Chapter Ninety-Seven: Going to the Mine
"Dry grains, fire folds, tracer rods, ropes, hooks, ......"
Shi Lan was counting the materials and equipment to be carried in the warehouse, and put them into his cloth pocket one by one.
"Are you sure you don't need me along?"
Outside the warehouse, Keqing was discussing with Yelan whether she could let herself follow.
The little girl's mind Yelan couldn't be clearer, and Shi Lan, a stupid person, couldn't detect it.
She leaned over with a smile, touched the soft ends of Keqing's hair, and exhaled like an orchid:
"Little girl~ Don't worry, I will bring him back intact~ Give you a safe Shi Lan~"
Keqing's cheeks immediately flushed half of the sky, faintly smoking, and he couldn't say a complete sentence.
"I'm that... Actually, no, how can you ......"
"What are you two doing here?" Shi Lan leaned over from the side, unconscious, "Whispering?" ”
"Nothing." Yelan pressed his head back, "Is the medicine box with you too?" ”
Shi Lan nodded: "It's all ready." ”
"Alright, let's go."
"But how do you go down?"
The dog-licking investigator ran over: "I know! Lord Yelan, let me show you the way......"
As the elevator at the entrance to the main pit has been damaged by the earthquake, there is only one road in the main mine.
After the earthquake, the rescuers rushed all the way, and when the first rescue team arrived at the Chasm, they were as anxious as ants in a hot pot.
At that time, a man suddenly appeared, claiming to be a member of the Treasure Hoarders, saying that he knew another way down, and led everyone there.
When everyone arrived at the scene, they found that there was a thief hole that could accommodate two people......
In this way, this narrow thief hole became the life path of all the trapped people.
The three of them soon arrived at the cave.
There are also a number of people guarding the area, where a huge wooden crane is built, and the hook from which is lowered leads to the bottom of the mine and hoists the wounded below.
The three arrived just in time for the wounded to be hoisted ashore, and the passage was open enough to go down to the mine.
If the three of them work together, they can't use the crane and can only lie down with their bare hands.
"Shi Lan, are you ready?" Yelan finally asked Shi Lan what he thought.
Shi Lan took a deep breath, shook off all the strange memories in his mind, and said seriously: "It's okay, let's go down." ”
"Alright, get out of the mine!"
The cave is diagonal, and the wooden ladders are spliced to the bottom of the mine.
Down there was pitch black, and there was no bottom in sight.
Shi Lan swallowed a mouthful of spit, suppressed the fear in her heart, wrapped the rope around herself, and fastened the locking ring.
"Blessed by the Emperor of the Rocks...... I can come up alive...... If something unclean comes to me, it's all up to you..."
Yelan took the lead, the first to go down, Shi Lan in the middle, and the dog licking investigator was the last to go down.
The two of them protected the youngest Shi Lan in the middle.
Although the cave is relatively spacious and can accommodate two people at the same time, the passage is too long, and the air becomes thinner and thinner the further you go, the more tired it is.
The cramped space inside the cave is uncomfortable.
There was no light shining down, and all the light was due to the luminous pith lamp hanging from his waist.
Wobbly, the narrow field of view makes you feel like you're on the edge of hell.
The Yelan under her feet became more and more molded into the lake, and Shi Lan became more and more anxious.
"Wait for me ......"
His voice was hoarse, and he had already used a lot of strength, but why couldn't he make a sound?
I don't know if it's because of the difficulty breathing, Shi Lan began to feel a nauseous feeling of dizziness constantly hitting her mind.
"Uhh......h
His hands grew weaker and weaker, and he couldn't even hold the ladder......
…………
"Let me smash it! You guys...... Let go, let go of me! ”
"It's a... Devil! Captain, you created a devil! ”
"It's killing us! It's going to drive us all crazy! It's going to kill us......"
…………
"Shi Lan?" Yelan stretched out her hand and shook it in front of Shi Lan.
Shi Lan's cloudy eyes seemed to be much clearer: "Oh? Is it already down? ”
He looked around curiously.
It is a wide underground cavern, and the surrounding mountain walls are still covered with the marks of various hammer and pickaxe damage.
There were quite a few wounded people lying on stretchers around, waiting in line for the people above to pull them up.
"Team leader! Lord Yelan! ”
As soon as Yelan landed, several men and women greeted her.
Yelan smiled: "You are the members of the investigation team under Ningguang, right......?"
Several people stood straight: "Lord Huiyelan, it's us." ”
"Alright, now I'll divide you into two teams based on numbers." Yelan stretched out her finger and pointed at everyone:
"The four of you, form a team and go to the main mine, and the four of you, go to the underground mines. Search every corner, and when you encounter a secret passage or a fork in the road outside the map mark, just mark it, turn around and call a large army to search.
In any case, remember, do not act separately, do not question your companions, in the face of any danger, retreat unconditionally, and human life comes first. Hear that!? ”
"Hear me!
”
"Let's go!"
"What about me, what about me?" The leader of the investigation team couldn't wait.
"Your words...... Follow me. Yelan pointed to Shi Lan who was in a daze on the side: "Your task is to protect this little guy, can you do it?" ”
"Protect him?" The leader of the investigation team was stunned for a moment, looked at Shi Lan, and faintly remembered something: "He is the ...... Stone...? Stone...... Oh yes! The one who knocked down the wild boar at the age of ten! ”
Shi Lan smiled: "It's me." ”
Yelan suddenly frowned.
I vaguely felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't say it.
"That's amazing, little ghost." The investigation team rubbed Shi Lan's head with a familiar look, "How did you do it?" Teach me? ”
Shi Lan had to answer all questions: "Down with the wild boar?" ”
The leader of the investigation team was very enthusiastic: "It's not about asking this, it's about you carrying the wild boar from the north gate to the west gate and then going home...... How do you have so much strength! ”
"Hehe, I'm born with divine powers."
"Born with divine powers! "Tut-tut" The investigation team changed the style of the long painting: "How did you know Lord Yelan with such great strength?" ”
Shi Lan: "??? ”
You're not taking my IQ too seriously, are you?
He directly threw down the captain and caught up with Yelan: "Yelan, where are we going to search?" ”
"Stone Hall and Fluorescent Narrow Passage, this is our goal."
"yes, I see."
Shi Lan took out the map and carefully studied the direction.
The investigation captain walked up to Yelan and whispered, "Lord Yelan, have you found out?" There's something wrong with this kid. ”
Yelan raised her eyebrows: "What are you talking about?" ”
The captain scratched his head: "I can't tell... It feels like he... He..."
"Too calm?"
"Ah, yes, yes, yes!" The leader of the investigation nodded like garlic: "This is a strata abyss, I panicked when I came down to the bottom of this pit for the first time...... He was a small child, and his composure was a little too much...... Is this what Lord Tianquan is considering? The afterlife is terrifying..."
Yelan didn't say anything, just looked at Shi Lan's back leading the way in front.
"Go down from here." Shi Lan took the lead and climbed down the ladder to the bottom of the main pit.
His every move was normal, but he couldn't tell what was abnormal.
Maps are just maps, not every road.
"He's so familiar with this place......"
Yelan's eyes narrowed.