Yin Yang Lantern Man

Chapter 162 The Night Watchman of the Previous Generation

They have been targeted, and following me into this cell is basically seeking death.

But Chen Ning'an didn't want them to die, he needed believers.

These people are the best carriers of paper talismans and become the nourishment for one's own growth.

He just wanted to see the truth about Mucheng.

People will keep pretending as long as they are alive. Many things will only be exposed when they are really facing death, or the truth will only come out after they die.

The bone monster fell to the ground and found Er Dingyan silently. It slowly stretched out its bony claws and wanted to launch an attack.

Chen Ning'an frowned. There are more than ten people here, why did you have to find Er Dingyan, who is already a paper man?

He reached into his bosom and casually picked up a fragment of lightning-struck wood, which he had made using the remaining uncontaminated part of the lightning-struck wood sword during the final reckoning in Zhongcheng.

A piece of sword handle can be made into three wooden nails, which are perfect for dealing with weirdness.

"Snapped!"

The air exploded, and the small wooden nail pierced through the bone monster's head at a speed faster than a bullet, and was instantly killed.

Chen Ning'an no longer found this kind of ordinary thing challenging, and it had no practical value. It was all bones. Could he use it to make soup?

The noise immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the lanterns turned around and locked onto the white bone monster on the ground.

But its head was completely shattered, and it looked so miserable. Charlie looked at Er Dingyan who was standing nearby and asked in surprise:
"You did it?"

How could Er Dingyan dare to take credit for it? But at this moment, he couldn't control his mouth and answered, "Yes, I did it."

"You know what's inside me? I can see as clearly in the dark as in the daytime. Just now, this thing tried to sneak attack me, but I killed it in return."

Er Dingyan understood that Chen Ning'an didn't want to take credit for what he said, so he followed suit.

The power left, which made Er Dingyan regretful. He thought his master could stay longer.

"Great! I'll remember your achievement when I get back!"

Qian Ding gave a thumbs up and quickly took something out of his pocket.

A beaker, saw, and spoon.

Chen Ning'an didn't know where she took it out from, but he sawed through the bone and dug out the marrow as she did so skillfully.

The blackened bone marrow had a fishy smell, but Qian Ding didn't feel disgusted at all. Instead, he handled it with great care, as if it were some treasure.

Chen Ning'an stared at the bone marrow. There was little of this thing and not as much as other monsters.

Even if it is used to draw talismans, it is of little use.

Qian Ding raised his head and lifted his hair, then smiled when he saw Chen Ningan's eyes:

"I forgot there's a new guy. Let me tell you, everything on this monster is a treasure. For example, this bone marrow can be made into medicine. Theoretically, it can stabilize the decrease in the S value of bones."

"Theoretically?"

Chen Ning'an's words were tinged with doubt.

"Yes, in theory, because this thing does not increase the S value 100%, it is only effective for a part."

Even so, she kept it carefully.

Chen Ningan seemed to understand, and then the others left the prison and continued moving forward.

The people in Group 105 continued to move forward and encountered a few monsters on the way, but they were all relatively ordinary and were dealt with by Charlie, the semi-guide, and imprisoned in an empty cell.

"Tsk tsk, I wonder who built this prison that can hold so many monsters."

Liu Bin said with emotion: "The previous generation was amazing, they were able to achieve such results."

Hearing the words about the previous generation again, Chen Ning'an thought for a moment, took out a paper man talisman and handed it to Er Dingyan.

He understood what Chen Ning'an meant and walked towards Charlie.

"Cough cough."

Chen Ningan coughed lightly, indicating that he had misunderstood and that Liu Bin was the target.

So Er Dingyan changed direction and handed the talisman to Liu Bin.

"Lao Yan, what is this?"

Liu Bin looked around, and Er Dingyan smiled and said, "This is for your safety, take it."

Liu Bin didn't expect Er Dingyan to be so nice to him, and he had no doubts because they had been teammates for quite a while.

Aren’t the people in Mucheng too naive and easy to deceive?

Any other Zhong Cheng Ye An would have thrown away the talisman, especially since it was something suddenly given to him by his companion, which must be a big problem.

Either your companions want to harm you, or they have been infected by something strange and want to harm you.

But Liu Bin kept the talisman close to his body without taking any precautions.

Chen Ning'an began to understand why he was stopped when he came to Mucheng. It would be devastating for any Ye An from Zhongcheng to enter Mucheng.

Two hours later, Liu Bin had been infected without him noticing. Chen Ning'an, who was walking next to him, asked him, "What do you mean by a generation?"

Liu Bin answered immediately, but he didn't call the master, so Chen Ning'an stopped him.

"The previous generation was the department before Ye An. At that time, the Internet was not as developed as it is now, so each city had a different name for that group of people."

"I don't know what other cities call it, but we in Mucheng call the older generation the Night Watchmen."

"It means holding a lantern to keep watch at night. I guess the word 'night' in our generation came from this."

"That generation was amazing, far better than us. They used their own methods to deceive the safety of New Qin, and managed to keep the big cities stable in that era of information support."

Liu Bin talked too much. Charlie, Qian Ding and others looked back a few times, but didn't see anything unusual, so they just gave a reminder.

"Lao Liu, if you feel that the S value is fluctuating, you must tell me in advance."

S value is a really good excuse.

"It seems that this prison was built by the previous generation of night watchmen."

Chen Ning'an had also heard some information about the Night Watchmen in Zhongcheng, such as the body he was in, which was the last Night Watchman.

Could the lord of this deep prison be the night watchman?

This is very likely. He glanced across the iron doors of the prison cells and knew that the previous generation of night watchmen were very powerful.

Not to mention the body that suppresses the Zhenhai Building, just the design of this deep prison can reveal a lot.

And now Ye An [out of control], like Zhong Cheng's out of control and Mr. Liao of Mu Cheng, is inferior no matter how you look at it. There is no comparison between the two.

"Shh!"

Suddenly Charlie said, "Everyone, be quiet. Do you hear any noise?"

It was dark all around except for their place, which was lit by lanterns. After the lanterns were extinguished, everyone heard a strange dragging sound.

"Be careful, it could be a jailer."

As soon as Charlie finished speaking, flames suddenly burned in the darkness.

No one knew where the fire came from, they only felt fear.

In the flames, the dragging sound became louder and louder. Charlie frowned, and this smell made him feel uncomfortable all over.

"I can't handle this thing, everyone, quickly find an empty room to enter, and don't get discovered!"

He decisively led everyone to hide, and fortunately he saw an empty room not far ahead.

The temperature in the passage was rising, and the iron door was burning red. They entered the iron door one after another and closed it, listening to the movement of the flames and the dragging sound passing in front of the door.

"It's the jailer who can confirm it. It has been roaming around in this passage searching for prey. It was extremely wise of us not to confront it head-on."

Charlie breathed a sigh of relief and was secretly happy about his decision.

Chen Ningan felt tempted, and wanted to go out and test the jailer's strength. The voice was gradually fading away, and the prison door was not locked. For some reason, it suddenly opened a crack.

It was this tiny gap that allowed the fire to spread in immediately, and everyone panicked.

"Oops!"

It was too late for Charlie to close the door. He heard the dragging sound suddenly become rapid and approaching this side quickly.

The sound didn't go far away. When Charlie touched the red-hot iron door and wanted to close it, it was too late.

It couldn't be closed. There was a huge force outside the iron door, slowly pushing it open.

Oops!

Charlie cursed inwardly, why would this closed iron door open for no reason? You know, the information obtained before entering here cannot be discovered by the jailers and supervisors!
If you are seen, you will be detained. By then, it is obvious that the room here cannot be opened, and it may not be locked!
"I can't stop it!"

Charlie burst out with strength, and his palms were burned by the hot iron door, and a layer of skin was peeled off due to the force.

But the jailer was too powerful and he couldn't resist him. This was definitely not a solution.

Why didn't the others come to help? There seemed to be a faint sound.

Charlie didn't understand, so he could only yell, "Everyone find something to hide! Whoever can survive is the best!"

He had a huge responsibility. The iron gate was just a crack, but the consequences were so terrible.

He was about to die. The fire became brighter and brighter, expanding in his pupils. The moment he opened the door, Charlie's mind went blank.

Suddenly, he heard a voice: "You might as well hide behind the door."

The voice was very ethereal and no one knew where it came from, but Charlie felt it was very correct.

He quickly hid behind the door. The iron door continued to burn him. The thing had already come in.

But he was not discovered because of the iron gate.

It's such a safe place.

He stopped resisting and suddenly felt something in his throat sliding down into his stomach.

"Ok?"

In the prison, the firelight suddenly dimmed, and his sight slowly focused. There was no jailer anywhere, only the blood-red light of the lanterns and the faces of his team members in his eyes.

"Team leader, are you awake?"

The people who were pressing on him then stood up, realizing that what had just happened was just an illusion.

"Oops, did my S-value drop out of control again?"

Charlie laughed bitterly: "I'm really...useless."

He looked at my hands and saw that there were no injuries on them. Everything that happened just now was just an illusion.

"Captain, this is not your fault."

The team members all tried to comfort him, except Chen Ning'an, who stood aside and stared at Charlie's palm.

Just now, he seemed to have seen something similar to [Gods] and [Ghosts].

But he wasn't sure yet and needed to take a closer look.

So who should lose control next?

His eyes moved. The S values ​​of other team members were quite stable, with only two of them showing abnormalities.

Let’s settle it based on money.

He was silent, waiting for his opportunity.

No one knew that there was a source of cholera among their team, and they had not yet discovered that they had become guinea pigs in the experiment.

Am I wrong to do this?
Suddenly Chen Ning'an questioned himself, and the thought was thrown away in the blink of an eye.

"How can you make someone lose control?"

He thought about it. In Zhongcheng, the S value was rarely heard. But here, it seemed that when they came into contact with monsters, they would go crazy.

This didn't make sense, maybe he should release another monster.

Chen Ning'an switched positions with Er Dingyan, so that he was leaning against one side of the passage.

It naturally takes some familiarity to push open a locked iron door.

Just as he was about to do so, the front of the passage suddenly became brighter, as if there was a light source.

The air grew hotter as they walked, and Charlie almost immediately had a stress reaction.

He stared at the light source with his eyes fixed, and when the first green flame appeared, he almost collapsed and shouted: "No, everyone, my S value has dropped again!"

He quickly reached into his pocket, wanting to take the S-value medicine.

Fortunately, Qian Ding grabbed his hand at this time: "Captain, your S value has not decreased. This is not your illusion. There is really a fire coming towards us!"

Her reminder was timely: "Captain, don't forget what your abilities are."

Charlie's ability is precognition.

"So my S value wasn't lowered just now, but I was predicting it?"

"No, that's not right. It's true that my S-value decreased. I caused my S-value to decrease because of using my ability."

He quickly sorted out his thoughts. At this time, the flames in the corridor were growing bigger and bigger, and there were also dragging sounds.

"Everyone, find a cell to hide in!"

With the experience from the last time, he did not put all his eggs in one basket, but divided the team into two halves.

He led half of the team into an open cell, while deputy team leader Qian Ding led Chen Ning'an, Er Dingyan, Liu Bin and two other team members into another cell.

"Make sure the cell is locked!"

He reminded him again and again, because according to his previous prediction, everything that happened now was caused by the cell door being slightly opened.

But what he didn't know was that although he had avoided it, Qian Ding might not have.

Chen Ningan followed her closely, and several of them entered the cell.

With ease, he pulled out the pin. The huge force can do many things to a certain extent.

"The team leader said to close the door. Everyone, make sure it is locked."

She spoke quickly and went to check the door of the room herself.

but……

The latch is gone.

The thing that locked the door disappeared, and the door could not be closed at all.

It's over! Her pupils contracted, and at this moment the team members shouted.

"Deputy Team Leader, are they locked up?"

"Close it!"

Qian Ding replied calmly: "Please check if there is any other information in this cell. For safety reasons, I will guard the door."

After she finished speaking, she put her hand on the iron door to prevent anyone from seeing.

Even though... the iron gate gradually burned red, and the palm made a sizzling sound of roasting meat.

The sound of dragging was getting closer and closer. Qian Ding didn't dare to make any sound and endured the great pain.

Due to the damage done to her body, her S value should have been decreasing continuously.

(End of this chapter)