As an insect beast, the black-toothed rat also had a unique ability to control soil. Although it did not have a powerful combat ability, it could dig holes very quickly with its claws. A black-toothed rat only needed two hours to dig through an underground cave that was more than five hundred meters long. Moreover, it would not leave behind any dirt.
Qi Yuan held an old telescope and silently observed the movements in the direction of the mine. After two hours, there was finally a slight change in the heavily guarded mine.
"Here's my chance!"
Qi Yuan focused his gaze and cast his gaze at the mine that was half the height of a person. He chuckled, "I never thought that there would be a day when I would have to dig into a rat hole!"
After discovering that the black-toothed rats had dug their way into the mine, Qi Yuan did not enter immediately. Instead, he waited for the mine guards to lower their guard.
At the entrance of the mine.
A miner came out of the mine and said in a panic, "Sir, a black-toothed rat has appeared in the mine!"
"A black-toothed rat!" Hu Hao frowned when he heard the report.
The black-toothed rat's strength was average. If it was outside, a fully armed soldier could easily deal with it alone. However, the underground mine was complicated. Moreover, the black-toothed rats were very fast and good at digging holes. It was very difficult to hunt them down.
If the black-toothed rats were left to wreak havoc in the mine, it would easily affect the miners' mining. Once the black-toothed rats saw blood, their aggressiveness would become very strong. They might even take the initiative to attack humans.
The other mine was abandoned. Apart from the few shadow lizards entrenched in the depths of the mine, the group of black-toothed rats that had seen blood was also a powerful obstacle.
After pondering for a moment, Hu Hao continued to ask.
"Did the black-toothed rats disturb the Rock Lizard inside?"
"No."
Hu Hao breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it did not cause too much trouble.
There had always been a Rock Lizard in the depths of the mine. This Rock Lizard had many Tier 1 abilities, including Tier 1 defense. Although it was not as strong as the shadow lizards in the other mine, it was still a very difficult insect beast to deal with. There were not many people in Blackstone Town who could kill it unless they lured it out of the mine and attacked it with heavy weapons.
Fortunately, the Rock Lizard wasn't very aggressive. As long as there was enough food, the Rock Lizard wouldn't take the initiative to hunt as long as it didn't intrude into its territory.
In order to prevent the Rock Lizard from rioting, someone would feed the Rock Lizard in the depths of the cave every five days. Both sides had been living in harmony for more than half a year.
After thinking for a while, Hu Hao quickly made a decision.
"I'll go and deal with the black-toothed rats. You guys guard the mine and don't allow anyone to come close. No matter who it is, kill them immediately if they come close!"
"Understood!"
After the order was given, the surrounding soldiers quickly became alert. No one dared to neglect the safety of the mine.
Before stepping into the mine, Hu Hao suddenly said to the only soldier without a gun, "You come down too."
The soldier named by Hu Hao had been playing with two perfectly round balls of mud in his hands. Hearing this, his hands shook slightly. The two balls of mud suddenly melted and extended, quickly turning into two heavy daggers.
Qi Yuan watched the two enter the cave. After about half an hour, when the two walked out of the mine, Hu Hao and Hu Hao had an additional corpse of a black-toothed rat in their hands.
Seeing this scene, Qi Yuan suddenly smiled. He bent down, picked up the last black-toothed rat, and walked into the cave.
Although the black-toothed rats had tried to make the cave as big as possible when they were digging, the height of the cave was still less than half a meter. With Qi Yuan's height, he could only crawl forward in the depths. Fortunately, there was a black-toothed rat in front of him to help widen the cave, so he didn't get stuck on the protruding stones.
In the cave, there were fine and sharp stones everywhere, but they couldn't do anything to the strong steel defense. Crawling forward, they only scratched the combat uniform on his body and didn't leave any wounds.
Following the hole dug by the first black-toothed rat, Qi Yuan could clearly feel that he was getting closer and closer to the checkpoint.
A powerful supernatural ability was beckoning to him!
When he was less than two hundred meters away from the checkpoint, the narrow cave suddenly became spacious enough for a burly middle-aged man to pass through normally. Obviously, he had already entered the mine.
"They actually didn't block this cave!"
Qi Yuan looked at the pitch-black mine with some surprise. The surrounding soil emitted a faint fluorescent light, becoming the only light source in the darkness. It wasn't so dark that he couldn't see his fingers in front of him.
With the help of the faint fluorescent light, Qi Yuan vaguely discovered that something was wrong.
There were no mining lights in the mine!
Unless one had night vision, this kind of light would definitely cause people to get lost in the mine. Those miners were ordinary people. It was impossible for them to work in this kind of light.
Moreover, not only were there no patrolling soldiers around, there weren't even the sounds of miners mining. It was abnormally quiet.
Qi Yuan turned around and carefully looked at the hole dug by the black-toothed rats. Only then did he discover that even the underground cave at the back was much smoother than the one at the front. It didn't look like a tunnel dug by the black-toothed rats at all.
"No wonder the cave wasn't sealed, and there were no traces of mining lights. It turns out that there was an ability user hidden in the mine who could control the soil. He directly connected the hole dug by the black-toothed rats to other areas!"
Qi Yuan instantly realized Hu Hao's conspiracy. In such a short time, only an ability user who could control the soil would be able to dig such a hole.
"To be able to become the leader of the mine protection team, this Hu Hao really has some tricks up his sleeve. He actually dug a hole for me without a sound!"
Qi Yuan glanced at the depths of the cave. The fluorescent light was weak, and he could only see a short distance. He couldn't see far at all.
After realizing that this was a trap, Qi Yuan fell into a dilemma. The checkpoint was less than 200 meters away from him. If he left now, it would be difficult to come back again. If he continued to move forward, he didn't know what dangers were hidden in this place.
After a moment of silence, Qi Yuan finally made a decision. In this dangerous new era, even if he had the talent tree, he still had to bear all kinds of risks. The settings of these checkpoints were originally tests.
Qi Yuan vaguely had a premonition that he was very close. If he chose to leave now because of fear, this checkpoint might disappear and never appear again.
Looking around the cave, Qi Yuan found some traces of miners digging. This meant that this place was still in the mine, but it was later abandoned. The reason for abandonment was self-evident. It must be the danger inside that forced the mine protection team outside to do this.
The danger inside might not be as terrible as imagined!
Although this mine had been abandoned for a while, it wasn't completely abandoned like the other mine.
The black-toothed rats also became quiet. Its perception was stronger than that of humans, and it had already felt the existence of danger.
"Go ahead and explore the way."
Qi Yuan pressed the muzzle of his gun against the black-toothed rat's head, forcing the poor bug beast to walk in front.
The black-toothed rat was obviously a little scared, but under the threat of Qi Yuan, it had to continue moving forward.
The black-toothed rat approached the depths of the cave little by little. Qi Yuan slowed down his breathing and followed behind.
As they got closer to the checkpoint, the black-toothed rat's body trembled slightly. Qi Yuan stared into the depths of the darkness. His right hand, which was holding Flying Eagle, felt a little wet. It was sweat oozing from the accelerated metabolism.
Ninety meters!
Eighty meters!
Seventy meters!
Sixty meters!
Fifty meters!
…
The closer they got, the more nervous Qi Yuan became. He could even hear his rapid heartbeat.
When they were less than 30 meters away from the checkpoint, Qi Yuan suddenly found that the surrounding mine had become more spacious, as if he had entered a huge underground nest!
He had entered a bug beast's nest!
Just as Qi Yuan noticed the change in the cave, there was a sudden sound of something breaking through the air in the darkness.
Whoosh!
Something was approaching in the darkness!
It was extremely fast!
Qi Yuan felt as if he had been electrocuted. His scalp instantly went numb. The black-toothed rat, which had been walking in front, let out a whine and turned around to escape.
Before the black-toothed rat could turn around, it was captured by an invisible force. An invisible hand seemed to have appeared in the darkness, instantly dragging it into the darkness and disappearing.
Squeak squeak!
In the darkness ahead, the black-toothed rat's terrified screams came. Finally, there was a series of chewing sounds, and the black-toothed rat's screams came to an abrupt end.