Mining Level Up Squad

Time passed, second by second.

A single second is normally nothing.

But right now, in Chen Xu's eyes, it stretched endlessly.

Chen Guoqing, bolder by nature, shot Chen Xu an encouraging look, which finally steadied his nerves a little.

Suddenly, a massive black rat crawled out from the cave.

Seeing this, Supervisor Yang didn't bother with the Red Gold Crane Beak Hoe. He simply executed the Thief-Catching Saber Technique, and in the blink of an eye, he had chopped down seven or eight Mine Rats.

Streams of icy Experience Points surged into his body.

About the same amount as mining Red Gold ore.

"It's working."

Supervisor Yang felt a bit more confident.

At this rate, this swarm of Mine Rats posed no real threat to him.

He kept swinging the Official Saber.

Any stamina he lost was instantly replenished by the Experience Points.

This trait had grown especially terrifying as his strength increased.

"Doesn't he get tired?"

Chen Guoqing sighed in admiration.

He had studied combat.

He knew that in the heat of battle, lasting two or three minutes made someone exceptional.

An ordinary person would be exhausted in just a few dozen seconds!

Before they knew it, a pile of rat heads had stacked up in front of Supervisor Yang.

Chen Guoqing and Chen Xu had also picked off quite a few Mine Rats on the side.

Gradually, they noticed their strength had inexplicably increased.

They instantly realized—they had leveled up!

"Turns out sticking with Brother Yang is the way to go."

The warm surge from leveling up instantly relieved their fatigue.

The two perked up and kept picking off stragglers.

About an hour later.

With the death of the last Mine Rat, the crisis was finally over.

"Brother Yang, you must've gamed a lot back in the day. That mob-pulling trick was smooth as hell."

Chen Xu looked at the mess before him and couldn't help but marvel.

In a situation like this, the three of them normally wouldn't have stood a chance.

It was only by funneling the mobs that they managed to handle it so easily.

"Forget that for now. Pack up the rat heads and take them out."

Supervisor Yang smiled. "Let the miners see them. Give them a little confidence."

"You got it!"

Chen Xu immediately stripped off his shirt and started bundling up the rat heads.

Before long, the three of them stepped out of the Mine Shaft.

They dumped the rat heads on the ground.

Nearby miners were instantly drawn over. The moment they saw the rat heads, they recoiled in terror!

"Mine Rats!"

"So many Mine Rat heads!"

"Did Supervisor Yang and his men kill these? So they really went after those bastards!"

"Damn those Mine Rats! One of my brothers was killed by them—a whole swarm swarmed him, and in just a few breaths, they stripped him to bone!"

A miner's eyes turned red as he glared at the rat heads, fury written across his face.

"Supervisor Yang, you three killed all these Mine Rats?"

Fang Qingyang hurried over. When he saw the rat carcasses, a flicker of surprise crossed his face.

"Perfect timing. Dispose of these. We're heading back to wash up."

Supervisor Yang patted him on the shoulder and left with his men.

Back at the residence, after Supervisor Yang finished washing up, a unfamiliar guy was already standing beside Chen Xu and Chen Guoqing, looking a bit nervous and excited.

"Su-Supervisor Yang."

The other person saw Yang Ling approaching and quickly clasped his hands in a bow, stammering slightly.

"Brother Yang, his name is Wang Haodong. He's a Player like us, been here for about seven or eight days," Chen Xu said.

Wang Haodong looked at Yang Ling cautiously, still unable to believe it in his heart.

Was this the Iron Clothes Department Yang Ling, ranked seventh on the Divine Realm Rank List?

He could hardly imagine meeting such a Big Shot at his most desperate moment.

"Haodong, don't be nervous," Yang Ling said with a smile. "We just called you over to ask about something."

Seeing how gentle the other party was, Wang Haodong's tension eased a bit, and he quickly replied, "Brother Yang, go ahead."

"Do you know what the situation was like outside when you entered the game?"

"The situation outside..." Wang Haodong seemed to be recalling, speaking slowly. "When I entered the game, the matter of 'Divine Realm' was already all over the news. Some cults even popped up in various places, claiming 'Divine Realm' was something their churches had created. I saw on the news that those cults were shut down pretty quickly. Then... because a lot of people had gone missing, some places are really chaotic now. People call the police every day."

"It's chaos," Chen Guoqing muttered to himself.

"Cults have appeared?" Yang Ling frowned slightly.

"Oh! There's one piece of news—I don't know if it's true or false," Wang Haodong suddenly said. "I saw online that various countries have sent special forces into 'Divine Realm' to try and figure out what's going on here. If we can run into them, we'll be saved!"

"Probably not," Chen Xu gently shook his head. "Once they're in here, they can't get out either. In this place, even eating is a problem—they can't even take care of themselves."

Wang Haodong's face showed a bitter smile.

Actually, when this batch of Players had gathered together, they'd already talked about this. Everyone's attitude was pretty much the same as Chen Xu's. Only a small handful still clung to a sliver of hope—hoping the country could come take them back. They didn't want to stay here eating hard, dry flatbreads and drinking ice-cold water.

"How about this: make another trip and call all the Players over here," Yang Ling said. "I have something to announce."

Hearing this, the three of them immediately left the courtyard.

Yang Ling had already practiced the Vajra Mingwang Technique once while washing up. Now he seized the time to train in the Thief-Catching Saber Technique.

It took about two hours before the three of them managed to gather the rest of the Players from the Ore Vein.