The Super Black Iron Mine is very large, and the Sha Clan people have only mined a small part of it. The entire mine is as complicated as an old tree root.
The rotating coils spread downward layer by layer, with a total of seven layers.
The lowest level of the mine is a large natural cave with an underground river more than ten meters wide flowing inside.
In the flowing water, black vines intertwined like fishing nets, entangling and swallowing all kinds of unknown fish.
In the moist air, the smell of blood is clearly audible.
"Okay, the whole team is camping on the spot. Let's rest here tonight. Be careful when you go to the river to fetch water, and try to avoid the devil's ivy. This thing has been unusual lately."
Big Nose led the team to find a relatively flat river beach and ordered to camp.
"Let's go to the river to fetch water!" Qiandao Mu carried a wooden bucket and winked at the two brothers Shan Geng and Shan Wu.
The two of them understood each other and said nothing. Each of them carried a wooden barrel and followed Qiandao Mu out of the campsite and walked towards the underground river.
Qiandaomu looked at the ground under his feet and walked carefully, avoiding the branches of the devil's vine. He did not step on even the branches that were obviously dead.
"Thousand Island Wood, Devil's Vine can distinguish human scent and will not attack our Sand Clan. What are you afraid of?" Shan Geng looked at it strangely from behind and asked curiously.
"I don't know, I always feel like there are eyes everywhere on the devil's ivy, and I feel a little scared!" Qiandaomu scratched his head, with a look of confusion on his face.
"Okay, what time has it been, and you are still talking about these useless things?" Shanwu, the youngest, seemed the most anxious. He looked back and saw that he was already more than a hundred meters away from the camp, and lowered his voice.
"The Marquis has given us two tasks. One is to find out the strength of Mocheng's troops, and the other is to find a way to get close to the teleportation point and blow it up with explosives.
We are trapped down here now, we can’t do anything, we have to find a way to get out as soon as possible.”
"Shan Wu is right!" Shan Geng said with a bitter look on his face: "Even if we can't blow up the teleportation point, we still have to send out the news about the 100,000-person terrorist army first.
Although these fearsome people are a bit stupid, they are very powerful in fighting. They fight like wild beasts and are not afraid of pain at all.
Moreover, there is not much food in the city, and Kimura Ershu cannot afford to feed so many people, so he will definitely launch an attack on Shacheng in the next day or two."
"I know, but if we can't get out now, what can we do?" Qiandaomu was also very anxious at this time.
He is the captain of this operation. If the news cannot be sent out and Shacheng suffers heavy losses, he will not be able to escape the blame.
"Shh, don't talk. There's a situation on the other side of the river!" Shanwu suddenly lowered his voice and warned.
The three people raised their heads and looked across the underground river together.
The underground cave is not as dark as imagined. There are a lot of glowing fluorite on the cave wall. Although the light is not very bright, you can see some scenes vaguely.
"This, this is the camp of the fifth squadron!" Qiandaomu stammered.
Across the river was an obviously newly built camp, as well as the white moon flag of the 5th Squadron, but the entire camp was silent, with no people and no firelight.
There were only weapons and armor scattered on the ground, torn tents, and patches of dark red blood.
"Squadron leader, it's not good, the people of the fifth squadron were attacked!" The three people went back to report in a panic.
A squadron of nearly 500 people disappeared inexplicably.
"What are you talking about? Who attacked the Fifth Squadron?" Big Nose was startled.
"On the other side of the river, the camp is still there. No one is there. Send someone back to report the news!" Qiandaomu breathed heavily, with hope in his eyes. This seemed to be an opportunity to return to the ground.
"Take me to see it!"
Big Nose's face was solemn, half of the people stayed in the camp, and with more than two hundred people, they lit torches and crossed the river.
There were obvious dragging marks on the ground, as well as some black vines that had been chopped off with sharp weapons.
The group of people looked around and their expressions changed. Even a fool could see such obvious signs.
Now I look at the black vines wrapped around the stone wall again, and my legs are shaking.
"Team, captain, yes, it's Devil's Vine!"
"The Devil's Vine is under the personal control of Captain Kimura. Even if there are some minor problems, as long as it is not completely out of control, it will not be able to attack us, right?"
"It's hard to say. The fruit of the devil's vine is about to mature. Ordinary people have too little flesh and blood energy. It has happened before. Some generals fed soldiers to the devil's vine."
"So, it's a lie that someone interfered with the Devil's Vine and sent us down to search it?"
"Hmph, Captain Kimura is a fifth-level strong man, and he planted the Devil's Vine himself. If you want to wrest control of the Devil's Vine from his hands, unless you are a sixth-level wood warlock, it is absolutely impossible!"
The soldiers were initially frightened, but when they heard the conspiracy theory, they immediately believed it. After all, everyone knew about the brutality and bloodshed of the upper class of the Sand Clan, so it was not surprising at all that they would do such a thing.
"Okay, stop talking!" Big Nose was sweating. Although he shouted "Stop talking," the look on his face couldn't deceive anyone, and he believed it.
"Let's go back to the camp and send someone to contact the other teams that came down. If this continues, let's go back to the ground."
"Okay, listen to the captain, if you really use us as blood food, you're going to rebel!"
"Yes, if it's the other way around, everyone on the left and right will die. Let's just go and join the indigenous forces here and not go back!"
"That's right. We are all paupers anyway. We have nothing. We will suffer even if we go back. We might as well stay here."
"I heard that Langya Marquis Li Wenhao loved his people like a son and gave land to poor people and slaves..." Qiandaomu said with excitement in his eyes.
His voice was not loud, and it should have been drowned out among the noisy shouts.
But the strange thing is that everyone's voice was silent, and then they all turned to look at Qiandao Mu.
"I...I..." Qiandaomu stammered, unable to continue, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Behind him, the two brothers Shan Geng and Shan Wu quietly moved their steps and distanced themselves from him, looking like we were not familiar with him.
"Come to my tent tonight and let's talk." After returning to the camp, Big Nose left a message with a strange look in his eyes and personally led a group of people out of the camp.
"Qiandaomu, are you crazy? How dare you say such a thing?" Looking for an opportunity when no one was around, Shan Geng and Shan Wu came up to them, their heads smoldering with anxiety.
"I was so excited at the time that I thought it was an opportunity!" Qiandaomu scratched his hair in frustration. He felt that he was completely stupid.
An hour later, Big Nose and his party returned, accompanied by several strangers, all dressed as squadron leader-level generals.
"Qiandao Mu, come to my tent!" Big Nose hurriedly shouted to Qiandao Mu, and entered his tent with an anxious expression.