I, Superman, the Supreme Commander

Chapter 465: Escape from Death - Shadowless Stone Bridge

boom!

In a flash, a gunshot rang out, and the bullet hit the burning blade, knocking the black knife out of Zhang Qiling's hand.

The latter escaped the horrific fate of being engulfed by the strange flames.

I saw that the red flame was still burning on the blade and it took a long time to go out, as if it was a rootless fire.

Everyone's scalp was numb when they saw it.

Damn it. What the hell is going on with these bugs? Is this flame really a will-o'-the-wisp?

"It's over. Now the fat guy is going to be roasted pig!"

The fat man cried, his face turned pale with fear.

At the critical moment, Wu Tianzhen had a flash of inspiration.

He immediately took the burning stick from his waist, unplugged the lid, and waved it in his hand.

His attempt worked. The fire beetles in the room were attracted by the flames and turned around and flew towards him.

Wu Tianzhen quickly threw the burning stick into a corner of the room, leading the fire beetles around everyone into the corner.

Seeing this, everyone followed suit, throwing out several burning sticks or lighting flammable materials to attract fire beetles.

"Quick! Find an exit!"

"Damn it! How come this mechanism hasn't been opened for so long?!"

They had been circling the Demon Tower for a long time, but there was no exit in sight, and everyone was like ants on a hot pan.

He frantically looked around again to see if there were any other mechanisms.

More and more fire beetles flew out from the cracks in the floor. Although they were attracted by the fire source, the space for everyone to move around was getting smaller and smaller. Several times they were almost hit by the flying fire beetles.

At the critical moment of life and death, Zhang Qiling's eyes flashed, as if he realized something, and he suddenly rushed towards the wall next to him.

Running quickly around the wall, two extremely long fingers slid quickly across the wall.

Seems to be groping for something.

He ran while dangerously dodging the fire beetles that blocked his way.

When everyone saw this, they immediately helped him clear the fire beetles that were in the way without hesitation, shooting them with guns, pouring water on them, and throwing stones at them.

Zhang Qiling ran half a circle around the house, suddenly stopped, and thrust his finger into a mural and twisted it.

Click.

Boom!

Along with the sounds of different mechanisms, changes occurred again in the room, and the stone platform in the center vibrated and rose up.

A dark staircase opening appeared under the base.

"Come on!"

Everyone rushed in as quickly as possible.

There is a long staircase sloping downward below the stairs, which is almost a hundred meters long.

Everyone ran along the stairs to the end in one breath. Yang Xueli, who was running in the front, braked suddenly. The people behind her almost couldn't stop and bumped into her back.

It turned out that there was a bottomless cliff at the end of the stairs. Yang Xueli was hit by someone behind her and fell directly down.

Fortunately, Wu Tianzhen behind him acted in time and grabbed her from behind.

Wang Kai, who was behind Wu Tianzhen, grabbed Wu Tianzhen again.

The others who reacted later grabbed Wang Kai.

Only then were the three people who were about to fall off the cliff pulled back.

“There’s no road ahead!”

"Those bugs haven't caught up yet!"

"Don't panic, look carefully. There must be a way!"

Xu Bayi said firmly.

It’s impossible for the group of people who came in earlier to disappear out of thin air without even leaving their bodies behind.

It must have gone deep underground.

The fire beetle did not chase them, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief temporarily.

Soon, everyone found a platform opposite the cliff. Behind the platform was a bronze door embedded in the black stone wall.

At this moment, the bronze gate had indeed been opened, and it was wide open as if to welcome Xu Bayi and others.

However, there was an abyss of nearly two hundred meters between them and the platform, with vertical cliffs on both sides that were impossible to stand on. The cliff above their heads was twenty or thirty meters high and out of reach.

There is no way for everyone to get through if they want to.

The place where they were standing now was at the end of the staircase, which could only accommodate two or three people side by side, with no space to move around.

There doesn't seem to be any mechanism around here.

"Hey, there seems to be something down there."

Suddenly, Wu Tianzhen exclaimed and shone the flashlight down into the abyss.

Everyone looked in the direction of the flashlight and saw "something" in the abyss. They all frowned.

"That looks like... a bridge?"

How to say it, that thing was very strange, as black as graphite, its color blended into the abyss, and it did not reflect any light at all.

If Wu Tianzhen hadn't accidentally discovered that the flashlight was blocked by something a few meters away, he would not have been able to discover the existence of this strange stone bridge.

The stone bridge is located about a body's height above everyone's feet and can be reached without any tools.

After a careful inspection, they confirmed that the stone bridge spanned the abyss and led to the platform of the bronze gate opposite.

The fat man scratched his head and asked, "Why did the Queen of Jingjue build such a strange bridge?"

"I'm afraid there's something wrong with this bridge. Everyone, be careful."

The stone bridge is very narrow, only about two meters wide, and you can fall off if you are not careful.

The main reason is that the material of this stone bridge is too strange. It does not reflect any light at all. It blends into the black abyss under the feet, and its outline is almost impossible to recognize with the naked eye.

You can only rely on tools to carefully feel the edge and move forward slowly.

"What is this bridge made of? It's so weird." Wu Tianzhen muttered.

Yang Xueli said in a deep voice: "I have seen a light-absorbing material in a foreign laboratory that can almost completely absorb light without emitting any light. This stone bridge is most likely built with light-absorbing material."

"The ancients were amazing. Thousands of years ago, they were able to produce high-tech materials that modern people can only make in laboratories."

Xu Bayi asked everyone to tie themselves together with climbing ropes, which is a common method for crossing glaciers. If someone falls, the others can stabilize their center of gravity and pull him up.

As we walked, strange things soon began to happen.

"Oh my god, why is the bronze door gone!"

The fat man screamed.

When everyone saw this, they were shocked to find that the platform and bronze door in front of them, as well as the passage they came from behind, had disappeared without them noticing.

Even the stone wall disappeared.

There was endless darkness in front, behind, and around them. Only the invisible stone bridge under their feet stretched across the darkness, as if they had fallen into a strange space.

"Don't panic, everyone. It's probably the special structure here that caused problems with the refraction of light. We can't see the original scene."

Yang Xueli, the think tank of the team, said calmly.

Everyone calmed down and continued to move forward.

Click!

Suddenly, a crisp sound was heard in the darkness, and Yang Xueli stepped on empty air and fell down with a scream.

Fortunately, Zhang Qiling and Wang Kai in front and behind her reacted in time, instantly stood firm and grabbed the rope.

He used both arms to pull Yang Xueli, who was hanging in the air, back to the bridge.

Looking at the missing bridge deck, Zhang Qiling's face was solemn, "It's a mechanism, some parts of the bridge deck will collapse!"

"Don't move yet!"

Zhang Qiling cut the climbing rope with a dagger and without waiting for everyone to react, he ran forward. After running for only a dozen meters, his figure was swallowed up by the darkness like a magic trick.

"Little brother, be careful!"

Wu Tianzhen called out worriedly.

There was no response in the darkness, only the sound of tiles breaking, which continued to ring out, and then fell silent.

The silence lasted for several minutes.

Just when everyone was feeling uneasy, a figure flashed and Zhang Qiling reappeared in the darkness and came back.

Holding a long rope in his hand that led to the depths of darkness, he tied the rope back to Yang Xueli.

"Let's go. It's safe."

After saying this in a high and cold manner, Zhang Qiling didn't even use the rope and turned around and ran back into the darkness, as if he was already completely familiar with the route of the strange stone bridge.