The Mechanic

After confirming that there was no one in private, they got out from the forest and walked to the mine. A gust of cold wind, as if blowing from a tomb, immediately chilled everyone's heart, and the heavy invisible battle suit couldn't block it. The dòngxué always gives people such a cold feeling, like the mouth of a mountain, waiting for ignorant bugs to fly in.

At this moment, Zhang Xun saw the shallow mark left on the stone next to the cave entrance.

James' mark.

"He really came here... probably because he was taken away." Zhang Xun broke his heart and knelt down to check the notch.

And Adam stood at the entrance of the cave, tilting his head slightly, as if he was listening to something.

If this is really the entrance, then James, the leader and others are most likely to be here. Ganon has already started to walk into the cave first. The rest quickly followed suit.

Except for some traces of people at the entrance at the beginning, those traces gradually disappeared when they got inside. The mine tunnel supported by crumbling rotten wood is low and narrow, and some places even have to bend over to pass, and some places have branch roads extending in unknown directions. As you go deeper, the natural light disappears completely. Once the light from the flashlight disappears, the darkness that stretches out your hands will completely swallow them up. In the limited aperture, rocks squeezed from all directions, like the lungs of monsters, ready to digest them into dross at any time.

Probably in order to liven up the somewhat tense atmosphere, Adam said in a relaxed tone: "I heard that mining was a very dangerous occupation a long time ago, especially coal mines. If you are not careful, the mine will explode, and even the corpses will be buried in it." There are countless miners who can’t be found. Even in the walls around us, there may be the bones of miners from hundreds of years ago.” Adam paused, as if waiting for everyone to digest what he said, and then continued. The horror facts mentioned here, "The mine is the most suitable place to tell ghost stories. Almost all mines have ghost stories. Some people have heard or seen dead miners in it, as if they didn't know that they were dead. Digging the rock tirelessly. Sometimes you walk in the pit and you hear a whimper. If someone calls your name, don't look back."

As if echoing his words, a long and strange sound came from the distant and deep darkness. It seemed that someone or an animal was moaning in pain. The sound shook the surrounding rocks, and the hairs of those who heard it stood on end.

Everyone stopped involuntarily.

"What the hell is that..." The young hunter swallowed, his eyes widened with fear.

"There really aren't ghosts..."

"Don't talk nonsense! In what age do you still believe in ghosts?"

"I don't think it's impossible for 'ghosts' to exist. The point is to see how you define it." Adam finished adding fuel to the fire, and seeing Zhang Xun's uneasy expression, he quickly added, "But the sound just now didn't sound like a ghost." The sound that a person can make..."

Totally no consolation of any help...

"I mean, it might be the sound from the machine. A type of auto-suit designed by Eden makes a sound like this when it starts up."

But at this moment, a strange red light suddenly appeared in the front. A strange sound of mechanical operation gradually became clear, and it was approaching at an extremely fast speed.

"Lights out! Run back!" Cannon yelled.

The crowd didn't care about anything, they turned off the flashlights and ran wildly. But there is no light, and there is a thick darkness in front of him. How can he know which direction to run? Zhang Xunzheng was stiff and unable to move because of the fear of the dark, and suddenly his wrist felt cold. Adam grabbed his wrist with a mechanical hand and pulled him forward.

Those hunters who have been professionally trained can walk swiftly even in the dark. But Zhang Xun couldn't do it anymore. He ran deep and shallow, stumbling and stumbling. But the scalp-numbing sound of metal rubbing behind him was rapidly approaching.

Suddenly, Adam broke the rules and pulled him into a fork in the road. He pressed Zhang Xun against the stone wall, covered Zhang Xun's mouth tightly with his left hand, leaned into his ear and whispered, "Hush..."

Zhang Xun's heart was beating like a drum, and he was sweating coldly. He tried hard to control the sound of his breathing, because even the sound of breathing seemed too loud.

The tingling sound of metal rubbing was getting closer and closer. In the darkness, Zhang Xun saw an ominous red light begin to glow around the corner, and then... a curved tentacle stretched out, curled up and swayed, and the tip still emitted that uncomfortable light.

WTF? !

That's not a tentacle... It's some kind of sensing device spliced ​​together by joints of alloys. It waved the red light flexibly and softly in the air, as if trying to see or hear something. Immediately afterwards, more mechanical bodies were exposed, some of which looked like giant dogs without heads, but with too many legs. Those legs occasionally collided in the process of moving quickly, which produced that harsh metal friction sound. There are several similar long "tentacles" growing around it, waving in the air non-stop, like super long earthworms, it looks a little disgusting...

Its shape, flashing red lights, and those too many centipede-like shaking legs seem to be able to create a subtle sense of oppression on the human spirit. A kind of disgust and fear that arises from the bottom of my heart. Zhang Xun realized that this feeling was not because he was too sensitive, nor was it an illusion. It was intentionally designed...