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Everyone stared wide-eyed, especially the Holy Son and Holy Daughter of Yao Guang, who looked at Su Zhe with shock.

Ye Fan and Duan De, who were standing to the side, were also shocked.

"Aren't these all living, breathing people?" Ye Fan couldn't help but ask.

Su Zhe smiled; the NPCs in this game were quite realistic.

But he still kindly explained, "Were you treated like human beings when you were miners?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Fan fell silent.

Indeed, let alone being treated as human beings, during the time they were treated as miners, they lived a life worse than chickens and dogs.

They had to go down into the mine before dawn every day, and they weren't even allowed to rest until they had dug out a certain amount of stones. They ate black, hard, unidentified food every day, and even if they dug out enough stones, they only had less than two hours to rest.

It was alright for cultivators like him and Duan De who had cultivation to rely on, since they were not really forced to come here because of livelihood, but were simply taking refuge in the mine.

But for other miners, this is their daily routine.

Therefore, many miners cannot even survive a year; they are truly not treated as living, breathing human beings here.

Seeing that everyone present was silent, Su Zhe nodded. "That's right. You see, even if we leave them alone, they can only live for a few months at most. Rather than letting them suffer for a few months, it's better to seal their minds and refine them into tireless puppets."

That's too extreme of you.

Even the Holy Son of Yaoguang couldn't help but frown and reach out to carve a string of characters in the void.

"No, I call it high efficiency!" Su Zhe said.

"Mortals can survive in the mine for at most half a month, while cultivators with a bit of cultivation can stay in the mine for several months. Rather than letting them suffer fright and torment, it is better to use their bodies as raw materials, add some iron ore, and turn them into puppets with more solid bodies to mine."

Su Zhe said with a serious expression.

His words made the people present frown, but they also made them think.

Putting aside the lack of humanity, what Su Zhe said is indeed a very good approach.

"This is far too shocking. If others find out, it will surely cause turmoil throughout the entire Northern Region." The Holy Maiden of Yaoguang slowly shook her head.

"That's true, but what if it's used to accommodate people with a bad reputation in the Northern Region, like the subordinates of the Thirteen Great Bandits?" Su Zhe said with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, Yao Guang Sheng Zi's eyes lit up.

However, Yao Xi did not intend to continue on this topic. "These people are miners that my Yao Guang Holy Land openly hired from other places. My Yao Guang Holy Land is responsible for them. Our exploration of the unknown underground of the mine is actually to help these miners eliminate the crisis."

"It's humane, but not efficient enough." Su Zhe nodded.

He continued to lead the group deeper into the area.

When they arrived at an abandoned mine pit in the eastern part of the mine, several elders from the Yao Guang Holy Land were already waiting there.

They were seniors that Yao west had temporarily invited from other mines. Most of them were in the late stage of the Dragon Transformation Realm, and two of them were even experts who had stepped into the Sendai Realm. With them at the entrance of the mine, even if a crisis occurred, they would have enough time to escape.

"Greetings to the Holy Son and Holy Daughter, greetings to the distinguished guests of the Ji family." The elder of Yaoguang Holy Land bowed his head upon seeing the five people, his attitude quite respectful.

Although their cultivation level was higher, they had reached their limit at their age and had no hope of advancing further in the future.

On the contrary, the Holy Son and Holy Daughter, including this young man from the Ji family, are at the height of their power and are very likely to grow into Holy Lords in the future.

Bowing one's head at this moment cannot be considered flattery or fawning.

"I have met several seniors. These are all powerful individuals that I specially invited from other places. Their purpose is to investigate the unknown events underground in the mine and to protect the safety of my Yao Guang Holy Land mine."

The Holy Maiden of Yaoguang spoke with a smile.

She also showed respect to these senior figures in a visible way.

The Holy Son of Yaoguang nodded slowly. He did not speak, but no one cared.

As everyone knows, the Holy Son of Yaoguang has been silenced by the Holy Lord and is currently in the stage of practicing the silent meditation, so he cannot speak.

"Then I'll have to trouble you all."

Several Yao Guang elders nodded and made way for Su Zhe and the others to step into the mine pit.

As soon as Su Zhe entered the mine, he received a system notification.

[WARNING! WARNING! You have entered a dangerous area! This area is extremely dangerous. We recommend that you save your game beforehand!]

Su Zhe raised an eyebrow slightly.

He hadn't received any system notifications for a long time. The game was so free that he hadn't even updated the main quests yet, and any quests he did occasionally had to be triggered by him.

The system has surprisingly given him a proactive reminder, which means this area must be a high-level dungeon.

"This is the entrance. Once we pass through that long, narrow passageway ahead, we'll be inside the mine," Duan De said.

Although he had never actually entered the underground space of the Yaoguang Mine before, he was very professional in this area. He had a general understanding of the terrain of the entire mine after just walking around the framework a few times.

In other words, most of the terrain he experienced in the mine was safe and free from any unusual field influences.

However, if a passage appears that is not on his map, it must be a dangerous passage affected by an extremely profound field.

"Okay." Su Zhe nodded and stepped into the passage.

He had only taken a few steps into the passage when the system notification appeared in front of him again.

[Warning! Warning! You have entered a cursed area!]

Curse type: Vital mutation

Curse progress: 1/100

Su Zhe was stunned for a moment at first, but after a brief thought, he realized that this was just nuclear radiation.

Although there are certainly differences between the two, they still have a lot in common in terms of the alienation of life force.

"Be careful, there's a curse here that will corrupt your life essence. I'll remind you of the corruption progress, and when it reaches a certain point, we'll have to leave this place," Su Zhe said.

Having finally found some friends who might not be very reliable, but each with their own strengths, Su Zhe still didn't want them to die too soon.

Especially Ye Fan and Yao Guang Shengzi, both of them have the fighting power to fight against the Supreme in the future, it is such a pity that they died now.

"A curse?" The Holy Maiden of Yaoguang frowned slightly, closed her eyes, and sensed it carefully.

A moment later, she opened her eyes, her gaze filled with shock.

"This place really is cursed!"