Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 464 [Chapter of the Hidden Abyss] Eight: Underground Human Ecology

From the lobby of "Your Big Dog's Bar" to the inner corridor, most of the private rooms on both sides of the corridor are dark, and there are even more strange howling sounds in the few rooms with strange colored lights through the cracks in the doors.

Chen Yan knew that it was a bar after hearing the introduction from Xia Ren. If he came alone, he would think that he had entered some kind of magic cave where demons and ghosts gathered.

Outside an unremarkable room at the corner of the corridor, my cousin stopped to see if there was no one around, then opened the door and welcomed everyone in.

Chen Yan felt that the scene was weird, but he didn't think much about it. After entering the door, he realized that this room was not a bar room at all.

The center of the room is hollowed out, and the dark water is less than three meters below the floor. There is a small "dock" made of steel plates between the door and the water, while the place outside the dock is empty, and there are no ships docked yet. .

The cousin said to Chen Yan and the others: "The voyage is very short, only about 5 minutes, but there are very few departures. If you want to come to the Home of Wandering Souls again, you will have to wait for two hours - there is a boat at every odd-numbered point." , Remember the location of the pier, just click on the card and get on the boat."

Chen Yan asked George Lebster: "How do you go back?"

The shrimp man said: "I'm going back by another waterway, don't worry about me, brother Aliu protects our group, I used to swim in caves when I was young and it's fine."

Chen Yan thought to himself, you're fine in the cave, maybe it's not because Brother Aliu protects you, but because you don't have spiritual vision at all, so you can't see ghosts underwater and won't be affected by them.

After repeating a few words about the precautions of the Omega Sector to Chen Yan, George Lebster greeted his cousin and left.

A few minutes later, with the low sound of the engine, an open long speedboat came from the darkness and docked on the steel pier.

The speedboat was quite long, but there were not many people on it. Most of the passengers were wearing tattered miners' uniforms.

It is not the time to go to and from get off work, so Chen Yan thought that these passengers must have rested in the Wandering Soul's Home after escaping from work, and were preparing to return to their respective mining teams.

When the members of the expedition team boarded the boat one by one, the shrimp man who drove the boat greeted his cousin, pulled the engine, and the boat gained power, and sailed into the dark waters again.

As soon as Chen Yan sat on the boat, the elder brother in front turned around and greeted him:
"Brother just came? How many years did you sign the contract?"

The light on the speedboat was quite dark, especially after leaving the light pollution range of the Wandering Soul's Home, only a small searchlight on the bow was used for lighting, so Chen Yan was in front of the dark, and it was difficult to see the old brother's face clearly. I can only vaguely feel that this old man looks quite rough.

Chen Yan showed a simple and honest smile, did not speak, but instinctively put his hand into his pocket and held the Skylark-300.

The old man grinned, his dirty teeth seemed to be able to reflect a yellowish halo under the dim light:
"Don't be embarrassed to say it, they are all hard-working people, who is making fun of whom? You came to the Omega sector, even if you risked your life, is there anything you dare not say!"

Chen Yan made up:

"Signed for 20 years."

The old man was astonished:

"Only 20 years? I remember that companies rarely sign 20-year contracts... Are you a skilled worker?"

Chen Yan nodded:

"Well, I'm an electrician."

While talking, Chen Yan skillfully reached for the phone in his pocket and turned on the recording button.

The abnormal underground ecology caused by Spyro Industries was one of the topics he applied to the North Bureau.

The elder brother said with emotion:
"The electrician is good! It's easy to work, and you don't have to go to the mining area as snake feed!"

After finishing speaking, the elder brother sighed:
"I'm fucking miserable. The surface owes money, and I signed a 120-year contract with the company. My daughter will have to pay me back the debt, damn it!"

Chen Yan finally couldn't bear it and asked:
"Your daughter is also working for the company?"

Brother said:

"No, my daughter is currently studying in Yanan City."

"But no matter where my daughter is, the contract is valid - the contract between the company and the miners is recognized by Yanan City, hehe, I don't know!"

Chen Yan thought of the inextricable connection between Spyro Industries and surface forces, and said:

"Know it."

My brother must be under a lot of pressure at work. When he got to the point, it seemed like he opened up the chatterbox:

"If I can pay back the money owed to the company, the contract can be canceled early, and I can return to the surface early-but how easy is it to make money?
The mines in the first three sectors are almost hollowed out by those poor ghosts, and there is only one Omega sector that will lose half their life if they enter it. %—how much is the mine worth, and how much can be divided, isn't it stipulated by the company? "

"But what can I do, I can only work harder! If I pay off the money before I die, after I die, my daughter will be caught underground and then pay off the debt for me!"

"Damn it! It's better to spend the rest of your life fooling around in the House of Wandering Souls! His descendants still don't pay back the debt!"

Although the elder brother said so, Chen Yan knew that he would not do this, otherwise why would he take a boat to the Omega sector?
After a moment of silence, Chen Yan asked:

"It's not right for companies to do this."

The old man snorted:
"So what, if you go underground, you will be like this for the rest of your life, you have to accept your fate!"

Chen Yan said:

"Have you thought about resisting?"

The elder brother couldn't help showing a wretched smile:

"Of course I thought about it!"

"I sneaked out to wash my feet this time, and I charged [-] yuan in the "Marguerite Wine House" in the Wandering Soul House, and I spent it all in one morning! Let me tell you..."

Chen Yan doesn't know what kind of currency is used in the underground, and how much "one thousand five" is worth. He only knows that his brother is so hyped, and his eloquence has obviously been practiced many times—at least it has been made up in his head many times. .

It seems like it's been a long time since the elder brother confided to anyone like this. After describing in detail everything he did in Wandering Soul's House, he let out a sigh of relief, and his whole body became energetic.

With a sigh, the elder brother took out the pickaxe from his side, pointed to a photo on the handle of the pickaxe, and showed it to Chen Yan:
"Look, this is my daughter, how cute? When I was digging, every time I couldn't hold on anymore, just looking at my daughter gave me strength."

"If you really can't hold on any longer, come to the Wandering Soul's House and you will have strength."

The elder brother looked at the photo of his daughter with kindness in his eyes.

"I have to work hard to pay off my debts...I can't let my daughter come to mine underground, this is not a fucking place for people..."

As the old man spoke, he began to cry.

How much mental pressure does this really have...

Chen Yan thought to himself, this old brother is now in such a state, he is probably on the verge of mental breakdown, on the verge of madness.

After the conversation, the people on board fell silent.

Perhaps it was because the voyage time was too short this time, or maybe the shrimp man driving the boat was too familiar with the route, so there was no danger during the voyage.

Five minutes later, the boat docked.

(End of this chapter)