Shen Heng nodded slightly.
That's good, at least this way there won't be any problems.
"Uh... Lord Shen Heng, what would happen if you talked to the other Calamity Beast?" Stone asked curiously from the side.
" Qin Yu, do you know?" Shen Heng looked at Qin Yu.
Before the Sickle-Claw Beast acted today, the thoughts that had been in his mind were forcibly suppressed by him with new ideas.
Therefore, he only knows that talking to other Calamity Beast will lead them to report you, but he doesn't know exactly how to report them.
The Stone beside him also looked over.
"Yes," Qin Yu nodded, "They'll yell, trying to attract the Black Rat so they can report you."
"Huh? Why?" Stone's eyes widened.
"I don't know, but it seems they weren't doing it voluntarily," Qin Yu said in a low voice.
"Huh? Not voluntary?" Stone was even more confused. They were shouting to lure the Black Rat away, how could it not be voluntary?
"Mm," Qin Yu replied.
After waiting a while, seeing that Lord Qin Yu did not seem to intend to explain, Stone Tou turned his gaze to Lord Shen Heng beside him.
"There must be something like a rule. As long as a Calamity Beast violates the corresponding rule, the Calamity Beast that receives this information will automatically execute the corresponding program," Shen Heng pondered, the blank look in the Sickle-Claw Beast's eyes flashing through his mind.
"Uh... program?" Stone asked.
"Basically, once the rules are triggered, they will act in a fixed way," Shen Heng explained.
"Oh, I see!" Stone nodded in realization, then paused, looking at Qin Yu with some doubt, "Then, Lord Qin Yu, how did you know that talking to those Calamity Beast would cause them to act this way?"
"I erased my presence before it could utter its second sentence," Qin Yu explained simply.
"Uh, I see..."
The Stone opened its mouth, suddenly realizing that Lord Qin Yu's abilities were quite impressive, unlike itself, which only knew how to act recklessly and wasn't powerful at all.
Thinking of this, it couldn't help but feel a little down.
Beside him, Shen Heng glanced at the Stone, then turned his gaze to Qin Yu.
What do you think will lead to these changes?
There was no immediate response; Qin Yu lowered her head in thought.
Three changes: less mining output, stricter regulations, and a ban on talking while mining.
Considering the circumstances of their initial relocation to the Black Stone Valley during the riots and their subsequent sudden return to the mines, it's clear that these changes are related to the riots.
But it's equally obvious that the captain wouldn't ask such a simple and straightforward question.
She thought for a moment and said:
"Stricter regulations and the ban on talking while mining are likely to prevent a recurrence of riots, resulting in less mining output..."
Qin Yu paused, looked up at the sky, and said somewhat uncertainly:
"I have a feeling that these Black Rat are trying to avoid the dark?!"
"Avoid after dark?" Shen Heng repeated, his tone slightly grave, as he also looked towards the horizon.
Now it's dark, and there's hardly any sunlight, but he still remembers the sunset he saw when he came out of the mine.
That was a sight that the enslaved Calamity Beast of the past would never see in their entire lives.
Shen Heng lowered his eyes.
He hadn't really considered this angle. Was it to avoid darkness? Why would he want to avoid it?
"Can you use your ability to avoid the Black Rat ' sight and leave the mining team?" Shen Heng pondered for a moment before raising his eyes.
"It's difficult. Now, whether you go mining or come back, there are high-ranking Black Rat watching you. Leaving like before is almost impossible..."
Qin Yu paused abruptly, glancing sideways at the Black Rat Camp in the distance.
Under the cover of night, several Black Rat could be seen standing outside the camp, their eyes fixed on this spot.
"If it gets a little darker, we should be able to give it a try. This place is farther away from the guarded Black Rat, so we should have a chance."
Qin Yu turned her head and looked over.
"Captain, shall we try it tonight?"
"... Can you also conceal my existence?" Shen Heng asked after a moment's thought.
"That might be a bit difficult, after all, I'm only at Tier 3 and still Calamity Beast, so I'm not very smooth at using my abilities," Qin Yu said in a low voice.
"Let's not do it for now, we'll see later," Shen Heng said.
Qin Yu looked at the captain with slight confusion.
"Hmm, don't worry about it. They're just worried you might encounter danger going alone, that's why they said not to go yet. After all, if this guess is true, then even those Black Rat avoid that night, so it would be even more dangerous for you to go alone, Xiaoyu!" The voice in my mind said, "Your captain is quite responsible! He didn't even think of sending his teammates to gather intelligence at a time like this!"
Qin Yu nodded slightly, looking at the captain, but did not volunteer.
"Also, what do you think of the rule about not talking while mining?" Shen Heng asked Qin Yu.
"That rule?" Qin Yu asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Well, so you think, why did this rule suddenly appear?" Shen Heng asked again.
"Huh? Didn't we just discuss this? Because of a riot, the Black Rat are now under stricter surveillance! This is one manifestation of that stricter surveillance!" the voice in my head muttered.
Qin Yu didn't follow, but pondered for a moment, then asked with some doubt:
"Captain, what do you mean?"
Stone stood to the side, looking at Lord Shen Heng with a similar sense of doubt.
"That rule is obviously something those Black Rat used to help keep an eye on us, right?" Shen Heng said in a low voice.
"Mm," Qin Yu replied.
"Then do you think this kind of rule is the kind of power those Black Rat should have?" Shen Heng asked again.
After he finished speaking, the room fell slightly quiet.
Qin Yu's eyes were slightly open, as if she realized what the captain really wanted to ask, while Stone Tou stood to the side, his eyes full of doubt.
"That power shouldn't belong to those Black Rat, but rather to Jörmungandr, the chairman who created this world!" Qin Yu said.
Shen Heng nodded slightly. "That's right, this power shouldn't belong to them, but this rule is almost undeniably a rule that could only have been conceived from their perspective, so..."
Shen Heng paused, his gaze fixed on Qin Yu.
Do you think those Black Rat can control that power?
Without an immediate response, Qin Yu looked at the captain.
Its tall figure lay on the ground, its appearance as Calamity Beast was not attractive, but that could not stop those completely different eyes from looking at it.
Focus, calmness...