Twilight Boundary

"Do you really want to dig?"

Hu Ma's words scared everyone present.

Now, there has just been such a huge chaos in this valley, and there are still many corpses that have not been collected. Dead Gu worms can be seen everywhere on the ground, layer by layer, even if they look like they have no life left. But it’s also scary to look at.

And the reason for all this is because someone wants to open this mysterious mine and get the things inside...

"The mine boss named Zhuang is not that down-to-earth either."

Feeling the pressure on the hearts of everyone around her, Hu Ma sighed and whispered: "He said he didn't understand, but in fact he had already seen what the things in the mine were, and he was just trying to fool us."

"Besides, since this thing is here, once the news leaks out, who knows whether it will attract some other things to covet it and cause some other troubles?"

"Besides, this evil thing has been in the mine for a long time, and everyone doesn't feel at ease, right?"

"..."

"Listen to Brother Mazi."

Zhou Datong was diligent, and immediately ran to get two shovels, thrust them into the ground, spit in his palms, and rubbed them, looking eager to try.

"Don't worry yet..."

Just as everyone was gearing up, Old Abacus, who had been thinking thoughtfully next to him, suddenly said: "The shopkeeper is right. It is necessary to open it and take a look, but you must be fully prepared."

"There are dead people and Gu insects in our valley. Let's clean it up first. After all, this is a blood food mine. There are many evil things. Once the blood food mine is opened, what if something emerges from it? If the evil spirit is stained by these dead man Gu, it will be very troublesome."

"..."

When everyone heard this, they felt that it made sense.

These dead people and poisonous insects, even in ordinary times, are hard to guarantee that they will not cause evil things. Once they are contaminated by the evil spirits in the blood food mine, it is even more unsafe. You can rest assured only after they are cleaned up.

So he hurriedly made arrangements. Even Lao Baanpan persuaded himself and came over to give instructions and help.

Accidents often happened at the Blood Food Mine, and coffins were always on hand. Zhuang Erchang's two disciples, as well as those who followed Mr. Sun, the old man who entered the mansion, and the one-penny teaching Dharma King, restrained themselves one by one and burned them for them. Fragrant.

They are all people with owners who may come to ask for the body. Now they have restrained themselves, and it is easier to talk to them when they meet later.

Most of the corpses of those shamans were eaten by Gu insects and were difficult to contain. Besides, it was estimated that no one would come to contain them again. Moreover, there were so many bugs on them that no one dared to touch them, so they were all piled together to prepare enough. Dry wood and burn it on fire.

After cleaning the valley inside and out, and seeing that the sun had reached noon, Hu Ma asked one group of people to work here while the other group made a fire to make food.

They are all people who haven't relaxed all night long. Even if they didn't help much in the middle, they are still very nervous and their stomachs are already empty. No matter what, they have to eat a full meal first before going to open the mine.

However, seeing Hu Ma really tearing off the piece of red cloth, as if planning to dig out the contents of the vein, the meat cutters were also afraid, fearing that Hu Ma and the others would force them to enter the strange and inexplicable mineral vein to explore the way.

Many people even exchanged glances with each other, considering whether they could escape without the shaman outside.

But because of the past few days of patrolling, Hu Ma also promised to give them wages. Now the wages have not been calculated, but they dare not really escape.

Just as they were holding big bowls one by one, not wanting to eat, and struggling in their hearts, Hu Ma really came over, and the group of people were so frightened that they stood up in a hurry, their legs shaking.

But Hu Ma just asked them to sit down and asked some about what happened when Zhuang Erchang was digging this vein. Now that Zhuang Erchang is not at the mine and his two apprentices are dead, these miners have no backbone, so they naturally ask questions and say whatever they want.

Hu Ma listened carefully and figured out that what Zhuang Erchang said at the beginning was half true and half false.

It is true that the old miner went in and only half of the people were left. It is also true that his eldest apprentice, wearing a talisman armor, got in and came out a bloody man with evil spirits. Finally he got in again. , but Zhuang Erchang directly closed the mine, which was false.

It is said that these meat cutters said that Zhuang Erchang first surrounded the veins with red cloth to prevent ordinary miners from seeing the movement inside.

After muttering and studying inside for a long time, I finally sealed the vein.

"In other words, this mine is indeed evil, but Zhuang Erchang is not frightened by this evil thing and is helpless."

Hu Ma asked them to continue eating and silently thought about leaving: "The reason why he wanted to close the mine was because the witches came quickly and there was no other way."

"Furthermore, he must have guessed what was in this vein. He knew that he couldn't swallow it and it would be difficult to even transport it away. That's why he didn't do anything and directly passed the news to his master, which was equivalent to giving away this treasure. , betrayed to the Yiqian Cult..."

"Since he can solve it, there's no reason why I can't solve it as a person who stays in the government."

"..."

"..."

With the idea made up and a little uneasy suspicion in mind, preparations began immediately.

To the surprise of the miners, Hu Ma and the people around him had no intention of forcing people like him to come, so he became curious and hurriedly followed over, watching from a distance.

Of course, although Hu Ma was determined to open up this mine, he was not careless. He followed the advice of the old abacus. Not only did he clean up all the corpses and bugs in the valley, he also set up an incense table and put out steamed buns. and fat chickens and other offerings.

He then wrapped the sharpened wood with hair cut from the head of the dead shaman, divided it into seven parts, dug a hole and buried it, aiming at the entrance of the mine vein.

Then from the warehouse, he took out a row of ten jars, all of which were covered with old abacus dipped in Tai Sui's blood. The characters were written in a mess, and the direction of the handwriting could not be seen clearly. Then he surrounded the entrance of the mine vein, one every three steps. Arranged neatly in half a circle.

"What kind of skills does this old guy have?"

Hu Ma felt strange as she looked at it. She always felt that Lao Abacus knew a lot of things, and it seemed that he could use all the methods from various disciplines.

But none of them are very clever...

However, regardless of whether it was clever or not, Lao Abacus's arrangement made everyone feel at ease. They looked at each other, went up directly, tore off the red cloth outside the veins, and dismantled the wooden frame.

"call!"

The wooden frame was pulled out, and it was immediately filled with dust. Looking inside, a dark hole in the rock was revealed, and the bottom could not be seen at a glance.

A cold wind, accompanied by the fresh smell of blood, came from the depths of the mine.

Everyone couldn't help but shuddered in their hearts, looked at each other, and felt inexplicably terrified.

Even Zhou Datong, Zhou Liang, Zhao Zhu and others were silent for a while. Although they had been attending the Blood Food Society for two years, they had actually been responsible for escorting transportation in Zhuangzi and did not know anything about the mine. , now that we are so close, we can’t help but be afraid.

But it was only a moment of relief, and Zhou Datong smiled and said: "Are you so scared that your balls shrink? Come on, give me the meat cleaver, and I'll go in and take a look!"

Zhao Zhu immediately said: "You stay here and I'll go."

Zhou Liang said: "Yes, Zhuzhu goes!"

Hu Ma couldn't help but sigh when she saw it. After all, it was the young men in the village who were sincere. Of course, it wasn't because they were really not afraid of death.

Mainly following Hu Ma, they ate well, wore good clothes, and learned real skills. Hu Ma didn't take them with him on things that were really risky in normal times. In the hearts of the young people in the village, it seemed that they were owed a lot of money invisibly. Like a debt.

When something dangerous happens, I'm afraid, but I'm still determined to face it.

"Forget it, you all stay here and I'll go!"

Hu Ma took off his robe, told them, and rushed towards the entrance of the cave. Everyone was shocked and wanted to stop him, but he waved his hand, indicating that they didn't need to say anything. He entered this mine originally because he wanted to prove it. A guess in my mind, of course I should go.

But just as everyone looked worried, Hu Ma lifted up his robe, stuffed it around his waist, and prepared to get into the mine.

But his expression suddenly changed and he took a few steps back.

Everyone also heard it and hurriedly backed away, widening their eyes and looking into the depths of the dark mineral vein.

I could vaguely hear "bang" and "bang" sounds inside, as if there was some heavy and brutal force hitting the stone wall, like a trapped beast trying to break out.

The most terrifying thing is that the thing above is getting closer and closer to the exit of the mineral vein.

"Is there something in there?"

Hearing the heavy and vague movement inside, Hu Ma, who exited the cave entrance, and the people guarding the outside were stunned.

Looking at each other, they were sure that this was not their hallucination. There was something inside the veins, and it was approaching heavily and step by step.

The mood suddenly trembled, and an inexplicable panic emerged from the bottom of the heart. Many people subconsciously softened their legs. When they took a breath, they felt their bodies shaking violently.

And Hu Ma's heart suddenly jumped, and he completely withdrew from the mine. He stretched his hand to the side and shouted in a low voice: "Quick, copy the guy!"

"Wow!"

Only then did everyone react, and they hurriedly picked up knives, guns, and forks, and hugged each other tightly.

Even Xiao Hongtang came to her senses. Remembering Hu Ma's instructions to hold up the red lantern when he took her out earlier, she ran over with a whoosh, picked up the red lantern hanging on the archway, and hugged her again. He picked up a serrated knife and squeezed into the crowd.

The serrated knife was thrown to Hu Ma first, and then he stepped on his feet and pushed the bamboo pole of the red lantern into Hu Ma's hand, but Hu Ma glanced at it and waved his hand:

"Get something useful!"

"..."

Xiao Hongtang was stunned. She put the red lantern on the ground, opened her little basket, and gave him a bone of the Five Evil Gods.