Borderlands: The Death Examination Room Chapter 33: Thunderstorm Mining Area (3)
Due to the special crystalline properties of the kyanite, the vein area is unusually dry, and the depth of the mine is too deep for air circulation, so the miners' bodies are well preserved here, and it looks as if they are asleep from a distance.
Shu Yungui first carried the oil lamp and turned over, the mine road over there should have been blocked, forming a confined space that had not seen the light of day for a long time, the oil lamp went in and flashed twice before it went out, Shu Yungui could only hold his breath and wait for Zhu Xinyue and them to fan the air flow over.
Cheng Sikong then turned over, frowning at the smell of the flushing nose, so he evoked the "original realm" and wrapped Shu Yungui and the road pavilion that came from behind.
There was plenty of oxygen in the original space, the oil lamp was on again, and Lu Ting squatted down to inspect the miner's body through the space wall.
"Unbelievable."
Lu Ting exclaimed, "We may have discovered an archaeological miracle, these people have been dead for at least a thousand years. ”
Shu Yungui held the lamp and said in surprise: "You can see this?" Do you have a carbon 14 meter in your eyes? ”
"You're not stupid."
Lu Ting pointed to the words on the miner's helmet and asked Shu Yungui to read it.
"Three Rivers Mining?"
Cheng Sikong stood behind with his arms crossed, and explained quietly: "The first mining company in the Hope Star Field, and it is also the predecessor of the Sanhe Energy Group, the largest energy company in the Hope Star Field. ”
"The name Three Rivers Mining has been around for a very short time, and it was only used when they were mining shallow kyanite."
Shu Yungui suddenly remembered, nodded and said: "I remember, I have read in the book that due to human immigration and the construction of city-states, a lot of energy is required, and the shallow azurite ore has been fully mined as early as 350 years before the new ephemeris!" ”
It's the year 1410 of the New Ephemeris, and the only person who can die here wearing the "Three Rivers Mining" hard hat is probably the one who entered the mine 350 years ago.
It's been more than a thousand years now.
Lu Ting recognized the name of the mine from the embroidered logo on the miner's chest.
"Dark Star South Shaft 65 Mining Team 7."
The Dark Star is the name given to the Tak Star by the early settlers, and the humans at that time believed that the light would never be able to shine in such a remote place, and this is the eternal dark place, so this planet was called the Dark Star.
"Why did they die in the mines? Was there a mining accident? ”
Shu Yungui looked around, and the rock wall of the mine was very intact: "Can't you get out because the mine road is blocked?" ”
Lu Ting laid the body down, because the corpse was stiff and the miner still maintained a curled up posture, Lu Ting carefully examined it, and said: "There are no external injuries, no fractures, no blood deposition and no skin discoloration." ”
He crouched down beside the miner and said in a deep voice, "If internal bleeding is ruled out, then there are not many ways to die." ”
"Gas poisoning, excessive shock, death by suffocation, or ...... Die of starvation. ”
Cheng Sikong said: "No matter what kind of death they are, they are all locked up in this mine and die slowly. ”
After the unremitting efforts of Zhu Xinyue and Jiang Ruzhou, the gas concentration on both sides was finally almost fanned by him, and Cheng Sikong took the "original space" and asked Jiang Ruzhou to hand over all the oil lamps.
The dimly lit interior of the mine suddenly lit up.
"Look!"
Cheng Jing pointed to the wall and exclaimed in a low voice: "There are nicks!" ”
Not only her, but the entire rock wall of the confined mine was secretly carved with things, including words, murals, and unconscious carvings.
Through these traces, you can feel the despair of those miners in the face of death.
It's creepy.
Because the portrayal is too dense, it is impossible to find where the beginning is, so everyone can only pick a random text that is quite clear and start reading.
The words were carved in the darkness with a pickaxe, and the strokes were crooked and illegible.
"On March 16th, the fifth day, the last emergency light ran out of power."
"Xiao Liu seems to be dead, or he may be faint, I photographed him, but he hasn't moved."
"All the azurite ore we dug out was taken away, and no electricity was given to us."
"They didn't fully charge the lights."
"I'm hungry, I'll die tomorrow, right?"
"They're still outside, I hear you."
The word order is confused, these words should not have been carved on the same day, and the person who carved it may also be delirious, and there is no sentence in one sentence, so he remembers a sentence when he thinks of it.
"They're digging the ground."
"We took their things in retribution."
"Everyone is dead, and I'm the last."
The text ends here, next to a very abstract mural.
"These cylinders represent miners, right? One two three...... Exactly a twelve. ”
Jiang Ruzhou pointed to the oval with tentacles next to him and asked, "What is this?" A sun? ”
"Where did the sun come from at that time? The artificial sun was built in the year 440 of the new ephemeris, and before that, humans lived in the fortress underneath. ”
Shu Yungui couldn't guess what the oval was drawing, so he looked to the side first: "You see that these cylinders are still engraved with small six-pointed star symbols, could it be azurite?" ”
Lu Ting reached out and flipped through it, and sure enough, he found a small piece of azurite with a faint blue glow in the miner's backpack.
"They were in the process of mining at the time, and they should still have azurite on them, so let's look for them."
Zhu Xinyue was afraid of drying the corpse, so she jumped to her feet and hesitated for a long time, before she made a few gestures at the corpse, closed her eyes and reached out to touch it, and she really found a piece of azurite.
"I've got that too!" Shu Yungui raised his hand.
"Me too!" Jiang Ruzhou also picked up a piece.
Shu Yungui looked at Cheng Sikong, who checked all the remaining miners' backpacks and found one.
"A total of five ......"
Shu Yungui pressed his finger bone against his jaw and said, "How can there be a piece missing?" Since the system has set up the task, there will always be no counting errors. ”
"Let's look it again and see if it falls out?"
Lu Ting bent down to look for it, but Shu Yungui began to look at the painting again.
The miner represented by the cylinder and the kyanite represented by the hexagram star are at the bottom, and the burr oval is at the top, with a bunch of irregular patterns interspersed in the middle.
This kind of scenario......
Why déjà vu?
Shu Yungui turned his head to look at the blocked mine road, and then turned his head to look at the people who were bending down to carefully look for the azurite mine.
He reacted suddenly, and suddenly looked up at the top of the mural.
The messy marks they thought were the miners' insanity were actually large, irregular handwriting, each one digging deep into the stone wall, like the last cry left to them by the miners of death!
"Don't touch the kyanite!"
"Give them back!"
Shu Yungui's eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "Put down the azurite mine!" ”
Late.
The closed and blocked mine road was rushed away from the outside by a huge force, the gravel and muck burst and splashed, and the mine structure that had been damaged by thousands of years of erosion suddenly changed, the support angle changed, and the upper rock and soil collapsed in an instant, drowning everyone into it like an avalanche!
There was endless darkness in front of me, and there was only silence in my ears.
Shu Yungui was buried by the rubble pouring down from the top of his head, but fortunately, the stone was not large, he struggled for a moment and poked his head out from under the burial.
I don't know how much time has passed, but the thick darkness and silence make him feel like a trapped miner.
He tried to find his teammates, but the communicator hanging from his tactical belt was buried a little deep, and he could only fumble around picking up rocks and knocking them, hoping that someone would hear the voice and respond to him.
As soon as he knocked twice, a voice came from a short distance overhead.
"Aim at the center point and fire! You've gone to Grandma's house! How are we going to get in like this?! ”
It was as if someone had been slapped in the face and whimpered and explained: "I said I wouldn't use a bazooka......"
"Get out of the way and stay! How did you match this waste? It's bloody! ”
There was a rustling of digging overhead, not too far away, and soon the people from outside would be here.
Shu Yungui hurriedly knocked twice, and this time Cheng Sikong's voice came from the right.
"Who?"
"I, Shu Yungui."
Shu Yungui pulled the gravel on his body and asked, "How are you?" See anyone else? ”
"I'm fine, Cheng Jing's leg was injured a little, but it's okay."
Cheng Sikong reminded him, "Everyone should not be far away, the sound of you knocking on the stone is a bit similar to the sound of the gravel falling, try to shout twice directly with "like my words", they can hear it as long as they are awake." ”
"Absolute defense" was used too much, Shu Yungui had to forget that he still had such a serious mutation ability, and hurriedly gathered his mind and shouted silently in his heart: "Is anyone awake?!" ”
The heart-to-heart conversation really worked, and Lu Ting's voice immediately sounded: "Yungui? Where are you? ”
Shu Yungui said: "Who can touch the communicator, turn on the emergency light and see the location!" ”
A white light lit up with a "snap" at his feet, the emergency light was relatively weak, Shu Yungui couldn't see who was over there, but with a goal, everyone should get closer to that side together.
Cheng Sikong removed the relatively large rockfall with "coordinate rewriting", and the space in the collapsed mine suddenly became a lot empty.
He helped Cheng Jing to walk towards the light, and saw the road pavilion lying on the ground halfway, and set up the people together.
"I'm fine."
Lu Ting covered his ears and said, "It's just that I was shocked by falling rocks and had a little tinnitus." ”
He looked down and saw that Cheng Jing's calf was scratched and bleeding by sharp gravel, and he instantly committed an occupational disease again, so he took out the blood clotting agent from his trouser pocket and handed it over.
"The cyan tube is used externally, and the white tube is taken internally, which has a quick effect and does not leave a scar."
After saying that, he shook his head and shook his head to cure his tinnitus.
From time to time, loose rubble fell overhead, and it took a long time for everyone to come together.
Holding the emergency light was Jiang Ruzhou, whose ankle was stuck between two stones, and he was smashing the stones with one punch after another, trying to pull his foot out.
Shu Yungui took over from Cheng Sikong to set up the road pavilion where the balance system was a little out of balance due to tinnitus, raised his eyes and looked around with the help of the light, turned around and asked blankly.
"What about Zhu Xinyue?"