"What is that sound?" Yu Yanluo's face was pale, and she subconsciously moved closer to Zu An, as if only in this way could she feel a little safer.

Zuan shook his head. He had never heard such a voice before. It seemed to give him a sense of trembling on a spiritual level.

He wasn't even sure if it was the roar of some ferocious beast or a resonance effect caused by the wind blowing through such a huge crater.

"This is a trap set by your Yu family, and you're asking me about it?"

Yu Yanluo was a little embarrassed, and after thinking for a moment, she replied, "I haven't been here for very long, but as far as I know, this phenomenon shouldn't have happened before."

“Then be careful,” Zuan said, his expression suddenly turning strange. “I feel something’s not right. I now have combat power comparable to a grandmaster, and you are the famous ferocious beast Medusa. If there is any monster, it should be the one afraid of us.”

“That’s true,” Yu Yanluo nodded subconsciously, but quickly pinched him in a fit of embarrassment and anger, “You’re the ferocious beast, that sounds awful.”

Zuan laughed heartily, then wrapped his arm around her slender waist and jumped down into the cave.

I have to admit, her waist is so slender that you could wrap your hands around it; it's basically the thinnest waist I know among all the women.

Qiao Xueying was similar, because she was an elf, and her figure was naturally more slender than that of ordinary humans.

"Hmm, something's not right." Just then, Yu Yanluo's voice came from beside him.

Zu An immediately became alert: "What's wrong?"

Yu Yanlu stared down into the tunnel and said, "At this time of day, the miners are still working, but now we can't sense anyone's presence. It's really strange."

Zuan exclaimed in surprise, "It's so late at night and you're still making the workers work? You unscrupulous capitalists!"

Yu Yanluo said irritably, "In this mine, the sun and moon are never seen from day to night. There is no difference between day and night for them. Of course, they are not made to work day and night all the time, but rather different shifts are taken turns."

Zu'an then realized he had misunderstood: "Now that you mention it, there is indeed a problem. Has something unexpected happened down there?"

“Besides the miners, I’m also worried about Xingnu and the others. We told them to escape from down here, but if something really happens down there, they’ll be in danger,” Yu Yanluo said worriedly.

"Let's go down first and talk about it later." As they spoke, the two of them finally reached the bottom.

The air at the bottom was rather murky, but it wasn't a big problem for cultivators.

The surroundings were pitch black. With the help of the faint light from the luminous pearl, there were many simple wooden houses, as well as tools and mine carts scattered around.

"This is the main supply station in the mine. It distributes the supplies from the surface to the various sub-supply stations below, and it also sorts, packages, and transports the ore mined from various places to the upper levels... Normally, there would be a large number of guards here, so it seems something has indeed happened." Yu Yanluo looked around but didn't see any trace of anyone.

“There’s a notice board here,” Zuan said, pointing to a plaque next to him.

Yu Yanluo walked over and muttered, "There seem to be frequent tremors lately, and quite a few unexpected incidents have occurred. For safety reasons, all personnel should evacuate to the ground first, and wait for the family to send someone to investigate the cause before coming down..."

Upon reading this, she was startled: "How come I haven't heard a single word about it?"

Zu An examined the surrounding traces: "Judging from these traces, they must have evacuated within the last two days. And with you being imprisoned by Xu Yu these past few days, and several elders of the Yu family also being arrested, we're leaderless, so naturally we wouldn't know what's going on here."

“Something big must have happened,” Yu Yanluo said with a worried expression. “You know, this mine has never stopped operating for so many years, and these people stopped work without the family’s approval. It must be that the people on site realized that they had to stop work, otherwise no one would dare to give such an order.”

"Various tools were scattered all over the ground. Obviously, they left in a hurry and must have encountered some emergency." Zuan squatted down and inspected the tools scattered everywhere, the overturned minecarts, and even a lot of elemental stones that hadn't been collected and were just scattered on the ground like waste.

He stood up again: "Should we go up and ask the people stationed outside? It seemed like there were still some people guarding the area when I passed by just now."

Yu Yanlu thought for a moment and shook her head: "Going up there is too much trouble, and I don't want to implicate them. It seems that they probably encountered something like an earthquake or landslide. Let's go and check on the whereabouts of Xingnu and the others first, and find them as soon as possible."

“Alright.” Zuan thought back to the earth-shaking tremors and the strange noises that had just occurred; it was understandable that ordinary miners would be frightened, but they were now the strongest in the world, so naturally they didn’t have so many concerns.

“Aunt, stay close to me. There are many side passages in this mine, and it’s dark. It’s easy to get lost,” Yu Yanluo reminded her.

"Oh, that's dangerous. I'd better stay close." Zu'an looked worried and quickly went over to her, naturally taking her hand.

Yu Yanluo: "..."

Her heart skipped a beat, and her cheeks flushed slightly in the darkness. However, she did not shake off the other person. Instead, she explained, "Well, it's better to hold hands. That way, we won't get separated."

At first, these passageways were quite wide, but the further you went in, the narrower the roads became, with many places only about the height of a person. However, since they were used to transport ore, the width was not too bad.

Holding her delicate little hand, Zu An felt an extraordinary sense of peace, and the dark and deep surroundings seemed to become colorful.

Yu Yanluo was, after all, a mature woman. After the initial panic, she smiled and took the initiative to interlock her fingers with his. Then, without realizing it, she leaned towards him, and the two of them walked deeper into the mine.

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