Who told him to make the cards!

unimportant.

Chen Zhi grabbed the rope, steadied the mine cart, and jumped onto it in one swift step.

Shen Qinglian and Liu Bai followed.

The old servant and Luo Xiao stayed where they were, waiting for the next trip.

The minecart swayed precariously under the weight of three people and a stone.

Chen Zhi flipped the switch.

The gears turned, causing the mine car to begin descending.

The deeper you go, the stronger the dampness and the stronger the smell of rust in the air.

The miner's lamp shone on the nearby rock wall, where holes drilled by the drill bit and mine nails embedded in the rock strata could be vaguely seen.

“You’re more experienced than I imagined,” Shen Qinglian said.

"There's no way around it, people have to eat," Chen Zhi replied with a smile.

Before he learned how to repair cards, he could only earn money by going down into the mine, just like any other miner.

Even after learning how to replenish cards, he would still come here from time to time to look for the mineral materials he needed.

It is mainly used to prepare ink.

He can't make white cards; he doesn't have the technology.

A few minutes later, the mine cart landed.

The old servant and Luo Xiao also came down quickly.

The two seem to be getting along well?

Chen Zhi was a little disappointed.

"Stay close, and don't go where I haven't been before."

He continued to lead the way.

From this level onwards, the mine tunnels will become chaotic and disorganized.

Before he had taken more than a few steps, Liu Bai noticed that the rock walls on both sides were covered with spiderweb-like cracks, and the load-bearing supports overhead were twisted and broken in large areas. Some of the steel beams were even squeezed into an arc shape by the force of the law, which looked extremely exaggerated.

As Ding Mao said, the ventilation system on this floor has completely stopped working, the air is so thick it's suffocating, and there's so much dust that it forms smog.

The dust filters on their bodies were flashing wildly.

This is a signal that the pollution index exceeds the standard.

These mineral dust particles can be deadly.

It not only corrodes the cards, but also corrodes human skin.

If you accidentally inhale it into your lungs, at the very least you will develop "black lung disease" and spend your life coughing and asthma.

Liu Bai took out the map he had prepared beforehand.

“Go forward 120 meters along the road, turn left at the fork in the road, then turn right, and you will see the slope leading to the fifth floor.”

They came specifically for Well No. 13, so they were naturally prepared.

Unfortunately, it was of little use.

"Put it away," Chen Zhi said.

Liu Bai adjusted his glasses and asked like an old scholar, "Why?"

"Didn't Ding Mao tell you? The road here will change," Chen Zhi said.

Things can change even when nothing is wrong, let alone after a mining accident.

Liu Bai looked up and observed what lay ahead.

He took out a light card with a stronger and more penetrating beam and shone it on.

As you can see, the mine tunnel they are currently in is straight ahead.

There was a lot of mineral dust, but the tracks and ventilation ducts on the ground were clearly visible, and the water flow under the sleepers was much cleaner, so it looked perfectly normal.

“There’s no other way out here. If we don’t keep going forward, are we going to turn back?” he asked.

"What if I told you that this road didn't originally look like this?"

As Chen Zhi spoke, he reached out and took the high-grade lamp card from Liu Bai's hand, and placed his own mining lamp card in Liu Bai's hand.

"Nice card, I'll use it for now, I'll return it to you when I get out."

"..."

Liu Bai looked at Shen Qinglian.

Shen Qinglian didn't speak.

The meaning is quite clear: give it to him.

Chen Zhize stood still and looked around.

I do remember there being such a mine tunnel, but it wasn't this straight.

Moreover, with the overhead steel beams all crooked, how could the tracks, ventilation ducts, and the like be intact?

Chen Zhi squatted down, picked up a relatively round pebble, and rolled it forward along the ground.

The stone rolled about five meters and then suddenly disappeared.

Liu Bai's pupils constricted slightly behind his glasses.

"phantom?"

Chen Zhi ignored him for the time being.

He skillfully took out the water bottle he had prepared in advance, and with a gentle twist, several small holes appeared on the cap.

Anyone who has potted plants at home has probably used this.

However, it's not used for watering flowers now.

Chen Zhi gripped the bottle tightly and squeezed water towards the spot where the stone had disappeared, drawing a safety line from left to right.

Then he picked up the pickaxe and began rhythmically striking the rock wall on the left.

From front to back, the sound of the front rock wall was dull and heavy, as it was all solid rock.

Chen Zhi wasn't in a hurry, and went to knock on the right side.

Shen Qinglian and the others did not disturb him.

When Chen Zhi was less than half a meter away from the safety line, a hollow sound finally came.

He squatted down and began spraying water onto the base of the wall.

There was one spot that was soaked much faster.

"There's a gap."

That makes things easier.

"Everyone, step back."

Chen Zhi said, "I'm going to use some force."

Shen Qinglian and the others did as instructed, taking a few steps back.

Chen Zhi used whatever was available, taking a steel nail from a railway sleeper, aiming it at the barely visible crack, then picked up a pickaxe and hammered it down hard.

"Whoosh!"

Sand and stones were falling from above.

The rock wall shattered simultaneously.

The seemingly intact wall had a large hole in it, revealing a sloping ramp behind it.

“This is the path you were talking about,” Chen Zhi said to Liu Bai.

Shen Qinglian's eyes showed a slight change in expression.

She still didn't say anything, but for the first time, her gaze towards Chen Zhi showed surprise.

Looking ahead now, the once straight mine tunnel suddenly began to sway like a reflection in water. The tracks, ventilation ducts, and overhead steel frame all became blurry, faded, and eventually disappeared.

Instead, there is a bottomless, pitch-black abyss.

A cold draft hit me in the face.

Liu Bai's eyelids twitched.

If Chen Zhi hadn't led the way, and they had just followed the map, what would have happened if they had stepped on something?

That's pretty scary.

But you must still maintain elegance.

He then adjusted his glasses and nodded calmly to Chen Zhi.

"Well done."