At the end of the alley is a city wall more than 20 meters high. Unless you can fly, it is impossible for a living person to disappear out of thin air. In addition, the footprints are broken next to the sewer manhole cover, which is already obvious.

The manhole cover is not made of metal, but is similar to cement. There are two recessed parts on the inside of the round manhole cover, making it easier for maintenance personnel to remove the manhole cover and enter the sewer to clear out sediment.

However, this thing is unexpectedly light. When lifted up, it is far less heavy than it looks. It is more hollow. Moreover, you can see that a layer of velvet has been specially placed under the manhole cover to avoid making noise when moving the manhole cover.

Come to unnecessary attention.

Everyone stood around and looked into the well, and could see a vague flickering light, and an indescribable stench wafted out as the manhole cover was opened.

"We have to catch up. It will be difficult to catch him if he escapes."

"I agree."

Kaya's suggestion immediately attracted Korra's approval, and Eve on the side expressed her stance:

"I don't care. If you go down, I will go too."

This roughly means abstaining from voting and not expressing opinions. Then the three of them looked at Pei Renli, who had a disgusted expression on his face.

To be honest, Pei Renli didn't really want to go down.

In addition to the fact that it is physically difficult to accept going into the sewer, the risk of continuing to chase is also getting higher and higher.

The entrance to this sewer has obviously been artificially modified, and since there is light below, it can be guessed that it is used as some kind of convenient passage.

Human trafficking is obviously profitable, but land transportation is very inconvenient. Because the environment around Muxing City is very harsh. To the west is a sea of ​​big trees, to the north are mountains and canyons, and to the east is a large undulating area.

In the uncertain wasteland, this independent city is like a single seedling.

Therefore, for them, taking the waterway is the most convenient, but there is a city wall between the lower city area and the port area. Carrying someone swaggering through the city gate is an act of surrender.

Therefore, the modified wellhead they found was probably a convenient passage for abducting people from Xiacheng District and transporting them to the port.

But if it’s just a passage, it’s okay. I’m afraid that the other end of the passage is connected to someone’s home...

In that case, the four of them would have to face a bunch of extremely vicious criminals as they chased him all the way.

Pei Renli didn't feel very confident. After all, he had only been in school for two weeks. Before that, he was an ordinary person at the level of a fifth-level fighter. Obviously, the opponent would not just surrender.

However, even if he catches up, it may not necessarily mean that he will die. Perrenli has a final insurance, which is Ravna.

In the worst case scenario, you can let Ravna come out to save lives, but this is a last resort. After all, it is not easy to explain her origin. At most, you can pretend not to know her and let Ravna make a guest appearance as a passable Kamen Rider.

This kind of role.

Another important factor is that Pei Renli does not have any hope for the integrity of the guards. If they turn around and go back to school, they will be told that the mission has not been completed and they will not be paid. Pei Renli can't afford it now.

Ink money.

So he quickly weighed the pros and cons, and faced the questioning looks of the three people, he could only nod helplessly.

Poverty became an important reason for Pei Renli to make this choice.

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Of course, Pei Renli has never been in a sewer. Ordinary people should not have such experience.

Unlike pipe-style sewers, the sewers in Muxing City and most large cities are extremely wide and not narrow at all.

Led by Kaya, who was the most skilled, everyone climbed down the ladder one by one. After visual inspection, the depth reached thirty meters before finally landing on their feet again.

The width is about seven or eight meters, and the height from the ceiling is also four or five meters. It is more like a tunnel than a sewer. There are corridors on the left and right sides that can accommodate three people walking side by side, and various debris floats in the center.

and reeked of foul sewage.

After all, this is a sewer.

The construction is so wide mainly for the convenience of maintenance, because there are often monsters that like this kind of environment living in the sewers of this world. If the pipe style is too narrow, there is no way to deal with it.

Having said that, I don’t know what the local urban construction and planning department thought about digging sewers under the city wall. Are they really not afraid that the city wall will collapse as well?

Pei Renli didn't know the specific reason, and he wasn't interested in figuring it out because the surrounding area was so smelly...

Covering his mouth and nose, Pei Renli looked around. Immediately he saw a torch stuck on the wall five or six meters away. The flickering light he just saw on it came from it, but he didn't see anything more.

There was a lot of lighting, but I didn't see the guy who got in first.

Everyone came closer and Kaya judged:

"This torch is about to go out. It should have been placed here three or four hours ago."

Because the torches in this world use grease with special ingredients added, they burn for a longer time. They can generally burn for about four hours.

Except for this torch, if you look along the sewer, you can only see a deep darkness.

Pei Renli stretched out his left hand, drew a circle with his fingers, and immediately activated the light spell to replace the torch whose flames were constantly jumping due to exhaustion of fuel.

Eve also changed her spell-casting gesture, and four white balls of light floated beside her, illuminating the dirt-filled 'river' flowing beside them more clearly...

This is the Dancing Lights spell, which is the most elementary trick like the Light spell. The difference is that the light source of the Light spell can 'stick' to the surface of a designated object, while the light ball of the Dancing Lights spell can move around the caster at will.

When venturing in the dark, preparing multiple light sources is a basic operation. After all, if an accident occurs, without lighting, you will be blind.

"The footprints are here."

Korra squatted and pointed at the ground. The masonry corridor was full of mud, and the footprints were obvious.

"And I found out there is a trap. I'm not sure if there are any traps. I'd better go ahead."

Just as people who gain magical power through learning are called mages, people like Korra are called rogues.

Of course, this is a very broad term. People who wander on the edge of darkness, such as thieves, pickpockets, killers, etc., are all called wanderers.

They have expertise in sliding doors to pick locks and disarming traps. This kind of people are also the most indispensable type in adventure, because compared to the threat of monsters, the attrition caused by traps is actually more serious.

By the way, it’s not surprising at all that Korra, the paparazzi and loudmouth, has the skills of a rogue...

The mechanism Korra is talking about is the gate arranged on the ceiling. This should have been prepared during the initial construction. When necessary, the switch can be pulled to lower the gate and redirect the sewage.

However, since this place was obviously used as a secret passage, it is possible that a trap was set.

Changing places with Kaya, Korra walked in the front. Perrenli and Eve behind them held up the magic lighting, and everyone followed the footprints step by step towards the depths of the sewer.

My ears were filled with the sound of gurgling sewage, and even the footsteps of everyone were covered up. Occasionally, I would see some bright eyes in the unilluminated darkness in the distance. I wonder if they were mice or something else living here.

The monster is spying on them.

The feet are slippery, and when the light shines on them, it feels like stepping on a large piece of soap, giving it a greasy feeling.

And the touch that comes through the leather boots, is that soft stuff earth or...

Well, it's best not to delve into it anyway.

The most terrible thing is the smell, it's like a small brush gently teasing your nasal cavity. Everyone is almost silent. Apart from the slightest sound that can be heard far away, it takes a lot of courage to open your mouth in this environment.

matter.

What's even weirder is that Pei Renli found that as he walked, he began to slowly get used to the air in the sewer, although it was more likely that his nerves for sensing the smell had temporarily stopped working...

The environmental problem was not unbearable. After all, I was mentally prepared when I came down. But when everyone chased for about ten minutes, a big trouble arose.

As mentioned just now, there are gates in the sewers, which are used to change the flow direction of sewage. These gates are controlled by special switches on the ground.

Unfortunately, when they reached an intersection, the gate on one side was lowered, and the sewage water level suddenly blocked the road and immediately rose.

This forced everyone to run to a slightly higher ground. The sudden rise in water level completely washed away the only trace they were following, which was the footprints.

The corridor where the footprints originally existed was now half an inch deep in sewage, and Eve's attempt to detect footprints again was of no use.

"I'll try to see if I can take you around. Maybe the gate at the other end is not down, and maybe you can find footprints again."

If you want to continue chasing, Korra's proposal is the only way, and you have no choice but to take a detour.

As a result, this detour only made it more troublesome.

Because not only did they completely lose the trail of their tracks, but after walking for several minutes, they didn't see any traces of torches stuck on the wall.

There were no torches, indicating that the part they walked through was not a secret passage, but a real sewer.

And when they realized this and wanted to return, they sadly found that they were lost...

There were fewer and fewer man-made traces on the left and right sides. As they walked, they changed from masonry sewers to rock structures. If it weren't for the sewage flowing around them all the time, they would have thought they had wandered into some natural cave unknowingly.

among.

"That's not right, I obviously returned the same way."

Korra, who was leading the way, scratched her head violently, making her short flaxen hair as messy as a chicken coop.

"Forget it, let's walk around the area and see if there is an exit."

In this case, Kaya also knew that they had lost her. In this case, there was no need to stay in the sewer.

Eve still listened with an expressionless face. Even the smell of the sewers along the way did not change her expression much, and she did not express an opinion as usual.

Pei Renli didn't really want to come down in the first place, so he heard this and said:

"Then go back, I remember there is a ladder leading up near the intersection we passed just now."

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately saw a flash of light in the darkness.

"Watch out!"

Korra immediately turned around and grabbed Perrenli's cloak and pulled hard, enough to lower half of his head.

Immediately afterwards, Pei Renli felt something fly over his head and hit the wall behind him with a crisp sound.

Under the bright lighting of magic, you can clearly see that it is a crooked and rough arrow.
Chapter completed!