Chapter 826: Chapter 360: The Demon Beneath the Coal Mine (2)
Raventon showed an approving expression and said:
"That’s right. What we need to do next is enter the mine and see what truly lies inside."
"Luckily, we have an excellent underground guide here."
To investigate the mine explosion case, we must naturally first examine the mine shaft where the explosion occurred.
The Pine Tree Coal Mine explosion case publicly announced the reason as excessive gas accumulation deep in the mine, causing a massive explosion from deep to shallow.
The exploded mine shaft has undergone temporary cleanup, and according to Pine Tree Coal Mine’s own statistics, over four hundred miners died in the explosion.
However, the explosion was too intense, plus some of the tunnels have not been thoroughly cleaned; currently, only over two hundred miner bodies have been found.
The shallow mining area where the explosion occurred has been carefully managed, showing no danger nor clues.
Raventon held a lantern, illuminating the blood-stained red mining walls, saying:
"The excavation and cleaning of the Pine Tree Coal Mine explosion case was personally overseen and supervised by Prime Minister Ron. During the excavation, I was coincidentally present for close observation."
"Professional, swift, clean, efficient—every detail was perfect; it was a textbook-level mine disaster excavation."
"But regrettably, because it was so standard, I couldn’t see any additional clues."
"I wonder what our Inspiration Detectives have discovered here."
Just like Raventon said, the already cleaned mine regions are very neat, with no anomalies detectable by mere inspiration.
However, he’s never relied solely on inspiration to investigate the truth.
With an accident causing the death of over four hundred people, he didn’t believe not a single grievance would be left behind.
He walked about ten meters down the tunnel, and indeed found a grievance, the owner being just an ordinary miner, making his grievance only a light red.
But it was enough.
He looked towards the grievance, the light red bloodstain burst forth, and in an instant engulfed him.
Turning around, he was already possessed in the miner, experiencing everything that happened on the day of the explosion from a first-person view.
The owner of the grievance had finished his work and was about to leave the mine, switching places with others.
Upon switching to the grievance owner’s perspective, Wu Chang could still vaguely hear someone ask:
"Atar, why are you switching shifts so early today, usually you’d stay two extra hours."
Atar, the grievance owner, said:
"Not today, my wife has malaria. I’m going home to make dinner for her."
A co-worker asked with concern: "Is she alright?"
Atar said: "Just mild malaria; the Priest next door checked her, said she’ll recover soon."
The co-worker laughed and said: "Give my regards to Perry. I’ll pray for her not to suffer diarrhea worse from your dinner."
While a few joked around, a miner’s shout suddenly came from the front of the tunnel:
"The mine cart is stuck, is there a problem with the tracks?"
"Damn it, fix it quickly; we’re about to bring up coal from deeper layers!"
Atar walked towards the sound and said: "Let me take a look."
Before he could get close, a miner wanting to leave the mine to fetch a track repair worker suddenly sat on the ground.
He sat up from the ground, clutching his face, and cursed: "Which idiot walks without looking?"
But when he raised his head, he saw only air, no one was there.
The miner froze, reaching out to touch ahead, his hand halfway extended before it hit something.
"For the Queen’s sake! It’s not the mine cart but a transparent wall here!"
At that moment, Atar arrived nearby, dubiously approached, and stretched his hand to touch where his co-worker indicated, and truly felt the solidity of a wall from empty air.
A bad foreboding rose in his heart, before he could say anything, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a dazzling light quickly approaching from deep within the mine.
The air wall he was touching disappeared at the flash of light, but before he had time to react, only one sound remained by his ear.
Boom!
The next moment, the violent explosion engulfed the entire tunnel.
Wu Chang’s vision went black, breaking free from the grievance.
Atar didn’t understand what had happened, but being possessed in Atar, Wu Chang saw everything clearly.
The air wall blocking the mine entrance was obviously a Mystical Array.
The Pine Tree Coal Mine explosion was a purely human-induced disaster!
Raventon’s voice sounded behind him, "Chief, did your inspiration bring you any clues?"
Wu Chang took a deep breath, first communicated mentally, letting Erin carry on with Thomas, then waved at Raventon, signaling him to follow.
Raventon appeared calm but was anxious inside; he glanced at Wu Chang quizzically, wondering if the Chief really had a clue.
In the Pine Tree Coal Mine explosion case, the explosion was well-coordinated with the Mystical Ceremony.
The air wall disappeared at the explosion’s moment, making the miners’ deaths appear natural, with no distinguishing marks.
Atar was thrown by the explosion a considerable distance, his grievance’s location was a ways from the air wall.
Wu Chang led Raventon ten meters to the position of the air wall in Atar’s grievance.
He saw complex Mystical Runes sparkling in his palm, then he wiped his hand on the tunnel wall, causing a faint invisible mark to appear on the surface.
"Detective, can you tell what this signifies?"
