This kind of thing has not happened before. Every year, many more miners die due to illness, accidents and other reasons than these few people.
As long as no precious gems were lost, it was just a few miners, and the mine didn't bother to ask.
Jiang Qi went to the place where the miners disappeared again.
Someone came in to dig the mine yesterday, and nothing unusual happened. She didn't feel anything different the second time she came here. It was still stuffy and cramped inside, and the gravel that had just been dug out before it had time to be cleaned was randomly discarded on the ground.
Jiang Qigang turned around and suddenly heard a very soft voice behind her. She turned around suddenly, but saw nothing.
The voice just now seemed to be that of a human being.
But this place is so big, surrounded by rocks and mud, and there is no place to hide people.
The air was silent for a few seconds. Jiang Qi picked up the pickaxe and dug back for a while. It was still a stone. She put her ear to it again and listened. This time there was no sound.
Jiang Qi picked up the red gem he dug out and turned around to leave.
She couldn't tell whether it was a hallucination just now, and the murmurs and hallucinations that appeared from time to time made it a lot more difficult for her.
The whole day went by without incident, and soon it was dinner time.
The kitchen was crowded with people, and the voices and noises were mixed together. The miners who were so skinny and skinny sat on the ground, tremblingly holding food to their mouths.
A few miners who had just dug up valuable emeralds picked up low-quality wine and cigarettes, and ate the dried fish they bought. Their expressions showed their anticipation of going to the mines next time to find high-quality gems.
Suddenly, Jiang Qi felt the ground shaking again, no, not only the ground, but also the top of his head.
She suddenly stood up and looked around,
Hundreds of miners were here, still eating and talking. No one noticed the tremor just now, and the noisy sound turned into a chaotic buzzing and reached her ears.
Is it really an illusion?
Jiang Qi's eyes fell on the uncle who looked up and left in a hurry with his grandson.
It's not an illusion, something is going to happen.
Jiang Qi immediately took the bowl and walked quickly to a place with the fewest people and where it was easier to leave.
Among the bustling crowd, there were several figures moving in different directions. There was nothing unusual on their faces, but they all speeded up their pace in unison.
The fine dust falling from the stone wall several meters high above their heads fell on the heads and bowls of the miners who were eating. They were talking, and no one paid attention to these light and insignificant dust.
Until there was a 'boom', the ground beneath my feet and the entire cave shook. This time the movement was too loud. The noisy environment fell silent for a moment, and everyone was asking questions.
"What happened?"
"Did you get a shock just now?"
"What happened?"
boom--
There was another sound, exploding like thunder. Everyone was looking around to find the source of the sound. The experienced miners had changed their expressions and hurriedly walked out. The crowd started to show panic.
The stone wall where the light could not shine suddenly opened a crack as wide as the width of a hand.
This gap was still extending outwards, with sharp edges, and rocks of different sizes fell down like rain.
"ah!!!"
"The mine is about to collapse, run!"
Shouts of panic erupted from the miners, and everyone ran out in a hurry. People were crowded and finally got stuck and couldn't move. Everything was in chaos.
The person whose legs were pinned down by the rocks screamed and stretched out his hands to plead with the miners he knew.
"Don't go, help me! Help me! I don't want to die, my family is still waiting for me..."
The miner looked at him with hesitation and reluctance, then apologized and ran away.
It is impossible for one or two people to move such a big stone. If you don't run away, you will die.
The old structure built many years ago was shattered and collapsed in the chaos of the crowd.
Jiang Qi saw someone running behind him who was suddenly hit on the head by a rock and fell down. Someone was crushed by a boulder, leaving only a hand that was roughened by years of mining. There was also someone whose face was spattered with blood. Crash screamed.
The light sources fell and went out one after another, and everyone ran towards the exit.
Those who fell during the pushing were either hit by stones falling from above or stepped on by those behind them before they could stand up. Desperate cries and howls of pain echoed in the dark, crowded cave.
Jiang Qi was the first to retreat to the gathering place. She ran so fast that she was hit twice by falling gravel even as she dodged left and right.
Glancing into the chaotic crowd, Jiang Qi did not choose to run out. Instead, he took advantage of the chaos and rushed into the small shop selling things. No matter what they were, he stuffed them into the small warehouse.
Everyone was in a hurry to escape, and no one paid attention to her.
Boom——
Before the shaking stopped, bigger rocks fell down. No, it wasn't the rocks, but the entire mountain wall was collapsing!
Seeing the light at the exit gradually getting bigger, it seemed that if I tried harder, I could run out.
In an instant, the mountain wall collapsed, and with a deafening sound, the eyes fell into darkness.
The exit is gone, and so are the people closest to the exit.
They didn't even have time to scream, they were just covered up under the heavy boulders and the deafening roar.
If Jiang Qi hadn't come out of the simple shop in advance and took advantage of the chaos to move to a relatively safe corner and take out an umbrella to cover the rocks, her bones would have been smashed by now.
The fear brought by the darkness invaded everyone. Jiang Qi squatted in the recess of the stone wall and did not dare to move rashly.
There were too many people, and they were all on the verge of collapse and losing their minds. Whether she was accidentally injured or she lost points to protect herself, and then was targeted by players, it was not the outcome she wanted to see.
"What's going on?! I want to get out! Help, help!"
"Who the hell is stepping on me! Get away!"
"Someone help me, my legs hurt..."
"What to do? What should we do?"
"I told you not to move! Do you think you didn't die quickly enough?"
In the blinding darkness, shrill cries, calls for help and curses were mixed together.
You can't see anything with your eyes, you can only hear the sound, and you can feel how chaotic the scene is.
The voices calling everyone to stop moving were all broken, and no one paid any attention to him.
As long as one person is not calm and runs around in the dark, others will become anxious due to the chain reaction. Everyone is afraid of being crushed to death if they walk too slowly. With such a big movement just now, it may collapse again at any time.
A flickering light suddenly appeared in the intense and frightening darkness, which gave the frightened people a glimmer of hope.
Jiang Qi put away his umbrella and took advantage of the light to check the surrounding situation.
Just as she thought, the ground was full of fallen rocks and injured people. Everyone was crowded here, unable to get out or move.
"This exit has been blocked. Let's try and see if we can find a way to other areas." The man holding an old miner's lamp said loudly.
The light in his hand can only shine on the people around him, and only the people around him can listen to his words in such a chaotic situation.
