Chapter 389: The Life of a Mine Serf
"New here?" Chu Feng's arrival attracted the attention of many mine slaves in the No. 7 mining area. One of them, who was quite stout, but had a tired look in his eyes, asked Chu Feng.
Chu Feng nodded, his tone a little low, "Yes!"
"Alas, accept your fate, when you get here, you won't be finished until you die. And if they don't work hard and complete their share of explanations, they won't even be able to die!" the man sighed, his face showing some sympathy and grievance.
You must know that all the monks who are sent to the Three Emperor Mine or the Three Great Source Mining Areas of the Demon Domain to mine the source stone are all crowned as mine slaves! In order to better protect the source stone mine, the mine slave is destined to not even be able to get out of the source stone mine in this life from the first day he enters the source mine!
The reason why this is so is to better protect the safety of the source stone mine!
Chu Feng was silent, his face showing resentment and disbelief, which just showed the psychology of a monk who had been imprisoned and had to enter the source mine to work hard.
The man shook his head, "Forget it, don't talk about this, it's all tears if you talk too much." It's Tuesday today, and it's almost two days of the week, so you have to refuel. The standard of our mission in Mining Area 7 is to hand in ten source stones per person every week!"
"Ten?" Chu Feng raised his head, his eyes seemed to be full of surprise and disbelief, as if he was talking about such a small number.
The man saw what Chu Feng meant, and smiled bitterly, "Ten, do you think it is less? The source stone mine is not so easy to dig, it is quite strong, if not, why let the monk dig it? You must know that even if the monk is blocked by them, his physical body is still strong. Moreover, if you have the opportunity to walk around, you will find that all the monks who have been sent over to dig the source stone mine, the worst of the original cultivation realm are all at the level of Nian Transformation, and the stronger ones have all reached the first level of the Venerable King!"
"To be honest, only a monk with such physical cultivation can persevere for a long time in the process of mining and survive better. Because the source stone mine is not only terrifyingly strong and quite difficult to mine, but also, sometimes, there is a danger of collapse, once the mine collapses, tsk...... The people in the mine basically cannot survive. ”
"This is also the reason why they continue to replenish mine slaves, a few days ago, our No. 7 mining area collapsed once, and about a dozen died!"
Maybe it was to take care of the newcomer, or maybe it was because he couldn't get a good catharsis for a long time, the man opened the chatterbox, and Chu Feng occasionally interjected a few sentences, which can be regarded as having a lot of understanding of the situation in the source stone mine.
After a while, the man looked at the sky, no longer said much, but waved the mine hoe in his hand more vigorously, with each swing of the mine hoe, the ore sparks burst out, but Chu Feng found that as the man said, 99.9% of the ore did not contain the source stone.
Except for the man, the rest of the miners in the field of vision also waved their hoes mechanically. While working, the rest of the miners occasionally glanced at Chu Feng, with a faint sympathy in their eyes, and of course a few gloating.
After all, people are different. Some people will think of caring for others when they are in adversity, and some people will blame the heavens for being unfair and the world is unfair, so why don't the rest of the people be treated equally? Once someone is also in trouble, they will feel more balanced and happy.
In this regard, Chu Feng saw it in his eyes and did not pay attention to it. But Chu Feng had secretly decided in his heart that if possible, he would try to help the man who had guided him before.
The clanging sound kept sounding, and Chu Feng also waved the mine hoe in his hand. Sure enough, the man before said it extremely correctly, what seems to be an ordinary ore is actually terrifyingly strong, if it is an ordinary strong man who has never cultivated, even the physical strength of a low-level monk is not enough to break even a stone!
Time passed, and in addition to the clanging mining sound in Cave No. 7, there was only the sound of everyone's 'poof' panting, and this atmosphere seemed very depressing.
When the light was about to dim, except for Chu Feng, everyone was tired, but Chu Feng knew that in this kind of tiredness, there was really a harvest, and there were only two people who had mined the source stone. Only the moment these two people mined the source stone, their faces glowed, and others also cast some envious glances.
Ten source stones a week, in fact, there are many times when they are not reached. If you can't achieve the result, you will naturally be whipped with a whip. And that kind of whip is also special, and when it is whipped on a person, it will not make you break your muscles and bones, and you will not be able to do your work, but it will make you hurt to the bones, as if you are trembling with the spirit fox.
"Okay, it's almost time, it's almost out of sight, call it a day!" The one who spoke was still the man who pointed out Chu Feng before. Listening to the man's words, everyone also put down their work and walked towards the resting place outside the mine with heavy steps. Obviously, the man still has a certain prestige among the many mining slaves in the No. 7 mining area.
When he walked to the so-called resting place, Chu Feng's brows couldn't help frowning slightly. This is a place where people rest, and it is not even as good as a pigsty kennel.
There are forty or fifty people in the entire No. 7 mining area, but the rough wooden house built with a few simple logs is only about 30 square meters. Moreover, in this more than 30 square meters, there are also wooden barrels for toilets!
Nothing else.
The environment couldn't be more harsh!
Chu Feng's expression fell into the man's eyes, and the man smiled bitterly, "What's the matter? I can't accept it? I'm not afraid to tell you that among the twelve mining areas of the Three Emperor Mine, the treatment of our No. 7 mining area is considered to be average, and the treatment of some mining areas is far inferior." They don't even have enough room to lie down, so they can only rest on their sides! And the worst ones, they don't even have a barrel to go to the toilet, they can't hold it back, they can only be pulled in the corner!"
"That kind of visual impact, you can imagine!"
"Yes, little brother, it's already good. If it weren't for Li Tou'er's ability, he would be able to give so many to the brothers who were not enough every week, so that barely half of our people in the No. 7 mining area could complete the task, but I am afraid that we are also average. ”
"Well, little brother, Li Tou'er is a good person, you were assigned to our No. 7 mining area, to be honest, it's not bad!"
After resting, some people will be in the mood to interject, and it is impossible to hold back their energy to work today anyway.
And most of the words were praising Li Tou'er's personality, but there were also two discordant voices that sounded in Chu Feng's ears.
"Hmph, are you capable? Really capable, why don't you let us change from the No. 7 mining area to the No. 1 mining area, isn't that the conditions better? In addition to the fact that the house is almost twice as large, there is also a separate bathing and washing place, and there are meat and vegetarian food! It's like now, crammed into a dilapidated field, there are only two cold steamed buns all day long!"
"If you want me to say, Li Tou'er didn't do his best at all, if he mined so many more source stones every week, and supported a few more people, we would at least ......."
"That's enough, Wang Er, Kwai Zi, you are still not human? Li Tou'er treats you well, and has also supported you a little, how can you be ungrateful?"
"That's it, you two dogs, you actually said bad things about Li Tou'er! It's not because last week, Li Tou'er gave the extra source stones to Uncle Yu and them, so that you were not enough and were whipped a few times!"
"Li Tou'er, if you want me to say, just teach these two white-eyed wolves a lesson, and if there are many source stones in the future, they will never be divided into two scumbags. ”
"Bastard, what the fuck are you? Teach us? You don't look at your own faces, you don't mean to please in order to ......"
"Shut up!" The man next to Chu Feng, who was Li Tou'er, was furious, "I've been tired all day, don't you know how to rest and rest to recuperate? This week, we are forty or fifty people, and a total of a few source stones have been dug out?
"Also, Wang Er and Kuizi, it's not that I don't want to help you last time, but you also have to know that Uncle Yu and they are old, and they have been whipped before, if they are whipped again, can they hold on?
"This ......"
"Come on, Li Tou'er, we don't really blame you, it's just that we've had enough of it for so long, and I'm aggrieved. ”
Hearing Li Tou'er's words, Wang Er and Kwai Ziyan were stunned, and they knew very well that although it was possible to transfer mine slaves in the mining area, most of them were transferred from high-level mining areas to low-level mining areas. And if you go to a high-level mining area, others usually won't accept it! No one wants to drag it out!
Things calmed down like this, and Li Tou'er sighed and didn't say much.
After a while, a monk came, threw in a hundred and ten black steamed buns, put down a basin of water, and walked away.
Is it necessary to be polite to feed the pigs?
Anger and humiliation flashed in the eyes of Li Touer and the others, but after so long, no one spoke when they were impulsive.
"Here, little brother, two steamed buns per person, if you are thirsty, you can drink some water by hand. Now that you're here, there's nothing to be particular about!"
"I understand, thank you Li Tou'er. Chu Feng took the two steamed buns and nibbled on them. But this steamed bun was so shoddy that it was almost difficult to swallow, and Chu Feng rolled his eyes when he ate it.
"These damn things, let people mine ore, but don't even give the most basic living conditions, it's too much! You must know that with the value of a source stone, it is enough for ordinary people to live without worry for a hundred lifetimes.......
"Forget it, I'm here for the source stone, I'll put up with all of this first!"
Chu Feng didn't know how he finished eating the steamed buns, but when Chu Feng finished eating, he found that most of the people in the house were already snoring.
It's because I'm so tired.
Chu Feng also lay down, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, so as not to attract attention. In fact, Chu Feng activated the ability of the Taixuan Heart Sutra, and used the Taixuan intention to follow the ground and probe underneath and around.