“So, the disappearance of a very heavy mine cart, not on the tracks, is strange enough on its own.”

“After the large-scale search and rescue ended, some unresigned family members went back in to look, but unexpectedly, something else happened,” Huai Yi paused. “It was a father with two sons. One of his sons was among the seven missing, but unexpectedly, they never came out after they went in.”

“Another disappearance?” Fatty had a bad feeling.

“Yes.” Huai Yi nodded. “Later, this matter caused a great uproar. An elder in Graystone Town, close to a hundred years old, came out to speak.”

“People of the same generation as the elder are no longer alive, so it would not be an exaggeration to say that the elder is a living fossil of Graystone Town.”

“After the elder heard about what happened in the mine, his face turned pale, and his lips trembled uncontrollably. He repeatedly said that ‘it’ was back, ‘it’ was back!”

“After the elder calmed down, what he said stunned everyone present.” Huai Yi paused for a few seconds, his expression strange, and said, “The elder said that such a thing was not happening for the first time, and it could even be traced back to decades ago, when he was young.”

“At that time, the gold mine here had already been discovered, but the scale of mining was not as large as it is now. The current mine is just an expansion on the previous foundation.”

“At that time, because the elder was physically weak, he didn’t become a miner. Instead, he was assigned to deliver water and food to the people in the mine. It was also at that time that he heard about what happened in the mine.”

“One day, he came to the mine as usual to deliver food, but as soon as he arrived, he realized that the atmosphere was not right. Everyone was gathered near the entrance of the mine, and they all seemed very nervous.”

“When he asked, he learned that a shift that had gone down into the depths of the mine and worked all night, and should have come out to change shifts, was overdue.”

“The foreman on duty at the mine shaft organized people to go down and see what was going on, but before they could go in, they heard a strange sound coming from the mine.”

“Creak—”

“Scrape—”

“Creak—”

“Scrape—”

The sound was slow, but rhythmic. Experienced miners immediately recognized it as the sound of a flatcar used to transport miners in and out of the mine.

The flatcar was very old, with a lever for leverage. Two miners needed to stand face to face and use their arm strength to press the lever to start it.

But just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the shift of miners who had gone down into the mine was finally coming out, the scene that followed stunned everyone.

Then came screams and people running around in panic.

The flatcar slowly emerged from the mine and stopped just a few meters from the entrance.

It was empty.

The car was covered in blood, as if it had just been pulled out of a pool of blood.

Even more terrifying, a severed arm lay alone on the leverage lever, the hand on the severed arm still tightly gripping one end of the lever.

The terrifying and strange scene, and the unique sweet and fishy smell of blood repeatedly stimulated the nerves of everyone present.

Something happened...

It seemed that the previous shift had been attacked by something and killed, leaving no bodies behind.

But what exactly was it?

The mine was dark and humid. How could there be large beasts?

In fact, everyone had already noticed that something was wrong, especially since people at that time were generally more superstitious. According to common sense, the mine entrance should have been sealed.

No matter what strange thing was inside, as long as it was completely sealed in the mine and prevented from coming out, that would be enough.

But the mine owner was blinded by greed and couldn't bear to give up the glittering gold inside. How could he give it up so easily?

So, he recruited a group of miners with a lot of money, armed them with weapons, and prepared to go in and see what was going on.

A group of people with lighting equipment and weapons walked carefully along the laid rails.

But they walked all the way to the end without finding anything unusual.

Not to mention seeing people, they didn't even see any bodies.

However, they also vaguely felt that something was different in the mine compared to before. They just felt strange, but they couldn't say what it was.

Just as they were walking back, suddenly, a dark figure darted out from an inconspicuous place in the dark.

Fortunately, the leader was bold enough to knock down the thing that rushed out with a single blow.

Everyone gathered around to see that it was a person. This person was covered in black and gray sludge all over, including his face.

Hidden in the dark mine, you couldn't see him at all if he didn't move.

The light inside was poor, so everyone tied him up haphazardly and took him out of the mine.

After being identified by people outside, this was one of the missing miners.

However, this person seemed to have received a great fright. His condition was very poor, and his eyes were covered with dense bloodshot.

He didn't dare to look at people. A big man cowered in the corner, his body trembling non-stop, looking like he had lost his soul.

Everyone had no choice but to let the man's acquaintance from the same hometown take him back to town for treatment. The mine owner also called a few people to accompany him back.

The nominal reason was to protect him, but in reality, it was to monitor him, worried that someone would spread the word about what happened here after returning.

If this matter was not resolved, the gold mine would not be able to resume production. Everyone was panicked, and there were all kinds of guesses. Some people even said that the mine was dug too deep and accidentally opened up the underworld.

Those people were just unlucky enough to run into the little ghosts sent by the King of Hell and were killed.

Soon, news came from the town that the person... had woken up.

The mine owner immediately took people to see him. Although the person's speech was still incoherent, it was still generally understandable.

But unexpectedly, the situation the person described was incredible. He said that they had encountered the incident on the way back to the mine entrance on the flatcar.

It was originally an unremarkable section of track, but as they walked, they felt that something was wrong.

The originally narrow tunnel had actually become spacious.

Moreover, the lighting in the mines at that time was very poor, but there was a very obvious light around them at the time.

After the light, they looked at everything in front of them in surprise. A platform actually appeared in front of them.