Quick Transmigration: I'm the Villain's Assistant to the Protagonist

After a brief rest, the group continued their journey. The fog in the cave was still thick, and every step felt like stepping into an unknown abyss.

Zhou Yifeng walked at the front, his flashlight trying to penetrate the fog, but it could only illuminate a few steps ahead.

"Watch your step, everyone. The ground here seems a bit strange," Zhou Yifeng warned.

Everyone looked down and saw that the ground was covered with intricate patterns, like some kind of mysterious design.

Shen Ying crouched down and carefully examined the patterns: "Could this be some kind of guidance?"

Just as everyone was pondering, Chen Xue suddenly felt a faint breeze blowing from one side.

"It seems windy here," Chen Xue said.

The group followed the direction of the wind and discovered a wall covered with symbols.

Lin Shuang stepped forward, her brows furrowed: "These symbols look very ancient; they may be related to the entrance."

Everyone huddled together, their eyes fixed on the mysterious symbols, racking their brains to decipher them.

Su Yuze quickly took out his notebook, his pen moving rapidly as he wrote, his expression focused and serious: "I think these symbols might be arranged in a certain order."

Judging from their shape, the direction of their lines, and the regularity of their spacing, they are very likely related to some kind of ancient astronomical calendar or mysterious code system.

Let's try looking for recurring symbol combinations to see if we can find a breakthrough.

Lin Shuang's eyes lit up, and she pointed to a group of similar symbols, saying, "These symbols have similar shapes, so they may represent a series."

Zhou Yifeng nodded, and said thoughtfully, "But their arrangement seems to follow a specific pattern, not just a simple repetition."

Shen Ying frowned and carefully observed the surrounding environment: "Could it be related to the structure of the cave we are in?"

Perhaps these symbols were arranged according to the spatial layout of the cave.

Everyone fell into deeper thought, constantly putting forward various hypotheses and speculations.

Chen Xue suddenly said, "I remember seeing similar symbolic forms in previous documents, which seem to be related to some kind of ancient sacrificial ritual."

Xu Jiayi added, "Could it be arranged according to the steps or order of the sacrificial ceremony?"

Everyone nodded in agreement, thinking this direction was possible. So, they began to combine various clues and try to recombine and rearrange the symbols.

After a long and intense effort, sweat soaked their foreheads, but their eyes grew even more determined.

Finally, Su Yuze exclaimed excitedly, "I think I've discovered a pattern! These symbols must be arranged in a specific chronological order, representing different stages or events."

With everyone's joint efforts, they finally succeeded in deciphering the pattern of the symbols.

“Following this pattern, the entrance should be behind this wall,” Zhou Yifeng said.

Xu Jiayi searched everywhere for a way to activate the mechanism and finally found an inconspicuous protrusion in the corner of the wall.

"Could this be it?" Xu Jiayi asked.

Zhou Yifeng walked over and solemnly pressed down on the protrusion.

A low rumble was heard, and the wall slowly moved, revealing a dark passage.

“This should be the entrance to the third floor,” Zhou Yifeng said.

Everyone took a deep breath and carefully entered the passage.

The passageway was filled with an old, worn atmosphere, and the ground beneath our feet was covered with a thick layer of dust, which kicked up a small cloud of dust with every step we took.

"Everyone be careful, we don't know what else is hidden here," Zhou Yifeng said in a low voice, his words echoing in the silent passage and adding to the tense atmosphere.

They moved forward slowly, and in the light, there seemed to be faint shadows moving on the walls, as if some living thing was watching them.

Shen Ying's heart tightened, and she said in a trembling voice, "This shadow looks really creepy. Could there be something there?"

Before he finished speaking, a cold, gust of wind howled from the depths of the passage. This unusual airflow seemed to carry some kind of strong electromagnetic interference.

When it surged in, it quickly affected the lighting tools in everyone's hands, causing strong interference to the electronic components inside the tools and abnormal fluctuations in the current.

The once steady light began to flicker erratically, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, as if making a final struggle.

Finally, the lighting equipment could no longer withstand the interference, the circuitry overloaded, and with a "snap," the lights went out instantly, plunging everyone into darkness.

"Oh no!" Lin Shuang exclaimed in alarm, her voice filled with panic.

In the darkness, everyone was immediately gripped by extreme panic.

Chen Xue's voice was trembling with tears in her eyes: "What should I do? I can't see anything, I'm so scared."

Zhou Yifeng tried to remain calm, took a deep breath and said, "Everyone, don't panic, stay where you are, I'll look for a backup light source."

Although he tried to keep his voice steady, a hint of nervousness could still be heard.

Just then, Xu Jiayi felt something cold and slippery brush past her feet.

"Ah!" she couldn't help but scream, her whole body trembling.

Su Yuze suppressed his fear and said loudly, "Calm down, everyone. We are a team, we will definitely find a way."

We've survived so many dangers, we can definitely do it this time too!

Zhou Yifeng frantically groped around in the darkness and finally found a spare flashlight in the corner of his backpack. The moment he turned it on, the faint light illuminated the surroundings.

The walls on both sides of the passage were covered with strange reliefs.

The figures in the reliefs are all different, with grotesque and distorted expressions. Some have their mouths wide open as if they are shouting in despair, some have their eyes closed but are shedding painful tears, and some have their facial muscles taut, as if they are enduring great torment.

Each character's posture and expression are lifelike, as if they are vying to tell a painful story full of blood, tears and suffering.

Shen Ying was startled by the eerie and terrifying reliefs, and her whole body trembled involuntarily. She felt that the scenes in the murals were like hell.

"What does this mean?" Lin Shuang asked, her brows furrowed and her eyes filled with confusion.

Zhou Yifeng observed carefully, and after a moment of contemplation, said, "Perhaps it has something to do with the owner of this ancient tomb. Let's not worry about it for now and keep going."

As they walked, three paths appeared ahead. At the entrances to the paths, an even thicker fog enveloped the area, obscuring the way forward.

"Which route should we take this time?" Shen Ying asked anxiously, her eyes filled with confusion and unease.

Zhou Yifeng pondered for a moment, recalling the symbolic patterns he had just deciphered: "Among the symbolic patterns I just deciphered, it seems that numbers were mentioned. We should choose according to the order in which the numbers correspond."

Following Zhou Yifeng's instructions, the group entered the middle fork in the road. A pungent odor permeated the fork, making them feel nauseous.

They hadn't walked far when they came to a tightly closed stone door. The stone door was tall and heavy, covered with intricate patterns and mysterious symbols.

"Will this be the third floor?" Xu Jiayi asked, full of anticipation but also a little worried.

Zhou Yifeng stepped forward and carefully searched around the stone door for the mechanism to open it, beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.