Xu Yichen glanced at the first fork pass by, and the miner behind him introduced: "This is the main mineway of the large mine, with the largest output, belonging to Count Modric. Three floors have been dug downwards. Dalton works here, but unfortunately he has already..."
Needless to say, everyone understands that the guide who is familiar with this mine has almost been eaten by the undead in the previous chaos.
The large mine in Fengxi Castle is very distinctive. In order to develop minerals as quickly as possible, Count Modric once issued a law that any noble can recruit his own mining team to dig a tunnel in the large mine. Whoever digs the tunnel will have the right to mine the tunnel for twenty-five years without paying any taxes.
It was this decree that made Fengxi Castle truly transform from a small town in a remote area into a big city that dominated the first district, but Earl Modric himself also suffered huge losses.
As the tunnels in the large mine continue to spread and deepen, the cost of mining minerals continues to increase, and most of the nobles of Fengxi Castle enjoy preferential policies without paying taxes.
Over the years, the security of the large mine was entirely under the responsibility of Count Modric, including ventilation and collapse prevention, and a huge amount of wealth was spent every year.
Anyone can see that Earl Modric has great ambitions. Wind-Enjoy Castle is not the end of his ambitions, but the starting point.
If this disaster had not happened.
Now most of the residents of this city have become undead and corpses. Even if the plague can be solved, it is unlikely to be able to recover from the previous prosperity without three to five years of rest.
Under the guidance of the miner, Xu Yichen turned into the fork, and the size of the mine channel instantly shrank by half. If the samurai Vitoria was walking here, she would probably have to worry about hitting her head.
"We dug two kilometers along this mine road. There are four branches in the middle, three of which are abandoned." The miner blew his torch close to the wall and blew hard. A metal plate embedded in the cave wall was exposed, shining in the flames.
‘The property of Viscount Amos originated from the 79th year of the Far South New Calendar’
"There are fourteen silver coins per month, which is the minimum income of miners stipulated by Earl Modric." The miner said with regret: "The Earl is a good person, it's a pity."
"Take me to the abandoned mine you mentioned to see." Xu Yichen pointed at Ed: "You go at the end, be careful. Once something is wrong, report it immediately. If there is any danger ahead, you can immediately take someone back!"
Ed, who had just exchanged the bearded man for another extraordinary man's back, nodded and rotated to the end of the team.
"Don't worry, I still want to go back alive to see the noon sun." Ed wiped the sweat from his palm on his armor. In this dark mine cave, the torch could only illuminate the space of more than one meter in front and behind. Except for the sound of a few people breathing, only the sound of footsteps kept echoing.
Everyone knows that there is something strange below, but no one knows when they will encounter danger. This strange quietness puts a lot of psychological pressure on several survivors.
Especially Ed, who was walking at the end, had to look back every time he took a few steps, and he always felt that someone was following him.
When everyone moved forward, he could always hear a lonely footstep sound that was a distance away from everyone, but when he carefully identified it, he found that the footstep sound and the number of people were just right.
Ed felt more and more suspicious. Sometimes he even felt someone gently patting his armor from behind. The increasingly stuffy air made him sweat.
Xu Yichen felt the stuffy and humid air around him. He knew that he had to check the tunnel as soon as possible, otherwise there would be no need for the Chaos Demon to do it. The low oxygen content of air could turn everyone, including himself, into soft-legged shrimps.
He originally planned to go directly to the main mine cave. Intuition, Xu Yichen believed that he would definitely find some clues in the deepest part of the mine. The three missing senior executives of the Brotherhood must be there.
But since this mine belongs to Viscount Amos, he has to come and take a look.
Directly in front of the mine, a black figure blocked the middle of the road. Except for the Demon Hunter, no one else was discovered due to light.
"Stop." Xu Yichen stopped: "There is a problem ahead, I'll go over and check it."
Several survivors remained highly alert all the way, and were already exhausted and slowed down a little, especially Ed, who hit the back of the person in front of him.
"Wait a minute to change the palace behind the palace." Xu Yichen left a sentence and walked forward alone.
The burly figure stood there without any movement, not even the slightest breath. Xu Yichen was sure that the other party was either a dead person or an undead person who did not need to breathe.
So he had already held the [Elegant Tearer] in his hand, and he was a little lucky. If he still used [Nar's Fire Sword], he would probably have to be used as a spear.
The demon hunter stood less than half a meter behind the person blocking the road, and the other party still had no reaction. He stretched out a finger, and the Alderfather seal rushed forward along the finger, hitting the other party's back with the force that was enough to knock down the adult.
The figure just fell forward with the force, fell to the ground, and broke into pieces!
Xu Yichen squatted down and checked the other party's wreckage with the fire. He found that the residue on the ground was like ore powder, and it was almost impossible to see when mixed on the ground.
One of the senior members of the Brotherhood has become a big city gate, which can constantly repair his twisted body, and the other becomes a "death knell", which can briefly awaken the mind of the undead.
Could it be that the three senior executives of the Brotherhood that did not appear have anyone integrated into the mine itself?
Can it assimilate humans into part of a large mine? Or simply turn biological into part of a large mine?
This is why those undead people dare not step into the big mine?
Xu Yichen held his breath, smoothed the ore powder piled up on the ground with his feet, and then said as if nothing had happened: "Okay, keep moving forward!"
He studied psychology in a military academy. In this confined space, humans naturally feel fear, and in this mine, the pressure on those survivors is already great enough.
He needs them to stay sane.
Xu Yichen raised the torch high and looked around the rock walls. Apart from the traces of manual excavation, there was no other abnormality.
This person who was assimilated into minerals had his previous movements very relaxed, and he was assimilated unknowingly.
Chapter completed!