"No, old dog, Ke Lan's method might work..." Layton's voice came from the side. The Hound turned his head and saw the big cyborg standing in front of a large machine more than two meters high, holding a piece of covering cloth that had just been torn off from it.

"We are lucky... This is a heavy turbine pump, equipped with a crystal engine... Or maybe it's too heavy, so they didn't move it away..."

"Pump?" The Hound narrowed his eyes. "You mean..."

"Yes, I can transform this thing into a drilling rig. It won't take much time, half an hour at most." Layton said excitedly.

"If there really is a drilling rig, then this 20-meter layer of soil and rock is not a big deal, but... a drilling rig also needs a drill bit, where can I find a drill bit in this place?" Ivan asked with some confusion.

"We have something much more useful than a drill!" Layton looked at the thermal heavy sword in the hound's hand. "After it is powered by energy, this thing can cut iron like mud. This stone is no problem at all. If you use this thing as a drill, the efficiency will not be lower than that of diamond!"

"Then hurry up!" Without saying a word, the Hound threw the thermal heavy sword in his hand towards Layton.

"It's a pity that there is only one. If there were four... no, three, the digging efficiency would be increased several times." Layton caught the heavy sword and said with some regret.

"No matter how many times he's beaten, it's good as long as I can escape! Damn it, if I can get out of here, I'm going to make that Prussian wish he were dead!" The Hound threw the empty magazine in his hand to the ground and stomped on it several times.

Layton took a look at the magazine that was crushed by the armor and said unhappily, "Why is the old dog venting his anger on the magazine? That guy's face is not on the magazine... But if that bastard really falls into my hands, I guarantee that he will definitely regret why his mother gave birth to him."

"We were indeed betrayed, but... do you find it strange?" Ke Lan squatted on the ground and said thoughtfully.

"Strange? What's strange?"

"Manstein has reached an agreement with us. Logically speaking, he should not choose this time to tear up the agreement and retaliate against us. This is unreasonable."

"What's unreasonable about that? I think this bastard just took advantage of this opportunity to trap us and kill us in this damn place!" said the hound angrily.

"But he has no motive to do so..." Ke Lan shook her head slowly. "Although I haven't had much contact with Manstein, I can basically confirm that he is not the kind of person who acts on impulse... He is greedy by nature, but his style of doing things is very rational and he is good at forbearance... In his eyes, he always puts his own interests first... And if he decides to retaliate against us here, it means he has chosen to die with us. Even if we can't get out alive, the top leaders of the Soma Consortium will never let him go - if I were in his position, I would never do such a thing."

"Besides, why did he want to retaliate against us? Just because we exposed his misappropriation of public funds to buy shield generators?" Ke Lan continued, "But don't forget, these shield generators are on us now. If he kills us in the mine, he won't be able to get these shield generators back... This kind of thing that hurts others and does not benefit oneself... No, it is a short-sighted street thug that can do it. But do you think a street thug can climb to such a high position as the manager of a consortium base?"

"Then why was the communication cut off? Why did the siege tanks outside open fire? Why are we... why are we trapped here?!" asked the Hound unconvinced.

"I don't know, but reason tells me that this could not have been done by Manstein," said Ke Lan.

"At this time, you still believe in that Prussian?" As a descendant of Poland, Hound obviously had no good feelings towards Manstein.

"This is not a question of belief or not..." Ke Lan stopped talking halfway. Just when the Hound was about to speak, Ke Lan suddenly raised his hand, signaling him not to speak.

Then, Ke Lan even asked Layton, who was modifying the water pump, to stop, then lie down and put his ear to the ground.

Seeing Ke Lan's strange behavior, Hound, Zhuo Ligetu and Ivan reacted after a while, and then they all lay on the ground following suit. Only Layton could not put down the electric saw and welding gun in his hands, so he could only watch them.

"It sounded like an explosion..." the Hound whispered.

"There are also gunshots and artillery fire... It seems like... there is an exchange of fire outside..." Ke Lan said. He could even feel the slight tremor coming from the ground.

"Firefight? The people outside? The Prussian's men? Who are they exchanging fire with?" A hint of joy suddenly flashed across the Hound's face. "Could it be Liao Zilang? I knew that guy has a tough life!"

"No, it's not Liao Zilang." Ke Lan got up from the ground and shook his head. "If it was Liao Zilang, there wouldn't be such a big commotion."

"Who else could it be? Even if the Soma Group knew we were tricked and sent people to settle the score with Manstein, they wouldn't arrive so quickly, right?" said the Hound.

"Could it be that the information about the super-pure crystals has been leaked, and other consortiums are attacking the Soma Consortium's base?" Ivan expressed his guess.

"Probably not." Ke Lan still shook his head. "Although the value of super-pure crystals is amazing, according to the rules of the Ark, wars between consortiums are strictly prohibited... Something as big as attacking the base cannot be concealed. Once it is confirmed, no matter how powerful the consortium is, it will not be able to withstand the siege of the Ark officials and all other consortiums that have signed the agreement. No one will do such a stupid thing that is equivalent to tearing their faces with all mankind."

Ke Lan paused and continued, "I would rather believe that Manstein was crazy and ordered us to be buried in the mine than believe that any consortium would dare to openly attack the mining base of another consortium."

"What's going on outside? Indigenous creatures? What could be on this Leviathan..."

The hound was suddenly startled when he said this. He subconsciously looked at the corpse of the "Anemone Head" on the ground and muttered, "Could it be... that this thing ran away?"

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Ke Lan was silent for several seconds, and then he said with some difficulty: "This... is really possible, otherwise, why would those monsters that had forced us into a desperate situation suddenly leave... I'm afraid they are gathering troops to attack the human base on the ground..."

It is a well-known fact that the tunnels in the mine are actually the blood vessels in Leviathan's body - since they are blood vessels, they must be interconnected... In other words, the exit of Mine No. 7 is not just the one that is blocked in front of us!