Chapter 222 Some basic information about the mine
The guards in Shangbang Prison took a pile of black bread and easily exchanged it for a large bag of [turbid crystallization of fighting spirit].
This is simply a business without capital.
Ji Xun watched silently from the side, his eyes hot but also thinking about another question in his mind, that is, with these crystal cores, how many top experts will the Oran survivors have to produce?
Just by sensing the strong fighting spirit overflowing from the crystal core, he realized that if this thing was given to a fourth- or fifth-level card master, there would be a high probability that he would be able to understand his "meaning".
That would really be considered a top-notch master.
The Oran remnants may have been mining here for many years. Who knows how many masters have been secretly cultivated with these crystal nuclei?
What’s more, the secret treasures they have are certainly not limited to this superior prison.
When Ji Xun thought of this, he felt that he really underestimated those people.
I thought that the Oran survivors who had been hiding for more than two hundred years were at their wits end, and a Lion-Hearted Family was listed.
Now when I look at these "mines" that are unknown to the outside world, I immediately see the tip of the iceberg of their strength, as well as their ambitious ambitions hidden in places that the world cannot see.
The foundation of the Augustus royal family has truly reached a level that is unimaginable for ordinary people.
Sure enough!
No matter where you are, "information gap" is an important factor in widening the gap in strength and wealth.
In the old continent where treasures are everywhere, those Oran remnants have mastered a lot of information that others don’t know, and have secretly obtained unimaginable benefits.
Ji Xun discovered the secret of Shangbang Prison. Although he knew that there was "no entry and no exit" here, he was not in a hurry to get out.
I have been observing secretly when I first came in. It seems that the only way out is through the barrier passage that I came in from.
And those prison guards must have some enchantment key on them.
To go out now, the only option is to kill a few people by force.
But Ji Xun didn’t do this.
This prison has existed for so long, the prisoners must have thought of this method.
And tried it.
But no one has escaped now.
That is, saying that this plan will not work.
Don’t tell me whether to kill or not.
Even if you kill them, you still have to face countless masters in the prison outside when you rush out.
And there may be other hidden dangers.
Instead, stay here for a few more days, and it will not be too late to take action after observing and understanding.
Anyway, looking at this situation, the prison guards will come every few days to exchange food for crystals. There are many opportunities.
Thinking of this, Ji Xun looked at it calmly.
I originally thought that the miners here were all deformed humans.
But after all these strange-looking guys had finished exchanging food, some more figures emerged from the dark mines.
Looking at it, although everyone’s face was sallow, with dark circles under their eyes, they looked like they hadn’t woken up or eaten enough, and their mental state was very bad.
But the good thing is that they look almost like normal humans.
Ji Xun looked at the clothes of these people. They were from various professions.
Hunters, commoners, nobles, and even several guys wearing porter clothes like him.
These figures are like miners who were afraid of the deformed miners before.
Wait until they are finished redeeming, then come out.
And it is obvious that the number of crystal nuclei dug by these people is significantly less.
It takes three or two people to raise enough money to redeem a loaf of black bread.
Some people even had empty hands and could only look at the food in those boxes and swallow their saliva.
When Ji Xun saw this, he had already guessed the fact that this phenomenon pointed to: "The higher the degree of distortion of the miner, the more crystal nuclei can be mined?"
No wonder prisoners are used to mine. .
These miners are almost certain to die if they stay in the mines for a long time.
Several of Ji Xun's "colleagues" were already trembling with fear at this scene.
It was as if he had already guessed his ending, but he didn't dare to admit it.
They didn't dare to speak at the moment, so they just stood aside blankly, hoping that they really just came in to help deliver supplies.
Ji Xun glanced at the "aquiline nose" again from the corner of his eye.
This guy should know that he has been exposed by now, right?
The porters were brought in probably because of this guy.
Others are not like Ji Xun, who can remain unharmed in a mine filled with negative mental energy. If you really want to be imprisoned, it is better to give it a try than to go crazy due to pollution.
Ji Xun felt that if he were in that person's situation, he would definitely take a gamble.
As expected!
After the hook-nosed man saw the mine environment clearly, he suddenly became angry.
When he turned his hand and took it out, a black dagger appeared in his hand.
While everyone was focusing on the bread, he suddenly appeared next to the nearest armed guard like a ghost.
This guy is also very smart. He knew that he was not sure about the leading man in the suit, so he chose a weaker one.
Although Ji Xun discovered it in advance, even he had no time to stop it. He thought to himself: "You have good skills. Are you a spy trained by a big force?"
The strength is at the second level, but this His physical skills and martial arts skills tell him he is no ordinary hunter.
But a well-trained professional assassin.
This blow seemed to be a sure kill.
Just when Ji Xun was thinking about seeing if this guy could escape as he wished, a sudden change occurred.
Suddenly, a terrifying breath rushed out from the corridor behind.
The aura was very strange. It was obviously a murderous intention, but it made people mentally "see" endless blood spurting out.
“What the hell!”
Killing intent stabbed into his heart like a steel needle, and even Ji Xun's pupils shrank slightly.
He has never felt such a manic and strange atmosphere.
The figure came so fast that the moment the hook-nosed dagger cut through the guard, he punched him past.
“This movement is so fast!”
Ji Xun looked at the speed and was amazed in his heart.
However, a scene that shocked him even more occurred.
After all, he was a professional assassin. The hooked nose looked at the enemy attack, and with his super agility, he retreated a foot and just avoided the punch.
However, the punch clearly missed, but the guy's expression suddenly froze on his face.
"Fist wave!"
Ji Xun saw the ripples lingering on the fist and immediately understood what was going on.
This is the ability of a fighter to injure enemies from a distance, a "fist wave" similar to a swordsman's "sword energy".
If you can master this technique, you are considered a master among fighters.
Even now, Ji Xun is barely a beginner.
But before his thoughts had time to flow, there was a "bang", and the hooked nose, which was clearly not hit, exploded like a balloon filled with blood.
Blood and body tissue fragments were scattered all over the sky.
Ji Xun was not too far away and was also covered in blood.
“What’s going on!”
Ji Xun’s expression was as shocked as the others.
He didn’t understand the punch just now?
Looking closely again, Ji Xun saw clearly that the assailant was actually a deformed human being with arms like bamboo poles!
The normal human arm bones are only the upper arm and the lower arm. And there is a third bone in the middle of this guy, like a gibbon. When standing, his palms can easily touch the ground.
Is this an aberration that killed a second-level assassin with one punch?
Ji Xun really can’t understand.
It was not difficult for him to kill the hooked nose just now, but he couldn't break the person into pieces with the strength of his fist.
After this guy with arms like bamboo poles killed someone, he yelled and laughed like a maniac, and then disappeared into the mine like a ghost: "Hahaha, I understand, I understand."
As quickly as it comes, it goes as quickly as it comes.
Ghostly.
Crazy.
“???”
Ji Xun stared at the elusive aura of this guy carefully, full of doubts.
Suddenly a possibility appeared in his mind that he could not believe: "Is it the intention of the fist?"
He had seen masters who had understood the intention of the fist.
A few days ago in the Lion City, Catalina and her father Carlo, the "Golden Lion", collapsed with their fists. This was how it felt.
But that is a sixth-level person!
A deformed and crazy miner appears randomly right now. Is it estimated to be level two, three, or four?
He is actually a martial arts master who has understood the meaning of the fist?
Think again that the monster could immediately detect the hooked nose’s assassination move. Isn’t this the legendary “sense of murderous intent”?
It is said that some masters can wake up immediately if someone looks at them with malicious eyes while sleeping.
This is some of the manifestations of "meaning" in actual combat.
“What’s wrong with this mine?”
Ji Xun thought about this possibility while wiping the warm and flowing flesh on his face.
To be deformed like this means that the miner has been living here for a long time.
Being constantly mentally polluted by the environment, it makes sense to realize some meaning.
At this moment, Ji Xun also understood why those who were not yet deformed did not dare to come out to redeem food immediately, but had to wait for the monsters to receive it.
It’s not that the monster form is scary, it’s just that it can’t be beaten.
There are more than just the deformed miners.
But a group!
Looking at the flesh and blood on the ground, these guys tilted their heads and laughed like crazy.
It was extremely scary to watch.
“But why do these aberrations help the prison’s guards?”
Ji Xun was also glad that he had not acted rashly just now.
After thinking about it for a moment, he guessed that it might be related to food.
Deformed humans are basically the same as monsters, and most of their actions rely on instinct.
Ji Xun worked as an animal trainer in the circus. He knew that even the most ferocious beasts would be tamed in the presence of food.
The hooked nose was killed. The man in the suit sneered and glanced at the miners who were still receiving food from the corner of his eye, as if it was also a warning.
Mining well, otherwise this is what will happen.
Not long after, this material exchange ended.
The man who got the bread munched on it and hurriedly disappeared into the mine, fearing that someone would snatch his food.
The man in suit and a few armed guards packed up everything, turned around and walked into the shady barrier.
Several of Ji Xun's porter "colleagues" were also scrambling to leave this ghost place.
However, they were disappointed.
The men in suits walked into the passage smoothly.
But when they passed by, the passage was like a mirage, invisible and intangible. Several people could only watch those people walking further and further away.
“Ah, sir, we haven’t come in yet.”
"Sir, wait for us!"
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The porters panicked for a moment, but no matter how they shouted, they received no response.
Ji Xun was not surprised at all.
In a blink of an eye, he looked at the pair of eager eyes.
Everyone among the "newcomers" knew that they might have supplies on them.
This is also true.
Because Ji Xun often went to the Old Continent, he had considered various unexpected situations, such as being trapped in a certain ruins.
So the storage ring always has enough food to eat and drink for several years.
But I don’t plan to give it to anyone else!
As soon as the guards left, a burly man and a dozen or so miners gathered around him: "Hey, you guys, do you have any food with you?"
Ji Xun knew it just by looking at this posture. These guys want to steal.
Before he waited for several colleagues around him who had not yet understood what was happening to react, he rushed into the dark mine tunnel beside him.
It wasn’t that he was afraid of a fight, but that he was not sure if there were any “taboos” in the mine just now as he watched the aberrant miner kill someone.
If you kill someone now, you might get into trouble.
Watching Ji Xun rush into the mine in a flash.
In the eyes of others, this behavior must be that he ran away because he had food on him.
The strong man shouted loudly: "Chase!"
A few people chased after him.
The other porters were card master apprentices. Before they could run away, they were beaten up and everything on them was plundered.
On the other side, a group of people also gathered together and broke the bread they had just exchanged.
One person got half a piece.
They also saw Ji Xun's escape.
"Boss Chen, do we want to chase him?"
"Stop chasing him. He's just one person and can't find much food. It's a waste of energy. Running around in the mine will cause trouble. Those 'lunatics' might be at risk. It's better to save some energy for mining. Besides, that person is not weak."
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When everyone heard this, they silently gnawed on the bread in their hands.
Although the total energy of the food brought some color to these people's faces, the depressing atmosphere of despair always lingered.
The miners chatted without saying a word again.
“Hey, now we have almost dug out the crystals in the three-layer mine. I have only dug three in the past three days, and the bread for it is not enough for a meal. If I keep going like this, even if I don’t go crazy, , will starve to death.”
"Yes. If you want to dig up enough crystals now, you can only go below the fifth floor of the mine. But the mental pollution in that place is unbearable even for high-level card masters. It won't take long before it becomes deformed."
"Those guys at Golden Oak are forcing us to go mining. Otherwise, what else can we do?"
"The prison guards are not absolutely sure, and we must not do anything. I have already inquired, and there have been people before. After killing the guards, not only could they not escape, but the food exchange in the entire prison was cut off for a week, and more than half of the people starved to death. Most of the lunatics had suffered from hunger, so they instinctively wanted to stop the guards from being killed. People."
"This is really troublesome. I'm afraid we can't get out of Shangbang Prison."
"We can only wait for the people outside to find something unusual here and come to the rescue. . But it’s unlikely. If it were to be exposed, I doubt that the people at Golden Oak would destroy this place to keep it secret.”
"I heard a lunatic say that there is a master in this mine who can get out. Is it true?"
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Their status is not just exile. criminals, as well as ordinary people sold by human traffickers, war slaves, and even former federal nobles and officials.
The leader, "Boss Chen," is a field agent of Bureau X.
Ji Xun ran in the mine not long ago.
There were three more guys who were beaten down at their feet.
He looked at these three scared guys and didn't want to kill anyone.
The three of them were so skinny that they were out of breath when running. If Ji Xun hadn't given them the chance, there was no way the three of them could have caught up.
He stood there, took out a piece of bread, and said: "Tell me everything in this prison. Whoever tells me the most content and is interested in me will get this piece of bread." ”
“Really?”
The three people thought they were going to die, and there was not much fear in their eyes.
Thinking that dying in the hands of this man would be a little more liberating than dying of starvation or becoming a madman.
But as soon as they heard Ji Xun's words, they immediately became energetic and started talking nonstop.
Ji Xun listened on the side, his eyes gradually getting deeper.
The three of them have been in the mine for several months and know a lot of things.
For example, those deformed monsters before were all deformed madmen by high-level card masters.
There are at least seven floors in the mine. Now it is basically impossible to dig out any crystals above the third floor. The lower you go, the more you go down. The more crystals there are, the more serious the pollution will be.
Those lunatics are also active in the deeper layers. The further down, the more powerful the lunatics are.
Later, Ji Xun listened and asked some questions. Got it.
“Do you know who has lived the longest here?”
"It seems to be 'Qi Laowu', right? It is said that he has lived for more than three years. He used to be the leader of the mercenary group. Now he is one of the three bosses in the mine."
"He has lived for more than ten years. A miner?"
"Impossible! The reason why Qi Laowu stayed for three years is because he is a mysterious spellcaster and has a group of younger brothers to help him dig. I have been trading mines for food, but I am going crazy. If anyone else had stayed here for so long, they would have gone crazy."
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Ji Xun originally wanted to inquire. The "senior" thing that Dong Jiuye said did not come to fruition.
Artest obtained the fragments of the "Gluttony" breathing method more than ten years ago, which means that the senior was in prison more than ten years ago.
Is he dead?
“It shouldn’t be.”
Ji Xun thought it was unlikely.
If that senior dies, Master Dong Jiu will definitely tell him directly.
And judging from Master Merlin's evasive attitude before, the person should still be there.
Or perhaps I guessed wrongly that the "senior" was not a prisoner in the prison, but a guard outside the prison?
Valuable information can be obtained from a piece of bread.
Soon, Ji Xun also had a general understanding of the situation in the mine.
And only after asking this question did I know that those aberrant monsters really understood all kinds of "fighting intentions".
It can be said that people here, after staying for a long time, will more or less understand some fighting spirit, or inexplicable fighting martial arts moves and spells.
Among those negative mental powers, there seem to be fragments of consciousness left by countless masters in ancient times.
This made Ji Xun envious.
The secrets that outside masters have gone through countless lives and deaths and require a great opportunity to understand, can they be understood casually in this mine?
Of course, there is a price.
That is madness, deformation, and almost death.
The more crazy you are, the more you understand.
However, this kind of mental pollution, which is fatal to others, has no effect on Ji Xun.
At least on the first floor of this mine, no negative effects can be seen in a short period of time.
When Ji Xun came here, he planned to go to the depths of the mine to have a look.
Take a look at the situation here, and also try to see if you can feel the "boxing intention" that all fighters dream of.
If you really want to kill the prison guards and rush out, the Weeping Angels alone are not enough insurance.
After receiving satisfactory information, Ji Xun walked alone in the dark mine.
He analyzed the information just now in his mind and got a lot of useful things.
While thinking about it, a thought came to his mind: "But then again, if that 'senior' is really a prisoner, he has lived here for at least more than ten years. How powerful?”
Although I had guessed before, the existence that could make Dong Jiuye call "senior" must be very powerful.
But after his eyes were opened in this mine, he felt that if someone could live here for more than ten years, it would be ridiculously strong.
Even stronger than he knew.
So, that "senior" should at least be able to go deeper into the mine.
For example, the seventh layer in the mouths of the three guys before?
When Ji Xun thought of this, he had already transformed into a werewolf, observing his surroundings with all his vigilance.
After advancing to the third level, he was still a little confident, and felt that with his current strength, he could basically protect himself wherever he went.
But after seeing the terrifying strength of the aberration before, he realized that he was a bit of a frog in the well.
His strength is enough to deal with third-level or even fourth-level human card masters.
But it is difficult to deal with those deformed lunatics who have understood "meaning".
There are no monsters in this mine.
But there are distorted miners.
As Ji Xun walked, a clown mask covered his face, and the shadow of the devil appeared behind him.
After solving the demon, he obtained the BUFF of [Stealing God], which allowed him to absorb all negative emotions and improve his understanding of the laws of all things.
The feeling that was originally like air suddenly became like a swimming pool, allowing people to swim.
Enlightenment also pops up frequently.
"You have gained a trace of 'fear emotion', and you have understood a trace of fist intention"
"You have felt the 'manic killing', and your perception has been slightly improved"
" You have captured a hint of the 'death of despair' emotion, and your perception has been slightly improved"
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That feeling is amazing.
But it’s very vague.
It’s like pieces of a puzzle are being stuffed into my brain.
At first I had no idea what it was, but as more and more fragments appeared, the picture became clearer and clearer.
And as Ji Xun went deeper into the mine, the feeling of understanding became stronger and stronger.
Soon, he arrived at the second floor of the mine, and then went down to the third floor.
Below the third floor is a restricted area for ordinary people, and the pollution here is increasing rapidly.
Even if the surroundings are ghostly silent, people can still hear the loud music in a trance that lingers endlessly.
However, Ji Xun became more and more excited as he walked.
This is simply a treasure land for him.
But for the sake of safety, when the magic power is consumed to about 80%, he will stop to release the magic and recover.
Wait until the condition is better before continuing.
We walked carefully for a long time.
In the surrounding mines, you can gradually and occasionally see some crystals with white light, which are of inferior quality [crystals of fighting spirit].
You have to dig deep to get some high quality ones.
Ji Xun didn't need to exchange for food, and he didn't waste time mining.
Not long after, he arrived at the sixth floor.
This is an extremely dangerous mine that only deformed lunatics can visit.
(End of this chapter)