"Lord Mo, your oil lamp really matches this mining expedition, haha."
Cao Pengyu, clad in an exoskeleton armor, said with a laugh, then subconsciously moved closer to Chen Mo’s side with his Spiritual Beast, Vajra Stone Ape.
Ready to flatter at any mont.
"Into the cave!"
Upon Liu Guo’an’s command, mbers of Thunder Team along with Zhao Yuan slowly entered the cave...
The temperature inside the mine was very low, starkly different from the outside, with various types of minerals around, so of which were even emitting a faint luminescence.
"ep~"
The Glutinous Rice Ball Spirit felt scared, the quiet, brightly lit vast mine seed to be overwhelmingly creepy.
"Don’t be afraid, I’ve already equipped you with a Dark Chef. Whatever happens later, just smash Dumpling Bombs in their faces."
Chen Mo said with a smile.
"ep..."(///ˊㅿˋ///)
The Glutinous Rice Ball Spirit recalled monts of social embarrassnt.
However, Chen Mo’s jest sowhat dispersed the fear in its heart.
The whole team was on high alert, but nothing happened along the way.
After a thorough exploration, Thunder Team ca up empty-handed.
No clothes, Spirit Control Bracelets, employee badges, or even hairs of Spiritual Beasts were found.
"Could it be that these miners have already been relocated, or perhaps... dealt with? Boss, should we take so photos and head back?"
Cao Pengyu suggested.
The fear cos from the unknown. If a Human-faced Ghost Owl or similar Evil Spirit Type Spiritual Beast had appeared right from the start, perhaps they wouldn’t be so scared.
"Hold on."
"I rember every mine has a mine log, sort of like a daily work summary report which the mine captain has to record every day. Zhao Yuan, do you know where the mine log is here?"
Liu Guo’an glanced at Zhao Yuan and asked.
"Follow ."
Zhao Yuan nodded, his hoarse voice sounding.
Under his lead, the group reached a resting room of less than 10 square ters inside the mine.
"I’ll go in first."
The door wasn’t locked, Liu Guo’an along with Purple Lightning Thunder Zombie An’an entered first.
"There’s no danger."
Hearing Liu Guo’an’s voice, everyone else gradually entered the room.
The first thing that caught their eyes was a green-covered mine log hanging on the wall.
It was placed in the most conspicuous position, as if it was intentionally ant to be found.
Liu Guo’an stuck 7 or 8 Evil Suppressing Talismans on himself before daring to take it down.
Quietly, an Evil Suppressing Talisman on Liu Guo’an’s back began to self-combust without fla.
This mine log indeed carried so kind of evil or spiritual contamination.
Though the contamination wasn’t strong, as the burn of Evil Suppressing Talisman stopped halfway.
This mine log might have been used by contaminated personnel or beasts, hence it carried a certain amount of contaminating energy.
Liu Guo’an opened the mine log, the first entry recorded was dated October 1. It seed to update quarterly.
[October 1, 2368]
Mine operations normal, today mined 386 chunks of Thunder Iron Ore totaling 502 kilograms, premium Thunder Iron Ore 3 chunks, Thunder Stones 28 chunks totaling 12 kilograms...
[October 2, 2368]
Mine operations normal, today mined Thunder Iron Ore...
[October 3, 2368]
Wang ng dug out a dormant Extraordinary Seventh-Order Golden Jade Snake in the mine, the venomous mist emitted caused him minor injuries. After subduing the Golden Jade Snake, everyone joked about making snake soup out of it to strengthen his body.
...
[October 7, 2368]
Wang ng contracted a Golden Jade Snake, the lucky boy. This rare Spiritual Beast could potentially help him advance to the Monarch Stage.
The previous entries were all normal, covering both the mining output and so daily trivial matters.
But there seems to be no useful information.
Until the journal entry from two weeks ago—
[November 13, 2368]
Zhao Yuan unearthed an extrely exquisite White Jade Statue underground, which is likely a relic from an ancient Spirit Realm site.
However, the beauty of this statue is eerily uncanny, I was worried it might be dangerous, so I bought it and planned to bring it back to the company quickly for the research departnt to examine.
"Why didn’t you ntion sothing as important as finding a White Jade Statue in the mine earlier!?"
Liu Guo’an rarely frowned.
There are increasingly more problems arising with Zhao Yuan.
"I thought this statue was just a regular antique."
Zhao Yuan defended himself.
"We dig up so weird items from underground every once in a while, it’s not sothing unusual, so I didn’t ntion it."
"Moreover, after I unearthed this White Jade Statue, it was bought for a high price by the cavalry group, I was completely unaware of what happened afterward."
Liu Guo’an ignored Zhao Yuan and continued reading while also synchronizing the text to everyone else’s Spirit Control Bracelets.
[November 14, 2368]
On our way back to the company with the statue, we encountered an unprecedented strong attack by the Solar Deer Group. Thanks to everyone’s efforts, we managed to repel them. I have a vague premonition that their attack might be related to the White Jade Statue. We must hurry back to the company!
[November 15, 2368]
I discovered the secret of the White Jade Statue! It is a tribute to the Lord of Delight! I shared this delight with others. They have beco one of us.
[Delightful Month 2487]
We returned to delight, and I told everything about the delight to the Delight Lord. Everyone has beco one of us!
[Year of Delight, Month of Delight]
Under the influence of delight, my Delightful Mouse and the Thunder Delight both advanced to the Monarch Level!
What delighted even more was that my first love, Delight, suddenly appeared in the mine and we had a delightful relationship.
[Continuously Delightful]
My Delight reached the Overlord Level, delightful...
[Delight]
We held a delightful ceremony together, delightful...
As the dates progressed, the entries beca increasingly sloppy and manic, with the character for "delight" appearing more frequently.
Clearly, the mining captain who recorded these words has completely fallen into so sort of spiritual contamination, and both he and his Spiritual Beast had no awareness of it.
From the description in the journal, the mining captain realized the danger of the statue, originally intending to bring it back to the company. But he got infected by it during the return journey.
And he has also passed this spiritual contamination onto everyone in the mine.
[Extrely Delightful]
Delight delight delight...
The last page only had the word "delight" repeatedly.
"It seems that the root cause of these anomalies is that White Jade Statue."
Liu Guo’an’s brows were tightly knotted.
This type of relic is more dangerous, more deadly, and more difficult to deal with than Evil Spirit Type Spiritual Beasts, likely involving so taboo entities of the Spirit Realm.
Hongng Company has encountered a number of bizarre incidents in its exploration of the Spirit Realm, most involving Evil Gods.
Thus, the investigation mission for the mine is considered complete. As long as this journal is brought back, the investigation mission is concluded.
Although the final assessnt isn’t high, it’s better than losing lives.
"Let’s go! We’ll talk more outside."
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