Everyone froze, silently daring not to speak, their eyes now filled only with fear as they looked at Bai Cheng and the others.

"However, I have no grievances with any of you, do I?" Bai Cheng said with a smile, suddenly changing the subject. "So, we don't want to go on a killing spree because of this."

The moment her voice fell, Red Flame immediately released its aura as well. The terrifying pressure from the King of Beasts nearly made the weaker employees kneel on the spot, and even the War General-level leaders felt their legs go weak.

The fear in everyone's hearts intensified, and they could only repeatedly agree with Bai Cheng's words.

"Yes, yes, you're absolutely right!"

Nonsense, who would want to die!

"But, I've always been a person who distinguishes clearly between gratitude and resentment." Bai Cheng crossed her arms, tilted her head, and continued, "Let's talk about compensation, shall we?"

Upon hearing this, how could anyone dare to refuse? Although Bai Cheng was smiling, everyone understood the unspoken meaning.

If they weren't willing to compensate with resources, then they would have to pay with their lives.

And what was most important to a leader at this stage? Obviously, only Magic Crystals.

The Yellow-Haired Woman, who had just been incredibly arrogant, now had a fawning smile on her face and was once again the first to switch sides and express her stance.

"Miss, my train still has five hundred Magic Crystals and some other resources. If I give them all to you... do you think..."

"Oh? Still trying to bargain!" Yu Nian was not as easygoing as Bai Cheng. She immediately stepped forward, kicked her to the ground, then slowly walked in front of her, squatted down, grabbed the woman's hair, and said coldly, "Understand your position. I'll give you one more chance to organize your words."

The Yellow-Haired Woman never expected the other party to suddenly turn hostile, but she was afraid that the other party would kill her directly as a warning to others, so she quickly continued to beg for mercy.

"Sister, it's all my fault. I swear I absolutely didn't mean to bargain!"

"I, I..." 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Seeing that Yu Nian's expression remained unchanged, the woman also panicked a little and started speaking incoherently.

"How about this, you name a number, and I will do my best to get it for you!"

Hearing this, Yu Nian suddenly smiled, released the other party, stood up, and then looked at everyone.

"Oh right, what about you all?"

Everyone was startled, clearly understanding that the young girl in front of them was not as easy to deal with as they had imagined. How could they dare to refuse? They all nodded like chickens pecking rice.

"We, we're the same!"

At this moment, how could anyone not understand why Bai Cheng and the others didn't kill them directly?

Killing them would only get them some resources from their trains, and these resources were clearly far from enough.

And since they were leaders of their respective channels, they could naturally mobilize resources within their subordinate channels, which was their fundamental goal!

But even though they knew the other party would demand an exorbitant price, everyone was not completely at ease.

After all, even if they provided resources from their channels as compensation, who could guarantee that the other party wouldn't turn hostile afterward?

Therefore, the most correct approach right now was definitely not to provoke the young girls in front of them like that Yellow-Haired Woman!

"Very good." Bai Cheng nodded in satisfaction, but she did not demand a specific amount of Magic Crystals from the crowd.

Three Guardian Level employees surrounded everyone present, clearly indicating that they didn't have much time left.

And at this moment, the only thing everyone could do was to hastily return to their trains and start gathering supplies, not only quickly but also enough to satisfy the other party in one go!

The more supplies they produced and the faster they did it, the more likely they were to survive!

However, this way, these people, in order to survive, would inevitably try their best to produce their maximum, which would create a disparity with others around them. What if they couldn't match others and caused dissatisfaction... Of course, Bai Cheng and the others didn't care about any of this right now; they had plenty of time here.

Meanwhile, after Lvdou killed the large number of attacking beasts, and Purple Iris eliminated the low-level employees.

The blood from these corpses began to slowly spread, and the patterns on the ground seemed to possess some magical power, guiding the blood towards the center of the square, where it was then absorbed.

Immediately after, Bai Cheng saw the patterns beneath her feet gradually turn blood-red, until finally, they became vivid crimson, emitting a dazzling light that illuminated the entire dark underground pit.

The next second, the huge stone gate behind them let out a booming sound and slowly began to open.

Bai Cheng and the others looked back with curiosity, only to see that what appeared before them was still a pitch-black tunnel, so dark it could swallow the light emitted by their flashlights.

At the same time, a monstrous aura of death rushed out from behind the gate, making the four of them feel a chill.

Although the giant stone gate was large, what was surprising was that after it opened, no railway automatically formed as everyone had imagined.

This meant that the space behind it was most likely a secret room or something else; in any case, the train could not enter.

Since the train couldn't enter, the only remaining way to enter was on foot.

Bai Cheng glanced at those fellows; they were still gathering supplies and would probably need a bit more time.

At this moment, Yu Nian proactively and lightly said, "Xiao Cheng, you guys just go straight in. I'll stay here and watch these guys hand over the supplies."

"This can also save some time, because who knows if there's a time limit for the stone gate's sacrificial opening?"

Bai Cheng nodded. With her current Guardian Level strength, she didn't sense any living presence or danger in the dark space before her.

She looked at Red Flame for confirmation, and the latter also shook its head.

"In that case, let's split up," Bai Cheng also nodded and said.

"Let Purple Iris and Lvdou stay here to help Nian Nian watch these guys, lest they cause {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} trouble, and Red Flame will go with us through the gate."

"Okay."