The fragrant broth is boiling in the large iron pot.
"Mayor Kang, it's not even noon yet, why are you already cooking broth?" Cao Ji asked with a smile.
Mayor Kang lit a cigarette and said: "Cook it for a while longer and it will be soft and rotten by noon..."
Cao Ji: "Yes, the meat will taste better if it's cooked a little bit."
Mayor Kang smiled and nodded without saying anything else. He just handed a cigarette to Cao Ji and then lit one himself.
The two of them sat in the room and smoked.
With nothing to do, Cao Ji took out his cell phone and thought of calling Jiang Che to ask about the situation.
Before reaching 2000 meters, there was still a signal.
Although fishing is very comfortable, he is a safety officer after all, and it is his duty to protect the safety of students.
At this moment, Mayor Kang suddenly asked: "What do you think...human nature is like?"
Cao Ji: "?"
Mayor Kang looked at Cao Ji and asked again.
Cao Ji's face darkened and he said, "Mayor Kang, what exactly do you want to say?"
Mayor Kang did not answer Cao Ji's question, but said to himself: "In my opinion, human beings are always prone to greed and selfishness, avoiding pain and pursuing happiness, without any rationality."
"It's human nature, it's the same for everyone."
Cao Ji subconsciously wanted to mobilize his magic power just in case, but was shocked to find that his magic power seemed to be frozen and could not be used!
Moreover, his body became stiff and unable to move at some point.
"Boom!" Suddenly thunder exploded.
The originally sunny day was quickly obscured by dark clouds.
As a thick bolt of lightning tore through the sky, Kongyun Mountain was reflected silvery white.
Mayor Kang's ferocious facial features looked particularly eye-catching at this time.
Cao Ji was sweating profusely and stared at Mayor Kang with his bloodshot eyes.
Mayor Kang, on the other hand, acted as if nothing had happened, slowly stirring the broth with a spoon, with a calm look on his face.
"do you know……"
"When the tunnel flooded, hundreds of people drowned, including my two sons."
"At that moment, I felt like the sky was falling."
"They are so young and have not yet fully enjoyed their lives...I am thinking, why am I not the one who died? Why did I agree with them to do this job in the first place?"
Mayor Kang sighed and continued: "If such a big thing happens, the official people will come soon, that is, you challengers."
"They used many methods to appease us. Money is a good thing. The families of the deceased received a generous compensation."
"They also said they would solve the mystery in the tunnel in a short time, give us an explanation, and avenge the dead."
"But what's the result? It's been three years, three whole years, and this matter still hasn't been resolved."
"Even, even because the mortality rate is too high, not a single challenger has come back here in the past six months."
Mayor Kang looked at Cao Ji, "Tell me, is this ridiculous? If you can't do it, why do you have to guarantee it?"
The veins on Cao Ji's forehead squirmed, and he struggled to squeeze out a sentence through his teeth: "We... have been working hard."
"effort?"
"What are you trying to do? Didn't you tell them this morning that if it doesn't work, just come out and don't show off?"
Mayor Kang shook his head: "I really hate you hypocritical challengers."
"You enjoy the society's materials and preferential treatment, but in the end you do nothing. You make promises and guarantees one after another. In the end, it will be the same."
"I wonder if you've ever heard a word."
"I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the sun."
"Yet the sun has made my desolation a newer desolation..."
"In this case, I should use my own way to find my own light."
"You..." Cao Ji's eyes were splitting, "You are from the Illuminati!"
Mayor Kang smiled and said, "I am an ordinary person and a devout believer in the Lord of Light."
"Stop struggling. The cigarette you smoke was given to me by the Lord of Light. Its function is to disable your challenger's magic power and prevent your body from moving."
"Oh, by the way, the more you struggle, the faster you will die."
Cao Ji: "(艹艹 )"
Why is it that all the tasks that guy picks are related to the Illuminati? I provoke whoever I provoke.
Mayor Kang continued: "Yesterday you made two calls to verify my identity. In fact, this is not surprising, because I really want the mystery in the tunnel to die. After all, it was that thing that killed my two sons."
Cao Ji: "So... you said those words yesterday to us on purpose."
Mayor Kang nodded and said: "Yes, it's dark under the light. Only by actively making you doubt me can I better eliminate your doubts. You challengers should be familiar with this routine, right?"
Cao Ji gritted his teeth: "Why, why?"
"Why?" Mayor Kang smiled and shook his head.
"When I first reported the mysterious incident in the tunnel three years ago, several challengers came, but they said there was no trace of the mysterious incident."
"My two sons had a dispute with them at that time..."
"How do two ordinary people have the right to question challengers? My two sons were almost beaten to death by them."
"Later, the people above refused to listen and insisted on continuing the work. Then, everyone died."
"So...you challengers should all go down and give it to my son, to those who died in vain..."
"Buried with me!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
It was pouring rain outside.
The already bumpy mountain road became muddy.
Some places began to loosen under the wash of rain...
…
At the same time, inside the tunnel.
When Zhuge Ye was attacked, Jiang Che immediately drew his knife and cut the black shadow into two pieces.
What attacked Zhuge Ye was a challenger, or to be precise, the body of a challenger.
He is already dead, but his body is controlled by secrets, so there is no difficulty in dealing with him.
But the strange thing is, how did he appear?
There were clearly only rocks under the pool just now, so they didn't notice the mysterious aura.
At this time, Su Xiaojin threw half of the body into the pool, then frowned and said, "This water has the effect of isolating the mysterious atmosphere."
Jiang Che added: "If nothing else, the space under the pool is very large. Maybe the bodies of the challengers who entered this tunnel before are all underneath."
"Because the width is only three meters, our perspective is blocked, so we subconsciously think that the bottom of the pool is empty."
Zhuge Ye rubbed his facial features that were almost paralyzed by fear and said, "That's not right. Didn't they check this pool through some equipment? The data clearly states that there is no abnormality in the pool."
Jiang Che: "Not all information is correct."
As soon as they finished speaking, a roar came from the direction they came from without warning.
The entire tunnel was shaken violently at this time!