Strange Box 005

  Although his memory was chaotic, he still hadn't forgotten some basic things, especially his master, the Zen Master Qili, whom he had followed for seven years to learn Zen and understood a lot of Buddhist knowledge.

  Today, Wu Chang saw this strange box in the underground of Huang E Star. His first feeling was like meeting an old friend in a foreign land. With tears in his eyes, Wu Chang didn't care about the danger and desperately wanted to climb down the cliff to get that metal box.

  "Are you crazy? There's a river of magma down there, don't you want to live?" Pike scolded in anger, he really wanted to abandon him, but since Wu Chang had just saved his life, he couldn't possibly do that now.

  Wu Chang threw the backpack on his back, including the rainbow crystal inside, to Groundhog Pike. "You help me carry it, I'll go take a look at this strange box," he said, hammering three sturdy mining nails into the rock wall and tying the climbing rope tightly.

  The metal box is only a dozen meters away from the entrance of the cave, and it's not very big. Judging from its edges, it should be a square with sides about half a meter long, and about two-thirds of it is hidden in the stone wall.

  Wu Chang couldn't figure out how the box had drilled into the stone wall, but judging from the degree of integration between the box and the stone wall, Wu Chang felt that the box should have been abandoned in the magma, and after the magma cooled to form rocks, the box was sealed inside.

  Today's earthquake not only shook open the mountain body and formed this lava river, but also exposed this strange box.

  "Be careful, be careful. Left foot, left foot move another half inch, right, right, right..." Groundhog Pike crouched on the ground, his head poking out from behind a rock, directing Wuchang.

  In a short while, the distance between them and the box had become very close, but this position was also extremely close to the lava. The rocks that were kicked by Wú Cháng fell into the rolling lava river, and the splashing magma almost scalded Wú Cháng's body.

  The dangling climbing rope had a large section ignited by the magma, and if it weren't for the quick and agile legs that stomped out the flames in time, the spreading fire would have burned his body.

  "Slow down, slow down!" Pike's heart had already jumped to his throat and he was speechless. Facing this madman, Pike completely admitted defeat.

  At this time, the heat emanating from the magma was unbearable, and Wú Cháng's head was drenched in sweat. The air mask was filled with steam, and his goggles were completely fogged up. Wú Cháng ripped off his mask, hoping to take a deep breath, but was instead choked by a fierce blast of hot air. Caught off guard, Wú Cháng's palms slipped, and his entire body plummeted downwards.

  "Careful......" Pai Ke was so scared that he didn't dare open his eyes.

  Pai Ke was absolutely underestimating the unpredictable skill, in the moment of falling, Wu Chang's two hands used all their strength to tightly grasp the climbing rope, and a meter or more of fresh blood stained the climbing rope, only then did it stop the momentum of the fall.

  At this time, Wú Cháng had approached the metal box, within arm's reach, and the exquisite carvings on the box became even clearer. It wasn't until then that Wú Cháng discovered that there were not only carvings of the Four Heavenly Kings on the box, but also some scene carvings at the edges, which seemed to be stories from Buddhist scriptures.

  He didn't have time to carefully identify the picture above, he stretched out his hand to touch the texture of the box body by hand, and his mind was still thinking about how to get this big guy up. But just as his fingers touched the box body for an instant, the entire rift valley suddenly shook violently.

  "Aftershock, damn it's an aftershock! You little brat, hurry up and come here......" Paike looked at the falling rocks above his head, wanting to escape in advance but couldn't make up his mind.

  At this moment, the metal box body suddenly radiated a brilliant light, as if a substantial white light enveloped No Chang's entire body. In the dazzling white light, No Chang was astonished to see that the half-meter-square metal box body suddenly split into four or five pieces, and from the middle of the box, a black sphere about the size of a pigeon egg floated out.

  A pitch-black sphere transformed into various shapes, with dozens of silver-white threads tightly wrapping around the black ball on its periphery.

  Unexpectedly stupid eyes, he never thought that in such a large box, only this small black ball was kept, and this black ball was actually moving as if it had life.

  What's even harder to imagine is yet to come, the black ball seems to have discovered Wu Chang's existence, suddenly flying in front of him, the wrapped silver threads split into a dozen or so, directly piercing Wu Chang's skull, too fast to dodge.

  No pain, no discomfort, just a cold feeling. Wu Chang stared blankly as the silver threads pierced his head, helpless for half a second. Those silver threads suddenly withdrew and wove into a silver thread in mid-air, tightly wrapping around Wu Chang's neck.

  In an instant, a strange necklace appeared, with a silver chain wrapped around Wu Chang's neck, and the black mysterious ball also became like a black diamond, quietly hanging below his neck.

  There's no time for idle thoughts now, the vibration is already extremely intense, the exquisite metal box body has fallen into the magma and disappeared, and at this time, three fixed miner nails are also loosening.

  At the critical moment of life and death, Wu Chang's two arms suddenly exerted force, displaying the secret technique of Dragon Tiger Rush. In just a few moves, he climbed up. Before Wu Chang could even stand firm, he pulled Pai Ke and dodged into the mine tunnel they had just passed through.

  "Go, hurry up and get out of here as fast as you can." Wu Chang didn't bother explaining anything to Packard, instead dragging him along in a mad dash.

  It's strange to say that this aftershock seems to be concentrated in that crack, and the two people feel smaller tremors as they walk further away. After running for hundreds of meters, the tremors can no longer be felt.

  Mysterious Park stared at Wu Chang and asked, "What was that thing just now? How did a white light make everything invisible?"

  "You ask me? Who should I ask? As soon as I touched that box, the ground shook and the good box was shattered into pieces and fell into the lava"

  It's better to keep this secret inside and not explain it too clearly, as for the necklace, just hide it under your clothes, ordinary people won't be able to see it.

  The predetermined route is no longer accessible, and the two of them walked for a whole hour in the wrong direction before arriving at a mine tunnel that Park was more familiar with. It wasn't until they saw row after row of sturdy alloy supports that they knew they weren't lost.

  The mine tunnel was very quiet after the earthquake, and no one dared to go down into the pit. In the underground labyrinth, only the two of them were advancing in solitude. After walking for another three hours, the two finally saw the light from the entrance of the cave and the flying volcanic ash.

  "We've arrived, and it seems we're safe now. But let me tell you, we took a big detour. The exit isn't B1313 mine shaft anymore, but rather the adjacent B1314 mine shaft..."

  "What about the territory of the wolf pack?" Wu Chang suddenly became alert.

  "Don't worry, the tunnels between mines are all connected, it's normal to take a detour from another mine. As long as we don't cause trouble, they won't make things difficult for us. Besides, Blood Rose wouldn't go wandering around the mine pits during the Black Snow period..."

  Pai's words made Wu Chang feel slightly more at ease, but when the two of them walked out of the mine and were exposed to the black snow, they discovered that reality wasn't so simple.

  "Isn't that the annoying guy?" Just as Wu Chang had poked his head out, a voice came from not far away. He looked up to see Wu Chang's gloomy face scrunched up in a frown. Cao, isn't this one of those twin fatso brothers?

  That's right, on the high platform of the mine pit, Da Bao and Xiao Bao, a pair of twins, were fighting, supervising the miners collecting tools below. From their lofty height, they spotted Wu Chang and Pai Ke at a glance.

  "Is that Pak, the rat? And that annoying kid?" The two thugs' eyes lit up immediately. The little brat next to Pak, wasn't he the annoying kid the boss's wife was talking about? He was the one who falsely accused us of being the boss's sons and made us lose face in front of everyone.

  Two men jumped down from the high platform and with a group of thugs pushed Wu Chang and Pike into a corner.

  "Hey, brothers, isn't this an earthquake? We had no choice but to take a detour from here. As miners, you should understand..." Paike fawned, nodding and bowing towards Er Bao.

  "Get out of the way!" Da Bao slapped Pai Ke to one side with a loud slap, pointing at Wu Chang and saying "You little brat, you've made our boss lady unhappy. Now, let us two give you three punches, and after that, we'll naturally let you go." After finishing speaking, the two fat men forcefully pinched their fingers, making cracking sounds.

  Groundhog Pai Ke looked at those two pairs of fist-sized eyes and felt dizzy, hurriedly squeezed over to speak softly "Big brother, second big brother, this guy just rushed out from the Ghost Gate Pass, his body is still weak, can he survive with three punches from you two mighty ones? For my sake, I'll treat everyone to a drink, spare his life..."

  Pai Ke's flattering words were quite comfortable, Er Pang nodded and said "Since you're treating me to a drink, of course I'll let him off easy, but three punches are unavoidable, at worst I'll just use less force"

  Paike wanted to persuade him, but Wu Chang stopped him. He stuffed his miner's bag into Paike's arms and said loudly, "Two bosses, I was wrong, I should be punished. Just spare my life, and I'll treat you all to a drink later."

  Having said that, Wu Chang covered his head with both hands and squatted in a corner, listening to fate.

  Paike was pushed to one side by the thugs and couldn't help at all. He could somewhat understand the unpredictable plan, it's impossible for Da Bao Er Bao not to get angry today, more than 20 thugs surrounded him, he can't even run away. Moreover, there is still that precious crystal in his backpack, this thing can't be exposed.

  Paike's consideration is correct, but not comprehensive. What Wu Chang fears most now is making a big deal out of things, because once it gets out of hand and attracts others, it will be difficult to handle, especially since he doesn't have any status at the moment. Tu Lang Sai Wen and Xue Mei Gui will definitely use this point to stir up trouble.

  As for those two chubby guys, it's obvious at a glance that they're a pair of idiots, absolutely immature kids. With people like this, as long as you go along with them, they'll naturally let you off once they've had enough fun. As long as I can safely return to the B1313 supply center, that's all that matters.

  Fists rained down like raindrops, and perhaps the unpredictable factor came into play. This group of people didn't have a single one who was willing to take things too far, especially those two fat guys, who actually just threw three punches before retreating to watch their subordinates take action.

  "Hit him, go on, go on, hit him!" The two fat men cheered excitedly, as if watching a comedy show.

  The unpredictable creature curled up in the corner, trying to protect its weak spots as much as possible, exposing its thick-skinned back and buttocks to let the thugs vent their anger. At the same time, it also spread the power of the dragon and tiger throughout its body, which was also a good defense. Overall, the unpredictable creature did not suffer any significant damage in this attack.

  But to outsiders, it's a different story. All they see is the helpless Nozomu getting beaten up and cowering on the ground in fear. All the miners are shocked and take a step back, while Groundskeeper Pike bursts into tears.