Life Dungeon Game

"You're Nell, right? Ivo's brother?"

He had barely settled down when the old man asked softly.

"Ah."

He Ao nodded slightly.

He began to recall where he had seen a face that resembled the old man's.

“Ivo was a good boy,” the old man said, glancing at Ivo lying in the middle of the church, moonlight streaming through the window onto the blood-stained gauze. “I remember when he first came here two years ago, he was just as badly injured.”

"Can you tell me about it?"

He Ao said softly.

Ivo has not returned home since he disappeared two years ago, and his family has no idea what has happened to him.

The old man seemed to know this too. He sighed softly and began to recount what had happened to Ivo.

The matter itself is not complicated.

Two years after his father died in the mine, Ivo impulsively went to the mining conglomerate to "demand an explanation," but he was stopped at the door and couldn't even get in.

Then, on his way home, he was followed by the Ice Wolf Gang, seriously injured, and lost consciousness. He was then sent directly to the crematorium under the guise of being a homeless person.

He was lucky; when he was taken to the crematorium, it was already late at night, and the staff had all gone home. He was simply placed in the morgue.

During the night he lay in the morgue, he got up, staggered out of the crematorium, and finally collapsed in front of the pharmacist's pharmacy.

The pharmacist saved him.

He also met people from the 'Miners' Mutual Aid Association' here.

Those who join this organization are basically people who have been oppressed by mining conglomerates, or whose family members have been killed by mining conglomerates, and who are sworn enemies of the mining conglomerates.

The leader of this organization is the old man next to He Ao, who is known as the 'Old Foreman'.

The old foreman was not initially prepared to take Ivo in. He knew Ivo had a family and advised Ivo to return to his original life.

But after one

After his brush with death, Ivo realized that he alone could not fight against the mining conglomerate, so he was determined to join the mutual aid society.

At that time, the mutual aid society was already wanted by the mining conglomerate. Joining the mutual aid society meant that you could never go home again, otherwise you might attract the mining conglomerate's attention to your family.

Mining conglomerates and the Ice Wolf Gang have no morals whatsoever. If threatening your family members works, they will definitely do so.

Since then, Ivo has 'disappeared' from his family.

After joining the miners' mutual aid society, Ivo showed exceptional talent in mech training, so the foreman used his connections and money to get Ivo into the Federal Military Academy in Irons to study mech piloting.

He was gone for nearly two years until recently when the old foreman called him back.

"He's a good boy."

The old foreman looked at the cross in the church and sighed softly.

In fact, the members of the Nell family all have similar personalities; they are unwilling and unable to compromise.

The eldest brother had to take care of the whole family, so his responsibilities outweighed his own will. The second sister was mentally unstable and lacked logical reasoning to act.

Third Brother, Fourth Brother, and Fifth Sister are all secretly planning to find the truth in their own way and fight against the mining conglomerate.

Even Nell is a similar person; he just hasn't found the right channels.

From the very beginning, this family's fate was sealed.

He Ao didn't continue the conversation. Instead, he looked at the old foreman and asked slowly, "Do you know Locke?"

He finally matched the old foreman with someone he vaguely remembered seeing.

In the video of the mine massacre, there was a mine manager named 'Lock' who expressed sympathy for the miners.

Upon hearing this question, the old foreman stiffened, shakily took out a cigarette, lit it, and put it in his mouth. "That's my son."

He Ao fell silent.

He vaguely realized something.

The old foreman seemed surprised that someone would ask him about 'Locke'.

He hadn't talked about these things with anyone in a long time. He was silent for a moment, then began to narrate.

Locke's story is actually quite simple. Although he was the mine manager, he always had sympathy for the miners and abhorred the cruel repression by the corporations. Sometimes, he would even use his power to protect some miners who organized demonstrations.

Under his protection, many fewer people died in the mine.

But the good times are not long.

His actions were reported by a greedy miner, and he was fired from the mine.

After losing his job, he was pressured by banks affiliated with the mining conglomerate to repay his debts. His only residence was maliciously discounted, leaving him insolvent. Ultimately, he jumped from a building next to the mining conglomerate.

His wife left the city with their children.

This happened ten years ago, when mining conglomerates handled things a little more 'gently'.

He at least saved his family.

Locke was the old foreman's only son. After Locke jumped off the building, the old foreman's wife died of grief.

The old foreman didn't want to live anymore, but miners whom Locke had helped often came to visit and chat with him.

Over time, the old man pulled these people into a chat group, intending to help each other, and gave himself the nickname 'Old Man'.

foreman'.

He later realized that many people in the group had lost their families because of the mining conglomerate, and more and more people were joining the group.

Then they began to be blacklisted, suppressed, and arrested by mining conglomerates.

More people who were at odds with the mining conglomerates joined in, eventually forming the current miners' mutual aid association.

"A lonely old man with no wife or children, leading a group of solitary madmen."

The old foreman smoked one cigarette after another.

He Ao listened quietly to the old foreman's story.

The old foreman had been holding it in for too long and needed a quiet listener.

After he finished speaking, the old foreman slowly stood up, picked up the cigarette butts one by one from the ground, and held them in his hand. "The restroom is through the side door on the left. You can walk around the church freely. God loves the world, but please keep quiet."

As he spoke, he slowly walked into the side door on the right.

He touched the dried bloodstains on his face, looked at the sleeping Ivo, slowly got up, and walked towards the left side door.

The bathroom light was dimly lit. He Ao turned on the tap, scooped up a handful of water, and rubbed the blood off his face.

At the same time, information flashed rapidly through his mind.

He realized he had fallen into a misconception. Most of the videos on the storage chip his fifth sister had given him were recent events, and some of the ones marked with dates were from the last year or two, leading him to subconsciously believe that everything had happened recently.

But the old foreman's son, Locke, had been dead for ten years.

In other words, the video featuring Locke is at least ten years old.

The video that Fifth Sister got was from Vincent's son; it's probably a video that Vincent himself saved.

Why would Vincent store a video that's over ten years old on his computer?

Moreover, this video is clearly unrelated to Vincent.

What is its more special significance?

He Ao began to recall that video. That video was indeed the most unique. Some other videos were named after time, and some were named after location, but that video had neither time nor location. The name only had a single 'M'.

What does 'M' stand for?

And does Vincent really not care about the video inside the chip?

That's not necessarily true. If they really didn't care, they wouldn't have launched a city-wide manhunt, sent people into the wilderness, or mobilized the FBI to issue a warrant for their arrest.

Bribing a telecommunications consortium to effectively block the video feed is a last resort, as it prevents them from catching He Ao.

Moreover, Vincent alone certainly couldn't handle the communications conglomerate. These large conglomerates, spanning the entire Federation, are all behemoths. Taking them down wouldn't be easy; the entire Rock City Mining Conglomerate would have to mobilize.

We will also need the support of the Rock City Hall.

But can Vincent mobilize the full strength of the Rock City Mining Consortium?

He himself was being used as a tool by forces within the mining consortium to kill someone. If Heo were Vincent's enemy within the mining consortium, he certainly wouldn't pay for Vincent's mistakes, and might even spread rumors to completely bring Vincent down.

Unless the contents of the chip involve the interests of the entire mining consortium, forcing the forces within the consortium to unite.

He Ao scooped up a handful of water and rubbed his face again.

Actually, being blocked by the communications conglomerate isn't a big problem. Back then, when the former mayor of Dawn City, Vent, was backed by the Nord Conglomerate and supported by the medical monopoly alliance, he also blocked the scandal videos. Heo did the same to expose his scandal.

Once you figure out who your friends are and who your enemies are, everything will be easy.

He Ao raised his head and looked at himself in the bathroom mirror. The bloodstains on his cheeks had been washed away, revealing a somewhat youthful face.

The cool moonlight shone through the glass and spread across the church corridor.

Just then, He Ao suddenly felt his heart skip a beat.

He looked up into the depths of the church.

Something is attracting me.

The last time he felt this attraction was when he met the dancer in Dawn City.

I fell asleep while writing last night, so it was a little late.

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He looked up and gazed at the deepest part of the corridor.

He vaguely sensed a quiet danger lurking deep within the church.

And that attraction was so alluring, like a poppy blooming in the night.

He thought for a moment, turned off the tap, and stepped out quietly.