I was quite scared at first, but when I saw how cowardly Tongsuo was, I secretly found it interesting. Fortunately, I had a more timid backer, otherwise I couldn't afford to lose face.

I forced myself to calm down, patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Old Tong, be careful, don't embarrass the Lantern League."

Tongsuo grabbed my clothes, shivering and hid behind me.

Li Yang stood in front of the wall, holding a flashlight and looking up at the patterns on it. The scene was very strange. We didn't speak, and the air was almost frozen.

He suddenly turned around and raised his nose: "Do you smell anything?"

I sniffed carefully, and sure enough, the air was filled with an indescribable fishy smell. I said to Tongsuo: "Old Tong, have you pooped your pants?"

"Fuck, no matter how scared I am, I won't lose my bowels." Tongsuo was unconvinced.

Li Yang sniffed around like a dog and walked around the bathroom. My heart was in my throat, my back was soaked, and I trembled and said: "Brother Li, let's stop smelling and leave quickly."

This is a toilet, the smell is normal."

Li Yang frowned suspiciously, scratched his head and said, "Now that we're here, how can we leave like this?"

He took out his cell phone from his pocket, turned on the camera mode, and took random pictures of the wall.

The mobile phone screen emitted a gleaming light, which reflected on his face, making it look very eerie.

"The light is so bad, can your mobile phone do it?" Tongsuo hid behind me and said, "Or use mine, Samsung."

"Pull it down, I guess your phone is short-circuiting your urine now." Li Yang said.

While filming, he suddenly turned off his cell phone, strode to the curtain, and pulled it sharply, revealing the bathtub behind it.

The moment the bathtub was exposed, I seemed to see a black mist steaming out from inside.

Li Yang used his flashlight to take a look, and Tongsuo and I also moved closer. In the light of the flashlight, we saw that inside the bathtub was a tank full of black water, with the edge of the water almost reaching the mouth of the tank.

"Strange, where did this water come from?" Tongsuo asked.

"The faucet is not tightened," I guessed.

Li Yang came to the head of the bathtub and looked for the faucet with a flashlight. The faucet was still very eye-catching. It was made of brass and glowed with a faint white light under the light. Li Yang carefully stretched his fingers under the faucet, then retracted his hand. On the rubber gloves, it turned out to be black.

It was dark and wet.

It is certain that the black water does flow from the faucet. Because the water level in the bathtub is too high and almost touches the water outlet, there is no dripping sound when the water comes out of the faucet.

Li Yang pulled down his mask, brought the black water on his fingers to his nose and smelled it. He nodded and said, "This is the smell just now, fishy smell. Smell the copper lock." He stretched out his hand.

The copper lock seemed to have been bitten by a dog, and he quickly jumped away: "Don't make trouble."

"Strange, why is black water coming out of the faucet in the bathtub?" Li Yang half-knelt in front of the bathtub, almost lying on the edge of the tank, squinting one eye and looking sideways at the black water.

"There is nothing to study about this. Maybe the water pipe burst, got rust, or the groundwater was contaminated. It's possible." I said.

Li Yang seemed to have discovered something and said thoughtfully: "Tongsuo, please turn on the faucet on the washbasin."

"What are you doing?" Tong Suo's expression was extremely painful. He wanted to leave this hellish place as quickly as possible and was unwilling to cause trouble.

"Just do it, don't talk nonsense. Look at the water flowing out there," Li Yang said.

Tongsuo walked over and turned on the faucet on the washbasin. A trickle of transparent tap water flowed out clearly.

"Holy crap, what's going on? There are two pipes for water in the washstand and bathtub respectively." Tongsuo was shocked.

"It's interesting." Li Yang stood up, carefully held the edge of the bathtub, slowly leaned his body against the wall behind the bathtub, and began to slowly tap the wall with his fist.

Tongsuo and I grabbed each other's arms, and neither of us said anything. We were completely stunned by his audacity.

Li Yang listened carefully to the sound while knocking. After knocking on one spot, he slowly moved his body and continued knocking on the next piece. At this time, he was completely in the air above the black water. I was really afraid that he would accidentally fall into the water.

Under the bright light of a flashlight, this pool of black bathtub water appears extremely deep, as if it has no bottom.

After knocking for a while, Li Yang turned back, stretched his waist and said: "The back should be empty. Obviously, the black water in the bathtub comes from the space behind this wall."

"Then what do you want to do? Find a construction team to cut open the wall," Tongsuo said.

"Don't tell me, your idea is really good." Li Yang looked at him. Tongsuo was shocked: "Fuck, why are you staring at me?"

"Old Tong, let me discuss something with you. This house is for rent anyway, why not just rent it. I'll contact a buddy's engineering team and we'll remove this wall quietly.

Look what's behind it," Li Yang said.

"Are you kidding?" Tongsuo opened his mouth wide.

"Look at my serious expression, does it look like I'm joking?" Li Yang said.

"Fuck, you're looking for whoever you want. I don't dare to touch this damn place again."

"I'll get the rent for you." Li Yang was persuasive.

"Don't come here, I'm not short of money. Even if I go to the crematorium on duty every day, I won't live in this unfortunate house."

"Just be quiet for now, there seems to be something in the water," I said slowly. They both looked at me, and my expression was ugly because I was almost incontinent with fright.

Just now, I was lying on the edge of the bathtub, imitating Li Yang's example, squinting my eyes and looking sideways at the water. Under the light of the flashlight, I could clearly see some bubbles rising from the bottom of the black water.

If you look deeper into this pool of water, you will see a void of darkness, like an abyss.

A strange thought suddenly came to me. Under this water is the underworld that I have been looking for. Imagine a picture. Li Damin walked into the bathroom, stared at this pool of black water, his expression was sacred, he slowly took off his clothes, with a pious look on his face.

He stepped into the bathtub, gradually disappeared under the black water, and went to the strange and mysterious underworld.

When Li Yang heard me say that there were bubbles coming out from below, his expression suddenly became a little eager to try. I was startled, fearing that he would impulsively dive into the water.

He was still a wolf, so he picked up a leather shovel next to the toilet and slowly dipped it into the black water.

Tongsuo and I stood in the distance leaning on each other, watching nervously, like staring at a time bomb, not daring to breathe. Soon, the leather shovel was completely extended into the water, and it seemed that it had not reached the bottom.

Li Yang simply sat on the edge of the bathtub, leaned forward, held the handle of the leather spatula tightly, and pushed it down.

"There is really something under the bathtub." Li Yang said in shock.

"Isn't it empty down there?" I asked tremblingly.

Tongsuo smiled: "Old Liu, are you stupid? This bathtub can be empty. If it is empty, how can it be so full of water?"

I laughed to myself, feeling that I was really naive about the idea of ​​connecting the bathtub to the underworld.

Li Yang said: "Don't be stupid, come over and help me, I just ran into something."

The two of us walked over and looked at each other: "How can this help us? How can we fish it out since we don't have any handy tools?"

Li Yang thought for a while and said, "Let's do this. I'll reach out and grab it, and you two will keep an eye on it."

"Don't" I looked at this tank of black water and had an ominous premonition: "Isn't the water here poisonous?"

"It's okay." Li Yang rolled up his sleeves, slowly stretched his right hand into the water, and slowly reached down. After a while, his entire arm was submerged in the water, and his body was completely lying on the edge of the bathtub, with his face almost touching the water.

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It was thrilling to watch and we had to admire his courage.

"I touched it." He raised his eyebrows: "It seems to be a box."

Before he finished speaking, he slowly straightened up. Hearing the sound of rushing water, he fished out a dark square object from underneath.

As soon as he took it out, he quickly ran to the sink, turned on the faucet, rinsed his arm. Then he also washed the thing he took out.

After flushing away the black water outside, we saw that this was really a green iron box. It was square, all made of iron, without any decoration. It looked very strong, and there was a lock on the head of the box, which was fastened tightly.

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Tongsuo tapped it twice with his fingers, making a "clang" sound. Then he shook it again, and there was a "clatter" sound of something hitting each other.

"Don't move and be careful, what if there is glassware inside?" Li Yang thought carefully.

"I said let's leave quickly." Tongsuo begged.

"Old Tong, you look like a coward. If I had known I wouldn't have asked you to come. Don't you think all this is very exciting?" Li Yang said: "Isn't it like a real-life secret room game that is as creative as a secret room? You spend money

I can’t even play it.”

"Oh, by the way." He added, "I'm not joking when I ask you to rent this house. Think about it carefully."

"Okay, okay, let's talk about it later." Tongsuo didn't want to continue this topic.

We took another quick look around the bathroom, but couldn't see anything. There were too many puzzles here, and each one required time and energy to be explored in depth. Looking at the watch, it was almost three o'clock in the morning.

The sleepiness came over me in waves, and I no longer had the energy to follow them.

Tongsuo also yawned one after another, but Li Yang was a true night owl, his eyes were wide open, as if he still had something to say.

Yawning is contagious. Seeing that we kept yawning, he yawned a few times and seemed a little frustrated. He waved his hand and said, "Go back. Let's see if there is a chance tonight and we can do it again."

Tongsuo smiled bitterly: "Brother, please spare me. I will give you a key, and you can do it by yourself tonight."

"Let's go, let's go." Li Yang rubbed his brows and asked everyone to go back together.

We were about to leave the bathroom when suddenly there was a strange sound above our heads. It seemed like the wind, and it seemed like someone was running by.

You know, this is absolutely impossible. We are now on the top floor, and above is the heavily locked rooftop. How could someone run up there in the middle of the night?

Li Yang made a gesture to tell us not to make any noise. We all kept our postures like puppets, motionless, and our ears stood up.
Chapter completed!