The One-Eyed Race, their eyes narrowed to slits, trudged wearily along the way back from work!
They chatted in groups of three or five.
(#?) "Ugh, there's still such a long climb before we can get out. When can I finally get back to the city? I haven't dug up a single Fire Seed in 107 shifts!"
(#︶) "It gets harder to dig the farther down we go! The soil's way too hard. The king said there was something big down there, but we've dug this deep and still haven't seen it!"
(#?) "We can't do it on our own. We'll have to count on the mining teams. I'm so jealous of the guys who get to follow them around. All we can do is pick through what they leave behind!"
"Exactly! They always manage to dig up Fire Seeds. Every one of them is a regular at Eye Care Exercises. Ahhh~ I miss my little Blue!"
The One-Eyed Race members chatted idly.
At that moment, Jiang Nan and the others stood by the rock wall with their hands behind their backs. The atmosphere was tense!
Jiang Nan and Li Bing stared fixedly at the approaching One-Eyed Race members!
Jiang Nan quietly gave instructions over the team channel!
(?)?3?) "We need to take them down as fast as possible. Don't make a commotion, or the other One-Eyed Race members will notice!"
"Wait for my signal, then move! Got it?"
Everyone was bewildered. His signal? There wasn't a drum here!
Wouldn't drumming just make them more likely to get noticed? Couldn't he pick a more discreet signal?
Chen Daoyi and Alice were on edge, their hearts pounding. They felt like their hearts were about to leap right out of their throats!
There was no time to think about that now!
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