King obediently dropped his boots, walked inside the house and closed the door, then opened it and walked out, experimented a bit but found nothing.
He couldn't understand and could only wait for Su Ming to explain it to him.
"Let me tell you this, I'll guess the course of events from the clues." Su Ming's mask retreated, taking out a cigarette and lighting it with the matchbox from earlier: "First of all, not long ago, Leviathan established a research station here, and after draining the lake water, drilled a hole at the bottom of the pit, leading somewhere unknown, but that's where they discovered the Element Zero."
"Next was a month ago, a group of outsiders who clearly don't celebrate Christmas broke into here. They made a big fuss, barely concealing their actions, triggering the alarm here. Subsequently, when these soldiers rushed out of the rooms, the other party took some measures, freezing them all at the door. It could be time freezing, because these guards survived for a month without eating or drinking, the wave of invaders didn't kill them, it seems they merely headed for the underground pit and didn't come out."
"Then just one or two hours ago, a third group of people arrived here, perhaps they triggered something prohibited or damaged certain mechanisms, causing those 'frozen' in time to wake up. Thus, they thought of them as the last wave of invaders naturally leading to conflict. The third group didn't have many people but possessed extremely high individual abilities, and after eliminating a third of the enemies, perhaps they disappeared suddenly or became invisible, so the surviving guards searched around the pit and subsequently went underground to pursue the third group."
"As for those obviously disjointed footprints of beasts, they should have followed in last, Dark Matter can attract humans, let alone animals without thinking capability."
In the sunlight by the window, the man in Black and Yellow Armor held a cigarette, explaining his speculations calmly, as if he was already assured of his victory.
This scene made Xiaowang feel that if he were not acting alongside the Master, he would surely have regrets.
The aura of Deathstroke and The Ancient One is different, The Ancient One always smiles calmly, influencing people like a gentle breeze and soft rain, and humans cannot resist nature.
The new Supreme Mage, when serious, is always expressionless, everything seemingly within his expectations, thus bringing those who oppose him an impotent fear and a total darkness.
Composed, the newly appointed butler King bowed slightly: "So, Master, what should we do?"
Su Ming flicked the ash off the cigarette, hooked Xiaowang's slim shoulder and led him out of the room: "Actually, the most ideal way is to guard the entrance and wait for the people below to fight to the death, then we seize the victor, it's the easiest."
"What if there are other exits underground?" King asked again with some confusion.
Deathstroke patted his arm, with the other hand calmly smoking, blowing out a smoke ring: "Hoo... if it were you, entering an unfamiliar underground fighting fiercely with unknown enemies, but you won and got what you wanted... would you choose to return the same way or look for a completely unknown other path underground? Analyzing risks and rewards is almost human instinct, and knowing there's a way out, no one would want to take risks."
"I understand, then I'll set up the Magic Traps at the entrance." King recalled his experience hunting beasts under Kama Taji Mountain.
"Ah, don't rush, I just said it's the easiest way, but doesn't mean I plan to do it, after all, there's Element Zero below, not seeing it with my own eyes makes me uneasy. Also, this time I brought you out to see the world, we definitely have to go down for a walk."
Su Ming pulled King's arm, directly took him flying, and they landed on the side of the passage at the bottom of the pit.
"I don't really like drilling..." King showed an embarrassed expression, after all, being a sunny boy, drilling caves felt too dark.
Not to mention that you could feel some kind of abnormal coldness emanating from underground as soon as you reach the entrance, as if it's gushing up from beneath.
Cold yet sweet, this is definitely not normal.
Su Ming pursed his lips, put out the cigarette butt and kept it, the Black Yellow Mask appeared on his face again: "Following me, how can you not know underground tactics? Get used to drilling, Hamill and I both have high hopes for you."
Saying this, he dragged King into the sloping downward cavern.
Dry, cold, filled with the smell of dirt, matching every dark fantasy perfectly, especially after walking a few steps there's a corpse, making it perfect.
Not a human corpse, but some kind of beast, hard to say what it is, yet it blocked the path.
Su Ming, one arm around King and with the other holding a Giant Sword, used his shoe tip to prod the corpse, revealing the blood-soaked side which now froze to the ground, the creature stuck in its own blood.
Of course, with this vigorous prod, half the monster's skin and flesh were torn off.
King grimaced immediately, peeling a monster so violently was a bit disgusting.
"This is to strengthen your resilience, trust me, building resistance to your own stomach acid is very important." Su Ming didn't look back but released King, approaching the body to examine it, prying open its mouth and poking the monster's belly with his hand: "Bad news is it eats people, good news is it can be killed by bullets."
King closed his eyes, rubbing his forehead with his hand: "Master, how did you determine it eats people?"
"Because there's a human hand in its stomach, I just shook hands with it through the stomach wall."
"Ugh....."
Su Ming answered naturally but King's reaction was anything but natural, he started to retch, shaking hands with residual limbs in the monster's stomach, only in-house masters could do such things right?
Deathstroke stood up, patting King's back and placing a handgun into his hand: "Don't worry, just a gigantic Radiation-mutated callus-skinned monster, judging by its teeth and skull, it could be a canine, but although its size is bigger than a horse, it still poses no threat to us."
"But... Master, a hippo isn't a horse, and you just punctured its stomach." King said painfully with closed eyes, quickly turning his head away.
Su Ming looked at where he had poked, from which a red icy water mixture was slowly seeping, shrugged:
"Callus diseases are like this, skin becomes hard but lacks flexibility, you cook often, haven't eaten dog meat? This one's just bigger. By the way, if you dare say something like, 'dogs are too cute, how can you eat them', I will definitely turn your behind into a flowerbed."
"Phew... I won't, dog meat rolls three times and even Immortals can't stand, I'm a cooking enthusiast after all. I'm okay now, Master, shall we continue?"
Whether it was the mention of dog meat in the ice and snow giving King motivation, or his chef's heart igniting, anyway he had managed to shake off the sick feeling.
"Very well."
Su Ming swung the Giant Sword in his hand, causing the monster blocking the tunnel entrance to split in half, kicking the half-stiff corpse to pieces, they walked down the red-stained passage into the darkness.