In the days since, mining has become a daily priority. The minecart was escorted by Liang Hong with Zero One and Pitbull, and he was confident that he would protect it unless a herd of beasts was desperate.

Chromite itself is weathered rock that is present on the surface and only needs to be broken to load a wagon. Although the small pieces of ore are extremely hard, the whole rock is brittle, and a sledgehammer can smash down a single piece. Liang Hong and they picked a place that was easy to mine, anyway, there is a lot of ore here, and when it will be difficult to mine in the future, the weapon workshop will almost be built, and the mine can be opened by blasting.

The road from the base to the mine is also relatively smooth, and Liang Hong consciously takes the same route every time he passes, filling in potholes along the way. Gradually, a straight path was formed. Although the road is straight, it is not wide, and the road surface is not hard enough, and it is often washed away by rain. In some cases, road construction takes even more time than mining.

At present, in addition to Liang Hong, there are eleven people in the base, all of whom are systematically manufactured cyborgs. Soldier Zero One, two craftsmen, two miners, one animal trainer, and five smelters. The construction equipment built by the system, the personnel in it are equivalent to machines by default, and if there are casualties, only a maintenance fund is needed to automatically recreate a new cyborg. The concept of treating people as machines makes it difficult for Liang Hong to accept, but he still prefers to regard cyborgs as their own kind, as subordinate command orders, and as comrades-in-arms or colleagues to work and fight together.

When there are more people eating, the problem of food becomes more prominent. Every day, Liang Hong is the hardest worker. During the day, you need to act as a guard, following the mining wagons to mine. When I returned to the base in the evening, I had to take people on a trip to the lake to harvest the prey in the trap and repair the damaged trap by the way. Although tired, looking at the increasing amount of funds in the fund account, I became full of hope and energy.

Life is spent in simple repetition every day, and I have been in this world for more than a month in the blink of an eye.

On the morning of February 15, Liang Hong stood in front of the bronze mirror, clicked on the mirror, inquired about funds, and sure enough, the account balance jumped above 5,000 yuan.

Click on the construction column and select the construction weapon workshop, the construction time is five days, and the construction cost is 5,000 yuan. In an instant, the balance on the base's fund account plummeted from four digits to single digits. Listening to the sound of the workshop building outside the bunker, Liang Hong was full of anticipation, and the rifle and bullets seemed to have been placed in front of him. In order to speed up the construction progress, he also planned to send both Craftsman Zero One and Craftsman Zero Two to the weapons workshop, so that the construction progress could be faster by one day.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave the base, Xiaobai's voice suddenly came out of the mirror.

"Captain Liang, now the system has issued mission number one to you."

"What task?"

Liang Hong stopped, turned back to look at the beautiful woman who appeared in the mirror. The previous time because of the estrangement of the smelting pollution incident, he was a little resistant to Xiaobai in his heart. In fact, he also knows that the conflict of ideas between the two sides mainly focuses on how to treat cyborgs.

"Thirty kilometers southwest of this place, a white expedition appeared, killing along the way, posing a threat to the base. The system asks you to arrive quickly and annihilate them. ”

"Annihilation?" Liang Hong frowned.

"May I ask how many people this expedition is and how well it is equipped."

"The expedition team rode horses, armed with rifles, and there were twenty people in all."

Liang Hong's brows furrowed even tighter, not only was there a huge disparity between the enemy and us, but it was even more difficult to annihilate the enemy on horseback.

"Complete the task, the system is rewarded, maybe you can draw the grand prize, and directly upgrade the base."

Xiaobai cast the bait, in fact, even if there is no reward, Liang Hong will work hard to complete the task. As long as it threatens the base, it touches his scales.

-- The sky after the rain showed a brilliant rainbow, but Anderson's mood was not pretty.

The roads were muddy, and the four-legged horses had to stumble when they walked. The rain-soaked clothes cling to the skin, making the body very uncomfortable, and you will get sick after a long time. Damn Transvaal, this journey doesn't know when it will end, and Anderson curses in his heart.

They belong to Cecil Rhodes' South African mining company, and Anderson is the small leader of the company's police, this time leading the team to protect two prospectors. The prospecting team set out from Mafrtin 10 days ago and surveyed the veins along the way, with the goal of exploring the entire North Transvaal region.

"What the hell, Anderson, when will we be able to camp somewhere?"

Jade, a prospector next to him, asked complainingly, and Sears, another expert, echoed him.

"I'm soaking wet, I'm going to be in trouble sooner or later."

"Come on, the two of you will bear with it a little longer, and when we camp in front, we will immediately light a fire and dry our clothes first."

Anderson hurriedly replied, in fact, he didn't know how long he would have to walk, according to the predetermined plan, he would camp on the west bank of the Lin ** River tonight. However, he did not dare to offend James, these experts could talk in front of the big boss Rhodes, and they were by no means comparable to rogue mercenaries like him.

After answering the pesky expert correctly, Anderson reined in his mount and pulled away from the front.

"Bring the three natives here."

Anderson whispered to his nearby men. Yesterday they encountered a small tribe on the way, so they went on a killing spree, slaughtering everyone who didn't have time to escape, leaving only the strongest or most pleasing to the eye, ready to be used as guides and cannon fodder.

Soon, the natives with their hands tied were escorted over, yellow-black skinned, short, and thin without a trace of fat.

"How far is it from the Lin ** River?"

Anderson asked in English, and seeing that the strongest of them all looked at him with a fierce gaze, he raised his horsewhip and whipped it. Seeing that the natives looked blank, they asked again in Dutch, and threatened to kill them all if no one answered.

"I, I know, not far away."

The thinnest natives replied cowardly, looking very old, and speaking in Dutch, which was not fluent.

"Very well, if you are obedient, I will take you as a slave."

A rare smile bloomed on Anderson's face, obedience is the fate of being a slave, otherwise, of course, he would be killed.

In the evening, the group came to the west bank of the Lin ** River, camped on the spot by the river, and prepared to cross the river the next day.

-- It is the rainy season, the water volume of the Lin ** River is abundant, and the continuous rainfall in the upper reaches has made the river flowing to the northeast much wider. On the cliff on the opposite bank, a cluster of branches emerged from the dense bushes, and a human face was visible under the branches.

Liang Hong raised the telescope in his hand and observed the camp on the other side. Three natives, two civilians, eighteen riflemen, and thirty horses. Carefully counted the number of people, especially noting down the leaders who gave orders, such as the most striking Anderson.

Suddenly, he paused and muttered a curse softly. Liang Hong recognized that the rifle that the other party was armed with was the Lee Enfield 1895, 7.7 mm caliber, smokeless powder bullets, ten detachable magazines, and the rate of fire was faster than the Mauser 1893 in his hand. If this is fired, it is obvious that he will suffer, not to mention that he cannot afford to fight a war of attrition.

The telescope moved down again, and the camera focused on the rippling surface of the river.

Suddenly, a piece of coffee-colored wood appeared on the surface of the river, and it went upstream. No, it wasn't drifting wood, it was a crocodile, an African crocodile that was nearly five meters long. Soon, Liang Hong found six or seven more crocodiles from the river. He remembered that he had seen in the book that Lin ** means crocodile in the local indigenous language, and Lin ** River is also the crocodile river, and there will be a lot of crocodiles in the natural river.

It is really a godsend, Liang Hong is secretly glad that thanks to the abundant precipitation, a large number of crocodiles will go up to this section of the river.

The sun is rising, the sun shines on the Lin ** River, and the river surface is full of sparkling waves. On the west bank of the river, the prospecting team gathered to the river, and the people were called horses neighing, and it was not lively for a while.

"Crocodile!"

Suddenly, someone pointed to the river and shouted.

Yes, crocodiles, and much more than one. Crocodiles swim leisurely in the river, sinking and floating, slow, and some even hovering in the water. Even so, no one would think that they would be slow and sluggish forever.

"Damn!"

A voice burst out from between Anderson's teeth, cursing at the damn river, how could there be so many crocodiles here.

"Take those natives downstream, a little farther away."

The three natives were dragged out of the group and walked downstream along the riverbank amid the kicking and shouting of white men with guns.

"Pull that kid over and stay."

Anderson raised his horsewhip and pointed to the boy who could speak Dutch. Immediately ran up to him and dragged the little native to Anderson's horse.

"Boy, I said yesterday that obedience will leave you behind."

The whip lifted the boy's jaw and spoke it in Dutch, and he felt very satisfied when he saw the boy's frightened face.

The other two natives were driven four or five hundred metres away, where the river was wider and the current was slightly gentler.

"Kick them out of the water."

Anderson commanded, drawing his rifle from his horse and grinning.