Chapter 1398: The Investigation
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Hessiana ntioned that the mysterious dinsion was only discovered after a small-scale collapse in the quarry. The mountainous region was an excellent stone production center. The Hessianite Family had been quarrying in the area for half a century, and the various experts that the family hired had explored and mapped every inch of the place, mainly because Hessiana was obsessed with finding gemstones. In theory, if there had been any pits and natural caves in the ground, she would have discovered it long ago. But the collapse of the quarry exposed a crypt that was not supposed to exist.
The crypt was deep. It led all the way to a vast space inside. If the thing had been in the ground from the beginning, Hessiana would have killed her geologists—at least that was what she thought.
The first people who found the cave were two human workers, who under the command of the foreman, went to check out the damage of the equipnt and situation of the quarry after the collapse. A new crack in the rock had aroused the curiosity of the two daredevils. No one could fathom why the two decided to venture into the crack instead of report back. Perhaps the few packs of marijuana found in their dorms could explain that. In short, the two adventurous workers got into the crack in the rock and found the cave.
The exit at the end of the cave led to an ancient city.
They may have seen sothing else in the cave. It could also be so poisonous gas or a radioactive field. The two workers disappeared for a day and a night, and then returned suddenly in the evening the next day. One of them was completely mad, and the other was half-mad and talking gibberish.
The Hessianite Family’s supervisor in the area received the news only one day later. By then, various rumors had spread throughout the quarry. The poor foreman was fired because he did not report the disappearance of the two workers in ti. The supervisor contacted the two surviving workers. After fifteen minutes of contact, the news was sent to Hessiana’s desk.
Imdiately, the vampire from the upper echelon of the family blocked off the entire mining site.
Before entering the cave, Hao Ren and his n first t with those involved in the incident. They included humans and non-humans. The eting was held in the mining office. There were five people before Hao Ren. Two of them were locals. They were tall, dark-skinned, and their hair was thick, but they looked unresponsive and talked gibberish. Apparently, they were the two workers who first discovered the cave. There was also an old man dressed in a suit, gray hair, and behaving like an old gentleman. He seed to be a human, the quarry supervisor. Standing at the rear was a couple of man and woman. Dressed in casual clothes, the man was handso, and the woman was beautiful, all young and did not look like managent personnel. But the reality was, the two of them were the highest-ranking personnel here before the arrival of Hessiana. They were the personnel whom Hessiana had sent to handle the incident earlier.
But now the family matriarch was here. The incident had clearly exceeded the authority of these two special commissioners.
Except for the two workers who had lost the ability to communicate, the three persons who entered the office were highly respectful of Hessiana. They even bowed to Hao Ren and his n as a sign of respect and was especially awestruck by Vivian who looked almost identical to Hessiana. The little bat interrupted their lengthy salutations and asked, “How is the situation in the quarry now?”
The supervisor carefully looked at the male vampire next to him. He was not going to say anything before his superior spoke. The vampire realized this and nodded. “Matriarch, the mine has been sealed off as per your order. But the ntal problems of the workers are getting worse. Francisco and David could have been infected with the bacteria in the cave, and the people they contacted were also infected. So before we could eliminate the risk, no one was allowed to leave. But it won’t last long.”
Francisco and David were the nas of the two poor workers.
Hessiana pinched her forehead and turned to look at Hao Ren. “Hey, do you have a pen that glows when you click it and erases people’s mory when you wave it in front of people’s eyes?”
“We are a formal functional departnt that does not engage in these tricks. Would you be responsible when there is a copyright problem?”
“It is killing ,” the little bat smirked. “The supervisor here is inept. News has spread. And what is worse is that I can’t silence people by killing them.”
Hao Ren knew about what the little bat was concerned, and said, “This is easy. After we finish our investigation, we blow up the connection between the alien dinsion and the real world, or just blow up the entire alien dinsion. By then, you can let anyone co to investigate, and they won’t find anything else except rocks. You may also send n to spread so more sensational stories. When rumors are flying around, no one would believe the original story.”
Hessiana thought that it was a good idea and was delighted. “Brilliant! It sounds like it is not going to leave any trouble behind. Oh, yes, with a little advertisent, maybe I can turn the quarry into a tourist destination, collecting entrance ticket from tourists. Perot, please explore the potential of tourism in this place.”
Perot, the white-haired quarry supervisor, seed to have long known about the extemporaneous nature of the vampire matriarch. He took the order without any expression on his face. Perot knew that Hessiana might not even rember she had talked about this idea after two days.
anwhile, Hao Ren and his n were all awestruck of the business sense of the little bat. But Lorissa, the one-and-a-half-year-old queen, had not a clue about what Hessiana was talking. She was only curious about everything in this place and busy darting around.
Vivian knocked on the table and got the attention of Hessiana. “You could do whatever with the quarry later, but first let us see the two workers.”
The two ntally deranged workers had even lost their mobility and needed to be carried into the office. There was no external injury on their bodies nor damage to their nervous system detected. Sothing else more complicated might have caused their insanity. The condition of the worker nad Francisco was more severe; he could not even talk and was spending most of his ti staring at the ceiling. His mouth mumbled in unrecognizable voices, which even the MDT’s translation system could not figure out what the man was saying. The other worker nad David was a little better.
A little better here ant that at least his voice is a little louder than Francisco’s, and at least a few words were decipherable.
“Cave... fog... eat... slaughter... monster...”
This was what the MDT was able to figure out at last.
“Their conditions are more serious than before,” the young female vampire said. “These two humans had a strong emotional reaction at first. They yelled and struggled, but slowly beca unresponsive and quiet. Their thinking ability is declining dramatically, and they are losing their bodily strength. Drug or magic has no effect on them.”
Vivian frowned as she carefully examined the two workers. “It looks like they are cursed, or suffering from ntal trauma. You two must have entered the alien dinsion. What could cause their conditions?” she asked the two vampires.
The two young vampires glanced at each other. And then the male vampire said, “We just peeked from the outside because we dared not enter. There was a strange light of red curtain covered the alien dinsion. Once stepping inside, a strong sense of crisis hit us, and the magic warning props we carried with us sounded the alarm continuously. But we could not determine where the threat ca from. Rose and I did not feel that they were attacked. But after staying in there for a while, dryness and ablation appeared on Rose’s skin while I began to feel weak. So we quickly ca back out.”
Hao Ren looked at two young vampires and said, “Are you sure that you have not been attacked during the whole ti in there?”
The two vampires nodded repeatedly. Hessiana said, “These two guys are the most honest in my family. Even the least honest guys would not dare to lie in front of .”
The two vampires nodded even harder this ti.
“It seems that there is a problem with the big environnt or the energy field that shields the dinsion. This energy field may be beyond the exploration of conventional thods, so that it is difficult to detect the harm it causes,” Y’zaks said as he bent down to check on the two victims. “In my hotown, many powerful curses could cause this effect.”
“Will these two people survive?” Hessiana asked. The two humans may have only been inconspicuous mbers of a small branch of Hessiana’s large family and may have even been ignorant of the existence of the Hessianite Family, but Hessiana still could not help but feel concerned.
“Don’t worry, they’re not going to die,” Hao Ren said with a confident smile. “I don’t know about the others, but have you forgotten that I have a bunch of high-tech dical equipnt? I can even raise them from the dead if I want to. Let’s put them into the dical pods later after we explore the alien dinsion.”
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