After listening to Chen Yuan's words, Ji Jie's face suddenly turned pale.

The corners of his forehead were sweating, his lips were pursed, and it was obvious that there was a huge fluctuation in his heart.

Xu Ziling glanced at her worriedly, and couldn't help but persuade: "Chen Yuan, it's almost done." ”

"Ji Jie is a girl, she will naturally be a little scared when she goes to the mine for the first time, what do you always say strange things to stimulate her. ”

"Okay, let's not talk about it," Chen Yuan shrugged.

turned to Ji Jie and said with a smile: "There are too many accidents tonight, my brain is a little messy, and I said something that I don't like, don't take it too seriously." ”

Ji Jie's body trembled slightly, raised her eyes to look at him, and nodded slightly.

After a while, but I heard a "Karma" sound.

The elevator in which the trio rode slowly descended into the depths of the mine.

Chen Yuan looked up and found that a winding corridor appeared in front of him, and there was a faint light inside.

He was the first to walk down the elevator and towards the corridor.

Xu Ziling saw him walking away, turned his head to Ji Jie and said, "He's a little weird tonight, don't worry too much." ”

Ji Jie shook her head and didn't speak, but her face was still a little pale.

Xu Ziling didn't ask any more, walked down the elevator with Ji Jie, and chased quickly in the direction where Chen Yuan left.

The corridor is narrow enough for up to two people to pass side by side.

Walking through the slippery moss, you can hear the subtle sound of water from time to time.

Chen Yuan walked in front alone, while Xu Ziling and Ji Jie cautiously followed behind.

The three of them walked along the winding road for five or six minutes, and met more than a dozen miners with dark faces and overalls.

These people looked wooden, did not show the slightest desire to communicate with people, and knocked and beat in the mines they had dug out, turning a blind eye to what happened to Chen Yuan and the others.

After another ten minutes, the three of them finally walked out of the corridor and came to a ten-meter-square clearing.

Around the open space, there are seven or eight entrances to different directions.

As he was coiling, he suddenly heard a sound of footsteps at the intersection in the southeast.

When I turned around, I saw a middle-aged man in his forties walking slowly from the entrance.

He had messy hair, was wearing an earthy yellow overalls, his skin was sallow and dull, and his stubble face had a look of hanging children, and he said to Chen Yuan and the others: "You three are the 'mine guards' invited by the company?"

Chen Yuan glanced at him, nodded and said, "Yes, Captain Liu asked us to come down and patrol." ”

"Patrol?" The middle-aged miner raised an eyebrow and said with a little disdain: "Look at you like this, are you lost?"

As he spoke, he pointed to the entrance of a road in the northwest corner, and said: "A hundred meters ahead of this road is the 'incident site', Captain Liu has greeted him in advance, you don't need to patrol in person, the other lines are connected to the mining areas that are operating normally, you only need to patrol these areas." ”

"Got it. Chen Yuan smiled, "We know the rules and won't cause you trouble." ”

"It's good to know," the middle-aged miner replied, and walked straight past the three of them towards the Yongdao crossing in front of him.

After a few minutes, the footsteps finally faded away.

Seeing that there were no others around, Xu Ziling lowered his voice and said, "Chen Yuan, let's not investigate the 'alien beast'?"

"Check. Chen Yuan's eyes sank slightly, and then said, "You accompany Ji Jie here, and I'll go to the 'incident site' to take a look." ”

"What?" Xu Ziling was about to speak.

Ji Jie, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "I'll go with you." ”

Chen Yuan glanced up at her and said with a faint smile: "What, aren't you afraid now?"

"It's much better to get used to the environment. Ji Jie said, "You're right, most people's fears come from the 'unknown', and if you figure out something, maybe your heart will be clear." ”

"Okay, then follow," Chen Yuan glanced at her playfully.

The cat got up, and with a "whoosh" sound, it rushed into the tunnel of the black hole like an arrow.

Ji Jie's eyes flashed, her body jumped out, and she quickly followed.

"You two are waiting for me," Xu Ziling was slightly stunned, he had been thrown away by the two of them, smiled bitterly, and immediately urged his body to keep up.

Like ghosts in the night, the three of them flew through the dark and damp corridors.

After a while, it was already a hundred meters away.

Chen Yuan was moving forward rapidly, suddenly frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Wait, there is blood." "77 e-books

When Ji Jie and Xu Ziling heard him say this, they immediately stopped.

After Chen Yuanxiu was promoted to the F rank, his six senses were more than ten times sharper than before.

Sniffing in the dark corridor, he walked towards a nondescript stone wall.

After a while, he came to the stone wall.

Raising his hand, he turned on the light of the miner's hat a little, carefully observing the traces on the stone wall, but after a moment, his eyes lit up and said, "This is it." ”

"What do you mean?" Xu Ziling couldn't help but ask.

Chen Yuan didn't answer immediately, and reached out to gently caress the dark red marks on the stone wall.

After thinking for a moment, he said slowly: "If I guess correctly, this is the place where the workers were killed." ”

"What...... What?"

Hearing him say this, Xu Ziling and Ji Jie's faces suddenly changed.

Chen Yuan glanced around at the two of them, turned around to look at the stone wall, and continued: "You see, most of the surrounding stone walls are smooth and flat, but this stone wall is covered with claw marks, and there are still a lot of dried blood stains left around, so it can be seen that there must have been a very tragic battle here." ”

The two of them approached the stone wall to take a look, and sure enough, they saw claw marks and blood stains on it.

Xu Ziling's face was already frightened, and he said in a trembling voice: "I...... I'll go, it's really ......."

Chen Yuan squatted beside the claw marks and blood stains to study them for a while, and said in a low voice, "Judging from the shape and size of the claw marks, the size of this 'alien beast' should not be too large. Since it can attack humans in such a deep mine, it means that there must be a 'secret passage' to and from nearby, and we should be able to find clues by looking separately. ”

As soon as the words fell, a man's deep voice suddenly came from not far behind him: "Why, are you so interested in 'alien beasts'?"

The three of them were shocked and looked back.

I saw Liu Heng leading a few mine guards, turning out from behind a cluster of stone ridges, stepping on the slippery ground, and striding towards them.

Chen Yuan frowned slightly and asked, "Why are you here?"

"I'm afraid you won't be comfortable on the first day of work, so I'm going to take a look. ”

Liu Hengpi smiled and said, "You are a little unauthentic." When I signed the contract just now, I still stressed the safety issue to me, why, now I am not afraid of death?"

"It's just curious, there's nothing to make a fuss about," Chen Yuan glanced at him, and said with a smile, "It's strange that you guys are more strange, obviously spending money to invite us to deal with the 'strange beast', but you promise to protect us thoroughly, the whole of us is like eating white rice, even if you Changfeng is rich, you can't toss like this, right?"

Liu Heng lowered his head and smiled, and said, "In this way, you proposed the 'security clause' to test me?"

Chen Yuan shrugged his shoulders and was noncommittal, but the meaning in his eyes was self-evident.

"I'll tell you the truth," Liu Heng smiled helplessly, and said: "If it weren't for you, the 'champion of civil and military affairs', who suddenly decided to stay, the 'security clause' would just be a 'clause', and it wouldn't have fallen into practice so quickly." ”

"What are you talking about?" Xu Ziling immediately understood the meaning of his words, and said angrily: "You mean to say that if Chen Yuan doesn't stay, you won't think about the lives of the other five of us at all?"

"The truth is this, but it's not as ugly as you say," Liu Heng said with a smile: "Chen Yuan is the 'civil and military champion' of Linjiang City, and the attention he receives is naturally different, in case there is an accident during the 'work-study' period, it will definitely have some bad effects on the 'Changfeng Group'." ”

"Captain Liu's words are serious," Chen Yuan said with a smile, "Spending a lot of money to invite us over and not letting us do things, your company's operation is really interesting." ”

"It's not that you don't do things, but you don't take the initiative to find trouble," Liu Heng corrected, "During your stay in the 'Baisha Mine', as long as you don't take the initiative to go to the 'incident site' to find trouble, other mining areas can patrol at will, which not only ensures your safety, but also makes the money worthwhile." ”

Chen Yuan immediately heard the mystery in the other party's words, and said with slightly narrowed eyes, "What you just said was 'don't take the initiative to find trouble', if something provokes us, how will we deal with it?"

"How to deal with it," Liu Heng said, "It is very clear on the 'additional column' of the confidentiality clause that the mine only has the 'obligation to warn' of possible dangers, and if the 'strange beast' suddenly appears, then it will be a destiny." ”

"I see. ”

Chen Yuan raised his eyebrows and smiled.

Now, he finally understood what Liu Heng wanted to express.

Because of the "murder of alien beasts" in the mine, the "Baisha Mine" issued a false mission and hired a temporary college student as a "patrol warrior" to enter the mine.

Liu Heng's wishful thinking originally wanted these students to rush to the front line and solve the "strange beasts" in time to ensure that the mining area could maintain normal production. As for the safety of students, it is not in the scope of the other party's consideration.

E-class missions are inherently risky, and even if there are individual student casualties, as long as the compensation is reasonable, it will generally not have much impact.

But he didn't expect that he would also take on this task and choose to stay on his own initiative.

This undoubtedly disrupted Liu Heng's previous plan, and made him have to pay attention to the safety of the mine warriors, so as not to cause casualties and have too much impact on the reputation of "Changfeng Mining". ”

Thinking of this, Chen Yuan's heart suddenly became suspicious.

Since he is a trouble for "Changfeng Mining", why did Liu Heng try his best to persuade himself to stay just now? Just exclude himself, why bother to negotiate with himself on what "safety terms"?

In addition, the experience along the way made Chen Yuan feel quite strange in his heart.

Especially the temptation of Ji Jie just now, it shows that there must be a cat in this student team.

"In addition to 'alien beasts killing people', there are probably other strange things on this mine, is it possible...... Another well-designed 'game'?" Chen Yuan frowned slightly, thinking secretly.