It's really a little bit worse.

The huge rockfall almost grazed the soles of the turtledove's feet and smashed into the middle of the mine, thus isolating the entrance to the pit from the outside world, and the turtledove held the insect in its arms, and its back let the sharp gravel on the ground cut out bloody holes, and finally "slided" out of the mine.

"Boom!"

The smoke was so thick that the turtledove didn't have time to rejoice, so he picked up the worm and ran, and when he reached the center of the pit, the turtledove dared to look back and see what was going on behind him.

The Grey Ridge pit is over, it's all over.

The collapse of Tunnel 18 caused a chain reaction, causing the labyrinthine network of tunnels to collapse one after another, and the main structure of the tunnels here was already on the verge of collapse by the fire, and the shelves used for support were all shattered.

Half of the entire pit collapsed, and the turtledove looked back and retreated, so that after about ten minutes, the world finally returned to calm, and the turtledove's tense nerves loosened, and his body leaning against a large stone instantly softened.

In the face of this earth-shattering disaster, the turtledove was of course greatly frightened, and he knew that even if there was a slight accident just now, he would not be sitting here intact at this time, but was buried alive in the mine.

It's a pity that the sense of survival for the rest of his life after the catastrophe can't dilute the fright he received, staring at his eyes, the turtledove's eyes are stunned, and I don't know when he will come back to his senses.

……

After about an hour, Turtledove and Worm returned to their modified pickup truck, Worm wiped the congealed nosebleed on his face, found a piece of gauze and a bottle of alcohol, and treated Turtledove with the injury on his back.

The turtledove sat on a tree stump next to the pickup in a daze, and the little insect crouched on the side, first disinfecting the tweezers with alcohol, and then carefully using the tweezers to remove the gravel embedded in the turtledove's skin.

In order to escape, the turtledove ran too violently, and although he was in a state of rage, his skin was tougher than normal, and after he fell to the ground, he was still cut by the sharp edge of the stone, which was not deep, but it was very troublesome to deal with.

With each insect's clench, her brow furrowed a little deeper, but the turtledove looked at the sky like a nobody, as if the worm was not dealing with his wounds.

……

The sweaty insect wiped her forehead, she had already taken out the last piece of gravel from the turtledove's wound, and checked it again and again that there was no residue, and then she said to the turtledove:

"Bear with me."

Alcohol was poured over the turtledove's wound, and the turtledove finally reacted, and the pain made him suck and dodge for a while.

The wound was bandaged with gauze again, and the little worm nodded in satisfaction, and only then did she go find some water, wash the blood off her face, and sit down next to the turtledove.

She walked with a slight limp, presumably with her feet twisted.

……

It was dusk, and he had entered the Grey Ridge pit early in the morning, and when he left, he had brought food and water, all of which had been thrown away in the chaos for nowhere, and at that time the turtledove was patronizing and running for his life with small insects, not to mention food, and even his weapons were thrown away.

But they didn't feel hungry, they just felt tired and tired.

"It's good that we weren't buried inside."

The turtledove, who hadn't spoken for a long time, came out with such a sentence, and after he finished speaking, he took it with him and let out a long breath.

The little worm turned her face to look at him, her expression unchanged, and she didn't know what was going on in her little head.

Turtledove finished his breath and added:

"It's a pity that we can't find out the truth behind Grey Ridge anymore."

This time the worm laughed, and she sat a little closer to the turtledove, and said mysteriously:

"Not necessarily."

"Why, you don't want to dig back there," Turtledove looked at the insect in shock, "not to mention that you don't have the tools at hand, even if you get me a shovel or something, how long will it take the two of us to dig the completely collapsed mine tunnel again?" ”

The little worm simply squatted in front of the turtledove, the two of them looked at each other, and the little worm said to him:

"Because I've already guessed what it is."

"We just want to go to the mine to find something that can turn people into monsters, but we ignore the fact that the Gray Ridge Mine is used to dig coal after all, and that is the main purpose of this mine's existence. Even if the New Empire had a hidden facility here, it would not be possible to build it in a pit for safety. ”

"It wasn't until I finally saw the green liquid seeping into the mine that I suddenly realized that the mysterious facility must be above the pit, remember the collapse entrances we saw on the pit wall when we looked up at the bottom of the mine, and one of them was definitely the entrance to the hidden facility."

The more Turtledove thought about it, the more he felt that the worm had a point, but the entire Gray Ridge pit had collapsed, and it was difficult to find any evidence to support the worm's speculation.

"There's no evidence left for us at all," the worm said categorically, "everything has been destroyed by the New Empire, and even if we thought of this level from the beginning, it would be absolutely useless to search for hidden facilities from the entrance above." ”

"That's what the fire was for."

According to Bug's guess, many years ago, the New Empire was conducting untold research here, and the facility was built on top of the pit, surrounded by troops, and it was said that it was protecting the Gray Ridge, but in fact it was protecting the research facility.

Later, when an accident occurred in the research facility, the nearby water source was contaminated, and all the townspeople were turned into monsters overnight, and the New Imperial Army carried out a purge to cover up the truth, not only destroying the research facility, but also burning the entire Ash Ridge to ashes with a fire.

A few years later, a group of homeless people arrived, and the collapse of Mine Tunnel 18 caused the mine's polluted water to flow again, and Curt was trapped in the mine because of his thirst, drinking the water seeping from the pit wall and turning into a terrifying monster.

Of course, these are just the speculations of the worms, as for the truth that once happened to the Gray Soil Ridge and those homeless people, unless the person concerned is resurrected and tells it himself, no one outside knows, and can only speculate based on the information he has to restore the truth to the greatest extent.

Since the truth cannot be restored 100% accurately, then the real story may be a different version entirely.

……

"What kind of research is the New Empire doing here?"

Finally recovering from the shock, the turtledove wanted to ask the worm the most.

"How do I know," the little worm glanced at the turtledove, "there's nothing here, and you know to ask me with your mouth open, do you want me to ask those stones?" ”