MTL - Twilight Boundary

Chapter 406: Digging into the Mine

 “Do you really want to dig it?”

Hu Ma’s words scared everyone present.

Now, there has just been such a huge chaos in this valley, and there are still many corpses that have not been collected. Dead Gu worms can be seen everywhere on the ground, layer by layer, even if they look like they have no life left. But it’s also scary to look at.

 The reason for all this is because someone wants to open this mysterious mine and get the things inside...

“The mine boss named Zhuang is not that down-to-earth either.”

Feeling the pressure on the hearts of the people around him, Hu Ma sighed and whispered: "He said he didn't understand. In fact, he had already seen what the contents of the mine were. He was just trying to fool us."

"Besides, since this thing is here, once the news leaks out, who knows whether it will attract some other things to covet it and cause some other troubles?"

“Besides, this evil thing has been in the mine for a long time, and everyone is not at ease, right?”

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But Hu Ma just asked them to sit down and asked some things about when Zhuang Erchang was digging this vein. Now Zhuang Erchang is not at the mine, and his two apprentices are dead. These miners have no backbone, so they naturally ask and say whatever they want.

They are all people who haven't relaxed all night long. Even if they don't help much in the middle, they are still very nervous and their stomachs are already empty. No matter what, they have to eat a full meal first before digging the mine.

　　Many people even exchanged glances with each other, thinking whether they could escape now that there were no witches outside.

When everyone heard this, they felt that it made sense.

It is true that the old miner went in and only half of the people were left. It is also true that his eldest apprentice, wearing a talisman armor, got in and came out a **** man with evil spirits. Finally he got in again. , but Zhuang Erchang directly closed the mine, which was false.

However, seeing Hu Ma really tearing off the red cloth, it seemed that he was planning to dig out the contents of the vein. The meat cutters were also afraid, fearing that Hu Ma and the others would force them to enter the strange and inexplicable vein to explore the way.

Just as they were holding big bowls one by one, not wanting to eat, and struggling in their hearts, Hu Ma really came over, and the group of people stood up in a hurry, their legs shaking.

Accidents often happened at the Blood Food Mine, and coffins were always on hand. Zhuang Erchang's two disciples, as well as those who followed Mr. Sun, the old man who entered the mansion, and the one-penny teaching Dharma King, restrained themselves one by one and burned them for them. Fragrant.

Just as everyone was gearing up, Old Abacus, who had been thinking thoughtfully next to him, suddenly said: "The shopkeeper is right. It is necessary to open it and take a look, but you must be fully prepared."

So they made arrangements hurriedly, and even Lao Baanpan persuaded himself and came over to give instructions and help.

Most of the corpses of those shamans were eaten by Gu insects and were difficult to contain. Besides, it was estimated that no one would come to contain them again. Moreover, there were so many bugs on them that no one dared to touch them, so they were all piled together to prepare enough. Dry wood and burn it on fire.

"There are both dead people and Gu insects in our valley. Let's clean it up first. After all, this is a blood food mine. There are many evil things. Once the blood food mine is opened, what if something emerges from it? If the evil spirit is stained by these dead man Gu, it will be very troublesome."

These dead people and worms, even in ordinary times, are hard to guarantee that they will not cause evil things. Once they are contaminated by the evil spirits in the blood food mine, it is even more unsafe. You can rest assured only after they are cleaned up.

Zhou Datong was diligent. He immediately ran to get two shovels, thrust them into the ground, spit in his palms and rubbed them, looking eager to try.

Hu Ma listened carefully and figured out that what Zhuang Erchang said at the beginning was half true and half false.

They are all people with owners, and people may come to ask for the body. Now they have calmed down, and it is easier to talk to each other after the meeting.

But because of the past few days of patrolling, Hu Ma also promised to give them wages. Now the wages have not been calculated, but they dare not really escape.

After cleaning up the valley inside and out, and seeing that the sun had reached noon, Hu Ma asked one group of people to work here while the other group made a fire to make food.

 “Listen to Brother Mazi.”

 “Don’t worry yet…”

　　　…”

It is said that these meat cutters said that at that time, Zhuang Erchang first surrounded the veins with red cloth to prevent ordinary miners from seeing the movement inside.

He muttered and studied inside for a long time before finally sealing the vein.

“In other words, this mine is indeed evil, but Zhuang Erchang is not frightened by this evil thing and is helpless.”

Hu Ma let them continue eating and thought about leaving silently: "The reason why he wants to close the mine is because the witches come quickly and there is no other way."

"Furthermore, he must have guessed what was in this vein. He knew that he couldn't swallow it and it would be difficult to even transport it away. That's why he didn't do anything and directly passed the news to his master, which was equivalent to giving away this treasure. , betrayed to the Yiqian Cult..."

"Since he can solve it, there is no reason why I can't solve it as a minister."

　　　…”

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With the idea made up and a little uneasy suspicion in mind, preparations began immediately. To the surprise of the miners, Hu Ma and the people around him had no intention of forcing them to come, so he became curious and hurriedly followed him, watching from a distance.

Of course, although Hu Ma was determined to open up this mine, he was not careless. He followed the advice of the old abacus. Not only did he clean up all the corpses and bugs in the valley, he also set up an incense table and put out steamed buns. and fat chickens and other offerings.

He then wrapped the sharpened wood with hair cut from the head of the dead shaman, divided it into seven parts, dug a hole and buried it, aiming at the entrance of the mine.

Then from the warehouse, he took out a row of ten jars, all of which were covered with old abacus dipped in Tai Sui's blood. The characters were written in a mess, and the direction of the handwriting could not be seen clearly. Then he surrounded the entrance of the mine vein, one every three steps. Arranged neatly in half a circle.

“What kind of skills does this old guy have?”

Hu Ma felt strange as he looked at it. He always felt that Lao Abacus knew a lot of things, and it seemed that he had used all the methods from various disciplines.

 But none of them are very clever…

However, regardless of whether it was clever or not, Lao Abacus's arrangement made everyone feel at ease. They looked at each other and went straight up, tearing off the red cloth outside the vein and tearing down the wooden frame.

 “Hoo!”

　　The wooden frame was pulled out, and it was immediately filled with dust. Looking inside, a dark hole in the rock was revealed, and the bottom could not be seen at a glance.

A cold and dark wind, accompanied by the fresh smell of blood, came faintly from the depths of the mine.

 Everyone could not help but feel shuddered in their hearts, looked at each other, and felt inexplicably terrified.

Even Zhou Datong, Zhou Liang, Zhao Zhu and others were silent for a while. Although they had been attending the Blood Food Society for two years, they had actually been responsible for escorting transportation in Zhuangzi and did not know anything about the mine. , now that we are so close, we can’t help but be afraid.

But it was only a moment of relief. Zhou Datong then laughed and said, "Are you so scared that your **** shrink? Come on, give me the meat cleaver, and I'll go in and take a look!"

Zhao Zhu immediately said: "You stay here and I'll go."

 Zhou Liang said: "Yes, go to Zhuzhu!"

Hu Ma couldn't help but sigh when he saw it. After all, it was the young people in the village who were sincere. Of course, it wasn't because they were really not afraid of death.

Mainly following Hu Ma, they ate well, wore good clothes, and learned real skills. Hu Ma didn't take them with him on things that were really risky in normal times. In the hearts of the young people in the village, it seemed that they were owed a lot of money invisibly. Like a debt.

 When encountering something dangerous, you are afraid, but you are still determined to face it.

“Forget it, you all stay here and I’ll go!”

Hu Ma took off his robe, told them, and rushed towards the entrance of the cave. Everyone was shocked and wanted to stop him, but he waved his hand, indicating that they didn't need to say anything. He entered this mine originally because he wanted to prove it. A guess in my mind, of course I should go.

 But just as everyone looked worried, Hu Ma lifted up his robe, stuffed it around his waist, and prepared to get into the mine.

But his expression suddenly changed and he took a few steps back.

Everyone also heard it and hurriedly backed away. Their eyes widened and they looked into the depths of the dark mineral vein.

I could vaguely hear "bang" and "bang" sounds inside, as if there was some heavy and brutal force hitting the stone wall, like a trapped beast trying to break out.

 The most terrifying thing is that the thing above is getting closer and closer to the exit of the vein.

 “Is there something in it?”

Hearing the heavy and vague movement inside, Hu Ma, who exited the cave entrance, and the people guarding the outside were stunned.

 Looking at each other, they confirmed that this was not their own hallucinations. There was something inside the veins, and it was approaching heavily and step by step.

My mood suddenly trembled, and an inexplicable panic emerged from the bottom of my heart. Many people subconsciously softened their legs. When they took a breath, they felt their bodies shaking violently.

Huma suddenly withdrew from the vein of the mine. He stretched his hand to the side and shouted in a low voice: "Quick, copy the guy!"

 “Wow!”

Only then did everyone react, and each hurriedly picked up a knife, a gun, and a fork, and hugged each other tightly.

Even Xiao Hongtang came to her senses. Remembering Hu Ma's instructions to hold up the red lantern when he took her out earlier, she ran over with a whoosh, picked up the red lantern hanging on the archway, and hugged her again. He picked up a serrated knife and squeezed into the crowd.

The serrated knife was thrown to Hu Ma first, and then he stepped on his feet and pushed the bamboo pole of the red lantern into Hu Ma's hand. However, Hu Ma glanced at it and waved his hand:

 “Get something useful!”

　　　…”

Little Hongtang was stunned. She put the red lantern on the ground, opened her small basket, and gave him a bone of the Five Evil Gods.

 (End of this chapter)