Chapter 542: Into the Mine

Lu Menglin didn't know what was in the mine, but it didn't affect him to go in and take a look, anyway, just act when he had the opportunity.

Tu Xiaoxiao said so vaguely, Lu Menglin was not stupid, in addition to knowing that the mine was very dangerous, and those miners were also dangerous, he didn't even know what kind of mine it was, so how could he be careless.

As we got closer and closer to the entrance of the cave, there were already miners gathering at the entrance of the cave.

These people did not greet each other, but looked at each other vigilantly.

Lu Menglin quickly noticed a detail, these miners seemed to be in groups of three at most, some in groups of two, and there were many people like himself, fighting alone, with no intention of partnering with others at all.

That's why as long as you put on a miner's suit, no one cares if you can't get into the hole.

Although Lu Menglin has never been in a mine before, he has read some articles on the Internet that write about the life of miners, and knows that miners go down to the cave to order the number of people, and they also need to receive professional miner equipment, at least they must have a headlamp or something!

And there are also tools, and they don't have tools to go down the mine, so do these people have to mine with their bare hands?

While hesitating, someone shouted at the entrance of the mine: "Are there all the people? Send thirty today, are there enough people? ā€

The man who spoke was wearing blue overalls, which looked cleaner than the black miners' suits gathered at the entrance of the cave, presumably an administrator or something.

Standing next to this man was a man in bright orange overalls, about thirty years old, with grim eyes, a mustache, and hands behind his back, looking like a manager.

"Did anyone dare to go down to the third floor?" the bearded man suddenly shouted.

There was a small commotion among the miners at the entrance of the cave, and almost all of them were looking around, trying to see if there was anyone who dared to go down to the third floor.

Lu Menglin blended in the crowd and remained silent.

He didn't even know how many layers there were in this mine, so naturally he wouldn't be such a bird.

"I—I'm going down to the third floor today!" Finally, a brave warrior raised his arms and shouted.

This voice called Hu Tianbiao roared so loudly that everyone looked at him.

This Hu Tianbiao looked very majestic, and suddenly slammed his two fists into his chest, and the hit was thumping.

"Lao Tzu is practicing Bajiquan, and even a tiger can be beaten to death! Can't he go down to the third layer?" Hu Tianbiao shouted.

"Okay! Sure enough, it's a man! Come, drink this bowl of soup! I wish you a victory and return with a full load!" The eight-character bearded man nodded, reached out and scooped a scoop of soup from the wooden barrel next to him, and handed it to Hu Tianbiao.

When Hu Tianbiao took the bowl of soup, the eyes of most of the miners present lit up, and many of them unconsciously grunted twice in their throats, as if the bowl of soup was delicious in the world.

"Who else wants to go down to the third floor? I still have a few bowls of soup in this bucket, which only real men can drink!" Seeing that Hu Tianbiao had finished drinking the soup, he nodded, and even reached out and patted the man on the shoulder lightly to show encouragement.

However, when he asked this question, all the miners present consciously lowered their heads, and did not dare to think anything wrong about the soup in the barrel.

After Hu Tianbiao finished drinking the soup, he burped, and his face suddenly became flushed, as if he was full of infinite energy.

Immediately, the man parted the crowd and strode towards the mine.

The other miners cheered and followed behind Hu Tianbiao, and rushed to the mine one after another.

Lu Menglin followed the group of miners unhurriedly and poured into the mine.

The space in the mine is far larger than imagined, with a height of more than ten meters, and the whole mountain is like a palace of giants, which makes people feel small in the middle of it.

More than thirty miners came in, as if they had sprinkled a handful of rice in a water tank, and the amount was almost negligible.

Lu Menglin saw that the miners walked to the center of the hall to get equipment, in fact, it was equipment, that is, a shovel, a headlamp, and a canvas bag in each person's hand, which was really simple to the extreme.

In the blink of an eye, everyone grabbed all their equipment and walked towards the front of the main hall.

Lu Menglin also took a shovel in his hand, put on a headlamp, and hung the canvas bag around his waist.

His eyes had been paying attention to the Hu Tianbiao, but he found that the man was not holding a shovel, but was just carrying the bag, striding forward, walking fast, as if he was in a hurry.

And wherever Hu Tianbiao went, the other miners retreated, as if they were very unwilling to provoke him.

Directly in front of the main hall is a huge inclined shaft, on which there are many single cable cars, like a curved iron rod, with a place to step on the foot, and a simple seat in the middle, the whole rod is fixed to the rails above the stone wall.

Watching those miners hugging the iron rod one by one, like a tram, being slowly sent down the inclined shaft, Lu Menglin looked at it and thought it was very interesting, this kind of single-person minecart seemed to be the kind of monkey car seen in the book, didn't you see everyone squatting on it, like monkeys?

Lu Menglin did the same, found a monkey cart, and slid along the railroad tracks towards the inclined shaft.

Unexpectedly, this slide took ten minutes, although the stone walls on both sides of the track were installed with gas lights, emitting a faint white light, but Lu Menglin knew in his heart that this mine cave was really deep, and if he slid at this speed for ten minutes, it was at least two thousand meters deep from the ground.

As long as you think about it, it is a little incredible that these people are willing to drill into such a deep underground in order to mine.

Because when he came down just now, Lu Menglin observed carefully, and found that among the thirty miners, there was no shortage of kung fu masters, all of them were powerful and energetic, and they would definitely not be ordinary miners.

What's down there in this mine? Is this the source of the secret medicine?

With these questions, Lu Menglin finally landed safely after a bang.

Two thousand meters underground, there is still a huge space in front of you, a mine of more than 30 meters is blocked in front of you, and hundreds of miners are sweating like rain on the mountain, desperately waving shovels to dig the pit.

At the foot of the mountain of that huge mine there was a large pile of ore, which was shiny and shining like a star in the light.

Lu Menglin's heart moved slightly, thinking to himself that a large pile of crystal ore, could it be the raw material of the secret medicine?

If you look closely, some of the miners will pour the ore crystals in their pockets on the large scale, and then someone will pour the ore crystals together, and the miners who take out the ore crystals will exchange a few chips and walk to the monkey cart tiredly, ready to wait for the time to come, and return to the surface together.

The thirty new miners took the place of the miners who were about to leave, climbed up the mine, dug holes everywhere, and used luck-like methods to find ore crystals.

It didn't take long for someone to notice that someone was just looking around and didn't start mining.

"Hey, what are you doing, don't you mine yet, are you new?" a strong man in a blue miner's uniform yelled at Lu Menglin.

Lu Menglin smiled and slashed twice on the ground.

At this time, an old man with a dark face next to him raised his head and grinned at Lu Menglin, revealing a mouthful of big white teeth.

"Boy, new here, don't you know the rules here?" said the old man, putting down his shovel and rubbing his waist.

Lu Menglin nodded and smiled at the old man.

The old man pondered for a moment and said in a low voice, "There is no food or water in this mine, and if I feel that I can't hold it anymore, I will have to go back to the surface." But if you can't dig enough white crystal ore in the mine, you won't be able to get food and water after you go up, and you will starve to death. ā€

"What is the white crystal ore? is it the kind of thing over there, how do you dig it?" Lu Menglin asked softly.

The old man nodded and said, "That's right! This kind of white crystal ore is hidden in the cracks of the mine, if you are lucky, you can get half a fist in size, and if you are unlucky, you may only dig up to the size of a fingernail after half a day." ā€

"How much do I need to get food and water? When I came down, I saw them drinking porridge and soup. Is it also exchanged for stones?" Lu Menglin thought for a moment and asked.

The old man was slightly stunned, and said in surprise: "You really don't know anything?"

"Well, I was brought in halfway and didn't know anything. Lu Menglin nodded.

Suddenly, an imperceptible surprise flashed in the old man's eyes, and he hurriedly said: "Good newcomers, newcomers are generally lucky! Come down, before you starve to death and die of thirst, you must dig at least two catties of mineral sand, otherwise it will be over." ā€

"Two catties?" Lu Menglin frowned and said in a deep voice.

He glanced at it and found that the miners around him had been digging for a long time, but most of them found nothing, and some of the holes were already several meters deep.

It takes two catties of ore to dig before you can eat, and unless you are lucky, it is too difficult.

"Yes, at least two catties! But the old man has a way to make it easy for you to dig two catties, and even more, not to mention food, even women can get it. The old man blinked, and said with a pretended profoundness.

Lu Menglin was funny in his heart, it was not for him, this old man was so enthusiastic, he really thought he was a chick.

Nothing to do is courteous, either traitor or thief! What's more, this ghost place is a sinister place where even Tuoba Evil was crippled after only half a year, and Lu Menglin did not believe in the existence of a so-called kind-hearted old man.

"Actually, the method is very simple, but the old man can't help you in vain, I want half of your income, are you willing?" the old man said in a low voice.

Lu Menglin shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "No need, I'll go around first!"

After that, Lu Menglin pulled his legs and left, so angry that the old man blew his beard and stared at him in the back, but it was not easy to attack.

"Don't be stupid, how can crystal sand be so easy to dig! A newcomer like you who doesn't know anything is strange if you don't starve to death!" came the old man's vicious curse behind him.