Things were going to take a turn for the worst, and the next day there were three more deaths, one died in the middle of the night, and no matter how much he screamed in the morning, everyone found out that he was dead, and another was in the mine, digging stones, and suddenly collapsed, and the other was in the blue sky and white sun, and he fell headlong while walking, and never got up again.

The panic began to spread, and the miners finally realized that it was this strange hardening that caused the death, and no one wanted to enter the mine again, and the inspectors were so anxious that they had to suppress it by force, but the number of officers and soldiers was far less than that of the miners, and it was really too big to end.

These officers and soldiers also knew that it was a problem with the silver mines, and they did not dare to go in, so they drove these miners to the mountain pass, and the emotions of the miners became more and more difficult to control, and those who were heavily hardened began to resist, and the knives and guns were useless to them, and they broke through the defense line to find supervision, and the people's resentment boiled for a while.

The superintendent had no choice but to let them go home, and rushed to the capital with a letter, and the government and the opposition were in turmoil, because things were too strange, and the ministers thought that it was a ghost and a god, so Zhu Di ordered to find a group of monks to come and inspect, and at the same time secretly sent troops to be stationed outside the county town in case of accidents.

Death is still spreading, and the first group of hardened people are almost dead, and it is strange to say that after leaving the mine, the hardening stops, and the people are superstitious and ignorant, believing that the mine is the abode of the mountain gods, and they will only bring such disasters to the gods by digging the mountains.

They began to pray, sacrifice, hoping that the mountain gods would receive supernatural powers and restore those hardened people to normal, but there was no effect, and the monks sent by the imperial court also came, they did not dare to enter the mine, and only inspected outside the mine, most of these monks were charlatans, and they couldn't see anything at all, and those who knew a little bit of feng shui couldn't see the abnormality, so they simply followed the people's reasons and pulled a set of ghosts and gods, and then casually said a few words about ominous, natural disasters and the like.

In this group of monks, a member of the Mo family staff was mixed in, he realized that there was a reason for the incident, there must be something in the mine, but he didn't know what it was, and he made a vain assertion that it was the crime of defrauding the king, so everyone followed the clouds, but secretly went to the homes of the people in the city to investigate, and informed the Mo family of the cause and effect.

The wind in the court is tight, and the Mo family can't go rashly, Zhu Di started by rebellion, and the other scholars agree with it on the surface, but they are also suspicious in their hearts, for the emperor, this mine is like a cancer, it is a threat to the existence of Jiangshan Sheji, and it must be investigated.

Zhu Di is a ruthless person, he doesn't stop doing anything, since these people have hardened, early death and late death are deaths, it is better to find out the matter for him, the family is dead, these people will definitely not stop, just let the people in the entire county go to mining.

The army he had arranged in advance came in handy, and in order to prevent the people from rebelling, he forced these people to go in batches, and the number of hardened troops remained at about thirty, and the army was so numerous that even if it was invulnerable, it was impossible to escape.

Once they find that someone wants to escape, they will be forced to drink poison, they can block the knife and gun, but they can't prevent the poison, the feudal society is respected by the emperor, and gradually no one dares to resist, no matter what, it is death, it is better to die without pain, and you can live a few more days.

They dug day and night, the people in the city did not die, but the mine dug out a strange thing first, that thing was sent to the capital overnight, Zhu Di saw it and immediately ordered it to be destroyed, blockade the mine, all the people who saw this thing, whether it was officers and soldiers or the people, were all executed, and the remaining people in the county were also slaughtered, even those who had seen the doctor and the autopsy were not spared.

Zhu Di didn't believe that they hadn't noticed anything unusual, he felt that someone must have seen the clue, and he had to erase all possibilities.

These Fang Shi were also on his death list, but this group of people were all warlocks in the rivers and lakes, and they had long been scattered, and some simply hid in the deep mountains and old forests, seeking shelter from Taoist temples and the like, Zhu Di was afraid of outsiders, thinking about it, they didn't find anything at all, just talking nonsense, so they gave up.

There were too many people who knew about it, but no one dared to talk about it, all the records were destroyed, the rumors gradually became bizarre and false, and finally became a mythical existence, no one believed that there was a mine that would harden people to death, and soon even the legends and rumors disappeared.

The incident was completely erased, only the Mo family still cared about this matter, no one knew what was dug up under the mine, but Zhu Di was in power, even they didn't dare to explore.

More than ten years have passed, Zhu Di died, Mingrenzong Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, the mine was completely forgotten by the world, the empty city was decaying, the barren mountains and grasses grew, and the Mo family knew that their opportunity had come.

At that time, the Mo family was much more prosperous than now, there were a large number of dead soldiers, they went to the mine, opened the sealed mine hole, and sneaked in in groups of three, since they dug up something, they didn't have to dig anymore, they just needed to go in and see the situation.

Hardening only appeared after a few months of working in the mine, and the exploration was much faster, although it was dangerous, but it was not so serious, that thing could be destroyed, it was an entity, since Zhu Di ordered the blockade of the mine, it means that there is still a part of that thing left here.

They went deep underground along the abandoned mine road, the mine road is intricate, there are many forks, the Mo family relies on sufficient personnel, but there is no need to go back, soon someone will explore and return, they encounter a dead end, there is nothing but ore at the end.

This silver mine is very quiet, there is an indescribable sense of dissonance, more and more people come out, they are surprised to find that although the silver mine has been abandoned for many years, there is not even a cobweb in it, it seems to isolate all life, and the deeper you go into the mine, the better the quality of the ore, the purity of this silver mine is very amazing.

In the end, only one group remained, and they didn't appear at the entrance of the mine until it got dark, and they did find something unusual, but it shouldn't scare Zhu Di like that.

They walked to the deepest part of the cave, and at the end of the tunnel, in front of them was a metal wall that reflected silver light, blocking the whole cave, the wall had a slight arc, and the surface was very smooth, and they scraped the surface layer with a knife, only to find that the whole wall was actually full of silver.

The silver light of Baihuahua is very dazzling, and there is no trace of impurities visible to the naked eye, and no matter how high the purity of the silver ore is, it is impossible to directly produce such a huge volume of pure silver, which is too abnormal.

The sterling silver is extremely soft, they chiseled out a piece and took it out, and handed it to the Mo family officials, who melted the silver nugget and found that it did not contain any impurities, which was indeed a piece of sterling silver.

It was impossible for Zhu Di to be frightened by the silver, and the Mo family sent people to dig again, they thought that there was something hidden behind the silver wall.

The excavation soon yielded results, and the silver wall was half a foot thick, and they dug it open, revealing black pits.

It was a never-before-seen material, full of signs of severe burns, and they quickly concluded that it was a meteorite, so large that it was only the tip of the iceberg.

The Mo family understood, they knew why Zhu Di was in a hurry to block the mine, meteorites came from outer space, and they used to be called meteorites, and there has always been a saying that starfalls and people die in ancient times, and seeing meteors is a disaster from the sky, plagues, floods, and droughts are all attributed to the disaster of starfalls.

Especially for Zhu Di, who is not on the throne, it is a taboo, the vision is suddenly born, and the people die bizarrely, all of this is a sign of heaven's damnation, if someone knows that it is a meteor, he will definitely make a fuss on his throne, with the ignorance of the people at that time, his throne is destined to be unstable.

That's why he killed everyone he could know, so that no one could threaten his position.

Of course, the Mo family will not believe in the retribution of heaven, everything has a basis, and the disaster stars from the sky are not all without saying, meteorites come from outer space, often carrying strong radioactive materials, the ancients did not understand these, they only knew that many people who came into contact with meteorites would get strange diseases and die, and naturally they should regard it as a disaster.

At that time, the Mo family did not know about radioactive materials, but they knew that this had nothing to do with the curse, and the meteorite was dangerous, but it also meant that they had discovered a new type of material, and this meteorite looked different from those found before, so they decided to mine it for research.

Things encountered a little problem here, that is, the silver shell outside the meteorite, when Zhu Di sent someone to excavate, he must have found a meteorite, it is impossible to see a silver wall and think it is ominous, the meteorite has obvious burning marks, and it is impossible to fall to the ground with the silver shell, so where did this silver shell come from?

The Mo family couldn't figure it out, the only possibility was that the meteorite grew on its own, but this was too incredible.

The truth was so strange that when they went to dig again the next day, they were surprised to find that the black color exposed by the meteorite had disappeared, and it was covered with a thin layer of sterling silver, which could really grow silver.

They have seen a lot of meteorites, and it is the first time that silver can grow, and the Mo family is more interested in this meteorite, and they have made a bold decision to strip the meteorite along the silver shell, and they want to hollow out the mountain and move the entire meteorite to the Mo family headquarters.

This project is very huge, they don't know why there is hardening near the meteorite, even if there are more people in the Mo family, they can't waste it like this, so they decided to dig out a small piece of it for research first, and if they can crack the hardening, they will strip it, and if it can't be done, they will give up, blow up the entire mine, and completely erase the traces of the meteorite.

Things are getting more and more interesting, they start to dig the meteorite, and the burnt shell on the outside quickly falls off, no one expected, it is a translucent material mixed with metal and stone, and when you light it, you can see that it is empty, and there are countless strange creatures crawling around.