Chapter 64
Yun Jiu's arm was injured by the falling ore. Fortunately, he dodged quickly, otherwise it would have been more than just an injury to his arm.
"Brother Yun Jiu, are you okay?" Yan Ning didn't dare to touch his arm that was abnormally bent from being hit.
"I can still bear it." Yun Jiu endured the pain from the wound and said, "Are you okay?"
Yan Ning shook his head and quickly said, "I'm fine." Apart from being hit a few times by small stones falling from above his head, he was not injured at all.
"Brother Yun Jiu, what should we do next?"
After the previous shock, the entire mine tunnel collapsed to varying degrees, and the entrance they came in through was now blocked by several large rocks.
"No rush."
Yunjiu had been mining in the area for two years and had encountered tunnel collapses before. This time, he was just unlucky. Not only did the tunnel collapse happen in his own, but he also suffered injuries.
This mine tunnel was originally very long, with many female insects digging everywhere in the mine tunnel, but now it is different.
The previous vibration shook off the loose soil and rocks, not only blocking the future entrance, but also blocking the direction deeper into the mine ahead.
Not far away, there was a female insect who was even more unlucky than Yun Jiu. Her leg was pinned by a stone, and she was struggling to push the stone away.
Yun Jiu stood up and said to Yan Ning, "Let's go over and take a look."
"Um."
Yan Ning, who had never experienced a mining accident, was a little panicked. He tried to calm himself down and reached out to support Yun Jiu.
"If we're lucky, this mine tunnel won't be in danger of collapse again." Yun Jiu comforted Yan Ning.
After hearing this, Yan Ning felt even more desperate. She subconsciously complained in her heart, but still replied: "I hope nothing happens again."
If Yun Jiu and the others also had Qi Heng's system perspective, they would find that most of the mine tunnels in the area where they were located had been cut off by falling rocks due to the recent tremors, and the original entrance to the mine was the most heavily buried area.
Yun Jiu and Yan Ning's approaching behavior attracted the attention of the female insect. The female insect stopped pushing the stone and looked up at them.
The eyes of the Tianjia Zerg glow slightly in the dark, which allows them to see in the dark, so even though the surrounding darkness does not affect their ability to see each other clearly.
Yunjiu wasn't familiar with the female insect mining nearby. After all, the females mining together weren't always the same, so it was common for them not to recognize each other. However, since they were trapped in the same space, there was no reason to do nothing.
"Your legs are pinned down. Moving around like this will only make the injury worse," Yun Jiu said.
The huge rock, about one meter wide, pressed on the female insect's legs. Even though the female insect had amazing physical fitness and recovery ability, her legs would not be in good condition, even if they were not disabled, if they were pressed by such a huge rock.
Yan Ning was the only one among them who was still intact. At this time, she took the initiative to speak up: "I can help."
"Thank you." said the injured female insect who was unable to use any strength.
"No, I don't know if it will work."
Yun Jiu placed a hand on the female insect's shoulder and said, "Move the stone later, and I'll pull him out."
Hearing this, Yan Ning felt relieved. With Brother Yun Jiu's help, everything should be fine.
Thinking of this, he bent down, gritted his teeth and lifted the boulder upwards with all his strength. The weight of the boulder made the veins on the back of his hand bulge.
Yun Jiu, who was standing nearby, took this opportunity to drag the female insect towards where he was standing, just enough to pull her legs out of the range of the stone. "Alright, let go."
Yan Ning let go of his hand, and the big rock fell to the ground with a dull thud.
Yun Jiu's forehead was covered in sweat. The pain in his arm had intensified after the blow. He tried to hide it from Yan Ning, so as not to worry her.
"Your leg is seriously injured." Yun Jiu bent down and checked the female insect's leg.
"I know." The female insect was surprisingly calm when she mentioned her injury. She reached out and pressed on her leg and said, "The bone is broken."
Even though they couldn't see how severe the wounds on the female insect's legs were in the dark, the strong smell of blood in the air told them that the female insect's current condition was not optimistic.
"Thank you for saving me." The female insect said, tearing the hem of her T-shirt and groping to tie it on the bleeding wound on her leg. The problem of bleeding was more serious than the broken bone.
The boulder broke both legs and crushed the wounds into a bloody mess, but the palm of the hand that was bandaging them felt wet with blood.
"It's too early to be rescued." Yun Jiu sat down and sighed, "The fallen rocks have blocked the way out. Now we can only wait for someone to come and rescue us."
Yan Ning sat down beside him silently, looking a little depressed.
Yun Jiu had a positive attitude. There was no point in getting anxious at this point. He said, "The mine disaster just happened. It'll take some time for them to react."
"It's useless to sit here, why not chat and distract yourself." My arm was broken and it hurt so much, the other person's legs must be in worse condition than mine.
"Let's get to know each other. My name is Yun Jiu and he is my friend."
Upon hearing this, Yan Ning said, "My name is Yan Ning."
The female insect was silent for a long time before she managed to utter a word: "Thank you Xingyue."
"Xingyue, with both stars and moon, this name sounds really nice." Yan Ning praised.
Yun Jiu, Yan Ning and Xie Xingyue, whom they had just met, were talking. Time seemed to be passing less unbearably, but gradually they noticed that Xie Xingyue's voice was becoming weaker and weaker.
They knew that the later the rescue was, the worse it would be for Xie Xingyue's injury, but with such an eye injury, it would be difficult to heal even if she could be rescued.
They didn't know how long it had been before they leaned against the rock wall to rest.
Suddenly, an extremely slight sound was heard, which was particularly clear in the quiet space.
"What's that sound?" Yan Ning stood up and tilted his head to look at the rock wall behind him: "Did you hear it? It seems to come from behind me."
"I heard it." Yun Jiu responded.
Xie Xingyue uttered a low "hmm," using his hands to support himself. In reality, the excessive blood loss had left him feeling dizzy, and he couldn't even hear Yun Jiu and Yan Ning's voices clearly.
If this continues, I probably won't be able to hold on until rescue.
Xie Xingyue was analyzing the worst and most likely outcome in her mind, her eyelids drooping, her heart filled with calmness instead of despair.
"It's coming from behind the rock wall, and the sound is getting louder and louder." Yan Ning put his ear against the rock wall and found that the sound behind him sounded like something was digging or gnawing. It was difficult to tell what was making the sound.
Yan Ning said hesitantly: "Is someone digging..."
"Impossible." Yun Jiu rejected it without even thinking.
The rock walls separating each mine tunnel are very thick, and no one knows whether there are other mine tunnels nearby, or whether there are ores that have not been mined.
At this time, no female insect will take the initiative to dig, as that would be a waste of energy and would be disadvantageous for waiting for rescue.
"But I really felt something." Yan Ning didn't know how to describe it.
Hearing the sound getting louder and louder as if the rock wall was about to be dug through, he subconsciously took several steps back, away from the rock wall that made the strange sound.
A series of "crackling" sounds rang out, and before they could react, cracks began to appear on the rock wall. Then the cracks turned into fist-sized holes, and then the small hole quickly expanded to the surrounding area, becoming a large hole.
The whole process was so fast that they didn't even blink.
Behind the hole, something seemed to crawl out.
“—What is this?!”
When Yan Ning and Yun Jiu saw clearly those groups of things that kept crawling out, the expressions on their faces became very strange. They looked like bugs... No, what do you mean by "looks like"? They were definitely bugs!
Xie Xingyue's eyes went dark, and a buzzing sound began to appear in his ears. He looked up, not far from the shock, and could only see a few blurry things appearing in his vision, but he couldn't see clearly what they were.
The fat, white mining worm, half the height of a human, supported its upper body with its powerful hind legs, and its pair of black eyes scanned the three female worms in front of it.
It is the female insect that Your Excellency the Overlord mentioned.
In the distant past, the Primordial Zerg and the Tianjia Zerg had a mutually cooperative relationship. Instinct etched into their genes told them that the three female Zerg before them were 'their own.' Coupled with the Overlord's orders, the mining Zerg used their own communication methods to further confirm this.
——That’s them.
——The Lord said, if you see it, take it to the temporary nest.
——Then the action begins.
After the mining bug team had a conversation, they looked at Yan Ning, Yun Jiu and the others at the same time.
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