I have been bound in a forbidden place for five hundred years. Why are you crying when I am a casual

Black Stone Mine, the name is very appropriate.

Here, sunlight reigns supreme, only endless darkness and choking dust. The vast veins of black ore are incredibly hard, requiring only manual labor to mine. Those who arrive here have all been convicted of serious crimes, with no chance of overturning their convictions. Most of those who come here have only one destination.

Died.

Or die of exhaustion.

Or be whipped to death by the overseer.

After all, Gu Xiu was only a six-year-old child with delicate skin and tender flesh who had never suffered hardship since childhood. When he first arrived here, many people asserted that he might not survive more than three months, and some even opened bets on the day he would die.

that period of time.

Gu Xiu was wrapped in pain all day long.

He was only a child, but in the mines, the only difference between people was the living and the dead. As long as he was alive, as long as he was breathing, he had to work. Every day before dawn, he was awakened by the ferocious overseer with a whip and driven down the mine like cattle. The heavy ore bent his back, and the rough ropes chafed his flesh. His food consisted of moldy hard bread and muddy water, and he slept on a cold, damp, flea-infested straw. The marks of whipping, frostbite, and bruises became his body, a mark that will never fade.

Fortunately.

After all, he was the descendant of a wealthy and prestigious family, and the muscles and bones he had been toned down by the medicinal diet and medicinal baths since childhood allowed his body to barely withstand such torture.

But the pain deep in my heart is even more unbearable.

He would often miss his past life, miss his parents, miss his guards and loyal servants, miss all those people who were once familiar to him but are now gone. Whenever he thought of these, he could only hide in a deserted place and sob and cry.

He couldn't cry out loud.

Because here, if you really cry, you might accidentally anger the supervisor and become a corpse.

that's it.

Under everyone's astonished gaze, he survived the first three months, followed by one year, two years, and three years...

He fulfilled the request of the loyal servant.

He survived.

From a six-year-old child with fine clothes and delicious food, he grew up to be a strong young man in his twenties.

He felt that he could barely survive because he knew the local bosses in the mine, the supervisors who changed shifts every five years, and even a group of companions who worked together and supported each other to survive.

only……

When the third group of supervisors took their turns, Gu Xiu's self-proclaimed way of survival finally disappeared.

Those who come to the Black Stone Mine are all criminals, no matter if they are the criminals here or the supervisors in charge of supervision. The only difference is that the criminal slaves will never have hope of turning over a new leaf, while the supervisors here can atone for their sins and return to their families.

Among this group of supervisors, there was an old acquaintance of his from childhood.

When this person heard that Gu Xiu was still alive, he immediately went to find Gu Xiu. When they first met, he hugged Gu Xiu and cried bitterly, and told Gu Xiu that his family had been protected by Gu Xiu's family, and even escaped a disaster because Gu's father saved them before his death.

He solemnly promised to take care of Xu Xiu.

But in fact.

Starting from the next day, people around Gu Xiu died one after another. Some died from being whipped by each other, some died from not being able to get medical treatment, and some died while transporting ore on the way.

And all this was done by the supervisor.

He had indeed not lied to Gu Xiu. The reason his family hadn't been implicated was precisely because his father had fought tooth and nail to keep it a secret. But he still resented Gu Xiu. Although they hadn't been convicted, they had completely lost their influence in the capital, going from a promising future to a despised and hated family.

And he came here for revenge.

He wanted to watch the people around Gu Xiu die one by one, watch Gu Xiu completely collapse in despair, and then kill him when he left.

Gu Xiu was sad and angry.

But anger is useless.

In this mine, a sinner is a sinner. Even after ten years of training, he has gained strength far beyond that of an ordinary person. However, in front of the supervisor holding a long whip, he is still as weak as a bug. If he crosses the line even a little, he will be fine, but will cause the innocent people around him to die tragically again.

In the following year, Gu Xiu seemed to have accepted his fate.

He dispersed all those who followed him, destroyed the relationships he thought he had, and was alone again, becoming a widower.

This behavior made the man a little dissatisfied.

He began to torture Gu Xiu in various ways.

The work was harder than others, the rations were harder to swallow than others, the whip marks were more brutal than others, and even the only shed that allowed him to leave the mine was destroyed, forcing him to eat and live in the mine day and night.

To these.

Gu Xiu remained silent and endured it silently.

At least to outsiders, he has accepted his fate.

But in fact, only he himself knew that he was planning an action. When his life and death were threatened, his only choice was to kill the supervisor and then find a way to escape.

He doesn't want to die.

The instinct for survival and the anger brought by daily torture made him want to kill for the first time.

A killing spree!

only……

Just when he was not ready, an accident happened.

Those suffering people who had received more or less favor and help from Gu Xiu in the past ten years could not bear to see him suffer, and began to secretly bring food to Gu Xiu. It was the only thing they could think of doing for Gu Xiu.

But no one expected this small action of theirs.

Not only did he fail to help Gu Xiu, but he pushed Gu Xiu into an irretrievable situation.

The supervisor discovered what they had done and immediately detained all of them. Then he tied them up one by one with chains and dragged them in front of Gu Xiu. They knelt on the ground like lambs to be slaughtered, waiting to be killed.

The other party put forward conditions.

Gu Xiu's hands and feet can be exchanged for four lives, and his ears and eyes can be exchanged for four more lives. If he is unwilling to exchange, those who repay his kindness will do so one after another.

What lies before Gu Xiu is a dead end.

No matter what choice he makes, he will suffer.

And faced with these two choices.

Gu Xiu finally chose to start his plan ahead of time.

He ignited the gunpowder that had been prepared long ago, causing a small-scale collapse in the mine and causing chaos in the entire mine. He then picked up his pickaxe and started fighting with the supervisor.

The whip in the overseer's hand is very powerful, and because of the food he eats, he is stronger than him.

Often, one whip would take away a piece of flesh and blood, and one kick would be enough to break his ribs.

But he was clearly wrong.

When a person is completely ignited by anger and completely disregards life and death, how terrifying will the power he can display be? His whip was taken away by Gu Xiu, his leg was broken by Gu Xiu, and finally his head completely exploded at that moment.

When the supervisor lay completely on the ground without a sound, Gu Xiu's eyes were completely stained red with blood.

He began to flee.

But because his preparations were not yet complete, he was eventually blocked by a large group of people when he just escaped from the mine. He wanted to resist, but was outnumbered. The only thing to be thankful for was that they did not kill Gu Xiu on the spot, but chose to hang him in front of the mine door.

They wanted to starve him to death and use him as a warning to the slaves in the mines.

He persisted for three days.

For the past three days, he kept his eyes open, still stained with blood, watching the sun rise and set. He could clearly feel that his life was slipping away quickly.

In his dying moments, Gu Xiu vaguely saw the scorching sun above the sky, which once again transformed into the figure of the angry Shura, and the words:

"Do you know what true anger is?"

This time.

Gu Xiu still didn't answer.

But in my heart, I couldn't help but respond.

怒。

It's killing!

Just when he thought he was going to die, the sound of horse hooves came over. It was a colonel in armor. After seeing Gu Xiu and hearing that he had killed an overseer with a pickaxe and turned him into a puddle of mud, he came to Gu Xiu and asked:

"Want to live a few more days?"

Gu Xiu forced himself to open his eyes weakly:

"think."

With just one simple word, he was saved from the brink of death, given food, and a set of long swords that were already broken and scarred.

He joined the army as a criminal destined to die and became a member of the first batch of death squads.

His duties are simple.

During siege warfare, he is specifically responsible for climbing the city walls and breaking through the enemy's defenses. This is a job with a very high mortality rate, but if he can survive on the battlefield and perform well enough, he can be transferred from criminal status to military status.

Gu Xiu didn't care whether he was a criminal or a military official.

He just wants to live.

Even if I go there and become the first one to die, it is still better than hanging here and dying of starvation and thirst.

more importantly.

He didn't know if it was because the overseer's blood had stained his eyes for too long, or if it was something else, but his vision was always red. In this red vision, he felt a constant longing.

Longing for anger, longing for killing!

exactly.

The school officer who took Gu Xiu away did not make him wait too long. After gathering thousands of people that night, he immediately led them to the battlefield. After three days of running, they arrived at the battlefield. The battlefield had been stalemate for a long time, but because of the unfavorable siege, they could not really break the city.

Their goal is to break through this city gate.

Accompanied by the shouts of killing and the beating of war drums, Gu Xiu and other criminals who came out of the Black Stone Mine, carrying ladders and braving the rain of swords, continued to approach the city wall.

in this process.

The people around Gu Xiu died one by one, and the life-threatening arrows kept piercing their ears. Even when they reached the vicinity of the city wall, boiling oil and rocks kept falling down.

This is indeed a dangerous job.

Screams and cries were heard one after another, but Gu Xiu was not afraid of them. He just quickly set up the ladder with red eyes and immediately followed the team to rush up the ladder.

The soldiers guarding the city above naturally would not let him get away with it so safely.

The first thing they did was throw stones at me.

Although Gu Xiu's eyes were bloodshot, he was as nimble as a monkey on the ladder. He used his hands and feet to climb up quickly, while trying his best to move his body on the ladder to avoid attacks from above.

finally.

He was the first to climb onto the city wall when the hot oil above was about to continue pouring down.

He kicked the boiling oil pan away and, ignoring the screams of the soldiers defending the city, Gu Xiu immediately pulled out his extremely damaged long sword.

Next.

Only killing!