Everyone quickened their pace, and the speed of their march increased, and after a while, a clear "ding" sound reached everyone's ears.

At the corner in front of the passage, a faint light shines.

Director Li put away the rune stone for lighting.

"Prepare for battle."

In this world of Cao Dan, you never know what you will face in the next moment, and being cautious at all times is a necessary quality to live.

The Shieldman raised his shield in front of him and led the way into the corner, with the rest of the men following him closely.

"It's ......"

The improvement of their eyesight allows them to see things clearly in the dim light, and when they turn the corner, what appears in front of everyone's eyes is a living human being.

This was the first time in more than two months since the game began that they had encountered a human other than the inhabitants of the City of Enlightenment.

Although it has only been more than two months, everyone present feels as if a long time has passed, as if it is a world away.

"Behold, those men ......"

Director Li recovered from his astonishment and excitement, and looked at the human in front of him, his brows furrowed.

In the cave, there was an eerie silence.

Those men, in ragged clothes, with yellow muscles and thin eyes, looked like soulless shells, and knew only how to mechanically wield a pickaxe.

"Xiaobo, you go and ask where they come from."

"Be careful to keep your distance, there are mutated creatures that parasitize humans."

"Okay, Director."

A swordsman with a sunny face and a kind smile agreed.

Because the team was in the dark, the miners didn't notice them.

The Sunshine Swordsman walked not far from one of the miners closest to the team and spoke to him:

"Uncle, what kind of place is this?"

The miner's hair was disheveled, and he shuddered when he heard Xiao Bo's words, and the pickaxe slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.

He turned his head sharply, his expression numb, and when he saw Xiao Bo, his pupils constricted, and his eyes lit up a little.

Then he stared at Xiao Bo's light armor and weapons, and the light in his eyes immediately went out again.

"You're not one of them......"

"Where are you from?"

The Sunshine Swordsman said, "This uncle, we are from the City of Enlightenment. ”

Director Li stepped forward and asked, "Who are they talking about?" ”

The miner's disheveled body shook.

"The City of Enlightenment, what is the City of Enlightenment......

He didn't answer, and then the miner's expression changed dramatically, with disbelief and ecstasy.

"You're from another human settlement?!"

"Yes, we are from the third-level territory, the city of enlightenment, and we dug through a mine wall and followed the passage to get here."

The miner with messy hair exclaimed:

"Level 3 Territory! Dig through the mine walls! ”

His exclamation was heard far away in the passage, and the other miners stopped mining and looked this way.

"What's the matter, I'm lazy again, you bunch of dog offal, haven't you eaten enough whips?"

With the sound of swearing, a figure with a whip in hand appeared from the corner in front of him.

The miner's body shook violently, and he couldn't help but tremble, and his eyes showed a thick resentment and fear.

Director Li's eyes were cold.

"Kill him."

The team's mind flowed, clearly marking the sound of the whip in front of them.

"Whoosh"

A heart-piercing arrow was fired, and before the man could figure out what was happening, he was hit by an arrow into the rock wall.

His legs twitched a few times, his health cleared, and he died on the spot.

[System Prompt: You have dealt 2160 damage]

"I, I killed someone!"

The archer in the team was a young man, and he subconsciously obeyed Director Li's order, and at this time, he realized that he had just killed someone, and his face turned pale immediately, and his hands couldn't stop shaking.

Killing mutant beasts and killing living people feels completely different.

"Don't panic, it's okay."

A swordsman beside him patted the bowman on the shoulder.

Seeing this scene, more than a dozen miners in the passage fell into chaos.

"One arrow, that man ......"

"You killed him!"

"It's over, it's over, we're all going to die!"

"They, terrible, cruel!"

Director Li said in a deep voice:

"Mining in the mining farms of the City of Enlightenment only requires 500 gold coins per day."

"If you are willing to join the City of Enlightenment, come with me."

Director Li's two words were like a spell, and the 13 miners were quiet all of a sudden, looking at Director Li with straight eyes.

Then, the miner with messy hair walked out.

"Whether what you're saying is true or not, at least I'm not getting any worse."

"I'll go with you."

"This uncle, I don't have to lie to you."

"Don't call me uncle, I'm 21 years old."

“……”

The remaining 12 miners had no other choice, and with the miner "uncle" taking the lead, they expressed their willingness to follow Director Li back after a while. So 13 miners followed the team back along the passage.

"How much gold do you have to hand over to the territory every day?"

Director Li asked casually.

"Give them 3,000 gold coins a day."

"In other words, you don't have much gold left every day."

"Yes, it's just enough to fill ...... stomach"

"What if you can't dig 3,000 gold coins a day?"

"They...... will torment us, there are healers...... They tortured us to death. ”

"You keep talking about them, who are they?"

"They are the rulers of the crystal exchange, and we are not allowed to come near the crystal exchange without their permission."

There is a distance limit for the system to connect to exchange crystals, and you can't connect if you exceed a certain distance.

"Redeem Crystal...... What's the name of your territory, is it only for exchange crystals? ”

"Territory, what is territory?"

The 21-year-old miner "uncle" has a question mark on his face.

"Territory is ......"

Director Li was speechless for a while, and after thinking about it carefully, he really couldn't tell what the territory was.

He followed the instructions of the quest to exchange crystals, but as soon as he arrived, the local system completed his quest and asked him if he wanted to join the City of Enlightenment.

When asked what territory he was, he could only answer "a place like the City of Enlightenment", but this answer was too idiotic, and Director Li naturally wouldn't say that.

Director Li changed the subject.

"Didn't you think about resisting?"

Hearing this, the miner "Uncle" shook his head violently.

"Resist, impossible, those who have resisted, will not end well."

"Those who resisted were tortured for a long time, it was too miserable...... They can't die until those people get tired of it. ”

"Those people, those rulers, are too powerful!"

Hearing the miner mention the word "powerful", Ling Fan's figure appeared in the minds of everyone in the team.

"It's definitely not as strong as Lord Ling Fan, but you can't underestimate it, after all, they rule a territory."

Everyone in the team frowned and looked solemn.