The Divine Statue
"As a result, once the riot began, those Black Rat were too strong; they had absolutely no way to escape."
"Afterwards, the Black Rat, seemingly considering the difficulty of capturing new Calamity Beast, went to persuade them to surrender."
"Then, seeing no hope of escape, they surrendered."
"Some of the Calamity Beast here now are survivors from those Calamity Beast that surrendered back then."
"However, this part is not much; the majority of them are the new Calamity Beast that were added later."
"And what about me?" the Two-Horned Lizard asked from the side.
Because it was still alive before, it hadn't thought about it that much, but now that the topic has come up, it can't help but make the connection.
Thinking back to how he, as the instigator of that riot, was now facing what kind of situation!
Although he was still alive, the Two-Horned Lizard couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine at the thought of this situation.
"Later, if there's an opportunity, it's best not to become a leader casually! Even so, if other Calamity Beast are captured, I'll still face the possibility of being exposed at any time. But it's still better than exposing myself directly!" the Two-Horned Lizard thought to itself.
Shen Heng looked at it, "They only remember that there were indeed Calamity Beast that started calling for resistance, but they can't remember who those Calamity Beast were."
"Moreover, many believe that the Calamity Beast only served as a starting point."
"The reason they joined in was mainly because the original requirement—having to mine an additional 20% more ore every day when each Calamity Beast was already close to its mining limit—made it impossible for them to see any hope of survival, so they joined automatically."
"Uh, so that means they don't remember me?" the Two-Horned Lizard said, somewhat uneasy.
"Hmm." Shen Heng looked at it and responded indifferently.
"Uh, why...?" The Two-Horned Lizard looked completely confused; it genuinely didn't understand.
"I don't know, it's probably due to the power left behind by your Speaker." Shen Heng looked at the Two-Horned Lizard. "Are you familiar with that power?"
"Uh, how could I possibly know that!" said the Two-Horned Lizard.
"You're almost at the Sixth Tier, right? You can't even know this?" Shen Heng asked.
"What do you mean you can't even know this? You think...?" The Two-Horned Lizard paused, then changed its words, "You think the Speaker is someone you can just talk about casually? Besides, if we really want to talk about it, there's not much to discuss."
"Not much to discuss? It should be Ninth Tier beast, right? And it's the leader of your Calamity Beast, yet there's nothing to discuss?" Shen Heng asked, somewhat skeptical.
"Logically speaking, there should indeed be a lot to discuss, but the Speaker has existed for too long, so long that the deeds of Qi can no longer be passed down among ordinary Calamity Beast," said the Two-Horned Lizard.
"Too... long?" Shen Heng repeated in a low voice.
"Yes, I asked Lord Feather Owl Feather Owl, and he replied that the Speaker has existed for at least a million years. The last time he took action was two or three hundred thousand years ago, in a fight with the Night Spirit Clan. Since then, no other Calamity Beast has seen him take action!" The Two-Horned Lizard said, his tone filled with a slight pride. "Think about it, two or three hundred thousand years ago, how many generations of Calamity Beast would that be? Apart from a few very powerful clans, other clans basically know nothing about the Speaker!"
Two or three hundred thousand? That's ridiculous... Shen Heng looked at the Two-Horned Lizard speechlessly.
It let out a soft breath and asked:
"Alright, did you gather any intelligence today?"
Upon hearing this, the Two-Horned Lizard nodded and stopped hiding.
"After you left yesterday, while I was looking for the other guys, I carefully considered what intelligence I needed to gather."
"Then, we had two Calamity Beast test it out today. The rule prohibiting conversation in the mine only applies to Calamity Beast that are already in this world. It doesn't work for us outsiders; we can still talk normally."
"Besides..."
The Black Rat Clan, their territory.
A spacious lobby.
Feixu stood in the front of the hall, glancing to the side.
Several Black Rat, just like it, stood in the front of the hall; they were its kin, responsible for the other mines.
In front of them sat four Black Rat that were significantly larger than them.
Their expressions were all somewhat serious.
"Is it confirmed? It's true, another guy is trying to rebel?" Black Rat Lame Claw asked in a deep voice, sitting in the hall.
"Yes, just like Feixu said, it doesn't seem normal for so many to appear in one day!" Black Spine responded in a deep voice.
As it spoke, it couldn't help but glance sideways at the Feixu standing in front of it.
"I didn't expect you to have thought of so much."
"Ah, if we don't do this, we won't be able to help you, Lord Black Spine!" said Black Rat Feixu.
With a touch of emotion, Black Spine looked at Feixu and nodded.
Beside him, Lame Claw glanced at Feixu, then looked away with little interest, saying:
"The question now is, what should we do?"
"Of course we found them!" said Black Rat Moya, who was also sitting in the front.
"But the problem is, how do we find them? They're hiding among the beasts, how are we supposed to find them?" Lame Claw said in a deep voice.
"How about we kill them all?" another Black Rat Baoya.
"..."
There was silence; no response was given, and clearly no Black Rat agreed with the idea.
Seeing this, Baoya let out a heavy sigh of anger from his nose and said:
"If we don't do this, what can we do? Are we just going to watch them start another riot?"
There was still no response; the Black Rat remained silent.
This is indeed a big problem.
The consequences of the last riot by the arrogant underlings are still fresh in our minds.
Hundreds of the Black Rat left in the valley have died!
Don't be fooled by the fact that there seem to be only a few hundred of them; the Black Rat Clan only numbers a few thousand in total.
Several hundred of them, which is almost a tenth of their entire population, resulted in an enormous number!
Therefore, we must prevent or even nip this situation in the bud no matter what!
"Hmm? Black Spine, what do you say?" Seeing that no beast paid any attention to him, Baoya looked at Black Spine.
Upon hearing this, the other Calamity Beast also instinctively looked over.
Black Spine paused for a moment, then said, "Alright, let's go ask!"
Upon hearing this, the other Calamity Beast were slightly taken aback.
Even the Baoya, who had just spoken, was somewhat taken aback.
"Should we ask?" it asked.
"Well, judging from what happened last time, if these guys really want to do something, they'll develop very quickly. It's better for a few of our people to die now than for them to riot and cause even more deaths!" Black Spine said.
There was a moment of silence.
"Alright!" Moya spoke first from the side.
The other Black Rat hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
Then, the Black Rat in the hall quickly got up, took a few Black Rat with them, and left their territory, flying towards a nearby mountain.
The Black Rat, Feixu, who were in charge of several mines, also followed along.
After a while, a tall hole appeared before them, with a bunch of Black Rat watching from outside.
The Black Spine flew over almost without stopping, then stopped outside the cave entrance and stepped inside.
Inside, there was a huge cave.
The cave was very simple, but it was very clean. The most eye-catching thing was a huge stone statue that was a hundred meters tall.
The Stone was carved entirely from an unknown dark green mineral, and its appearance resembled a huge, slightly aged... Black Rat!
Several Black Rat, as if already used to it, walked to a spot several dozen meters in front of the stone statue and stopped.
Then he raised his hand and pointed.
The few Black Rat that had just been brought over lay down in front of them, seemingly oblivious to their surroundings.
Black Spine lay down where it was, and all the other Black Rat followed suit.
"By the Black Rat God, it seems Calamity Beast has appeared in the mine, plotting a rebellion like the one last time, but we cannot find it."
"Grieved by the casualties suffered by our people during the last riot, we hereby pray to the Black Rat God to guide us and find the hidden dangers lurking in the mines..."