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"Don't do anything about this for now. I'll report it to the chief helmsman first."

Although Qi Longhu is a reckless man, he still has some brains to take the position of hall leader.

"Let the chief helmsman go investigate first and determine the location of the cultists before we talk."

"Then who should we send to do the work after we determine the location?" Qi Qing put away the map of Qiyang City and looked up at Qi Longhu.

"Who do you think is appropriate to send?" Qi Longhu asked.

"If it were me, I would let Deputy Chen go."

"Deputy Ambassador Chen is so powerful that even weirdos are no match for him."

"And if you want to promote Deputy Ambassador Chen, you need a new credit, right?" Qi Qing seemed to have seen through Qi Longhu's mind and said with a smile.

"Okay, then I'll do as you say." Qi Longhu was very satisfied with Qi Qing's proposal and immediately agreed.

"It just so happened that I accidentally tricked him once, so I'll take it as compensation for him."

"Come to the helm with me tomorrow and bring the map."

"Yes, father." Qi Qing said with cupped hands.

At the same time, the mine in the north of the city.

The moonlight fell on the somewhat old brick buildings, casting twisted and creepy shadows.

"Brother Liu, I'm going to use the toilet."

A gang member who looked to be in his twenties said to Liu Shenghan.

"Remember not to go too far, this place is really unsafe."

Liu Shenghan looked at the miners still working under the moonlight, and a chill went straight to Tianling Gai.

"I know." The young gangster nodded, walked to the mine and unbuttoned his belt.

"Good guy, don't these people know they are tired?"

While draining the water, the gang looked at the miners working in the pit.

Under the faint moonlight, he could vaguely see the miners busy.

They were thin, pale, and had empty, lifeless eyes.

Wearing shabby and leaky clothes, they moved mechanically as if they were cursed, not like living people at all.

The puppet miners waved their hoes, pickaxes and hammers at extraordinary speeds, making a dull and tooth-breaking knocking sound.

Every time a piece of ore was knocked out, the miners threw it into the dilapidated wheelbarrow without hesitation and continued their work.

It seems tireless, just monotonous and mechanical repetitive movements.

"What the hell..." The young gang member couldn't pee, so he shook his head twice before going back to continue vigil.

But at this moment, he found that the surroundings had become extremely dark, and even the faint moonlight just now disappeared.

"Brother Liu, where are you?"

The gang groped aimlessly, trying to find an exit.

"What is this place?"

At first, he tried to find a way out of here, but to no avail.

Gradually, he found that everything around him had stopped, including his own time.

No matter where he went, he seemed to stay where he was.

Soon, the breathing of the group began to become rapid, as if there was a lump of phlegm stuck in their throats.

Loneliness and fear enveloped him, and he shouted almost manically, but there was no echo around him.

The boundless darkness swallowed up even his voice, and the gang fell into the abyss of despair.

His body and mind began to collapse, and he lost the last bit of strength to struggle.

......

Liu Shenghan kept looking at the backs of the gang, fearing that something would go wrong with him.

The strange thing is that the group of people trembled twice and then stopped moving.

Looking up at the hazy moonlight, he began to feel dazed.

"Qiu Hao, what are you doing?"

"Why can't you finish peeing?"

As soon as Liu Shenghan said these words, Qiu Hao moved.

He walked into the mine like a puppet, picked up a pickaxe and started working.

Liu Shenghan immediately realized that something was wrong, so he stood up and wanted to drag Qiu Hao back.

But as soon as he took a step out, he stepped back.

"What is this?"

Liu Shenghan looked at the place where Qiu Hao had just released the water, and a lifelike and twisted human face appeared there.

And that face was none other than Qiu Hao.

"It's over, something happened..."

"Don't even sleep, get up quickly!"

After waking up the sleeping gang members and telling them to stay where they were, Liu Shenghan planned to find Chen Heng.

Now he couldn't take care of Qiu Hao who turned into a puppet, so he ran towards the Chen family courtyard.

The mine in the north of the city is not close to the inner city. Even if Liu Shenghan is a powerful martial artist, it would take more than an hour to get there.

Still can't rest at all.

...

As soon as the sky dawned, Chen Heng was interrupted by a commotion outside.

"Brother, something happened!"

As soon as Chen Heng opened his eyes, he saw Liu Shenghan rushing in sweating profusely.

Behind him were several servants and maids who looked confused.

"Master, we didn't stop you," the servant said cautiously.

"It's okay, you can go down." Chen Heng waved his hand, and the servants and maids dared to leave.

"What happened?" Chen Heng frowned slightly, picked up the kettle and poured a glass for Liu Shenghan.

Liu Shenghan drank a whole pot of water in one breath, and then told what happened last night.

"Is it like that when you go to the toilet?"

Chen Heng's frown deepened. He knew something was wrong with the mine, but he didn't expect it to be so evil.

Peeing can make people pee.

"There was also a face on the ground..."

Chen Heng got up, put on his clothes, put the black sword on his back, and went out without even washing his face.

"Go to Zhuque Hall." Chen Heng did not go to the mine immediately.

According to Liu Shenghan, there is no use for him to go now.

He didn't even know what happened to Qiu Hao, and he was still confused when he went there.

So now the top priority is to go to Suzaku Hall to find out what is going on.