Chen Leying and Qin Jiu held the rope tightly and slowly let Meng Qingyin down.

After Meng Qingyin stood still, she said to the two people above, "Okay, I'm coming down now."

As soon as these words were spoken, the three of them received the prompt at the same time.

Congratulations on unlocking the hidden quest - Rescue the Pangolins: In this mysterious mine, a group of pitiful pangolins are imprisoned. Please rescue them within 12 hours! Successfully rescue the pangolins and the mine entrance will be opened. If the quest fails, the entrance will be permanently closed.

Hearing this reminder, the three of them were shocked.

Qin Jiu was very surprised: "So, as long as we complete this hidden mission, we can leave this mine! The pangolin is down there?"

Chen Leying was not as optimistic as her: "I'm afraid it's not that simple. If the mission fails, we will be trapped here forever."

Meng Qingyin was searching below with a torch. Suddenly, she kicked something with her foot, making a heavy rubbing sound.

Meng Qingyin lowered the torch and found that what she had kicked was a chain as thick as a baby's arm.

Look at the material, it's not an iron chain.

Looking forward along the chain, Meng Qingyin saw a group of pangolins huddled in the corner.

Their hind legs were tightly bound with chains, some places had been rubbed by the chains and were bleeding, and some chains had even dug into their flesh, leaving them bloody and mangled.

The pangolins huddled together, looking at Meng Qingyin with terrified eyes, like frightened birds.

Meng Qingyin took a quick look with a torch in hand and found that there were at least 20 pangolins here.

She quickly shouted, "I found a pangolin! Chen Leying, come down and take a look!"

Chen Leying's voice came from above: "Okay, I'll go down right away."

Qin Jiu was anxious: "I want to go down and help too!"

Meng Qingyin: "You can't come down. If the three of us come down for a while, who will pull us up?"

Qin Jiu thought about it and said, "Okay then, I'll wait for you upstairs. But what's going on down there?"

Chen Leying had already gone down. She followed the light of Meng Qingyin's torch to her side and saw the miserable state of the pangolin group.

She couldn't help but frowned: "Who made them like this?"

Meng Qingyin shook her head: "Each of their hind legs is bound by a chain."

She raised her hand and pointed to a place not far away. "And the end of the chain is welded to the pillar. If we want to rescue them, we have to find a way to cut the chain."

Chen Leying looked in the direction of her finger and found that more than 20 chains were locked on a thick pillar, and the material of the pillar could not be seen.

"Cut the chain?" Qin Jiu immediately volunteered, "Leave it to me. I'm strong, I'll do it!"

Chen Leying: "Do you have an axe or a knife?"

Qin Jiu: “No.”

"I do have an iron axe here," Meng Qingyin took out the iron axe, "but I don't know if it can cut these chains."

Qin Jiu couldn't wait any longer, "Hey Chen Leying, come up quickly, it's my turn to go down!"

Chen Leying had no choice but to go up and replace Qin Jiu.

Qin Jiu couldn't help but curse after seeing the pangolin's miserable state: "Who the hell imprisoned the pangolin here?"

Meng Qingyin thought about it and put away the iron axe.

She will have to keep this iron axe to chop trees in the future, so it cannot be scrapped.

She took out the heavy sword weighing more than 30 kilograms and handed it to Qin Jiu.

Qin Jiu took the heavy sword, felt its unusual weight, and exclaimed, "What a good sword."

As he spoke, he swung his heavy knife and smashed it hard on the chain. Sparks flew everywhere, and only a small gap appeared on the chain.

Qin Jiu muttered: "What material is this chain made of? It's so strong?"

"It's definitely not an ordinary material." Chen Leying said softly.

Qin Jiu was shocked. "Why did you come down? The three of us are down, how are we going to get back up later?"

Chen Leying: "I tied the rope to a big rock and I'll be able to climb up in a while."

"That's good," Qin Jiu was relieved and swung the heavy knife again, "Move back a little, or I'll hurt you."

Chen Leying and Meng Qingyin took a few steps back.

With a "bang", the heavy knife hit the chain again, and the gap became bigger.

Qin Jiu's confidence increased greatly, "Just a few more hits and the chain will be broken."

Meng Qingyin and Chen Leying turned into cheerleaders, shouting in unison: "Come on!"

Qin Jiu suddenly became more energetic and started smashing things around.

Twenty minutes later, the first chain was successfully broken.

Qin Jiu was sweating profusely from exhaustion, "Finally it's broken..."

Meng Qingyin followed the broken chain to find the pangolin. The pangolin's hind legs had been rubbed bloody by the chain.

Although the chain was broken, the pangolin still huddled there and showed no intention of escaping.

Meng Qingyin couldn't bear it, so she took out a cotton swab, dipped it in some ointment, and gently applied it to the wound on the pangolin's hind legs.

The pangolin seemed to know that they were there to save it, and did not resist, allowing Meng Qingyin to apply the ointment on its hind legs.

Soon, the ointment took effect and its hind limbs recovered.

It squeaked twice, as if to express its gratitude.

Seeing this, the other pangolins also looked at Meng Qingyin with anticipation.

Meng Qingyin: "Okay, I'll help you heal your wounds first."

As he spoke, he started with the nearest pangolin and applied ointment to their hind legs.

Qin Jiu took out a bottle of Erguotou, drank the last half of the bottle, and then continued to smash.

Chen Leying was worried: "How long will the effect of your wine last?"

Qin Jiu was stunned: "Ah? How do you know..."

Chen Leying: "We saw that a long time ago."

Qin Jiu: "I thought I concealed it well. It can last for half an hour after drinking."

Chen Leying frowned, "Do you still have any white wine?"

Qin Jiu shook his head: "No more."

While applying medicine to the pangolins, Meng Qingyin was concerned about their situation. She felt a little worried when she heard this: "In half an hour, we can break another chain. There are still 23 pangolins. What should we do?"

She just counted and found that there were 25 trapped pangolins.

Qin Jiu moved a little faster: "I'll try my best and try to break two in half an hour!"

Chen Leying: "It's useless. It's still far from enough."

Meng Qingyin: "Why don't we go to the trading hall and see if anyone wants to exchange liquor?"

Chen Leying: "Leave it to me, you treat their injuries first."

"good."

After a while, Chen Leying's somewhat serious voice sounded: "There is liquor in the trading hall, but it cannot be exchanged."

Meng Qingyin understood what he said. "Just like the summoning card can't be used, it seems this mine has cut us off from the outside world. The only way to leave here is to rescue the pangolin."

Qin Jiu panted: "Ah? What should I do? I feel like I'm almost dying..."