Chapter 767: The Secret Cave of Transporting Troops
With the help of the witch, this exploration mission was extremely simple, and after Li Ming finished his disguise, he took the witch with a bamboo basket on his back and walked around the side of the mountain road.
At the back door of the villa and on the mountain road, dense figures are one after another, densely spread across the entire stone step passage, a team carrying empty bamboo baskets up the mountain, and a team carrying full bamboo baskets to return to the villa in an endless stream.
After rounding a long distance, the two of them slowly approached the back door of the back wall of the villa, and quickly rushed into the group while the soldiers were in a hurry......
The later soldiers were stunned for a moment after being jammed by the men in front of them, and the ranks stagnated for less than two seconds, and the whole group returned to its usual state, and no one seemed to suspect that the enemy had mixed in between them......
Carrying the bamboo basket on his back, he followed the NPC soldiers in front of him and continued to move forward, waiting for half a minute before nothing happened, and then Li Ming breathed a sigh of relief......
Mixed in the ranks all the way up, all the soldiers almost all the way down their heads, he was completely relieved.
After a winding path down the stone steps, they soon entered a secluded mountain path covered in dense forests, and after rounding a bend, the whole group continued along the fork in the road on the left......
Along the way, the winding mountain road continues to advance, and the mountain climbs higher and higher.
But after more than ten minutes of the procession, Li Ming walked sideways through a straight 100-meter stone staircase, and a 90-degree corner appeared in front of him again.
This is a palace complex composed of four or five large palaces, which seems to be the second prince's courtyard on the mountain, but what is surprising now is that at the foot of a high cliff on the right side of the gate of the palace complex, there are indeed human figures flickering, and outside a pitch-black square hole, countless soldiers in armor are guarding there.
And it's in this hole that the front end of the team enters!
A team entered the cave, and a long team kept walking out from the other side carrying earth and rocks, and it seems that the secret passage of the second prince is here!
Li Ming was pleasantly surprised, but he still lowered his head and followed the team closer to the entrance of the cave......
Under the gaze of hundreds of guards, Li Ming and the witch finally walked into the cave with the team, and rows of dim lights suddenly appeared in front of them, and in this five-meter-wide cave, the stone walls were densely covered with countless lighting crystals, illuminating the entire cave as if it were daytime.
And the cave that Li Ming saw was straight down and couldn't see the end, it can be seen that the second prince has been plotting here for an unknown amount of time, and he actually dug such a magnificent underground passage!
Surprised all the way on, there was no fork in the cave, just kept stretching forward......
Li Ming was curious, where did this cave go?
Follow the team and keep moving forward, this walk, but it took nearly ten minutes!
And the cave ahead seems to never see the end, I don't know how far it will be......
Li Ming's heart was already extremely shocked, he had been secretly calculating the number of steps and time from the mouth of the cave to here, so as to calculate the entire length of the cave, and compared the distance between the manor and the Imperial City Mountain on the map, he came to a conclusion......
Now the position where he is standing is almost within the range of the Imperial City Mountain Tower, but he doesn't know how far away he is from the foot of the Imperial City Mountain?
However, he knew one thing in his heart, this cave would eventually lead to the Tomb of the Heavenly Mandate Emperor halfway up the Imperial City Mountain, if once this cave was discovered and began to dig towards the mountain, it meant that the conspiracy of the second prince was about to be achieved, and this cave had almost been dug to the designated place!
It seemed that he was afraid of anything, but just as Li Ming was surprised in his heart, he suddenly found that the front of the team had obviously walked up a high slope, and the cave under his feet seemed to have a little slope......
Oops, has this cave been dug through?
Li Ming was taken aback, and at this time, the sound of tinkling dense metal knocking was also constantly heard in the distance of the cave.
Hearing this voice, he felt a little relieved in his heart, it seemed that the cave had not been completely opened, and the end of the secret cave had already been reached in front of him.
However, according to the distance he calculated and the current terrain, although the secret cave has not yet been fully penetrated, it seems that there is only the last point left from the second prince's plan.
Fortunately, the cave has been dug to the most difficult place, because there are hard stone walls everywhere, unlike when you first entered the cave, there are solid soil stone walls all around, and when you enter the last thirty meters of the cave, the surrounding stone walls and the ground under your feet are obviously replaced by hard stones.
Li Ming instantly understood that after digging here, the engineering difficulty of the excavated cave increased, so it seemed that the second prince's plan was only the last point, but the time would be at least a few days long!
Jingle Bell!
As the team continued to move forward, the sound of metal knocking became louder and louder, and the hillside in front of the cave was almost completely sealed by dense stones.
And the warriors who carried the empty bamboo baskets on their backs had already begun to load the stones from the ground into the bamboo baskets, and then turned around and left on the other side......
Soon, Li Ming and the witch also came to the entrance of the cave blocked by stones, and through the gaps in the pile of rocks in front of him, he saw countless burly and sturdy backs, constantly waving tools, continuing to dig the rock cave wall in front of them, splashing sparks everywhere, and it seemed that the difficulty of the project was extraordinary......
But Li Ming's eyes were quickly attracted by the burly backs of those caves, as if these guys were taller than ordinary NPC soldiers, and they were actually wearing a strange helmet with curved horns on top of their heads......
"What kind of warrior is this?" Li Ming was curious.
"Don't look at it, hurry up, that's the bull demon warrior of our demon clan, I didn't expect to help humans dig caves here!" The witch's voice whispered from behind.
"What...... Demon Warriors! Li Ming was shocked in his heart, and now he understood that the reason why the second prince dared to covet the throne was not only secretly colluding with the demon clan for a long time, but even receiving the full support of the demon clan......
The two of them squatted down, swept some gravel into the bamboo basket indiscriminately, and quickly turned around and left with the team in front.
However, before leaving, Li Ming hurriedly recorded the coordinate points here, even if this place is deep underground, the coordinate position may not be accurate, but as long as there are coordinates, the general direction of the ground can always be judged.
Carrying the heavy bamboo basket on their backs, the two began to evacuate safely......
Now the location of the cave has basically been determined, but Li Ming is starting to worry about the situation of the demon clan again.
Since he came into contact with the tragedy of the three major families, there are demons behind all this, and the ultimate goal is to help the second prince compete for the throne......
There is no need to guess, Li Ming already understands in his heart that once the second prince ascends to the throne, he will inevitably become a puppet of the demon clan, and at that time, the entire Heavenly Mandate Empire will be very dangerous!
Moreover, the temple will definitely face the conspiracy of the demons as well, and must find a way to stop this rebellion......