Dark yellow strips of luminous crystals, like oil lamps, were embedded crookedly on the rough rock wall above the head, making this space still look extremely dark and depressing.
The entire tunnel is one foot high, winding forward like a snake. The wide part can accommodate three or four people passing through at the same time, but the narrow part can barely allow even one person to pass through.
On both sides of the tunnel, at varying distances, you can see other dug holes.
Some cave entrances only reach the top two or three feet forward, while others are so deep that you can't see the end at a glance, and it's a long tunnel that leads to nowhere.
The surrounding rock walls are full of pits, most of them are dark brown, some are pale white, and some are metallic black.
Some areas seemed to be soaked in strange liquid, with black water droplets dripping from time to time, while other areas actually glowed faintly with green light.
From time to time, there can be heard a "whining" wind sound, sometimes slow and sometimes urgent, like a woman crying, or like an evil ghost wailing, which makes people's hair stand on end.
At the end of the tunnel.
At this time, there were ten figures of different heights, fat and thin, bending their waists, lowering their heads, swinging their arms vigorously, chiseling the stone in front of them, sweating profusely.
Everyone is wearing the same style of gray shorts and trousers, with a brown leather bag hanging around the waist, the size of a palm.
Some people's postures are wide open and closed, slow and powerful; some people's movements are light, but their speed is much faster; some people's movements are sometimes fast and sometimes slow, but if you listen carefully, they seem to have a special rhythm.
Bang, bang, bang!
Bang, bang, bang!
I saw sparks flying everywhere, and complete stone fragments the size of fists fell down, but no debris was produced.
And the tools in their hands are somewhat like hoes for digging in the ground.
The silver hoe pole is as thick as an arm, and the rake head at the tail is snake-head-shaped, dark green, and engraved with complex black lines.
Every time it hits the stone, a trace of water slides across the black line.
"Huh!"
A sound of surprise sounded.
Among the crowd, in front of a handsome young man who looked to be in his twenties, a flash of bright white suddenly appeared on the originally boring brown rock.
He looked happy and continued to wave the hoe vigorously.
After a while, the white color appeared in front of everyone's eyes, completely revealing its original appearance.
It is about the size of a baby's head, irregular spherical in shape, slightly white in color and slightly transparent.
"Yes, it is a middle-grade spiritual stone, but the size is beyond the average. This piece can be worth the usual three or four pieces." Among the people, an old man with half-white hair and a kind face who looked to be in his fifties or sixties smiled.
road.
He was a bit thin and short, with many knife-like wrinkles on his face and a flesh-red wart at the corner of his mouth.
But his waist is straight and his eyes are as bright as rays of light, and he has a convincing temperament.
"Xiao Wu has been very lucky since he came here. He is very lucky." Another middle-aged man with a sinister look said enviously.
"It's all Lao Gutou who taught me well." The young man scratched his head and said embarrassedly.
The kind old man smiled and waved his hand. It was obvious that he was the 'Lao Gutou' in the man's mouth.
As for the others, they just slowed down the movements of their hands slightly, glanced here indifferently, and then started chipping away at the stone again.
After digging for a while with no results, the man with the sly eyebrows walked in the direction behind him distractedly.
He casually looked at an opening in the tunnel, his eyes suddenly widened.
"The earth fire is coming!"
A heartbreaking roar sounded.
Then, he rushed forward quickly without looking back, without even looking at his companions behind him.
Everyone was shocked when they heard this person's reminder.
One by one, they turned around hurriedly and ran forward with all their strength!
Some legs were like the wind, turning into phantoms; some used all four limbs together, crawling quickly like lizards against the top of the tunnel; some could stride dozens of feet with each step, kicking out a shallow crack on the rocky ground.
footprint.
But no matter who it was, they all held the hoe tightly in their hands, and no one dared to throw it away easily.
However, Xiao Wu, who had just been lucky enough to dig up a spiritual stone, ended up at the back of the crowd due to his low cultivation level.
"Quack!"
Behind them, a large area of turquoise flames appeared, which seemed to condense into a huge strange smiling face with empty eyes, and there was a cry that was obviously not an illusion, which paradoxically made people feel sick.
"Save me!" Xiao Wu's face turned red, and his limbs were swinging desperately, but he was still left behind by the others, and was gradually overtaken by the terrifying ground fire, completely submerging his body.
Only Lao Gutou, who had praised him before, turned to look at him, but there was a look of helplessness in his eyes, obviously feeling that he was powerless.
Everyone fled to a certain opening at the end of the tunnel, plunged into another tunnel, and then quickly rushed into an opening in the middle of the second tunnel and entered the third tunnel.
Boom boom boom!
There were constant sounds of rock explosions behind him, as well as sharp stone fragments shooting out in all directions.
"ah!"
A scream sounded.
Among the crowd, an old woman with half-white hair was hit on her right leg by a flying blade-shaped stone. She fell to the ground, with a look of incomparable despair in her eyes.
Then, it was completely submerged by the green ground fire, and no sound was made again.
The remaining eight people walked around flexibly, and finally saw an inverted U-shaped doorway with blue light, and they were refreshed.
And the earthly fire kept chasing behind them, burning everyone until they were covered in sweat, turning into large sheets of white steam, and even their hair was curled and turned yellow.
Two more of them, following in the footsteps of Xiao Wu and the old woman, screamed in despair and were covered in ground fire.
The remaining six people, at the moment when they were covered by ground fire, rushed into the inverted U-shaped doorway that was emitting blue light.
Inside is a huge passage that is obviously different from other tunnels.
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The passage is four to five feet in diameter and curves upward for an unknown length. The silver-white cave wall is covered with a repetitive and complex pattern.
After the green ground fire was about to rush in with everyone, the patterns all brightened up, filling the air with a blue halo to prevent the invasion of the ground fire.
‘Zizzizi!’
You can even hear the sound of burning, and the blue halo is constantly trembling.
After an unknown amount of time, the fire finally subsided, and the blue halo in the passage also dissipated.
"Let's go." Lao Gutou and his companion beside him said in a deep voice.
Everyone nodded, but their expressions were as if they were used to it. It seemed as if the fire that had just swallowed up an unknown number of lives was just an illusion.
Returning to the dark tunnel, the surrounding rock walls were burned into darkness, and rocks fell from time to time, making a "bang bang" sound.
They returned to the previous tunnel and found three burned hoes one after another.
Xiao Wu and the other two unlucky ghosts were burned to death by the fire, and not even their bodies were left behind.
"Damn it! Damn it! The mine bag has also been destroyed, and I don't know which dimension the spiritual stones inside have gone to!" A bald man with a fierce face who looked to be in his thirties shouted angrily.
Lao Gutou said helplessly: "During the daytime, we don't encounter ground fires only once a year, so we can only be considered unlucky."
"The harvest this month is hard to compare to Xu Mazi's team."
If you lose the exam at the end of the month, you will have to work on the second floor!" complained a middle-aged fat man with fair skin.
"I heard that someone in Xu Mazi's team dug an associated crystal mine." Another young man with an indifferent expression added.
"What?!"
After hearing what they said, everyone looked unhappy, and some even had a look of fear in their eyes.
Obviously, this second level is an extremely scary place and no one wants to go there.
When the atmosphere is silent.
"Ahem, cough!"
A coughing sound came from a certain hole.
Then walked in a middle-aged man wearing a yellow python-patterned Taoist robe, a white jade belt, and a blue Taoist crown.
His gorgeous attire made the other people in the mine look like a bunch of beggars.
"Deacon Su."
"Hello, Deacon Su!"
Everyone greeted him warmly and raised a smile, not daring to be disrespectful in the slightest.
"How many died?" Deacon Su asked coldly with a dull face and squinting eyes.
"Four." Old Gutou said respectfully.
"There aren't many people assigned to me recently, so you can take care of yourself." Deacon Su still had no expression on his face, and looked like he was keeping away from strangers.
"Deacon Su, there's still half time before the end of the month. Do you think you can fill up the staff for us?" Lao Gutou said in a flattering tone, walked forward and put a touch of crystal into the other person's hand.
Everyone could clearly see that it was a small piece of pure white crystal.
A hint of physical pain flashed in their eyes, but no one dared to speak.
Deacon Su calmly put the crystal away, his expression softened a lot: "Okay, for the sake of your filial piety, I will make arrangements for you as soon as possible."
"Thank you, Deacon Su, thank you, Deacon Su!" Lao Gu smiled so hard that his face turned into a chrysanthemum.
After Deacon Su leaves.
"Fuck! Those dead fish eyes! It cost us a high-grade spiritual stone!" the middle-aged fat white man cursed.
"If he doesn't assign a few more people to us and we can't dig more than the value of high-grade spiritual stones, we will suffer a big loss!" said the cold-faced man.
"There is no way. If we don't give him any benefits, in the next few months, they will send us people if they have to." Lao Gutou said with a sad face.
"Forget it, if you give us four more people, we can hope to defeat Xu Mazi and the others. It's better than not having to go to the second floor!" said the vicious bald man.
Everyone chatted for a while, then picked up their hoes and started working, as if they never knew what fatigue was.
‘Clang!’
‘Clang!’
Two hours later.
From a certain hole in the tunnel, there was the sound of inconspicuous footsteps, and then a tall man walked in.
He had put on the same gray shorts and trousers as the others, was carrying a hoe, was six feet nine inches tall, looked to be in his twenties, had a heroic face and bright eyes.
After entering, everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to look at him.
Being stared at by so many people with serious eyes, most people would probably have lost their temper by now, but the man didn't notice it at all, and showed his white teeth to everyone: "Hello everyone, my name is Liu Shu."
"Are you the only one?!" A middle-aged white fat man asked doubtfully.
"There shouldn't be another one. They came with me. I saw them go to other mines."
"Damn it! This dead fish-eye deceived us!" The middle-aged fat man said angrily, "There is only one person here, how can we compare to Xu Mazi's group? They have dug the associated crystal mine! There is no hope, completely
There’s no hope!”
"This fish-eyed guy lied to us, I'm going to kill him!" The bald and vicious man said in a hateful voice with blood-red eyes.
"What about you? He can kill you to pieces with just one spell." The fat man exposed him mercilessly.
"Fuck! I don't want to go to the second floor!" The bald man also said angrily, "My mother-in-law is still waiting for me at home!"
"Waiting for you? Waiting for you thirty years?" Fatty Bai continued to speak venomously, "Even if you can persist for thirty years, your hair may be green when you return."
"I'm going to rape your second uncle!" The bald man's eyes flashed fiercely, and then he raised the hoe in his hand, "I'll kill you first!"
"Fuck me? Come on! We're going to the second floor anyway, and we won't survive much longer. Why don't we two fight to the death first!" The fat man also had a fierce look on his face, his eyes were red, and he raised his hoe without giving in.
On this day, they experienced the sudden attack of the underground fire, the death of their companions, the assessment at the end of the month, and the second-level threat. Both of them had a fire hidden in their hearts. Once it was ignited, it would be difficult to extinguish it.
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Next to them, Lao Gutou looked helpless and kept trying to dissuade him: "If you two fight, our team will really have no hope."
The man with the sly eyebrows had hid in a nook and cranny early on, with a look on his face that the matter had nothing to do with him.
The young man with an indifferent face also looked at the woman coldly without any intervention.
The sixth tall man with thick eyebrows and big eyes among the crowd took out a blue jade pendant with flying birds engraved on it from his arms, and sat down on the ground.
He kept stroking the jade pendant with his hand, and sometimes he could be heard muttering the word "daughter".
Just the arrival of a new person can cause internal strife in the team, which shows how much pressure they are usually under.
But the new young man seemed not to feel their tense atmosphere.
Instead, he waved the hoe in his hand curiously, walked back a few steps, and tapped on a rock wall somewhere.
Snapped!
Snapped!
Bang! Bang
I don’t know what kind of skill he used to make the sound different from others.
As the rock fragments fell, a different sharp sound of "dang" sounded.
Everyone was attracted by the sound and looked over.
Then he saw a piece of black ore shining with metallic light lying on the ground, about the size of a fist.
The new man picked up the ore and asked curiously: "What is this?"
"Obsidian, an associated ore!" the bald man said happily.
"There is hope, we also have associated ore, we may not lose to them!" Fatty Bai also looked ecstatic.
"How do you know there is an associated crystal mine here?" The man with a stern eyebrow looked at the new man with vigilance and probing eyes.
"I hit a random place, and I didn't expect to get something." The man smiled, showing his white teeth. "It doesn't look like it's very difficult."
Seeing his confident look, everyone present seemed to be infected.
Inexplicably, I feel that with his participation, I won't lose the assessment at the end of the month.