The small town of Shambhala is a small place that is almost unknown to everyone.
Because the tens of thousands of miners living here have no right to speak and cannot make their voices heard.
Having said that, most miners actually don't care about this - they don't care whether Shambhala's name is loud, they don't care whether they are known by others, they only care about one thing, and that is whether they can get their salary on time.
Before they get their salary, they work hard. After they get their salary, they squander it like crazy. They wait until the money is gone and then work hard again.
This is a cycle that is the norm for many people in the small town of Shambhala.
If there were no accidents, this situation would have lasted for a long time, but an accident happened suddenly, disrupting everything.
The accident first happened more than half a month ago. Somehow, a rumor spread everywhere overnight.
The content of the rumor is very scary. It is said that a miner accidentally dug the entrance to the abyss during mining and released the demon inside. After the devil came out, he hid in the darkness and went on a killing spree every night. In just a few days, a dozen unlucky ghosts were killed.
At first, most people just regarded the rumors as rumors and did not believe it, just like many rumors that had been circulated before.
For example, it is rumored that a wandering warbler in the north of Shambhala town is a conjoined man with two heads. One grows in the normal position and the other grows on the back. Therefore, when Liu Ying was doing business, she would not let her customers take off her upper body clothes, no matter how much money they paid. As a result, a customer out of curiosity successfully took off Liu Ying's upper body clothes after paying ten times the usual price, and found that there was nothing there except an ugly burn mark.
Another example is the rumor that a narrow alley in the south of Shambhala town is a place of death. The God of Death often hangs around there and takes away the soul of anyone who dares to enter casually. As a result, many people went together to see what the God of Death looked like, but nothing happened. Later I found out that the alley led to the back door of a tavern. The rumor was deliberately spread by the tavern owner to prevent people from urinating and defecating in the alley.
Because of these many lessons, people did not take the rumors about demons too seriously.
But soon, reality taught people a lesson.
On a very ordinary night, a massacre suddenly occurred in a place called Mine No. 13 near the small town of Shambhala. More than a dozen guards who were keeping watch all died tragically, and no one survived. It was as if a demon really came out of the abyss and got into the mood and started a feast.
Things became more and more terrifying after that. For more than two weeks after the incident in Mine No. 13, people in other mines continued to be attacked inexplicably. Either seriously injured, died tragically, or worse - no bones left.
In this case, everyone's hearts were weighed down by a stone, and they became panicked and frightened, and became convinced of the rumors.
By now, people's panic has reached a limit, and many mines have had to suspend operations. The workers who stopped working did not dare to live alone in the house, but chose to gather in one place. Only with the help of many companions, they could temporarily suppress their inner panic. Therefore, so many people gathered in a tavern early in the morning, so when Richard suddenly broke in, the people in the tavern reacted extremely fiercely.
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"That's about it." The bartender exhaled, ended his narrative, and looked at Richard calmly.
After listening to the bartender's words, Richard thought for a while and guessed that the so-called devil should be the demonized beast buried in the woods outside the town. These demonized beasts caused casualties in the small town of Shambhala, and because of their success, they attracted the attention of the Truth Society, and were eventually killed by Joseph.
It can be said that the town of Shambhala is actually safe now. However, considering that Joseph killed the demonized beast only in the past two days, the public's reaction was delayed, and the truth cannot be known, so it is still maintaining its previous status. of alertness.
Richard wanted to tell the bartender the truth, but considering that even if he told the other party, the other party would not really believe it, he finally didn't bother to tell the truth. He just looked at the other party and asked: "You said that the first evidence that made everyone believe the rumors was the massacre that occurred in Mine No. 13, right?"
"Yes, do you have any doubts?"
"No doubts, but I would like to know some of the current situation in Mine No. 13. For example, how is his mine owner doing? Where can I contact him? If there is a chance, I would like to chat with him." Richard said.
In his opinion, Mine No. 13 was closely connected to the demonized beasts. Perhaps the so-called radioactive ore could be found there, and he had every reason to go take a look.
After hearing what Richard said, the bartender raised his eyebrows, as if a little surprised, and confirmed: "Are you serious? Do you really want to find the owner of Mine No. 13?"
"Yes, is there a problem?"
"No problem, I just want to tell you that you don't need to look for him, he is in this tavern now." The bartender said.
"In this tavern? Where?" Richard asked.
"Here, that's the guy." The bartender didn't show off and pointed towards the distance.
Richard looked over and saw that the person pointed by the bartender was the drunken drunk in the corner that he had noticed before.
"Is it him?" Richard was a little doubtful. "As a mine owner, how could he be so depressed? He looks worse than a miner. Is it because of the massacre in the mine?"
"Yes, it was because of the massacre in the mine." The bartender said, "His name is Waltz, and I heard he was originally a pauper. But he got lucky and suddenly made a lot of money and bought ten Mine No. 3, became the owner of the mine.
For a person like him, he is considered a nouveau riche. Naturally, he will not have too little money, but because he is not good at management, he will not have too much money. The most important thing is that he has no foundation. His most important asset was Mine No. 13. After the massacre, it was abandoned and his main source of income was cut off.
The relatives of the guard who died in the massacre would not let him go easily and demanded large sums of compensation from him, draining his savings. The other competitors showed no mercy to him and took the opportunity to trick him. After several twists and turns, he went bankrupt.
You have also seen that he is drinking to drown his sorrows all day long. He is extremely depressed and everyone dislikes him. Originally I thought he was nice, after all, he paid for every time he drank. As a result, I started to owe money recently, which caused me to be scolded by my boss several times, so I no longer have a good impression of him. "
"Is that so?" After listening to the bartender's explanation, Richard nodded and started to waltz in the distance.