Going to the Mine

"Dry food, fire breakers, tracer rods, ropes, hooks..."

Shi Lan was in the warehouse counting the supplies and equipment he was going to bring with him and putting them into his cloth pockets one by one.

"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?"

Outside the warehouse, Keqing was discussing with Yelan whether she could follow them.

Ye Lan knew the little girl's thoughts very well, but Shi Lan, a fool, couldn't notice it.

She leaned over with a smile, touched the soft ends of Keqing's hair, and breathed out:

"Little girl, don't worry, I will bring him back intact and give you a safe Shi Lan~"

Keqing's cheeks immediately turned red, and she felt faintly smoky, unable to speak a complete sentence.

"That... of mine is not actually true. Why did you..."

"What are you two doing here?" Shi Lan poked his head over from the side and asked, "Talking in private?"

"Nothing." Yelan pressed his head back, "Have you brought the medical kit as well?"

Shi Lan nodded: "Everything is ready."

"Okay, let's go."

"But, how to get down?"

The dog-licking investigator ran over: "I know! Lord Yelan, let me lead you..."

Since the elevator at the entrance to the main mine has been damaged by the earthquake, there is only one road in the main mining area.

After the earthquake, the rescuers kept running all the way. When the first rescue team arrived at the abyss, they were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

At that time, a man suddenly appeared, claiming to be a member of the treasure stealing group, saying that he knew another way to go down, and took everyone there.

After everyone arrived at the scene, they discovered that there was a burglary cave that could accommodate two people...

In this way, this narrow robbery hole became the path of life for all the trapped people.

Ye Lan and the other three quickly arrived at the Thief Cave.

There are also many people guarding here nearby. A huge wooden crane is set up here, and the hook rope lowered from it will go straight to the bottom of the mine to lift up the wounded below.

The three of them arrived in time, just in time for the wounded to be hoisted ashore, and the passage was open for them to go down to the mine.

Three people couldn't use the crane at the same time, so they had to get down with their bare hands.

"Shi Lan, are you ready?" Ye Lan 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."

"Okay then, let's go to the mine!"

The cave is slanted, and wooden ladders are connected to the bottom of the mine.

It was pitch black below, with no bottom visible at a glance.

Shi Lan swallowed, suppressed the fear in his heart, wrapped the rope around himself, and fastened the lock ring.

"With the blessing of the Rock King... I can come up here alive... If something dirty is targeting me, it will all depend on your support..."

Ye Lan took the lead and was the first to go down, Shi Lan was 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 Thief's Cave is relatively spacious and can accommodate two people walking down side by side at the same time, the passage is too long and the air becomes thinner as you go down, making it more and more tiring.

The narrow space inside the thief's cave makes people feel very uncomfortable.

No light shines down, all the light comes from the luminous marrow lamp hanging from the waist.

The shaky and narrow field of vision makes people feel like they are on the edge of hell.

The night orchid beneath his feet became increasingly blurry, and Shi Lan became more and more impatient.

"Wait for me……"

His voice was hoarse. He had obviously used a lot of strength, but why couldn't he make a sound?

I don't know if it was due to difficulty breathing, but Shi Lan began to feel a nauseating dizziness constantly impacting his mind.

"Uh-huh..."

His hands became weaker and weaker, and he could hardly hold the ladder...

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"Let me smash it! You... let go, let me go!"

"This is...a devil! Captain, you created a devil!"

"It's killing us! It's going to make us all crazy! It's going to kill us..."

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"Shi Lan?" Ye Lan stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Shi Lan.

Shi Lan's cloudy eyes seemed to be much clearer: "Oh? Are you down already?"

He looked around curiously.

This is a wide underground cave, and the surrounding mountain walls are still covered with traces of damage caused by various hammers and pickaxes.

There were many wounded people lying on stretchers around, queuing up to wait for the people above to pull them up.

"Team leader! Lord Yelan!"

As soon as Yelan landed, several men and women came to greet her.

Yelan smiled and said: "You are members of Ningguang's investigation team, right..."

Several people stood upright: "Hui Yelan, it's us."

"Okay, now I'll divide you into two teams based on your numbers." Yelan stretched out her finger and pointed at each person:

"The four of you, form a team and go to the main mining area, and the four of you, go to the underground swamp. Search every corner. If you encounter a secret passage or a fork in the road that is not marked on the map, just mark it and call back to the main force.

Go to search.

No matter what, remember, don’t act separately, don’t question your companions, if you encounter any danger, retreat unconditionally, human life comes first. Do you hear me!?”

"heard it!!"

"lets go!"

"What about me?" the leader of the investigation team said impatiently.

"If you say... follow me." Ye Lan pointed at Shi Lan who was dazed beside him: "Your mission is to protect this little guy, can you do it?"

"Protect him?" The leader of the investigation team was stunned for a moment, looked around Shi Lan, and vaguely remembered something: "He is the one... Shi...? Shi... oh yes! The one who defeated the wild boar at the age of ten!"

Shi Lan smiled: "It's me."

Ye Lan suddenly frowned.

I had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but I couldn't put my finger on it.

"That's really awesome, kid." The investigation team leader rubbed Shi Lan's head with a familiar look, "How did you do it? Teach me?"

Shi Lan answers every question: "Kill the wild boar?"

The leader of the investigation team was very enthusiastic: "I'm not asking about this, it's about you carrying the wild boar from the north gate to the west gate and then back home... How do you have so much strength!"

"Haha, I am born with supernatural powers."

"Born with divine power! Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk." The investigation team turned to Chang Hua Feng and asked, "How did you get to know Lord Yelan with such great strength?"

Shi Lan: "???"

You're too disrespectful of my intelligence, aren't you?

He left the captain behind and chased after Ye Lan: "Ye Lan, where should we search?"

"The stone hall and fluorescent narrow passage, this is our goal."

"Well, I understand."

Shi Lan took out the map and studied the direction carefully.

The investigation team leader walked up to Ye Lan and said quietly: "Mr. Ye Lan, have you noticed? There is something wrong with this kid."

Ye Lan raised an eyebrow: "What aspect are you talking about?"

The captain scratched his head: "I can't tell you... I feel like he... he..."

"Too calm?"

"Ah, yes, yes!" the investigation team leader nodded like crazy: "This is a huge abyss of rock. I was so panicked when I first came down from the bottom of the pit... He is a child, so he was a little too calm...

…Is this what Lord Tianquan considers? Young people are to be feared..."

Ye Lan didn't say anything, just looked at Shi Lan's back leading the way.

"Go down from here." Shi Lan took the lead and climbed down the ladder to the bottom of the main mine.

Everything he did was normal, but he couldn't tell what was abnormal.

A map is just a map, not accurate for every road.

"He is so familiar with this place..."

Ye Lan narrowed her eyes.
Chapter completed!