By the time the Pioneer Corps Members had taken Marin Camp and reached Dead Mine Town...
It was already four in the morning.
This was precisely when the thugs were sound asleep.
With help from Kuis's trusted aides, the Pioneer Corps slipped into Dead Mine Town and secured its key areas.
Before that, Yu Yuan had already arrested the two men who had been plotting in the corner of the bar, after confirming their identities with Zhizhi.
He successfully established that they were the traitors hidden within the Dead Mine Brotherhood.
Under interrogation, they also revealed the names of the other leaders who had been bought off.
These men were only squad leaders, but the thugs under their command had all turned traitor as well.
Thirty-seven people in total.
Their original plan had been to keep buying off more people.
But the discovery of the rare earth deposit had completely disrupted their plans, leading to today's developments.
According to the two men, however, after Kuis refused the Reis Legion's demand for rare earth, the legion had decided to seize Dead Mine Town outright.
They had no idea why the legion was in such a hurry.
With these traitors helping them, their chances of success were quite high.
The traitors' task was clear: when the Reis Legion attacked, they would seize the opportunity to kill Kuis and the other senior leaders, coordinating with the legion from inside to capture Dead Mine Town.
They had even planned to send people over the next two days to secretly plant bombs at several key defensive fortifications, then detonate them at the critical moment.
They had schemed out every last detail.
After hearing the two men's confessions, Kuis's expression had turned grim.
Yu Yuan, on the other hand, was quite interested in the Reis Legion's