Susie in the gathering place is fiddling with a new gadget.

It was a watch-shaped object called the "Entity Monitoring Watch", which she had created based on the "Mechanical Drawing: Entity Monitoring Watch".

Wearing this "individual monitoring watch", you can monitor the wearer's physical condition in real time, of course, as a watch, the most basic time function must be there.

Looking at the little green man displayed on the LCD screen, Susie said with some pride: "I'm still very healthy." ”

The "Individual Monitoring Watch" is no more demanding than the suits and boots produced by the "Type G Standard Construction Template", which has very high raw material requirements and cannot be mass-produced at all.

Susie searched for all kinds of broken copper and iron in the gathering place, and finally only made five "individual monitoring watches".

Mamba took the watch and looked at it repeatedly: "Uh, Susie, what the hell is this watch for?" ”

Susie shrugged: "How do I know, I'm only responsible for making it, how to use it up to you." ”

"Maybe in the future, when we explore some special areas, we need it to tell us whether the surrounding environment will affect the human body, so as not to be tricked and we don't even know it."

Mamba nodded: "What you said makes sense, put these watches in the warehouse and put them away, and take them with you on the next expedition." ”

"Jingle Bell Bell ......" They were chatting when a crisp bell suddenly sounded in the distance.

The sound came from the direction of Britz, which was a hanging bell specially prepared for them by the Mamba, and the members of the gathering place could be notified of anything by ringing the bell.

By the time Mamba had passed, Barr was already negotiating with Britz.

"The lights in the passage suddenly went out, and it was pitch black in the excavation area, and the workers were afraid to go to work."

Britz said, standing outside the cordon, pointing to their work area.

"The lights are out? How is this possible? Barr obviously didn't believe his words: "The last time the flood was so bad, the light strips in this area were all safe and sound, why did they suddenly go out?" Could it be that you workers are doing the trick? ”

"If you don't believe me, you can go over and see for yourself, the whole passage is in darkness, and I don't know why this happened." ”

Mamba walked over: "What's going on?" ”

Barr nodded at him: "Father, Britz said that the light strip on the other side of the mine is broken, and the whole passage is pitch black, and the workers are afraid to go in to work. ”

"Darkness?!" Mamba's expression instantly became serious, and he asked Britz carefully, "When did the light strip break?" ”

Britz replied: "Yesterday it was still bright when I was working, but today when the workers had breakfast and were ready to go to work, it was dark, and I couldn't see my fingers. ”

"Take me there!" Mamba was about to cross the cordon when Barr stopped him.

"Father, I don't think it's easy, Britz they don't necessarily tell the truth." Barr whispered in his ear.

Mamba shook his head: "It's not easy, but we have to rule out the worst first, and if it's really what I think, then we have to act as soon as possible." ”

He instructed Barr: "You go and get Susie ready for the machine gun at once, and the others are ready for battle!" ”

Barr was a little puzzled: "Father, do you think that this darkness is not caused by the damage of the light strip?" ”

"It's better, but we also have to prepare for the worst." Mamba held the metal spear in his hand and said to Britz, "Go, take me over and have a look." ”

……

Mamba followed Britz to the outside of the gathering place.

This is where Britz and the workers stayed, and they picked up bits and pieces from somewhere to decorate their quarters a little.

When the workers saw the Mamba, they all gathered together, but the Mamba was not nervous at all, but greeted them one by one kindly.

"The workers have worked hard, how are they doing these days? Food, clothing, and clothing are okay, right? ”

The workers were also grateful to him: "Thank you chief, for if you hadn't been willing to give us food, we would have starved to death by now." ”

It has to be said that both sides are hypocritical enough......

When he came to the work area, Mamba saw that the light strips that had illuminated the place before were all extinguished.

The whole passage was completely dark, and there was no light at all.

"Some of the workers said that when they were close to the darkness, they seemed to hear some kind of strange noise inside, and I thought it might be dangerous, so I asked everyone to stay away from here," said Britz, who followed him. ”

……

Tang Hao's eyes had been following the Mamba, and after coming to the vicinity of the dark area, he found that the various options on the screen were blocked again, and he couldn't detect the situation in the dark at all.

What are you afraid of, Tang Hao was still worried about what to do if those moving dark areas approached the gathering place, and people had already come to the door.

What's in the dark? Why do they block out the light of the strip light? What are the patterns of their movement?

For these questions, Tang Hao didn't know anything.

However, the other party has arrived at the door, if it goes further, the entire gathering place may be swallowed by the darkness, Tang Hao does not dare to guarantee that if he falls into the darkness, he will not have his life to come out alive.

The darkness must be kept out of the gathering place.

……

Mamba had heard others talk about these eerie dark areas, especially the tea powder that had been pressed against the dark area twice.

In the dark area, with incomprehensible murmurs and whispers, Mamba, the "bewitcher" who was already a pagan bond, knew very well what that meant.

"Never go into the dark area, Catherine and Selena also said so, it seems that there is indeed an unknown horror hidden in this darkness."

"Huh!! It...... It moved?! Just as Mamba was pondering, Britz suddenly cried out.

Mamba looked up, and sure enough, the darkness slowly flowed out of the passage as if it had substance.

Although the darkness flows slowly, its progress is almost unstoppable, and the direction of its flow is where the gathering place is.

"It's broken!" Mamba gritted his teeth: "Britz, you take your people out of here immediately!" ”

He turned back to Britz and the workers and said, "It's dangerous here, we can't give you any more shelter, get out of here and run as far as you can!" ”

Britz shuddered as she looked at the darkness that was still squirming forward.

"That'...... So what are you going to do? Britz asked, "Will you leave if darkness invades your gathering place?" ”

Mamba shook his head: "No matter what, we're going to stop it." ”