Chapter 349 I heard my brother is dying
"Arrogant, ridiculous!" Master Leng laughed, shaking his chest. "Alright, I'll give you a chance. If you truly love her and are willing to risk your life for her, then accept my test."
"What test?"
Master Leng clapped his hands, and a servant came over with a silver tray on which was a yellowed map.
"There's an abandoned gold mine in the North. Thirty years ago, a landslide buried thousands of miners. Inside the mine is a safe containing the secret deed of my Leng family. If you retrieve it, I'll acknowledge your right to take her away."
The housekeeper, Uncle Te, was visibly distraught. "Master! That gold mine has long been designated a restricted area. It's filled with gas and loose rock. Going in is a dead end!"
"Dead end? You don't even dare to die, and you still dare to say you love her?" He stared at Nanchuan Shijue, his eyes becoming extremely strange, a mixture of scrutiny, mockery, and a deeper and colder calculation. "I'll give you three days. If you can't get the safe back before sunset in three days, never appear in front of her again."
That mine is a well-known dead end, there is no return once you go in.
Master Leng wants the life of Nanchuan Shijue! He wants him to die personally!
"Remember, don't even think about looking for mercenaries or Deadpool. This safe won't count until you get it back yourself."
Nanchuan Shijue's gaze passed over Master Leng and turned towards the corner of the stairs where Ning Fengsheng had disappeared. The image of her leaning against the old man's arms flashed before his eyes, and the completely unfamiliar fear she had when she looked at him...
The heart was tortured repeatedly, causing extreme pain, which in turn gave rise to a desperate madness.
He slowly raised his eyes, and all the emotions faded away, leaving only a dead, almost ferocious calm.
"good."
A hint of surprise flashed across Master Leng's eyes, and then turned into a deeper coldness: "Then I wish you good luck, Nanchuan boy."
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Three days later.
The mine was like the gaping mouth of hell, emitting the smell of rusty iron and gas.
Nanchuan Shijue was standing alone in front of the entrance.
He studied for three days, did geographic surveys and preparatory work, changed into dark work clothes, and packed his mountaineering bag with tools and a respirator.
He forced Moss and his bodyguards to stay outside the mine.
This is Mr. Leng’s rule of the game, he must go and get it himself.
"Master! The gas concentration inside is unstable and the structure is completely rotten! Once there is an open flame or a large vibration..." Moss's voice was broken by the wind and full of despair.
Nanchuan Shijue seemed not to have heard. He checked the rope and equipment around his waist, fastened the respirator mask to his face, and turned on the headlamp. The beam of light was cast into the bottomless darkness and was instantly swallowed up, leaving only a dim circle.
The air was turbid and heavy, mixed with a strong smell of danger.
The further you go in, the heavier the white vapor condenses on the respirator mask, and the smaller the visual range becomes.
The ground beneath my feet was deep, sometimes shallow, filled with collapsed gravel and mud. Every now and then, I would step on something hard. When I looked down, I would see a half-rusted pickaxe head, or the faint glimpse of white bones under a long-rotted miner's hat.
After walking for about half an hour, we arrived at a fork in the road.
He unfolded the map and confirmed that the safe was at the end of the main mine tunnel.
Just then, the sound of gravel rolling down was heard above.
Nanchuan Shijue looked up suddenly and saw that the crack on the rock wall was widening.
He rushed forward quickly, and heard a loud bang behind him - the mine tunnel collapsed, completely blocking the retreat.
Deep in the landslide, there seemed to be a faint, strange smell that was different from the smell of gas.
"Damn it." Nanchuan Shijue cursed, took off some of his equipment, and crawled into the passage the size of a crack on the side with difficulty.
The sharp rocks scraped against his back, leaving a burning pain.
After climbing out of the crack, there was an open cave in front of me, which seemed to be a temporary transit station.
The source of the smell was in the corner - countless remains of miners piled on top of each other. They were so old that their clothes had long since rotted away, leaving their bones exposed. They maintained a posture of struggling for help until their death.
Nanchuan Shijue looked away expressionlessly, looking for a way to move forward.
There was another noise above his head, and a loose rock hit him on the head!
He rolled out, and the huge rock crashed down where he had just stood, splashing mud and dust all over the sky.
The huge shock wave made his internal organs seem to be displaced and his ears were ringing.
Before he could catch his breath, a "hiss" sound of air leakage was heard.
Colorless and odorless gas was spewing out at high speed from an iron pipe that was broken by falling rocks!
Gas! High concentration of gas!
The spare gas cylinder malfunctioned in the collision just now, and the pressure pointer dropped wildly!
He suddenly pulled out the faulty gas cylinder and threw it away, holding his breath, but the smell of gas penetrated into his nostrils and brought him a fatal dizziness!
My vision started to blur and my brain started to suffocate due to lack of oxygen.
He hurriedly stepped back, away from the gushing death, but his foot tripped on the gravel and he fell heavily to the ground.
On the edge of his consciousness, he seemed to see Ning Fengsheng again.
Seeing her running towards him with a smile, but then hiding behind Master Leng in panic, looking at him as if he were a stranger...
She couldn't accept it...what would she do if he died!
He felt the water seeping out from the wall...
There is a water source nearby.
Nanchuan Shijue's eyes fell on the murals on the wall, crosses, irises, double-headed eagles, one-eyed birds... as well as some strange characters and totems.
This mural has a secret!
His consciousness became increasingly confused, and as if possessed by a ghost, he inserted his index finger into the empty "eye" of the one-eyed bird.
After inserting his finger, he touched a certain mechanism——
The ground where Nanchuan Shijue was located cracked, and he fell into a deep pool underground without warning.
The deep water isolated the gas from harm. He choked on the water and raised his watch to look at the luminous compass...
Swim towards the west.
He didn't know how long he swam, but when he saw the light, he came to a cave, which turned out to be where the safe was stored.
It was locked in an iron cage and hung on the rock wall.
Nanchuan Shijue climbed ashore and found that the cage was locked and the keyhole was rusty.
He drew his dagger and tried to pick the lock.
At this moment, the entire cave shook violently!
A figure appeared behind him, and in the dust he could clearly see that familiar face - Nanchuan Night Owl!
"Owl dog? What are you doing here?" Nanchuan Shijue was very unhappy.
Nanchuan Night Owl gave a cynical smile: "I heard that my brother was going to die, so I came to see the excitement."
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"Key, take it." He threw over a rusty key.
Nanchuan Shijue raised his hand to catch it: "Get lost, you are not needed for this."
"Using a dagger to pry the lock will cause it to explode," Nanchuan Night Owl warned, "Hurry up, the cave is about to collapse."
Nanchuan Shijue used a rusty key to open the keyhole, and the moment he took out the safe, the cave collapsed even more severely.
The two men ran desperately, with landslides falling one after another behind them, chasing them closely.
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