Am I going to be sacrificed too?

Chapter 24 What the hell are you talking about?!

Inside the Black Stone Mine.

The group looked at the deep mine tunnel before them, the light from their flashlights illuminating the darkness within.

Gollum~

At the corner of the mine tunnel, several round stones flashed by, and I only had time to take a few pictures of their backs.

"this……"

The scene before them reminded them of something they had discussed not long ago; they never expected that their casual remark would actually come true.

Stone Core People are a unique species different from humans. Their core is a piece of ore containing divine power. They can strengthen themselves by absorbing the ore. Their souls are weak but they possess a certain degree of intelligence.

The Stonecore People are divided into different races based on the type of core ore they use. The rarer and purer the ore, the greater the power one can obtain and the higher one's status within the Stonecore People's race.

These stones in front of us are very similar to the core of the Stone Core Man.

Whether they have now become abnormal creatures is another matter entirely. After all, the criteria for judging abnormal creatures is whether the creature has been affected by an abnormal disturbance and lost its rationality.

The more intelligent a creature is, the stronger its soul is, and the greater its resistance to abnormal interference. It seems that creatures like the Stone Core People, who are not very intelligent, are doomed to perish.

Glug~ Glug~

The sound of stones colliding faded into the distance, indicating that the other party had fled the area.

In theory, their mission is now more than halfway complete, having identified the source of the anomaly in the mine as a group of Black Core people.

Now they have a choice: leave directly or delve deeper to obtain more information.

Without much hesitation, Wang Yu stepped forward first: "I'll go in and take a look."

Cheng Feng and Sun Tu followed closely behind.

People of different backgrounds ultimately think differently. The other seven people exchanged glances and finally chose to give up and quit while they were ahead.

On the way back, they couldn't help but start talking about it.

"Don't bite off more than you can chew. Anyway, the mission is complete, let's go back."

"Heh, so eager to die, do you really think you're one of God's chosen ones?"

"That Sun Tu acted all high and mighty, it's good that he's dead now, anyway we'll be moving into the city soon, we won't need him anymore."

"And that Chen Quan..."

At least on the surface, everyone present was an ordinary person, which naturally gave them the audacity to do so behind the scenes.

Coincidentally, that's what Sun Tu was thinking. Everyone is an ordinary person. Cheng Feng is not afraid of danger and even Wang Yu, a weak woman, dared to come in. Why wouldn't he dare to?

Sun Tu believed himself to be no weaker than any chosen one of the gods, and he was always there when things happened!

So the three of them entered the mine tunnel and continued to venture deeper into the mine.

They walked for an unknown amount of time, and the surrounding temperature grew increasingly hot and unbearable. The mine tunnel in front of them seemed to have no end, with no bottom in sight. Only the occasional rumbling sound coming from the depths of the mine tugged at their hearts.

However, just as they turned another corner, the view ahead changed.

Before them stood a pitch-black stone wall, blocking the end of the mine tunnel; there was no way forward!

The gurgling sounds completely disappeared, leaving only a deathly silence.

Although there was no road, Wang Yu saw traces of divine power. Within a range of less than ten meters behind the mine tunnel wall, there was a large amount of divine power fluctuation, which, judging from its color, belonged to the 'Rock' pantheon.

Without a doubt, it was those so-called Stone Core People.

Sun Tu slammed his shovel against the stone wall, sending sparks flying and making his hand ache. In contrast, there was only a small white mark on the stone wall.

The rocks here are incredibly hard; you couldn't dig through them even if you broke your arm.

This is a dead end.

Wang Yu immediately realized something was wrong: "We've been hearing those gurgling sounds all along, and those live rocks have been walking ahead of us, but where have they gone? There's only one path in this mine tunnel, we couldn't have gone the wrong way."

Those stone-core people obviously couldn't have disappeared into thin air; they must have hidden themselves using some unknown method.

Following the traces of divine power, Wang Yu gently tapped the surrounding stone walls.

Knock knock knock...

The dull sound of tapping on the stone wall indicated that there was clearly a single, solid structure behind it.

Thud...

Knock knock...

dong dong dong...

found it!

Somewhere on the left wall of the mine tunnel, Wang Yu's shovel struck, producing a clear echo; behind that spot was empty!

She tried to find a crack in the wall, but she couldn't find one after searching for a long time. The wall in front of her was clearly a single piece.

Cheng Feng explained at the opportune moment: "The Stone Core People are born with the ability to manipulate and reshape rocks. They must have blocked the road, but in such a short time, even if they reshape the wall, it won't be very thick. The only way to get in is to break through this wall."

This is not a difficult task.

But both of them turned their gazes to Sun Tu, leaving him completely bewildered.

"Why are you all looking at me like that? Do you want me to do it?"

To be honest, although Sun Tu was arrogant, he was still aware of his own limitations. He knew that with his current strength, it was impossible for him to break through this solid wall.

As for why Cheng Feng and Wang Yu were both looking at him, it was because he was the most superfluous person present.

Cheng Feng smiled and leaned against the wall, saying, "Miss, you've been secretly spying on me these past two days. I doubt you're after my handsome appearance."

Compared to Cheng Feng's relaxed demeanor and playful attitude, Wang Yu remained completely calm.

We've been discovered.

From the very beginning, when her Eye of Truth could not see anything unusual about the other person, she knew that the other person was extraordinary.

But how did the other party discover me? I was clearly wearing a vortex robe that concealed divine power, so even a fifth-level superhuman wouldn't be able to detect anything unusual.

"Sometimes, the biggest problem is not being able to see the problem." Cheng Feng's next sentence made Wang Yu suddenly realize something.

"You don't have any divine power fluctuations on your body, but that's impossible. As long as you are a survivor living in the wasteland, you will have some residual abnormal divine power in your body, rather than none at all."

however……

"You're still lying," Wang Yu said with absolute certainty.

Unless one is a superhuman from a pantheon of wisdom, others generally lack the means to accurately observe divine power, and Cheng Feng is clearly not one of them. Otherwise, Wang Yu, being from the same pantheon, would have sensed it to some extent.

"What pantheon are you from?"

"What you're saying... As a traveler, of course I believe in and respect the 'traveler,' the god of space and storms, the master of courtly pleasures, the explorer of the unknown, the masked imposter, the god of fine wine... What, is this young lady also interested in learning about our deity?"

Cheng Feng didn't say it explicitly, but the scope could be determined from the deity he believed in.

"Really? I don't believe it."

Things are definitely not that simple; Cheng Feng must have seen through her disguise using some special method.

On the other side, Sun Tu was bewildered by this inexplicable turn of events. Just a second ago they were discussing the stone golem, how did they suddenly start chatting about everyday things?

"Hey, what are you two talking about?!"