"Why do you have to put your home under the lake so that you are not afraid of being flooded?" asked Qiu Cheng.

"First of all, the gaps are naturally formed, not created by external forces, so there are very few gaps, so it would be nice to have a place to settle down, and I don't have the power to choose. "Secondly, the Gap is another dimension, and it already has my mark here, and nothing can enter without my permission." ”

Qiu Cheng nodded, and then asked, "So what do you want me to do for you?"

"Listen closely, do you hear any sounds?" said the Grim Reaper.

The gap is a separate space, which is very quiet, but the quieter the place, the slightest sound will be infinitely amplified.

Bang! Bang!

Qiu Cheng seemed to hear the sound of metal weapons colliding.

"It looks like someone is smashing something. Qiu Cheng said.

"It was a voice from hell. "Death said.

"Hell's voice?" Qiu Cheng raised an eyebrow.

"As I said before, the gap exists in the middle between the earth and hell, and this gap is relatively close to hell, so it's normal to hear some noises from hell. ”

"But this sound has been bothering me for a month, so I haven't had a good night's sleep for a month, I have to go out to work every day, and not sleeping well will make my productivity greatly reduced. There seemed to be helplessness on Death's face.

"Do you still want to sleep?" Qiu Cheng felt that his worldview today was refreshed again, "But I didn't even see the bed, where did you sleep?"

"That's it. Death gestured to the hook hanging in mid-air, "I hung on it when I slept." ”

The corners of Qiu Cheng's mouth twitched, the way you sleep is really special.

"All I asked you to do for me is to go to hell and stop that sound. "Death said.

Qiu Cheng had already guessed that it would be like this, and said, "In case two powerful demons fight, even if I go, it's useless, right?"

"No, it won't. The Grim Reaper shook his head and said, "I've investigated before, this crack exists in a very remote place in hell, and it is impossible for powerful demons to exist, at best, some small demons, you can destroy them with one hand." ”

"Okay. Qiu Cheng shrugged, "I'll help you take a look, but I can't guarantee that it will succeed." ”

"Do your best, and I'll open the gap for you. With that, the Grim Reaper turned and raised his scythe to slash at the void, and a huge crack appeared.

"There's hell in there, go in. "Death said.

Qiu Cheng could feel a wave of energy matter rushing towards him, which was very comfortable.

But the Grim Reaper took two steps back, a little disgusted, this is probably dark matter.

"But how am I going to get out after that?" Qiu Cheng asked.

"This crack will always be there, you can just go for it. The Grim Reaper replied.

"Then I'll go in first, you have to watch and don't let the demon in. With that, Qiu Cheng walked into the crack.

In a trance, he came to another world.

The sky was dark red, there was no sun, no clouds, and no wind.

It seemed to be a forest all around, full of crooked and dry trees, and the ground was covered with a layer of fine black grass, which was soft to step on.

There is a kind of energy particle flowing in the air that is visible to the naked eye, and Qiu Cheng's body does not reject or absorb it, which is dark matter.

After glancing back at the crack and making sure that it really wouldn't close, Qiu Cheng reassured himself and began to look for the source of the sound.

There was no sign of life in the woods, he had almost walked half of the forest, and he didn't see any living creatures, but he was getting closer and closer to the source of the sound.

After walking through a waist-high bush, Qiu Cheng saw a demon more than two meters tall and full of explosive muscles slashing a boulder with an axe, and the sound came from here.

Qiu Cheng saw the devil for the first time, the demon lord didn't count, every time he came out, he was a bad old man, Qiu Cheng believed that it was not his original appearance.

The demon is naked, with dark red skin and two sharp horns on the top of his head.

Qiu Cheng also had sharp horns before, but after signing a contract with his uncle, the horns disappeared.

The demon also seemed to sense the presence of someone behind him, he stopped the axe in his hand, then turned around, and when he saw Qiu Cheng, his face showed surprise.

"Qi Ling?" the demon frowned, and then slowly walked in front of Qiu Cheng.

Qiu Cheng's whole body tensed, ready to fight at any time.

The demon looked Qiu Cheng up and down carefully: "What a strange breath, I seem to smell the smell of the gods." ”

"This is the Forest of Death, what are you doing here?" The demon clasped his hands on his chest, and his height was more than two heads taller than Qiu Cheng.

Qiu Cheng was relieved to see that the other party had no malicious intent, he didn't want to fight the first time he came to hell.

"I have a friend of the Grim Reaper, his house is near here, and the sound of you smashing rocks has disturbed him, so I'll come and take a look. Qiu Cheng explained.

"Oh. The demon didn't seem to care, "Then you go back and tell him, I'll leave in half a month." ”

With that, the demon turned back and continued to smash his stone.

Qiu Cheng felt that his mission was complete, but the first time he came to hell, he didn't want to go back so early, anyway, the god of death would leave a door for him.

The stone smashed by the demon was about half a man high, and the surface was pale blue, with a glittering fluorescence on it, which was quite beautiful.

"What is this?" asked Qiu Cheng as he came to the demon's side not far away.

"Hematite, a rare material for forging weapons. After a moment, the demon replied.

"But it's blue. ”

"You don't understand, you don't belong here, get out of here, the Forest of Death is not the place for you. The devil said.

Qiu Cheng pursed his lips, the demon is not as brutal as he imagined, he will kill people when he sees them, at least not this one in front of him, maybe because he feels that he is not a threat to him?

After a few dozen blows, the demon lowered the axe in his hand, and then breathed fire from his mouth to calcine the stone.

Soon, the demon was sweating profusely, and Qiu Cheng thought for a moment and said, "I can help you." ”

"Help me, how can you help?" the demon stopped and turned his head to look at Qiu Cheng.

"Use this. ”

Qiu Cheng spread out his palm, and the blue flame burned quietly on it.

"Hellfire, are you the Demon Lord's Covenant Spirit?" the demon was shocked, as if he had seen something extraordinary.

Ignoring the surprise on the other party's face, Qiu Cheng used the blue flame to roast the fast stone.

After a few minutes, cracks suddenly appeared on the surface of the stone like an eggshell, and then peeled off, revealing the crimson core inside.

Now, Qiu Cheng finally knows why this blue stone is called "hematite".