Insight Proves Its Worth

At that moment, a group of miners was fleeing in panic.

Dark shadows kept appearing behind them.

Whenever one of those shadows landed on a miner, it tore off a chunk of flesh.

Some miners had been bitten several times, their bodies drenched in blood as they cried out in pain.

Others were even worse off. One bite to the neck killed them on the spot.

Once their corpses hit the ground, swarms of dark shadows immediately surrounded them, stripping them down to nothing but bones in moments.

"Help!"

"We said we shouldn't have come down here! We had to be greedy, and now we're going to die!"

Countless miners were filled with regret as they could only run for their lives.

Some players were among them, running at full speed.

"Don't panic! Supervisor Yang will be here soon!"

Chen Guoqing said, "Don't crowd together! Evacuate in an orderly manner!"

Suddenly, the miners who had already run far away turned around and fled back.

"There are Ore Worms ahead too!"

Chen Guoqing's heart sank. How were these Ore Worms coming from all directions?

Before long, several hundred miners had all gathered in a massive mining chamber.

Their faces were filled with terror and panic as they stared fixedly at the dark mine shafts branching out around them.

Yang Ling soon arrived. Seeing that many miners were wounded, his expression darkened.

The players finally had someone to rely on when they saw Yang Ling appear.

Li Tianye, Wang Haodong, and Chen Guoqing all breathed sighs of relief.

"Supervisor Yang, didn't you say there was no danger in the mines? What do you have to say now? Some miners have already been bitten to death by Ore Worms!"

A young miner gathered his courage and spoke, his expression filled with grief and indignation.

Yang Ling glanced at him.

"There have always been Ore Worms in the mines. There has always been danger. You want to make money and still stay perfectly safe? Then stay outside. Why come down here?"

The young miner was left speechless.

Yang Ling looked at Chen Guoqing and the others.

"What's the situation now? What are the casualties?"

"Did anyone see what the Ore Worms looked like?"

"Supervisor Yang, I just counted everyone. There were four hundred and thirty-three of us when we entered the mine."

"Now there are only four hundred and twenty-three left..."

Chen Guoqing said quietly.

"Ten dead?"

Everyone's faces turned even uglier.

"One person from our group is missing too. He was probably bitten to death by an Ore Worm as well."

Chen Guoqing added.

Yang Ling knew he was referring to a player.

Li Tianye and the others looked grim as well.

Since coming to the Red Gold Ore mine, this was the first time they had encountered something like this.

After all, they had previously only worked the surface veins. Aside from being tiring, there had been no real danger.

"Brother Yang, this is too much of a coincidence. After this, I'm afraid the other miners will be even less willing to enter the mines."

Chen Xu said in a low voice.

Just then, a miner cried out in terror.

"An Ore Worm!"

A dark shadow flew toward them.

It was extremely fast.

But Yang Ling's blade was faster.

Splat!

The Ore Worm was split in two and fell to the ground.

It was a black mantis, roughly the size of a fist.

Its fangs were incredibly sharp, and its forelegs were like razors!

"That's a Red Gold Mantis! It feeds specifically on Red Gold Ore! But they usually live much deeper down. The area we entered this time is still shallow, so why did we encounter them?"

An old miner nervously stepped forward, his expression strange.

"You're saying it shouldn't be here?"

Yang Ling looked at the old miner.

The old miner said uncertainly, "Supervisor Yang, I don't know much either, but these Ore Worms really do live in very deep areas. Even when we enter the mines, we normally don't go to those places."

At that moment, several more Red Gold Mantises flew in from the other mine branches.

Yang Ling dealt with them effortlessly.

The old miner's expression became even more serious.

"Red Gold Mantises go mad when they smell blood. So many people here are injured that they'll follow every possible path to get here.

No matter which route we take out, it'll be extremely dangerous."

"They go mad when they smell blood..."

Yang Ling's gaze slowly swept across everyone's faces.

"Which of you has acted alone?"

"Acted alone? Probably no one."

Everyone exchanged looks.

They all knew entering the mines was dangerous, so they had moved around in groups of three to five.

Alone? That was practically impossible. Who would be stupid enough to do that?

A young miner's eyes darted about nervously, but he was hidden among the crowd, and no one noticed anything unusual.

After thinking carefully, Chen Xu suddenly said, "Supervisor Yang, I know someone who acted alone. I ran into him at the time and even asked him about it.

After all, it was very suspicious for someone to head deeper into the mines alone."

"Who was it? Can you recognize him?"

Yang Ling asked.

Chen Xu immediately began scanning the crowd, examining them one by one.

Very soon, he spotted the young miner trying to hide and immediately said, "It's you. Come out!"

"Me?"

The young miner raised his head with a blank look on his face.

Without another word, Yang Ling cast Insight on him.

In an instant, a piece of information surfaced.

[Wang Er concealed Red Gold Ore Essence today, drawing in Red Gold Mantises. He later used fresh pig's blood as bait, causing the Red Gold Mantises to kill ten miners.]

[Today's uses have been exhausted.]

Yang Ling understood.

The man had used Red Gold Ore Essence to lure over the Red Gold Mantises.

Then he had used the bloody scent of fresh pig's blood to draw the Red Gold Mantises away from the Ore Essence and bring them here.

Red Gold Mantises had appeared in several passages, which meant he had smeared pig's blood everywhere as bait!

Luckily, I have the Insight Technique. Otherwise, this situation would have been extremely difficult to handle.

Yang Ling thought.

"Supervisor Yang, the Red Gold Mantises have nothing to do with me! I'm just an ordinary miner."

Wang Er hurriedly said.

"You used Red Gold Ore Essence to lure the Red Gold Mantises here, then smeared fresh pig's blood everywhere, causing them to emerge from the depths and bite ten miners to death."

"You really are just an ordinary miner. Someone must have ordered you to do this from behind the scenes."

Yang Ling said flatly, "Tell me who's behind this, and you might live."

Gasp—

Everyone sucked in a breath, their faces filled with uncertainty.

The old miner suddenly raised his head.

"Red Gold Ore Essence? It really can draw in Red Gold Mantises, and then using fresh pig's blood to lure them out... This..."

He looked at Wang Er furiously.

"Wang Er, you bastard! Why did you do this?!"

"No, it wasn't me..."

Wang Er panicked, his face turning deathly pale.

He had never imagined that everything he had done had been seen through!

A chill seemed to crawl up from his tailbone, plunging him into an icy abyss.

The players exchanged looks, then glared at Wang Er with dark expressions.

If their gazes could turn into swords, Wang Er would already have been reduced to minced meat.

"There's no need to argue. Have you forgotten who I am?"

Yang Ling said coldly, "I'm a Constable of the Iron Garment Division. It doesn't matter if you refuse to admit it.

I'll have someone escort you to the Green Mountain City magistrate's office.

Once you fall into Constable Lin's hands, you'll confess everything, and you'll suffer plenty along the way.

If you tell us who the mastermind is now, your punishment can be reduced."

Wang Er saw hundreds of eyes fixed squarely on him.

Some people had already tightened their grips on their pickaxes, clearly ready to make a move.

His legs trembled in terror as he hurriedly said, "It was Manager Fang! Manager Fang told me to do it! I didn't know it would kill so many miners! Supervisor Yang, spare me! Supervisor Yang, spare me!"

Fang Qingyang?

Everyone's expressions turned even uglier!