Chapter 177: Strange Things Deep Underground

The next day, Qi Yuan got up early.

There was not much to do today, and he stayed in the shelter to study the engraving of the spirit pattern.

At the same time, it was already late at night in the ultra-deep underground shelter.

Because of the artificial sun, the day and night here are reversed from the outside world.

After Zhong Maiyun sent the artificial sun back to the "underground shelter" through the secondary shelter, she returned to the "ultra-deep underground shelter" to sleep.

Although she gave her "secondary shelter scroll" to Qi Yuan last time.

But later, she bought another one to facilitate the back and forth between the two layers of the shelter.

As night fell, there was almost no light in the ultra-deep underground shelter more than 70 meters below.

There was only the light from Zhong Maiyun's residence and the luminous stone.

Zhong Maiyun's house was in the central area of ​​the shelter.

Outside the house, there were a large number of crops planted, as well as some chickens and rabbits raised.

In the dark night, they also slowly crawled in the nest.

At the southernmost part of the shelter, there is a relatively neat earth wall, which is the boundary of the entire shelter.

Zhong Maiyun arranged 50 workers to live here.

And around this living area, there is a very dense guard thorn.

Needless to say, this is all borrowed from Qi Yuan.

Zhong Maiyun's personal strength is not strong, and the shelter has almost no guard force.

Not to mention rare and excellent beasts, there are not many good beasts.

If these 50 people really want to do something while she is sleeping in the middle of the night, she will really have a hard time defending.

So for her safety, Qi Yuan gave her a batch of guard thorns, with more than 50 good-level ones and more than 500 ordinary-level ones.

However, because the guard thorns cannot leave the mother vine for a long time, they need to be transported back for a new batch every once in a while.

With the protection of the guard thorns, Zhong Maiyun can easily control these fifty people.

As for other dangers, there is no need to consider too much.

After all, it is 70 meters deep below the ground, and there are almost no beasts living here, and it will not be affected by the external environment.

However, even in such a safe shelter, something unknown is happening.

…

At midnight.

Super deep underground shelter.

Southern workers' dormitory area, dormitory No. 3.

A middle-aged man in his 30s suddenly had a "gurgling" sound in his stomach, a sharp pain in his abdomen, and his buttocks could not help but tighten.

The next moment, he woke up from his sleep instantly, holding his stomach and crawling up from the ground.

The noise woke up the roommate next to him, and he couldn't help frowning and asking: "Big Head, what are you doing? Why don't you sleep in the middle of the night?"

"Oh, Brother Wang, the food here is too good, I ate too much and had diarrhea..."

The man named Big Head, holding his stomach and not looking back, rushed out of the house.

"Lazy people pee a lot." Brother Wang didn't say much, wrapped the quilt, turned over and continued to sleep.

This place is too deep from the ground, so the temperature is relatively low, and you still need a quilt to sleep at night.

After leaving the dormitory, Big Head ran all the way to the toilet at the back.

In the toilet area, next to the earthen wall at the boundary of the shelter, there is a large man-made pit.

Datou's face turned red. He rushed over and just as he took off his pants, he heard a "crackling" sound.

"Huh!"

Datou closed his eyes and enjoyed it. He couldn't help but exhaled, and his body gradually relaxed.

"It's comfortable. Fortunately, I ran in time, otherwise I would have pulled my trouser pockets..."

Datou muttered to himself, somewhat thankful.

Then, he didn't notice...

Behind him, on the dark earthen wall, tiny pieces of soil fell...

Three minutes later.

After releasing himself, Datou straightened his waist comfortably. Just as he was about to get up, he touched his trouser pockets: "Damn, shit! I was in a hurry and forgot to bring paper!"

For a moment, Datou was in a dilemma. He didn't know whether he should put down his butt or stand up.

Then, he didn't need to make a decision anymore...

Behind him, a powerful force suddenly sucked him in.

Before he could react, his butt was completely sucked into the earth wall.

Just as he was about to call for help, a stronger suction force completely sucked him into the earth wall.

He struggled madly, but it was useless and he couldn't get free at all.

The fear, fear, dread, and shock of the unknown... all broke out in the dark night.

He wanted to release all his fears by shouting for help, but... the mud filled his mouth and blocked his breathing tube...

...

The next morning.

Zhong Maiyun just arrived at the dormitory area and found that the atmosphere was very wrong.

In the entire dormitory area, more than 50 people gathered in groups of three or five. They looked panicked and whispered.

Zhong Maiyun frowned, afraid to clap and said: "What are you doing? Why don't you get up and work?"

Everyone saw her coming and stood up obediently, but the whispering had not stopped.

At this time, a young woman in her 20s ran out of the crowd and came to Zhong Maiyun.

Her name is Huang Jie, and she is the manager arranged by Zhong Maiyun. He also used the control scroll and was responsible for arranging the lives and work of 50 people.

Huang Jie ran over in a panic, looking a little hesitant, as if she wanted to say something.

Zhong Maiyun frowned and asked, "Just say it if you have something to say, why are you wasting time?"

Huang Jie pursed her lips, took a deep breath, and said, "Sister Zhong, something unexpected happened last night. Someone...suddenly disappeared."

Zhong Maiyun's pupils shrank, and she said, "Disappeared, what do you mean?"

Huang Jie continued, "He was fine last night, but when he woke up this morning, his roommates found that he had mysteriously disappeared."

"At first, no one thought anything of it, thinking that he just went to the toilet. But until the gathering, he was not seen coming back.

"Just now, I have asked people to search the entire dormitory area, but still no trace of him was found."

Hearing this answer, Zhong Maiyun's face was a little uneasy, and she asked nervously.

"Mysteriously disappeared...Are you sure you have searched it all? The entire dormitory area has not been spared?"

"Sure! "

After getting a positive answer, she broke out in a cold sweat.

The disappearance of people is not a trivial matter!

If someone can escape from the dormitory area in the middle of the night, it means that there is a loophole in the dormitory area!

Someone can leave this area surrounded by guarded thorns through special channels!

This will be a great threat to her own safety.

Zhong Maiyun did not dare to be careless and immediately called the roommate of the missing person and asked, "When did you find out that he was missing?"

The man was named Wang Wenzhong. He came over tremblingly and said, "Boss Zhong, I found that he was not in the dormitory early this morning."

"Did he have any abnormalities before?"

Wang Xingzhong was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "No, he has been..."

Just as he was talking to him, his eyes lit up, as if he remembered something, and said, "Oh, by the way, he had diarrhea in the middle of the night last night. I was awakened by his movement and saw him go to the toilet outside."

"But I didn't care too much. I fell asleep directly and didn't know if he came back later. "

Hearing this person's answer, Zhong Maiyun immediately sent someone to check the toilet, but found nothing unusual.

Zhong Maiyun felt uneasy and did not arrange the work for everyone. Instead, he asked everyone to start looking for the missing person in all directions.