Unfortunately, this guy had bad luck!
With this thought in mind, Black Rat Feixu turned his gaze to the other Calamity Beast and moved slowly.
They still dared not look directly at each other; one after another, the Calamity Beast looked away after seeing it gaze at them.
It wasn't clear whether any of these creatures, like those from yesterday, were trying to escape.
But even if they did exist, they wouldn't come out and say it themselves.
Just as that Coiling Mountain Beast said.
After what happened yesterday, they will either hide or become more cautious in their actions.
I'll report this to my superiors when I get home tonight!
Black Rat with Feixu pondered for a moment, then looked coldly at the Calamity Beast below and said:
"Whether any of you are Calamity Beast trying to escape or not, the fact that some of Calamity Beast are doing it shows that the tasks we give you every day are too easy! So easy that you still have time to do this!"
Upon hearing this, the hearts of the Calamity Beast below sank.
Then, as expected, the Black Rat Feixu Beard continued speaking from above.
"Starting today, the amount of ore each Calamity Beast needs to mine daily will increase to 80% of the original amount!"
"Calculate the exact quantity yourselves. If you can't figure it out, then you can only blame yourselves for being stupid!"
"Remember? Before sunset, each Calamity Beast must mine 80% of the original amount of ore to complete today's task!"
"... I've got it."
"I've got it!"
"I've got it!"
The Calamity Beast were silent for a moment, then responded after the first voice rang out.
Despite her attempts to restrain herself, her voice was still filled with reluctance.
The Black Rat with the Feixu didn't care about this. It looked at the other beasts and said:
"Now that you know, why don't you hurry up and go inside? What are you dawdling about here for?!"
Without daring to respond, one after another, the Calamity Beast turned and walked towards the entrance above.
Shen Heng also followed the herd of beasts, heading towards the entrance of the mine above.
Nearby, many Calamity Beast watched him, some curious, some angry, but unlike before, they didn't instinctively move away.
After all, Lord Feixu didn't do anything to it.
Of course, they didn't get too close; they maintained a certain distance.
The Stone stood to the side, keeping a certain distance as well, its gaze filled with confusion as it looked at Lord Shen Heng.
Even now, it still doesn't understand why Lord Shen Heng did that.
Shen Heng glanced over, gave him a look that said everything was normal, then looked away and continued walking forward.
As he walked slowly forward, a faint hint of doubt flashed in Shen Heng's eyes.
I feel like I've forgotten something...
Time quickly passed to evening.
As the herd moved, a Coiling Mountain Beast walked quietly among them.
Unlike in the morning, no Calamity Beast are paying attention to it now.
Although it was only 10% more, the limited time requirement still left many of the Calamity Beast exhausted.
Stone glanced to the side, making sure no Calamity Beast were paying attention to them, before cautiously taking two quick steps forward and whispering:
"Lord Shen Heng, why did you do that this morning?"
"The situation is different now. We might need to find a way to get information from those Black Rat later, so for now, let them have some impression of me," Shen Heng said calmly.
"Uh... ah? Getting intelligence from those Black Rat?" Stone's eyes widened slightly.
"Hmm," Shen Heng replied casually.
"This... given our current identities, how can we obtain information from those Black Rat?" Stone turned his head, somewhat puzzled, to look at the Black Rat walking a little further away outside the group.
"It's difficult, but not entirely impossible, and it's not like we'll necessarily need to get intelligence from them. In short, let's lay the groundwork for now," Shen Heng said.
Stone nodded, understanding some of it but not quite.
Then, after thinking for a moment, it asked with some concern:
"But if we do that, won't they remember you, Lord Shen Heng?"
"If we can't escape even if they remember us, then it will be even harder to escape if we're not remembered but our Stone are restricted." Shen Heng paused, glancing at Shi Tou, and added, "Besides, don't worry, I know what I'm doing. Given the current situation, I won't let them remember me too well!"
The Stone nodded. It wasn't that it distrusted Lord Shen Heng; it was simply worried about this kind of thing.
Shen Heng continued walking forward, his gaze sweeping through the group until it landed on a spot a little further away.
There, a Tier 2 Shadow Wolf was moving forward, looking somewhat weary.
"Alright, you stay here, I'm going!" Shen Heng said.
"Eh? Hmm!" Stone responded, following Lord Shen Heng's gaze.
Without saying anything more, Shen Heng quickened his pace slightly, but not too fast.
After a while, as it approached the Shadow Wolf, it slowed its pace slightly.
After catching up with the opponent, I adjusted my speed to match theirs completely.
The Shadow Wolf sensed a Calamity Beast approaching and instinctively looked over.
Then, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.
" Panshan, is that really you?! When you spoke this morning, I thought I was seeing things!!"
Shen Heng smiled but didn't respond to the question. Instead, he asked, "What about that Tier 3 adult from your clan? Isn't he with you anymore?"
Shadow Wolf paused slightly, then quickly glanced to the side to make sure that Lord Black Rat wasn't watching them and that the other Calamity Beast weren't paying attention to them either, before carefully averting its gaze.
"No, during that previous riot..."
The group moved forward quickly, exchanging greetings.
Back at the resting place, Shen Heng declined Shadow Wolf's invitation to team up again, reasoning that his performance today might make Lord Black Rat pay more attention to him in the future.
Then, they left.
More than an hour later.
Shen Heng lay on the ground, and the Two-Horned Lizard lay beside him in a similar posture.
"Did you gather any useful intelligence today?" the Two-Horned Lizard asked.
Shen Heng looked at the Two-Horned Lizard with an expression that seemed to say, "You speak first," and didn't dwell on the issue, saying:
"The current time is approximately one month after the last riot."
"Over the past month or so, nothing concrete has actually happened; it's just been excessive and fabricated."
"Then, the other Calamity Beast don't remember the situation clearly."
"They only remember being oppressed by those Black Rat; they saw no hope of survival."
"Later, some of the Calamity Beast could no longer endure the oppression and decided to rebel, and began to rally and incite them!"
"Because they couldn't see the Black Rat and wanted to stop the original demand to mine 20% more ore, they felt that they would die anyway, so they might as well take a gamble and joined the riot."
"However, what comes next..."