"Are you okay?"
Just as Han Dong returned to the alley, a spider shadow fell from the sky.
When the spider shadow landed, it immediately transformed into Mia, who had a slim figure and was wearing a half-mask.
"It's nothing … It's just a side effect of the Destiny Realm. How's your inspection? Did you find anything around the stone well? "
"There's … a lot of hair."
"What do you mean?"
"You'll know when you come over."
Mia tried to hold Han Dong's hand, but she recalled some of the harsh words Han Dong said in the carriage, so she withdrew her hand.
When they stepped out of the alley, the team had already turned the empty space upside down and removed a layer of soil.
In the lower layer of soil, there was a large amount of black hair … It was rooted in the soil like a seedling and would grow out of the ground after a while.
It wasn't just the water in the well that was affected by the hair.
Even the area around the stone well was affected … It meant that the situation was more serious than described in the mission.
Blacksmith Wen Li stared at the large amount of strange black hair rooted in the soil like a seedling. She was so scared that she had to stay with her teammates and not let her shoes touch the black hair no matter what.
At this moment, Dempus, who was squatting in the corner, used a unique magic method to perfectly extract a strand of black hair that was about half a meter long from the soil and spread it flat on a piece of white paper that he carried with him.
He used a magic array to analyze the black hair.
As the small array on the white paper was activated, strands of filthy aura were extracted from the hair … Then, the strand of hair disintegrated.
"What's hidden in the well should be a kind of middle-level or even high-level filth."
Abel frowned. "Mid-level or high-level filth? Moreover, we need to go to the enemy's nest, so it's indeed worthy of a three-star difficulty.
Moreover, this kind of 'evil filth' that is formed from hair should be a rare species, right? "
Demps pushed up his copper-rimmed glasses and nodded.
"It's very rare … This kind of filth is mostly made of white bones! Hair is extremely rare, and it might be related to other things. Before we know the situation in the well, recklessly going down might cause contamination. "
Abel turned around and looked at Han Dong and Mia who had just returned.
"Miss Mia, please make a sufficient amount of Spirit Cleansing Elixir … Next, the team may use it in large quantities."
Then, Abel looked at Han Dong.
"Nicholas, how are you feeling?"
"I'm fine."
"That's good … Excuse me, there are some things I don't understand.
Why do we have to start this difficult basic mission first? You should be able to see my relationship with Auntie Bardo, and I can make her reserve all the missions for us.
For safety's sake, let's take on the scarecrow mission with the lowest difficulty first. We'll get used to it and warm up first … Then, we'll take on the more difficult mission. Isn't that better? "
From Abel's question, it could be seen that he had some doubts about Han Dong's decision.
"Ahem …" Han Dong cleared his throat and began to explain his choice.
"This is because I believe that there is a high possibility that the stone well is connected to the basement of our residence.
I even speculate that in the entire Stuart Manor, other than the wheat fields, towns, hills, and ancient castles on the surface, there is also a mature and complete underground system.
The ultimate goal of this' training 'is to decipher the truth of the manor. If we only wander around the surface, it will be very difficult to reach the core.
Since our residence is connected to the strange 'corpse basement'.
Our exploration of the manor should also be biased towards the underground area.
If we can gradually go deeper and reach the core of the underground area, we will be able to quickly unearth the secrets of the manor.
Since this mission was decided by me, I will act as the 'scout' and head down the well first to carry out the preliminary exploration.
After confirming that there is no danger and that the contamination is within a controllable range, you can all come down one by one. "
Abel immediately asked, "Isn't it inappropriate for you to go alone?"
"When I introduced myself earlier, I didn't mention my 'contamination tolerance' … I should have a higher 'rationality value' than all of you.
Don't worry, I won't joke around with my life. Everyone can just wait for my news up there. "
Just as Han Dong made his decision, Mia immediately strongly requested:
"I will go with you! What if the space below the stone well can block signals and we can't send out any information?
I will tie a tenacious origin spider silk outside. If there is any danger, both of us can rely on the spider silk to quickly return to the outside of the well. "
Abel felt that this suggestion was pretty good. "Not bad … It's better to be safe. Let Mia follow you down."
"Okay."
Han Dong didn't reject Mia this time.
The reason was because of the illusion from before.
The clown's warning to a certain extent affected Han Dong's decision.
Even if he was immune to contamination, there might still be dangerous situations that he couldn't handle.
With the help of Mia who was also a traitor, the danger would be greatly reduced.
"That's great!" Mia opened her eyes wide and smiled as she leaned towards Han Dong. "When do we leave?"
"Now."
* Crack! *
Everyone worked together to pry open the wooden planks of the well.
The lower the planks, the more rotten they were, and the denser the black hair became.
* Crack! *
When the last plank was pried open, it fell directly into the well.
However, there was no sound of it falling into the water … It was as if something had swallowed it. The danger level was self-evident.
"Let's throw a small kerosene lamp down there."
Wen Li handed the backup kerosene lamp from her backpack to the captain.
Under everyone's gaze, the kerosene lamp fell into the well.
The damp wall covered in black hair was first reflected.
It fell to a depth of about seven meters. Just as it was about to fall into the water …
* Whoosh! *
A black shadow flashed past, and the kerosene lamp disappeared.
"What the hell was that?"
The speed was too fast, and the illumination range was limited. Almost everyone in the squad couldn't see it clearly … However, Han Dong's little magic eye caught some information.
"We can't get any more information from standing here … Prepare to enter the well."
* Hiss … *
Mia spat out a strand of spider silk that was as thick as a finger.
It was grabbed by Wen Li, the blacksmith with the greatest strength in the squad … With Wen Li's strength, she could easily pull the two of them back.
The other end of the spider silk fell into the deep well. They only needed to crawl down along the spider silk.
"Be careful! If you can't make a sound, pull on the silk with force! "Abel reminded them.
"Okay … Don't worry."
Han Dong was the first to grab the soft spider silk that had a high friction force and slowly slid down.
When his body was below the well, he felt a damp sensation all over his body.
"Huh?!"
The black hair on the surrounding stone walls wriggled slightly. It seemed to have some thoughts about Han Dong, the intruder.
[Eye Opening]
His little magic eye was fully opened.
For a moment, the black hair that covered the stone walls retreated into the well like a tide.
* Hehe … *
The laughter of a woman from the bottom of the well also faded away.
Han Dong's speculation was correct. There was a relatively spacious underground space in the well.
The first investigation mission had officially begun.
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