Walking deeper into the mine, breathing rapidly, his heart beating faster but weaker.

There was only one Davy lamp left in the mine, still flickering, crumbling, and it had reached a dead end, but there was a gust of wind again.

He saw four miners, wearing protective suits and unable to distinguish between individuals, their figures extended, jumping stiffly like dolls, swaying from side to side in the dim light.

Da, da, da......

The cave twists and turns, with a mix of footsteps and digging sounds, and a steady rhythm as miners mechanically complete their excavation work, loading granular coal cores into their back cages.

The back cage is very similar to a fish cage, you can only enter it, not go out.

No miners turned their heads, no one heeded the footsteps, and Bill ducked around the corner, poking in with his shadow eyeballs.

When the eyeball reappears, it is very excited, like a tadpole, wandering in the shadows, but when it gets close to the miner and carefully observes the miner digging out the coal core, the image in his mind becomes choppy and the signal interference reappears.

"It's still possible to interfere with the shadow at close range, what is that?"

Curiosity is aroused again and again, and as his abilities become stronger, his desire swells, and he wants to know the truth, and Bill decides to go in and see for himself.

The fire was suddenly extinguished, and everything returned to darkness, but the miners ignored it, and continued to mine at the same frequency, and their movements became more rigid and uniform.

The coal cores are scattered on the side walls of the mine, only the inky tips are exposed, and the black spots are densely packed, as if they will be expelled from the stone wall at any time.

Bill, feeling his vision affected as well, squinted his eyes and caressed the bulges, the power of the shadow seeping through the sackcloth gloves.

"Can I erode them?"

The shadows were quickly rejected by the icy stone walls, making it impossible to continue exploring inward.

The power of the shadow then shifts to the area around Bill's eyes, where it converges and deforms, forming a thin film on the eyeball, black and shiny.

Through the film, the world is clear like never before.

"This is!?"

Bill finally saw a lot of dust in the air, and the miners were also gray around their bodies, but these miners could not see the dust, they only had coal cores in their eyes.

Whenever a coal core is dug out, the dust instantly increases, the visibility decreases severely, and the dust particles fall on the miner's hands and drill into the skin!

The miner's limbs trembled suddenly, purple tendons erupted, and his throat sounded like the moan of a beast.

Cover your mouth and nose and exit the dusty mine.

"I guessed wrong, not radiation and poison gas, it was haze. ”

"It's unbelievable that it will burrow into the body, like a shadow into ......"

"Shhhh

Suddenly he felt some itching on his skin, which became more and more serious, and he walked quickly away from the dangerous mine, he took off his protective suit and scratched his neck, which seemed to be a little wet.

"It turns out that I am still so timid, I even ...... cold sweat"

“！”

Turning his head and glancing at his back, he suddenly stopped!

The sound of water droplets falling to the ground sounded, and I was a little dizzy, and I slowly withdrew my palm, and my fingertips were already bloody!

When did the bleeding begin?

"Shit!"

"Curiosity kills the cat!"

The skin continued to bleed, more and more, violently coughing up a puddle of black blood, the blood was cloudy, and dots of ink spots appeared.

I felt my scalp tingle again, my body trembled, and I quickly spread my feet and ran without the slightest hesitation!

Suddenly, the corners of a miner's mouth twitched, his neck twisted at an angle that a human could not make, and he stared at the hole with bloodshot eyes.

"Roaring ——!"

The voice is wailing, hoarse and high-pitched!

He tore the suit and wanted to tear the tightropes!

Angry struggled, but soon he gave up on tearing the tightrope and rolled on the ground in pain.

The eyeballs gradually bulged and were occupied by ink, and the skin grew scales, like a gray Lin patient, extremely ugly.

The five fingers are extended, the tail grows on the back of the neck, which is full of folds, and the spine is protruding along the dorsal line, so it is impossible to continue to walk upright, and can only crawl outward on all fours.

"Roaring ——!"

The mutant miner's voice approached quickly, and Bill began to panic, he hadn't seen the entity yet, he could already smell the stench, and knew that he would meet it immediately.

The mutant miner jumped nimbly, turned two corners, and finally saw the prey!

It didn't think about it, and instantly pounced on Bill.

Barely leaned over to dodge, although he had cut off the monster's tentacles with a pitch-black dagger, and had experience in dealing with monsters, but it was all a crazy move that was forced to happen!

Facing the monster again, he still felt terrified and trembled by the monster.

"Why does this always happen!"

The shadow circle appeared, and quickly drew the flintlock pistol, his fingers still oozing blood.

The flintlock pistol is pitch black and cold.

"That's what they're trying to hide!"

"Test the power of the bullet?"

Bill raised his gun in both hands, his arm trembling, black blood dripping on the ground.

The mutant miner goes on a rampage and pounces on Bill.

The steel rope contracted suddenly, dragging the mutant miner into the mine, where it quickly ascended.

Bill remained with his gun in his position, and there was nothing in front of him.

Quickly run out of the mine and back to the cable car position.

Bang!

The blood hit John's hazmat suit like a torrent of rain, and before he could react, his long mouth stared at the top of the mine in a daze.

There was a faint shouting from above the mine.

The woman seemed to be complaining about the blood staining her boots, while expressing dissatisfaction with the miners' endurance, and the mutation occurred on the first day.

When the buttress returned to the vicinity of the cable car, the black blood on his body had been scarred and slowly fell off, and the blood-stained clothes turned black, and there was no longer the original color.

"Bill, Bill, you, you......, you,

"It should be that the defense mechanism is activated, and the black blood expels the haze that invaded the body from the body, so that I didn't mutate and become like them. ”

"Thank you for the power of the shadows. ”

Bill sat down against the wall, trying to adjust his mindset and talk to himself.

"Fatty, keep making noises, and don't let the others know we're lazy. ”

"You're crazy!?"

John's voice was shaking, his body was shaking, blood dripping down his hazmat suit, and he was at a loss for what to do.

"Monsters, there was a monster coming out of the hole just now!"

"It's—it's being dragged up the mine by a steel cable, and then, then it's being dragged into ...... by a steel cable."

"It's been shot, aren't you afraid!"

"Why are there monsters in the mines?"

"Who was singing just now?"

"Tell me...... What else is in the mines?"

"Tell me!"

John suddenly jumped up from the ground and grabbed Bill by the collar, his face contorted with fear.

Everything was beyond his comprehension, his sanity was gradually replaced by madness, fine dust burrowed through the cracks in his suit, and he became irritable.

"Be quiet, if you want to die, don't pull me to the funeral. ”

Bill shook off John, picked up an iron pickaxe and struck the gravel, and waited for the top to pull him up and escape the mine.

He's got enough information to make a deal to the Brotherhood.

"Three soldiers, one woman, I have two flintlock pistols, and I can only hold two bullets. ”

"Kill the gun-wielding soldier first, then use the shadow power to attack Lieutenant Bam and the woman. ”

"Bill, don't have psychological pressure, there are no good people, there is no savior......"

"If you don't shoot, you'll die!"

Bill muttered to himself, hammering the gravel as he made up his mind.

John fell to his knees, despair left in his eyes, he had already figured out where the monster came from.

The monster is tethered to a steel cable, which is not a piece of equipment used to rescue the miners in distress, but a tow rope to facilitate the hunting of the miners who have undergone mutations!

"Bill, no, whoever you are, please help me!"

"I don't want to die!"

Bill's action of tapping the gravel paused, but quickly resumed his rhythm.

"There was a time when I was desperate, I only had a penny left in my pocket, wishing I was going to die, to disappear forever, and not to be under all that pressure anymore. ”

"But when I stood on the top floor and opened the window and looked down, I was scared. ”

"I was scared of seeing my parents disappointed, of losing for the rest of my life, and of losing the opportunity to turn things around forever. ”

"I'm afraid of monsters, and I'm even more afraid of becoming monsters, but I'm most afraid of being cowardly and incompetent. ”

"Yes, what else am I not afraid of? But who would want to die?"

"Fatty, I'm a coward, I can't help you, only I can save you. ”

Bill thought it was funny, he was infected by the fat man today, and he became verbose, but compared to talking to himself, it seems normal to have someone to talk to.

After a while, another mutant miner crawled out of the mine, his eyes blood-red and his neck covered in scratches.

The protective suit was scratched, and although the eyeballs were protruding, the original appearance could be vaguely seen.

It was the strong man who had kicked John to the ground, he was not fully mutated, and he had a few black scales on his arm, and he slowly crawled towards John, wanting to get help.

"Help—I—"

"Giggle......

"Wife—wait—I—"

He struggled to speak, but the haze blocked his throat, and he squeezed out a hiss, unpleasant, harsh, and John was terrified, and ran to Bill's side to help.

"Bill, please!"

"Help me, help me, you must have a way to deal with monsters!"

Bill lifted his pickaxe and smashed it against the stone.

He can't attack mutant miners, as they may be found injured and alerted.

The first time I looked closely at the strong man who was bullying John, suddenly the miner who felt that he had a hideous face was a little familiar and familiar.

A picture flashed through his mind that while still in the hotel, Bill had happened to see the ugliest and most distorted appearance of the couple living next door to him.

They fought violently, the woman slapped the man, and the man choked the woman's neck.

"Strange, isn't it divorced?"

"On the morning of the recruitment, they talked about it. ”

"It's like this, but I'm still thinking about my wife, and after you left with the divorce agreement, she cried in her room all morning. ”

"Why don't you know how to cherish when you're together?"

The strong man lay on the ground and convulsed, two bloody tears flowing from his eyes, screaming and struggling desperately, pulling out a few gold pounds from his arms, and a letter.

"Give-she-"

"Giggle ......"

"Ah——!h

The speed of the mutation accelerated, and the man's throat made a sound that was impossible for a human to make, his limbs twisted and his features shattered, and the steel cable jumped, and special audio was transmitted to the top of the mine through the steel cable.

The tightrope shrinks quickly!

The man was dragged back to the mine, and the shots rang out!

The rain of blood came as promised.

Bill dodged sideways, and John froze in place, blood splattered again.

"Strange, when did I become so mean?"

Picking up the gold pound and the envelope, Bill bolted the wire back to himself and walked deeper into the mine again.

He needs to find some coal cores to put in his back basket and retrieve his protective suit, otherwise he may be spotted as a horse's feet.

"You—Where are you going?"

"You madman, madman! You're going to be like them, you're going to be a monster!"

"Why did it turn out like this?"

"Why!"

"Don't leave me, don't leave me alone, please!"

John is completely devastated, he is just a fat man who wants to make money and wants Mina and his mother to live a good life, why should he go through all this horrible and crazy thing!

"Why, you ask?"

"You think I'm going to turn into a monster?"

Bill paused and looked back in thought.

The faint flame of David's lamp on the cable car seemed to be about to go out, and at this moment, Bill's figure still shone on the stone wall, flickering non-stop.

"Why did it turn out like this?"

"Hey, hey, hey, hey......"

"I want to know, too, why did things turn out the way they did?"

"Pick up the coal cores that fell out of the ground, wipe the blood off the ground, and remember to play an idiot if they pull you up later. ”

"Oh, yes. ”

"They're going to turn into monsters, I won't. ”

"What do you think ......?"

“......”

"Am I more terrifying than they are?"