Daomu Biji: Restart

Book 1: Chapter 209: Sad End to the Year

Black Glasses' theory was correct, but the architects at that time didn't consider aesthetics and just used the most barbaric method. The crevice on the opposite side must’ve been a natural gap in the mountain, which the architects used to set up bronze reeds to conduct thunder and resonance. In order to ensure that these reeds would have enough resonance, they dug out this huge cavity and built a tower.

We could clearly see the statues on the opposite side now, and the decorative carvings in the crevice looked both exquisite and complicated. On our side, there were only the stone beams, which acted like a plank road.

But you could only choose our location if you wanted to go down further, because no matter how long their ropes were, they still needed a continuation point.

As the flare went out slowly, the air was filled with a strong smell of burning aluminum and magnesium powder. Then, an electroluminescent lamp fell down like a meteor. This was an expensive piece of equipment that was used for large-scale exploration. It was a modified miner's lamp that was connected to a braided line and dropped down from above. As more and more of these lamps appeared above us, almost the whole area was illuminated.

We were right below this lighting zone, so the shadow of the stone beams covered us. At this time, I couldn’t worry about where Poker-Face had gone. I could only roll under my stone beam and shrink my body, hoping that the other party couldn’t see us from above.

Then, we heard someone rapidly descending and a voice spoke into a walkie-talkie, "It’s clear, let the goods go." We heard a lot of ropes being thrown down, and then countless packages were sent down the ropes.

I secretly took a look, but because I couldn't see clearly with the backlight, I only caught a glimpse of countless ropes and miner's lamps hanging in the air. It almost looked like they were creating a rest stop, because some people quickly started setting up safety nets and tents in mid-air.

They're wealthy. I admit defeat, I thought to myself. I’ll never look down on money again. But I’ve acquired Black Glasses’ bad habits, so I must at least live like Jin Wantang.

More people slowly started to appear, which made me so nervous that I was covered in a cold sweat. They were less than twenty meters above us, after all. As many people began talking, I realized that all of their elites were right above us. It didn’t take long before I heard Boss Jiao’s voice and saw all of the electroluminescent lamps slowly begin moving down. They passed by us ever so slowly before continuing downward.

Then, I saw something covered in blood get lowered down among the lamps, but I couldn’t tell what it was.

When it got about ten meters below us, I heard Boss Jiao shouting, "Wu Xie, let me give you something. See if it looks familiar."

I looked down carefully. From this angle, I could see that it was a bloody man whose hair style looked familiar.

It was Xiao Hua.

The electroluminescent lamps looked like colorful stars set against the backdrop of the darkness below. As Xiao Hua sank lower and lower into this darkness, he didn't look up at all. I didn't know whether he was dead or unconscious, but I felt as if my heart almost stopped.

Boss Jiao continued to shout, "This is what your Wu family owes me. Do you think God wouldn’t tell me? Wu Sanxing, I made it here without you. Your Wu family might be awesome, but you don’t have any luck. I’m the one with all the luck here. As long as I listen to the thunder again, I can find you wherever you try to hide."

My voice was practically trembling as I asked Black Glasses, "What should I do?" It sounded like Boss Jiao and my Uncle Three had some grievances with each other, but my Uncle Three wasn’t the type to let a grudge fester for so long. I would know something about this kind of deep hatred. Uncle Three, how much trouble have you caused the Wu family?

At this time, the blood-covered Xiao Hua was the only thing on my mind. My hands and feet were shaking, and a murderous intent rose up in my heart. On the one hand, I was extremely nervous because I didn't know whether Xiao Hua was alive or dead. On the other hand, all my pity and understanding for Boss Jiao completely disappeared.josei

I don’t care what this man is here for. He'd better die here.

Black Glasses didn't answer me. I held my breath right as I saw someone rappelling past me. Men in black whom I had never seen before started rappelling down one by one. They must’ve been the experts who were hiding in that tulou room with the door closed the whole time. All of these people were carrying 86s, which was a type of non-automatic gun that was very stable. When I entrapped the Wang family before, they used this type of gun. I took a deep breath, fully realizing where Boss Jiao’s capital had gone.

He hired a group of Wang family members?

This is so fucking troublesome. We don’t have anything. How are we supposed to fight?

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Me over here like: "XIAO HUA!!! NOOOOOOOOO! (cue music playing from this scene)

Sidenote: one of my favorite scenes is this one lol