Finally, night fell.
Su Han, along with several villagers, arrived at the place where the accident had previously occurred!
Indeed, it was quiet here, so quiet you could hear a pin drop!
"Coo coo..."
A villager let out a cuckoo call and whispered to Su Han, "It's right here. As soon as someone makes a sound, the little girl's cries for help will immediately come from below!"
Su Han was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected such a strange phenomenon and wanted to see if it was true.
Soon.
Su Han and Zhen Ji heard a burst of crying from below, followed by cries of "Help me," "Save me," and similar pleas.
An elder beside them immediately began to cry, "That's right, that's my child! Please, you two, find a way to save her. It's been so many days, and we can't find her anywhere..."
Su Han frowned. Judging by the direction of the sound, it seemed to be coming from the valley. However, they had just come up from that valley, and there was nothing there.
While pondering, Su Han suddenly noticed a deep cave on the opposite side of the valley. If the sound was coming from that cave, it was possible it was echoing back from the valley.
"Hiss, that cave opposite, have you guys checked it out?" Su Han asked.
Several villagers shook their heads.
"No, that cave is a forbidden area. Anyone who enters is immediately cursed!"
"Yes, anyone who goes in there has never come out!"
The people around shook their heads. If the little girl was in there, they wouldn't try to save her.
Su Han, however, chuckled. He didn't believe in ghosts.
"Alright, since you haven't checked it, I'll go take a look!" Su Han said. After all, if he could complete this mission alone, he would qualify to take on missions from the Mysterious Department and could act independently in the future!
Once he could act alone, he could use his destiny skill – Soul Extraction.
"Heh, it's been a while since I've extracted any souls. Perhaps I should go take a look myself. How should I put it? I should have Miss Zhen Ji stay here..." Su Han muttered, then looked at Zhen Ji beside him.
"Sister Zhen, how about you stay here and protect the villagers, and I'll go take a look? If anything goes wrong, I'll call for help from inside, and you can come assist me. Is that okay?"
Zhen Ji was stunned for a moment. According to the regulations of the Security Bureau, in such situations, they were supposed to wait for reinforcements and not act alone. However, this was a minor mission, and she didn't expect any formidable monsters. After a brief thought, Zhen Ji agreed.
"Then you must be careful, okay? Sister will wait here for you. If there's any accident, or if you can't make a sound, crush this!" As she spoke, Zhen Ji handed Su Han an alarm device. This thing, when crushed, would immediately emit a loud siren, a very effective rescue tool.
Su Han took it and quickly ran towards the distant cave!
With a few leaps, darting between the trees, Su Han's movements were like those of an agile ape. The surrounding villagers felt reassured seeing this, and they all said Su Han was a master and they finally had hope.
Soon, as Su Han entered the cave, silence fell again, and everyone waited anxiously.
"Do you think that kid can do it? I heard there are monsters in that cave..."
"I don't know. We'll have to wait and see."
...
An hour later.
Su Han had searched the cave and thoroughly understood its structure. The only possible location was the place he was currently standing, because there was a stone door here!
It looked like someone had lived here before!
However, beside the stone door were carved words: "Fierce beasts within, do not open lightly."
"Uh... this, I don't know how to open it."
Suddenly.
As Su Han was wondering, he heard the cries of a little girl from within the stone door, the same voice he had heard from above.
Su Han felt a bit disgusted, but he wasn't afraid. After all, with his current strength, ordinary fierce beasts couldn't get close!
After a bit of fumbling, Su Han discovered a very hidden mechanism beside the stone door. Perhaps to prevent people from touching it, it was covered by a metal casing. However, due to the passage of time, the metal casing had rusted and rotted. Through the rotten parts, a finger could be seen reaching through.
"Hiss, that little girl, she didn't happen to touch this mechanism, did she?" Su Han muttered to himself and immediately pressed the mechanism.
Rumble!
With a sound, the stone door actually opened!
Su Han immediately saw that behind the stone door was another world, a long corridor!
And soon, after the stone door opened, it began to close again!
Su Han immediately stepped forward!
He entered the stone door.
"Damn it, this lousy mechanism, the timing is too short!" Su Han exclaimed, looking at the stone door and feeling he might have been a bit careless. If nothing unexpected happened, he might not be able to get out of here.
"Oh well, if there's a mechanism to get in, there must be one to get out. Let's find that little girl first!"
He walked forward.
Immediately, Su Han saw at the end of the passage, something lying on the ground, chained up. It looked like a hellhound, deep red all over, seemingly asleep. But now that it saw Su Han enter, its eyes had opened a slit!
"Uh, this thing, System, scan it quickly!"
Su Han called out, wanting to curse. This thing looked very imposing, but he didn't know if he could extract from it.
Soon, the system emitted a prompt.
[Rare Exotic Beast: Molten Crystal Beast. Easily tamed, bullies the weak and fears the strong, immensely reveres the powerful...
Martial Power: 1099,
Intelligence: 10,
Stamina: 999,
Possesses Skills: Flame Breath, Frenzied Bite, Earth Evasion.
Taming Condition: Must be defeated!]
Su Han was stunned. With a Martial Power of 1099, how could he possibly defeat it? Moreover, let alone defeating it, he couldn't even use Soul Extraction. This was simply...
Suddenly, Su Han felt a terrifying wave of heat rushing towards him.
It turned out that the Molten Crystal Beast in front of him had opened its mouth, and a large amount of heat was about to erupt!
"Holy crap!"
Su Han blurted out a curse. If this happened in the corridor, and he was hit by this thing, he wouldn't have anywhere to run!
With this thought, he immediately took out his life-saving item, the Cloak of God, and decisively put it on!
"Ahem, Molten Crystal Beast, is it? Excuse me, I am the Heavenly Emperor!"