Volume 4: Holy Capital Tribulation Chapter 247 Self-rescue
I was careless...
Looking at the blocked exit, Xu Zun secretly regretted that even though he had been suspicious of Dongfang Yaorao before, he did not pay enough attention to it.
He only inquired about Dongfang Yaorao's background and sent several medical officers to check her injuries.
The medical officers unanimously testified that she did suffer serious internal injuries and was not faking it.
Moreover, before going down the tunnel, Xu Zun had deliberately made arrangements. Not only did he leave Huo Anu and Hou Zhen behind, but he also had most of the people from the Divine Capture Department go down the tunnel.
But even so, he was still ambushed.
"Sir..." Ani suggested, "How about we look for another exit? I don't want to be trapped in this damn place!"
“If it were easy to find,” Xu Zun said thoughtfully, “then there wouldn’t be any bones in the ditch below!
"These underground channels are buried deep underground in the Holy City. After the years of the Old Calendar, there are naturally only a few exits left."
"Then...what should we do?" Ani worried, "Do we have to wait here for rescue?"
"No," Xu Zun calculated, "This entrance is thirteen meters deep and a little over one meter wide. The volume of the cylinder is π×r²×h, so to block the entire entrance, it will take about ten cubic meters.
"Based on the density of the soil, it must weigh at least fourteen or fifteen tons... In other words..." Xu Zun snapped his fingers, "It's impossible for them to block the entire entrance!"
"..." Annie was confused for a moment, feeling that Xu Zun seemed to be reading from heaven.
"I remember there wasn't that much soil on top," Xu Zun pointed upward and said, "At most it could only block half of it, and at most we could throw some rocks down.
"So...we have to save ourselves!"
"Save yourself?" Ani didn't understand. "How?"
"Ani," Xu Zun said, "Hurry up and notify everyone to come and move the soil!"
"Ah?" Ani was surprised. "This place is so narrow and there is so much soil. How long will it take to transport it?"
"Don't waste time," Xu Zun said, "You are fast, hurry up, call them all back, every bit counts, we have to race against time!"
"Okay...okay..." Ani said nothing more and immediately went back with the torch in hand to call for help.
The burning resin dripped and the fire gradually dimmed.
In the narrow passage, only Xu Zun and Ku Niang were left.
Ku Niang stood motionless like a sculpture, but Xu Zun felt a surge of disgust in his heart.
"Ku Niang..." Xu Zun asked, "I don't know if you already know that Yue Jinglei wants to challenge you?
“He asked you to meet him at the gate of the Inner Guard House in two days, and he wants to compete with you.
"But don't worry," Xu Zun said, "I will make arrangements when the time comes. If you don't want to show up , I will block it for you!"
After hearing Xu Zun's words, Ku Niang still had no reaction .
"Thank you for protecting me all the time," Xu Zun expressed his gratitude. "Although I am not good at martial arts, I will never let you be harassed unnecessarily, even if the opponent is one of the top ten masters of Daxuan!"
After saying that, Xu Zun actually took off his coat, turned around, placed it on the ground, and started filling the coat with soil...
When the tunnel was full of soil, he carried his coat full of soil on one hand and held a torch in the other, and went deeper into the tunnel.
Looking at Xu Zun's walking back, Ku Niang trembled inadvertently.
"Come on, bitter mother," Xu Zun shouted, "follow me to a spacious place first. Although you are called bitter mother, you can't do these hard labors..."
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Since Zhao Yu and his companions had gone deep into the ditch, it took nearly an hour before they found most of them.
Moreover, Zhao Yu was not found either. It was said that he and several constables sneaked into a waterway heading west.
Xu Zun knew that Zhao Yu had an idea in mind, and since he decided to go deeper, he would find a way to come back.
So, no matter how many people there were, everyone took off their coats, lined up in the narrow passage, and began to take turns transporting the soil out.
These detectives from the Shenbusi were all strong and powerful, and as they saw bags of soil being carried out, their morale gradually increased.
After all, no one wants to be trapped and die in this dark underground.
Xu Zun was busy at first for a while, but was later replaced . At this moment, he was sitting on the collapsed beam, resting and thinking.
What he is most worried about right now, besides Huo Anu, is his latest idea.
I don’t know if my guess is correct, or if... the real disaster that Xuanmen wants to bring about is those pills!
He clearly remembered that the pill was colorless and tasteless when dissolved in water, making it difficult to detect.
Will the Holy City Transport Envoy and the Imperial Physician Xu Chi cooperate with each other to transport these pills into the palace without anyone noticing?
When the heavenly calamity strikes, these pills will be put into drinking water, porridge, soup, and meals, and taken by the palace guards?
In that case, the palace would inevitably be in chaos, and at the same time, these assassins who have been lurking underground would sneak into the palace through secret passages and plot something evil?
If that's the case, then there must be someone in the palace to pick us up, right?
Therefore, Xu Zun now particularly wanted to know the situation in the palace, but he was blocked underground.
What’s even worse is that since Xuanmen is willing to expose themselves and block the entrance of the cave, does it mean that they will take action soon?
Because they know that just blocking the entrance of the cave will not solve their problem, so they are just trying to delay time and make themselves unable to guess their real purpose?
If we start from the day of the assassination, today is exactly seven days later.
Could it be that the heavenly calamity will start today?
Transporting the soil was not as simple as everyone thought. After transporting it for an hour, everyone was exhausted.
It’s not that they had no strength left, but the underground passage was too narrow, and the burning torches made it difficult for everyone to breathe.
Everyone had to stop temporarily and go to a spacious place to recover before continuing the transportation.
This went on for several hours, and suddenly a bright light appeared above their heads, and everyone saw hope.
What was even more exciting and encouraging was that there were bursts of calls coming from above the entrance. It was obvious that someone was also digging up there.
"Sir, sir..." the person above called out loudly.
"It's here, it's here..." the people below responded excitedly.
Xu Zun rushed over after hearing the news, but saw pieces of soil constantly falling from the blocked area, and there was clearly a large stone blocking it.
At this moment, a rope had been tied to the stone, and it seemed that the person on it was about to move it away.
Finally, when the big stone was moved away, a light finally appeared above.
"Sir, sir..." At this time, a woman's voice came from above.
"Ah?" Xu Zun was immediately relieved, because he had recognized that it was Huo Anu's voice...
"Anu, Anu!" Xu Zun shouted excitedly, "I'm down there, I'm down there!"
"Sir," Huo Anu shouted anxiously, "Don't worry, we'll dig it up soon!"
After seeing the light, the detectives below were so happy to see the light again that they could not express it in words. They immediately used up their last bit of strength to continue transporting the soil out.
Finally, as a large area of soil fell, the blocked entrance was finally opened, and a rope was immediately lowered from it...
