Chapter 112 Memory
“I don’t care about that ghost.”
Milo had no intention of tracking the white ghost.
He knew where Kai's children would rush when the "curse" struck.
Mogot seems to have some kind of obsession with the white shadow in the mountain stream. Before seeing the white ghost, he behaved normally in all aspects, but after the ghost appeared, he began to become obsessed with it. Startled, excitement gradually replaced reason.
However, the white ghost in the mountain stream disappeared in a flash, and the darkness below was filled with dense low jungle. It was impossible to see the specific direction in which the ghost was fleeing.
But the general direction of the mountain stream is opposite to the direction of the underground cave in Milo's memory, and he knows this very well.
“It is distracting us.”
Milo shook his head at Rebecca and said:
“Kay and Walker are not over there, come with me.”
...
Rebecca finally chose to believe Milo’s judgment.
But Mogot is not so rational.
He has been going back and forth in the barren mountains for more than 20 years in order to hunt these ghosts that should not exist in the world, at least in his crazy world view, he sometimes makes It is not clear whether the Delamain family is dead or alive, so they naturally regard the white shadows in the barren mountains as some kind of ghosts.
This is probably where the gunshots heard from the barren mountains by the people of Galid at night came from.
It's just that the citizens of Galede don't know that Mogot is not just crazy. The bullets fired from his rifle are indeed pointed at some sneaky creatures. Those sneaky creatures are real in the barren mountains.
......
Milo knew that he could not hold Mogot back, and had no intention of stopping him. He let him chase towards the end of the mountain stream, and took Rebecca with him towards the end of the mountain stream. Rush to the location of the entrance to the underground cave.
The two of them soon entered an abandoned mining field, which should be the area where copper mining was originally carried out. Now Solomon Mining Company has shifted its mining focus to other areas.
The vegetation coverage in front of us has been reduced a lot. The large area of mine shafts has cut holes in the mountains. Even if there is a certain degree of backfilling, the internal mortise and tenon support frame has been corroded by groundwater penetration. , underground mine structures will still collapse, so there will be a large uncoordinated pit on many mountain structures, and those are collapsed mining areas.
This is obviously different from the mining site Milo saw "earlier" today.
Because the scenes he saw earlier were from nearly three years ago...
...
There were flies buzzing continuously in the jungle. Sound.
When he first came to Galede in the first two days, Milo was very bored with these little things.
But now when he heard the buzzing sound in the air, he felt a little relieved.
In fact, the real fear hidden deep in his heart did not come from the ghosts in the barren mountains, nor from the old gods in the underground caves, but from the "corruption" mentioned by the red-robed witch.
Just a few days.
Milo has been lost in Karl's undead perspective several times in a row.
If he hadn't woken up at the last moment, his thoughts might have fallen silent with the memory of Karl's death.
This is what Milo really fears.
He doesn’t want to relive the tragic experiences of Karl, Robben and others over and over again, and he doesn’t want to forget who he is.
Especially, when he knows that his body is still alive in the real world, it is very scary to fall into the perspective of other people's undead again without knowing it. There were no flies in Gailed three years ago.
It was Karl who killed too many people in the underground cave. After they turned into nutrients, too many fungi rotted and gave birth to flies.
So when Milo can hear the buzzing of flies in the air, it means that he is still Milo. He is in his own state and has not fallen into the perspective of other people's undead.
He can feel at ease only when he can hear the sound of flies.
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"There are traces."
After entering the abandoned mining site, the vegetation-covered ground turned to sand and gravel. Rebecca found a lot of things on the ground. Footprints clearly stained with blood.
And there was more than one, there were traces of contact between the bloody palm and the ground.
"The blood stains have almost dried. Did they go into the collapsed mine?"
Rebecca still doesn't know what is buried under the mine.
But Milo didn't have time to explain to her.
There are many ghost-like pure white flowers growing around the collapsed mining site. In the middle of the night, this picture is very quiet, and it is impossible to think of the filthy abomination hidden dozens of meters deep underground. thing.
Mogot had disappeared. Milo stopped and said to Rebecca:
"Two things, one, don't separate from me. The road below is very confusing. If you get lost, you will never get out. Come on, two, don’t be reluctant to fight. Judging from the time, those children will return to normal soon. Just protect them and escape.”
Rebecca was stunned for a second, then nodded heavily and did not propose. Any objection.
She could feel Milo's seriousness and dignity. Although it was unclear why Milo was so familiar with this strange barren mountain, Milo's attitude had already proved the seriousness of the situation. She rarely Seeing Milo showing such an expression would only happen in a real critical moment.
……
Following the crater of the collapsed mountain range, Milo and the two entered the deepest location, and followed the blood stains to find the mine leading to the ground.
A lot of the mine has collapsed in the first half, and the internal space is very narrow. The gloomy environment is enough to bring out the claustrophobia deep in the heart.
But the collapsed mine shaft that slopes downward is only the front part. When the inclined mine shaft reaches a flat rock formation, it is considered to have truly entered the category of underground cave.
“Scoff!!”
Rebecca took out a simple kerosene hanging lamp, struck the wick lit by a match, and tied the hanging lamp around her waist.
With a faint light, the two of them could see the cold, ancient stone walls around the cave, as well as the strange murals on the stone walls.
Directly ahead is a fork in the road, with paths available in both directions. The interior is deep and terrifyingly dark, and nothing can be seen.
“This way.”
Everything on the ground has changed dramatically compared to three years ago, except that there is no change in the underground cave. Those dark and cold ancient stone walls are still there. There was a strange sheen under the dim kerosene light.
The traces left by Raven and others at that time can no longer be seen on the stone wall, but Milo... To be precise, it was Carl. Carl memorized the correct direction of every fork in the underground cave. in his mind, because at the beginning, he still harbored a hope of escape.
Now these memories come in handy for Milo.
(End of this chapter)