The miner's interview answers had been dismissed as hallucinations at the time.
Although multiple survivors had mentioned a bottomless vertical shaft, the authorities had found no evidence that the mine had become deeper during the rescue operation.
They initially suspected some kind of geological change, but that possibility was later ruled out as well.
So the final conclusion was simple.
It might have been a mass hallucination caused by the leakage of toxic gases before the coal mine collapsed, since many of the victims had indeed shown signs of suffocation and methane poisoning.
As public interest began to wane a few days later, most people eventually forgot about the miner's interview records.
Only enthusiasts of mysticism on the internet kept sharing the material across different platforms, again and again, labeling it as a supernatural event.
But they were, after all, just a small minority, able to amuse themselves only within their own circle.
Most people accepted the official explanation and believed that greater effort should be made to ensure the miners' safety. The discussion gradually shifted toward safety measures for preventing similar accidents.
However.
The Traveler was definitely not among them.
To him.
The miner's descriptions of the "rustling sounds" and the "enormous, bizarre human face" made him deeply uneasy. His thoughts were almost instantly dragged back to the small courtyard from twelve years ago.
That strange experience surged into his mind.
Some instinct told him that there might be a connection between these events.
After that.
He began paying attention to various mysticism forums, supernatural-event accounts, and online bloggers who specialized in obscure secrets... Gradually, he discovered that similar incidents seemed to have occurred all over the world.
Besides the bizarre giant faces, there were also huge chunks of Rotting Flesh covered in teeth, humanoid creatures with death's-head moth