"The soil there is too hard, and they are digging very slowly," Kite said. "I increased the branches of the tree roots to see if I can break up the hard rocks in the soil."
Fang Tianmu and Hu Zi began to dig the soil. Hu Zi made the soil lighter, and then used shocks to knock the soil away. Fang Tianmu guided Hu Zi's path by sensing the energy.
In the dark world underground, there were more and more lights, but they were all very weak and fleeting. Mu Ziyun and Kite deliberately took a long detour to let the eyes of the people below slowly adapt to the light. Then Mu Ziyun let The sinking fire cloud released more fire energy, gradually raising the temperature below. They didn't know whether what they were doing was useful, because what was going on underneath was completely unpredictable.
"It's clear!" the kite shouted: "They passed through the hard rocks and are climbing up very fast now. Oh my god, my roots can't grow faster than they can eat."
"Bring them here!" Huzi shouted in the distance. He and Fang Tianmu dug a deep curved pit, forming a shadow inside to avoid the sun.
"Too fast! They are coming!" Kite let go of the tree root it was holding on to. With a flick of his arm, the tree root moved in the direction of Huzi. Now he could hear bursts of noise without having to feel it carefully. Chaotic sounds came from the shallow depths of the ground. Everyone stood by the pit, waiting with confusion. The mud was not pushed away in one go, but was pulled out bit by bit. Everyone saw it first in the shadows. Yes, there are more than a dozen pairs of claws. Judging from the claws alone, it looks like a kind of lizard. It is not only dark as ink but also has rough skin. When the deep pit is penetrated from the bottom, a pungent and irritating smell is "pushed" in. In front of everyone, they almost fainted and fell to the ground, and then they saw a group of "living creatures".
We cannot presume to directly regard them as human beings, because there is nothing about them that looks like humans. This is not an exaggeration, because they lie on all fours, their huge bellies are hanging on the ground, and their two legs are squatting, making their arms appear long and thin. , the shoulder bones are obviously protruding, and some of them have even worn away the skin, exposing the bones, but the bones are green and still retain some bite marks.
Mu Ziyun realized that everything he had done before was in vain, because these living creatures had no eyes at all. After careful observation, he found that their eyes had been glued to their faces, as if they were born with them. On the contrary, Yes, their ears, noses and mouths are very large, especially the mouths. Everyone's lips are full of cracks, and the thickness is four to five times that of normal people. They are not ruddy in color at all, but purple with green. They There is no distinction between men and women. His head is basically all gone, and there are dark scars on his scalp. He has no clothes on his body. All his skin looks like it has been soaked in black and smelly acidic water, with blisters and black pus.
Mu Ziyun and the others immediately took a dozen steps back, and couldn't bear it anymore and covered their noses. Those poor slaves didn't know that they were on the ground. They couldn't touch the soil when they stretched out their hands forward, and they couldn't touch or find any tree roots. Ore veins, they were obviously anxious, they would die without grass, and each one made grunting sounds from their mouths.
Ling Ding came back with the slave just in time. There were not many wild fruits in the mountains. They dug a lot of wild vegetables and shot a few wild animals (pheasants and the like). Hu Zi called your little slave girl over and pointed at the people in the pit. Asked: "Look quickly, is there Du Xiaoyue?"
The little slave girl felt disgusted when she saw those people. However, she could not disobey the master's order. She had no choice but to walk to the pit and squat down. After a few dozen breaths, she quickly ran back and said: "Master , there is no Du Xiaoyue"
"Are they already dead?" Huzi looked at the people in the pit and said in his heart: "Even if they are not dead, what's the use of being like this?"
"Everyone, I think Miss Du may not be here," Li Peiyun said to everyone.
"Oh? What do you mean, Sister Li?" Kite asked.
"Look at them, Du Xiaoyue will stay underground for at most one year. Although he will be tortured for a year, his body will not be deformed to this point. I estimate that these slaves should have been underground for many years."
"Yes, Master," the little slave girl also agreed, "There are many branches of the mine, and this is just one of them. Du Xiaoyue may be in other places."
By chance, Fang Tianmu said coldly, "There are indeed other energies still underground. These people should be the old, weak, sick and disabled, and were left behind to fend for themselves."
"Let's go down," Mu Ziyun suggested, "Following the holes they dug, we should be able to find other people." However, as soon as he walked to the deep pit and saw those monsters, he immediately backed down, "Forget it, don't The underground environment is so bad, the smell alone can kill me!"
"I'll do it!" Bell suddenly jumped out, "I happened to do this kind of thing!"
"Don't make trouble. It's better for you to go down than for me to go down." Mu Ziyun flicked Lingdang's head.
Bell angrily took out a small bow as big as a palm. After plucking the string, a spirit mouse flew out, which was about the same size as a pig. Bell blew out towards the spirit mouse, and the magic energy made it complete its evolution and become a devil rat or a devil tiger. It was the mother body that gave birth to a large number of little demon rats at the rate of three births per breath. These demon rats jumped into the pit, passed by the feet of the slaves underneath, and ran towards the depths of the ground.
"We found the road. There are many, but not as many as my mice, hehehehe," Lingdang said with a smile.
Mu Ziyun couldn't help but praise her, "Okay, I didn't know you were capable of this."
"I'm much stronger than you, huh!"
The crawling speed of the demon rat underneath was equivalent to the speed of Mu Ziyun flying in the air. The mine road under their feet was quickly completely controlled by the demon rat. In about the time of a stick of incense, the bell shouted: "We found a group of people! "
"where?"
"It's five miles away in the southeast direction. I'll take you there!"
The crowd asked the slaves to throw some food into the pit and left them to fend for themselves. It was too late and any treatment was ineffective for them.
Deep underground, a little devil mouse stood among several "living creatures". Suddenly, the magic energy in it exploded, and its body grew a hundred times stronger. It used its two powerful claws to reach above its head. After digging a hole, even hard rocks could not block the path of the Demon Rat. After Mu Ziyun and others arrived, the Demon Rat just emerged from the ground.
"Wait for the bell! Don't let the light in!" However, it was too late. The dazzling sunlight shone into the ground from the entrance of the hole. They hurriedly approached the entrance of the hole and looked down. They saw that the hole was bottomless and headed toward the bottom. There was a stench outside. Mu Ziyun twisted his wrist and threw out a ball of fire. The fireball bounced between the mud and rocks. Soon it reached the bottom, and the scene underneath was revealed. This group of slaves looked like the group just now. It should be Also stayed for many years.
"It's not them. Is there anything else? Bells?" Huzi asked with a sigh.
"We're looking for it, don't worry."
Mu Ziyun looked down at the group of people underground, raised his right hand, and a very pure flame condensed on his index finger. He glanced at Hu Zi, who nodded, and Mu Ziyun was about to throw the fire down.
"Stop!" Kite rushed over and grabbed Mu Ziyun's arm, "What are you doing?"
"They are living like this, suffering tremendous torture every day, and their minds are probably gone. What's the point of living? It's better to let them get out as soon as possible."
"Selfish!" Kite was very excited and yelled, "You executioner, why do you do this? Isn't it just because they want to live that they are like this? Those who want to die for relief are already down there. It turned into loess.”
"I mean well"
"Then let them live. Even if they lose their humanity, they still have the instinct to live." Kite had tears in her eyes, and she felt heartbroken for these poor people.
"Okay, I won't set the fire anymore. Let go! Your arm is about to be broken!" Mu Ziyun put out the fire and turned his head to the side. What the kite said was not wrong, but it also gave Mu Ziyun and Tiger Zi, Lingdang, and Fang Tianmu were reminded that they may have the ability to decide the life and death of others, but they may not necessarily have such rights. Perhaps Kite's scolding today may not have much effect on their nature, but at least it sounded a warning bell. , they are human beings and should be human, not something else
A few hours later, the Demon Rat had explored all the mining roads within a fifty-mile radius. The slaves also saw many of them, but most of them were severely mutated, and there was no trace of Du Xiaoyue. Huzi gradually gave up hope and comforted himself: "If you can't find it, there is a possibility that she is dead, but there is a high chance that Du Xiaoyue was not caught at all. If we look for her where she once appeared, we will definitely be able to find her." Find her."
"There are also hidden roads, Huzi." The energy of the bell is consumed a lot because it needs to instill magic energy into the underground magic rats again and again. "My mice are crawling along the mine roads that have been dug out. Some roads It’s not connected, and my mouse is going to explore and find it.”
"Don't worry, Lingdang, you can take a rest."
"I found a burst of energy!" Fang Tianmu said coldly from the side.
"Is it strong?"
"Strong, much weaker than normal people, but much stronger than the guys I dug out before."
"where?"
"To the east," Fang Tianmuleng said: "Twenty-four miles."
The bell immediately recalled all the magic rats and asked them to drill in the direction designated by Fang Tianmu.
Everyone eagerly followed him, and the slaves behind him also started running. Huzi felt that this was it, and he would definitely be able to find it this time.
"There is light!" Bell suddenly shouted, "There is fire in that place, ah! My mouse was attacked."
"Fire?" Mu Ziyun instantly turned into a flame body and flew above the end point. The flames in the ground were pulled, becoming huge and scorching, and penetrated upward bit by bit.
