As the stone door was slowly pushed open, the eyes of everyone outside the door also followed, and what emerged was an intact person. This made some fellow disciples who had been whipped a little disappointed.
In their minds, the reason they can't finish digging is because it's too difficult. If everyone gets pumped, it can indirectly prove that it's not their problem.
But obviously, Chen Mo made them happy in vain.
At the same time, Chen Mo also saw the miserable state of these fellow disciples. Some had their legs stained red with blood, some had whip marks on their arms, and some had been beaten with blood flowing out of their backs. Some even had blood-like wounds. Just like what you fish out of the pond....
Chen remained silent and entered the team consciously. He found that the mask guards had changed again. The tall guard and fat guard before had turned into two monks who were taller than the tall guard. He called them the first and second grade guards.
During this period, another person came out, and like Chen Mo, he was not whipped. Obviously he also completed the task, plus there was one before, a total of three people qualified.
"You, and you, yes, that's you, don't look around, the three of you come with me." The guard from the first grade of high school said to Chen Mo and the other two fellow Guta Sect members who were not beaten. The rest of the mine slaves were guarded by the second grade students. Brought back to residence.
Chen Mo deliberately walked in the last place. While following the footsteps of the Gao Yi guards, he unobtrusively memorized the path to the Lingshi mine and the eating place. Not long after, they came to a spacious stone house. There are many tables and chairs where you can rest for a while while eating, which is also a reward for those who have completed their goals.
"It's half an hour to eat. Come back with me after dinner." The guard from the first grade of high school said to a few people calmly. After saying that, he left here, not knowing what he was doing.
There were a lot of people here, about 300 people. Chen Mo went to get a bowl not far away to prepare food. A special masked guard brought over ten buckets of vegetables and rice mixed together. It looked sticky and dirty. , rotten vegetable leaves were still hanging on the side of the bucket, and no one took care of it. The whole bucket still had an unpleasant smell, just like swill in the secular world.
Even so, a group of people ate very deliciously, filling their mouths with bowl after bowl and devouring them hungrily.
Chen Mo took a deep breath. To be honest, he didn't want to eat, but the situation was better than others. He was not hungry, so he could only follow the behavior of the other mine slaves, separated from the people in the same group, found a seat and sat down, holding his nose. Drink it all at once.
Not to mention, he was quite full after eating. Chen Mo filled up another bowl and began to drink slowly. At the same time, he looked around at the masked guards nearby. There were five of them at the place where the meal was served. He was monitoring them not to riot and patrolling around the place where they were eating. There were ten of them, as well as two monks looking down from the high-altitude platform, plus the four at the door, a total of 21 masked guards.
"The defense here is also so tight..."
Chen Mo sighed secretly and wrote down the small movements of these people. But while he was observing, there was a person not far away looking at him curiously. Chen Mo naturally noticed it and inadvertently turned around several times to see this person. He recognized Liu Qing, the outer eldest brother of the Guta Sect!
Amidst the noise, Chen Mo finished the second bowl and went to pick up the third bowl. He noticed that Liu Qing also picked up the empty bowl and followed him. All this made Chen Mo wary, wondering what the other party's intentions were. .
"What do you seem to be observing? There are more than 300 people in this room, and you are the only one paying attention to these mask guards." Liu Qing walked over and lined up, and suddenly whispered in Chen Mo's ear.
Chen Mo didn't answer and continued to cook by himself. Liu Qing also took a bowl. Instead of returning to his previous position, he sat down with Chen Mo. He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention. He put his hands He crossed them on his chest and said slowly: "Looking at your clothes, they are still very new. You must have just arrived in the mine yesterday, right?"
Chen Mo continued to eat and ignored what he said.
Liu Qing said: "I just arrived in the mine yesterday. I was able to complete the goal and come to eat without being familiar with the terrain. Even if there is luck, it cannot be separated from precise analysis. I guess you have gone deep into the mine. Inside Digging.”
"You should know that if you don't come out within twelve hours, you will be killed by the guards if you show up again. So on the first day, many newcomers will make the mistake of coming out early, or digging nearby, and you It’s different, you dare to take risks, I wonder if I’m right?”
Chen Mo looked at him expressionlessly: "Are you done?"
Liu Qing chuckled: "Junior brother, there is no need to pretend to be calm."
"I'm so sorry. I dug up a high-grade spiritual stone, so I don't have to be punished today. You're babbling a lot here, and they're all mistakes." Chen Mo drank the porridge in the bowl and put it down. Back to the table.
Liu Qing was not angry and said casually: "Okay, just treat me as nonsense. If you need help with anything, just ask me. After all, we are from the same school." After speaking, Liu Qing left Chen Mo with the bowl in hand. He returned to his original position and sat down to rest.
Half an hour passed quickly. The hundreds of people followed the masked guards and left alternately. Chen Mo and the other three followed the high school guards back to their yesterday's residence. Everyone else in the stone house had already fallen asleep. There was nothing they could do. It's such a high-intensity work, coupled with injuries, it's impossible not to sleep even if you don't want to.
Those two people were also taciturn. Chen Mo lay back on his stone bed, closing his eyes and recalling what happened today.
"This Liu Qing's plan was so strong that it almost came to light..."
The first thing Chen Mo thought of was what happened just after dinner. He didn't know what the other party was doing. What if it was the bait used by the Tianjian Sect for fishing? Once he expresses his intention to escape, even if it is just an idea, he will not be allowed to exist in this spirit stone mine. What if Liu Qing informs the mask guard? That's why he didn't dare to talk too deeply with Liu Qing.
This place is dangerous, and you may die unexpectedly if you are not careful. Chen Mo will not trust anyone. He knows that the only one he can rely on in a desperate situation is himself. He must not tell anyone about his intention to escape. He must obey the arrangements of these masked guards. , even if you suffer some verbal insults and physical pain, as long as you can live, there is hope.
If you want to successfully escape from this spirit stone mine, you must understand the three most important factors. First, know the location of this spirit stone mine. If you take a step back, you can't even figure out the terrain even if they open the door to let you out. Clearly, it won’t be a matter of minutes if I want to capture you again?
Secondly, all the passages in the mine and the operating rules of the entire Lingshi Mine. Know yourself and the enemy and you will never be in danger. The two people who were killed in the six groups before did not understand this principle. They may have relied on their high cultivation and wanted to escape. That is a lesson learned from the past. .
The last point is to understand the habits of all guards. As long as you can understand them all, escaping is not difficult. At the moment, Chen Mo doesn't know anything, so just trying to escape is tantamount to seeking death. He will work hard for a while while making plans. .
After resting for three hours, it was the Gao Yi guard who woke them up. Under his instructions, everyone went to the spirit stone mine again. This time, they were not the only ones who entered. There were more than a thousand people, including Big Goose. The guard was distributing numbered storage bags. After giving the order, this group of people poured into the mine like a tide and disappeared.
One month later...
Chen Mo followed the fat guard and entered the dining area. The food was still like swill. After filling a bowl, he found a place to sit down casually. Several whip marks on his back were still aching.
It is impossible to complete the mission all the time. There were a few times where I missed a few spiritual stones and was punished by the masked guards. But overall, more and more people in the six groups after their merger were able to eat. Take today, for example, there are fifteen people.
Through this month, Chen Mo also learned that the entire Lingshi Mine is divided into four mining areas, southeast, northwest, and there are about 6,000 slaves who have been tortured. According to their group of 30 people, the slaves in each city area can make up Fifty groups.
The guards were a bit stretched, with only more than 200 people. Chen Mo was thinking at that time, if there was a collective riot, there was no doubt whether they could stop it, but later someone told him that there were still people building foundations in the Lingshi mine. There are more than one deacons in charge, so no one needs to tell the difference between foundation building and Qi refining.
Not only that, there is also an elder who is in the late stage of Yidan Dan personally guarding him. This kind of person can kill and injure slaves with a wave of his hand. If he is not looking for death, no one will choose to mess up the situation.
It's not all bad news. Chen Mo discovered that the group of high guards and fat guards rotates every seven days with the group of first and second grade guards. Moreover, the high guards and fat guards have a habit of always doing it in the middle of the night when the slaves are most asleep. , bet for an hour to find other mask guards. During this period, other mask guards will come to follow, but the time interval is as long as a stick of incense.
They won't go every day for seven days, but it will be like this for at least two days.
In other words, within a month and half of the month, they were their guards, giving Chen Mo four opportunities to find out the situation nearby. Just yesterday, he used this short time of burning incense to walk around the mine on the right side of his residence. , keeping the route in mind can be regarded as some gains.
Chen Mo took a mouthful of food. The moment he lowered his head and raised his head, he secretly glanced at the position of the masked guards in the stone house. When he was eating by chance, he found a ray of light flashing behind the high platform here, and soon disappeared. If the guard power If it were any weaker, he would want to find out.
It's a pity that the intensity of the garrison here remains the same, but the number and people of the masked guards remain the same. At most, their positions have been changed.
Today was the day he was going to test his guess.
While Chen Mo was thinking about it, Liu Qing also entered from behind the door. He spotted Chen Mo eating at a glance. Then he pretended not to notice, took a bowl to serve the meal, and sat in front of Chen Mo.
