The Informal Tomb Raiding Diary: She is the occupant of the tomb!-Chapter 448 - 331: Sacrifice

"I need your help."

"Huh? I’m about to scratch myself to death, how can I help you?"

"There’s a door I can’t open, it needs two people."

"If it requires two people, why did you ditch Wang Le and run off alone?"

"He was invaded by an Evil Spirit. I can’t continue to act with him."

"But he seems fine, he’s been with us for quite a while."

"That’s because the Evil Spirit didn’t need him to act yet."

"So, according to you, the people who went into the passage are in more danger, right? We have two people in our team who are possessed."

"I only know they can live a little longer, or... become slaves of the Evil Spirit. But at least it’s better than those who remain outside."

"Is this your theory of ’better a miserable life than a good death’?"

"Something like that."

"No way, I need to help them, your issue will have to wait."

"We must open that door, it’s the key!"

I paused my stride, turned, and looked at him, "If you want me to help, don’t waste my time, tell me everything that needs to be said."

"The core operation needs energy supply too. It’s like a light bulb, it needs electricity to light up. I know where the power supply room is to keep it running. Just cut off the power, the light will go out, and the Evil Spirit will disappear."

"Who told you this?"

"Someone... inside the wall."

"What do they look like?"

"An Eastern person, but with somewhat deep features, a man."

"Oh, it’s him."

"You know him?"

"He was part of an expedition team that entered the Ancient City a few years ago. Now he should also be a slave of the Evil Spirit. Can his words be trusted?"

"He said he wants to escape the predicament and seek freedom."

"How does he know where the power supply room of the Ancient City is?"

"He and another person were looking for it, but that person was already invaded by the Evil Spirit without him knowing, so they failed, and the Evil Spirit imprisoned him in this Ancient City."

"If the core goes out, what happens to those invaded by the Evil Spirit, will they disappear with it?"

"No one knows this, but he said as long as the Evil Spirit is there, no one can leave this city."

The passageway can transform between reality and illusion in an instant, and at need, it can restore its original form, possessing such abilities, even if I use Karmic Fire, it would be a waste of energy.

Gu is right, we must solve the problem at the source.

"Alright, let’s head to the power supply room first." I weighed the pros and cons and quickly made a decision.

No matter how ferocious the Evil Spirit is, it screams and runs away when it encounters Chen Qinghan. As long as he is around, he can protect Doctor Du and the others.

"What if you hadn’t met me?" I followed Gu into a small path, he deliberately chose paths with rugged dead ends, maybe this way he could really avoid the Evil Spirit’s view.

"Wait for the next batch of people to come in."

"What if no one comes for several months?"

"Then leave it to fate, all I can do is try my best."

"Why do the Evil Spirits choose to invade people? Like when you and Wang Le were together, they only invaded Wang Le. When I was with Doctor Du, they only invaded Doctor Du."

"I don’t know the specific reason, but the three of us weren’t invaded, maybe it’s because of different constitutions."

Gu’s ’three people’ should refer to him and the two teammates who became werewolves. The three of them lived in the Ancient City for several days, yet none were invaded by the Evil Spirits, and we just entered the city today, and two of our team were already taken.

Perhaps, as he said, the Evil Spirits choose people based on constitution.

"Don’t worry, that person said the power supply room can’t be entered by Evil Spirits. As long as we can get in, the Evil Spirits can’t stop us. He failed because he didn’t know his teammate had already betrayed him."

"Hey? How do you know I haven’t been invaded by an Evil Spirit?"

"They don’t invade sacrifices, probably because it’s more challenging to torment them." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"You’ve only seen a sacrifice commit suicide once, and you’re so sure?"

"That person told me, he said opening the door requires two people. When I asked him who could be trusted, that’s what he said."

Gu seemed to realize something, abruptly changing the subject: "You don’t trust me?"

"Meeting a stranger in this place, not trusting is normal, right?"

"Yes, you’ll know I wasn’t lying when you see the power supply room."

Gu led me across several streets to a special building.

This building is about four or five stories high, no windows, just a large door, estimated six meters wide, double doors, with something resembling a ship’s helm on each door panel.

"These two valves need to be turned simultaneously, one turn per second, no mistake. I turn right, you turn left."

The distance between the two valves is more than two meters, definitely unmanageable by one person, and we have no suitable tools at hand.