Chapter 142: The Past (1)

When we die, the soul may not just leave our body, it can go to many places.

I heard that the Twelve Street Caves are a mysterious existence, maybe it connects to another void, but who knows about this void? Perhaps this void is the destination of consciousness after the death of life.

Anything in the world will be recognized or pursued by people, therefore, in the world, there are some people who think that such a virtual space exists, and even more there are special secret organizations that are constantly looking for this virtual space, and in the process of searching, often a rumor will slowly become inflated and unrealistic when it spreads.

Legend has it that there are six black boxes in this world, as long as you collect all the black boxes and bring them into the mysterious realm, you will get the supreme power, this power can control life and death, and then you can open the passage to the virtual space, and this passage is the twelve street caves.

I heard that the place where the black box is located is very dangerous, and it is unknown where the black box came from, and no one knows what is inside the black box.

26 years ago, a mine in the southwest mountainous area.

The blue sky is like a wash, surrounded by mountains, and strong ultraviolet rays envelop the pale snow-capped mountains, except for the vast white snow, all that remains is a bare mess of rocks and broken arms, as if this place does not belong to the category of life.

Suddenly, a buzzing sound was heard, shattering the silence. I saw that under a cliff, there were six or seven tents lying, and among the mountains, they were very small, so small that they could be ignored by the white clouds. Not far from the tent, a dozen strong men were doing something against the solid rock wall, and the humming sound came from here, thinking that the tent was the one they had set up. They are dressed in army green coats, and the drilling rig in their hands is depicting their hardships on the wall, among them a few young men look a little swollen, and they don't seem to be quite adapted to the environment here, the rock wall in front of them is very smooth, as if it has been cut by a knife, the stone wall is dozens of meters long, from a distance, it is like the gate of a cliff, guarding some secrets, and has been standing here silently.

In the past few days, a group of uninvited guests suddenly came in front of it, breaking the peace here, these uninvited guests made a lot of various holes in it, it looked at these dark, white and tender people in front of it, and expressed its helplessness.

At this moment, a swarthy man made the other men stop their work, at the same time, he picked up the drill rig, the drill bit was vertically aimed at the stone wall, and the two hands tightly held the drill rig "These two meters and five drill pipes and drill bits must be perpendicular to the wall, not oblique, so that after hitting the parallel five-star trench, and then blasting, it is the safest and most effective, and it can be easier to continue to drill inside, otherwise this mine hole will be wasted." He said to the others very kindly, and then began to punch holes in the wall, only to see the drill bit into the stone wall little by little, the skillful skills made him seem very steady and sophisticated, although it was a hand-made drilling, but he quickly made a five-star groove in the wall, and then he explained and instructed a few novices who could not punch holes.

After a while, the swarthy man saw that they were getting started, and he took out the drawings, and he thought it was time to get ready to make holes, and his deep eyes stared at the drawings as if they were relatives he had not seen for a long time, and his honest cheeks revealed that he was an honest man, and his playful beard covered the sides of his mouth, as thick as his eyebrows. In fact, it is not necessary for everyone to be able to play five-star trenches, and those who can't punch holes can move stones and clean up the gravel on the site, but he just wants these young people to learn their own skills. I don't know if it's his selfishness or his kindness.

"Master Zhao, do you think the hole I punched is okay?" A young man pointed to the hole he had punched and said excitedly, as if he had mastered the skill of punching, the straight hole was very deep, as if there were eyes in it that couldn't wait to look at the world.

The person who spoke was called Xiao Li, Xiao Li was a 19-year-old young man, although he was not very white and tender, but compared with Master Zhao who was in Tibet all the year round, he could see at a glance that he was a chick from the mainland, he had a flat head, looked at the not thick arms and slightly muscles, and a pair of big eyes looked at Master Zhao expectantly, as if he was waiting for Master Zhao's recognition of his punching.

Master Zhao walked over, looked at Xiao Li's hole, and touched it with his hand, "Very good, Xiao Li, get started so quickly, not bad, everyone should learn from Xiao Li, work hard, so that we can start work soon" Master Zhao praised Xiao Li with great satisfaction, his hand patted on Xiao Li's shoulder, and the approving smile made Xiao Li feel very energetic.

Xiao Li smiled very satisfied, and then he pointed at the stone wall again and started his homework, he thought to himself: I want to learn this five-star grooving work as soon as possible. Master Zhao's praise just now made Xiao Li's self-confidence skyrocket instantly, but he knew that this job was not in a hurry, and he still operated too little, so he had to sharpen it more. He also thought that he could play a five-star slot, which meant that he could increase his salary, and with a good salary, he could go home and build a big house.

Master Zhao looked at his team, these people were temporarily set up by him, except for Lao Wang, everyone else is a novice, think about the scene when he just arrived here, the barren mountains and mountains on the plateau, there is not even a tree, the wind is howling, it is estimated that several young men saw such a scene for the first time, extremely uncomfortable, don't look at the time when the passion is high, to the mountain nest of this plateau, several like wilted eggplants, or lost to nature. Master Zhao remembered the scene when he first came to the plateau, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and the years still didn't let everyone go.

When they first arrived, Master Zhao did not directly dig the groove in the calculated position, but let them practice punching holes on the wall next to them, so as not to ruin such a good mine mouth; I thought that my daughter-in-law had given birth to a baby again, and I was about to go home. After teaching them and making the hole, you can go home with peace of mind.

They had been here for three days, and on the first day of rest, they set up their tents, and the young men who were not used to them hid in the tents to regain their spirits. While the others were resting, he and Lao Wang discussed the location of the punch again.

Earlier, Master Zhao came to measure here, this is a good opening position, but this work is a little inexplicable, the salary is very rich, but I don't know who the boss is, the equipment is also very complete, the above only said that there is a good mine here, as long as the mine mouth is hit, even if the task is completed, Master Zhao thought thoughtfully. Unconsciously, he walked to a big rock and sat down, looking at the sky, the sky was blue, the white clouds were like a veil, floating leisurely, there seemed to be nothing to tell Master Zhao, as if this earthly world had nothing to do with me.

"Lao Zhao, when are you going to go back to your hometown" At this moment, a man with a Chinese character face walked over, handed Master Zhao a cigarette and said. I saw that the man with the face of the Chinese character was a little old-fashioned, he seemed to be older than Master Zhao, his long face made him not very handsome, he was as dark-skinned as Master Zhao, it seemed that he had been in Tibet for a long time, he put the cigarette case in his pocket and took out a box of matches.

Master Zhao sorted out his thoughts, looked at the man, took the cigarette and said, "When this mine hole is ready, I will go back, Lao Wang, this Xiao Li is very good, hard-working and capable, and his brain is good, you will take care of him more in the future", Lao Wang lit the match and sent it to Master Zhao's mouth, only to see Master Zhao's cigarette bright and dark, like a signal light, I saw him take a deep breath of smoke, meaningfully filtered his lungs, and then he spit out a large mouthful of smoke, and the smoke quickly dissipated in the air, As if the smoke didn't exist at all, then Master Zhao looked at the sky, his eyes were a little expectant, as if his wife and children were shouting and smiling at him. He smiled bitterly and felt very helpless, when his wife gave birth to a child, he was thousands of miles away, and the public phone was in Lhasa City, hundreds of kilometers away, and there was no way to make a call back, if it weren't for the high wages here, who would want to come to this bare mountain nest where birds don't, they are all helpless to come to such a harsh environment to make money desperately.

Lao Wang shook the match, the extinguished match was thrown on the gravel, and the match stalk that did not want to be extinguished was still emitting wisps of smoke, "This Xiao Li is very capable, I also feel good, don't look at his young age, his strength is not small, I heard him say that he wants to earn money well, go home and build a big house to marry a daughter-in-law" Lao Wang took a puff of cigarette and said with a smile.

Master Zhao also laughed, he looked back at the hard-working young men behind him, he felt that he should be able to open the hole, he didn't want to wait any longer, he wanted to go home early, he really wanted to hug his born son, the anticipation in his heart burned his blood.

At this time, he suddenly heard "Master Zhao, Master Zhao, come and take a look" Xiao Li shouted loudly, Xiao Li's voice was mixed with panic.

"What's the matter, Xiao Li, it's all the fuss, it can't be that the hole is wrong" Master Zhao said and threw away the cigarette that he hadn't finished smoking, stepped on it with one foot, and then walked towards Xiao Li, he was afraid that something would happen, and Lao Wang also stepped on the cigarette and went over curiously to see what was going on.

"Master Zhao, when the drill bit hit a depth of 2 meters, it was suddenly in, I feel that it is empty, you can take a look" Xiao Li pointed to the newly punched hole just now and said, he was not sure if he had made a mistake in judgment, so he called Master Zhao to come over and take a closer look. Xiao Li didn't know anything about the rock formations, and his first feeling was that it was a hole.

Xiao Li's reaction made Master Zhao feel a little strange, Master Zhao looked at the deep hole, touched it with his hand, and felt it, it was cold, and there was a wind blowing outward, although it was not very big, but the wind was very cold. Master Zhao picked up the drilling rig and began to punch not far from Xiao Li's punching, and when it was 2 meters deep, the drilling rig that was supposed to be pushed hard went in at once, exactly the same as Xiao Li's description. Master Zhao was a little puzzled and looked at this unexpected hole in puzzlement.