Inside the main tunnel of the underground mine, it was not only hot and stuffy, but also reeked of rotten mud from deep underground. Many pigheads were watching from the sides. Although they might very well be whipped for it, they had never seen a dead foreman and guard before, so they stopped to watch.
The pighead with the bloodstained vest stood there. Blood dripped down his iron rod. He panted heavily, not from exhaustion, but mostly from nervousness.
The pigheads watching from more than ten meters away merely stared. Of the two guards still alive, one had been pinned to the rock wall by a blood spear, while the other had been electrocuted unconscious. He occasionally twitched, proving he was still alive.
Su Xiao sized up the pighead with the bloodstained vest. His appearance represented one thing: some pigheads had yet to be tamed. They could not rise up in rebellion, but they could go along with the situation and stand up to resist.
"Well done."
Su Xiao took an apple from his storage space and tossed it to the pighead in the vest.
"What is this?"
The pighead in the vest spoke haltingly. He could speak because he often heard the overseers of the Kinfolk talking. After listening to them for more than ten years in the mines, he had naturally learned how. The halting speech was because he only dared to secretly mutter to himself while mining.
"Eat."
Upon hearing Su Xiao's words, the pighead held the apple up to his mouth and bit off more than half of it with a crunch. After chewing twice, his chewing abruptly stopped.
He had always eaten "pig feed" and had never tasted anything with such a rich flavor. The sweet and sour taste combined with the crisp, tender flesh