Who told him to make the cards!

After passing through the cave of refuge, the track reappeared ahead.

Chen Zhi walked along the track.

After walking for about ten minutes, he saw another cave.

The tattered blankets, wine bottles, and paintings and writings on the walls inside were exactly the same as the ones from before.

……

Chapter 13 Back Alley

They're back.

Liu Bai: "?"

Are we going in circles?

“The alleyway has made its move,” Chen Zhi said.

He was not surprised by this.

As the name suggests, a "return alley" is an alley that will eventually lead you back to your starting point no matter which direction you go.

Chen Zhi held up the miner's lamp card and began to observe.

The fork in the road behind us is gone.

The track has no obvious curvature and can only move forward or backward.

The power of law has distorted space, turning this area into a loop with "dead ends" in both directions.

They must find a third way.

"Can we get out by breaking down the wall?" Liu Bai asked.

He was in a bit of a hurry.

The ground beneath our feet was still trembling intermittently, and the tremors seemed to be intensifying, indicating that the mining process was far from over.

Every second spent in the well increases the danger.

He himself didn't care, but Miss Shen couldn't afford any mistakes, otherwise he wouldn't have enough lives to atone for it.

"Theoretically, it's possible, but you'd better not do it."

“The return tunnel has a special structure. If we drill in the wrong place, it may cause the entire mine tunnel to collapse inward, and we will all be crushed into powder.”

Chen Zhi added an extra explanation.

He was afraid that Liu Bai would go crazy again and take action directly.

He hasn't even had a chance to enjoy this world yet, and he doesn't want to die here.

The ore washing is still ongoing, and Liu Bai's concerns are not unfounded, but it is precisely at this critical juncture that we must not rush things.

"Stay where you are and do not move."

Chen Zhi left behind a sentence and then went into the cave alone.

Since the old miners who had been to this mine tunnel before left nails to remind them that there was a return tunnel and an exit, there should also be a mark pointing to the exit.

Unless the old miner himself didn't get out either.

After circling around, they found no bodies and did not smell the distinctive stench of corpses, indicating that the old miners and others had found a way out of the tunnel.

So Chen Zhi walked through the alley again.

This time he walked very slowly, carefully observing the walls on both sides.

While searching for markings, also check if there are any other hidden passages.

Chen Zhi searched for a long time.

Finally, they found something behind a rock.

The markings were originally quite conspicuous for the miners, but due to the earthquake that occurred during the mining process, loose stones at the top of the wall fell and rolled down, obscuring the markings.

Those were a pair of "eyes" pieced together with nails.

One is big, and one is small.

The big one has its eyes open, the small one has its eyes closed.

The former represents the legal principles of this region, which are in a state of constant activity and observe people's every move.

The latter represents a person who closes their eyes and doesn't look ahead.

Can you hear me?

"Come here, everyone!"

Chen Zhi shouted loudly.

He was not too far from the others.

Shen Qinglian and the others came after hearing the sound.

"I thought you'd abandoned us and run away," Liu Bai complained.

Chen Zhi has indeed been away for too long this time.

It lasted a full hour.

If Miss Shen hadn't insisted that he listen to Chen Zhi and not wander off, he would have come looking for him long ago.

"Look at the contract I signed with Miss Shen, are you afraid I'll run away?"

Without wasting any more words, Chen Zhi continued, "Turn off all the headlamps."

Everyone did as instructed.

"Now, everyone close your eyes and walk backwards."

Don't ask why.

"Don't look back, and don't think about how to get out."

Luo Xiao chuckled.

"Making a mystery out of nothing."

"I won't."

Snapped!

Liu Bai slapped Luo Xiao across the face, knocking him to sleep.

"Alright, uncontrollable factors eliminated, let's begin," he said, clapping his hands.

The crowd began to back away.

Watch your step.

Chen Zhi reminded him.

As soon as he finished speaking, he stepped on a stone and fell backward.

She fell right into Shen Qinglian's arms behind her.

Shen Qinglian: "..."

She had to reach out and catch Chen Zhi.

"You deliberately?"

Chen Zhilue was somewhat embarrassed: "...Would you believe me if I said it wasn't true?"

"Do not believe."

"Then I can only say that I have nothing to fear from my upright character."

“But your body is already tilted right now,” Shen Qinglian said.

Chen Zhi: "..."

He quickly got up and broke free from the girl's embrace.

Then continue forward.

Ten steps.

Twenty steps.

Thirty steps...

A cool breeze suddenly blew from behind.

"Is there wind?" Liu Bai asked.

"Don't move yet."

Chen Zhi fell backward.

He probed his surroundings with his pickaxe and soon struck a hard object, making a metallic clanging sound.

Chen Zhi then slowly reached out and began to explore.