abyss Plan intends to dig thousands or even tens of thousands of meters deep. If they rely on ropes every day to get in and out, it would be very inefficient.
Li Chengfeng explained: “That Great Scholar Liu Pingyao, like Lord Hua, also understood the Space Law, and his level in the Space Law is actually a level higher than Lord Hua.”
“A level higher than me? What kind of level is that?”
The Painter asked Li Chengfeng.
Li Chengfeng pointed to an empty spot and said: “Lord Hua, the first level of the Space Law is called Wraith. Disciples of the Incense Fire Divine Dao, after understanding this layer of Law, can move freely within the Wraith Space.”
The Wraith Space is a layer outside the real space. In this space, yellow sand and fierce winds can blow any person who mistakenly enters the space into a skeleton.
“This layer of space and the real space have many overlaps. Distances that seem extremely far in our real space are only a few meters apart in the Wraith Space.”
Li Chengfeng raised two fingers and continued, “And the second level of the Space Law involves completely merging part of the Wraith Space with the real space. The practitioner controls two ‘doors’,
Liu Pingyao opened this ‘door’ underground, while the other ‘door’ is at the wellhead. Those Warriors can enter the underground door and exit from the wellhead door, no matter how deep the well is; exiting takes only a moment.”
“So this level of space is called the Door of Space.”
At this point, everyone understood how those Warriors resolved their physiological needs and the problem of accumulated soil.
“No wonder Liu Pingyao is so crazy, trying to dig out the Earth Abyss. Without the Vajra drill, one shouldn’t take on the porcelain job.”
Yun Ziliang, on the side, lamented.
Li Chengfeng continued, “With Warriors digging tunnels and Liu Pingyao’s Door of Space ensuring logistics, the Earth Abyss Plan progressed quickly, drilling from a few hundred meters to two or three thousand meters… Everything went smoothly along the way, but after passing three thousand meters, strange things happened.”
“Like what?”
Zhou Xuan had no time for Li Chengfeng’s “atmosphere building” and just wanted to know what happened.
“White bones, eerie white bones.”
Li Chengfeng said: “All are human bones—skulls, hand bones, leg bones. Those bones were ash grey but still had periosteum.”
“The most skilled tomb raiders can determine the era these white bones came from by their texture.” Li Chengfeng pointed to the bones of the folded fan and said: “Those bones, based on their texture, should be traces of over a thousand years ago. But for bones that old, the periosteum should have long decayed. Why was it still clinging to the bones?”
“The Warriors found it eerie and sinister, suggesting Liu Pingyao to stop digging.”
“But Liu Pingyao wouldn’t allow it. He initially suspected that the core of Jing Country held a great secret, and now the bones seem to have revealed the tip of the iceberg. How could he give up?”
At this point in his narrative, Li Chengfeng paused to take a sip of the mountain delicacy soup Little Fuzi handed to him, while those around wished they could give him a light slap for pausing at the critical moment.
“Continue, continue.”
Li Chengfeng wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and continued: “Liu Pingyao promised great rewards, doubling the previously negotiated price. Those Warriors who were already working in the business of rolling through the dead could naturally bolster their courage with the prospect of more silver coins.”
“Another month passed, and the deep well had been dug to six thousand meters deep. Almost every spade of earth brought up white bones, and now the bones were not covered in periosteum but some flesh… that flesh was gently wriggling, indicating signs of life.”
“The Warriors had somewhat adjusted and didn’t feel the danger, but Liu Pingyao heard whispering sounds.”
Li Chengfeng said: “In Liu Pingyao’s past notes, he recorded the sounds he heard.”
“What did he hear?” Zhou Xuan asked.
“‘Yang people, stay away!'”
Li Chengfeng said: “It was a warning, a threatening voice. But for some reason, only Liu Pingyao could hear it. He was a madman, and to keep the Warriors from getting anxious, he did not reveal these strange whispers, instead, he directed the excavation as if nothing had happened.”
“Seven thousand meters, eight thousand meters, nine thousand meters. As the days progressed, the excavation team dug all the way to ten thousand meters deep, and finally…”
“Stopped digging?”
“The Warriors and Liu Pingyao, all disappeared without a trace.”
Li Chengfeng said: “This time, the Bone Elder Association also paid attention to the excavation of the Earth Abyss. At the wellhead, many scholars observed.
And Liu Pingyao’s ‘door’ left at the wellhead quickly decayed with the disappearance of Liu Pingyao and the Warriors. Scholars who got close enough heard extremely strange sounds from the ‘door’, akin to howling winds, whispering voices, and mixed with Liu Pingyao’s shrill screams.”