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

at home.

Mother Zhang Fen frowned and opened the window to ventilate.

During this period, her rest condition has improved, and her face has become more rosy, which is obviously due to the effect of Qi Sui's gift and letter last time.

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

"Please smoke less. This is the fifth cigarette you've smoked since you started this morning. Don't you know the condition of your lungs?" Zhang Fen grumbled in a low voice.

Ever since Qi Sui went to study in another province, she has turned a blind eye to Qi Hewei smoking at home. After all, as long as secondhand smoke does not affect the children, it is fine.

Qi Hewei frowned, put out his cigarette, and sighed: "We just took a break for two days, and the mine manager is urging us to go back to work in the group chat!"

"Are we going back today? Have you solved the rat infestation in the 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, and someone took pictures with an explosion-proof mobile phone.

Those black-haired mice were not only huge in size, almost as big as ordinary house cats, but also there were so many of them, pouring out in a black mass like a black wave, leaving people with no place to stand.

Even if someone said that these rats would eat people, I'm afraid no one would doubt it.

"The mine manager said that the problem has been solved. He invited a professional rat extermination team, and sprayed a strong rat-killing agent to ensure that all of them are killed." Qi Hewei sighed.

Miners like them who work in the dark underground mines have to deal with rats on a regular basis.

In many cases, mice often act as a kind of safety guard and are deeply loved by miners.

But this time the rats were completely different from the previous ones. Not only were they not afraid of humans, they would also actively pounce on them and bite them. Several of his co-workers were bitten and are now lying unconscious in the hospital.

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

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

"Actually, don't worry too much. The mine manager said everything is fine, so it shouldn't be a big problem. After all, if something really happens, he will need to take the responsibility!" Qi Hewei's brows slowly relaxed and he had an idea in his mind.

Zhang Fen said, "Old Qi, why don't you quit this job? Anyway, our family doesn't really need your salary right now. Our two children are both promising and don't need you to worry about them. Can't you retire early and enjoy a few years of peace and quiet?"

The world is becoming more and more chaotic, and as a woman, she is really afraid that something might happen to the pillar of the family.

"In two years, my length of service will reach the required period, and I can get an extra 2000 yuan in pension! How can you retire just like that?" Qi Hewei stood up, went to the inner room to change clothes, and prepared to go to the mine first to check out the situation.

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 once he has made up his mind.

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

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

The area is overgrown with weeds, and a few lonely graves can 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 get into, is located in this area.

A light layer of coal dust floated in the air, and the ground was dyed black.

"Qi Gong, are you here?"

An old man from the coal mine's gatehouse poked his head out cheerfully to say hello.

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

"It's very good. More than a dozen large trucks came this morning and took away all the dead bodies of rats in the well. We just sent a group of workers to the work surface. The information they 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 looked around vigilantly but found nothing unusual.

My father acted quickly, went back 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" and slipped deep into the cave.

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

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

However, the scene before my eyes was exactly the same as the one in my childhood memories.

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 coming down today too?"

Several middle-aged men with dark cheeks and wearing dust masks were resting beside the support and greeted us with a smile.

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

"The mine manager asked me to come down to inspect the equipment. If there are no problems, production will officially resume tomorrow."

Qi Hewei shook his head and said, "Days are running out, and the targets given by the higher authorities are still a long way off!"

"Damn it, the people above only know how to issue work targets, but don't know how to send more people over!" A rough guy complained with a grin.

"Well, it's not that we don't want to send people down, but these days, if anyone can survive, who would be willing to come to a place like this to work!" 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 a living, you have raised a pair of promising children. You have hope for the future."

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

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

Qi Hewei turned on the searchlight and carefully checked each machine to make sure that no internal components were damaged by rats.

Beside him, Qi Sui sniffed.

Hundreds of meters deep in the mine, the air was extremely turbid and stuffy, and filled with the pungent smell of dead rats and pesticides.

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

It made every cell in his body feel extremely uncomfortable.

Some of them are similar to the smell of "Old Gods" and "Mysterious Aliens".

"The source seems 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 floated towards the dark depths on the other side of the mine.

This seems to be a wasteland with many rubble roadblocks along the way.

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

After several hundred meters, the abandoned vein came to an end, and a mud wall that had never been mined blocked the way.

Qi Sui half-crouched down and saw some holes made by rats in the lower corner of the mud wall. "Perhaps the source of the rat infestation in the mine is here!"

His mind moved, and it turned into a powerful mental force, which drilled into the hole.

In this cave, which is about the size of a fist, the air becomes damp and cold, and dense green light like ghost fire keeps flickering in the pitch-black environment.

A chill ran down Qi Sui's heart.

These are not will-o'-the-wisp lights, but tens of thousands of rat eyes.

Their fur is the kind of black without any impurities visible, their bodies are as big as adult domestic cats, and they have a tail that is several times longer than their bodies. Their exposed teeth are so sharp that it seems they can chew through steel.

But even with such a large swarm of rats, they did not make any sound at all. They just kept reproducing and multiplying, allowing the size of the swarm to continue to expand at an incredibly exaggerated rate.

"There is a force behind this!"

Qi Sui's eyes narrowed.

Rats are not highly intelligent creatures, and it is impossible for them to demonstrate such strict discipline on their own.

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

The other party seems to have the terrifying ability to control animals.

In fact, the "Beast God" is not a very powerful existence among the Old Gods, and can almost be ranked among the bottom few. With its strength, it is certainly not qualified to occupy the most fertile land of faith on Canglan Star.

Therefore, it has always been hiding in the distant "Australia" for development.

Most people don't know about this very niche cult. It was only after Qi Sui had read through a large number of books in the libraries of two universities that he learned some information.

"And what's somewhat coincidental is that the totem of the Beast God Cult... seems to be a rat!"

Qi Sui's soul body quickly traveled through the sea of ​​rats.

The further he went, the more frightened he became.

Because this passage seems to have no end, a rough estimate shows that it has spanned a distance of dozens of kilometers, almost as large as half of Qinhai City.

Moreover, there are countless complex branches inside the passage, and each branch is filled with rats, the number of which reaches an incredibly 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 face could not be seen clearly, but in his hand he held a black flute with a red glow, and the strange and penetrating sound of the flute slowly drifted in the dark underground space.

Guided by the sound of his flute, the reproduction of the rats intensified, and even their bodies grew in size at a speed that was difficult for ordinary people to understand.

"People from the Beast God Cult!"

Qi Sui determined 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 discover more information.

But just as he stepped into the range of 100 meters, 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.

"Hmm? Is this an illusion?"

He frowned, a look of doubt in his eyes.

But he immediately rejected the idea.

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

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

He could feel the terrifying mental power erupting from the other party, like a hurricane sweeping through the dark cave.

However, because his soul body has the extraordinary characteristics of "unable to be discovered" and "unable to be selected", nothing unusual appeared.

The man in black robe was extremely alert. He put the flute to his lips. The low and violent melody of the flute carried spiritual power, like a rainstorm and strong wind sweeping across the whole place. Large groups of rats around him twitched and died, and it seemed to tear and destroy the souls of anyone who heard it.

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

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

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

Qi Sui felt extremely solemn.

Spiritual power belongs to the second dimension. Coupled with its difficult-to-understand and strange nature, spiritual 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 and the "Oracle" of the Beast God Cult. He is a terrifying existence that can come into close contact with gods.

"Why would such a person go into the dark underground caves under Qinhai City?"

"And judging by 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 or take the situation in Qinhai City seriously enough. The danger level in the school's achievement hall has been set to A. How is this different from sending people to their deaths?"

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 have to find a way to pass the message on!"

Qi Sui immediately had an idea and did not continue to disturb the man in black robe, but walked out of the mine.

It’s a pity that he doesn’t 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 other party everything about the situation deep in the mine, regardless of whether he believed it or not.

After receiving the half-believing promise from the operator on the other end of the phone that he would "send someone to check it out," Qi Sui breathed a sigh of relief.

However, just in case, he still called his mother and asked her on his behalf to stop his father from going to the mine at all costs during this period of time.

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

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

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

"I have done everything I can do now. What happens next depends on... the luck of Qinhai City!"

Qi Sui exhaled a breath of foul air.

The spiritual power finally couldn't sustain the "soul body" and it dissipated and disappeared in this world.

"Huh? What just happened? I think I was distracted?"

The middle-aged man with a slightly balding head regained consciousness. He glanced at the phone still in his hand, stuffed it into his trouser pocket, and quickened his pace to rush towards the subway station to go home.

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(End of this chapter)