Chapter 2 Cell No. 2, Cell No. 3, Cell No. 4, Cell No. 5, Cell No. 6, Cell No. 7.

Fang Yue swept through the cells one by one with unstoppable momentum.

However, his expression grew increasingly grim.

Despite searching so many cells, he still hadn't found any trace of Lin Ling or Lord Han.

After clearing seven cells, he had a large group of followers trailing behind him.

They were all filled with awe for Fang Yue, who could easily kill guards and rescue prisoners, as if worshipping a god.

Fang Yue had no time to care about these strangers.

He grabbed Qing Chen by the collar of his white coat.

"I've searched all seven cells, but why haven't I found the people I'm looking for? Are you sure there are only seven cells in this underground base?"

"C-calm down! Boss, I'm certain there are only seven cells in the underground base. If the people you're looking for haven't been found... either they've already been disposed of, turned into corpse materials or something else. Or, they're being held in the secret rooms of those three lords."

"Three lords? Secret rooms?"

"That's Lord Niu, Lord Ma, and Lord Liao. But their rooms are made of the same material as the giant iron gate at the entrance of the base, like a fortress, indestructible... Unless you have the keys of those three lords, you can't open their rooms, brute force won't work."

Keys?

Fang Yue quickly pulled out the key he had obtained from Steward Liao.

"Is it this?"

Qing Chen was stunned for a moment. "I, I haven't seen it before, I don't know if it is."

Well, might as well give it a try!

Qing Chen led the way, and after a few twists and turns, Fang Yue quickly arrived at the door of an isolated large room.

The surrounding walls were solid ore, and the door was indeed made of the same material as the iron gate at the entrance.

Fang Yue first tried to smash it with brute force a couple of times, but neither the iron door nor the solid ore walls next to it could be broken.

Comparing the key to the keyhole, Fang Yue took out Steward Liao's key.

He inserted the key into the keyhole and twisted.

*Creak.*

The tightly closed iron door immediately began to shake slowly.

Fang Yue let go and took two steps back. The iron door slowly opened, revealing the situation inside.

It was a large room, and the main decoration in the room was various glass jars displaying [human heads] mounted on the walls, like a hunter showing off his trophies.

"Your key really opened the room… This is Lord Liao's key, Lord Liao's room!"

Qing Chen looked at Fang Yue in shock.

He had received intelligence before that Fang Yue had killed Lord Liao, defeated the Ningfu on the ground, and stormed into the underground base.

But both Qing Chen and the people in the underground base were somewhat skeptical.

Because Lord Liao's strength was so great that ordinary people couldn't deal with him at all.

Only now, seeing the room key that Lord Liao kept close to his body in Fang Yue's hands, did Qing Chen really confirm that Lord Liao had died at Fang Yue's hands.

The prisoners in the dark mass behind them also exclaimed in surprise after hearing the conversation between the two.

"Liao the old thief has been killed by Lord Ye?"

"Retribution! Retribution! That bastard's retribution should have come long ago!"

"Good riddance! Lord Ye is standing up for us, killing evildoers, we are extremely grateful!"

Those useless prisoners began to shout.

Fang Yue ignored them and entered the room, asking Qing Chen to help find the entrance mechanism to the secret room.

The key Fang Yue obtained only allowed him to enter Steward Liao's room. Although the room contained many good things, such as pills and black stones, which Fang Yue took, that was all.

The really valuable things didn't seem to be kept in the room by Steward Liao, but hidden in the secret room.

After a search, on the wall above Steward Liao's bedside, there was a thumb-sized spot that could be pressed down.

Fang Yue pressed it hard…

*Rumble!*

The ground suddenly shook violently a few times, as if something was attacking the entire base from the outside.

Fang Yue was wondering what was going on when he saw the wall behind the bed slowly split open, revealing a corridor leading downwards.

So, the earthquake-like reaction just now was because the secret room was opened…

That's what Fang Yue thought, but after carefully observing the door of the secret room, he realized that he was wrong.

The door of the secret room was only made of ordinary materials and couldn't have caused such a big commotion.

"Boss, what's wrong? Let's go in quickly, maybe the person you're looking for is inside."

Seeing Fang Yue standing still, Qing Chen asked curiously and walked down directly.

Fang Yue thought for a while and looked back, only to see a dark mass of people blocking the entrance of Steward Liao's room, packed like sardines.

Everyone was looking at Fang Yue with hopeful eyes, hoping that Fang Yue would leave the room quickly and lead them to continue their escape.

This made Fang Yue's mouth twitch slightly.

Letting them out of the cage and letting them find their own way to escape and survive was the limit of what Fang Yue could do.

One person can't guarantee that so many people can survive.

Not to mention, he hasn't even solved his own problems yet.

Without hesitation, Fang Yue turned and entered the secret room.

Walking down the stairs, he walked about a hundred meters downwards before reaching the bottom.

Looking around, Fang Yue found that the secret room was not large, but it was very dark.

"Qing Chen?"

"I'm here?"

As soon as Qing Chen finished speaking, with a *psst* sound, the Ren Hun (human soul) lamps around the underground secret room suddenly lit up.

"Oh, you're willing to burn your lifespan?"

Qing Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Boss, it's not my lifespan, it's the lifespan of the people over there, she was made into a yangshou (lifespan) battery."

Fang Yue looked in the direction Qing Chen was pointing, and his pupils suddenly shrank, and his whole body froze.

There, on a stone platform similar to a display stand, a woman with a black short sword inserted in her mouth, knelt with her hands and feet nailed to the stone platform with huge iron nails, piercing through her limbs.

"Hua Qiubqiu?!"

That's right, this woman kneeling on the stone platform was none other than Hua Wuye's cousin, the village chief of Mo Village, Hua Qiuqiu!

Although Fang Yue had never met Hua Qiuqiu in person, he had seen Hua Qiuqiu's portrait at the Hua family in Mo Village.

In addition, Hua Qiuqiu and Hua Wuye looked quite similar, so in a moment of stunned silence, Fang Yue recognized her.

Without any hesitation, Fang Yue rushed to Hua Qiuqiu in Qing Chen's stunned expression.

"Hua Qiuqiu! Hua Qiuqiu! Hua Qiuqiu!"

Fang Yue shook Hua Qiuqiu, trying to wake her up, but Qing Chen's words made his heart sink to the bottom.

"It's useless, she has already been made into a [Human Candle], she died long ago, now she is just a corpse."

Ren Zhu (human candle) is when a person is killed, injected with yangshou (lifespan), and used as a large candle, which is extremely cruel and inhumane.

And after the Phoenix organization's 'improvement' and 'optimization', it now seems to have the function of being the main controller of the Ren Hun (human soul) lamps.