The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

A long black skirt hung down on the slightly damp floor. When Thalia landed, she looked toward the greenest part, but she did not see Pamela.

What's going on? Didn't we agree to meet in the garden? She muttered with some confusion and walked out of the garden.

But at this moment, her nose moved slightly, and the breeze blowing from the southern corner of the garden brought an imperceptible smell of blood.

Thalia's first reaction was that someone might be preparing food in the kitchen. Although she was a seasoned female killer, her sense of smell was not sensitive enough to be able to tell the difference between human blood and pig blood.

Contrary to what many people imagine, even this kind of upper-class banquet is not completely fragrant. The smell of various ingredients will come from the kitchen. The smell of blood and sewer is usually the heaviest. Women who are menstruating will also smell blood, which is not a very uncommon smell.

But Thalia turned around and saw that the buildings of the manor were in the north, and the back entrance of the manor was in the south. There was nothing except a large garden. It was obviously impossible for anyone to handle fresh ingredients there.

After standing there and waiting for dozens of seconds without seeing Pamela's figure, Thalia knew that she must have been tripped up by something else, but what was worse might be that the smell of blood came from her body.

Although based on Thalia's knowledge of Pamela, this possibility was unlikely, but she decided to go and have a look. After all, Pamela's help was indispensable to complete their two plans.

Thalia walked forward in the direction of the wind, bypassing the tool room next to the east wall of the big tree in the center of the garden, and arrived at the southwest corner of the garden.

This place seemed a bit deserted, obviously not developed yet. The brick roads seemed to be trying to trap some of the more fertile soil. Thalia looked at the shape of the field ridges and felt that Schiller might be planning to Grow vegetables here.

Continuing to walk forward, we crossed the small vegetable garden and came to the back door of the garden. However, the back door was locked at this time. Behind it was a silent old manor area. Only the fire of the Gotham River could be seen on the distant horizon.

The smell of blood here is getting stronger and stronger, but it is still faint. Thalia walked around here for a long time, and finally used her rich experience to speculate that the smell of blood may be coming from underground.

In fact, there are no other possible answers. The area around here is full of low shrubs and ridges, and there is no place to hide anything. The only possibility is a cellar.

Thalia knew that it was impossible for such a large manor to be without a cellar. The cellar was usually under the garden because the construction technology of the era when the manor was built was not mature enough. Wooden and stone buildings are different from reinforced concrete buildings. The supporting force of the foundation is not that strong. In the main body Constructing a cellar under a building is prone to ground collapse, so placing it under the garden is a common choice.

Thalia began to look for the entrance to the cellar nearby, and finally she found an old, rusty iron door in the middle of what looked like a decorative square bush at the crossroads of two paths.

This camouflage makes good use of optical illusions, making people think that the square bush is closed, but in fact there is a small gap close to the wall, which cannot be seen unless it is completely turned to the back.

And because looking from the front, there is already a wall behind it, so most people feel there is no need to turn around. The mud there is extremely loose. Even Thalia, who is looking for it purposefully, is worried about getting her shoes dirty. I hesitated for a few seconds whether to go over or not.

Fortunately, she was very cautious and finally chose to go over and found the entrance to the cellar.

As soon as they entered the center of the square shrubs, the smell of blood became stronger. Thalia carefully put on her gloves, took off her high heels, stood barefoot on the edge of the concrete platform, and squatted down to check the rust on the door.

If no one has opened the door for a long time, rust will accumulate on the door's hinges. However, if it has not been used for a period of time and is suddenly opened recently, there will be traces of friction on the rust. Depending on the depth of the traces and the degree of reappearance of rust, you can roughly determine how long ago the door was opened and how many times it has been opened recently.

Thalia observed it and found that the last time this door was opened was today, but it had not been used for a long time, so this should not be a storage room for banquet ingredients, because if it was, then the door should have been opened in the past week. Open frequently to prepare banquet dishes.

Thalia looked at the lock on the cellar door again. She found that the door was locked from the inside, which meant that there must be another entrance to the cellar, most likely leading to the interior of the manor.

Thalia thought for a moment, and took out a small lighting device from her bag, but she did not dare to shine directly into the cracks in the cellar. She just walked to the direction of the manor building, imitating the lights of the manor, far away. I took a photo.

Great, it's the simplest and most practical deadbolt, which means Thalia has a way to hook it from the outside.

Thalia is very familiar with this job. Her earrings are in the shape of peacock feather eye spots, with a circle of metal filaments on the outside and a golden sequin inside. After the sequins are removed, the remaining metal filaments become made a wire ring.

Then he took out a piece of fishing line from his bag. After tying it to the wire ring, he could put it in along the gap of the cellar door. As long as he tried a few more times, he could use the wire ring to cover the iron rod of the door bolt.

After making sure it was inserted, he used the friction between the uneven iron wire and the iron rod to slowly bring the iron rod out. Thalia adjusted it several times and found the fastest and quietest angle.

But then she took out the wire ring and changed the direction to put the handle of the door bolt, because the door bolt is equivalent to a lever. When it is inserted, both ends are equally heavy, but once it is about to come out, it must be The handle is heavy.

If you just put the front half of the door bolt on and open it, when the door bolt comes off, the handle will definitely fall down along the entire iron rod. Although it will not fall, it will hit the iron ring that fixes the handle and make a sound. .

And if Thalia changes the direction at this time and slowly pulls this side of the handle, she can always keep the handle from hitting the iron ring that fixes it, and there will always be no sound.

Thalia adjusted for a while, and after hearing a subtle click, she finally opened the door without any danger.

She took back her tools, turned around and hid her high heels under the grass nest, clasped the cellar door panel with her fingers, and slowly lifted the door up at an extremely slow speed.

To prevent the door from being blown down by the wind, Thalia's hand never left the door, but she twisted her body flexibly, turned around, and stepped on the ladder with one foot.

After her first foot landed, she decisively turned around to face the inside of the cellar to avoid leaving anything dangerous behind her. Then she held the cellar door with one hand and walked slowly down.

It was pitch dark in the cellar, and Thalia did not dare to light a lamp. Her feet felt some damp moisture, and the smell of blood became stronger and stronger.

Walking further, Thalia discovered that this was not like a cellar, but like a specially opened underground fortress. The corridor was not narrow, but as wide and grand as underground ruins.

Thalia carefully looked at the floor tiles and walls here, and then determined that this was neither the cellar of an ordinary manor nor a building built by Schiller later.

Then there is only one possibility left. The original owner of the manor built this place.

Thalia didn't know much about the predecessor of Rodriguez Manor, but she knew that based on the geographical situation of the East Coast of the United States and the overall strength of the United States, the owners of the manor should not need to dig as complicated as the owners of European castles. The tunnel maze is used to station troops or escape.

So why should we build this kind of underground fortress is worth thinking about.

Walking further inside, Thalia heard heavy breathing, and she thought that this must be the source of the smell of blood.

Sure enough, a little light from the corner at the end of the dark corridor illuminated the scene in the room. A figure was lying on the ground, pressing his abdomen, breathing long, and his chest rose and fell very slowly.

Before Thalia had completely walked over, she felt a bone-chilling chill. Through the light, she saw that the walls of the cell where this man was held were covered with fine ice.

The shimmering blue blood flowed into the corridor, which made Thalia hesitate. If the other person was not a human, she was not 100% sure that he would not be violent and hurt others.

In the end, Thalia chose to move closer.

Otherwise, if Schiller chooses to capture rather than completely eliminate a foreign race, it proves that this inhuman existence must have its value. Thalia has always liked valuable things.

If the other party loses consciousness, she will take some blood and leave. This blood obviously has strong ice power and may be the raw material for something. If the other party is still alive and can communicate, she may be able to figure out Schiller. Why should he be kept here?

Thalia quietly walked along the other side of the corridor and walked quietly to the opposite side of the cell. Under the dim light, she saw a handsome young man.

He has a handsome face that is slightly feminine and melancholic. At this time, his skin color has changed to blue and cannot affect his facial features. Under the dim light, it turns into a hazy oil painting.

For a moment, Thalia was fascinated by this picture, because when this cold, blue-skinned creature fell in the dark cage, it looked like a captured beast, and also like a broken piece. of ice.

At this moment, Thalia's heart beat violently, and she suddenly realized that she seemed not qualified to talk about Pamela's quirks.

Human beings always have their own weird quirks. If you think you don't have them, it's not time yet. Thalia understands this now.

If she had to sum it up, she thinks she likes things that look like humans but not humans. For many people, this is an extremely terrifying existence, but for Thalia, she likes their fragile, crazy , uncontrolled moments.

She walked to the opposite side of the cage by accident.

The moment her green eyes met hers, the words in Thalia's heart settled.

That's him.

But at this moment, human panic suddenly appeared on the face of the strange creature, and he opened his dry lips and gestured to Thalia.

run!

The bright light flashed past, and the black shadow around the corner only appeared for a few tenths of a second. By the time Thalia woke up, the ultimate danger was hidden in the darkness, and quickly emerged from the darkness.

boom!