It's cold, dark, and dreary.

Even if the environment of the abandoned mine is cleaned up by the quicksand team, it is extremely worrying.

His head shattered as if it might collapse at any moment.

Thankfully, it's quite spacious inside, and there's surprisingly large space left for the ore trucks to run smart.

Kashiwagi had to praise the fact that although the Ouray region is barren, the level of technology is extremely high.

Ten minutes had passed since the mine was lowered.

After someone entered the cave, he chose to dig a jade stone out of the periphery, and the sound of the pickaxe hitting the rock wall made Kashiwagi extremely uneasy, and quickly moved away from his colleagues, and soon heard a terrible roar and screams.

This brave man's thunderous behavior can be regarded as cutting off many people's similar thoughts.

"Keep an eye on your surroundings and don't get scattered."

Headlamps lit up the surroundings, and bold colleagues walked at the forefront, whispering reminders from time to time.

The breathing of others in the quiet darkness can be clearly heard through the masks, and the claustrophobic environment subtly increases their psychological pressure.

Most of the children in Yellow Iron Town have experience going down the mines, but the safety of normal mines is very different from that of abandoned mines, not to mention potential traps and ambushed Pokémon.

There is a link of being attacked by Pokémon in the assessment, and for the Oulei people, it is as scary as being shot when playing an escape room in Huaxia.

Therefore, huddling together for warmth has become the status quo, and the quicksand team has never been forbidden to form a team to participate in the assessment, so it is natural to move forward in a bunch.

However, according to the seniors who participated in the cave, the groups in the mine are more vulnerable to attack and targeted. Even if you are lucky enough to get any goal, there may be a situation where the "spoils" are unevenly distributed and turn against each other.

Kashiwagi didn't really want that to happen.

Originally, they didn't have much advantage over Shibata's gang, and if they engaged in infighting, they would most likely be bullied for a lifetime.

"It's a fork in the road, be careful."

He reminded him of his words, looking around at his colleagues, "The Pokémon in ambush are probably there...... Don't be so nervous, take it easy and take a deep breath. ”

The gang was either sweating profusely, or breathing heavily, and their expressions were a little hasty, obviously extremely nervous.

Finally waiting for them to calm down, Kashiwagi said: "Don't linger at the fork in the road, quickly choose the direction to pass, I will come to the palace." ”

"Huh?"

A crowd looked at him in amazement.

"Don't be ehed, hurry up, the token is limited, and we have no chance if someone else takes it."

Kashiwagi walked to the end of the line, "Quick." ”

Crises that occur when they are extremely stressed can make people lose their minds, and the desire to survive will force them to do something unwise, and once they get in front of the group, they will be dragged behind by someone and they will be finished.

Even if the other party didn't mean it.

What is the saying? When encountering a bear in the wild, you don't need to run faster than the bear, just run faster than others.

He had no idea of falling into a trap, but he had to avoid being trapped.

"Kashiwagi ......"

Where did his colleagues know what he was thinking, they all looked at him with emotion, turned to cheer each other on, and slowly moved forward.

Kashiwagi took a deep breath and watched his surroundings warily.

Carenness kills.

The fear of his life reminds him all the time to calm down, to concentrate and pay attention to every suspicious place.

The Pokémon of the quicksand team are mostly ground and rock, which is too suitable for underground mines, and it would be unwise to fight them here.

Step into a fork in the road.

The space was a little larger again, and everyone suddenly tensed their nerves, and looked around crampedly, to confirm whether it was safe and ready to warn at any time, and the colleagues who walked in the front did not dare to hesitate, and went straight to the mine on the left-

"Wait."

Kashiwagi, who was walking at the end, suddenly spoke.

Everyone's hearts trembled, and cold sweat overflowed from their foreheads and backs.

"What's wrong?" Someone asked tremblingly.

"Don't linger at the fork in the road, but you said it!" Someone was nervous.

Kashiwagi shushed, "Listen carefully, did you hear a rumble?" The ground is trembling too! ”

A group of people looked at each other, subconsciously held their breath and listened.

Kashiwagi was also listening, and he soon noticed that not only was the ground trembling, but the rumbling sound was getting louder and louder, as if something was approaching.

The source is - this hole in the middle!

He was startled, and immediately ran to the left hole and shouted, "Run, something is coming!" Fast! ”

When the words fell, a huge rolling stone full of one person high suddenly appeared in the middle cave, and the speed from far to near was surprisingly fast!

"Running over there?"

"Left!"

"Which side is on the left! Where's the cypress!? ”

"Hurry, hurry! Don't be stupid! ”

The other four people panicked instantly, their headlights dangling and dazzling, and they couldn't see the dark road clearly.

But to add insult to injury, as the shaking intensified, rocks continued to fall from the top, and everything visible to the naked eye trembled.

Crisis, panic and shouting.

A terrifying assault on the Giant Rolling Stones.

Driven by all kinds of scalp-numbing factors, Kashiwagi subconsciously ran out of a long distance.

Not only that, but he also carefully observed his surroundings to avoid touching traps and lurking Pokémon.

When I stopped and turned around to make sure it was safe, there was no one behind me.

The boulder, which was mostly a rumble stone disguise, was nowhere to be seen.

"There are three lanes in total, and I chose the left one, right?"

Kashiwagi frowned and waited in place for a minute, realizing that he had really been separated from his colleagues.

Back?

It can't be, Rumble Stone might be waiting there.

“……”

He showed regret on his face, there are pros and cons to forming a team in the assessment, although those colleagues do not perform well when they are panicked, but who knows if the other party will lend a helping hand in times of crisis?

But if you are separated, you will be separated, there is no need to force it.

Kashiwagi sorted out his emotions.

It's easy to lose your sense of direction when you move forward in the underground mines, but if you look closely at the rock walls on both sides, you can see the road signs that guide the way, so simple that even a semi-literate person can understand it.

I walked for about ten minutes.

He stopped and crouched down, turned off his bright headlamp, and managed to shrink into the depression between the rocks, hiding his form.

After waiting for half a minute, two dragonfly-like ultrasonic larvae buzzed overhead, and the sound of the wings flapping made Kashiwagi's head ache again and again.

What made Kashiwagi's heart tremble was that one of them grabbed a young man covered in blood.

Dizzy? He's dead?

Either one is not too pretty, and it is too dangerous to go it alone.

Finally waiting for the two ultrasonic larvae to fly away, he breathed a sigh of relief and was about to stand up, but he froze again.

At the end of the line of sight, a pair of blue eyes watched him.

"Goh?"

An unknown being screams.

Kashiwagi's movements were slightly stiff, and the sound of the ultrasonic larvae flapping their wings was so noisy that he couldn't even make out the action of the guy in front of him.

He vaguely made out it.

It is a strange creature with a dark gray body, which at first glance looks like some kind of bug, with a hockey mask-like head.

The body size is enough to be the size of an ordinary border herd, and the few black holes on his body are a little scary.

【Iron Armored Pokémon, Coco Dora】

Feeds on iron ore, is driven by hunger and even eats bridges and railroad tracks, and is regarded by many as a pest, a Pokémon with steel and rock attributes.

Damn it.

Too much luck.

Kashiwagi's heart gradually became heavy.