Chapter 9: Escape
Oh~!
A roar sounded, and Meng Chen could already see the figure of the wolf-shaped beast.
Around the entrance of the passage, there are more than 20 frightened villagers, waiting in line to leave.
Meng Chen secretly said in his heart: "I'm sorry! ”
Subsequently, Meng Chen quickly drilled into the passage.
Meng Chen's departure made the remaining villagers panic and rush to the entrance of the passage.
However, a huge stone suddenly appeared in the passage, completely extinguishing the villagers' hope of escape.
In order to put an end to the possibility of the fierce beast pursuing, Meng Chen continuously released more than ten stones along the narrow passage, completely blocking the passage.
It was only at this time that Meng Chen breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed to the ground weakly.
Faintly, Meng Chen seemed to be able to hear the desperate cries of the villagers in the branch alleyway.
Meng Chen shook his head helplessly, and sighed: "You can't blame me, I can't help it, who let you fall behind!" ”
Boom~!
A dull crashing sound, accompanied by a slight vibration, woke up Meng Chen, who had fallen into a state of distraction.
Meng Chen scolded secretly: "Damn beast! ”
Boom~! Boom~! Boom......
A continuous dull crash sounded as Meng Chen continued to crawl along the passage while releasing more than a dozen stones.
"It shouldn't be possible for a beast to crash through a thirty-meter-thick stone, right?" Meng Chen muttered.
When Meng Chen came to the exit of the passage, he found that the surrounding area was empty.
The enchanting evil moon in the night sky wantonly sowed blood-colored brilliance on the vast land.
Through the blood-colored moonlight, Meng Chen saw the backs of the villagers running and fleeing from a distance.
"......" Meng Chen was speechless, and said secretly in his heart: "Running so fast one by one, don't you know that the night during the evil moon is very dangerous?" ”
Meng Chen returned to the passage, leaning his ear against the stone wall to listen to the situation in the cave.
Except for the occasional faint crashing sound, Meng Chen didn't hear any other unusual sounds.
"Hiding here tonight should be much safer than outside!"
Thinking of this, Meng Chen released two square stones to block the exit of the passage.
Of course, Meng Chen did not completely block the exit of the passage, but adjusted the position of the stone release, leaving a gap for air circulation.
Leaning against the solid stone, Meng Chen's tense heartstrings slowly relaxed, and gradually fell asleep.
The next morning, a ray of sunlight penetrated through the gap and woke Meng Chen from his slumber.
The two square stones were recovered, and Meng Chen drilled out of the exit of the channel.
Looking at the pale blue sun slowly rising, Meng Chen sighed and said, "Tieshi Village is finished!" The number of villagers who were able to escape last night should not exceed sixty. With this population alone, it is impossible to hold Iron Stone Village after the end of the Evil Moon Period! ”
At this moment, Meng Chen noticed a group of figures in the distance, which should be the villagers of Tieshi Village who fled last night.
Last night, the situation was urgent, and Meng Chen's behavior of collecting stones out of thin air was seen by many villagers.
Since he didn't know what the attitude of these villagers was towards him, Meng Chen hid in the passage again, and released two stones in a row to block the exit of the passage.
It didn't take long for the villagers of Tieshi Village to come to the exit of the passage.
A villager's voice came faintly, "Huh? How is this passage blocked by stones? Village Chief, we all left the mine from here last night! ”
When Meng Chen heard this, his expression was stunned, and he secretly said in his heart: "The village chief is not dead?" The village chief certainly didn't leave this passage last night, could it be that there are other exits in the mine? ”
Outside the exit of the passage, the old village chief asked the stone beside him with a pleasant face: "Stone, they all say that it is a black egg, take you out of the mine from this passage, you are usually with the black egg, do you know how he found this passage?" ”
Meng ...... Black egg, he used to go to the alley to look for the baby, maybe he found it when he was looking for the baby! Stone replied hesitantly.
The old village chief's eyes lit up and he asked, "Looking for a baby?" Looking for what baby? ”
The stone shook his head and replied, "I don't know either!" ”
A villager interjected: "Maybe this passage was opened by that treasure!" Last night I saw with my own eyes that the black egg touched the stone wall, and the stone wall suddenly disappeared, and then this passage was revealed! ”
Several surrounding villagers chimed in: "Yes! We've seen it too! ”
After thinking for a moment, the old village chief patted the stone blocking the exit of the passage and shouted, "Black egg, are you inside?" I'm the village chief! It's daytime and it's safe outside, so get out of here! ”
"......" Meng Chen, of course, would not respond to the old village chief.
Last night, the old village chief secretly escaped from the mine through other exits, leaving many villagers waiting for death in the mine, which made Meng Chen's sense of the old village chief plummet.
After shouting a few times, the old village chief, who didn't get any response, glanced at Uncle Liu and several strong men who were standing aside.
Uncle Liu and several strong men stepped forward and pressed the side of the stone to exert their strength in unison.
Thundered~!
The stone weighing three tons was slowly pushed up under the combined force of Uncle Liu and several strong men.
"Holy! Can such a heavy stone be pushed away? Meng Chen said in horror in his heart.
Meng Chen quickly retreated, and released another stone in the passage, completely blocking the passage.
When Uncle Liu and several strong men worked together to completely push away the stone at the exit of the passage, they found that there was still a stone behind the stone, and they were a little stunned and at a loss for a while.
Looking at the stones in the passage, the old village chief asked Uncle Liu, "Can this boulder be dug up?" ”
Uncle Liu shook his head and said helplessly: "There are rock formations around, and it is too difficult to dig out this boulder!" ”
The old village chief's face darkened, and after a long silence, he sighed, "We don't have time to spend here now. Go back to the mine from the original entrance and exit, and let everyone bring as much food as possible. We had to rush to the refuge in Manniu Village, two hundred miles away, before the sun went down. ”
Uncle Liu nodded and said with a solemn expression: "Okay! Chief! ”
Subsequently, under the leadership of the old village chief and Uncle Liu, the group of villagers went back to the original entrance and exit and entered the blood-stained mine.
Three hours passed, and when Meng Chen came out of the passage, all the villagers of Tieshi Village had already left.
"Whew~!"
Meng Chen took a long breath and sighed secretly: "The old village chief doesn't look like a good person, I hope the stone will be fine!" ”
Then, Meng Chen returned to the passage and recovered all the more than 30 stones.
When the last three stones were recovered, Meng Chen was shocked to find that the three stones had been completely broken into small stones.
This was apparently caused by the beast impact last night.
At this time, the inside of the mine was dark, and a strong smell of blood came to the nostrils, and the blood stained the ground red.
The blood-soaked severed limbs and wreckage everywhere made Meng Chen's stomach tumble over the river, covering his mouth and retching.