Players from every region stayed hundreds of meters away from the mining area, watching the flames soar into the sky as they exchanged bewildered looks.
Everyone looked rather bedraggled. Some had their clothes burned, some had faces blackened by soot, and others, like Zhang Wei, had all their hair burned off in one go.
"What the hell is going on in this place?"
Zhang Wei looked at the nearby Zhao Kingdom players, humiliated and furious.
"We haven't been able to level up for half a month, and now they're setting us on fire too?"
"Considering what happened earlier, something must have gone wrong deep inside the Red Copper Mine."
Lin Caiyi looked grave.
"Even Elder Ding doesn't dare send anyone in, and he doesn't even dare send word to A-9 City. That says enough."
"There's treasure deep inside the Red Copper Mine."
A player from another region happened to be nearby, his face full of excitement.
"This could be a side quest in the Intermediate Divine Guard Bureau Dungeon! If someone can brave the flames and reach the depths of the mine, they might soar to the top in one leap!"
The players fell into thought. Quite a few of them felt a stir of excitement, but the sight of the flames filling the sky immediately cooled their heads.
"Brave the flames and reach the depths of the mine?"
Zhang Wei sneered repeatedly. "You'll probably get in alive and never come back out. Are you Fifth-Grade Lesser Grandmasters? Can you use Rebirth to regrow severed limbs? And you dare say something like that?"
"Can't I just talk about it? What are you being so arrogant for?"
The player instinctively snapped back.
Lu Xiangdi and the others immediately stepped forward, glaring at him like tigers eyeing prey.
The other player immediately