Chapter 598: Subduing Qiu Weizhi

Looking at the four Ye Lins that had appeared once again, Qiu Weizhi's heart was filled with despair.

Although his Cyan Light Shuttle was powerful, he no longer had the strength to unleash it a second time.

Yet Ye Lin had directly recovered to his peak state.

This feeling of despair is like using every trick in the book to defeat a boss with a sliver of health left, only to discover the boss has a second phase.

Facing the four Ye Lins charging at him again, Qiu Weizhi had no room to resist at all and was restrained after being given a sound beating.

One Ye Lin held his arms from behind, one Ye Lin clamped down on his legs, and another Ye Lin sat astride his head.

The three Ye Lins formed a powerful seal, leaving Qiu Weizhi unable to move.

Seeing that they had successfully captured Qiu Weizhi, Liu Ruyan and Kuai Yan, who had been hiding to the side, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Only by capturing Qiu Weizhi could their plan continue to proceed.

"What exactly do you want to do? I'm warning you, don't think that just because you beat me you can act lawlessly. There are plenty of experts among the mining area's upper management; if you know what's good for you, you'll let me go immediately!"

Qiu Weizhi began to threaten them loudly.

"It seems you still haven't recognized the situation."

Ye Lin raised an eyebrow and looked at Liu Ruyan as he spoke.

"Liu Ruyan, take off your sock and give it to me... never mind, I can't reward him. Kuai Yan, take off your sock!"

Qiu Weizhi had originally held a glimmer of expectation in his heart, but his expression changed wildly the moment he heard the target had switched to Kuai Yan.

"You got it!"

Kuai Yan agreed very readily, taking off his shoes on the spot to reveal his size 43 sweaty feet after a day of mining; steaming hot vapor surged and rose from his socks, presenting a bizarre spectacle.

Following Ye Lin's instructions, Kuai Yan took off his sock and stuffed it directly into Qiu Weizhi's mouth.

Qiu Weizhi rolled his eyes on the spot, his entire body convulsing as if he were having an epileptic seizure.

"Damn! Don't go killing the guy, Brother Kuai Yan, hurry up and withdraw your divine power!"

Ye Lin was startled; the power of Kuai Yan's sock was practically comparable to a deadly poison.

"Hehe... conditions in the mining area are poor, there's nowhere to wash my feet."

Kuai Yan looked a bit embarrassed and hurriedly pulled the sock out of Qiu Weizhi's mouth.

Qiu Weizhi felt as if he had been reborn, like someone who had been drowning for a long time and had just been pulled out of the water, gasping for fresh air.

"Are you behaving now?" Ye Lin asked.

"I... yue... am... yue... behaving."

Qiu Weizhi retched repeatedly; he didn't look at all like the arrogant team leader he once was, but rather like a poor wretch who had been abused.

"Then let me ask you, how is your head so sharp... no, wait, if we want to escape the mining area, what should we do?" Ye Lin corrected himself.

"Escape the mining area?"

Qiu Weizhi was startled by Ye Lin's words, and even stopped his retching.

"Don't indulge in wishful thinking. From the day I arrived in this mining area until today, I have never heard of anyone being able to escape."

"Oh? Why is that?" Ye Lin pressed.

"First, the daily activity range of miners is limited: the mine, the canteen, and the dormitory—a straight line between three points. If you appear anywhere else, you will easily be spotted by the patrol teams and captured immediately."

"Second, even if you avoid the patrol teams and successfully reach the outskirts of the mining area, that is a plain stretching for dozens of kilometers where any movement can be seen at a glance."

"Furthermore, even if you cross the outer plains and reach the edge of the mining area, the edge is covered by a massive killing array. If you want to leave the mining area without permission, even I would be ground into mincemeat by that killing array."

"Finally... even if your luck is heaven-defying and you successfully break through the killing array, the moment you enter it, you will alert the strongest person in this mining area, Lord Chen Qi. He is an expert of the Profound Origin Realm! Do you really have the confidence to escape his pursuit?"

Qiu Weizhi looked at Ye Lin and the others with a strange expression, a hint of mockery even hidden in the depths of his eyes, as if sneering at their overestimation of their own capabilities.

Seeing this, Ye Lin directly had Kuai Yan stuff the sock back into Qiu Weizhi's mouth.

Qiu Weizhi was so happy he was convulsing, like a wriggling fat maggot.

"Did you actually lose your mind from happiness after receiving Kuai Yan's sock? Haji-zhi, you guy..."

Ye Lin couldn't help but exclaim.

"Ye Lin, if the situation is truly as Qiu Weizhi described, the probability of us escaping is truly minuscule." Kuai Yan's face turned pale.

"No need to worry." Ye Lin waved his hand. "From start to finish, the most troublesome part of this matter is actually just one thing: that Profound Origin Realm expert named Chen Qi. As for the other problems, I believe Qiu Weizhi will help us solve them."

Ye Lin signaled for Kuai Yan to retrieve the sock, and only then did they realize that Qiu Weizhi had already passed out.

Ye Lin walked up and delivered two heavy slaps, successfully reviving Qiu Weizhi.

"Are you there? Tell us how to avoid the patrol teams and cross the outer plains, and then give me that cyan light shuttle you used earlier." Ye Lin reached out his hand brazenly.

"Are you crazy? yue... During this time, Lord Chen Qi has been investigating the issue of the mining area not producing ore with all his might. If you want to escape now, he will definitely hunt you down personally!" Qiu Weizhi's expression changed wildly.

"Don't worry about that, just do as I say." Ye Lin said.

Seeing Qiu Weizhi remain silent, Ye Lin knew clearly that this guy was obviously still unwilling to be honest.

Consequently, Ye Lin called over one of his clones and subjected it to various brutal tortures, including skinning, dismemberment by chariots, waist-chopping, the five punishments, slow slicing, boiling, castration, needle insertion, spine-breaking, lead pouring, playing the pipa, gut-pulling, and the wooden donkey.

He even had two other clones force open Qiu Weizhi's eyes so he could see it clearly.

Forcing someone to watch the miserable state of their own kind is a form of severe psychological abuse and is also a method of interrogation.

That bloody and terrifying scene made Qiu Weizhi vomit his bile out.

After it was over, the blood-covered Ye Lin walked in front of Qiu Weizhi.

"My good team leader, you wouldn't want to receive the same treatment as my clone, would you?" Ye Lin asked with a smile.

Qiu Weizhi had been vomiting continuously and couldn't speak at all; he felt as if his intestines and stomach had twisted together.

But upon hearing Ye Lin's question, he immediately took out the Cyan Light Shuttle and handed it to Ye Lin.

"That's right, that's a good boy."

Ye Lin smiled with satisfaction and began to examine the Cyan Light Shuttle.

He had just been killed once by this thing; the power of this item was truly terrifying.

"Good stuff."

Ye Lin weighed the Cyan Light Shuttle in his hand, his face full of pleasant surprise.

"Tsk, it's just a broken Spirit Tool, and you're treating it like a treasure?"

Bai San's voice suddenly rang out in Ye Lin's mind, startling him. He only then remembered that Bai San could now perceive the state of the outside world.

"Why, is this kind of thing very common in the Longevity Continent?" Ye Lin asked.

"Divine weapons have spirits and are divided into Spirit Tools, Spirit Armaments, Spirit Treasures, Post-natal Supreme Treasures, Pre-natal Supreme Treasures, and there are even more terrifying existences beyond that. This shuttle of yours is just a Spirit Tool, and a broken one at that. You tell me if it's common?" Bai San's tone was filled with disdain, as if looking at a bumpkin.

"I see. Then is my Human Emperor Flag also a Spirit Tool?" Ye Lin pressed.

Bai San was silent for a moment before speaking.

"No, that thing of yours is a Forbidden Tool."