"This is the tunnel that leads directly to the fourth basement floor?" Green frowned as he looked down at the bottomless abyss, "It doesn't look safe." ”

"Can you talk less nonsense. ”

Green shrugged.

"Was this once a mine? Bowen asked.

"That's right. Manhe nodded, "Once the royal city was built on a vein of abundant resources, and adult men either chose to become warriors or miners. The dwarves have a high demand for ore, but both alchemy and iron smelting are required, so this place used to be worked day and night. ”

"How do you know?" Ian looked at Manhe strangely, "You're not saying you don't know much about this place. ”

"Because that's how the dwarves survive now. "Our later territory was also based on a mine, and the miners dug day and night, hollowing out one and digging another. ”

Manhe's account reminded Ian of a pest called the locust.

Bowen asked, "So can I understand that there were still a lot of people in the mine at the time of the cataclysm?"

"I see what you mean. Manhe nodded, "Indeed, when the cataclysm happened, there were many, many miners who did not withdraw from the mine, and the royal city was completely locked up. All the madness rushed into the mine, and then this became the place where it was the most. ”

People can imagine the scene of the miners working in the mine before they knew what was happening, and hundreds of them rushed into the mine, and then, rivers of blood. Ian recalls the image he had dropped the orb a few days ago, illuminating countless white grimaces.

"It looks like there's a way to the next floor. Green's shoulder nudged Ian's, "Well, look up and see if there's a lift." ”

"Lift?" Ian was stunned, "What's that?"

The crowd looked up, and by the light of the fire, they saw that in a higher place, there was a bamboo basket hanging in the air. Bowen, who was holding the oil lamp, lifted it a little higher, and Ian, who had the best eyesight, saw two black ropes on the basket.

"When they were in Sofia Harbor, the fishermen would use it to deliver supplies to the fishing boats. "Of course it's one of those big boats, which is a bamboo basket with ropes tied to it, and people pull the ropes here, and the bamboo baskets go up there." ”

Ian nodded, Green's description was still very vivid.

"It's pretty much the same here. "It's used to transport ore, to bring the ore dug up in the ground, and of course it can be used to transport people." If you don't want to climb the stairs, you can use this thing, if you're not afraid of falling down and breaking your bones. ”

Ian nodded thoughtfully, he looked up at the bamboo basket, then down at the abyss, and a bold idea popped into his mind.

Green noticed the change in Ian's expression, and said angrily, "You don't want to use that thing to go down to the fourth floor, do you?" ”

Manhe was startled and stared straight at Ian, "Are you crazy?"

"I'm not crazy. Ian said calmly, "What we have to do now is find a way to get out of here." We have already walked through the second and third floors, and there is obviously no exit. Although the first floor is the exit of the past, you will definitely not be able to get out, otherwise you would have left long ago. So we want to go out, and we can only try places you haven't walked to. ”

"Where haven't I been?" Manhe's voice trembled, "Don't tell me you want to go to the fifth basement. ”

"yes, that's the only place you haven't been, hasn't it? "It's also the source of the cataclysm, and we should go and see if we might find something." ”

"You will find that you are not far from death. Manhe's face turned pale, and he turned his gaze to Green and Bowen, hoping that they would dissuade the madman. But what they didn't expect was that after a short period of thought, the two agreed with Ian's point of view.

"You're right, instead of waiting here to die, you might as well take a risk, and maybe you can find a way out. Bowen said.

"And we didn't have a choice, food and water were running out. Green also gave his reasons, "I don't want to eat the flesh of dead people for twenty years like this dead dwarf." ”

"Who said I had eaten dead human flesh for twenty years!" Manhe was furious, "how could there be no granaries in the former royal city? ”

"Spoiled? What's the difference between that and dead human flesh?"

"You, you, you—"

"Alright. Ian interrupted the argument with a frown, he looked at Manhe and said, "I just made our decision, you can choose not to come along and continue with your previous life, no one will force you." You can stay here forever, but we can't, we have a lot more important things to do, and we have to go back outside. ”

Manhe opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't say anything, and his face, red from excitement, fell a little lonely.

You can stay here forever.

Ian's unintentional words pierced his heart deeply. Once upon a time, two of his companions said the same thing to him.

"Patriarch, you can stay here forever, but I can't, my wife is going to give birth, she can't live without her husband. ”

"Yes, Patriarch, Emily is still waiting for me at home. ”

Two simple words, so that the two lives that survived with great difficulty resolutely embarked on the way home, and then died in the mechanism on the first floor at the same time. Manhe was standing behind them, watching them crush to pieces by the huge gears, and he didn't even have a chance to become.

That's when he understood, hope or something, it can't be here.

"We're going to get that basket down. ”

"It's not very difficult, just shoot the rope on the left, and then we'll catch the basket here, but if you want to go down through the basket, someone needs to stay here and pull the rope. ”

"We don't necessarily have to sit in the basket, we just need to put Ivy down, and the others can pull the rope and go straight down. ”

What are these people still discussing? Anyway, they are all sent to death, isn't it the same how to die? Since they want to die so much, wouldn't it be good to jump from here, so why bother?

Manhe kept his head down and didn't speak for a long time.

"Hey. Ian suddenly reached out to him.

Manhe looked up and looked at him suspiciously.

"You'll come with us, won't you? Ian said nonchalantly, "We still need you." ”

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