This mountain, the mountain road seemed simple, a road leading to the end, but the mountain soil was special, not only that, but the vegetation on both sides was also very dense.

The plants growing here were somewhat different from other places in the central region of China.

Most importantly, Xi Jiuye detected some demonic energy here.

Although it was faint, it was indeed demon qi.

He had flipped through some ancient books, and some ancient demons, liked to live in seclusion in the deep forests.

Phoenix Mountain fit this profile.

Those demons, where were they living in seclusion today?

"Have the mine tunnels opened yet?"

Xi Jiu night supervised the work for a day plus a night, everything in the mine was as usual, the process was carried out in an orderly manner, and there were no bizarre events.

The miners also went from being nervous at first to gradually relaxing and gradually forgetting about those rumors from earlier.

"There's still about the last five hundred meters. The mine tunnels here are left over from seven or eight years ago, and with the erosion of the mountains plus several collapses, the mine caves and tunnels have been buried."

The company's main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public.

The company's main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public.

This very sophisticated method made Old Zhao have some good feelings towards him.

This young man Xi, really didn't have any young master's temper.

As soon as he came, he gave everyone a wage increase and promised to give the miners social security, but this was a good thing that Xi had never encountered in the past.

"In this area, there really weren't any villages before?"

Xi Jiu Ye asked one more time.

"There really isn't any, it's just a barren mountain."

Old Zhao didn't know why Xi repeatedly asked if there was anyone living here.

"No one is best."

Xi Jiuye's eyes deepened.

"Digging into the mine."

Around one in the morning, the surprised cries of the miners were heard.

"Let's go up there."

Xi Jiu Nai waved his hand.

Sixty to seventy miners were all gathered around an excavator.

In front of the front mountain wall, a hole was dug.

"It's a former mine hole, I remember this location."

An old miner said and couldn't wait to dig in, Xi Jiuye opened his mouth but didn't shout.

A few more miners dug in.

"It's been five minutes, why isn't there a response?"

The miners wondered.

"Save ...... save ......"

A figure with a blackened face crawled out of the mine.

Before he had fully climbed out, he collapsed to the ground and was still.

"Quick, go down and bring the man up."

When Old Zhao saw that something was wrong, he greeted three or two sturdy-looking ones to go down.

"Slow down."

Xi Jiu Ye signaled to the group to back off.

He skillfully lit the cigarette in his hand, and the smoke flicked, cutting an arc and falling into the mine cave that could accommodate two people in parallel.

The smoke fell into the mine, and all that could be heard was a loud bang, and the entire mine was on fire.

The miners all turned pale.

Old Zhao was even more jaw-dropping.

"This? What's going on?"

Old Zhao used to be an old engineer in a state-owned enterprise, and he was very familiar with the workings of the mine.

Coal mines are poorly ventilated, there will be gas leakage accidents, some long-term storage mines, there will be carbon dioxide, but Xi's this is a gold mine, how can there be gas?

"Get some masks and people and follow me down."

Xi Jiu Ye, however, was already prepared.

This mine was not buried for natural reasons.

Several pairs of gas masks were brought over, and Old Zhao led the way, finding five or six more sturdy young miners to go down the mine with Xi Jiuye.

The miners gathered around the mine cave, all of them crumpled into bitter faces.

"Hey, I told you, this work can't be done, Phoenix Mountain is a place with a curse."

A few old miners were there smoking muffled cigarettes and muttering.

"You guys are just old feudal superstitions, we don't believe in any evil spirits. Look at the others, the young master doesn't even believe in it."

The younger miners, however, were preoccupied with high salaries, and were not convinced by the old miner's words.

As they were saying that, they heard the sound of a solemn sound.

The miners looked back and stiffened with fright.

A monster, was wandering out.

It was like a sturdy calf, with long limbs and muscles that seemed to hold endless power, and most oddly, it looked like a calf.

It was not a cow, nor a wolf, nor any other beast for that matter.

In the miner's limited insight, he had never seen such a monster.

In the early morning hours of the barren mountains, this monster was like a ghost, appearing quietly.

Its brown pupils were eerily clear.

Suddenly, it opened its mouth and roared angrily at the crowd of miners.

The sound was so deafening that the entire mountain trembled.

The miners were so frightened that they fled down the mountain so fast that they didn't even dare to turn back.

"There's a ghost!"

"Monster!"

I'm afraid that after tonight, the strange news of Phoenix Mountain will be added together again.

The black scary behemoth, unhurriedly, looked around.

Making sure none were left.

On its neck, a small, white fluffy creature poked its head out.

"Ah Ri, they're all going to be mentally scared out of their minds by you."

Ye Lingyue, somewhat grouchy, patted Ling Ri's head with her paw.

The ontogenetic black qilin was indeed domineering, and a roar was enough to make people pee.

Ling Ri, however, threw his head in a derring-do.

A juvenile unicorn was still very proud.

"If it weren't for me, they'd all be dead."

Ling Ri was unconcerned.

They had followed Lan Cang all the way here.

Lan Cang first contacted Chu Chu, before taking a group of ...... demons towards a hidden cave entrance.

From their words, there were a large number of swamp gas pools in the area, which should have been cultivated by the Phoenix Ancient Clan over the years.

Apart from a hidden path, the swamp gas would soon spread everywhere, and someone would only have to die if they rashly broke in.

This was also why, the few miners before Xi Jiu Ye had died.

The so-called mine cave was most likely already connected to the swamp gas pool, and those ignorant miners who entered would soon be poisoned, and would have died violently without waiting to climb out of the mine cave.

"Xi Jiu Ye is clearly aware of something, yet he didn't give an early warning, this person is still the same wolf heart and lungs."

Ye Lingyue shook her head.

She and Ling Ri were watching distinctly beside her, Xi Jiu Ye was well-informed, and what Ling Ri was able to find out, Xi Jiu Ye must be able to find out as well.

"We can only wait for the rabbit."

Although they were curious about the situation in the mine, considering the presence of the poisonous swamp gas and not being able to follow Lan Cang and the others too closely, lest they be discovered, they had to wait in place.

"You wait first."

Ye Lingyue said and lightly leapt into the darkness.

Ling Ri wanted to warn her not to run around.

The words came to her mouth, somewhat numb.

Why did he care about her.

More than once, he looked in the direction where Ye Lingyue had disappeared.

The good news was that the latter's familiar white shadow soon reappeared.

"Hold it in your mouth."

Ye Ling Yue tossed Ling Ri a herb.

Ling Ri wondered.

"All things are born and grammed, and since the Phoenix Ancient Clan has lived in this area for a long time, they certainly know this. If there are marsh gas pools, there must be medicinal herbs to cure marsh gas poison."

Ye Lingyue bit into the herbs she found.

Ling Ri was surprised.

"You still know this?"

In Ling Ri's opinion, Ling Yue was almost useless except for being arrogant and domineering.

It was only Ling BeiMing that would treat her as the pearl of the palm.

"I know quite a lot, you'll know later."

Ye Lingyue motioned Ling Ri to enter the mine together.

"You follow behind."

Ling Ri said in a very domineering manner, striding forward with his head held high.

Ye Lingyue smiled wanly and followed behind Ling Ri.

The inside of the mine was not as spacious as the outside of the mine.

Even during the day, the mine tunnel was dark, and the original lighting equipment in the cave had already been destroyed due to years of unused use.

After Xi Jiuye and the others went down the cave, they had to rely on the light of the mine lamp to go forward.

Along the way, a few more corpses were found, as well as some skeletons.

By the looks of it, they should have been left over from the early days, when the accident happened.

Old Zhao walked along, his face ugly, and his hand holding the mine light couldn't help but tremble a bit.

He surreptitiously measured the Xi Jiu Ye behind him.

Xi Shao, however, had an indifferent face.

With such guts in his teens, it was no wonder he was a cadet at the police academy.

Old Zhao secretly lamented in his heart.

The training at the production base was externally police training, so in the eyes of an ordinary person like Old Zhao, Xi Jiu Ye was a police academy student.

"Up ahead is the operations platform."

After walking a difficult road, the road in front of it, gradually flattened out and the view opened up.

Old Zhao wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The operating platform there, and the communication tools.

As long as they changed the batteries, they could connect to the ground.

Five minutes after they entered the mine, their phones were all out of signal.

Up ahead, a roughly two to three hundred meters in diameter operating area appeared, with some abandoned machines and equipment, some ore raw materials that hadn't been transported out yet.

Old Zhao went forward and tested the communication tools.

"Hello?"

Old Zhao tried to contact the miner's captain outside the mine cave.

With great difficulty, the other party got on the phone.

Puffing and breathing heavily.

"What's going on? No response for half a day, bring some brothers down."

Old Zhao grumbled.

"The manager ...... has, there are monsters."

The little captain was breathless.

"Nonsense, what monsters. We've been operating all night, where's the monster."

Old Zhao was furious.

These old guys, they just know how to scare themselves.

Where are so many monsters.

The local government had explored the Phoenix Mountain area long before the work resumed, and there wasn't even a single beast on the mountain.

The other side hung up.

"These guys are trying to take advantage of the opportunity to raise wages again."

Old Zhao hated the iron, he was angry and was about to report this to Xi Jiu Ye.

Underfoot, however, he suddenly tripped.

He looked down and the mining lamp clattered to the ground.

Xi Jiu Ye was keeping an eye on the surroundings and turned back when he heard the movement.

"Manager Zhao!"

Those miners screamed.

Manager Zhao's somewhat blessed body was already halfway into the ground.

The ground that looked normal earlier, had become muddy at some point, and old Zhao was sinking down fast.

"Help, help!"

Old Zhao screamed and tried to climb up, but the more he moved, the faster he sank, and soon, he couldn't even see his hair.