mtlumby2d Chapter 374 Roy: I also picked up a rabbit
Chapter 374 Roy: I also picked up a rabbit
The mine where the thin girl was located collapsed without any warning, and a large amount of smoke mixed with Originium dust poured out from the cave entrance...
The Originium Worms, chronically disturbed by the noise of the machinery, destroyed the mine's supporting structure. Without the framework's support, the thousands of tons of earth and rock above the tunnel instantly toppled over, collapsing the entire mine.
The miners who had luckily escaped the disaster tumbled and scrambled away from the cave entrance, their bodies trembling with fear. After the shaking of the ground subsided, they still looked towards the dark cave entrance with lingering fear.
"The cave collapsed. What should we do? Is there anyone still inside?" The frightened young miner pointed at the collapsed cave entrance and murmured in a trembling voice.
"*RemBitto swear*, what are you panicking about? First, count the number of people and equipment, and check if anyone is buried inside."
Faced with this sudden situation, the miners' foreman remained calm. He took a deep drag on his cigarette, spat on the ground, and began to arrange the on-site disposal work in an orderly manner.
"Old Hammer, there's no damage to the equipment, but we're missing the little girl who was responsible for transporting the ore. She must have been buried inside."
After quickly counting the number of people and equipment, the middle-aged bald miner trotted to the foreman and informed him of the situation in a low voice.
"Hiss... It's okay as long as the equipment is not damaged, but that little girl is more troublesome to deal with." The foreman was holding a cigarette butt in his mouth, his face solemn, and he was hesitating.
A mine collapse of this magnitude doesn't have much value in rescue. If more than five people were buried, a rescue attempt might be possible.
But there is only one little girl and one life, it is not worth it... The mine may collapse again, and forced rescue may cause secondary casualties.
"What's the girl's family situation like?" The foreman was silent for a long time, until the cigarette burned to his lips, then he threw away the cigarette butt and stomped it out.
"Alas... She has no relatives or friends. We picked her up. When we found her, she was already infected with mineral sickness and relied on carrying ore to make a living."
The bald miner sighed deeply, expressing his deep sympathy for the child's pitiful plight. If he had married and had children back then, his daughter would have been about the same age as the child.
"I'm sorry, the mine collapsed so badly that we couldn't save her. Does she have any belongings? We'll give her a simple funeral. We're deeply saddened."
The foreman patted the bald miner on the shoulder, took out a pack of cigarettes from his jacket pocket, took out a cigarette and handed it to him.
"Have a cigarette, it'll make you feel better." The foreman also took out a cigarette and lit it, his face full of vicissitudes. He had experienced many accidental deaths in the mines and had to get used to it.
"No, I've quit smoking since I picked up that kid." The bald miner pushed away the cigarette handed to him by the foreman and shook his head to refuse.
"Then I won't smoke anymore. Let's prepare for the child's funeral first, then have dinner." The foreman put out the cigarette butt he had just lit and put it back into the cigarette box. The cigarettes inside were all high-quality and good, so they couldn't be wasted.
At RIM Billiton, people die every day in mines large and small, from acute exacerbations of mineral sickness, accidents caused by illegal operations, or simple incidents...
A little girl with a miserable life was buried in the cold and dark underground. The earth was not picky about its food when it came to eating people, and it especially loved white hair and rabbits.
In a small mound in the mining area, the bald miner buried the girl's worn-out clothes along with the strange ore she brought up from the depths of the mine.
Those stones are of no value, they are just brightly colored and look beautiful.
The girl had no name; her coworkers usually called her "Girl" or "Carrot Head." No name was carved on the slate, but instead, a simple outline of the girl's face was created.
The bald miner bought some carrots from the cook and placed them in front of the girl's tombstone.
This was her favorite food when she was alive, and her coworkers would occasionally give her some. But the little girl was very strong-willed, so they could only secretly put it under her pillow while she was sleeping.
"I hope you can live a better life in your next life..." The bald miner clasped his hands together, imitating the Lateran way of praying, and stood in front of the tomb with his head bowed.
After the prayer, I opened my eyes and turned around. The foreman and his men were standing not far away, and everyone bowed their heads in silence.
"Girl, have a good journey..."
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"It's so dark and cold... Where am I?" Deep in the mine, an unconscious girl woke up in a small space formed by two huge rocks tilted together.
Burning pain emanated from all over her body, constantly irritating the girl's nerves, nearly causing her to faint. Her oripathy had worsened...
"Huff, huff, huff... I remember... the mine collapsed and I'm trapped inside..." After getting used to the pain, the girl gradually recalled what happened before she fell into a coma.
"Is there anyone there? Is there anyone there?" The faint cry for help echoed in the small space, unable to be heard at all, and no one answered.
A deep sense of despair enveloped the girl's heart.
"Hold on, someone will come to save me..." The girl forced herself to cheer up and tried to move her body to find an exit.
The girl groped in the pitch-black darkness. Soon, she felt something cold and slippery on her fingertips. There weren't many creatures living deep in the mines, and the only thing that felt this way was the slime secreted by the Originium worms.
That thing is barely edible and can help me last for a while.
"Hmm, it tastes weird and disgusting." The girl closed her eyes tightly and kept putting her mucus-covered fingers into her mouth, sucking and swallowing them. She didn't notice at all that the black and yellow Originium crystals growing on her arms inexplicably lit up with a pure white light.
Clusters of nearly transparent Originium crystals rapidly spread and grew along the surrounding cave walls. A lonely figure appeared among the countless smooth crystal faces and slowly turned its head.
An unknown amount of time passed in the darkness. The girl finished eating the Originium worm's slime and lay exhausted on the sand, her gray eyes unable to close.
A short and miserable life flashed through my mind, and those rare and precious beautiful memories were gently picked up.
A yellowed Bible book that the foreman had bought with scrap metal. There was a sentence in it that the girl remembered clearly; it was read to her by a fellow worker.
“All suffering will eventually have an end. As long as you are willing to believe, it will definitely exist.”
The girl stretched out her hand forward with all her strength, as if in a last gasp of life, the shimmering Originium crystals reflected in her eyes.
"For that beautiful future, I think I have done... I have tried my best..."
The light that the girl's eyes could catch became dimmer and dimmer, until she fell into a long dark night, and the crisp sound of crystal breaking rang in her ears.
"Are you going to die?"
"Little rabbit, hold on a little longer, I'm here to save you..." The cold moonlight shone on the pale face, and the fresh air was inhaled into the lungs, followed by a calm and reliable male voice.
A warm big hand held her almost broken hand, and light poured into her eyes again.
The lone figure in the Originium crystal cluster withdrew its gaze and slowly disappeared.