Long Xiao tilted his head and became still. Four people from the island nation walked out of the hall.
"Four excellencies, do you want this corpse?" one of them asked.
All four shook their heads. One of them said, "This corpse is nothing special, there's no use in having it."
The胖子 in the tailored suit walked over and said, "Throw him into the earth vein. One more Chinese corpse means one more source of absorbing luck."
Long Xiao, who had stopped breathing, was dragged by his arms by two people. They walked along the corridor to a door at the end.
Opening the door at the end of the corridor revealed a dark passage. The sides of the passage were rocky, with signs of human excavation.
The two island nation people entered the passage, dragging Long Xiao along for more than ten meters before starting to descend. After another five hundred meters, they arrived at a vast underground space.
Under the dim glow of the incandescent lights, a mountain of bones was piled in the center of the space.
The bones in the mountain included men, women, young, and old. Most of the bones bore the marks of knife cuts. Near the passage leading into the bone mountain, dozens of decomposed and unrecognizable corpses were scattered.
Long Xiao was thrown onto the bone mountain. As the two island nation people turned to leave, someone behind them said, "Are you just going to leave like this?"
From beneath the towering pile of white bones, a voice suddenly spoke. The two island nation people felt a prickle of fear and their bodies turned cold.
They turned to see Long Xiao, covered in blood, standing up and looking at them with a smile.
His chest was caved in from being beaten, and he had been spitting blood continuously, yet he was now standing.
"Don't blame us. Debts have their debtors. We brothers didn't hit you."
Long Xiao looked at the two island nation people with a strange expression and asked, "Where are you going?"
"We, we're going back," one of them said.
Long Xiao nodded slightly and said, "Back, alright. But before you go back, you should tell me, how was this bone mountain created?"
"We don't know, we only arrived in China recently," one of them said.
This island nation person spoke Chinese as fluently as a native. He couldn't have arrived in China recently.
"You're lying. You graduated from a school set up in China. You came to China from a young age."
Panic flashed across the faces of the two island nation people. Long Xiao knew he was right.
"We really didn't do anything bad, please let us go."
"Tell me, what is all this about the bones?" Long Xiao asked, pointing to the bone mountain.
Such a large bone mountain must contain at least tens of thousands of corpses. Some of these bones still had scraps of cloth attached, but most were bare, clearly indicating their age.
The two island nation people exchanged glances. One of them said, "We know this. These bones are remnants from that war a hundred years ago. They were collected and piled up here."
During that war, the island nation people had systematically piled the bodies together, forming the bone mountain. Now, they had set up a formation, using the power of the bone mountain to absorb China's luck.
A bone mountain with tens of thousands of people alone would not have enough power to absorb China's luck. There must be other things associated with this bone mountain.
Long Xiao did not kill the two island nation people. If these two didn't return, someone would surely come looking for them.
Long Xiao also asked them some questions about the restaurant. They told him that the people who dined at this restaurant were all masters, yet their names were never heard of in their home country.
After they revealed a lot about the restaurant, Long Xiao let them go.
Once they were far away and had disappeared into the dark passage, Long Xiao began to circle the bone mountain, observing it carefully.
The many knife marks on the bones in the mountain were neat and uniform, clearly indicating a single strike. This reminded Long Xiao of the massacre during the war a hundred years ago.
After circling the bone mountain twice, Long Xiao began to explore other areas. He soon found another passage extending into the distance.
The passage was very dark. Long Xiao dared not release his spiritual energy to observe the situation inside, so he let out his 'Crimson Flame Worm' to fly ahead and light the way.
The 'Crimson Flame Worm' flew ahead, its heat waves and flames illuminating the passage. Long Xiao discovered it was a naturally formed cave. Water dripped from the ceiling, and the ground was very slippery.
Walking forward along the cave, the water droplets instantly vaporized upon hitting the 'Crimson Flame Worm,' emitting a 'poofing' sound that broke the silence of the cave. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
After walking for about ten miles along the cave, Long Xiao arrived at another huge space.
This space was identical to the one he had just left. In the center, there was another giant bone mountain.
Upon closer inspection, the bones were the same as those in the previous bone mountain, also bearing knife marks. It appeared these bones also originated from the war a hundred years ago.
After walking around this space, Long Xiao quickly found a passage leading to the surface.
This passage was artificially carved. Long Xiao went to the exit and pushed. The door was locked from the outside. Not knowing what lay outside, Long Xiao dared not damage the door rashly.
While Long Xiao was entering the underground restaurant, Xiao Ming was also searching everywhere on the ground floor. The fire grew fiercer, and even after the fire trucks arrived, Xiao Ming couldn't find the entrance to the underground restaurant.
In desperation, Xiao Ming "borrowed" a decent cleaver from the kitchen and ran out of the restaurant with it.
"Who are you, and what are you doing with a cleaver?" the胖子 in the tailored suit stopped Xiao Ming and asked.
Xiao Ming looked at the胖子 and asked, "Who are you, and why are you stopping me?"
"I'm the manager of this restaurant."
"Oh, the manager. Heh, I like playing with cleavers. I've dreamed of being a great chef since I was little."
"You can be a great chef with a cleaver? Wake up, young man," the restaurant manager said with a smile.
The firefighters were putting out the fire. The胖子 manager, along with some other people, watched tensely. Xiao Ming wandered around with the cleaver, looking for Long Xiao.
After searching for half an hour, the fire was extinguished, but Xiao Ming still hadn't found Long Xiao.
The diners had all left, and only the restaurant staff and firefighters remained near the restaurant.
After extinguishing the fire, the firefighters began to pack up and prepare to leave. The胖子 manager, with the restaurant staff, entered the restaurant, which was more than half burnt down, to check the extent of the damage.
Xiao Ming, unwilling to give up, followed them in with the cleaver. However, after searching the restaurant for a while, he not only failed to find Long Xiao but also couldn't find the entrance to the underground.
Disappointed, Xiao Ming was asked to leave by the restaurant manager. Helpless, Xiao Ming took out his phone and called Luan Jiping and Luo Tianshui separately, informing them that Long Xiao was missing.
Upon hearing that Long Xiao was missing, Luan Jiping immediately drove to the Haolilai Restaurant. Seeing the restaurant charred black, a wave of sadness washed over her.
Xiao Ming recounted the entire process of Long Xiao's disappearance to Luan Jiping. After thinking for a moment, Luan Jiping said, "Don't worry, Xiao Ming. Your Brother Long must have entered the underground restaurant. I'll send people to monitor this place and wait for him to come out."