My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 230 God's Will
From time to time, a Northern Defense soldier accidentally missed and fell into the river in the fog. The "river water" under his feet suddenly boiled. Everyone only heard a very short and miserable scream, but they could only suppress their fear and continue to move forward. Except for the Northern Defense Soldier, With one person missing, everything returned to calm.

From time to time, obscure murmurs came from the mist.

It tempts humans who have strayed into it again decades later to continue moving forward.

All the way to the side of the great being who is sleeping here.

"How many people are left?"

The wound on Ye Jiuliu's left arm that was torn open by something bat-like in the white mist quickly scabbed and healed.

He looked forward, and as he walked deeper into the cave, the voice became clearer and louder, and he couldn't help but feel a bit of worry in his eyes.

"There are twelve more, my lord——"

From behind, Zhu Xiangyang's voice came.

A strong smell of blood wafted over.

Ye Jiuliu saw a wide wound on his back that spread from his left shoulder to his buttocks.

The skin and flesh were turned outwards, and red blood continued to flow downwards.

Very hideous.

Xu Youbang handed him a red medicine bottle.

It was the remaining part of the hemostatic medicine that Yu Dayou gave him last time.

"Keep going."

Xu Youbang looked at the wounded soldiers from the North Guards behind him, remained silent for a moment, and said.

After saying that, he walked at the front of the team this time, leading everyone to move forward.

……

Yu Dayou climbed out of the water.

He struggled to get up, fell to the ground, and coughed violently.

Large pieces of scarlet internal organs erupted from his mouth, leaving a long black and red blood trail on the ground.

He looked around, and saw that the huge water spider that suddenly appeared from the water was too fast, and came in groups, taking advantage of the fog to suddenly attack from the river.

The Ming army that had gone down to the cave to explore as much as possible and search for any traces of the Jinyiwei during the Chenghua period were instantly dispersed.

Even Xu Youbang and Yu Dayou were scattered in the chaos.

Thinking of the danger of fighting the water spiders that were coming from all directions in the water just now.

and screams coming from all directions.

Even though he was seriously injured and managed to survive, Yu Dayou didn't think that many of the northern defense soldiers who were still mortals could escape from the mouths of those water spiders alive.

Thinking of this, he sighed and heard the water around him gradually slowing down. Unexpectedly, he had followed the rapids to the deepest part of the underground cave.

Looking up and looking around, he saw a cave in front of him that looked to be quite old.

It is square and square, and Yu Dayou can definitely dig it manually.

The cave is not deep, only two to three meters wide and more than ten meters long, just above the waterline.

The murals on the walls, which were mostly eroded by water vapor, and the style of the bronze busts did not look like they were products of the past century.

At this time, Yu Dayou regretted not taking advantage of his free time to read more books.

After joining the Forbidden Army, although many of the children of the Forbidden Army who came from noble families formed some private organizations to discuss scriptures and Taoism.

But Yu Dayou has always scorned the "elegant" hobbies of those noble gentlemen.

But now, he stood up slowly and looked at the row of murals and strange sculptures in front of him. After studying for a long time, he couldn't see anything, and he couldn't help but feel a little regretful in his heart.

It would be great if Xu Youbang was here. That young master and the nobles and imperial guards in the palace collected antique treasures from all over the world all day long, and they did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy them home and treasure them.

I must be able to figure out the origin of these things in front of me.

Just as he was deep in thought, there was a sound from the underground river behind him.Could it be that those things are chasing us?
Yu Dayou drew out his royal black iron sword.

Watching behind you warily.

"Pull a little - he's dying."

A familiar voice came from the shore, which made Yu Dayou subconsciously breathe a sigh of relief and quickly moved forward.

But then, Yu Dayou was startled when he looked at the thin figure in Xu Youbang's hand, which was covered in blood, with no good piece of meat on top and bottom, and was now in a deep coma.

"Zhu Xiangyang?"

He was a little unsure. The skin and flesh of the boy he pulled ashore in his hands were like tattered clothes, with pale bones and fragile internal organs that were unprotected everywhere exposed.

Yu Dayou could even see the weakly beating heart in his chest through the opened flesh and broken ribs on his chest.

"what happened?"

Yu Dayou asked. He tore open his clothes and simply stopped the bleeding and bandaged the unconscious boy in front of him.

"Just now, I was following the water and happened to see him being swallowed alive by those spiders, so I stepped forward and pulled him out of the mouths of those water spiders."

Although Xu Youbang's words were understatement, Yu Dayou could still hear the danger of the battle just now.

Looking at Xu Youbang with a pale face and empty hands, it was obvious that he had consumed a lot of energy and spiritual power in order to quickly recover from his injuries.

Now in an extremely weak state.

Even his iconic heavy sword is now missing.

Yu Dayou thought of the ferocity of those water spiders and knew that the situation just now must be a narrow escape.

I'm afraid it's open to question whether the rescue of Zhu Xiangyang was a coincidence as he said.

Xu Youbang glanced around and saw the colorful murals and bronze busts from the Northern and Southern Dynasties beside him.

"Can it be saved?"

Xu Youbang asked. Although he has rich theoretical experience in medical skills, apart from bandaging himself, he has almost zero practical experience.

At this time, he could only ask Yu Dayou, who looked solemn in front of him, slightly anxiously.

"Do you have any clue about those murals? Whether he can survive depends on his will!"

Yu Dayou said and stood up.

The murals and bronze statues in front of them are related to whether their operation will yield results, or it will be like most operations involving the northern defense soldiers.

In addition to endless unknowns and dangers, there are very few actions that can truly achieve the ultimate goal in one go.

After all, in the eyes of most people in the court, these people are just useless people relying on the shadow of their ancestors.

The only value of their survival is to use their lives to help the court bring some information of unknown significance from dark corners that the government's tentacles cannot reach.

It will not make the subsequent actions of the elite troops a black eye.

Although the Ming Dynasty now relies on the strength of the central government to coerce all parties, it acts increasingly coldly and cruelly.

But Xu Youbang followed Zhu Houcong in the war, and he knew that such a miserable scene before him was definitely not the emperor's original intention.

The Holy One intends to cultivate a special force to assist the Imperial Army, but he does not treat them as expendable materials that can be discarded at will.

"Can it be saved?"

Xu Youbang asked again, this time his tone was much heavier.

"I hope the emperor will show mercy——"

Yu Dayou helped Zhu Xiangyang, who was covered in blood and unconscious in front of him, apply hemostatic medicine, bandage all the wounds, clasped his hands together, and worshiped northward devoutly.

Xu Youbang's heart suddenly sank to the bottom.

He knew what Yu Dayou meant. The boy's situation was not optimistic, and everything still had to be determined by God's will.

(End of this chapter)