The middle-aged man lowered his head and pondered for a long time before carefully answering the question.
"For more than a month, everyone has been spreading rumors that a red shadow demon has appeared in the North Mining Area.
Some people said that the red shadow demon looked like a ferocious giant. Its entire body was dark red and it was more than three feet tall.
Some people also said that the red shadow demon was a phantom. Its appearance was like an evil spirit and it was very fierce … "
Ji Tianxing frowned and said in a deep voice, "Don't talk nonsense. Just tell me what the red shadow demon looked like."
The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment before stammering, "Overseer, if this commoner tells the truth, please don't blame me.
The red shadow demon that this commoner saw was different from the rumors.
I vaguely saw that it was a dark red blood light, like a pool of blood flowing on the ground. It also looked like a dark red veil … "
Before he could finish, the miners around him frowned and refuted him with strange expressions.
"What nonsense is this guy talking about?"
"What blood light, blood, and veil? It was clearly a tall red shadow demon that looked like an evil spirit! "
"So many people saw it with their own eyes. Isn't it enough to believe him?"
"I think this guy must have been scared out of his wits. He didn't see anything clearly and even had hallucinations!"
The criticism of the miners made the middle-aged man's expression turn ugly. He lowered his head uneasily.
Ji Tianxing knew what was going on. He nodded slightly and said, "Very good. You are worthy of a reward for telling the truth."
With that, a light flashed in his palm. A few spirit stones and a Primordial Soul level elixir appeared.
"This is for you!"
He waved his hand and sent the spirit stones and elixir to the middle-aged man with a dazzling light.
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment. Then, he was pleasantly surprised. He hurriedly took the spirit stones and elixir and knelt down to thank him.
"Thank you for your reward, Overseer!"
The other miners around him showed envy and jealousy when they saw this scene. They whispered to each other.
Unknowingly, the panic of the crowd dissipated. They trusted and respected Ji Tianxing more.
He then ordered everyone to return to work in the mine. Everyone only hesitated for a moment before returning to the mine.
Wu Xu, Zheng Rong, and Bai Kaixuan silently watched all of this. They were filled with admiration for Ji Tianxing and gave him a thumbs up.
Not long after, a new day arrived.
More than two hundred miners threw themselves into the work of mining the ore vein.
Ji Tianxing took out a communication jade slip and sent a message to Commander Ding, reporting the matter of the Red Shadow Fiend.
Not long after, Commander Ding led a team of silver-armored guards and rushed to the No. 59 Mine Cave in a hurry.
As soon as the two sides met, Commander Ding anxiously asked, "When did the Red Shadow Demons appear? How many people died? Did you leak any information? "
Ji Tianxing naturally understood what he was worried about. He calmly said, "This morning, the Red Shadow Demon broke into the mine and silently killed 39 miners.
At present, only the four of us supervisors and the miners present know about this. "
Commander Ding immediately let out a sigh of relief. He nodded and said, "It's good that the information wasn't leaked! You all did well. You must keep your mouth shut and not leak any information. Otherwise … "
Without waiting for him to finish, Ji Tianxing cast a sidelong glance at him and asked, "Commander Ding, there were originally over a thousand miners in the No. 59 Mine, but now there are only two hundred people left.
Those seven hundred people were all killed by the Red Shadow Fiend in the past month, right? "
"Uh …" Commander Ding's body stiffened. His expression became extremely unnatural, and his gaze was somewhat evasive.
However, he immediately recovered and said with a dignified expression, "I deeply regret that something like this happened to the four of you on your first day in the mine.
However, you have to tell me, who leaked this secret?
Those damned slaves actually dared to disobey my orders! "
Ji Tianxing couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense with him. He directly said, "Commander Ding, you don't need to hide anything. I've already investigated the truth of the matter.
However, don't worry, we won't run away, and we definitely won't let the miners leave the mine. "
Commander Ding was stunned for a moment and looked deeply at him. Obviously, he didn't believe that he actually had such courage.
If it were him, he also wouldn't stay in the No. 59 Mine for a long time. He was also very afraid of the Red Shadow Fiend.
However, when he looked at the situation in the mine and saw that the miners' emotions were stable and they were mining the vein, he believed Ji Tianxing's words.
"Well, you're called Ke Lan, right?
You're very brave and also very capable. You actually managed to pacify these slaves. I think very highly of you! "
Although he said this, he secretly sneered in his heart, "Hehe … the ignorant are really fearless!
This kid is new here and doesn't know the horror of the Red Shadow Fiend.
He actually dares to boast shamelessly. I want to see how many days he can last.
Fine, I'll pacify him first and let him continue to work here. "
Ji Tianxing didn't bother with pleasantries and said expressionlessly, "Commander Ding, after the tragedy last night, the number of miners has decreased by more than thirty. We can't complete our mission.
In order to stabilize the miners' emotions and for the sake of confidentiality, please make an exception and reduce our mission. "
"This …" Commander Ding suddenly hesitated. He squinted his eyes and looked at Ji Tianxing. He thought to himself, "This kid is really scheming. He actually used this matter to threaten me!"
However, in order to take the overall situation into consideration and not leak the news, he had to swallow his anger.
After pretending to weigh the pros and cons for a moment, he nodded slightly and said, "Ke Lan, I think highly of you, so I agreed to your unreasonable request. You have to know how to be grateful.
How about this, your mission will be reduced to 8,000 Spirit Stones and 80 gems a day … "
Ji Tianxing said expressionlessly, "At most, we can only mine 4,000 Spirit Stones and 40 gems a day!"
"Hiss …" Commander Ding sucked in a breath of cold air and stared at him with a cold light in his eyes. "You're really ruthless. Just cut it in half!"
Ji Tianxing said indifferently, "This is already our limit. Commander Ding must be well aware of this and know how to choose."
Commander Ding looked at him deeply, nodded, and said, "Ke Lan, you dare to threaten this King. This King will remember you!"
Ji Tianxing pretended not to understand and asked with a frown, "So Commander Ding agrees?"
Commander Ding snorted in annoyance. "I can't make the decision on this matter. I still need to go back and ask the Four Protectors."
"Then I'll wait for the good news." Ji Tianxing left these words and turned to leave.
Commander Ding was so angry that his teeth itched, but he couldn't vent his anger.
He could only suppress his anger and order the silver-armored guards, "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and carry those dried corpses away! "
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