Chapter 57: The Terrifying Dry Well (9)

  "What's wrong?" Tie Yi asked me inexplicably.

  "Are you out of your mind? Of course it's Wujin Stone, I'm Yinchai, you're Guibao, this matter must be taken care of, and if not done well, it won't do! This is our responsibility!"

  "Dying is actually easy, really easy, living is hard! Not being able to die is even harder." Tie Yi's words were filled with endless sadness, it was rare to see this iron lump have a moment of emotion.

  It can be said that before this trip, I had made all kinds of preparations for seeing and fighting ghosts, but what I never expected was the situation in front of me.

  Sympathy has surpassed fear, and anger has surpassed astonishment.

  Watching the death loop still repeating in front of her eyes, the scene replayed to Akari hugging her severed foot and begging Mizu-uncle to let him stay.

  Thinking of the 36 lives buried in the coal mine, a tragic story and desolate fate unknown to anyone.

  I raised my head and looked at Tie Yi, a majestic and eerie aura filled my chest.

  I am a dark messenger, although currently only a contract-based extra staff member, and basically can't do anything well, eating is not enough, the biggest capital is that I look very handsome as a ghost messenger. However, facing such a scene where people cry when they see each other, and ghosts cry when they see each other, I suddenly made up my mind to let these 36 dead souls break free from their bonds and re-enter reincarnation.

  At this moment, what I want to do is not just sympathy, mourning or tears. I want all of this in front of me to end as soon as possible, because I am a ghost messenger, a bridge between the world of the living and the dead.

  Tieyi stood quietly, then bowed deeply. I imitated Tieyi's actions, once, twice, thrice...

  To be honest, at this moment, I feel that this iron lump is also a person with flesh and blood.

  Tie Yi rarely has such sentimental moments, I also know that it's almost impossible to not feel sad when facing such a miserable scene. What makes life so humble? Fate? I really don't know.

  No matter what the reason is, I must try my best to change, it's my conscience and also the oath under the soul-calling flag in the underworld.

  We both fell into silence, lost in thought for a long time.

  After a while, Tie Yi said: "Very few people know that they once appeared in this world, died here, were buried here, trapped here, and suffered dark imprisonment without a day.

  They were born in the tears of their loved ones and ended in the tears of their loved ones, silently and without a trace.

  "I hope we can find that piece of thousand-year-old black gold as soon as possible, so that these wrongly killed people can end this endless death and start a new life."

  I nodded seriously and said:

  "I just don't know, after the pillars of these families leave, what kind of suffering their loved ones go through, and what kind of life they lead. No matter what the outcome is, let's go out and do something for their families."

  "It's not too late yet." After saying that, Tie Yi urged the Ghost Concealment to move forward, taking me deeper into the work surface. Completely ignoring my unprepared state, I stumbled and fell flat on my face.

  At such a touching moment, with such an idiotic appearance, my coolness has hit rock bottom. The little bit of goodwill I had just established for Tie Yi instantly vanished into thin air.

  Just as I was walking and muttering to myself, the sound of shouting and screaming rose up again from behind me, the cries for help knocking at my heart once more. It seemed that it had happened again - another accident involving coal and gas bursting out. I didn't turn around, nor did I continue looking back. After what felt like a very long time, everything gradually returned to how it was when we first went down into the mine. The sounds around me also became quiet once more, and everything went back to the beginning.

  "We found the Millennium Black Gold, can they leave now?" I asked Tie Yi tentatively.

  "It should be!"

  "Where is that thing?"

  "I don't know!"

  "What's wrong?"

  "I don't know!"

  "What's it like?"

  "Not...," Iron Clothes hadn't finished speaking, and I continued, "I don't know if it's just me, but this is even harder than finding a needle in the ocean, and all we have is a name - what a rip-off!"

  ……。

  I really hope he can give me a definite answer, although I know that he is not clear either. Everything here is completely beyond our expectations, but I really hope that we can take these unfortunate people out of this suffering as soon as possible, those tattered clothes, the pain of broken bones, and those faces stained with coal dust that cannot see their true expressions...

  As we gradually moved away from the space that had already returned to its former tranquility, Tie Yi suddenly removed the ghostly concealment. Without any obstruction, we headed straight for the deepest part of the alley. Who would have thought that I accidentally tripped over something and fell to the ground? I instinctively reached out to touch it, picked it up, and took a look, only to be shocked beyond words.

  At this moment, I have a piece of leg bone in my hand, a human leg bone. The one I picked up is a broken section. Next to the leg bone are two pieces of wood that have become extremely soft after weathering. It seems like I understand something. If I'm not mistaken, this leg bone belongs to that young miner named Liangzi. I carefully put it back in its original position and said to the leg bone: "Brother, I'll definitely find a way to give you freedom, be reborn into a good family, enjoy happiness, and suffer no more." Then I bowed respectfully and quickly caught up with Tieyi ahead.

  This beast, didn't even wait for me.

  As I walked in the direction of work, the stone blocks on the ground gradually increased, and there were many weathered wooden materials and old tools on the ground. I held the wolf's tooth in my hand and looked around at the dark world in front of me, using these remaining fragments to record this unknown story.

  "Tie Yi, do you know why these lost souls are trapped here?"

  "I'm guessing it's the absorptive power of the Millennium Black Gold that's at work, possibly shielding the yin energy and preventing the ghostly aura from finding the scent of death, making it impossible for the soul to return to the underworld and reincarnate."

  "It seems that this thousand-year-old Wujinshi is really evil, and it's definitely not a good thing."

  Tieyi didn't speak, still looking around here and there, probing up and down. Facing this dilapidated well alley, I really had no clue about the thousand-year-old Wujin, not even what it looked like, just thinking about it made my head ache.

  This habit of mine, which has been criticized by Zhou Mo countless times, is a disgusting thing that I just can't change. It's even more frustrating when someone who is good at losing things goes to find something.

  Then, I bent down to search for a weathered but not very severe stick from the wood on the ground, feeling that the dark night gave me black eyes, but I used it to find Wujin.

  Just as I was wielding the stick and thrashing about, perhaps because my movements were too big, a large number of stones suddenly fell from above my head. When I thought things were going badly, the iron clothes in Xiang Ying's hand drew out a misty light that enveloped my head. After a sound like a meat grinder, the broken stones were reduced to powder, and I couldn't stop coughing.

  "Be careful, this mine has been abandoned for too long, there's a risk of collapse at any time," said Tie Yi.

  "I know, I was just spacing out earlier, but here I'm a professional." I said with an air of confidence.

  Clever excuses aside, due to the falling rocks earlier, I've become extremely cautious and am carefully following Iron Cloak. Although I'm now known as a Ghost Messenger, in reality, I don't have any actual abilities; I just don't want to end up like those brave warriors who died before achieving their goals. At least by following Iron Cloak, I can ensure that I won't get crushed by the falling rocks.

  The atmosphere is really too depressing, in order to ease the atmosphere and improve work efficiency, I asked Tieyi:

  "Hematite, how did you know about this mine?"

  "I looked up the reports from back then."

  "What's up with that coal boss?"

  "In subsequent reports, it was said that the coal boss named Lu Daxin, upon learning of the accident, immediately organized his men to blast the wellhead and seal off the news, preparing to abscond with the money to Zurich." Tie Yi said.

  "Damn it, can't they just run away like that? Run abroad to eat Western food and chase foreign girls? Can't they just get away with it like that? This isn't just a small accident! This world is really unfair!" I said fiercely.

  Tie Yi turned around and said seriously: "Lu Daxia was killed by his mistress when he was preparing to escape with the money, and the money was taken away by the mistress who ran away with Lu Daxia's driver."

  "I... grass..." I thought it was an action movie, who would have thought it's a romance play.

  "What about then? What happened to the wild mandarin duck?"

  "I don't know, probably won't have a good outcome. I believe evil will be punished."

  "I also believe."

  After finishing speaking, Tiejia turned his head away, leaving me with a stunning back of the head. He continued to say "It is said that Lu Daxin's body was found in the sewer, cut into pieces by his mistress, and filled two woven bags. Due to decay and putridity, it emitted a strong foul odor. When the police discovered it, there were maggots all over the body. It is said that even the forensic doctor felt nauseous at the sight of the corpse, the circumstances of death were extremely cruel!"

  The words that came out of Tie Yi's mouth suddenly made me feel a lot more at ease in my heart.

  "You knew this thing early on, why didn't you tell me earlier!"

  Let me also prepare a bit, you know, my biggest weakness is that I have too strong a sense of justice, and just now I was almost driven to death by anger.

  But it's true that good deeds are rewarded and evil deeds are punished, this kind of person deserves to die ten thousand times, it's best if they can go to the underworld, enter the eighteen layers of hell, and experience all kinds of cruel punishments! I gritted my teeth and said fiercely.

  At this time, Tie Yi turned around and said seriously, "Do you think our ancestors would let such a person go?" I thought of my ancestor's dark face and subconsciously touched my forehead. Yes, my ancestor was ruthless to me, the Crui family, and there wasn't a single smooth spot on my forehead. If this guy fell into my ancestor's hands, it would be a miserable sight! Thinking about this, I suddenly felt more at ease, like finally finding a toilet after holding in urine for a long time and being able to relieve myself freely.

  Suddenly felt energized all over, walking with a spring in his step.

  "Tie Yi, didn't you check the information about the Thousand Year Black Gold Stone when you were researching? It's a convenient thing to do, having some data is better than us blindly searching like this."

  Tieyi looked at me and said, "Do you think there's any information about this thing?" I thought for a moment, and indeed. But the feeling of searching for a needle in the ocean was really unbearable.

  Tie Yi finally threw over a sentence, "The thousand-year-old Wujin Stone and the Zhuo Xue Xuanwu in your body have an extremely great connection, both are where the extreme yin is located, perhaps it will come to find you on its own, who knows."

  "Alright, I'll take the initiative myself, don't want to suddenly pop out and scare you to death!"

  As we walked further in, the ground conditions became increasingly complex, and it was almost impossible to find a foothold. The speed also slowed down gradually. However, strangely enough, this place where gas should be accumulating had a faint breeze, and there were often water droplets falling from above, completely defying logic. Looking at the shrinking space, I estimated that we should have reached the front end of the working face soon.