After staying here for a long time and seeing that nothing had happened, the two of them headed to another mining area. They did not dare to be careless along the way. If anything happened and the Spirit Swallowing Worm sprayed them, they would suffer.
The morning passed just like that. The mine was frighteningly quiet. The eighth layer of the mine was much smaller than Xiao Chen had imagined.
The densely packed paths on the map looked scary, but most of them were dead ends. There were not many places to patrol. This was probably why only two people were needed to patrol this area.
Actually, in Xiao Chen's opinion, even if the two of them were not here, there would not be any problems. Out of the ten Martial Saints guarding the headquarters, two of them would be able to do their job easily.
In just one morning, the two of them had already patrolled the entire mine. They took out the dry rations they brought with them and started to rest.
Mu Xinya's chatterbox did not stop for even a moment. The moment she sat down, she asked, "Senior Brother Ye, do you think there is a pattern to the appearance of these Spirit Swallowing Worms?"
When the two of them were patrolling earlier, they discovered some Spirit Swallowing Worms. However, before they could make a move, they had already fled. They could not do anything about it.
Xiao Chen had not noticed the pattern. He could not help but ask, "What did you see?"
Mu Xinya laughed, "This lady has the Magic Eye. Of course, I can see it. Where do you think the Spirit Swallowing Worms are usually found? Are they places with miners or places without miners?"
Xiao Chen's eyes lit up. He seemed to have made a connection in his mind. It seemed like there were no Spirit Swallowing Worms at places with miners.
The Spirit Swallowing Worms were not like corpses. When they came out, they moved slowly, giving the miners time to call for help. Then, they would spit out a few mouthfuls of poison, easily killing the miners.
However, such a thing had never happened before. There was no precedent of the Spirit Swallowing Worms attacking the miners. However, what did this have to do with the pattern of the Spirit Swallowing Worms appearing?
Mu Xinya had a pleased smile on her face, "Did you think of something? Looking at your doubtful expression, you must not be able to figure out what is going on. "
"Let me tell you. The Spirit Swallowing Worm naturally relies on swallowing Spirit Stone raw ores to survive. You didn't see it, so it can only mean that your work and rest schedule are different from theirs."
Xiao Chen was suddenly enlightened. He immediately understood the key points and said, "The two of us started to rest after the miners, which means that the Spirit Swallowing Worms would only come out when we were resting."
Mu Xinya nodded, "Actually, you can look at it from another angle. After the Spirit Swallowing Worms rest, the miners and us will start working. When the Spirit Swallowing Worms come out, we will start resting."
Mu Xinya's words were just the reverse of Xiao Chen's words. On the surface, the meaning was the same. However, if one thought about it carefully, they would discover that the meaning was completely different.
Xiao Chen was not stupid, and he soon figured out the key points. The miners and their working hours were not set randomly, but according to the activity patterns of the Spirit Swallowing Worms.
It was to avoid the activities of the Spirit Swallowing Worm, but why? The Spirit Swallowing Worms were not very strong. If they could gather them together and catch them all in one fell swoop, wouldn't that be better?
Ye Wen had once said that the greatest enemy in the mine was not the corpses, but the Spirit Swallowing Worms that ate Spirit Stone raw ores to survive.
Could it be that Ye Wen did not speak the truth? Xiao Chen thought to himself, These insignificant Spirit Swallowing Worms can't be hiding something, right?
Mu Xinya leaned over and said in a cheeky manner, "Senior Brother Ye, do you think we should go out and earn some contribution points tonight? I guarantee that we can earn at least a hundred points. All we need is one night."
This should be the reason why Mu Xinya came back so late last night. When Xiao Chen heard her suggestion, he thought of something. However, he immediately rejected this idea, "These are just your guesses. There is no evidence, so don't say it in the future."
"But I …" Seeing that Xiao Chen did not believe her, Mu Xinya's adorable face could not help but turn anxious.
Xiao Chen interrupted her, "No buts. Let's spend this month in peace. I feel that it is not safe to stay here. It is best not to complicate matters!"
"Hu Chi!"
An ear-piercing alarm rang out in the mine. The expressions of the two of them changed as they quickly stopped talking and rushed towards the source of the sound.
Before they arrived, they ran into the escaping miners. The miners were staggering as they ran in a panic; it was very strange.
Xiao Chen was startled, Low Grade corpses should not have such a strong deterrent force. To think that these miners would be so frightened. He quickly went to the supervisor and asked him about it.
The supervisor's complexion was pale as he said, "My two lords, let's run quickly. We do not know what we dug up this time, but two mutated corpses appeared. Half of our brothers died."
Two mutated corpses … Xiao Chen frowned and sank into deep thought. The so called mutated corpses were the ones that Ye Wen had spent a lot of effort to kill.
Two mutated corpses … What did they dig up to attract two mutated corpses? Could it be a Superior Grade Spirit Stone?
No matter what, I have to check out the situation first. I cannot just listen to the words of these people.
Let's not bother about these miners first. After such a big thing happened, it was unrealistic for them to continue mining.
After he took out the map and asked the supervisor for the location of the incident, Xiao Chen immediately brought Mu Xinya to the location of the incident. He quickly rushed over and extended his Spiritual Sense to a radius of two hundred meters around him.
"Stop!" Xiao Chen, who was rushing forward quickly, suddenly stretched out his hand and signaled for Mu Xinya to stop. He looked at the map and found that they were only about six hundred meters away from the location of the incident.
To a Martial Saint, six hundred meters would only take a few breaths of time.
A conservative estimate of the mutated corpse's strength was that of an Inferior Grade Martial Saint. Xiao Chen did not dare to be careless. If he were to charge in recklessly, he might lose his life if he was not careful.
He turned his Divine Sense into a thin thread and slowly slithered into it.
After a while, Xiao Chen saw the scene of the incident. The ground was a mess, and the corpses of the miners were everywhere. The hearts of the corpses had all been dug out.
The ground was stained with blood. Xiao Chen scanned the area with his Spiritual Sense, but to his surprise, he did not find any corpses.
Strange, where did these man-eating corpses run off to? Xiao Chen thought suspiciously. He used his Spiritual Sense to search the surroundings carefully, but he still did not find any corpses.
After double checking, Xiao Chen brought Mu Xinya to the location of the incident. They started to search for the thing that the miners said they found.
This was the first time she saw so many miners die. Mu Xinya's expression was somewhat unsightly. When Xiao Chen saw the situation, he patted her shoulder and consoled her, "Don't think too much, this kind of thing is unavoidable. Before they came, they all signed a life-and-death contract. If they died, their families would receive a large sum of compensation.
"To them, there is no regret. From the moment they signed the life-and-death contract, they had already thought of this."
Mu Xinya's expression was still somewhat unsightly. She forced a smile and said, "I know. Let's quickly search for the thing that they were talking about!"
The two of them started to search everywhere. Before they came, Xiao Chen had already used his Spiritual Sense to scan the area many times. However, he did not find anything. Now that they were here personally, they started to search. However, they still could not find the thing that the supervisor was talking about.
Could it be that the supervisor was lying? Or could it be that after the two corpses killed the miners, they took away the thing that they dug out?
Compared to the latter, Xiao Chen was more willing to believe the former. This was because if the latter was the case, it would mean that these two mutated corpses already had a simple level of intelligence.
If that was the case, then it would be an extremely horrifying matter. A corpse with intelligence would be much harder to deal with than a corpse that only relied on its instincts to fight.
If these two corpses continued to hide and cultivate in this mine for a long time, their cultivation might increase at a horrifying rate, becoming something like a corpse king. Just thinking about it made Xiao Chen tremble in fear.
"Stop searching. It is already very obvious that the two corpses took away the thing." Xiao Chen said slowly. Although he did not hope for this answer, the truth was already laid out in front of him.
It was impossible for the supervisor to lie to him. This was because he had no way of walking out of this layer of the mine. If he lied to Xiao Chen, he would be immediately punished after it was discovered, unless he was tired of living.
After Xiao Chen spoke, he quickly brought Mu Xinya back to the headquarters. After such a big matter happened, it was not something that the two of them could deal with.
When he saw Ye Wen at the headquarters, Xiao Chen told him everything in detail. Ye Wen frowned tightly and said, "Where are the miners that survived?"
Xiao Chen replied, "After such a big matter happened, I let them rest."
"Go to the dormitory and get the supervisor to see me." Ye Wen turned around and instructed a person. Then he said to Xiao Chen and Mu Xinya, "Accompany me to the location of the incident."
After running back and forth, anyone would feel dissatisfied. However, Xiao Chen could only endure it. He brought Ye Wen back to the location of the incident.
After they arrived, Ye Wen started to inspect them carefully without saying a word. After a while, the person who Ye Wen had instructed to bring the supervisor ran over with an anxious expression.
"Elder Ye, we did not discover this group of people in the dormitory. Furthermore, the miners that were on break today, as well as the miners from other places, said that they did not see this group of people. I also looked around for them, but I could not find them. It was like this group of people disappeared. "
Xiao Chen's heart trembled as he said hoarsely, "How can this be?!"
How can they disappear? I and Mu Xinya clearly saw them. Furthermore, it was a large group of miners, Xiao Chen thought suspiciously in his heart.
Mu Xinya, who was at the side, also felt it was strange. She said, "That is not possible. We saw at least twenty miners along the way. Furthermore, the supervisor even spoke to us. How could they disappear?"
Ye Wen muttered to himself for a while before saying, "Don't bother with this matter. I will send someone to investigate. You all continue patrolling."
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