"Look at the masked guard in front of you. He has a special feature. His legs are very short. I call him short legs." Chen Mo whispered: "And the five masked guards next to the rice bucket, their clothes are always torn. The rags, you can name them, beggar one, beggar two... and so on."
"In this case, there are more than 20 guards in the stone house. Even if they don't show their faces, I can still know where they will stand every day. For example, today, the ones standing on the high platform are the Shanshou Guard and the Waiba Guard. They like to chat. , when they were assigned to monitor the high platform, they would chat with the guards below from time to time. This was the second time they went to the high platform within a month, so I just used the noise you made to go to the cave on the high platform. I checked it out later." Chen Mo said in a calm tone, as if he had done something he should have done.
But in Liu Qing's eyes, all this was beyond his imagination. He didn't expect that Chen Mo really had some brains! As far as he could deduce the guards' patterns and habits while eating. Liu Qing thinks he is inferior!
"What's behind the cave?" Liu Qing asked curiously.
Chen Mo smiled bitterly, with a hint of despair in his tone: "This is why I think we can't live without each other. Do you know what is outside the Lingshi Mine?"
"What is it?"
"It's a large plain with no edges. This means that we don't know where we are trapped. It is impossible to escape here."
"There is a foundation-building monk outside the mine flying around the Lingshi Mine, checking the outside and whether there are any escaping mine slaves. And I reached out to touch it. There is a layer of restriction between the Lingshi Mine and the outside world. According to my observation , even if the Danjie monks want to break the formation, it will take at least a while, as for us, it’s just wishful thinking!”
Speaking of this, Chen Mo felt a little depressed. It would be extremely difficult to escape from such a tightly guarded Lingshi Mine. Do you really want to dig mines here for the rest of your life?
Not only that, he also took a pill a few days ago. The big goose guard of the Lingshi Mine gave it to him. He said that there was an evil atmosphere in the Lingshi Mine, which was constantly corroding their bodies. Only by eating this pill could they be healed. To survive, it must be taken once every half month. As far as he knew, all these thousands of slaves had taken this pill. Even if you want to escape, you still have to consider how long you can survive in a poisoned state.
After listening to Chen Mo's words, Liu Qing was speechless for a long time. The facts analyzed by Chen Mo were before his eyes: a formation comparable to the formation of pill defense, a spiritual stone mine with no definite location, the danger of poisoning and death at any time, and a seamless guarding force... ..
Together, these conditions formed an indestructible cage, locking these thousands of mining slaves here. They were not the only ones who wanted to escape, but how many of them succeeded?
At this moment, Liu Qing's strong survival mentality was also shaken.
Chen Mo sighed: "You and I should calm down first."
It was time to eat. Chen Mo put down his bowl and followed the army back to the residence of Group 6. He spent the next seven days in a state of confusion. Relying on the spiritual stone given by Liu Qing, Chen Mo did not get whipped, but He was no longer interested in observing the guards' every move, because there was no hope, and no matter how hard he tried, it would be in vain.
But deep in his heart, he didn't want to give up so easily, but the painful fact was before his eyes. Such tangled emotions, constantly wandering between hope and despair, tortured Chen Mo's body to pieces, and his whole body was broken. Almost giving up the struggle.
On the eighth day, Chen Mo came to the stone house where he was eating again and poured a bowl of porridge with an expressionless expression. When he turned back, he found Liu Qing standing behind him, looking like he had been waiting for a long time.
Liu Qing patted Chen Mo on the shoulder and said gently: "Junior brother, go and have a chat."
Chen Mo's body trembled and he nodded slightly. The two found a secluded place and sat down face to face. Liu Qing returned to his smiling face and said straight to the point: "Junior brother, I have thought a lot about my brother in the past seven days, the most important of which is One thing is, why cultivate? Why cultivate immortality?"
Chen Mo's confused eyes softened slightly, and he subconsciously asked: "Why?"
"Of course, I have to cultivate my true self, have no regrets in my heart, and fight against fate all my life. If I, Liu Qing, fall down today, even if I still live in this world in the next life, I will not be the same me or Liu Qing in this life. It’s green, so if you let it drift in the wind and rain, I will go against it to the end!”
Although Liu Qing said these words in a low voice, after hearing this, Chen Mo felt like a huge wave in his heart, and he was extremely shocked!
At this moment, he seemed to feel some meaning, but he couldn't feel it for sure, but the same survival mentality as Liu Qing rekindled again!
"Junior brother, I won't give up, how about you!"
Liu Qing grabbed Chen Mo's hand, held it tightly, and cheered him up.
Chen Mo breathed a long sigh of relief, and his confused expression completely dissipated. He clasped his hands with her and said in a deep voice: "Then let's... fight! Whether it's life or death, as long as we fight, it's enough!"
Liu Qing laughed loudly. He finally found the calm and analytical Chen Mo. In fact, a few days ago, he wanted to find an opportunity to chat, but he felt it was not time yet. It was not until today that he took action to fight with him. My heart pulled back!
Chen Mo regained his confidence and blurted out his premeditated plan: "I have a plan now, and I need your help, senior brother. Are there any monks you know in our six groups?"
Liu Qing nodded: "I know a few of them, what's the matter?"
Chen Mo said: "Switch identities with them, you join our group!"
Liu Qing frowned: "Junior brother, how should we act? You have to know that every time we are taken to the Lingshi Mine and when we come out, there are masked guards checking us!"
Chen Mo: "You are right, the goose guard and the duck guard are inspected, but the dwarf guard, one of the three masked guards who handed out the storage bags, does not care about this. When he is on duty, he is probably We handed out storage bags nonchalantly, without looking up at anyone. We chose a time to enter when the mine slaves were crowded, so he wouldn't pay attention. After we received our own storage bags, we exchanged them in the mine and returned them at twelve hours. When , you came to the sixth group!"
Liu Qing's spirits perked up after hearing this, and she couldn't hide the joy on her face. Chen Mo's observation ability was much higher than he imagined. This kind of near-impossible thing could be realized in his plan!
"Leave this question to me, I will definitely find a way to let one of you pass our group." Liu Qing said confidently.
Chen Mo nodded: "Very good, if nothing else happens, we will meet tomorrow night!"
...
After digging for the spirit stones, the mine slave, who was covered in gravel and dust, came to the mahogany table, took out the No. 6 storage bag, and waited for the masked guard to inspect it.
"Seventeen spiritual stones are needed to get two whips."
The short masked guard sat on the chair without raising his head. He glanced roughly with his spiritual consciousness and ordered the nearby masked guard to give him a few blows.
"Snap...snap!"
Two shocking bloodstains appeared on the back of the mine slave. The short masked guard said, "Go out, everyone outside is waiting for you."
Pushing open the stone door, the unkempt mine slave came to Chen Mo and whispered in his ear: "Junior brother, I really admire your careful thinking!"
That's right, the person being whipped in front of me is Liu Qing who was exchanged by Chen Mo!
Chen Mo made a silence gesture, and the two waited for a while until all six groups were together and were taken back to the residence collectively.
Back here, everyone lay down separately. After a day of exhaustion, no one wanted to chat with each other or anything. They all silently practiced Qigong to relieve the pain of being whipped. Afterwards, they had a good sleep and continued working tomorrow.
They have been here like this for more than a month.
Chen Mo and Liu Qing were lying in the corner, and no one paid attention to whether their members had changed. Seeing the others gradually falling into trance, Chen Mo whispered: "Can there be a problem on your end? If nothing happens on our side, your side It’s going to be troublesome if you reveal your secrets.”
"Don't worry, it's a big deal, and I, Liu Qing, won't be so careless in my work."
Liu Qing's words gave Chen Mo reassurance. He had only one purpose in coming, because today it was Fat Guard and Gao Guard who were on duty again. Once they went out to gamble again tonight, then this is where Chen Mo and Liu Qing would play. space.
The time had not come yet, and Chen Mo did not tell the whole story. He just closed his eyes and rested here, waiting for the opportunity to come.
Liu Qing knew that Chen Mo wouldn't put in so much effort to simply let him come to bed, so he resisted the thought of asking and waited in the same way as him.
In the early morning, the footsteps outside the door faded away. Chen Mo opened his eyes and stood up gently. Liu Qing did the same. The two of them lay behind the stone door and looked outside. Sure enough, the masked guard was gone!
Chen Mo: "We have time to burn incense! Hurry, remember, I will take the fork on the left, and you will take the second fork. We will write down the terrain here respectively. After half the incense stick, we must return in time, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous. !”
The blood all over Liu Qing's body was boiling. Without any nonsense, he flew away like a ghost. Chen Mo also dodged and headed for the first fork in the road.
After more than half an incense stick, the two of them returned here. Without saying a word, they got back into the stone house and continued to pretend to rest.
Not long after, two masked guards came in, counted the number of people, and when they saw nothing unusual, they turned and left.
"We can't go out anymore. Those two gamblers will be back soon. We can only explore next time. What did you gain there?"
Chen Mo adjusted his breathing and slowly calmed down.
Liu Qing said: "This is a very long mine road. I walked for more than half a month and found nothing, so I had to go back the same way. But according to my speculation, this should be the road leading to other mining areas."
Chen Mo: "Why?"
Liu Qing: "There are too many gravels on the ground, and there are traces of being trampled on a lot. This situation only occurs when you pass by frequently. The left side is due north, so it may be the North Mining Area, but this is just my speculation and does not necessarily mean that precise."
Chen Mo hummed: "The dwarf guard will be on duty for five days this time. The tall guard and the fat guard should go out to gamble at least once, so we have another chance. Next time it will be the third and fourth mine tunnels from the left."
Liu Qing nodded firmly.
