Chapter 175: The Terror of Rat, the Oracle of the Beast Cult

At home.

Mother Zhang Fen frowned and opened the window for ventilation.

Her rest condition has improved during this period, and her face has become more rosy. It is obvious that Qi Sui's gift and letter last time have played a role.

Father Qi Hewei sat on the sofa, staring at the screen of his mobile phone, with a serious expression, a cigarette in his mouth, and kept puffing out smoke.

"Smoke less, this is the fifth cigarette since you got up this morning, don't you know what's wrong with your lungs?" Zhang Fen nagging in a low voice.

Since Qi Sui went to study in another province, she has turned a blind eye to Qi Hewei's smoking at home. After all, second-hand smoke is fine as long as it doesn't affect the children.

Qi Hewei frowned, put out the cigarette butt, and sighed: "We just rested for two days, and the mine manager urged us to go back to work in the group again!"

"Are we going back today? Have you solved the rat infestation under your mine?" Zhang Fen's heart tightened.

Just a few days ago, a large-scale rat infestation broke out again under the mine where Qi Hewei was working. Someone took a photo with an explosion-proof mobile phone.

Those black-haired rats were not only big, almost as big as ordinary house cats, but also very numerous. They surged out in a black mass, like a black wave, leaving people no place to rest.

Even if someone said that these rats would eat people, I'm afraid they would not be suspected.

"The mine manager said that it has been solved. A professional rat extermination team was invited, and a strong rat extermination agent was sprayed to ensure that all were killed." Qi Hewei sighed.

Miners like them who work in the dark underground usually have to deal with rats.

In many cases, rats often act as a kind of safety officer, which is deeply loved by miners.

But this time the rats are completely different from the past. Not only are they not afraid of humans, but they will also take the initiative to pounce on them and bite them. Several of his co-workers have been bitten and are now lying in a coma in the hospital.

"Why don't you ask the mine manager for a few more days off! I always feel uneasy!"

Zhang Fen whispered, "Didn't you watch the news on TV a few days ago? Recently, there have been three outbreaks of rat infestation in Qinhai City. I heard that many people have been bitten to death or injured. There are not enough beds in the hospital."

"Don't worry too much. The mine manager said it's okay, so it shouldn't be a big problem. After all, if something really happens, he needs to take responsibility!" Qi Hewei's eyebrows slowly relaxed, and he had an idea in his mind.

Zhang Fen said, "Old Qi, why don't we quit this job? Anyway, our family is... not really in need of your salary now. Both children have promising prospects and don't need you to worry about them. Can't you retire early and enjoy a few years of peace and happiness?"

The world is getting more and more chaotic. As a woman, she is really afraid that the pillar of the family will have an accident.

"In two years, my length of service will reach the required number, and I can get an extra 2,000 yuan in pension! How can I retire just like that!" Qi Hewei stood up, went to the inner room to change clothes, and prepared to go to the mine to check the situation first.

Zhang Fen sighed and said nothing more.

Qi Sui's temperament is like his father's, both are stubborn, and no one can persuade him to change his mind.

Qi Sui's "soul body" was next to his father, followed him out of the door, and then drove to the southwest of Qinhai City.

Half an hour later, the vehicle drove out of the city, and the surrounding scene gradually became desolate.

The weeds were overgrown, and a few lonely graves could be vaguely seen.

The "Super Heavy Coal Mine", a super state-owned enterprise that was once extremely glorious and that graduates from major prestigious universities were scrambling to enter, is located in this area.

A layer of light coal dust floated in the air, and the earth was stained black.

"Qi Gong, are you here?"

An old man at the gate of the coal mine poked his head out to greet him cheerfully.

"Well, Old Sun, how is the situation in the mine today?" Qi Hewei asked as he slowed down the car.

"It's very good. More than a dozen trucks came this morning and took away all the dead bodies of the rats in the mine. A group of workers were sent down to the work surface just now. The information sent back said that everything is normal and production can be resumed." Old man Sun said with a smile.

"Hearing what you said, I feel much more relieved!"

Qi Hewei nodded at him and drove the car into the dilapidated parking lot in the mine.

Qi Sui vigilantly observed the surroundings and found nothing unusual.

My father acted quickly, returned to the locker room to change into work clothes, then took the first aid kit and high-light helmet, said hello to the staff on duty, and moved out the "monkey car" to sneak deep into the cave.

Looking at these old facilities, Qi Sui felt a little emotional.

When he was a child, he went to the mine with his father to play several times, but later his nose felt uncomfortable when he went to the mine, so his father never let him come again.

However, the scene in front of him was exactly the same as the picture in his childhood memory.

So many years have passed, and there has been basically no development.

After all, the discovery of "Hengjing" has revolutionary significance in the world's energy field. Other energy sources are on the verge of being eliminated. Perhaps after these old people are gone, this industry will completely disappear in the long river of history.

"Qi Gong, you are here today too?"

Several middle-aged men with dark cheeks and wearing dust masks were resting by the support and smilingly said hello.

Qi Hewei has nearly 30 years of work experience. He is generous and righteous, and many people in the mine respect him.

"The mine manager asked me to come down to inspect the equipment. If there is no problem, production will be officially resumed tomorrow."

Qi Hewei shook his head and said, "Days are passing by one day less, and the indicators issued by the higher-ups are still a long way off!"

"Damn it, the higher-ups only know how to issue work indicators, and don't know how to send more people over!" A rough man complained with a grin.

"Alas, it's not that I don't want to send people down, but these days, who would be willing to work in such a place if they can survive!" Another person sighed.

Someone looked at Qi Hewei with envy in his eyes and said, "Qi Gong, you are different from us. Although we are all working hard here to make money, you have raised a pair of promising children, and you have hope for life."

"It is a blessing for children to have promising children. We parents have to live our lives as we should!" Qi Hewei smiled and chatted with everyone for a few words, and then continued to walk deeper into the mine.

Along the way, there were piles of various heavy machinery and equipment used for mining.

Qi Hewei turned on the searchlight and carefully checked each machine to ensure that there were no places where the internal components were bitten by rats.

Beside him, Qi Sui sniffed.

Deep in the mine hundreds of meters underground, the air was extremely turbid and dull, and was filled with the pungent smell of a large number of dead rats and pesticides.

But among these smells, Qi Sui smelled a stench from the soul.

It made every cell in his body feel strongly uncomfortable.

Some of the smells are similar to those of the "Old Gods" and "Mysterious Aliens".

"Does the source seem to be here?"

Qi Sui looked in the opposite direction of Qi Hewei.

He did not act in a hurry, but waited patiently until his father inspected all the equipment and returned to the ground, and then drifted towards the dark depths on the other side of the mine.

This seemed to be a waste vein, with many gravel roadblocks piled up along the way.

But as he went deeper, the stench became more and more obvious.

After hundreds of meters, the waste vein came to an end, and a mud wall that had never been mined blocked the way.

Qi Sui half-crouched down, and in the corner below the mud wall, he could see some traces of holes made by rats.

"Perhaps the source of the rat infestation in the mine is here!"

He moved his mind, turned into a strong spiritual force, and drilled in through the hole.

In this cave, which is about the height of a fist, the air becomes damp and cold, and the dense green luster like ghost fire keeps flickering in the dark environment.

Qi Sui felt a chill in his heart.

These are not ghost fires, but tens of thousands of rat eyes.

Their hair is black without any impurities, their bodies are as fat as adult house cats, dragging a tail that is several times longer than their bodies, and their exposed teeth are extremely sharp, as if they can chew steel.

But even such a large group of rats did not make any sound, but continued to reproduce and breed, allowing the scale of the rat group to continue to expand at an extremely exaggerated speed.

"There is a force behind the control!"

Qi Sui's eyes were stern.

Rats are not highly intelligent creatures, and they cannot show such strict discipline by themselves.

Suddenly, he thought of the "Beast God Cult" missionary he met in the Yushan Secret Realm before.

The other party seemed to have the terrible ability to control animals.

In fact, the "Beast God" is not a very powerful existence among the gods of the old days. It can almost be ranked among the last few. With its strength, it is certainly not qualified to occupy the most fertile land of Canglan Star's faith.

So it has always been shrinking in the distant "Aoyi Country" to develop.

Like this very niche god religion, most people really don't know about it. It was only before Qi Sui had read a lot of books in the libraries of two universities that he learned some information.

"And it's a bit coincidental that the totem of the Beast God Religion... seems to be a rat!"

Qi Sui's soul body quickly passed through this sea of ​​rats.

The further he went, the more frightened he was.

Because this passage seemed to have no end, a rough estimate showed that it had already spanned a distance of dozens of kilometers, almost catching up with half of Qinhai City.

And there are countless complex branches inside the passage, each branch is filled with rats, the number has reached an extremely shocking level.

In this sea of ​​rats buried thousands of meters below the city's surface, a tall and burly human figure suddenly appeared in Qi Sui's sight.

He sat cross-legged in the air, his whole body covered in a black robe, his specific appearance could not be seen clearly, and in his hand he held a black flute with a red glow, and the strange and penetrating sound of the flute slowly drifted in this underground dark space.

Guided by his flute sound, the reproduction of the rat tide intensified, and even the size of the rats was growing at a speed that ordinary people could not understand.

"People from the Beast God Cult!"

Qi Sui confirmed the other party's identity at a glance.

That strange flute was almost exactly the same as the one he had obtained in the Yushan Secret Realm before.

His soul body slowly approached in the void, trying to see if he could find more information.

But just when he stepped into the 100-meter range, the man playing the flute suddenly looked over here. Under the black hood, a pair of cold green eyes lit up, as if he had the ability to see through the void.

"Huh? Is it an illusion?"

He frowned, and doubt appeared in his eyes.

But immediately, he denied this idea.

With his current spiritual realm, how could there be an illusion? It is more likely that something he cannot understand has appeared in the spiritual realm.

Qi Sui was also shocked by the man's reaction.

He could feel the terrifying spiritual power that erupted from the other party, like a hurricane sweeping through this dark cave.

However, because his soul body has the extraordinary characteristics of "undiscoverable" and "unselectable", it did not show any abnormality.

The black-robed man was extremely alert. He put the flute to his lips. The low and violent flute melody carried spiritual power, like a rainstorm and strong wind sweeping the whole place. A large number of rats around twitched and died, and it seemed to tear and destroy the souls of those who heard it.

Seeing this, Qi Sui could only retreat a hundred meters away.

He originally wanted to use the "soul body" to control it, but judging from the strength shown by the black-robed man, his spiritual attribute might be better than his own.

"Martial artists who are good at physical body and agility are very common, but this kind of spiritual flow is really rare!"

Qi Sui's heart was extremely solemn.

Spiritual power belongs to the second dimension. Coupled with its difficult to figure out and strange means, spiritual flow warriors have always been very difficult to deal with.

What's more, the black-robed man in front of him is a martial arts master, the "oracle" of the Beast God Cult, a terrifying existence that can come into close contact with gods.

"What on earth is the purpose of such a person going into the dark underground cave under Qinhai City?"

"And judging from his appearance, he may have been hiding here for more than half a year!"

"The most important thing is that everyone seems to not understand and pay enough attention to the situation in Qinhai City. The danger level in the school achievement hall is set to A. What's the difference between this and sending people to die?"

The danger level of a martial arts master alone has reached the "SSS" level.

What's more, there may be other accomplices lurking in the dark.

"We must find a way to pass the message out!"

Qi Sui immediately had an idea and did not continue to alarm the black-robed man, but walked out of the mine.

Unfortunately, he did not have much time left.

He randomly selected a middle-aged man, used his mobile phone to call the Qinhai City National Security Bureau, and told the whole situation deep in the mine without caring whether the other party believed it or not.

After receiving the half-believing and half-doubting promise of the operator on the other end of the phone to "send someone to check", Qi Sui breathed a sigh of relief.

However, just in case, he still called his mother and asked her to stop his father from going to the mine in his name.

After that, he contacted his teacher Qin Long again, but the prompt was busy.

After a little thought, he recalled Gu Xiyue's call and called, but the other party hung up directly.

Looking at the panel where his mental power was constantly fading, Qi Sui's last call was to the "Qinglong Martial Arts University Official Platform", and he described the situation in Qinhai City again.

"I have done everything I can do now, and the next step is to rely on... the fate of Qinhai City!"

Qi Sui exhaled a foul breath.

The mental power finally couldn't maintain the "soul body", and it dissipated and disappeared in this world.

"Huh? What happened just now? I seem to be distracted?"

The middle-aged man with a little baldness regained consciousness. He glanced at the phone still in his hand, stuffed it into his trouser pocket, and quickened his pace to continue rushing back home to the subway station.

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