Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus

Chapter 295 - 287: The Secret Tunnel within the Secret Passage

There's something here.

The sight of this step surprised the trio.

Nothing can be seen in the pitch-dark inside, but this underground passage seems to be telling them where Mr. Wang had gone.

"Let's go down and take a look," said Li Yu.

After saying that, he walked down. Having taken just two steps, Li Yu stopped and shone his flashlight inside. The passage was quite deep; the flashlight could only illuminate about five or six meters down.

Li Yu came back up, looked around, picked up a stool, and threw it down.

Crash-bang~

The stool hit the steps and walls below, making sounds.

Thud thud thud~

Finally, it fell to the ground at the very bottom.

"Big brother, what are you doing?" Li Tie asked with some confusion.

"Mr. Wang is quite complicated, I'm worried he's set up an ambush down there, using a stool to test," Li Yu replied seriously, looking into the dark steps below.

"Oh, okay," Li Tie answered, then picked up a few slightly larger chairs and threw them down as well.

They made an even louder noise, bang bang bang!

The sound of them smashing was quite loud.

Li Yu: "..."

Damn it, what if we end up blocking the passage below...

Never mind, Li Yu turned on his flashlight and started walking down.

....

Elsewhere, Dapao, Yang Tianlong, and others were searching the buildings nearby, looking for any fish that slipped through the net.

The situation with Third Uncle and the others was much more complicated, with a few displaying complex expressions, their faces conflicted.

But for many others, their faces were filled with satisfaction. Two of their brothers from their team hadn't provoked anyone, yet they paid with their lives for no reason.

In this world, everyone has to face the consequences of their actions.

Even if sometimes they suffer undeserved disasters.

But such is the world; weakness is the original sin.

There is no absolute justice; perhaps strength is justice.

Many sugar-coated terms fill many with beautiful hopes, only to find out how cruel reality can be in the end.

This is even more prominent in a post-apocalyptic world.

Third Uncle and the others stayed in a room to rest.

Through the smoke, one could see the weary, complicated, and relieved expressions on their faces, all differing from one another.

Third Uncle sat on a stump, took a sip of water, and moistened his lips.

Looking in the direction of Li Yu, his gaze was mixed with complexity. The things they had just faced indeed pained him, but as for himself, his heart had grown incredibly strong, and such emotions were easily dispelled.

.....

Back to Li Yu's side, the three of them slowly walked down.

What caught their eyes was a clean white wall with nothing on it.

The underground passage was deeper than they had all imagined, surprisingly so.

Next to the white wall was an elk's antler; behind it was a lounge chair.

On the right wall was a landscape painting, and behind it was a piece of calligraphy that read: Hold Your Breath!

The calligraphy was powerful and filled with a sense of weight.

"Everyone look around, see if there's an exit or something. Mr. Wang isn't here; he must've escaped somewhere else. There has to be a way out of here," Li Yu said.

Li Tie and Li Gang both responded in agreement.

The group searched the small room for a while but still found nothing.

Mr. Wang was too good at hiding. Had it not been for the button they chanced upon under that painting, it would have been unlikely for them to find this place below.

What they hadn't anticipated was that the search would have to continue even after descending.

By now, everything above should have been resolved, with only Mr. Wang remaining.

Usually, they say that a cunning rabbit has three burrows, but Mr. Wang's hiding spots were exceptionally well concealed.

What Li Yu and the others didn't know was that Harmony Garden was constructed by Mr. Wang himself, who, as a child obsessed with tunnel warfare, was inspired to incorporate an underground tunnel in the design of Harmony Garden, enabling an escape from this location.

The three searched once more.

Finally, Li Yu noticed something off about the antlers of the elk; under the illumination of the light, the colors of the two antlers seemed different.

One was dull, while the other emitted a faint glow.

Li Yu approached and pressed on both antlers; when he pressed the second one, the staircase they had entered through suddenly lifted upwards.

Creak~

In place of the staircase they had come in through, another staircase appeared below.

"Damn, how deep did he dig this!" Li Tie couldn't help but complain upon seeing it.

"Let's go, hurry up." Li Yu, upon seeing the newly appeared passageway, immediately moved forward.

To cut the grass, remove the roots; do things thoroughly.

From entering the room, to searching, and then finding the entrance of the tunnel, almost 20 minutes had passed.

It was very possible that Mr. Wang, whom they were after, had already fled, but Li Yu still wanted to try and see if they could catch him.

Mr. Wang was truly a talent.

Li Yu walked along the pitch-black walls; the walls here were different from the place they had just descended from.

Due to the depth, the walls were damp, and since there was no plaster or cement, droplets of water occasionally fell.

Slowly gathering, they pooled into small puddles along the passageway.

Step step step.

Li Yu stepped through the puddles, running inward, with Li Tie and Li Gang quickly following behind.

The underground tunnel had no lights, relying solely on the flashlights they held.

Suddenly, Li Yu stopped in his tracks and looked at a footprint on the ground: "It seems that Mr. Wang indeed ran this way. Eh..."

The footprint was very fresh, as if it had just been made.

"Chase!" Li Yu commanded and immediately picked up the pace.

Step step step!

The sound of their footsteps echoed through the long underground corridor.

What exceeded their expectations was that after about 5 minutes of walking, they still hadn't emerged.

Just how long had this tunnel been dug?

After another minute of walking, they finally saw a faint light ahead, not very strong.

Li Yu continued walking towards it.

However, when they reached the source of the light, the group was somewhat dumbfounded.

It was a well, one that had dried up. On the inner wall edges of the well were some solidly built iron rods.

They could step by step climb up.

But above this well, it seemed to be sealed off by something, mostly blocking out the sunlight from outside.

Li Tie tugged at the iron rods with his hand, and luckily, they were sturdy. The iron rods were thick and substantial.

They had a bit of rust, but it didn't seem to be a major issue.

Li Tie estimated the well to be about 10 meters deep, from the bottom to the ground level, not too bad.

So, he used his hands and feet and directly climbed upwards.