Crowds flowed back and forth, packed densely together. At a glance, there were tens of thousands of figures moving about outside the entire divine spiritstone mine alone. As for those digging divine spiritstones within the mine, who knew how many there were.
"So lively! There are so many Ascenders?" Hou Fei grew excited at the sight.
"Yes, it really is lively." Qin Yu nodded as well, then said, "Brother Cao, when we ascended from the Mortal Realm to the Immortal Demon Beast Realm, we were all randomly sent to some region of the Immortal Realm. We've never seen so many Ascenders gathered together like this."
"Indeed." Cao Bing nodded in agreement. This was also his first time seeing Ascenders gathered on such a massive scale.
Unfortunately, although a huge number of Ascenders had gathered here, not one of them was free. Every Ascender had to mine for the Sacred Emperor without pay for a thousand years.
Everyone here was a free miner for the so-called Sacred Emperor, and resistance was not permitted. Should they resist or attempt to flee, they would face pursuit from the entire Divine Realm.
"Everyone, once you enter, please try your best to obey the rules within. After all, there are many important figures in this mine, whose status and strength are far beyond mine. If you accidentally offend one of them, you may be killed without anyone bothering to ask why." The squad leader deliberately reminded them.
This was a divine spiritstone mine, after all, and divine spiritstones were one of the Divine Realm's primary currencies. They were strategic resources valued by all the major powers of the Divine Realm, so naturally they were guarded. Not only were there enough troops stationed here, but there were also Heavenly Deity-level experts overseeing the place. If an