When Batman woke up again, a dim halo appeared in front of his eyes. He rubbed his eyes with his hands, and then looked at his palms. There were scars from scratches and a lot of gravel on them.
He remembered that he saw Schiller being swallowed by a huge sandworm, so he jumped on the back of the sandworm, grabbed the sharp corner of the sandworm's head, punched the sandworm in the eye, and the sandworm ate it.
It hurt, and I went straight back into the ground.
The tunnel for sandworms to travel underground has been opened up a long time ago. When the huge body passed through the tunnel, there were some gaps with the edge, so Batman was not thrown off.
However, the rapid passage through the extremely narrow gap caused many bruises on Batman's body. Finally, when the sandworm jumped out of the ground again, the hard soil hit Batman on the head, making him faint.
past.
Recalling these things, Batman tried his best to open his eyes. He saw two lit torches hanging on the wall in front of him, the gaps between the broken wall bricks were full of moss, and there were some water stains on the cold ground.
As soon as he sat up, he heard a familiar voice coming from behind: "You're awake, how do you feel?"
Batman looked back and saw Schiller standing behind him. Batman narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Of course it's okay. When the sandworm bit me, I found that it didn't straighten its muscles, didn't bite hard, and there were still gaps between its teeth. It didn't seem to intend to eat me, so I didn't
Dodge." Schiller shook his head, looked at Batman and said:
"I've told you a long time ago that you'd better regain your senses quickly and stop dwelling on those traumatic memories. I'm not a weak and innocent victim and I don't need you to save me..."
"So, where are we now?" Batman asked in a hoarse voice. Schiller shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Then, he raised his head again and looked at the room. It was a very typical cell, with three walls made of dark stone bricks, and the wall facing the front was an iron fence with a small door on it.
There is a huge lock hanging on it.
On the inner wall, there are two torches for lighting. With the faint light, you can see clearly that there are two straw mats thrown on the ground. There seems to be some blood stains under the straw mats.
Schiller glanced at Batman's face, shook his head and said, "Okay, considering your poor mental state, I'll do it this time."
After speaking, he knelt down half-kneeling, touched the edge of the straw mat, and then said: "This should be the vines in hell. After some processing, the straw mat is woven. According to the grass on the hillside where we were before,
Judging from the flora, I'm afraid this place is far away from our foothold."
"The entire straw mat is about two meters long, but this is hell, so the demons that were once imprisoned here should have been small species about the same size as humans. They are completely different from the demon soldiers we saw on the battlefield.
"
Schiller opened the straw mat again, looked at the blood stains below and said: "Judging from the direction of the blood flow, if there is a humanoid creature lying here, then the scar on his back should have burst and bleed, causing the blood to flow."
It seeped through the cushions beneath me and flowed to the ground."
Schiller breathed out and coughed twice. Batman finally came back to his senses a little. He glanced at the straw mat thrown aside by Schiller, and then said: "There are some body tissues of unknown creatures between the gaps. Look.
It looks like the remnants of a wound."
After saying that, he squatted down, looked at the gap in the straw mat, twirled the blood on it with his fingers, and said: "It looks like a scar left by a whip. After lying on the straw mat, I turned over.
The wound opened and blood flowed out and seeped onto the ground."
"So, we can confirm that this is a cell, and a small-sized demon who was tortured was once imprisoned." Schiller continued.
"Listen, Batman, you should realize that the current situation is not optimistic. Before you show mercy and save those other petty personalities, shouldn't you first find a way to save the two of us?"
Batman said without raising his head: "This blood stain has accumulated here. It seems that he has lost the ability to move. And here, this trace on the ground should be that this demon was dragged out...
…”
"This shows that this is not an unsupervised prison. There must be guards managing this place, and that sandworm may be their method of arresting people, and the captured slaves will be imprisoned here."
"Judging from the traces of this small demon being dragged, the demon dragging him is not too big. At least, it will not be much larger than this small demon. Otherwise, he can completely lift this demon.
Get up and there will be no traces left on the ground..."
"The jailer who manages this place may have the key. As long as we can subdue him first, we can..."
When he said this, Batman raised his head and glanced at Schiller. He saw that Schiller found another wall and sat down against it, letting the moss on the wall rub against his suit jacket.
Batman noticed something was wrong with Schiller's breathing rate, so he looked at Schiller and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"Allergic reaction, don't worry about me, you continue." Schiller said while taking a deep breath, but Batman narrowed his eyes. He said: "Whether it is a psychological stimulus or a physical allergy, after getting rid of the allergen
After that, there shouldn’t be such a strong reaction.”
Batman is indeed wondering what's going on with Schiller's allergic symptoms. If he had been trapped in a city full of broccoli before, it might have made him very weak, but this is already hell, free from allergens.
Such a long time and such a strong reaction made Batman feel a little confused.
Schiller kept his head lowered, so Batman couldn't see his expression clearly. Just when he wanted to continue questioning, he heard a series of footsteps coming from the door. He immediately lowered his voice and said to Schiller:
"Stay here and don't move to attract his attention."
After saying that, he took advantage of the corner of the wall next to him and jumped onto the protruding edge of the door, which happened to be within the visual blind spot when entering the door.
After a while, a demon with dark green skin and two long fangs opened the door of the cell. Just as Batman and Schiller had estimated, this demon was over two meters tall and had
It has two big feet and very long arms, making it look like an orangutan.
He bared his fangs and pushed open the cell door, seemingly wondering where the other prisoner had gone. But as soon as he entered the cell, a black shadow fell behind him.
Batman stretched out his arm, strangled the demon's neck, and then cut his throat with the sharp edge of his gauntlet.
The splattered blood made Batman frown. Schiller, who was sitting there, seemed to be feeling a little better. He coughed twice and then said: "Are you wondering why the demons in hell can also have their throats cut?"
And die?"
"Ahem, everything in the world was created by God. God's ideas of creation are always the same, and the aesthetics have not changed much. Therefore, whether it is heaven, hell or the human world, the appearance, appearance, nature, and abilities of living things are all the same.
Not too different.”
"The operating laws of hell, heaven and the human world are basically the same. Different races, different forms, consistent internal fighting and competition. To a certain extent, hell is better than the human world."
Batman glanced at the jailer's body, then took out the key from his waist. He came to the door of the cell, took a look outside, and then said: "I didn't hear any patrol footsteps, we should be able to
Get out of here."
"You can go out first, but I have to stay here for a while." Schiller said, still lowering his head.
"What's wrong with you?" Batman stared at Schiller and asked, "This doesn't look like a side effect of an allergic reaction."
Schiller's shoulders were shaking a little, but it didn't look like he was weak. He just coughed hard, and then said: "Don't worry about it. If you need my help, just say it. I think I can...
…”
As soon as he said this, Batman turned around and left, leaving only one sentence that echoed in the empty cell: "I'll go outside to check the situation first."
"...He's always like this, right?" Schiller gasped and said to himself: "No, you can't deny the results of my education. We all know what he would have become..."
Schiller's shoulders began to tremble again, but it was indeed not because of weakness or cold. He kept his head lowered, and the shadow covered his expression. But if you look closely, you can see that under the shadow, the high
corner of mouth.
After leaving the cell, Batman followed the narrow prison passage to the ground. Standing in the shadow of the door and looking outside, Batman discovered that this seemed to be a mine, with all kinds of demons traveling through the mine.
between.
Among them were uniformed overseers, as well as shackled and scarred slaves. The underground prison where Batman was located was located behind a mine, so he couldn't see the entire mine clearly.
Batman stood at the door and observed the patrol route of the guards. The guards here were obviously not professional. The patrols were just for show. The guard team in groups of five walked sparsely and the guards were all absent-minded.
As a result, Batman easily bypassed the guards, came to the other side of the mine, and climbed halfway up the mountain along the log frame where the mining machine was set up.
Then, follow the mine elevator to the top of the mountain. Here, you can have a clear view of the structure of the entire mine. There are three large mines and five small mines in the entire mine, and mine machines are scattered all over the skyline.
The demons mining here are not of the same race. Some are green-skinned, some are red-skinned, some have two legs and two hands, and some look like large fleas.
The most conspicuous thing is that on the back right side of Batman, there is a mine gate made of hundreds of logs. There is a series of words used in hell written on it. Batman does not recognize it, but those connected words are written on it.
The letters are somewhat like Latin, and the transliteration is "Tunston Mine".
Batman silently memorized the map of the mine in his mind, and at the same time, he mapped out the safest escape route in his mind. This was not difficult, because most of the demon guards were neglecting their duties, the intensity of their patrols, and even
Not as good as the gangster family estate in Gotham North.
Seeing those huge sandworms crawling in the sand of the mine, Batman knew that this was probably a method used by the mine to capture slaves. The owner of the mine drove these sandworms to walk through the sand of hell,
Hold the lone devil in your mouth, bring it back to the mine, and become a mining slave.
And these huge sandworms are very powerful and fast. If you can't get rid of them, even if you can escape, they will be easily caught again.
Just when Batman was thinking about a solution, he suddenly saw a very familiar figure appearing among the miner slaves. Batman exclaimed:
