"This is it, I heard that there are a lot of machines left behind when it is time to evacuate."

"If you're lucky, the steam engine inside isn't damaged."

"It's the era of magic energy, and those people still want to collect steam engines, I really don't know what to think."

"What do you know, the upper class people play the same as you, so are they still called upper class people?"

"As long as you can exchange money, why do you care so much."

A group of five people were standing at the entrance of the mine and looking inside.

They are the "gold diggers" of the mines, after the steam reform became magical.

The steam engine gradually disappeared.

So now things that can be powered by a steam engine have become scarce, and the upper class likes to play with them.

In the former abandoned mines, there are remnants of steam engines.

The five turned on their searchlights and walked into the dark, abyss-like cavern.

In the empty cavern, the sound of their footsteps traveled far away, and then bounced back into several echoes.

It's like they're not the only ones walking here.

The rock walls here glow with a cold dark light, as if forged by darkness, engulfing all light.

Without glare, the range of the searchlight is very limited.

However, on this black rock wall, there are scattered red ore left from the original excavation.

These ores emit a faint red glow in the darkness, and although very soft, they can penetrate the darkness and form a halo of halos.

It looks like red eyes, constantly watching you in the dark.

But it also tells them that they are not in the darkness that engulfs everything, but in the mines.

The atmosphere here makes people can't help but go crazy and feel suffocated.

The five of them took a deep breath, and one of them relieved the atmosphere and said:

"Hey, haven't you heard, it looks like a few gold diggers like us have been missing lately."

"It seems that there is such a thing, but it is normal, and it is not risk-free to do this business, maybe the mine collapses, and we can't get out."

Someone thought for a moment: "It seems that either the mine collapsed or disappeared." ”

"His grandmother, can you say something auspicious."

While they were talking, suddenly there was a rustling sound at their feet.

A huge shadow was elongated by the light and cast on the ground.

The appearance of teeth and claws looks like those terrifying and strange creatures.

The five people were all startled, and their bodies trembled: "What~ something!" ”

"It's a rat, damn it, it scared me to death."

Everyone looked at the owner of the shadow wheel, which was a huge mouse nearly thirty centimeters long, not only huge in size, but its head was like batter, and its facial features were all melted together.

"Damn, how can there be such a big aberration rat here."

Someone pulled out the long knife at his waist and split the mouse in half with a single sword.

They weren't surprised by the aberration rats, but they hadn't seen them much before.

The five of them slowed down their tense hearts and continued to move forward with a sigh of relief.

Along the way, I encountered a lot of aberrant rats, but I ignored them.

Not long after walking, someone sniffed.

"Do you smell it, it smells like there's a disgusting rancid smell."

"Huhu~ Is there any? Didn't feel it. ”

"Really?"

Not paying attention, they continued to walk forward.

But he hadn't gone far, the man's ears moved, and he asked uncertainly:

"You ~ did you hear it, it seems to be the sound of a mouse."

"No, you won't have a mental problem, will you?"

"Besides, it's not normal to have rats here."

"No... Be... It's a dense voice, and I... I'm not sure, it seems like there's no ......."

"Don't be surprised, in your state, it's easy to be sent to Arkham Asylum, that's not a place for people."

"Sorry, maybe it was too depressing."

Someone patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be nervous, you can see that there are more and more ores on the rock walls around here, which means that we are about to officially enter the tunnel." ”

"Before entering the tunnel, there must be an enlarged space for the conveying machinery, and the steam engine will be ours."

Looking at the red halo around them, it was as if they were densely wrapped.

It feels even worse.

But thinking about the money he made by getting the steam engine out, the man nodded.

As we move on, the space ahead is getting bigger and bigger, and there are traces of mining all around.

Soon, they came to a gourd-shaped passage.

The space in front of you is used to place the teleportation machine.

The expressions on the faces of the five of them finally showed a hint of joy.

Entering the space in front of you, there was a huge rusty machine placed here.

Next, they only need to verify the quality of the steam engine, and if they can take it, they can take it directly.

If you can't, just wait to get your tools.

The main purpose of this time is to find out here.

Everyone immediately began to check the quality of the steam engine.

However, the person who was startled before smelled a rancid smell here again.

He looked around suspiciously, and there was no red light coming out, indicating that there was no exposed ore.

Darkness envelops them like air, affecting perception.

The range of the searchlight was only about five meters, and he looked around, but he couldn't hit the rock wall at all.

"Guys, the mined space here seems to be a bit big."

Someone said angrily: "Big is big, why do you care so much, come over and take a hand and open the lid for this." ”

However, this person did not go directly to the handle, but adjusted the searchlight above his head to a bright light mode.

Although the amount of magic energy consumed was very high, he wanted to see how big it really was.

The light gradually brightened, converging into a beam of light, piercing the tide-like darkness and illuminating the rock wall here.

However, at the moment of irradiation, the man's expression was stunned, and a frightened look appeared on his face.

"It's... This...... What the hell are these! ”

The rest of the people raised their heads one after another, and some were about to get angry and scold this man for not doing his job, when he was doing something.

His eyes subconsciously followed the converging bright light and looked over.

At this glance, the anger in their hearts disappeared, and was replaced by panic.

I saw that the dark and cold rock wall in the range of strong light was full of large and small holes.

In the afterglow of the light, there are many holes that are only half or partially exposed.

They all turned on the bright light of their searchlights and went to different places.

The irradiated places are all holes of various sizes without exception.

The small ones are the size of a fist, and the large ones can hold a person crawling.

It's like a beehive, and no one knows where they lead.

Someone said tremblingly, "I... I said, it's not like it's a man-made ......."

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Also, it's not like it was naturally formed, what the hell is going on here." ”

"I don't know, it's like... It's a little weird, why don't we withdraw first? ”

The man turned his head as he spoke, trying to get a clear picture of what was going on around him.

But just as he had finished speaking, he quickly turned his head and skimmed over a rock wall.

In a trance, I saw something reflective in those large and small holes.

Subconsciously turned his head back and froze in that direction.

And at this glance, his face was directly frightened and pale, and he said with a trembling voice and fear:

"Old... Mouse! ”

"A lot of rats!!

The rest of the people looked over one after another, only to see that those large and small holes were filled with dense distorted rats of different sizes.

And the reflection that they saw when the searchlight passed by just now was the reflection of their eyes!

When they don't realize it, they're ready to leave here right away.

When the searchlight skimmed over the rest of the rock walls, all the holes that had been empty before began to reflect strange eyes under the illumination of the light.

Rats, aberrant rats, fill most of the caves!

The rats jumped down from their burrows, swarmed, and pounced on the group like open faucets.

And here, there are thousands and hundreds of faucets.

They panicked, most of these rats were much larger than they had seen before.

And when the rat tide broke out before, there were reports of rat colonies attacking humans.

What's more, there are only five of them now.

These aberrant rats, drowning will kill them.

The squeaking sound in their ears sounded like they were urging their lives, and the group was about to pull their legs and run outside.

But as soon as they turned their heads, at some point, a large group of aberrant rats huddled together, and swept towards them from the outside like a wave.

There was no way back, and the distorted rats around him surrounded him like a tide.

Their faces were extremely ugly, how could there be so many aberrant rats here.

However, at this moment, it was noticed that there were no rats in the holes in the surrounding walls that allowed people to crawl.

It's not joy, it's just a subconscious survival instinct.

Someone immediately shouted: "Quick, there is pass!" ”

Before the words fell, he rushed straight over.

Planted headlong in the cave, it suddenly crawled like inside.

The rats that bit his leg kicked straight away.

The rest of the people immediately rushed over, and three of them managed to plant themselves in the cave.

And the last one ran too fast, stepping on a huge mouse and sliding directly.

The ground was already covered with distorted rats, and this one fell.

The rats around it were directly overwhelmed, and then only the piercing, heart-rending screams echoed in the abandoned mine.

The remaining four humans, their faces pale and their hearts beating wildly, quickly crawled inside.

And halfway through, there are many forks in the cave.

The caves are like a huge labyrinth.

They don't care so much, they crawl around.

Luckily, though, after they crawled some distance.

There weren't any rats.

But they didn't relax, but their faces became even more ugly.

In this dark and oppressive cavern, it can only be crawled by, and it is impossible to even adjust its posture.

They had forgotten which fork they had climbed through to get here.

There is no way back, only the unknown forward.

At one point, their emotions collapsed.

But he can only bite the bullet and continue to grope and climb in the unknown.