Chapter 48: The Large Female Crimson-Gold Mantis Egg

The players all knew why Fang Qingyang was doing this—it was to stop Yang Ling from staying.

If he really succeeded, they, the players, would lose their rare and powerful ally.

Thinking of this, one player gritted his teeth and said:

"Once we're out of the mine shaft, we'll beat Fang Qingyang to death. That damned bastard is truly despicable!"

"Supervisor Yang, whatever you say, we'll do!"

The ordinary miners all looked at Yang Ling, their expressions solemn.

Li Tianye and the others had a sudden realization, and then it dawned on them.

This incident, in fact, made these ordinary miners understand which side to stand on next to serve their own interests.

A supervisor who would sacrifice miners' lives for a power struggle would naturally be immediately abandoned!

"Next, we need to deal with the Vermilion Gold Mantises first. Supervisor Fang's matter can wait until we get out."

"Remember, this is Zhao State, which has laws. We can't take human life lightly."

Yang Ling reminded them, "After we get out, I will personally escort Supervisor Fang and Wang Er to the Green Mountain City Government Office and hand them over to the Ironclad Department for handling."

The players felt a slight chill in their hearts, almost forgetting that this game was too realistic, and they couldn't just kill NPCs on a whim like they used to.

"Brother Yang, like last time?"

Chen Xu suddenly became somewhat excited.

Yang Ling nodded, "Like last time."

The others didn't know what "like last time" meant.

But they understood immediately.

They saw Yang Ling, holding the Vermilion Gold Pickaxe, digging through rock as if it were tofu, quickly excavating many large boulders and blocking off all the major branch tunnels.

In the end, only one was left!

Even this one was blocked until the opening was only about the size of a fist.

Li Tianye and Wang Haodong's eyes lit up, as if they understood something.

"Can you kill monsters in 'Divine Realm' too? Do these Vermilion Gold Mantises give Experience Points?"

Their hearts suddenly grew fervent.

However, thinking about the ferocity of the Vermilion Gold Mantises, they immediately calmed down.

Even if they could kill monsters for Experience Points, it wasn't something players like them, who weren't even Martial Artists yet, could dare to covet.

"Yang Ling seems to be planning to bottleneck the monsters."

"I suspect he was a professional gold farmer before."

The three players who had been unwilling to reveal their player identities and were all at level 10 were secretly observing this scene, a strange glint flashing in their eyes.

They were gold farmers too and were most familiar with bottlenecking monsters.

After the setup was complete, the next step was how to lure the monsters.

Yang Ling looked at Wang Er, "Do you have any pig blood left?"

Wang Er said sheepishly, "No, I used it all up..."

"Is that so..."

Yang Ling smiled, "Then I'll have to borrow some of yours."

What!

Mine!?

Before Wang Er could react, a bowl of his blood was forcibly taken.

He turned pale and shrunk to the side, trembling.

With Wang Er's blood as bait, everything was ready.

Yang Ling sprinkled his fresh blood in front of the fist-sized channel opening and then waited quietly.

The eyes of the ordinary miners all lit up.

Those Mine Rats from before must have been killed this way!

"Supervisor Yang, what a brilliant method. If the Vermilion Gold Mantises are dealt with, the danger level of Mine Shaft No. 1 will definitely drop even further!"

"Sooner or later, all the Mine Insects inside will die out, and mining will become even safer!"

They felt somewhat excited and increasingly awed by Yang Ling.

The previous supervisor never bothered with these things!

About half a minute passed.

One Vermilion Gold Mantis crawled out.

Before it could do anything else, it was sliced into two sections by a saber.

A cool sensation flowed into Yang Ling's body.

The Experience Points it gave seemed to be a bit more than what the Mine Rats gave!

Chen Xu and Chen Guoqing tightened their grip on their Fine Steel Pickaxes, ready to get some scraps.

Yang Ling glanced at Li Tianye:

"Tianye, take your pickaxe and stand nearby. If any Vermilion Gold Mantises slip through, you handle them."

"Oh, yes!"

Li Tianye was somewhat excited and immediately stood ready with Chen Xu and the others.

"The rest of you aren't well-equipped to deal with Vermilion Gold Mantises, so don't get too close. Your lives are important."

Yang Ling instructed the other players and ordinary miners.

Some players, although envious of Chen Xu and the others, also knew their own limitations and didn't dare to get close.

After all, mining itself gave experience; there was no need to do dangerous things.

After that, the Vermilion Gold Mantises came more and more ferociously.

It was just a pity that the path left for them was so small, only allowing them to come in one by one.

One came, one died.

Yang Ling occasionally intentionally let a few through for Chen Xu and the others to practice on.

At first, they were a bit flustered, but after two or three times, their Fine Steel Pickaxe strikes became more and more accurate.

Unconsciously, the pile of Vermilion Gold Mantis corpses in front of Yang Ling had reached waist height.

He had the ordinary miners come over to clean them up.

The number of Vermilion Gold Mantises should have decreased significantly, and their frequency of appearance had lowered.

Yang Ling still wasn't at ease and took another bowl of blood from Wang Er.

The number of Vermilion Gold Mantises immediately increased.

「Official Saber durability about to reach zero」

A message suddenly appeared before Yang Ling's eyes.

He glanced at the Official Saber in his hand; it was full of nicks.

Sure enough, after he chopped a few more Vermilion Gold Mantises, the Official Saber instantly shattered!

Yang Ling immediately pulled out the Vermilion Gold Pickaxe and continued luring and killing the Vermilion Gold Mantises.

Only at this moment did the players present realize just how high the gold content of being in the top ten rankings was.

There were even times when they couldn't clearly see Yang Ling's movements.

If Yang Ling were killing them instead of the Vermilion Gold Mantises, it would actually be easier than killing a chicken!

"Supervisor Yang's martial arts cultivation is extremely profound, deeper than any previous supervisor!"

The old miner who had recognized the Vermilion Gold Mantises sighed with emotion.

At that moment, a pleasant sound suddenly rang in Yang Ling's ears.

「Congratulations, you have leveled up, obtained 1 Free Attribute Point」

"What's going on? I just leveled up. This time, I've killed at most a little over a thousand Vermilion Gold Mantises. How did I level up again?"

Yang Ling felt somewhat strange inside.

Actually, although the Vermilion Gold Mantises gave more experience, it was only about the equivalent of him striking the Vermilion Gold Ore twice.

Logically speaking, at most, it would be equivalent to him mining Vermilion Gold Ore for a day, and maybe not even that.

"Could it be that killing monsters gives an experience multiplier?"

Yang Ling pondered thoughtfully, then immediately added the Free Attribute Point to Spirit.

Spirit: 29

"29 points. One more level and it's 30 points. This should probably be considered a threshold. Breaking 30 points in a single attribute is likely some kind of standard."

Yang Ling felt secretly pleased, then continued killing the Vermilion Gold Mantises.

Two hours passed.

It had been a quarter of an hour since any new Vermilion Gold Mantises appeared.

Seeing this, Yang Ling immediately widened this tunnel:

"Wait for me here. I'll go get the Vermilion Gold Ore Essence and then head up."

This thing was evidence. He didn't plan to take it for himself but to use it to nail Fang Qingyang dead to rights.

After today, the ownership of the Vermilion Gold Mine would pretty much be settled.

Holding a torch, Yang Ling found the Vermilion Gold Ore Essence before long.

There were no more Vermilion Gold Mantises around it. He instinctively took a few steps forward, then stopped, a look of surprise and doubt on his face.

Behind the Vermilion Gold Ore Essence, there was actually a mass of something that looked like flesh and blood.

It was covered in blood vessels, pulsating in and out as if breathing.

Yang Ling's expression turned somewhat odd. After examining it carefully for a few moments, information appeared:

【Great Mother Vermilion Gold Mantis Egg】

【Unclaimed, bind for ownership?】

"It can be claimed? Has this unlocked the spirit pet system?"

Yang Ling considered for a while, then decided to bind it to see what would happen.