The Eternal World

"What?" The few fellows on the ground were dumbstruck.

It was one thing for the captain to not help them vent their anger, but to actually speak up for outsiders and give them such a heavy punishment for expelling from the homicidal army?

One had to know, how much effort had they put in to enter the homicidal army, to be expelled just like that?

How is this possible?

"Captain, this isn't fair!" They struggled to their feet and tried to argue.

"Unfair? "Hmph, if I don't punish all of you according to military law, that would already be considered me being merciful on the outside, and yet you all aren't satisfied with it?" The captain coldly snorted and said with a cold glint in his eyes, "Do you want to scram now, or do you want my brothers to send you out?"

"Damn it!" The few fellows gritted their teeth as they glared at Zhang Chao. After hesitating for a while, they chose to support each other and limped out.

"Ugh …" That's not all, is it? " Zhang Chao asked in surprise.

"No worries, fellow brother, our homicidal army naturally has our rules. Since these people have offended us, then we must accept our punishment!" The captain said selflessly: "Brother, you don't need to worry about this matter. If there is any trouble in the Haimen City, you can just come and look for us!"

"In that case, thank you very much!" Zhang Chao cupped his fists and shook them, then walked towards the main entrance of the headquarters.

"Those reckless fools from a moment ago can actually..." The team leader saw Zhang Chao walk into the distance and gave the order to the people around him, at the same time making a slashing motion with his knife across his neck.

"Captain, is there a need?" His subordinate said somewhat awkwardly.

"Leave those bastards here, they will bring us more trouble sooner or later. The higher-ups have already told us that we have to be cautious because it's too much for us to handle." After all, he stayed in our homicidal army for a few days, so he knew about a lot of things. It will be very troublesome for the higher ups! " Cold light flashed in captain's eyes.

Zhang Chao's expression changed. Although he had already walked very far away, he had still vaguely heard the captain's words.

Truly vicious.

To be able to become a captain in the homicidal army, forget about cultivation realm, just in terms of being a commander and decisiveness must be different from ordinary people.

In other words, if you're not ruthless enough, you won't be reused.

After Zhang Chao completely left, a subordinate asked in confusion, "Captain, who is this young man? It seems like their cultivation is ordinary, but their abilities are quite impressive. Although those guys from before weren't much, they have at least experienced the same hell as us, but were easily knocked down by him! "

"Don't ask what you don't need to know!" The captain coldly scolded him, "There are some things the higher-ups do not want us to know. Even if they do know, they must pretend to be ignorant. Otherwise, they will bring about a fatal disaster!"

… ….

At the penthouse.

Zhang Chao saw Qingyue once again.

"Oh? Coming? I was just about to send someone to deliver a letter to you! " Upon seeing Zhang Chao arrive, Qingguo invited him into the study.

"Regarding the person you were looking for, I can confirm that he is in that crystal mine!"

"It's really there?" Zhang Chao frowned.

"En, but there are still some people guarding that place. My people are unable to rescue your friend!" Qingguo sighed, "There's someone standing guard there!"

"Mining area? It's normal for someone to be guarding it!" Zhang Chao nodded.

"No, it's very abnormal!" Qing Guo smirked, "That's an ancient mine that was abandoned long ago!"

All the resources in it have been exhausted tens of thousands of years ago. In these past few years, only some rich people have hired laborers to excavate some scraps from the corner of the wall.

"However, according to my men's reports, the ones guarding the mine now are a group of experts who seem to have undergone special training!"

"In the entire Third Heaven Domain, there are only three great Legions that can be called great powers. It's very likely to be related to these three great Legions! "

"I can only help you with this matter up to this point. I'm afraid you'll have to settle the rest yourself!"

"Alright, thank you Big Brother Qing Guang. Next up, I'll decide for myself!" Zhang Chao cupped his fists and expressed his deep gratitude.

When Zhang Chao turned to leave, Qingguo could not help but sigh.

"The feeling of being in the middle is really unpleasant!" Qingguo took a deep breath after a long time. He looked deeply at the window, then raised his hand and pointed. A secret compartment in the wall appeared. A black mechanical bird that was only the size of a fist flew out.

The mechanical bird's eyes were bright red as it landed on Qing Guo's shoulder. It let out a sound that resembled the grinding of gears.

"Go and tell him that it's enough, enough is enough. He has already been targeted by some big shots. If this goes on, even I won't be able to protect him!" Qing Guo whispered into the mechanical bird's ear.

"Giggle!" The mechanical bird gave a strange response. Then, it flapped its wings and instantly transformed into a ray of black light. It flew out of the window and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

… ….

After Zhang Chao left Qingguo's place, he did not immediately head over to the ancient mine. Instead, he first went over to ask about some things related to the ancient mine.

After all, Qingguo had said something very general before, so it was not good for him to ask too many questions.

The information he had obtained in the end had filled him with doubt.

Indeed, most of the circumstances, as Qingguo had said, were completely consistent.

However, the reason why the mine was abandoned was because of an accident.

From the time the mines were mined until they were completely abandoned, almost every day, laborers would die tragically beneath the mines. After that, there were many people who were rumored to be haunted, which caused many laborers to feel terrified and did not dare to go any further.

Rumor had it that all of the dead had twisted faces, and were bleeding from their seven orifices. They had all died a miserable death.

Even though haunting a ghost was nothing to cultivators, they could understand what a ghost was after all.

However, the key point was that none of the experts noticed anything amiss after entering the mine.

Even so, no one was willing to work in the mine, so after a while, the entire mine was naturally abandoned.

However, one thing Qing Guo said was right. When the mine was abandoned, it was indeed almost completely mined and was almost empty.

Later on, there would be many rich people who would hire poor people with blue eyes to go mining regardless of their life or death.

Similarly, however, accidents occur frequently.

After that, no one dared to have any more thoughts about this mine. After a while, it became abandoned completely.

Everyone said that this mine was under a curse. The more people there were, the more widespread it became. In the end, no one dared to come here, and it was called the cursed mine.

There were some details that were a little different from what Qing Guo had said. Although it looked like it was nothing, it made Zhang Chao have to think about it too much.

Was Qingguo trying to hide something, or was it … Could Qingguo itself really not know?

Furthermore, what was the situation in the ancient mines?

Why were there people who went there, and who used people who had already been hit by the Beiming Stagnation and lost their cultivation level and consciousness to go there, what exactly did they want to dig?

He didn't believe that a mere crystal stone would be able to cause someone to not be afraid of the curse and take such a huge risk!

If Qingguo was really concealing something …

Zhang Chao could not help but break out in cold sweat, feeling a chill down his spine.

He had trusted him far too much, and had let him know far too many secrets!

This was a rather dangerous matter!

He was too careless!

As he was thinking all this, he walked out of the city and arrived at the abandoned ancient mine.

From afar, he could see that the size of the mine had once been very large. In the middle of the mountains, there was a huge open-air mine.

At this moment, there were dozens of black-robed men patrolling the area around the mine.

On the other hand, many people with dazed gazes were like walking corpses as they entered and exited the mine pit, carrying out bags of soil that were mixed with crystal fragments.

"So many?" Zhang Chao's eyes were wide opened as he watched in disbelief.

He never thought that these people would look like they had been caught in the Beiming Stagnation!

After looking for a long time, he still did not see the figure of Great Chieftain.

But what were they mining?

The soil that was mixed with crystals was casually piled to the side. Although there weren't many crystals, it was still a considerable amount of wealth. However, the black-clothed people did not even look at those crystals, as if they were dirt …

The more he looked at it, the weirder he felt.

However, he did not act rashly. Instead, he continued to lurk around, hoping to find some clues.

At the same time, he also analyzed and confirmed the cultivation levels of these men in black.

They were all sage realm experts.

Although there were no people with particularly high cultivation levels, there were three among them who had already reached the peak of Honorable Origin Realm. Just in terms of cultivation levels, they were not on par with Qiao Ruixue.

"So many people …" It's really troublesome! " Zhang Chao frowned, thinking that he should attack like that.

But he wanted to know what they were mining.

What kind of secrets were hidden in the depths of this mine!

Just like that, until sunset, Zhang Chao had already memorized all of the black clothed men's patrol tracks.

However, even though it was already late at night, those unexhausted, zombie-like slaves continued to dig.

As long as they could satisfy their instincts and give them a bite to eat, they would never stop and would continue to work.

After finding the right time, Zhang Chao made his move.

His body flickered like a ghost. He completely restrained his aura and took advantage of the gap in the dead corner created by the two teams of men in black patrolling and turning around to rush into the mining pit.

The moment he entered the mine, he hid behind a slave and followed them deep into the ground …