Long River Eternity

It was nearly 3 a.m., and Lin Ding and Chu Tianxiao stood in front of the fourth shelter. Chu Tianxiao's earlier ignited passion was now fading. He leaned against the wall, sleepily saying, "This is the second to last. If we can't find the entrance, there's only one shelter left."

Lin Ding also had a serious expression on his face. He looked around as usual and then jumped onto the tallest building. When he looked down, he showed an excited expression and finally a smile appeared on his face. There was a large construction site on the next street. Even though there was no construction at night, the huge basement was still clearly visible.

Lin Ding immediately returned to the ground, patted Chu Tianxiao and shouted, "Wake up, cheer up, we found it, this should be it. There's a construction site next door, and they're building a huge basement."

After hearing Lin Ding's words, Chu Tianxiao regained his consciousness and said excitedly, "Great, we finally found it. Let's go down to the shelter and take a look."

Lin Ding walked to the gate leading to the shelter, grabbed the iron lock on the door, twisted it hard, and the chain fell to the ground. Lin Ding opened the door, and the two slowly walked down the stairs.

A weak light source is maintained in the shelter for a long time to prevent accidents caused by the dark environment to a large number of residents who rush in during an invasion.

The two came to the hall of the shelter with the help of dim light. Chu Tianxiao found and turned on the light switch on the wall. The shelter instantly became bright. The layout was very simple, just a large flat with many pillars supporting the roof.

Lin Ding came to the wall and took out the photo to compare it. The decoration here was exactly the same as in the photo, which made Lin Ding even more excited.

He groped his way along the wall, trying to find the entrance to the ruins. However, after walking around, he found no trace of the entrance.

Lin Ding took out the photos and tried to compare the marks on the walls at the scene with those in the photos, but found that although they were all white walls, the walls of the shelter were obviously dirtier than in the photos, with many more scratches.

At this time, Chu Tianxiao walked forward, looked at the photo, then looked at the wall, and then said: "You forgot that this photo was taken before the monster invasion. During the monster invasion, this shelter was used, so there are many signs of human activity inside, so it is difficult to match it with the wall in the photo."

Lin Ding suddenly understood and said with a look of resignation, "Damn it! Which wall could it be? Is there some kind of trap there?"

"It should be controlled by a mechanism. Let's look carefully." Chu Tian said with a smile.

Lin Ding looked at the four walls and said puzzledly: "If there is a door, there should be a gap in the wall, but the four walls in front of me are completely integrated, without any gaps at all. How can this be? Isn't this the way it is?"

After hearing Lin Ding's words, Chu Tianxiao also became puzzled: "Could it be that the last shelter is also near the construction site? Where is the entrance?"

Chu Tianxiao came to Lin Ding again, looked at the photo in his hand, and said after a moment: "No, there is no gap on the wall in the photo. There must be something we haven't found. Let's keep looking."

Lin Ding was becoming increasingly anxious at this moment, and even wanted to destroy the four walls directly. However, he was afraid of alerting the enemy and attracting the law enforcement team, which would be even more disadvantageous to him, so he had to give up.

Lin Ding pondered this, and it occurred to him that this shelter must have been used more than once, with so many people flocking in. If the mechanism was easy to find, then the entrance to the ruins would have been discovered long ago. And if there really was a mechanism, it must be in a place where it wouldn't be accidentally triggered. In other words, somewhere no one would normally touch.

It couldn't be on the ground or on a pillar, so it had to be on the top. This shelter was three meters high, and normally no one would pay attention to what was happening up there. So Lin Ding raised his head and carefully examined every part of the roof.

Sure enough, in the shadow of a beam, Lin Ding discovered a very subtle circular protrusion. It would be impossible to see it without careful observation.

Lin Ding then floated up and pressed down hard on the protrusion. With a click, one section of the wall trembled, then slowly fell back into the ground. Behind it, there was another wall made of a single piece of stone, and a small door suddenly appeared in the center.

Chu Tianxiao walked quickly to the small door, turned around and looked at Lin Ding and said: "No wonder there is no gap, so this is it. But there is also a stone door."

There was a stone door blocking the entrance. There was nothing on the stone door. Chu Tianxiao pushed it hard, but the stone door remained motionless.

Lin Ding walked up to the stone door, surveyed it, and then stretched out his hands to press against it, pushing hard. After a moment, one side of the stone door slowly slid open. As Lin Ding continued to advance, the stone door was finally pushed open completely, revealing a passageway before them.

"How do you know it can be pushed open?" Chu Tianxiao asked in surprise.

"I don't know how to open it. I just know that since I'm here, if I can't push it open, I'll just smash it." Lin Ding said as he walked into the passage.

Chu Tianxiao hurried to catch up. Before they had gone far, the passage was completely dark. Lin Ding gathered flames in his palms, illuminating the passage. As expected, it looked exactly like the passage in the photo. The entire passage sloped downward, and the two of them were moving deeper underground.

Chu Tianxiao looked at the flame in Lin Ding's hand with surprise, thinking: From sharing memories to cultivation far beyond his peers, to rubbing flames with his hands, this son of Dr. Lin really has a lot of secrets.

While Chu Tianxiao was still lost in thought, the two of them had already arrived in front of the massive stone gate. The gate was about five meters tall and, at this point, not completely closed, left a gap wide enough for one person to pass through. A faint white light shone through the gap.

Such rich spiritual energy, more than ten times richer than the top-grade spiritual essence I had felt in the spiritual vein before. Could this be the spirit summoning array that Qin Hanming mentioned? Lin Ding was secretly surprised.

Lin Ding rushed into the stone gate without saying a word. Chu Tianxiao originally wanted to enter quietly, but when he saw Lin Ding rushing in directly, he had no choice but to follow Lin Ding into the stone gate.

As soon as I entered the stone gate, I saw Lin Ding standing there, looking up at the front without moving, so I followed Lin Ding's gaze.

He took a look and was equally astonished by the sight. The space ahead was immense, stretching as far as the eye could see. A faint white mist enveloped the space. A tall tower could be vaguely seen in the distance. The mist was thickest there, and only a gigantic spirit atop it, emitting a multicolored glow, could be vaguely seen. Water continuously streamed from the tower to the ground. The ground below was covered in deep gullies, forming a vast formation. As the water fell, it slowly flowed along the trenches, depositing a spirit half the size of an adult, also emitting a multicolored glow, at each point. These spirits were everywhere, dotting the ground like a sea of ​​stars.

"Oh my God, is this the real soul-summoning formation? This formation is even bigger than Nanshan City." Lin Ding murmured in shock.

Chu Tianxiao, standing by, was so surprised that he was speechless. After a long while, he came to his senses and asked in a trembling voice, "Lin...Lin Ding, what...is this place?"

Before Lin Ding could answer, an angry voice came from a distance: "Who dares to break in here?!"