"Careful!"
The three Heaven Realm superhumans jumped into the air at the same time. The shadows of their weapons and the Undying Bird intersected with each other to form a spirit energy defensive shield above their heads. They cut down the stones that were more than one meter in diameter and crushed them.
But there were just too many falling stones. Even if they were the size of fists, they continued raining down on them like a storm.
They were caught off guard, and many of them were hit by the falling stones.
Even with the powerful physique of an Extraordinaire, he was smashed until his head bled.
A lot of the exploration equipment was also destroyed and buried in the rubble.
"Look!"
Someone with sharp eyes pointed at the white figure that flashed above the wall. "There's something over there!"
"The entire rock wall is about to collapse. Run forward!"
Lin Chuan shouted fiercely. "Lu Fengying, protect the lady! Scimitar, keep an eye on the area! I'll go up and take a look!"
He had the Undying Bird and was the strongest among the three Heaven Realm superhumans when it came to flying. It was the most logical choice for him to go up and take a look.
The beast soul behind Lin Chuan turned into a pair of blood-red wings and bounced away the falling stones.
He moved like lightning and arrived above the wall.
Unfortunately, at that moment, the entire wall collapsed and stirred up a large amount of dust. He and the white figure vanished. They could only hear the sounds of intense fighting and the spirit energy ripples that surged like waves.
Boom! Whoosh!
The entire rock wall collapsed, blocking their path of arrival.
Fortunately, Lin Chuan reminded them in time, and they rushed forward regardless of the cost. That was how they managed to escape the disaster.
Only one of the mine explorers' thighs was crushed until they were a bloody mess. It was a comminuted fracture.
Even though the dust settled, the group was still in shock.
Lin Chuan flew back from the wall with a shattered stone in his hand. He showed the remaining runic symbols on the stone to Lu Siya and Zhang Weiyan.
"I didn't see his face clearly. I think he's Nie Kuang from Frenzied Saber. I wanted to see him clearly, but I felt a sharp gaze lock on my heart. It should be Sharpshooter Li Xin. I didn't dare to be careless, so I grabbed this stone and brought it back," he explained.
"This stone has one of the most commonly used runic symbols among mine explorers."
Zhang Weiyan's expression changed the moment he saw it. "It can turn sturdy granite into gravel. It's used to clear tunnels or destroy mine walls to create working surfaces."
"So, this is not an accident."
Lin Chuan analyzed the situation with a dark expression. "The other party carved these runic symbols on the weakest part of the wall. They also meticulously created runic ink and calculated the time we would have to pass through. They activated their spirit energy and created the collapse. They wanted to bury us inside."
"Shen Yulong, you mad dog!"
Lu Siya was furious. "From now on, we are enemies, and we won't stop until one of us dies!"
Meng Chao took a step forward, and his gaze flashed past Lin Chuan's face. He asked hesitantly, "Big Sis Ya, are you saying that we should take the initiative to attack Universe Corporation's mine exploration team?"
"Right now, Universe Corporation has taken the initiative to attack us. If Lin Chuan hadn't warned us, more people would have died here!"
She swung her arm. "You don't understand. Since Shen Yulong chose to kill us, he won't allow any of us to leave this place alive. Otherwise, once his crimes are exposed, he will have to face the wrath of Sky Pillar Corporation and the Supernatural Tower. Even all of Universe Corporation will be dragged down by him.
"So, he's made up his mind to kill us all.
"If we don't counterattack, we'll end up as corpses that will never be discovered in the depths of the dark region!"
Lu Siya wanted to push Meng Chao away.
But Meng Chao stood still and did not move. "Since we have evidence of Shen Yulong's crimes, shouldn't we blast away the falling rocks and go back the way we came? Then, we can go to the Supernatural Tower to accuse him? "I think that since he used such despicable methods to engage in a vicious competition, even if he really found the Red Radiance Jade mine first, he shouldn't have the right to mine it first. Otherwise, he'd be lawless."
"Of course you're right, but how are we going to prove that he did it?"
Lu Siya smiled coldly. "We didn't find any concrete proof that he was a corporate spy or that the wall collapsed. You're right, there's a stone with a runic symbol carved on it, but this is a common runic symbol. Practically every mine explorer can carve it, but he refuses to admit it and says that we directed it ourselves. What should we do?"
As she spoke, she moved around Meng Chao, drew a shortsword, and cut a stone.
"Everyone, we definitely can't give up on the Red Radiance Jade mine. This doesn't just concern our interests and lives, it also concerns our reputation!"
She said fiercely. "All of you have more or less experienced this sort of thing before. As the saying goes, the winner is right, and the loser is wrong. When it comes to matters like this, the one who survives is usually the one who has the upper hand and has the final right to explain the situation. And the dead can't speak, so we can only let the other party slander us.
"Even if we manage to escape, Shen Yulong will be the first to discover the Red Radiance Jade mine, and he will turn into the great hero who calmed the extreme weather and won the northern offense! At that time, he will be the hero, and we will be the rats who fled. Who will the others believe?
"So, we have no other choice but to continue forward.
"From this moment on, as long as we see any mine explorers from Universe Corporation, we will kill them without mercy, no matter who they are.
"The other party has already decided to kill us. If we show any mercy, we'll just be asking for our own deaths. I'd rather face the court and the adjudicators from the Supernatural Tower in the future. Sky Pillar Corporation will naturally hire the best lawyers in Dragon City to defend us. It's better than lying in the freezer in the morgue and telling the medical examiner that we've been wronged.
"Oh, I almost forgot. If we die in this sort of place, we won't even have the right to meet the medical examiner!"
His words caused the breathing of the mine explorers and hunters to become heavy.
Their greed for the Red Radiance Jade mine.
Their anger toward the despicable tricks of their competitors.
Their fear of death.
Their numbness due to fatigue and their mental breakdown due to pain. All sorts of emotions intersected with each other, and the continuous spirit energy magnetic field interference caused their faces to turn as savage as those of demons. Their teeth and bones let out cracking sounds.
Lu Siya seized the opportunity to say, "I hereby announce that if we successfully complete the mission, I will increase your reward by 30% on top of the rewards you've already received!
"If you really run into Shen Yulong and those bastards, you'll get 10% more if you kill one of them. If you kill two of them, you'll get 20% more. There's no upper limit. If you kill Shen Yulong, you'll get double the reward. Sky Pillar Corporation will definitely support you to the end!"
Once she said that, the hunters from Sharp Blade gulped. The light in their eyes became no different from that of monsters who had just seen fresh meat.
"Let's go. We have to find the Red Radiance Jade mine before Shen Yulong and set up our defenses there. That's the only way we'll be invincible."
Lu Siya drew her shortsword from the crack in the rock and put it back into her high combat boots. Then, she strode into the darkness.
Perhaps it was joy after extreme sorrow.
Perhaps anger had strengthened her abilities.
After the collapse of the rock wall, it only took them two hours to find a brand-new cave with abundant spiritual energy.
The underground space was at least the size of five football fields.
The surrounding rock walls were all hidden in the dark fog.
Even if they adjusted the searchlights to their highest output, the light could not penetrate the fog and see the borders of the cave.
The difference in height was great. It was like a huge staircase that led downwards, as if it led straight to the core of the Other World.
The humidity in the air was great. There was moss of all sorts of colors growing in the area, along with all sorts of pests. They were not afraid of human voices and light, so when the searchlights locked onto them, they just stood there dumbly.
The underground ecosystem was rather developed. The mine explorers reckoned that it should be an ancient underground river. After millions of years of erosion, it formed a "staircase" that led downwards like a cliff.
Due to the cracks in the rock, the underground river changed its course, and the water flowed through the cracks, which was why the damp riverbed was revealed.
"Look, subsurface plasma!"
Subsurface plasma was not a plant or a fungus. It was a phenomenon unique to the Other World.
The spores of etherealized plants and glowing microorganisms mixed together, and under the stimulation of spirit energy, they gathered together to form a thick, shiny fog. It gathered underground and did not disperse for a long time. This was subsurface plasma.
Based on the types of spores and glowing microorganisms, subsurface plasma might be slightly poisonous, corrosive, or hallucinogenic.
Even if there were no poisonous side effects, it would interfere with human vision, and it was even more annoying than fog.
But once Lu Siya tested that the subsurface plasma was not too poisonous and corrosive, she asked everyone to immediately jump down the "stairs" and enter the subsurface plasma without hesitation.
"I can sense that the Red Radiance Jade mine is somewhere a few steps below this' staircase '. There's a really powerful spirit energy fluctuation coming from there," Lu Siya explained.
"Besides, since Shen Yulong could calculate the time and cause the wall to collapse, it means that he has a way to lock on to us. The enemy is in the dark, while we're out in the open. He might still be spying on us.
"Don't forget that the lone gunslinger beside him is Li Xin. He's a four-star superhuman and has the ability to kill people with one shot.
"We have three Heaven Realm superhumans on our side, and we can't lose any of them. If Li Xin kills any one of them, we'll be in a really bad situation.
"It's better if we go into the subsurface plasma and use the fog created by the spores and glowing microorganisms to hide our tracks. We'll get rid of Shen Yulong's two great advantages before we engage him in close combat.
"It's better than being a live target here. We don't know when the sharpshooter will shoot us in the head!"
When she said this, everyone felt chills run down their spines. It was as if there was really a sharpshooter lurking in a dark corner, and the bullets were about to kiss their brains at any moment.
They fought to be the first to jump down the "stairs" from the cliff that was more than ten meters tall.
Meng Chao stared at Lin Chuan's back and jumped down as well.
They jumped down three cliffs in a row. The lower they went, the thicker the subsurface plasma became. Soon, they could not even see their fingers.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, someone cried out in surprise, and he was dragged back by his companions.
As it turned out, the 'stairs' below them had a height difference of a hundred meters from where they were standing. It was an out-and-out underground cliff. When they bent down to investigate, they could not see what kind of danger was hidden at the bottom of the dark cliff at all.
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