"Several puppets and the corpses of their companions are missing?"
The overseer beside them swept his gaze over the corpses and casually said, "They were probably swallowed by those escaped bugs. Those disgusting bugs eat anything."
"Damn it, these bugs can never be completely killed. They pop out to cause trouble whenever they please. Last time, the clan's experts came to clear them out, but they left before they finished."
"I heard they found something terrifying underground and couldn't disturb it recklessly."
"Something terrifying?"
"Shh. Don't talk about this. The higher-ups won't allow it. Deal with these corpses and hurry out for drinks. We've been busy all day."
After working for a while, the overseers collected the corpses and broken puppets, preparing to leave.
A gaunt miner cleaning the mine pit saw the overseers leaving and hurriedly called out, "My lords, you still haven't waived half of our workload."
It had been agreed beforehand that miners who came here to clean the mine tunnels could be exempted from handing over half a jin of Purple Crystal Divine Stone.
For making such a contribution, their Identity Tokens needed to be marked so it could later be confirmed that they had contributed.
"You worked so sluggishly, and you still have the nerve to ask for an exemption? It's already good enough that we aren't punishing you. Get back to work!"
These overseers had never intended to reduce the miners' quotas.
Recently, the higher-ups had demanded that Purple Crystal Divine Stone production be tripled. But because Cave Devil Worms had appeared so frequently, many miners had died, causing mining output to decline.
Now was precisely the time when Purple Crystal Divine Stone production needed to increase. How could they possibly reduce anyone's quota so casually?
When the miners heard there would be no