Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Bottom of the Black Lake
"That's it, sir. The field supervisor described the crime of the lamp Ke in a vivid manner.
"Hmph, you're the second person to dare to openly disobey orders, it seems that you don't want to live anymore, Grag belly!" the gray-faced captain of the cold mountain sat lazily in a stone chair and called out to a soldier next to him while taking notes.
"What should we do with such a lander?"
"Yes! Gragg took two steps to the captain's side. "We haven't dealt with such a land man yet, Captain. He leaned into the captain's ear.
The field supervisor looked disappointed, but Deng Ke looked proud. Yasi was too fussy to almost scare me, Lamp Ke thought.
"What did you do with the disobedient Depression man last time?" asked the captain.
"Yes, Captain!" Gragg said solemnly, "the Depression man from last time was handed over to the Ghost Warden, and I heard that the Ghost Warden let him stay with the Nightmare for one night, and the next day the Depression Man died. ”
The captain looked at Deng Ke gloomily, but Deng Ke's face was bloodless, and the field supervisor laughed proudly on the side.
"Hmph!" the captain leaped to his feet, "no one dares to disobey orders!unless he doesn't want to live!" he grabbed the collar of the lamp fiercely. "Gragg, send him to the ghost warden!"
"Yes, Captain!" Grag happily accepted the order, pulling a long transparent rope from his waist. "Go, baby, tie him up. As he spoke, he threw the rope at Dengke, who immediately felt that he was entangled in a "snake".
"Let's hit the road. Grag said in a strange tone, and Deng Ke turned around and walked out of the cold mountain captain's room without hesitation. They walked to the west of the mine, where there was a road leading to the top of the hill, and Dengke was pushed slowly up the mountain. After crossing the mountain, they walked along a path again, and after walking for some time, they came to a black lake. Lamp Ke stopped and looked around, he had never seen a place like this. In front of him stood a tall door frame, made of three boulders, and the one on which was horizontal was engraved with four large black characters, "Black Lake Bottom Hell".
"Alright, we're home. Grag said with a smile, and then he grabbed the lamp and jumped into the lake together. Lamp Ke was soon flooded by the black water, and he instinctively wanted to swim out, but Grag pulled him to the bottom of the lake. At that moment, the water of the lake began to stir, and gradually stirred into a large whirlpool, which swept both the lamp and the Gerag belly. He felt dizzy, his stomach churned, and just as he was about to vomit, his body had left the whirlpool and fell downward. In the blink of an eye, it fell into a large net. Gragg's belly landed on two toes as if performing acrobatics, and landed firmly on the sturdy net cable. At this moment, an eerie voice came from above the lamp's head, making his hairs stand on end like electricity.
"Who is it, and what crime has it committed?"
Deng Ke opened his eyes stained with sewage, and when he looked closely, he found that he was hanging on a large net only half a meter high from the ground, and the net rope was very elastic and I don't know what material it was made of. The net was fixed on a wall close to each other, which was full of edges and corners, like piles of stones, some of which were faintly green flames, and the wall and the roof formed a hemisphere over the potholed stone floor. At one end of the ground was a dangling stone platform on which sat a skeleton-like man with his bright red lips open and talking to Grag's belly. Gragg jumped to the ground, knelt down on his knees and said:
"The one who came occupied the lamp Ke was a member of the quarrying team. Because he did not obey the order, he went on strike and handed him over to the ghost warden. ”
"Got it, get up. The ghost warden pondered for a while, then he looked at the lamp Ke and asked:
"Why do you have to strike privately because you don't obey orders?"
Dengke staggered to his feet, but tried several times without success, and he had to kneel online to answer questions.
"Because I can't carry a basket of stones, and Brother Bird demands that I have to complete this task. I couldn't finish it anyway, so I decided not to do it. Deng Ke was a little nervous, and his words stumbled.
"And," he added, "I think I have the freedom to do the job or not." They shouldn't force me to do this, that, that, that. After he finished speaking, he looked cautiously at the ghost warden, but he immediately lowered his head, and the ghost warden's terrifying appearance made him dare not face it, as if his blood-red eyes could hook people's souls.
"When you come here, you have to obey orders, and if you don't, you don't have to continue to live. The ghost warden came to a cold conclusion, leaving Deng Ke without the last bit of hope.
"But since you're committing a crime for the first time and don't understand the consequences of disobedience, I can give you another chance. The ghost warden looked majestic, "If you promise not to make this mistake again in the future, and absolutely obey the orders of your superiors to work hard, I can pardon you this time and let you go back." Will you say yes?"
"This ghost warden seems to be fierce, but he is actually quite reasonable. It's much better than that bird brother and the field supervisor and that captain. Lamp Ke thought. "Fortunately, he is willing to give himself a chance, so it is better to agree, it is better to live than to die. But," Deng Ke thought again, "even if he is alive now, he will still be bullied to death by exhaustion when he goes back, what should I do? ”
"I really want to agree," Deng Ke said with his head down, "I also want to obey the orders of my superiors, but Brother Bird always seems to be making things difficult for me." If you could give me a new captain, I think I'd be willing to obey orders and work hard. ”
"How dare you negotiate terms with the ghost warden, boy, you're so bold. Grag sneered.
"I can't control the change of captain, but no matter who the captain is, he should obey orders. I'll ask you again, will you say yes?" asked the ghost warden with a ghostly howl from his abdomen.
Deng Ke looked very embarrassed, and he didn't know whether to agree or not.
"Boy, you really don't know what to do. The ghost warden gave you a chance to live, what else do you have to hesitate about, promise, and you will live. Gragg seemed to have a good heart.
"Death is death!" Deng Ke had made up his mind, he wanted to persevere, and protest with his life. If there is no hope in life, what does it matter to die? Besides, he still has a living shield to protect himself, so maybe some miracle can happen. ”
"I can't say yes! "He stubbornly sent himself to hell. Grag looked at him in astonishment, as if he were looking at a monster.
"That's your answer, isn't it?" the ghost warden asked again.
"Yes!" replied Ke firmly.
"Okay, then I'll send you to the bottom to be with the Nightmares. The ghost warden raised a hand as he spoke, "Open!" as if he were chanting a spell.
The net under Deng Ke was suddenly disconnected, and the ground under the net became a deep pit, Deng Ke shouted and fell, in the process of landing, he saw that the layers of scenery were rising rapidly, each layer was very weird, the color was extremely monotonous and dim, the further down the darker it became, and in the end Deng Ke could no longer see anything, and his body suddenly stopped, as if he was pulled by something. He stood up straight, could feel the solid ground under his feet, and he tried to take a step forward. In just one step, it was as if he had arrived in another world, and the piercing screams suddenly rang out, mixed with crying, wailing, moaning, scolding, and a series of terrifying sounds that made people almost crazy. Deng Ke hurriedly covered his ears, but it didn't work at all, the voice seemed to come from his heart, no matter how it lingered, it echoed in his ears for a long time. He ran like crazy trying to get out of here, but the more he ran, the louder it became, and he clutched his head and fell to the ground. Suddenly, he felt a trace of coldness invade his bone marrow, and then, the fear of death spread throughout his body, his eyes widened, and all he saw was despair, utter despair!
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