I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 1247 Mining Town
In this peaceful mining town, everything seems so leisurely.

Perhaps because the sun was too strong, the townspeople all stayed indoors. The scorching wind was blowing the fallen leaves, rustling them on the road where no cars were passing.

The shadows of the trees swayed gently in the wind, blocking the direct sunlight and protecting the last bit of coolness in the afternoon heat.

The small shops on the street had their doors wide open. The shop owners were either sleeping behind the counter or had simply disappeared, leaving the shops empty and not caring whether anyone was stealing.

As Lu Qi and Martin walked along the roadside, they barely saw anyone. Occasionally, a few pedestrians would appear, avoiding the sun and quickly disappearing into the shadows. They would glance at Martin's head for a few seconds before looking away.

This peaceful and serene place was filled with torment for the two of them.

It's all too normal, so normal that they might even feel like they've come to the wrong place.

They wandered aimlessly through the streets, not knowing where to go, where they started, or what the one thing they were looking for was. They were just wasting their time for no reason, just like the leisurely residents of the town...

But they had finally made it here, just one step away from where they started, so of course they wouldn't give up now.

“Look over there,” Martin suddenly stopped and pointed across the street.

Following the direction Martin pointed, Lu looked and realized it was an internet cafe.

His eyes lit up instantly.

The internet, it's a wonderful thing...

The two quickly headed towards the internet cafe, but soon came out dejectedly.

Lu Youqi's face was filled with helplessness.

What if I don't have an ID card?

Martin shrugged, indicating that he had no other choice.

"Could you use your dream powers to get me an ID card?"

“I can’t use my power in this kind of place. Besides, that machine looks like it’s connected to the internet. What use would it be for me to get a fake one?”

"I don't know if there are any illegal internet cafes... or even a library would be fine, we need to find a place to go online."

The two stood there by the roadside, caught in a dilemma.

They were unfamiliar with the place and were like two headless flies. The sweltering air rose from the increasingly hot ground, making them even more irritable.

Just as Lu was about to ask a passerby for directions, a muffled "rumble" suddenly came from afar. Immediately afterward, the ground seemed to shake, and then it became quiet for a moment.

what sound!
The sound instantly reminded Lu Youqi of the commotion when the abyss descended—it was exactly the same. A massive tremor spread throughout the entire city in a short time, followed by the collapse of the ground…

But the sound didn't seem as terrifying as when the abyss arrived, and the vibrations weren't intense either. It only made one sound and then stopped, which was very strange.

After confirming that everything had completely calmed down, the two immediately looked in the direction from which the rumbling sound had come, only to find that it was a mine in the distance.

Because the mine is very close to the town, you can see it just by looking up, and the sound is coming from the mine.

They immediately realized that something might have happened at the mine.

But soon, Lu Zhu discovered that something was wrong.

Why didn't anyone in the internet cafe react to such a loud noise? Were they all engrossed in their game?
No, it wasn't just the people online, but also the network administrator, who was still eating snacks and watching TV, seemingly oblivious to the noise they had just heard.

Didn't they hear it?
But the network administrator's computer was clearly connected to the speakers, and the sound was so loud, how could he not have heard it?

Seeing this, Lu Youqi could no longer restrain himself. He went back into the internet cafe and approached the manager. The manager, while looking at the computer, waved Lu Youqi away.

"I already told you, you can't get in without your ID card, and you don't have an electronic ID card either, so I really can't help you..."

"I didn't come here to surf the internet."

"Oh," the internet cafe manager replied casually, continuing to stare intently at the TV series playing. "There are chairs over there. If you want to enjoy the air conditioning, you can sit there."

He raised his hand, which was covered in snack crumbs, and casually pointed in a direction.

Lu Qi quickly shook his head and asked:
Did you just hear that sound?

"what sound?"

"The sound from the mine... a rumbling sound, very loud, you should have heard it."

Upon hearing the router's description, the network administrator pressed the space bar with his little finger to confirm that the TV series had been paused before slowly turning his head, his face filled with great confusion.

He took out some snacks, took a bite, and seemed to not quite understand what Lu Youqi was saying. He was still immersed in the plot of the TV series and was in a daze.

Just as Router was about to continue his description, the network administrator suddenly had a flash in his eyes, as if he had instantly regained his senses and understood what Router was trying to express.

"You mean the sound of an explosion, right?"

"Explosion?" Lu Youqi thought for a moment, and realized that using "explosion" to describe it didn't seem quite accurate.

"You're from out of town, right? Is this your first time here?" The internet cafe manager's lips curled up slightly, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"Mm." Lu Youqi nodded.

The network administrator glanced at the router and, seeing its nervous expression, couldn't help but chuckle softly.

"Haha, what do you guys think that is? A monster? A volcanic eruption? Or some powerful being undergoing tribulation?" the internet cafe manager jokingly asked back.

"I don't know, that's why I came to ask you if you heard it." Lu Youqi was a little puzzled. The network administrator seemed to know the source of the sound, but since he was from out of town, he wanted to tease him.

Seeing the router's serious expression, the network administrator decided not to continue. He pressed the space bar with his little finger again, turned his head back, and focused his attention on the computer screen.

"That's blasting at the mine. It happens every day around noon. Don't make a fuss about it..."

The network administrator started snacking again, and the buzzing sound from the computer case seemed to mock the router's naiveté.

Lu Youqi was stunned. He never expected that the source of the sound would be so "ordinary".

Having fought against the abyss for so long, he had long been accustomed to all kinds of dangers. Whenever he encountered an unexpected situation, he would immediately think, "Something might have gone wrong."

That's why his nerves immediately tensed up after hearing that sudden rumble...

In retrospect, he was being a bit too sensitive.

"So it was just an explosion?"

Lu Qi took a few deep breaths to calm himself down.

He wasn't unaware of mining blasting; he just hadn't realized it at the time.

He had long been so paranoid about the abyss that he habitually associated it with all sorts of terrible crises, and countless terrifying images of the abyss descending upon his mind... He never thought about anything in a completely normal direction.

(End of this chapter)