Of course, this only applies to the Calamity Beast.
What he said...
Shen Heng closed his eyes and pondered.
As I stopped working and began to catch my breath, my body slowly began to recover.
He could manage to dig using Origin Power, but that would consume a lot of Origin Power.
Moreover, the overflowing Origin Power that's been blocked out isn't easy to conceal. If you want to do that, do you need to find a place where no other Calamity Beast can see it?
Or, using combat techniques?
After a moment's thought, Shen Heng slowly raised his gaze and looked at the dark rock wall in front of him.
Then, the Dull Star Stone...
Haven't you heard of it arising naturally under the influence of the dense Origin Power environment of the Ruins Realm?
Well, what's more important now is how to escape this situation, and whether we can find Qin Yu and Stone.
As for the Two-Horned Lizard, forget about it. If we can find it, we will; if not, we'll just leave it be.
To find them, just look along the way.
The key is to leave this place...
The mine tunnels are likely filled with this kind of Dull Star Stone. Even if they aren't, it's unknown how long or how far it would take to dig a tunnel out.
Therefore, our priority should be to search for any possible way to get out from the outside.
This morning, they came in from outside. Does that mean that after finishing mining each day, the rest period involves going outside to rest?
If we want to find a way out, the chances will be much greater then.
That daytime...
With a slight shift of his gaze, Shen Heng looked at the Shadow Wolf lying beside him.
The daytime focus is primarily on intelligence gathering.
Inside the mine, outside, those who supervise their Calamity Beast, and other rules...
These questions can all be asked of Shadow Wolf indirectly.
For some questions that are impossible to get through indirect questioning, you can find an opportunity to leave, then pretend you don't know and ask other unfamiliar Calamity Beast.
However, it's best not to ask the same question repeatedly, otherwise it might find it strange and report it to the higher-ups.
Also, unless there are special circumstances, it's best not to kill other Calamity Beast.
Even if we have to kill, we can only kill a small number.
Otherwise, it might backfire, causing the Black Rat in charge of supervision to intensify their monitoring of them.
One thought after another flashed through Shen Heng's mind.
After a long while, he slowly raised his head, rubbing it against the ground.
Soon, the dark passage came into his view.
Shen Heng paused, looking at the darkness that continued to descend into the distance, then turned to look at Shadow Wolf.
"By the way, do you know how deep this mine shaft we're in right now is?"
Upon hearing the question, Shadow Wolf turned his gaze over.
It hesitated for a moment, glanced down at the dark tunnel, then looked away and said:
"I'm not entirely sure, but it should be over a thousand meters..."
Shen Heng lay on the ground, his gaze fixed on Shadow Wolf.
It was obvious that the other person was actually very tired and didn't want to talk; they only spoke because the question was directed at them.
This situation is not unique to this one Calamity Beast; in fact, all Calamity Beast are like this.
This can also be seen from the few words that could be heard, with no other conversation taking place.
When you're exhausted to a certain extent, even a normal living being won't want to talk.
Moreover, what awaits them ahead is even more exhaustion.
This is also true for Shen Heng.
However, his long years of training had made him somewhat accustomed to this level of fatigue.
Of course, habits can't change reality; the body can only endure so much. But at least to the same degree, Shen Heng's endurance is far superior to that of other people or Calamity Beast.
Shen Heng listened while silently watching Shadow Wolf.
Later, I'll help it dig some out...
Soon after Shadow Wolf's voice faded, Shen Heng raised a new question.
The two Calamity Beast lay on the ground resting for more than half an hour before getting up to mine.
After a while...
"Thump--"
The pitch-black ore fell to the ground.
Shadow Wolf took a breath, then looked to the side.
Under the dim light of the Starlight Stone, a figure could be seen repeatedly striking the ore with his palm.
Beside it, there was a pile of Dull Star Stone, not much smaller than this one.
"Yeah, we need to step up our game!"
Shadow Wolf gave himself a pep talk, then turned around and resumed his mining activities.
On the other side, Shen Heng glanced at it sideways, then slowly looked away.
Once again, it raised its palm and smashed it against the rock wall.
The clanging sound rang out, but it was not as dull as before.
Shen Heng casually lifted it up, then lowered it again.
After knocking like that several times.
On one occasion.
The forelimbs are raised, and the muscles inside the body make slight adjustments.
"Clang!"
"Hmm, no, the second force wasn't properly organized. Let's try again."
"Clang!"
"Not quite there yet, the second burst of force was a little slow to follow!"
"Clang!"
"Okay, that's fine. We just need to work on it a bit more."
"Clang! Clang! Clang, thud..."
The pitch-black ore fell to the ground.
Shen Heng turned his head and glanced at it, then tossed the ore in his hand over and shook his slightly numb arm.
"Judging from the situation, this body can only use the Fourfold Force at most? Going any higher will cause irreversible damage to the body!"
After a quick assessment, Shen Heng resumed mining.
A softer clang is often followed by one or two louder clangs.
One piece of ore after another fell down.
They stopped twice more to rest.
During each break, Shen Heng would chat with Shadow Wolf.
A picture probably formed in its mind.
The place they were in was called Black Stone Valley, and it belonged to the Black Rat Clan.
It is said that the strongest in their race are the Fifth Tier beings, numbering over a dozen, followed by the Fourth Tier beings, numbering in the dozens, while those below the Fourth Tier number in the hundreds.
Not a lot, but definitely not a small amount either.
At least within the Ruins Realm, this could barely be considered a medium-sized tribe.
Their mine is one of the mines owned by the Black Rat Clan.
They didn't know exactly how many similar mines there were, but each time they returned at night, they could tell from the unfamiliar Calamity Beast they saw that there were at least several.
Then, their daily lives.
It means that after getting up during the day, I come from where I sleep and start mining.
There's no time limit for digging; you can leave once you've completed the task.
But all the Calamity Beast tacitly agreed to go out at roughly the same time.
After all, if you finish your mission and leave too early, wouldn't that be tantamount to telling those Black Rat that the task assigned to you was easy?
In short, that's pretty much what their lives are like.
From morning till night, day after day.
Other Calamity Beast might know the other information, but most of Calamity Beast are unaware of it.
After all, their lives are limited in scope and content.
And then, what's even more unscrupulous is...
"Is the only meal you get each day is the one you eat at night after completing your tasks?"
Shen Heng lay on the ground, feeling a slight hunger within his body.
If this happens when he uses Sevenfold Force to mine, then what about the other Calamity Beast that rely on sheer brute force to mine?
Simply put, for all the Calamity Beast, once they are captured and brought here, they basically have no future.
Just as I was thinking this, a commotion suddenly came from the passageway a little further away.
Shen Heng looked up.
Dozens of Calamity Beast, driven by two Black Rat, were seen venturing deeper into the mine.
"Another Calamity Beast has been captured," Shadow Wolf explained from the side.
After saying that, it glanced at its friend beside it.
Normally, even if it sees something like this, it wouldn't say anything.
But today, the mining is going relatively smoothly.
Only half a day has passed, and judging by the volume, the mined ore is already two-thirds complete.
It should be finished in the next half day, no problem at all.
Moreover, my friend is being particularly talkative today, so it doesn't mind talking a bit.
Shen Heng nodded after hearing Shadow Wolf's words.
I've heard this news before; basically, every day there are Calamity Beast that get killed because they didn't complete their mining tasks.
In this situation, timely replenishment is essential.
But where did these captured Calamity Beast come from?
In the real world, how could a single space possibly contain so many Calamity Beast for them to capture?
Shen Heng's eyes were slightly unfocused as he pondered.
Suddenly, it paused, its gaze sharpening.
A slightly frightened and flustered voice rang in his ears.
"No, where am I? Shen Heng and Lord Qin Yu? Should I...?"