By the time reinforcements arrived, it was already sunset, and it was about to get dark.

Although Officer Bruce was deploying his police force to hunt down the other members of the Fairfrye family on various roads, he was able to provide Rorschach with the support of a small team, and Jessica called in the nearby fire station to assist them in their underground operations.

Rorschach changed into a tactical vest, took out an "M4 carbine" from the trunk of the police car, and after checking the magazine, he slung the assault rifle over his shoulder.

Jessica stood aside and asked:

"I'll go down with you."

Rorschach smiled at her, "No, I'll go down and have a look first." ”

"But ......"

Rorschach waved his hand at her, stopping Jessica's words of dissuasion, he understood Jessica's concerns, but he also knew that Jessica was just an ordinary person, and the police officers around him were also ordinary people, no one knew what was under the shaft, and with his "World of Warcraft" professional skills, he would be more calm and safer than ordinary people in the face of danger.

Under Jessica's worried gaze, Rorschach walked up the shaft, where the firefighters tied him with a safety rope attached to the fire truck's ladder at one end, which would hang above the shaft, and he would be lowered down the shaft in a small gondola.

Bright searchlights were also placed next to the shaft, which were now turned on, and the shaft was almost 100 feet (30 meters) deep and appeared to be filled with well water at the bottom.

Rorschach gestured to the firefighters, holding the gondola and lowering it to the bottom of the shaft.

Jessica leaned on the edge of the shaft and shouted down:

"Be careful!"

Rorschach raised his head and waved at her, "Don't worry." ”

Gradually, Rorschach could clearly see the dirty well water at the bottom of the well, he pressed the shoulder walkie-talkie to ask the firefighters to stop lowering the hanging basket, he turned on the tactical flashlight on the barrel of the M4, and shone it on the wall of the well, and soon he found that there was a cave more than one person high on the wall of the well below, the bottom of the cave was nearly parallel to the turbid well water, and the top of the cave was slightly protruding, and it was impossible to find it if you didn't look carefully.

Rorschach's eyes narrowed, wondering if the two missing people would enter the cave.

Suddenly.

Rorschach heard a gurgling sound from below, and he picked up the M4 and rushed down the muzzle of his gun, staring warily at the well below.

Vaguely, Rorschach seemed to see something coming out of the well water, and he didn't hesitate to pull the trigger.

Dadada!

Sparks erupted from the muzzle of the gun, bullets erupted, strafing the water, and a "poof" sound sounded.

Jessica's voice came over the intercom.

"Sheriff! What's going on down there!? ”

Rorschach squinted at the calm well, not knowing if it was dazzling just now, but he clearly saw that something resembling a human shape wanted to float up.

Taking a breath, Rorschach pressed the walkie-talkie, "It's okay, maybe I'm wrong, but I found a cave." ”

"Caves? You come up first. ”

Rorschach glanced at the cave, thought for a moment and said:

"No, I'll go in first, and then you guys come down again, with enough firepower, who knows what's in this cave."

"Then you must pay attention to safety."

"Understood."

Rorschach asked the firefighters to put the gondola at the level of the well, he untied the safety rope on his body, opened the iron door of the gondola, looked at the cave in the wall of the well, took a deep breath, and stepped over.

He squatted at the mouth of the cave, feeling that it was extremely damp inside, and there was a faint wind blowing out of the dark cave, Rorschach took out his mobile phone and looked at it, there were no human dots in the direction of the cave, and then there was a sound of "zigzming and twisting" behind him, which was the sound of the hanging basket starting to rise upward, he looked back, but saw a strange scene.

The muddy well water slowly flowed into the cave, and the well water was rising.

"Holy!"

Rorschach cursed in his heart, knowing that this was going to be bad, and hurriedly pressed the walkie-talkie.

"Jessica, the well is rising, don't come down."

"What? The well water is rising! Let's put down the hanging basket at once, and you hurry out. ”

"Nope."

Rorschach noticed that the well water had already stepped through his shoes, and it was rising faster and faster, "I feel that there is something strange in the well water, don't come down, I'll go down the cave first." ”

"But."

"First."

Rorschach turned off the walkie-talkie, looked at the entrance of the cave, turned around and walked like a dark cave depths, he stuck the tactical flashlight on his shoulder, the cave was very long, the walls of the cave were obviously traces of manual excavation, he didn't know what was at the end of the cave, but he felt that the two missing people should be inside.

Time passed slowly, Rorschach didn't know how long he had walked, in front of him he saw a little light, it seemed to be a light, his heart sank, how could there be lights in this place?

Rorschach hurriedly quickened his pace, and finally came to the exit of the cave, and when he looked out, he frowned, and there was a mine-like passage outside, the walls around the passage were reinforced with wooden planks, and light bulbs were placed at intervals, these bulbs emitted a dim glow, so that the passage was not pitch black, and it was quiet inside, only gusts of wind could be heard.

What is this place? Rorschach pressed the walkie-talkie, there was a "rustle" sound from inside, it seemed that he couldn't get in touch with Jessica for the time being, he squinted and looked at the mine passage, the corners of his mouth hooked, since this is already the case, there is no need for him to keep it, then see if this is the "Death Mine".

Rorschach turned off the tactical flashlight, turned on the "stealth" skill in the cave**, and the whole person disappeared into the darkness, after entering the stealth state, he glanced at his mobile phone and found that the "hunter tracking" could not be turned on at the same time, it seems that this should be a conflict between professions, he sighed, walked out of the cave, and came to the mine passage.

Forward, or backward?

It was a real headache when Rorschach heard a "click, click" sound behind him, which seemed to be the sound of rubble on the ground.

He listened carefully, turned around, and walked slowly in the direction of the sound.

Walking a distance along the mine passage, Rorschach saw a figure in front of him, he leaned down, and did not immediately break away from the stealth state, he didn't know if the figure was missing, since entering the shaft, everything here was inexplicably weird.

Rorschach slowly approached the figure, and in the dim light, he finally saw its face.

It was a middle-aged man, he was wearing a shabby rabbit one-piece pajamas, his bearded face was not bloody, his skin was covered with bones, if he wasn't still breathing, he couldn't imagine that this was a living person, he was like a "hungry ghost" in the catastrophe, standing there stupidly.

Rorschach's heart sank, this man couldn't be the missing person who had been "sacrificed" here before, right? But how did he survive here? Rorschach suddenly thought of an unacceptable possibility.

He quietly bypassed the middle-aged man, and saw two figures in front of him, they were the same as the middle-aged man, the same rabbit one-piece pajamas, the same as the "hungry ghost", behind them was a terrifying picture, on the ground was a white skeleton with a trace of flesh and blood, and next to the white bones was a set of torn brand new rabbit one-piece pajamas.

Rorschach closed his eyes and took a deep breath, this should be one of the missing people, judging from the outline of the white bones, this is a man, he looked around, and found no female body, there were four missing people in total, two men and two women, and now only one girl remained.

He walked past the "hungry ghosts", didn't have time to pay attention to them for a while, and walked to the no-man's land in the mine passage, Rorschach broke away from his stealth state, took out his phone and glanced at it, behind him were three dots, they represented the three "hungry ghosts", and there was another dot in front of him.

He narrowed his eyes, could he be the last to go missing?

Rorschach put away his phone and went into stealth again, walking along the mine passage towards the dot.