15. Mines
Today was the first day that the patrol team began to inspect, and Chu Nan got up early to prepare everything.
Tong Wangcai and Ji Youwei were also included in the system, and the distance between Wangcai's eyeballs could not be too far apart, so Chu Nan simply took back all his eyeballs.
In the backpack, ropes, dry food, water, everything is prepared, and everything is prepared according to the standards of survival in the wilderness.
Chu Nan is a cautious character, and he wants to be well-prepared when doing things.
When it was time to set off, only Chu De and Chu's father and mother came to see each other.
"Xiao Nan, you can't go out without weapons, this is a sword that grandpa selected for you from the treasury, named Jade Girl, and I will give it to you."
Chu De handed the sword to Chu Nan.
It is a sword with a jade scabbard and a sword with a red phoenix body engraved on the hilt and a black sword spike.
After Chu Nan took it, he pulled out the sword, only to see that the sword was two feet and one inch long, the sword body was cast in dark iron and thin, revealing a faint cold light, and the blade was extremely sharp, when it was a real blade like autumn frost.
"Thank you, grandpa!" Chu Nan's thanks are sincere, and a woman should be worthy of this kind of sword.
Thinking about the way I was holding a firewood knife, I wanted to throw it away.
Then it was naturally the advice of Chu's father and Chu's mother, telling Chu Nan to put safety first in everything, and not to be reckless, Chu Nan was full of promises.
Before leaving, Chu Mu asked, "What about the chicken?" Why don't you see it? ”
Chu Nan had no choice but to say perfunctorily, Ji Youwei should have gone out shopping.
Chu Mu muttered: "Youwei is not here, we old sisters, I miss it." ”
Chu Nan Khan, do women love to raise chickens, so chickens are so favored by the women in the house.
After saying goodbye to his family, Chu Nan went to the East Village Entrance alone to gather with the rest of the patrol team.
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It is often said that there are three major sufferings in the world - going up the mountain, going down to the sea, and entering the earth. It is about three bloody and tear-stained industries: hunting in the mountains, sailing at sea, and digging coal underground.
Today, Chu Nan can be regarded as seeing one of them: underground coal mining.
Shazi Township, Wangjia Coal Mining Area.
This is one of the small mines of the Wang family, a total of more than a dozen miners are working, hundreds of meters deep in the mine, the air in the roads extending in all directions, the smell is stinking.
The miners carried torches into the tunnel, and except for the main tunnel, the other shafts were deep and narrow, and they could only crawl in them like snakes, and after mining the coal, they would carry it out like rats.
This time, with Chu Nan, it was Wang Duande of the Wang family and Qin Shou of the Qin family.
"Miss Chu, let's go?" Wang Duande said with a smile.
"Let's go, I'll only inspect one mine today, finish it early and come back early." Qin Shou couldn't wait to urge, but his eyes didn't leave Chu Nan for a moment.
Wang and Qin were so excited from the moment they saw Chu Nan today, they were so stunning, thinking of the plan that the three of them had made yesterday, they said in their hearts that this matter must be promoted.
Chu Nan frowned, the environment of this mine is so bad, these miners are really pitiful.
It was heard that these miners were paid almost nothing, only a few simple meals, and if they were lazy and slack, they were punished by the overseers.
These miners are either poor families in Shazi Township or outsiders who have been trafficked here.
"Let's go, Miss Chu!" Seeing Chu Nan in a daze, Wang and Qin thought that she didn't want to go, so they hurriedly urged.
Chu Nan bowed his head slightly, and the three of them chose the widest main mine road and entered the inspection.
Not long after entering, Chu Nan smelled a strong stench, mixed with the smell of excrement and the stench of decomposing corpses.
"What is this pit for?" Halfway through, suddenly there was a huge deep pit, which was very different from the others.
"You say this, this is a corpse pit, used to throw the dead." Wang Duande glanced at it and explained to Chu Nan lightly.
"Yes, yes, it is common for people to die in mines, and as soon as people die, they will be thrown into it, which is simple and trouble-free." Qin Shou stepped forward and smiled flatteringly.
Chu Nan dodged in disgust.
Looking at Chu Nan who was dodging, Qin Shou had fierce eyes behind her, and glanced at Wang Duande, and the two of them laughed again and again.
Walking deeper into the mine, the oil lamps on the walls were dimmed due to the scarcity of oxygen.
Just as Wang and Qin were about to start, a scream suddenly came from inside the mine.
"Help!"
Then the sound stopped abruptly.
"The sound is coming from the direction we just came." Qin Shou said.
"Let's go, let's go and see." Then Wang Duande was in front, Chu Nan was in the end, and the three of them began to rush back.
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"What the hell is this!"
Next to the corpse pit, a huge toad, its body blocked the entire tunnel, and twenty meters in front of it, three miners were trembling with fear.
The toad's eyes were dark red, and the pimples on his body were flowing with black corpse oil, and the smell of decay made people breathless.
"Young master, as soon as this monster appeared, it ate a lot of us! One bite at a time! ”
A miner said to Wang Duande in a trembling voice.
"This thing is obviously not a normal creature, it should be weird."
Wang Duande looked solemnly at the huge toad in front of him and said.
"How can Brother Wang see it?" Qin Shou asked.
"Brother Qin, you've lived for almost twenty years, have you ever seen such a big toad?" Wang Duande asked rhetorically.
"Nope!" Qin Shou thought for a while and replied.
"So isn't that weird?" Wang Duande's face was gloomy.
"Yes, yes, what then? Can we fight? Qin Shou asked.
Wang Duande did not answer, but turned his head and asked the miner just now:
"Is this monster eating people directly?"
Wang Duande asked this because there are many kinds of weirdness, some weirdness is only capable of enemies, and some weirdness is a special rule that cannot be defeated, but if you can find out its rules, you can find a way out.
"No, it will ask us questions, but if we answer incorrectly, or if we answer late, we will be eaten."
The miner replied.
"Then you go up and answer his question." Saying that, Wang Duande pushed the worker to the big toad.
"Do you know who died the worst in this world?" The toad asked.
"Ahh The worker was so frightened that he only screamed and was swallowed by the toad in one gulp.
"Idiot!" Wang Duande scolded, then looked at the last two miners and chose one of them:
"There you go!"
The miner had no choice but to step forward.
"Do you know who is the most miserable person in this world?" The toad asked.
"It's me! I'm the hardest! I'm going to die! ”
The miner was also swallowed by a toad.
The last miner consciously stepped forward.
"Do you know what the blackest thing in the world is?" The toad asked.
"It's coal! Coal is the blackest, and it can't be washed clean! The miner was quick to give the answer.
"Well, finally a smarter one." Wang Duande praised.
Then the miner was swallowed by a toad.
Wang and Qin are frozen, this is not right? Could it be that there is no right answer at all!
"Brother Wang, what now?" Qin Shou asked scaredly.
"You must answer the question correctly, there is no way back in this tunnel, after a long time, we will also suffocate to death, the rules are weird, if we hit it hard, it is probably a dead end."
Wang Duande frowned.
"What then? Can you guess the answer? Qin Shou asked anxiously.
"Let's try it again, give me more information, maybe I can guess."
Then Wang and Qin turned their heads to look at Chu Nan.